Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023


Date
Jun 3, 2023
City
Ellicott City, Maryland, United States
Venue

Howard High School

Address
8700 Old Annapolis Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043
Details

Cafeteria

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
CubingUSA Treasurer and Jed Silverman
WCA Delegates
Blake Thompson, Nick Silvestri, Pierce Tickle, Rich Tayag, and Will Callan
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Information

Competition will be held in the school cafeteria.

When facing the school from Route 108, enter through the doors on the very left side of the school. There are stairs leading up to the entrance. Once inside, the cafeteria is on the left.


This competition is supported by CubingUSA.

Events
Main event
Competitors
141
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 150 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $10 (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 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 150 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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Christopher Sun won with an average of 6.44 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Đỗ Quang Hưng finished second (6.96) and Ari Randers-Pehrson finished third (7.49).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Christopher Sun 5.17 6.44 United States 6.246.106.995.179.51
2x2x2 Cube Zayn Khanani 1.10 1.22 United States 1.141.721.221.291.10
4x4x4 Cube Đỗ Quang Hưng 20.52 22.84 NR Vietnam 32.2220.7524.2823.4920.52
5x5x5 Cube Đỗ Quang Hưng 41.31 NR 43.88 NR Vietnam 43.0943.8045.8644.7541.31
Skewb Zayn Khanani 1.76 2.08 United States 1.762.322.041.892.43
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 1:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:00.00
4x4x4 Cube First round Bo2 / Ao5 2:30.00 2 attempts to get < 1:15.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 10:00.00
5x5x5 Cube Final Bo2 / Ao5 3:00.00 2 attempts to get < 2:15.00
Skewb Final Ao5 1:00.00

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Schedule for Saturday (June 03, 2023)

From 08:30 AM
To 09:00 AM
Registration
Cafeteria
From 08:45 AM
To 09:00 AM
Tutorial for new competitors
Cafeteria
From 09:00 AM
To 10:30 AM
3x3x3 Cube First round
Cafeteria
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 100 advance to next round
From 10:30 AM
To 11:30 AM
2x2x2 Cube First round
Cafeteria
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 11:30 AM
To 12:15 PM
Skewb Final
Cafeteria
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
From 12:15 PM
To 01:15 PM
Lunch
Cafeteria
From 01:15 PM
To 02:30 PM
4x4x4 Cube First round
Cafeteria
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
2:30.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 1:15.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 02:30 PM
To 03:30 PM
5x5x5 Cube Final
Cafeteria
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
3:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 2:15.00
From 03:30 PM
To 04:40 PM
3x3x3 Cube Second round
Cafeteria
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
Cafeteria
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 05:00 PM
To 05:15 PM
2x2x2 Cube Final
Cafeteria
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
From 05:15 PM
To 05:30 PM
3x3x3 Cube Final
Cafeteria
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 05:30 PM
To 05:45 PM
Cleanup
Cafeteria
From 05:45 PM
To 06:00 PM
Awards
Cafeteria

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.

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:

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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.

Results will be uploaded on WCA Live.

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If you are interested in staff, please fill out the following form: STAFF APPLICATION FORM

NOTE: ALL COMPETITORS MUST PAY THE $10 REGISTRATION FEE. If you are selected for staff, you will be refunded the registration fee AFTER the competition has ended.

Staff will be responsible for doing scrambling tasks throughout the day.

Staff members will have the registration fee reimbursed after the competition and will have lunch provided during the competition.

Final staff decisions will be made after registration closes.

This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! They will be providing gift cards to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of each event. Additionally, each first-time competitor will receive a gift card to TheCubicle!

Registration for this competition is closed because we already have a long waitlist as shown below. Rest assured, more competitions will be planned for the second half of the year.

Current Waitlist: Last updated 5/29

  1. Connor L
  2. Orhan T
  3. Ibrahim K
  4. Aarav B
  5. Ben K
  6. Aryan R
  7. Scott H
  8. Jack B
  9. Jack K
  10. Alexander J
  11. Christopher R
  12. Roberto C
  13. Evan Y
  14. Jun K
  15. Adrien L
  16. Ethan S
  17. Tanner S
  18. Stephen R
  19. Daniel L
  20. Rahul S
  21. Tyler F
  22. Owen D
  23. Armen A

If you have registered but are neither on the above waitlist nor the competitor list, then you have not paid your registration fee.

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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