Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2024


Date
Feb 3, 2024
City
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Venue

The Orleans Hotel & Casino

Address
4500 W Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89103
Details

French Quarter

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Cameron Brown, Jaden Thompson, Michael Larsen, Samuel Martin, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
WCA Delegates
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Ivan Vanek, Michael Chai (柴天方), Michael Larsen, 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 New Competitor Information and FAQ tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors
106
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 200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
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 Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM PST. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 9:00 PM PST. 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 page 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, January 26, 2024 at 9:00 PM PST, 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 50% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until Friday, January 26, 2024 at 9:00 PM PST

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 Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 7:00 AM PST.

By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Competitor Responsibilitites 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.

Kyle Santucci won with an average of 6.00 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jeremy Bulambot finished second (6.67) and Michael Larsen finished third (8.60).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Kyle Santucci 5.52 6.00 Canada 6.086.156.865.775.52
2x2x2 Cube Jeremy Bulambot 1.56 2.32 United States 2.731.673.001.562.55
7x7x7 Cube Dan Tran 2:24.37 2:29.22 United States 2:32.452:30.852:24.37
3x3x3 One-Handed Parker Trager 9.34 11.55 United States 12.409.3413.6310.2312.01
Clock Lucas Kuczaj 5.24 6.17 Canada 5.245.415.969.047.13
Square-1 Ivan Vanek 6.94 10.18 United States 12.76DNF6.949.817.98


The Vegas Cubing Cup 2024 consists of four competitions (more information below) and will award a grand champion in addition to $2,800 of cash prizes across 5 winners!

2024 Schedule

Feb 3 - Vegas Cubing Winter
May 25 - Vegas Cubing Spring
Aug 24 - Vegas Cubing Summer
Nov 2 - Vegas Cubing Fall

How to win

Points will be awarded to participants based on the following structure:
* Compete in a Vegas Cubing competition (25 points)
* Participate in a special event (Announced at competition) (10 points)
* First time competitor (10 points)
* Place in the top 12 in finals for each event you compete in (special event excluded). If an event has less than 12 finalists, we will count the top competitors from the previous round. A DNF result does not earn any points.
* Break a PR during a Vegas Cubing competition (3 points).

Place
1st (15 points)
2nd (14 points)
3rd (13 points)
4th (12 points)
5th (11 points)
6th (10 points)
7th (9 points)
8th (8 points)
9th (7 points)
10th (6 points)
11th (5 points)
12th (4 points)

Results

Coming soon.

Prizes & Winners announcement

Winners will be announced during the prize ceremony of the final Vegas Cubing competition of the year. Winner must be present to accept prize otherwise it is forfeited to the next in line. We will pick a total of 5 winners based on total point accumulation during 2024.

1st Place - $1,000 cash prize
2nd Place - $700 cash prize
3rd Place - $500 cash prize
4th Place - $350 cash prize
5th Place - $250 cash prize

Sponsorship

Vegas Cubing Cup is made possible by SpeedCubeShop, located in Las Vegas.

Shirts & hoodies are available as a pre-order in both YOUTH and ADULT sizes. A limited quantity will be available for sale at each event but it is recommended to order ahead of time to guarantee sizing availability.


Spectators are welcome to attend for no charge. Enjoy hanging out with other cubers, ask questions, and HAVE FUN!

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.

Before the competition, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event in an email. We will be relying on competitors to help by judging whenever they are not competing. Judging is very easy and is a great way to make time fly!

We will provide a judging and competitor tutorial at the beginning of the day, right before the start of 3x3. This will allow anyone with questions about how to judge or compete to be properly prepared when they are expected to help or compete!

We will need help judging for the second/final rounds of events as we can not assign staff for those in advance. Spectators are encouraged to learn how to judge; you do not need to know how to cube in order to be a judge. Having enough judges ensures that we stay on schedule and are able to leave on time.

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!

SpeedCubeShop is the sponsor for this competition. They will be vending on-site, and will also be providing prizes to the top 3 competitors in every event

Want something that we don't have? We are giving you the opportunity to purchase any in-stock items sold through our website at our vending booth and will pick the items up from our warehouse and distribute them to you at the competition venue. Cutoff for drop-off orders is 12:30PM and our Las Vegas showroom is open from 9am - 1pm if you would like to visit the store.

The Orleans Hotel & Casino is a 3-star hotel conveniently located off the famous Las Vegas strip and is offering discounted room rates (see below).

Limited rooms are available at our group rate. Rates expire January 3rd, 2024. To make a reservation, visit www.orleanscasino.com/groups and enter the code VCTB24C

Rates
February 2 - $90
February 3 - $90
February 4 - $39

*** Rates not including resort fee ****

Parking

Parking is free at the venue.

Food

There are food options within the venue along with nearby options.

To access WiFi, click on "meeting rooms" and enter the following credentials:

Username: greatevents
Password: orleans

This competition will be holding the unofficial event Rubik's Magic.
To sign up please fill out the form linked here

https://forms.gle/pP8ZCUocJ2uxgCuQA

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.

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