Austin Tiny Puzzles 2023


Date
Nov 18, 2023
City
Austin, Texas, United States
Venue

Apartment Clubhouse (Oak Hill, Southwest Austin)

Address
Oak Hill / Southwest Austin
Details

To be emailed before the competition

Contact
Organization team
Organizer
Michael Conard
WCA Delegate
Michael Conard
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Information

This is a side events only mini-competition, intended to be paired with the Austin location of the Texas FMC Championships. Please see that competition page for more information, and consider participating in both events.

Note that the round 2 of each event being held is subject to having at least 8 competitors participating in round 1. Information about the exact address in Southwest Austin will be emailed to registered competitors a few days before the event. Due to the size of the venue, non-competing guests will not be permitted except in the case of a minor bringing a parent/guardian.

For a more normal competition experience, check out Texas Championship 2023.

To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.

Events
Main event
Competitors
17
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 20 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $10 (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.


Registration

Before your registration is accepted, you must pay the registration fee by Paypal or Venmo. Indicate "WCA Austin Tiny Puzzles" and the name you registered under in the description field of your payment.
After WCA Dues, printing costs, and the venue security deposit is returned, an equal share of refunds may be made to competitors who did not no-show.
Due to the size of the venue, non-competing guests will not be permitted except in the case of a minor bringing a parent/guardian.
- Paypal: @MichaelConard
- Venmo: @Michael-Conard-1, 0368 last four

Please consider also registering for the Austin location of the Texas FMC Championships which is at this same venue and the same day.

Waitlist

  • If the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering and paying the fee. Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they registered.
  • Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist before the deadline (Monday, November 13, 2023 at 7:15 PM CST) will receive a full refund shortly before the competition.
  • No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after Monday, November 13, 2023 at 7:15 PM CST.

Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.

In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the Competitor List, then please reach out to us using the contact link on the General Info tab.

Highlights
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Matthew Bidwell won with an average of 3.99 seconds in the 2x2x2 Cube event. August Rhyne finished second (4.37) and Rune Thomas Coulbourne finished third (4.48).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
2x2x2 Cube Matthew Bidwell 2.43 3.99 United States 2.434.063.905.064.02
Pyraminx Gustavo Guerra 4.58 5.16 United States 5.066.515.624.794.58
Skewb Siddharth Reddy 4.05 6.63 United States 10.185.068.126.714.05
Event Round Format Time limit Proceed
2x2x2 Cube First round Ao5 2:00.00 Top 75% advance to next round
Second round Ao5 2:00.00 Top 6 advance to next round
Final Ao5 2:00.00
Pyraminx First round Ao5 2:00.00 Top 6 advance to next round
Final Ao5 2:00.00
Skewb First round Ao5 2:00.00 Top 6 advance to next round
Final Ao5 2:00.00

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Schedule for Saturday (November 18, 2023)

From 08:10 AM
To 11:50 AM
Texas FMC Championship 2023 (Separate Competition)
Clubhouse
From 11:50 AM
To 12:50 PM
Lunch
Clubhouse
From 12:50 PM
To 01:20 PM
2x2x2 Cube First round
Clubhouse
Format
Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
Proceed
Top 75% advance to next round
From 01:20 PM
To 02:00 PM
Pyraminx First round
Clubhouse
Format
Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
Proceed
Top 6 advance to next round
From 02:00 PM
To 02:35 PM
Skewb First round
Clubhouse
Format
Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
Proceed
Top 6 advance to next round
From 02:35 PM
To 03:00 PM
2x2x2 Cube Second round
Clubhouse
Format
Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
Proceed
Top 6 advance to next round
From 03:00 PM
To 03:15 PM
Pyraminx Final
Clubhouse
Format
Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
From 03:15 PM
To 03:30 PM
Skewb Final
Clubhouse
Format
Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
From 03:30 PM
To 03:45 PM
2x2x2 Cube Final
Clubhouse
Format
Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
From 03:45 PM
To 03:50 PM
Awards
Clubhouse

If the first rounds of each event complete quicker than anticipated so we are ahead of schedule and there were 16 or more competitors, we may adjust round 2s to top 75% and add a round 3 for the top 6 from round 2.

You can view your round 1 groups and judging/running/scrambling assignments here: https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/AustinTinyPuzzles2023

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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).

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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