Vancouver Fall 2016

Date: Oct 15, 2016
City: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Venue: York House School Gymnasium
Address: 4176 Alexandra Street
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Anthony Brooks
WCA Delegate: Kristopher De Asis

Information: There is a competitor limit of 125 due to venue capacity restrictions.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 100

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Anthony Brooks won with an average of 10.67 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jack Manuel finished second (11.42) and Ruotong Wang (王若同) finished third (11.61).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Anthony Brooks	8.50	10.67	United States	8.50	12.08	10.46	10.72	10.84
2x2x2 Cube	Braeden Fong	2.83	3.37	Canada	3.47	3.18	2.83	3.85	3.46
3x3x3 One-Handed	Anthony Brooks	14.72	17.94	United States	14.72	15.58	DNF	18.08	20.15
Pyraminx	Justin Loo	5.31	6.88	Canada	5.31	12.08	7.58	7.03	6.04
Skewb	Ethan Rusnak	4.93	6.70	Canada	5.66	15.78	5.61	8.83	4.93

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Cutoff
3x3x3 Cube	First round	Ao5	10:00.00
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
2x2x2 Cube	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 30.00
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:00.00
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Pyraminx	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Skewb	Final	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 30.00

The following events will be offered at this competition:

3x3x3
2x2x2
3x3x3 One-Handed
Pyraminx
Skewb

Note that the schedule is tentative and we will try to start the next event as early as possible to finish the competition on time.

Start	End	Event	Format	Cut-off
9:30	10:00	Registration
10:00	10:15	Rule Explanation
10:15	11:00	Skewb Final	Combined¹ Average of 5	0:30
11:00	11:45	Pyraminx Final	Combined Average of 5	0:30
11:45	12:45	Lunch
11:45	12:15	Late Registration²
12:45	2:15	3x3 First Round	Average of 5
2:15	3:00	2x2 First Round	Combined Average of 5	0:30
3:00	3:45	3x3 OH First Round	Combined Average of 5	1:00
3:45	4:15	3x3 Second Round	Average of 5	Top 24
4:15	4:35	2x2 Final	Average of 5	Top 12
4:35	5:00	3x3 OH Final	Average of 5	Top 12
5:00	5:20	3x3 Final	Average of 5	Top 12
5:30	5:45	Awards

¹ In a ‘Combined’ round, you must get a result below the cut-off within your first two attempts to be able to complete an average of five.
² Competitors only competing in events after lunch may check in during this period.

The cost for competitors who register online is $15 for the first event, and $2 per additional event.

Online registration will close at 11:59 PM on Tuesday October 11th, 2016.

If the competitor limit has not been reached, you may register the morning of the competition. The cost for walk-on registrants is $20 for the first event, and $2 per additional event.

We will plan to stop for lunch in the middle of the day. There is a small nearby mall (Arbutus Mall) with a large grocery store that has a sandwich deli and Starbucks. There is also a McDonalds, A&W, and bakery within reasonable distance.

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).

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.