Amrita Cube Open 2025

Date: May 31 - Jun 1, 2025
City: Kollam, Kerala, India
Venue: Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri Campus
Address: Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita University Main Rd, Amritapuri, Vallikkavu, Kollam, Kerala - 690525
Details: Acharya Hall & Shraddha Hall
Contact: cubersatamrita@gmail.com
Organizers: Cubers@Amrita, Cubing Kerala, and Hariprasad CM
WCA Delegates: Arun Kannan, Jae Park, and Sai Mrudhun (சாய் மிருதுன்)

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

Make sure you will be available at the venue at least 15 minutes before your event starts. You WILL NOT be allowed to participate in an event if you reach late for the same.

We urge all the competitors to strictly adhere to the rules and regulations to contribute to the mission of providing a comfortable ambience for all the fellow cubers.

If you're participating in a WCA competition for first time, make sure that you attend the tutorial session. Please bring your ID card as well.
If this is not your first competition, you may be assigned with volunteering duties which you should perform without fail. The delegates can disqualify a competitior from participating in respective events upon not performing the assigned volunteering duties.

Happy cubing! :)

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 100

Number of times bookmarked: 17

Registration period: Online registration opened and will close .
Registration requirements: 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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹780 (Indian Rupee).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.

Registration fee
Base fee for participating: 750 INR + payment gateway charges (Early bird registration fee - until 11:59 pm on 7th May 2025 )

Fees after 7th May 2025: 1000 INR + payment gateway charges

Steps to complete online registration
Step 1 - Register here by selecting the events you want to participate in.
Step 2 - Pay the registration fee here.
Step 3 - Wait upto 48 hours for your registration to be confirmed. Once your registration is confirmed, you will get a confirmation mail and your name will appear in the list of registered competitors.

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/

Here's a video that will be helpful for new comers:

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the 'Registration & Payment' tab and it will guide you to the registration.

FAQs

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. This means you should bring your own cube.

Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 25 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!

Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page within a week after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, you can check it in WCA Live.

Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete together.

Q: I want to attend, or I have friends/family who want to attend, but not compete. Do they need to pay as well?
A: No. All spectators are free to view the competition at no cost. There is payment only to compete. But in some cases, venue will be having restriction to allow spectators depending on the competition.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

If you have any further queries, please do mail the organizers & delegates.

Accommodation:

We've decided to provide you with accommodation for most of the participants for a minimal fees on first come first serve basis!!

Yes!!

🥳🥳 One less thing for you to worry about! 🥳🥳

Fill up the accommodation form here: https://forms.gle/ECgH2TimiKjKPb4U9

The accommodation will be provided on a first come first served basis until we run out of slots based on the registrations received! The accommodation will be provided in the university hostels.

✨Register soon to ensure your slot. ✨

TRAVEL

Directions to arrive at the campus by Air and Taxi:

Cochin (Kochi) International Airport (COK) at Nedumbassery is situated 140 kilometres north of the campus. One can ask for a pre-paid taxi or board a train from Aluva (AWY) to reach Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri. The taxi-ride takes about three and a half hours.
Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) International Airport (TRV), is located 110 kilometers south of Amritapuri. One can ask for a pre-paid taxi or board a train from Trivandrum (TVC) to Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri. The taxi-ride takes about three hours.

Directions to arrive at the campus from the North (by Train/Bus)

By Train: Kayamkulam Junction is the closest train station situated 12 kilometres north of the campus. After disembarking, one can hire an autorickshaw to come to the campus. The ride takes about 20 minutes. Buses are also available from Kayamkulam Bus-Stand to Vallickavu Junction, which is about a five-minute walk from the campus.
By Bus: From the Ernakulam Transport Bus-Stand, one may board a bus going towards Trivandrum via Alappuzha, and alight at Ochira. From Ochira, an autorickshaw can be taken to bring one directly to Amritapuri, which is 6 km away from Ochira. Or one may board a bus going to Vallickavu Junction, which is about a five-minute walk from the campus.

Directions to arrive at the campus from the South (by Train/Bus)

By Train: Karunagapally is the closest train station situated 10 kilometres south of the campus. After disembarking, one can hire an autorickshaw to come to the campus. The ridetakes about 20 minutes. Bus service is also available from Karunagapally.
If the train of convenience doesn't stop at Karunagapally, you can get down at Kayamkulam Junction and follow the steps mentioned above.
By Bus:From the Trivandrum Transport Bus-Stand, one may board a bus going towards Ernakulam via Kollam and alight at Karunagappally. From Karunagappally, a bus going to Vallickavu Junction can be taken, which is about a five-minute walk from the campus.

Click here to find the major locations on google maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Tla0OCvXmOd0oR9VD_lIqDL2DnQ&usp=sharing

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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.