Fort Payne Summer 2025
- Date
- Aug 2, 2025
- City
- Fort Payne, Alabama, United States
- Venue
Grace Presbyterian Church
- Address
- 5760 Gault Ave N, Fort Payne, AL 35967
- Details
Enter through the side door and go down the hall and to the left.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Harrison Fraser, Hudson Fraser, James Dart, and Southeast Cubing
- WCA Delegates
- Clay Moore, Jared Stinson, Justin Barker, Katie Hull, Raymond Goslow, and Roman Wofford
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is supported by Southeast Cubing, Inc.! Please check out the Southeast Cubing tab to learn more about the official nonprofit organization for speedcubing in the Southeast and what you can do to support the mission.
The venue for this competition was graciously given to us for free. As a thank you for letting us use the space, any excess funds from this competition will be donated to Grace Presbyterian Church!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 50
- Number of times bookmarked
- 34
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (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 80% 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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Registration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why am I not on the competitor list yet? I already signed up and paid! | Registrations are approved manually, so it may take some time for the organizers/WCA Delegates to see and accept your registration. If you still do not see your name on the competitor list 48 hours after submitting payment, please reach out via the contact link. Please note that if registration is already full when you register and pay, you will remain on the waiting list with a pending registration status until a spot opens up. |
| How do I change my events or cancel my registration? | You are able to change your own registered events for this competition on the Register tab. If you need to cancel your registration entirely, please reach out via the contact link and an organizer or WCA Delegate will handle your request. Please note that no refunds, cancellations, event changes, etc. will be processed after the deadlines listed on the General Info tab under "Registration Requirements". |
| Are spectators or guests allowed to attend? Do they have to pay an entrance fee? | At this competition, there are no limits or fees for spectators or guests. You are welcome to attend as a friend/family member of a competitor or even just as a non-competitor who is interested in the event. |
At the Competition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Do I use my own cubes to compete? | Yes, you are responsible for providing your own puzzles. Be sure to review Article 3 of the WCA regulations and confirm that your puzzles are competition legal before the event. Some examples of non-legal puzzles are electronic cubes (such as Giiker, GOcube, or GAN356i), cubes with carbon fiber stickers, cubes with more than one logo, and cubes with significantly damaged or missing stickers/pieces. |
| Do I use my own timer to compete? | No, all equipment for the competition (timers, displays, etc.) is provided by the organizers/WCA Delegates. |
| How fast do you have to be to compete? | As long as you are able to solve the puzzle within the time limit listed on the Events tab, you are fast enough to compete! |
| What will the average age of competitors be? | Most competitors are between 10 and 25 years old, with the average age usually falling in the early to mid-teens. However, all ages are welcome - everyone can and should cube! |
| Are competitors divided by gender/age/experience/any other distinction? | No, all competitors compete on the same even playing field and are recognized in the official WCA results without any distinction. |
| How do I know when exactly I will be competing? | To see what time each event takes place, check the Schedule tab. At the competition, you will receive a nametag or card with your group assignments to let you know which group you are assigned to compete in for the first round of each of your events. (Each group competes in order - group 1, then group 2, and so on.) If you advance to the next round in any event, information about group assignments for subsequent rounds will be shared at or before the time the round starts. Please be familiar with which group you are in and pay attention as they are called up throughout the day - you may not be able to compete if you miss your group. |
| What do I do while I'm not competing? | In addition to the groups you are assigned to compete in, you will also be assigned to judge throughout the day. Your judging assignments will usually come immediately after you compete (though you are welcome and encouraged to judge as much as you want - it's a fun way to get right up in the middle of the action!) When you're not judging or competing, you'll probably want to hang out at the tables with other cubers and make some new friends! |
| Can I leave in between rounds/go home early if I don't have anything to compete in? | We hope you're having enough fun to stay through the whole day, but you are welcome to leave in between rounds or go home early for the day. Please return at least 15 minutes early for any later round you plan to compete in just in case the competition is running ahead of schedule. If you go home for the day before a subsequent round that you advanced to, though, please let the organizers know so they can accept someone else to the round in your place. |
Results
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where do I find my results during the competition? | During the competition, you can see results on WCA Live as they are entered. Please note that all results are entered by hand and there may be delays depending on the availability of volunteers to enter data. |
| How will I know if I made it to the next round? | As the results are entered on WCA Live, the competitors whose names are highlighted in dark green are the ones who will be advancing to the next round. (Names highlighted in light green are in a position to advance at the moment but still have the potential to be bumped out as more results are entered.) Please note that the advancing competitors are not 100% locked in until every competitor's results are entered - you can scroll down to the bottom of the page to see if anyone is still missing results. |
| Where do I find my results after the competition? | Within a week of the end of the competition, the results of the competition will be uploaded on the main WCA website and will appear on your WCA profile. You will receive an email notification when this happens. |
If you have any other question about the competition that's not answered here, you can always reach out via the contact link and we'll get back to you shortly!
If you are interested in joining the volunteer team for this competition, you can apply below:
Volunteer Application
Volunteers are expected to spend most of the day helping out, especially with the following tasks:
- Scrambling
- Running
- Data entry
In exchange for your hard work, we'll provide snacks and lunch for you during the competition and refund your registration fee after the competition. Please be aware if the competition does not fill to a reasonable number of competitors, we may not be able to offer volunteer benefits. Also note that we may receive more applications than we are able to accept, so we apologize in advance if you are not selected.
About Southeast Cubing, Inc.
Southeast Cubing, Inc. (SECI) is the official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization for speedcubing in the Southeast United States! SECI supports current and future cubers across the region by:
- collecting and sharing information on speedcubing competitions and clubs
- supporting the organization of more speedcubing competitions and clubs with resources, guidance, and logistical support
- organizing a regional championship every year
- engaging in outreach to expand the speedcubing community by visiting local community events
- providing spaces (both physical and virtual) for Southeast cubers and their supporters to connect and learn
Getting Involved with SECI
You can get involved with SECI in a variety of ways:
- Following SECI's social media pages to keep up with the latest news about Southeast cubing:
- Joining SECI's social media discussion groups to be a part of the online conversation:
- Becoming a competition staff member, a competition organizer, or a WCA Delegate in the Southeast
- Hosting a cubing club in the Southeast
- Volunteering as an SECI team or Board member
- Donating directly to SECI to support the mission:
SECI Competition Support
This competition is officially supported by SECI through the organization's Supported Competitions Policy, meaning that SECI takes on the overall financial and legal responsibility for the competition by collecting registration fees, paying competition expenses and signing contracts. In return for this support, SECI retains any leftover competition funds to put towards all the important activities listed above that support the organization's nonprofit mission!
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.