LogoInTents Cubing Grand Canyon 2023
- Date
- Sep 15 - 17, 2023
- City
- Grand Canyon Village, Arizona, United States
- Venue
Mather Campground
- Address
- 1 Mather Campground Rd, Grand Canyon Village, AZ 86023
- Details
Site 265 & 267
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Elijah Brown, Matthew Dickman, Maxwell Jensen, and Shane Grogan
- WCA Delegates
- Calvin Nielson, Elijah Brown, Isaac Myers, Matthew Dickman, and Shane Grogan
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is intended to be an overnight competition/camping trip. We ask that you please only register if you intend on staying overnight. This event spans over three days (two nights).
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 Competitor Responsibilities tab.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 26
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.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 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $60 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 25% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.
This competition is intended to be an overnight competition/camping trip. We ask that you please only register if you intend on staying overnight. Each competitor is limited to a single tent.
Registration Process
- Wait until registration opens on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT. No exceptions to these will be given. If deemed necessary, we may close registration early.
- If you have not competed before, create a WCA account here
- Go to the Register link on the competition website.
- Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
- Pay the registration fee via Stripe on the competition website.
Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in the competition.
Waitlist
If the competition is full, a message will be displayed saying such on the competition website. If, after this time, you register and pay for the competition, you will be added to the competition waitlist.
If a competitor cancels their registration, the person at the top of the waitlist will be added to the competitor list.
If you are on the waitlist, you may cancel your registration (see below) at any time for a full refund.
If you are on the waitlist, you will be informed whether you have made it on the competitor list after Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT, otherwise you will be given a full refund.
Registration Changes
If you would like to cancel your registration, email the organization team with your request and you will be refunded 25% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT
If you would like to edit your registered events or listed guests, you may do so on the Register page. This can only be done prior to Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT.
By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Competitor Responsibilities tab. This tab details the responsibilites of all competitors at this competition. Not abiding by these responsibilities can result in disqualification.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Jacob De La Garza won with an average of 7.54 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jeremy Bulambot finished second (7.83) and Elijah Brown finished third (7.90).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Jacob De La Garza | 6.26 | 7.54 | United States | 7.03 | 6.64 | 6.26 | 8.94 | DNF | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Shane Grogan | 28.01 | 30.06 | United States | 28.01 | 30.11 | 36.04 | 28.57 | 31.50 | |||
| Square-1 | Calvin Nielson | 6.09 | 7.94 | United States | 8.16 | 8.22 | 6.09 | 8.17 | 7.48 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |
| Square-1 | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 |
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Schedule for Friday (September 15, 2023)
Schedule for Saturday (September 16, 2023)
Schedule for Sunday (September 17, 2023)
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Before the competition, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event in an email. We will be relying on competitors to help by judging whenever they are not competing. Judging is very easy and is a great way to make time fly!
We will provide a judging and competitor tutorial if needed before each event. This will allow anyone with questions about how to judge or compete to be properly prepared when they are expected to help or compete!
We will need help judging for the second/final rounds of events as we can not assign staff for those in advance. Spectators are encouraged to learn how to judge; you do not need to know how to cube in order to be a judge. Having enough judges ensures that we stay on schedule and are able to leave on time.
Competitors are expected to read and comply with the Campground Rules.
This competition is intended to be an overnight competition/camping trip. We ask that you please only register if you intend on staying overnight.
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!
We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete!
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know, however, it is still required that they are familar with the full set of regulations above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dSuMG--wm8
If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor/judge tutorial the morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.
If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: Yes! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. Please refer to section 3 of the WCA Regulations for more information on what puzzles are okay to use in competition. If you have any questions, please reach out!
Q: What is the competition like?
A: Competitions are a ton of fun! Competitions are a great opportuity to meet new cubers, make new friends, and be able to compete and get official times recognized by the World Cube Association. Competitions can be as social of an event as you would like them to be. The communitiy is extremely welcoming and you can always sit at any table and strike up a conversation with another cuber. They are great places to try new cubes as well, just in case you are looking to get a new main cube! Once you walk into the venue, you will most likely see your nametag at a check-in table. If you are a first-timer, you will be asked to verify your information on your registration (name, DOB, country). Once you grab your nametag, go ahead and find a seat and start cubing! There will be a competitor/judge tutorial, which can be found on the schedule. After that, we will begin with the first event and will be calling events up by group. Your group numbers can be found on the back of your nametag. After you compete in an event, you will most likely also be expected to help judge another group (typically the following group). Competitions are very self-sufficient, so we rely heavily on the assitance from other cubers and parents like you! Your assisgned helping groups should also be listed on the back of your nametag. Once you are done competing in your event, you can go back to your table and continnue to socialize! To see if you made it to the next round of an event, you can check your results.
