UCSD Extravaganza 2023


Date
Oct 7, 2023
City
San Diego, California, United States
Venue

Mandeville Auditorium, UC San Diego

Address
Mandeville Auditorium, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
Contact

Ruby Lu

Organizers
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) and Ruby Lu (卢红)
WCA Delegates
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Arthur Adams, Elijah Brown, Matthew Dickman, Michael Chai (柴天方), Ruby Lu (卢红), and Shane Grogan
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA Regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competitor Responsibilities tab.

This competition is in partnership with West Coast Cubing, LLC

Events
Main event
Competitors
165
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 250 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $30 (United States Dollar).


Registration Process

  1. Wait until registration opens on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 8:15 PM PDT. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Friday, September 29, 2023 at 8:00 PM PDT. No exceptions to these will be given. If deemed necessary, we may close registration early.
  2. If you have not competed before, create a WCA account here
  3. Go to the Register link on the competition website.
  4. Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
  5. Pay the registration fee via Stripe on the competition website.

Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in the competition.

Waitlist

If the competition is full, a message will be displayed saying such on the competition website. If, after this time, you register and pay for the competition, you will be added to the competition waitlist.

If a competitor cancels their registration, the person at the top of the waitlist will be added to the competitor list.

If you are on the waitlist, you may cancel your registration (see below) at any time for a full refund.

If you are on the waitlist, you will be informed whether you have made it on the competitor list after Friday, September 29, 2023 at 8:00 PM PDT, otherwise you will be given a full refund.

Registration Changes

If you would like to cancel your registration, email the organization team with your request and you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until Friday, September 29, 2023 at 8:00 PM PDT

If you would like to edit your registered events or listed guests, you may do so on the Register page. This can only be done prior to Friday, September 29, 2023 at 8:00 PM PDT.

By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Competitor Responsibilities tab. This tab details the responsibilites of all competitors at this competition. Not abiding by these responsibilities can result in disqualification.

Highlights
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Matty Hiroto Inaba won with an average of 5.66 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Max Park finished second (6.08) and Kavin Tangtartharakul finished third (7.13).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Matty Hiroto Inaba 4.87 5.66 United States 5.415.665.985.914.87
2x2x2 Cube Nancy Liu 1.38 1.57 China 2.741.801.521.381.38
5x5x5 Cube Max Park 33.55 37.39 United States 36.6536.2533.5542.2039.26
3x3x3 Blindfolded Graham Siggins 19.26 20.48 United States 22.3019.2619.88
Clock Vinicius Shaw 5.66 6.37 Brazil 6.02DNF6.305.666.78
Square-1 Brendyn Dunagan 4.91 6.99 United States 7.308.166.067.604.91

MUST READ BEFORE REGISTERING

Showing up to compete:

  • Since you have registered online, there is no need to check in upon arrival. You are free to come at any time during the competition; just make sure that you are on time for your first event!
  • You will be called up in groups for your event(s). Shortly before the event, we will post which group(s) you've been assigned to and send an email with them. When you arrive, you will also receive a nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event.
  • If you miss the last call for an event, you will not be able to compete in that event. Missing an event does not bar you from competing in subsequent events (but does bar you from competing in subsequent rounds of events you missed).

General:

  • Spectating is free and open to the public.
  • Photography and videography will be permitted, however there shall be NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY. This can be very distracting for competitors!
  • During the competition, please stay at least 1.5 meters away from the solving stations. Again, this is very distracting.
  • Schedule is tentative to change. If any changes are made to the competition or schedule, they will be clearly announced to all competitors in an email.
  • All competitors will be assigned judging roles. See below for more information.
  • Please provide adult supervision for children under 12 years of age.
  • DO NOT attend the competition if you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or if you were exposed to someone with COVID-19.

You may also receive assignments for helping with judging, running, and scrambling. For each event you sign up for, you will be assigned to help out for one group of that event, and we may ask for extra help in addition to assigned staff. We encourage all competitors to help out in order to keep the competition running smoothly.

If you are under the age of 18, UCSD will require a parent/guardian to sign a liability waiver. An email will be sent before the competition with more details.

For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!

We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete!

First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know, however, it is still required that they are familar with the full set of regulations above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dSuMG--wm8

If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor/judge tutorial the morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?

A: Yes! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. Please refer to section 3 of the WCA Regulations for more information on what puzzles are okay to use in competition. If you have any questions, please reach out!

Q: What is the competition like?

