Ardmore Big & Blind 2023


Date
Jan 14, 2023
City
Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States
Venue

Courtyard by Marriott Ardmore

Address
2025 N Rockford Rd, Ardmore, OK 73401
Details

The Green Room

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Casey Ngo, Fletcher Berry, Jose Ortiz Jr., Ryan Pilat, and Zachary Walden
WCA Delegates
Calvin Nielson and Fletcher Berry
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Information

This competition is supported by CubingUSA.

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Please note that the schedule is subject to change, as we may hold events slightly earlier or later than shown depending on whether the competition is running ahead of schedule or behind schedule.

Events
Main event
Competitors
25
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 25 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 95% 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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.

Registrations must be accepted manually, so if you do not see your name on the competitor's list within a business day, then please contact the organizers to resolve the issue.

If this is your first competition, you must bring some form to prove your identity, birth date, and nationality. This is to ensure you are a new competitor. Also, if there's a chance of setting a national record, we need to prove your nationality. Acceptable forms of ID are passport, birth certificate, driver's license, school ID, or school transcripts. If you have any questions about this or what's acceptable, please email the organizers.

Registrations may be deferred due to:
- Incorrect date of birth
- Incorrect name
- Representing a foreign country and not providing documentation
In all of the above cases, the organizers will email you before accepting the registration to confirm the information provided.

After the competitor limit has been reached, you may still pay and be put on a waiting list. If you are first on the waitlist and someone cancels their registration, then you will receive an email from the organizers. You must reply to the email and confirm your registration within 24 hours of receiving the email to compete. If no response is heard from you, the next person on the waiting list will be offered your spot. After the competition, all competitors on the waiting list will receive a refund for the registration cost minus tax. Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor's list until Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 6:00 PM CST.

We will not be accepting event changes during the competition. If you wish to change which events you are registered for, please contact the organization team prior to Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 6:00 PM CST.

Highlights
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Ryan Pilat won with a mean of 1:45.21 in the 6x6x6 Cube event. Lydia Workman finished second (1:51.60) and Jose Ortiz Jr. finished third (1:55.15).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
5x5x5 Cube Ryan Pilat 59.53 1:01.43 United States 1:02.651:02.0059.651:08.9259.53
6x6x6 Cube Ryan Pilat 1:42.95 1:45.21 United States 1:46.121:42.951:46.55
7x7x7 Cube Ryan Pilat 2:33.21 2:41.97 United States 2:45.712:33.212:46.98
3x3x3 Blindfolded Jeremy Sheng 19.48 DNF United States 19.48DNFDNF
Clock Ryan Pilat 5.41 7.50 United States DNF9.715.816.975.41
Square-1 Dylan Baumbach 5.34 6.31 United States 6.635.785.348.126.51
4x4x4 Blindfolded Ryan Pilat 3:37.28 DNF United States 3:37.28DNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Mason Langenderfer 16:12.00 DNF United States DNFDNF16:12.00
Event Round Format Time limit Cutoff Proceed
5x5x5 Cube First round Bo2 / Ao5 5:00.00 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Ao5 5:00.00
6x6x6 Cube First round Bo1 / Mo3 8:00.00 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 Top 12 advance to next round
Second round Mo3 8:00.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Mo3 8:00.00
7x7x7 Cube First round Bo1 / Mo3 10:00.00 1 attempt to get < 5:00.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Mo3 10:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round Bo3 10:00.00 cumulative * Top 8 advance to next round
Final Bo3 10:00.00 cumulative *
Clock First round Bo2 / Ao5 1:00.00 2 attempts to get < 30.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:00.00
Square-1 First round Bo2 / Ao5 2:00.00 2 attempts to get < 45.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Ao5 2:00.00
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final Bo3 1:15:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final and 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final **
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final Bo3 1:15:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final and 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final **

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Schedule for Saturday (January 14, 2023)

From 08:00 AM
To 09:40 AM
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final
The Green Room
Format
Bo3
Time limit
1:15:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final and 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final **
From 08:00 AM
To 09:40 AM
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final
The Green Room
Format
Bo3
Time limit
1:15:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final and 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final **
From 09:40 AM
To 10:25 AM
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round
The Green Room
Format
Bo3
Time limit
10:00.00 cumulative *
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 10:25 AM
To 11:15 AM
6x6x6 Cube First round
The Green Room
Format
Bo1 / Mo3
Time limit
8:00.00
Cutoff
1 attempt to get < 4:00.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 11:15 AM
To 12:00 PM
Square-1 First round
The Green Room
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 45.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 12:00 PM
To 01:00 PM
Lunch
The Green Room
From 01:00 PM
To 01:20 PM
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final
The Green Room
Format
Bo3
Time limit
10:00.00 cumulative *
From 01:20 PM
To 02:10 PM
7x7x7 Cube First round
The Green Room
Format
Bo1 / Mo3
Time limit
10:00.00
Cutoff
1 attempt to get < 5:00.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 02:10 PM
To 02:55 PM
Clock First round
The Green Room
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 30.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 02:55 PM
To 03:40 PM
6x6x6 Cube Second round
The Green Room
Format
Mo3
Time limit
8:00.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 03:40 PM
To 04:35 PM
5x5x5 Cube First round
The Green Room
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 2:00.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 04:35 PM
To 04:55 PM
Square-1 Final
The Green Room
Format
Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
From 04:55 PM
To 05:15 PM
Clock Final
The Green Room
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
From 05:15 PM
To 05:40 PM
7x7x7 Cube Final
The Green Room
Format
Mo3
Time limit
10:00.00
From 05:40 PM
To 06:05 PM
5x5x5 Cube Final
The Green Room
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
From 06:05 PM
To 06:30 PM
6x6x6 Cube Final
The Green Room
Format
Mo3
Time limit
8:00.00
From 06:30 PM
To 07:00 PM
Awards & Clean up
The Green Room

Important Links (to come soon)

Group Sheet:
Live Results:

All Competitors

  • Please try to arrive at least 30 minutes early for the events you are competing in to ensure that you are on time for that event.
  • We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can. So if you do not arrive to compete by the time the event is starting, your spot may be given up the next competitor in the rankings.
  • To keep the competition running on time and to ensure we can keep all events we will be requiring competitors to also judge. Pay attention to the group assignment sheet - This is essential to keep the events on schedule. We also invite any parents or guests to also help to judge - thank you for your support. Please arrive to attend the New Competitor & Judges tutorial.
  • Your delegate for this competition Calvin Nielson. Ask him if you have any questions throughout the day!

New Competitors

  • Please try to arrive early to watch the new competitor introduction.
  • Additionally you can watch Kit Clement's WCA Competitor Tutorial video.
  • Please be familiar with all of WCA's regulations, most importantly Article A. If you have any questions about the regulations, feel free to ask us.
  • In each event we will have rounds. We will take the top competitors into subsequent rounds. After a round is completed it will be entered into WCA Live. Your name will be highlited if you are advancing to the next round.
  • Each round will be divided into groups to help them run more efficiently. We will call the groups in order, along with a last call during the last group. Please come bring your puzzle up and wait in the competitor waiting area when your group is called. We are allowed to deny you the ability to compete if you do not come up by the last call.

Room Details: The competition will be held in The Green Room.

Parking: There is parking near the venue.

Lunch: There are several restaurants near the venue. Here are the closest restaurants.

Hotels: The competition is taking place at a Courtyard Marriott. There are also several other hotels near the venue. Here are the closest hotels.

This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! They will be providing gift cards to the podium.

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline 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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