Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014
- Date
- Dec 13 - 14, 2014
- City
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 5032 Forbes Avenue
- Details
Connan Room, University Center
- Website
- Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014 website
- Organizer
- Evan Liu
- WCA Delegate
- Jim Mertens
- Contact
- Information
The fee is $11 flat ($1 goes to the WCA), and as with last time, you must pay online by the registration deadline (Tuesday, December 9). (Free for Carnegie Mellon students - either register using your Andrew email or provide your Andrew ID in the comment field.) Your registration is not complete until payment is received. If you do not pay until the day of the competition, the fee increases to $21 and you may only participate in 3x3. Please understand that the implementation of this measure is simply for the sake of saving time during registration.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 27
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Blake Thompson won with an average of 9.85 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Phillip Lewicki finished second (10.13) and Pavan Ravindra finished third (11.41).
Asian records: Shreyas Talamakki Skewb 2.28 (single).
North American records: Blake Thompson Skewb 2.13 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Citizen of | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Blake Thompson | 8.60 | 9.85 | United States | 8.98 | 10.32 | 11.18 | 10.26 | 8.60 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Blake Thompson | 2.41 | 4.10 | United States | 2.41 | 3.29 | 4.66 | 6.34 | 4.35 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Evan Liu | 40.54 | 42.50 | United States | 42.30 | 40.54 | 43.12 | 43.81 | 42.08 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Evan Liu | 1:18.04 | 1:19.65 | United States | 1:27.20 | 1:21.08 | 1:18.04 | 1:18.99 | 1:18.89 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Evan Liu | 2:24.36 | 2:31.83 | United States | 2:39.43 | 2:24.36 | 2:31.71 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Evan Liu | 3:19.67 | 3:44.27 | United States | 3:19.67 | 4:04.52 | 3:48.63 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Sreeram Venkatarao | 37.85 | DNF | United States | DNF | 37.85 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Ryan DeLine | 26 | 29.67 | United States | 28 | 26 | 35 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Pavan Ravindra | 11.51 | 14.52 | United States | 15.72 | 14.85 | 11.51 | 16.29 | 12.99 | |||
| Clock | Evan Liu | 5.39 | 6.68 | United States | 6.86 | 5.39 | 7.33 | 5.84 | DNF | |||
| Megaminx | Evan Liu | 1:09.27 | 1:19.13 | United States | 1:09.27 | 1:21.87 | 1:14.25 | 1:23.21 | 1:21.28 | |||
| Pyraminx | Corey Sakowski | 4.76 | 5.51 | United States | 5.61 | 5.60 | 5.72 | 5.33 | 4.76 | |||
| Skewb | Corey Sakowski | 5.32 | 6.06 | United States | 6.67 | 5.32 | 5.87 | 5.65 | 7.21 | |||
| Square-1 | Blake Thompson | 18.59 | 22.82 | United States | 20.19 | 23.99 | 24.27 | 18.59 | 26.94 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Corey Sakowski | 4:34.84 | DNF | United States | DNF | 4:34.84 | DNS | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Corey Sakowski | 12:46.00 | DNF | United States | DNF | 12:46.00 | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Mark Boyanowski | 13/17 50:42 | United States | 13/17 50:42 | ||||||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 3:00.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 7:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Mo3 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 25:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo1 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 |
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.