LogoKeep Austin Weird 2023
- Date
- Dec 10, 2023
- City
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Venue
San Jacinto Residence Hall
- Address
- 309 E 21st St, Austin, TX 78712
- Details
Room 207
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Adam Tran, Azhar Virani, CubingUSA Treasurer, Jeremy Sheng, Leia Jiang, Oliver Tan, and Tristan Patrick
- WCA Delegate
- Michael Conard
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is supported by CubingUSA.
- Please review the Competitor Information tab before the competition.
- Please review the other tabs for more information on the competition.
Please note that the schedule is subject to change, as we may hold events slightly earlier or later than shown depending on whether the competition is running ahead of schedule or behind schedule.
To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 84
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% 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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $20 (United States Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.
There will be no refund to no-shows unless cancelled before the deadline December 3, 2023.
Registration
- Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.
Deleting Registration/Refunds
- If you register and later realize you cannot make the competiton, you can request a 75% refund (via the contact link on the General Info tab before registration closes.
- No refunds will be awarded after December 3, 2023.
Adding/Dropping Events
- Competitors may edit their registration to include more events BEFORE registration closes.
- Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
- Competitors may edit their registration to remove events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.
Waitlist
- If the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering and paying the fee. Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
- Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist before the deadline December 3, 2023 will receive a full refund shortly before the competition.
- No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after December 3, 2023.
Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.
In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the Competitor List, then please reach out to us using the contact link on the General Info tab.
If the competitor limit is filled, you may still register and pay the registration fee if you wish, but you will be placed on a waitlist. Your registration will not be accepted unless a spot opens up.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Kyle Santucci won with an average of 6.46 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jason Lee finished second (8.00) and Jeremy Sheng finished third (8.00).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Kyle Santucci | 5.32 | 6.46 | Canada | 6.65 | 6.48 | 6.42 | 6.48 | 5.32 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Ray Bai | 25.67 | 27.26 | United States | 25.67 | 31.34 | 26.05 | 27.68 | 28.04 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Ray Bai | 50.62 | 54.91 | United States | 56.64 | 51.95 | 1:05.51 | 56.15 | 50.62 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Jeremy Sheng | 43.27 | DNF | United States | 43.27 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| Clock | Sourish Datta | 5.83 | 7.21 | United States | 5.83 | 9.33 | 6.34 | 5.95 | 9.90 | |||
| Megaminx | Ray Bai | 29.23 | 36.74 | United States | 41.30 | 33.69 | 29.23 | 37.84 | 38.69 | |||
| Skewb | Austin Sanchez | 3.54 | 4.64 | United States | 5.37 | 5.88 | 4.24 | 4.32 | 3.54 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | Top 32 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 12:00.00 cumulative * | Top 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Bo3 | 12:00.00 cumulative * | |||
| Clock | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:15.00 | |
| Skewb | Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 |
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Schedule for Sunday (December 10, 2023)
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Group Sheet: TBD
Live Results: TBD
All Competitors
- Please try to arrive at least 30 minutes early for the events you are competing in to ensure that you are on time for that event.
- We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can. So if you do not arrive to compete by the time the event is starting, your spot may be given up the next competitor in the rankings.
- To keep the competition running on time and to ensure we can keep all events we will be requiring competitors to also judge. Pay attention to the group assignment sheet - This is essential to keep the events on schedule. We also invite any parents or guests to also help to judge - thank you for your support. Please arrive to attend the New Competitor & Judges tutorial.
- Your delegate for this competition is Michael Conard. Ask him if you have any questions throughout the day!
New Competitors
- Please try to arrive early to watch the new competitor introduction.
- Additionally you can watch Kit Clement's WCA Competitor Tutorial video.
- Please be familiar with all of WCA's regulations, most importantly Article A. If you have any questions about the regulations, feel free to ask us.
- In each event we will have rounds. We will take the top competitors into subsequent rounds. After a round is completed it will be entered into WCA Live. Your name will be highlited if you are advancing to the next round.
- Each round will be divided into groups to help them run more efficiently. We will call the groups in order, along with a last call during the last group. Please come bring your puzzle up and wait in the competitor waiting area when your group is called. We are allowed to deny you the ability to compete if you do not come up by the last call.
Please note that the venue is on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Please also exercise courtesy, as the competition will be held in a student dormitory hall.
Room Details: Room 207 is on the zeroth floor of the building.
Parking: The nearest parking is the Brazos Garage (210 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78712). Keep in mind, parking is not free.
Food: There are various food options within walking distance of the venue.
Lodging: The AT&T Hotel and Conference Center is within walking distance of the venue.
This competition is sponsored by SpeedCubeShop!
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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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
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.