A: Competitions are a ton of fun! Competitions are a great opportuity to meet new cubers, make new friends, and be able to compete and get official times recognized by the World Cube Association. Competitions can be as social of an event as you would like them to be. The communitiy is extremely welcoming and you can always sit at any table and strike up a conversation with another cuber. They are great places to try new cubes as well, just in case you are looking to get a new main cube! Once you walk into the venue, you will most likely see your nametag at a check-in table. If you are a first-timer, you will be asked to verify your information on your registration (name, DOB, country). Once you grab your nametag, go ahead and find a seat and start cubing! There will be a competitor/judge tutorial, which can be found on the schedule. After that, we will begin with the first event and will be calling events up by group. Your group numbers can be found on the back of your nametag. After you compete in an event, you will most likely also be expected to help judge another group (typically the following group). Competitions are very self-sufficient, so we rely heavily on the assitance from other cubers and parents like you! Your assisgned helping groups should also be listed on the back of your nametag. Once you are done competing in your event, you can go back to your table and continnue to socialize! To see if you made it to the next round of an event, you can check your results.

Q: How do I find results?

A: For the day of competing, WCA Live will have all of the results manually entered throughout the day. Once on WCA Live, scroll to the competition in question and you're good to go! After the competition, official results will be posted typically within a few days to a week after the competition happens.

Q: How do I get a WCA ID?

After official results are posted after the competitions (see question above), you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?

A: Make sure you pay you registration fee in order to be eligible to be placed on the competitor list. If the competitor limit has been reached by the time your registration is completed, you will be placed onto a waitlist, which is listed in the order of when competitors pay. If you are not advanced from the waitlist before the waittlist closes (date found on Register tab), you will be issued a full refund.

Q: What is the typical age of competitors at these events?

A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though! Everyone can and should cube!

Q: Are there age divisions?

A: Nope! All cometitors compete in the same groups.

Q: Is there anything else I should know before attending my first competition?

A: Yes! Attending your first competition can come with a lot of nerves, so try and focus on having fun and meeting new people. If you aren't as fast as Max Park or Feliks Zemdegs, just remember that all cubers faster than you have been at your speed at some point! I also point people to Mats Valk's WCA Profile since he started competing whe he averaged well over a minute and now averages 6-7 seconds. People often do slightly worse in competition than at home too, so don't beat yourself up if you don't do as well as you had hoped! Once you lock in your first set of results, you'll have new personal records to break and goals to achieve at every new competition! If you plan on bringing any of your own puzzles, we highly rercommend marking them somehow (sharpie mark under a center cap or something similar) or keeping them in a box/bag. It happens far too often that many cubers bring a bunch of puzzles, put them on a table unattended, and accidentally take someone elses' puzzle, thinking it was theirs. It's easy to lose track of a single puzzle, especially since so many of them look the same at first glance!

Parking Information:

We recommend parking in the Gilman parking structure. Parking is $2.10 an hour, with an $8.40 daily maximum. See visitor parking info. Please park only in designated visitor parking areas. Cars parked in spots marked "24/7 Reserved" may be ticketed or towed.

Getting to UCSD (Gilman Parking Structure):

  • From the North/South:
  • Interstate 5 South Exit LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE
  • Go west on La Jolla Village Drive
  • Turn right at Villa La Jolla Drive to enter the UC San Diego campus
  • Proceed straight until you reach the Gilman Parking Structure, at the corner of Villa La Jolla Drive and Gilman Drive

Gilman parking structure - Google Maps

Food:

There are many options for food on the first floor of Price Center. Here is a list of places to eat on campus.

This competition will be partnering with CubersLive to provide a live stream of the day's events! It'll be streamed on the CubersLive YouTube channel, which you can find here.

CubersLive is a production company made by cubers, for cubers! We make loads of other content on our Youtube, such as a podcast called Overinspected and highlights from major championships in our Speedcubing Top 10 series. Our goal is keep viewers up to date with all of the hype surrounding the speedcubing scene. Subscribe to the YouTube channel so you don't miss out!

This competition will be sponsored by TheCubicle! They will be providing gift-card prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in every event.

theCubicle

Want to stay connected with the West Coast community? Join the West Coast Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from NorCal, SoCal, Nevada, Hawaii, and Tijuana and keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!

Click here to be directly taken to the Discord Server!

We also have our SoCal Cubing Facebook Group, WCA Forum thread for California, and the SoCal Cubing website.

Time limit

If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).

Cutoff

The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).

Format

The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.

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