Cubetcha 2023


Note: The competitor limit for this competition is 170 and it has already been reached. If you register, your registration will be placed on a waiting list. It may not be approved unless a spot frees up.
Date
Oct 28, 2023
City
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Venue

Mounds Park Academy

Address
2051 Larpenteur Ave E, St Paul, MN 55109
Details

Gymnasium - enter through Door 7

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Carter Kucala, Lisa Kucala, and Midwest Cubing Association
WCA Delegates
Carter Kucala, Lisa Kucala, Shain Papalotl Longbehn, Simon Kellum, and Walker Welch
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association (MCA).

We have local Facebook groups for our Cubing Area. Feel free to join the Minnesota Cubing Community and follow the Midwest Cubing Assocation for information and announcements on upcoming competitions.

Mounds Park Academy is a PEANUT FREE school, and as such please do not bring food that contains peanuts to the competition.

Events
Main event
Competitor limit
170
Number of times bookmarked
42
Registration period

Online registration opened and will close .

Registration requirements
Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 170 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
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 .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


Event Round Format Time limit Cutoff Proceed
3x3x3 Cube First round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 100 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 10:00.00 Top 70 advance to next round
Second round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 10:00.00
4x4x4 Cube First round Bo2 / Ao5 3:30.00 2 attempts to get < 1:45.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 3:30.00
7x7x7 Cube Final Bo1 / Mo3 8:00.00 1 attempt to get < 6:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final Bo3 15:00.00 cumulative *
Skewb First round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 70 advance to next round
Second round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 10:00.00

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Schedule for Saturday (October 28, 2023)

From 07:15 AM
To 08:10 AM
Check-in
Gymnasium
From 07:40 AM
To 08:00 AM
Tutorial for new competitors
Gymnasium
From 08:10 AM
To 09:40 AM
3x3x3 Cube First round
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 100 advance to next round
From 09:40 AM
To 10:40 AM
Skewb First round
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 70 advance to next round
From 10:40 AM
To 11:40 AM
4x4x4 Cube First round
Gymnasium
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
3:30.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 1:45.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 11:40 AM
To 12:20 PM
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final
Gymnasium
Format
Bo3
Time limit
15:00.00 cumulative *
From 11:40 AM
To 12:50 PM
Lunch
Gymnasium
From 12:50 PM
To 02:05 PM
2x2x2 Cube First round
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 70 advance to next round
From 02:05 PM
To 02:50 PM
3x3x3 Cube Second round
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 02:50 PM
To 03:20 PM
Skewb Second round
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 03:20 PM
To 04:10 PM
7x7x7 Cube Final
Gymnasium
Format
Bo1 / Mo3
Time limit
8:00.00
Cutoff
1 attempt to get < 6:00.00
From 04:10 PM
To 04:40 PM
2x2x2 Cube Second round
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 04:40 PM
To 05:00 PM
4x4x4 Cube Final
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
3:30.00
From 05:00 PM
To 05:20 PM
Skewb Final
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 05:20 PM
To 05:40 PM
2x2x2 Cube Final
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 05:40 PM
To 06:00 PM
3x3x3 Cube Final
Gymnasium
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 06:00 PM
To 06:30 PM
Awards and Wrap-up
Gymnasium

Venue

This competition will be held at Mounds Park Academy in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Please enter Door #7 (North end of campus) of the Lansing Sports Center.

Parking

Free parking is available in the West and North parking lots of the Lansing Sports Center.

Food

There are several restaurants (fast food and other) within 2-5 miles of the venue. Outside food and drink is allowed in the venue, but please help us out by throwing away your trash and cleaning up after yourself!

*Please note that Mounds Park Academy is a PEANUT FREE school, and as such please do not bring food that contains peanuts to the competition. *

Hotels

There are several hotel options near Mounds Park Academy you can find here.

Travel

The closest airport to the venue is the Minneapolis Airport (MSP), which is about a 25 minute drive away. Public bus routes from the airport are available, with travel time ranging between 1 and 1.5 hours. Uber and Lyft are available as well.

We will need experienced staff to help out at this competition. We are primarily looking for individuals who have been to multiple competitions, and have at least some staffing experience. If you are interested in applying, please fill out this form: Staff Application.

Staff List will be made official by October 15th. If you are selected, you will recieve an email informing you before the competition.

Staff Benefits will include:

  • Refund on registration fee
  • Lunch
  • A fun and rewarding experience!

Staff benefits are not final and are contingent on performance and the competition filling.

This competition is sponsored by The Cubicle, who will be giving away gift certificates to podium winners in all events!

For each event, competitors are called to compete one group at a time. To facilitate this, all competitors will be assigned to a specific group for each event. Judging, running, and scrambling assignments for helping out at the competition are also listed for each competitor.

The competitor cards will also be available on a lanyard for each competitor at registration the morning of the competition. All competitors will be required to wear their lanyards throughout the day of the competition.

Group assignments will be announced closer to the competition date.

Live results will be available here during the event.

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).

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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