Bloomington Open 2024


Date
Feb 24, 2024
City
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Venue

Banneker Community Center

Address
930 W Seventh St, Bloomington, IN 47404
Details

In the Gymnasium

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Aidan Halloran and Midwest Cubing Association
WCA Delegate
Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni
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Information

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.

Events
Main event
Competitors
55
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 65 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% 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.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Highlights
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Luke Garrett won with an average of 5.95 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Brody Lassner finished second (8.41) and Ellery Dillon finished third (8.45).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Luke Garrett 5.04 5.95 United States 8.026.045.045.865.95
4x4x4 Cube Luke Garrett 25.35 28.84 United States 30.4729.6325.3526.4130.58
Clock Reed W. Richardson 3.45 3.77 United States 3.643.674.013.457.56
Megaminx Luke Garrett 31.54 39.61 United States 39.0031.5440.4139.4352.47
Pyraminx Luke Garrett 1.98 2.84 United States 3.571.982.654.052.30
Square-1 Luke Garrett 8.91 11.49 United States 10.6910.7413.0413.578.91
Event Round Format Time limit Cutoff Proceed
3x3x3 Cube First round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 75% advance to next round
Second round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 12 advance to next round
Final Ao5 10:00.00
4x4x4 Cube First round Bo2 / Ao5 3:00.00 2 attempts to get < 1:25.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Ao5 3:00.00
Clock Final Ao5 10:00.00
Megaminx Final Bo2 / Ao5 5:00.00 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00
Pyraminx First round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Ao5 10:00.00
Square-1 First round Bo2 / Ao5 3:00.00 2 attempts to get < 50.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Ao5 3:00.00

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Schedule for Saturday (February 24, 2024)

From 07:30 AM
To 08:00 AM
Set-Up
Gymnasium
From 08:00 AM
To 08:25 AM
Check-in
Gymnasium
From 08:25 AM
To 09:25 AM
Megaminx Final
Gymnasium
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 2:30.00
From 09:25 AM
To 09:50 AM
Tutorial for new competitors
Gymnasium
From 09:50 AM
To 10:40 AM
Clock Final
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 10:40 AM
To 11:40 AM
3x3x3 Cube First round
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 75% advance to next round
From 11:40 AM
To 12:30 PM
Pyraminx First round
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 12:30 PM
To 01:15 PM
Lunch
Gymnasium
From 01:15 PM
To 02:10 PM
Square-1 First round
Gymnasium
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
3:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 50.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 02:10 PM
To 03:10 PM
4x4x4 Cube First round
Gymnasium
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
3:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 1:25.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 03:10 PM
To 03:45 PM
3x3x3 Cube Second round
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 03:45 PM
To 04:05 PM
Pyraminx Final
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 04:05 PM
To 04:25 PM
Square-1 Final
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
3:00.00
From 04:25 PM
To 04:45 PM
4x4x4 Cube Final
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
3:00.00
From 04:45 PM
To 05:00 PM
3x3x3 Cube Final
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 05:00 PM
To 05:15 PM
Awards
Gymnasium

For first-time competitors

All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules. Note that this video is fairly old and some information may be outdated.

In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.

Finally, please be familiar with how to judge at a cubing competition. All competitors will be required to judge in at least one of the events they are competing in. This video gives a basic overview of how to judge, and does include more up-to-date information.

For all competitors

When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:

If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.

The Community Center is located on the of 7th St. and Elm St. The nearest parking lot is the Butler Park Community Garden which is connected to the community center with a blue line. If this lot is full, there is a lot of free street parking on the adjacent and nearby streets. The gymnasium is directly forward, down the stairs after entering in the main entrance.

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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).

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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