LogoEmpire State Winter B 2022
- Date
- Jan 16, 2022
- City
- Albany, New York, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 55 Eagle St, Albany, NY 12207
- Details
Level 2 Pre-Function
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Evan Liu, Lauren Phung, and Louis Meunier
- WCA Delegates
- Evan Liu and Lauren Phung
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This is a series competition with Empire State Winter A 2022. You may only register for and compete in one of the two competitions. If you have already registered (with payment) for Empire State Winter A 2022, your registration for this competition will be rejected.
Competitors may bring at most one guest. This will be checked at the entrance of the competition.
All attendees (competitors + guests) must show valid proof of at least one of the following two requirements to be allowed in the venue:
1) They are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. To clarify, an individual is only considered fully vaccinated if they have received their second dose of a two-dose vaccine (Pfizer or Moderna) or their only dose of a single-dose vaccine (J&J) more than two weeks before the competition. Any dose received after Sunday, January 2nd is insufficient for entrance to the competition.
OR
2) They tested negative for COVID-19 within 96 hours (4 days) of the competition. The date when the test is conducted is what matters, not the date when the results are received. Any test conducted earlier than Wednesday, January 12th is insufficient for entrance to the competition.
Along with a full vaccination or negative test document, a valid ID must be shown and checked at the registration desk on the day of the competition. Any proof sent electronically to the organizers and/or delegates prior to the competition will not be accepted.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 72
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 80 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.
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.
Daniel Gutierrez won with an average of 7.52 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Krish Shah-Nathwani finished second (7.71) and Carson Widjaja finished third (7.79).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Daniel Gutierrez | 6.49 | 7.52 | United States | 6.49 | 7.76 | 7.68 | 7.11 | 7.95 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Alexei Sinyavin | 50.92 | 59.56 | United States | 50.92 | 1:02.21 | 57.93 | 1:05.64 | 58.53 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Livia Kleiner | 2:31.33 | 2:41.31 | United States | 2:31.33 | 2:51.44 | 2:41.16 | |||||
| Clock | Stanley Chapel | 5.21 | 5.35 | United States | 7.03 | 5.39 | 5.29 | 5.21 | 5.38 | |||
| Square-1 | Christopher Chi | 7.47 | 9.03 | United States | 8.29 | 7.47 | 9.58 | 9.76 | 9.23 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 40 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:45.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 7:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:30.00 | |
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 15.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 40.00 |
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Schedule for Sunday (January 16, 2022)
All attendees (competitors + guests) must show valid proof of at least one of the following two requirements to be allowed in the venue:
1) They are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. To clarify, an individual is only considered fully vaccinated if they have received their second dose of a two-dose vaccine (Pfizer or Moderna) or their only dose of a single-dose vaccine (J&J) more than two weeks before the competition. Any dose received after Sunday, January 2nd is insufficient for entrance to the competition.
OR
2) They tested negative for COVID-19 within 96 hours (4 days) of the competition. The date when the test is conducted is what matters, not the date when the results are received. Any test conducted earlier than Wednesday, January 12th is insufficient for entrance to the competition.
Along with a full vaccination or negative test document, a valid ID must be shown and checked at the registration desk on the day of the competition. Any proof sent electronically to the organizers and/or delegates prior to the competition will not be accepted.
- Competitors may bring at most one guest.
- Masks are mandatory at all times and will be provided for all attendees along with hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes.
- Attendees should maintain a minimum of 3ft from others whenever possible.
- The organizing team strongly recommends receiving a COVID-19 vaccination before competing. For information on, and finding vaccines near you, please use this website!
- If you have symptoms related to COVID-19 such as cough, fever, shortness of breath, etc. do not attend this competition.
- If you have had a positive COVID-19 test or prolonged exposure to someone with the virus within 14 days prior to the competition, do not attend.
- Competitors are strongly encouraged to bring their own pen for the duration of the competition.
- The competition may be cancelled if the COVID-19 situation in New York and/or the US gets worse.
- By registering for this competition, you agree that you understand all the information presented in this tab, will abide by all the COVID-19 restrictions placed on this competition, and acknowledge the risk of contracting COVID-19 or any other disease in attending an event of this scale.
Address:
Albany Capital Center
55 Eagle St, Albany, NY 12207
Traveling by train: There are numerous Amtrak trains per day from New York Penn Station to Albany-Rensselaer, which is then a short drive across the Hudson River from downtown Albany.
Parking: Downtown Albany has free street parking every weekend. It also has 3 garages with free parking on weekends unless there is a special event taking place. The convention center also has its own garage, but it is not free.
Hotels: Some of the closest hotels include the Hilton Albany, Fairfield Inn and Suites Albany Downtown, and Hampton Inn and Suites Albany Downtown.
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 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.
TheCubicle will be providing prizes for the winners!
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.