The following events are only accepting the top competitors who are registered, based on the psych sheet.

4x4x4 Blindfolded: Top 18 competitors (Sorted by single)
5x5x5 Blindfolded: Top 18 competitors (Sorted by single)
3x3x3 Multi-Blind: Top 18 competitors (Sorted by single)

Any result used to qualify must be achieved on or before Friday, May 24th, 2024.

Heartland Regional Titles

Here is a link to the CubingUSA site that has information on all Regional Competitions.
https://cubingusa.org/regional

We will be offering Heartland Regional Titles to Competitors who are from these States in the Heartland Region.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
- South Dakota

You also can use this link and follow the instructions at the top of the page to fullfill your requirements to link your state to your profile.
You must do this by May 24th in order to be eligible for Heartland Regional Titles.

All regional champions will be required to prove residency in order to be eligible for titles and prizes.

We are looking for dedicated staff to help support this competition. You can complete a staff application here.

Staff applications are due by May 10th, 2024. We will communicate staff selection decisions the week of May 13th.

Expectations from staff members:
- Staff members will have additional assignments throughout the competition. You will be responsible for primarily scrambling and running duties, filling in missing judging spots if needed, and following any other instructions from team leaders.
- For this competition, we expect all staff members to have some previous staffing and/or competition experience.

Benefits for staff members:
- Fully Refunded registration fee
- Free meals on all 3 days of the competition
- Free T-shirt
- Great experience staffing at a Championship!

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

The competitor limit for this competition is 325.
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 cost of $80.00. (The registration cost is the same, regardless of how many events are selected.)
Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.

PLEASE NOTE: If you paid but don't see your name on the registration list within 48 hours of payment (assuming 325 competitors aren't on the competitor list already), please email the organizers. Organizers still have to manually move competitors to the approved competitor list following payment.

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."

Withdrawing Registration

Registering and paying demonstrates your commitment to attend the competition. However, if you have registered and are no longer able to attend, please contact us via email.

Refunds

If you withdraw your registration before registration closes (Saturday, May 25th, 2024, 7:00PM CDT), you are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of your registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored.

There will be no refunds issued after this date. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.

Any requested changes to registration before registration closes will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list. If you believe you paid and your name isn't showing up, please contact us so that we can assist you.

Competitors MUST* register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.*

Waitlist Information

We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. Once the 325th competitor has paid, we will not close registration until Saturday, May 25th, 2024, 7:00PM CDT. To secure a place on the waitlist once 325 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before this time, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist.

Once the deadline to request a refund has passed, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be refunded.

Hotels

We have a limited number of rooms available with a discounted rate at the following two hotels:

• Sheraton Sioux Falls & Convention Center (connected to the venue). Rate is $159/night including breakfast for 4 people per room.
• Americinn by Wyndham Sioux Falls North (1.5 miles from venue). Rate is $159/night and includes free breakfast.

NOTE: The above room rates are only avaialble for a limited number of rooms, so click on the above links to reserve one of these rooms as soon as possible!

There are several other hotels available less than 5 miles from the convention center as well, including:

• Ramada by Wyndam Sioux Falls (across the street)
• Hotel on Phillips (2.1 miles)
• Quality Inn & Suites North (4.3 miles)
• Holiday Inn Experss & Suites Empire Mall (4.5 miles)

Getting to the Venue

The competition is at the Denny Sanford Premier Center - Convention Center in downtown Sioux Falls, which is 2.3 miles from the Sioux Falls Regional Airport, which has direct flights from many major airports in the U.S. Uber and Lyft are the best options for transportation to/from the airport.

There is no charge for parking at the venue.

Shirts and hoodies will be available to pre-order starting on February 1, 2024. If you pre-order a shirt you will have the option of having it shipped to you prior to the competition, or you will be able to pick the items up on Saturday morning at the competition. All pre-orders must be completed by May 17, 2024.

