LogoCrystal City Fall 2022
- Date
- Dec 3, 2022
- City
- Arlington, Virginia, United States
- Venue
Crowne Plaza National Airport
- Address
- 1480 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202
- Details
Arlington Ballroom
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Nick Silvestri and Pierce Tickle
- WCA Delegates
- Blake Thompson, Nick Silvestri, Rich Tayag, Saransh Grover, and Will Callan
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This is a series competition with River Hill Fall 2022. You may only register for and compete in one of the two competitions. If you have already registered (with payment) for River Hill Fall 2022, your registration for this competition will be rejected.
This competition will take place in the Arlington Ballroom. No outside food is allowed in the venue, however there are nearby restaurants a short walk away from the venue.
COVID-19 SAFETY INFORMATION:
To prevent overcrowding in the venue, we are limiting each competitor to one guest only.Competitors should not attend the competition if experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or if they were exposed to someone with COVID-19.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 66
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is part of the DMV Fall 2022 Competition Series. Other competitions in this Series are: Note: You can submit a registration for all competitions in a Series, but only one of those registrations can be confirmed and accepted. You will only be allowed to compete in one of the Series competitions!
There is a competitor limit of 70 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 on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.All competitiors must read the "Competitor Responsibilities" tab.
WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 70 has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.
We may completely close registration if the waitlist becomes very large. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Michael Nielsen won with an average of 7.93 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Zayn Khanani finished second (8.23) and Liam Chen finished third (8.86).
North American records: Michael Nielsen Pyraminx 1.78 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Michael Nielsen | 6.26 | 7.93 | United States | 8.08 | 6.26 | 7.74 | 7.98 | 9.43 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Zayn Khanani | 1.28 | 1.38 | United States | 1.38 | 1.28 | DNF | 1.28 | 1.49 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Liam Chen | 19.18 | 22.39 | United States | 23.25 | 19.18 | 24.75 | |||||
| Pyraminx | Michael Nielsen | 1.17 | 1.78 | NAR | United States | 1.17 | 2.75 | 1.72 | 2.29 | 1.32 | ||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 15:00.00 cumulative * | |
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 |
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Schedule for Saturday (December 03, 2022)
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING
For First-Time Competitors
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.
In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition. Huge thanks to Olivér Perge and Niki Placskó for the document!
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/running 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.
Groups can be found here: competitiongroups.com/competitions/CrystalCityFall2022
Live results can be found here: https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/1795
General Info: The venue is located at the Crowne Plaza National Airport, 1480 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202. This competition will take place in the Arlington Ballroom. No outside food is allowed in the venue, however there are nearby restaurants a short walk away from the venue.
Entry: Please enter through the main entrance and take the stairs or elevator on the left to the second floor. The entrance to the Arlington Ballroom is to the left when coming up the stairs.
Parking: There is limited on-site parking.
- Crystal City Shops parking garage is free on weekends that is 2 or 3 blocks from the venue
- Other hourly parking garage options are also available
- You may also consider taking the DC metro Blue Line to the Crystal City station, which is a block or two away. (NOTE: there will be no Yellow Line train service to Crystal City due to major construction.)
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This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! They will be providing gift cards to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of each event.
Additionally, all first-time competitors will receive a $5 gift card for participation in the competition!
The waitlist for this competition can be viewed here.
Only competitors who have paid will be added to the waitlist.
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).
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.