LogoDon't Pop Princeton 2024
- Date
- Mar 23, 2024
- City
- Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Venue
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton
- Address
- 50 Cherry Hill Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540
- Details
Channing Hall
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Eliana Ozsvath, Idan Nutkevitz, Jared Buske-Fehrle, and Mariana K. Lee
- WCA Delegates
- Evan Liu and Zach Ridall
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 83
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
Registration is not complete until payment of the registration fee is made.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Benjamin Wei won with a mean of 2:03.35 in the 7x7x7 Cube event. Livia Kleiner finished second (2:38.90) and Dana Yi finished third (2:41.42).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5x5x5 Cube | Benjamin Wei | 45.73 | 47.98 | United States | 46.30 | 47.97 | 45.73 | 49.67 | 53.29 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Benjamin Wei | 1:24.82 | 1:26.37 | United States | 1:28.36 | 1:24.82 | 1:25.94 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Benjamin Wei | 1:55.78 | 2:03.35 | United States | 2:08.98 | 2:05.30 | 1:55.78 | |||||
| Clock | Kyle Meade | 2.97 | 4.02 | United States | 3.57 | 2.97 | 4.69 | 3.80 | 6.01 | |||
| Pyraminx | Daniel Goodman | 1.44 | 2.29 | United States | 4.23 | 1.44 | 2.66 | 1.87 | 2.35 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:45.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | Bo1 / Mo3 | 6:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 3:30.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Mo3 | 6:00.00 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | First round | Bo1 / Mo3 | 9:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 5:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Second round | Bo1 / Mo3 | 9:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 5:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 9:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 5:00.00 | ||
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 20.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 40 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 |
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Schedule for Saturday (March 23, 2024)
Venue Address:
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton
50 Cherry Hill Rd
Princeton, NJ 08540
The event is held in the Channing Hall. There is plenty of parking at the front of the building. Please use the main entrance.
Food is permitted inside of the venue. There are many lunch options within a 10 minute walk.
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 tutorial 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 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.
Registration Process
Before You Register
All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.
How to Register Online
Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $30.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.
The competitor limit for this competition is 100. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 100 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.
Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.
Any requested changes to registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, March 16, 2024 will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.
How to Pay for Registration Online
Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."
Refunds
Approved competitors who cancel their registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, March 16 are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.
Waitlist Information
We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 100 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, March 16, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.
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- Jason Chang
Cherry Hill Rd, which is one of the ways to arrive at the church, will be closed to through-traffic on 3/23.
Please arrive from Route 206 North or South, or from Mt Lucas, and then pass through the barricade (where it says the road is closed to through traffic), and turn immediately left into the UUCP parking lot.
There will be plenty of parking at the church for the competition!
Groups can be found here:
https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/DontPopPrinceton2024
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.