(NOTE: The pre-order website may have an order close date prior to May 17, however new order cycles will begin after the order close date on the website between February 1 and May 17).

Shirt Order Link

Shirts will also be available for purchase at the competition on SATURDAY ONLY. Note that more color and size options will be available if you order in advance online.

This competition will be sponsored by Thecubicle!
They will be providing prizes to our podium finishers and regional champions.

Prizes (gift cards) for this competition are as follows:

3x3 Gold: $70
3x3 Silver: $50
3x3 Bronze: $30
3x3 Heartland Champion: $70

Other events Gold: $20
Other events Silver: $14
Other events Bronze: $10
Other events Heartland Champion: $20

3x3 State Champion (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD): $10

This tab will have the group assignments for the first rounds for each event for the competition. All competitors are asked to help with judging and possibly other tasks to make the competition run smoothly and efficiently.

Saturday Evening Unofficial Events

On Saturday evening we will be having two fun unofficial events!

• 5:00 - 5:45: Parent/Child Team Blind Event (Competitor Limit: 24 teams)
• 5:45 - 6:30: Magic (Competitor Limit: 24)

To sign up for these events, please register with the google forms found below. Note these forms will be added to this page once the competition registration opens on January 31st, 2024. Registration will close for these events on May 24, 2024.

Registration Form: Parent/Child Team Blind
Registration Form: Magic

Once these events fill up with the maximum number of teams/competitors, we will start a waiting list. Additional competitors will be added to events from the waiting list if any spots open up. We will communicate to everyone who registered whether or not they made it to the competitor list no later than May 31, 2024.

Please refer to the information below for details on each of the unofficial events.

Parent/Child Team Blind

24 Teams of Parents and their children will be competing in a Best of 2 event format. This unofficial event will be a Team BLD solve between a competitor and one of their parents/legal guardians. Team BLD is an event in which one person is blindfolded and turning the cube while the other person tells you what moves to do. One person is the "eyes" while the other person is the "hands" of a solve. See this video for a demonstration of how this works. Note the parent does NOT need to know how to solve a cube to participate (although knowing some notation may be helpful).

Requirements to participate:

• A registered competitor
• A parent or legal guardian
• One 3x3 cube
• One Blindfold

Parent/Child Team BLD Format:

• Bo2 (Best of 2)
• Cutoff: None
• Time Limit: 10 minutes cumulative (for both solves)

How Parent/Child Team BLD Works:

In this specific event, the parent will be the one blindfolded and turning the puzzle while the competitor instructs the parent what moves to apply to the puzzle. The type of communication is completely up to the team. Similar to a usual WCA event, when our group is called up, both participants will bring their one cube up to the drop off station to be scrambled. Once your team is called up to a station, the parent will sit down and place the blindfold over their eyes. The competitor standing beside the parent will be able to inspect the cube for up to 15 seconds. Once both competitors are ready, the competitor will place the cube on the mat in front of the parent, the parent will place their hands on the timer, and will begin the solve. From this point forward, only the parent may apply moves to the cube. The competitor beside the parent can communicate however they would like to their parent so long as they do not purposefully try and distract competitors at the stations around them (i.e. no screaming or intentionally trying to interfere with another teams' solves - this will result in a DNF). The same penalties are still applied to the final resting state of the puzzle.

Magic

This is the original Magic event that was originally a WCA event.

Magic Format:

• Ao5 Format
• Cutoff: None
• Time Limit: 1:00.00
• 2 Rounds - Top 8 competitors from the 1st round will advance to the 2nd round

Magic Regulations:

• Submit one Three Ring Magic Folding Puzzle
• The competitor may do practice solves on the competition timer. When the judge and competitor mutually agree, the official solves will begin. At that point, all solves will be treated as official solves.
• The puzzle is not scrambled.
• The puzzle is not covered by the judge.
• There is no inspection phase.
• The puzzles must be completely flat on the surface, with either of the two sides on top.