Q: How do I find results?
A: For the day of competing, WCA Live will have all of the results manually entered throughout the day. Once on WCA Live, scroll to the competition in question and you're good to go! After the competition, official results will be posted typically within a few days to a week after the competition happens.
Q: How do I get a WCA ID?
After official results are posted after the competitions (see question above), you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay you registration fee in order to be eligible to be placed on the competitor list. If the competitor limit has been reached by the time your registration is completed, you will be placed onto a waitlist, which is listed in the order of when competitors pay. If you are not advanced from the waitlist before the waittlist closes (date found on Register tab), you will be issued a full refund.
Q: What is the typical age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though! Everyone can and should cube!
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All cometitors compete in the same groups.
Q: Is there anything else I should know before attending my first competition?
A: Yes! Attending your first competition can come with a lot of nerves, so try and focus on having fun and meeting new people. If you aren't as fast as Max Park or Feliks Zemdegs, just remember that all cubers faster than you have been at your speed at some point! I also point people to Mats Valk's WCA Profile since he started competing whe he averaged well over a minute and now averages 6-7 seconds. People often do slightly worse in competition than at home too, so don't beat yourself up if you don't do as well as you had hoped! Once you lock in your first set of results, you'll have new personal records to break and goals to achieve at every new competition! If you plan on bringing any of your own puzzles, we highly rercommend marking them somehow (sharpie mark under a center cap or something similar) or keeping them in a box/bag. It happens far too often that many cubers bring a bunch of puzzles, put them on a table unattended, and accidentally take someone elses' puzzle, thinking it was theirs. It's easy to lose track of a single puzzle, especially since so many of them look the same at first glance!
What we will provide:
Bottled Water (please bring some too!)
Snacks
Wood (for the fire on campsite 252),
Wipes
Hand Sanitzer
First Aid Supplies
Water spigots and flush toilets are available throughout the camping grounds.
What you will need to provide for yourself:
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Tent
Sleeping bags/pillows
Properly clothing for multiple hikes (hikes all optional)
Sleeping pad (WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU BRING A SLEEPING PAD)
Flashlights/headlamps
Firewood (Locally sourced only) - This is sold somewhere on the campsite - ask the person at check-in when you drive in
Speakers
Cooler
Bug spray
Sunscreen
Camping Chairs
Hat
Telescopes
Backpack for hiking
Snacks for hikes
Anything else you would like!
What not to bring:
Firewood not local to the area
Off-leash animals
Drones
Laser pointers
Fireworks
Firearms
Shown below is a map of the campground where the competition will take place. Please fill out THIS FORM in order to reserve a specific site or to request to be paired with another competitor in the same site. If you wish to share a campsite, but not to share a tent, please fill out this form separately. If competitors wish to share a tent, only one competitor needs to fill out the form. There will be a maximum of 2 tents per campsite. Competitors who do not fill out the form will be assigned to campsites at random. A list of competitors and their campsite assignments is shown at the bottom of this page.
Site 186
Alejandra Figueroa
Armando Julian Figueroa
Site 187
Isaac Myers
Calvin Nielson
Site 189
Benson John O'Connor
Vaughn Michael Aktipis-Maley
Site 190
Will Dynge
Liam Rodriguez
Site 191
Evan Prescott
Dylan Prescott
Site 193
Liam James Klann
Beau Magoffin
Site 195
Jasper Basl
Anthony J Telford
Site 198
Jaxon Savage
Austin Adams
Site 200
Lalo Villodas
James Link
Site 251
Micah Arnold
Maxwell Jensen
Site 252
Competition
Site 253
Shane Grogan
Matthew Dickman
Elijah Brown
Site 254
Wilson Li
Elana Lim
Site 256
Jeremy Bulambot
Jacob De La Garza
Site 257
Rogelio Figueroa
Sara Jade Figueroa
Logan Weaver
Site 258
Arizona:
For more information on cubing in Arizona, please check out the Arizona Speedcubing website and Facebook group!
California:
Want to stay connected with the West Coast community? Join the West Coast Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from NorCal, SoCal, Nevada, Hawaii, and Tijuana and keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!
Click here to be directly taken to the Discord Server!
We also have our SoCal Cubing Facebook Group and WCA Forum thread for California.
Once the weekend of the competition gets closer, we will email all accepted competitors a poll for which event they would like to add to the competition.
Speedcubeshop will be sponsoring this competition, prizes will be given to those who podium in the top 3 for each event.
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).
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.