Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018

Date: Apr 7 - 8, 2018
City: San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines
Venue: SM San Mateo
Address: General Luna Avenue, San Mateo, Rizal
Details: Mall Event Center
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Pauline Padua
WCA Delegates: Bille Janssen Lagarde and John Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀)

Information: All registrants are required to read the COMPETITOR INFORMATION tab. WCA website registration will close on March 16, 2018. Payment will close on March 18, 2018. Payment deadline may close earlier than scheduled if all slots are taken ahead of time.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 92

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There is a competitor limit of 140 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₱350 (Philippine Peso).

Pre-payment is mandatory. Payment details shall be emailed within 48hrs once WCA website registration is completed. Registration fee is 350php (good for the first 2 events of your choice). An additional of 50php shall be added per extra event registered thereon.
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Robbie Villarica won with an average of 9.50 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jolo Endona finished second (9.81) and Jaybee Montecillo finished third (9.91).

Event	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Robbie Villarica	9.35	9.50		Philippines	9.36	10.30	9.35	9.55	9.58
2x2x2 Cube	Justin Andrew Dee	2.69	2.81		Philippines	4.87	2.98	2.73	2.69	2.71
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Jolo Endona	45.78	DNF		Philippines	DNF	45.78	46.70
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	John Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀)	36	37.00		Philippines	37	36	38
3x3x3 One-Handed	Richmond Mico Rigor	11.82	13.45		Philippines	14.49	12.25	11.82	13.61	19.91
Pyraminx	Justin Andrew Dee	2.59	3.33	NR	Philippines	3.73	2.59	7.30	2.90	3.37
Skewb	Lorenzo Layug	3.54	4.09		Philippines	3.61	5.27	3.81	3.54	4.84

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Cutoff
3x3x3 Cube	First round	Ao5	10:00.00
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
2x2x2 Cube	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 15.00
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	10:00.00
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	Mo3	1 hour
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 40.00
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Pyraminx	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 20.00
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Skewb	First round	Ao5	10:00.00
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00

FIRST TIME COMPETITORS

All newcomers are required to read WCA First-time Competitor Guide document to familiarize yoruself of the popular WCA regulations used to govern WCA competitions. Additionally, please watch this competitor tutorial by WCA Senior Delegate Kit Clement of the USA.

ALL COMPETITORS

When you arrive at the competition venue, kindly follow the following steps:
1. Head to the registration table and sign on the competitor masterlist.
2. Get your Competitor Envelope which contains your Certificate of Participation, competitor ID, lanyard, event schedule and grouping/officiating Team Assignment. You will be assigned to officiate at some point during the competition so be sure to take note of your assignement to avoid being disqualified. As per WCA Regulation 1e2, all competitors must be ready to officiate when called or assigned to. Declining such assginment merits disqualification at the discretion of the WCA Delegate.
3. Go inside the venue hall and wait for the competition to start.

Event	Number of Rounds	Qualifiers to 2nd Round	Qualifiers to Semi-Final	Qualifiers to Finals
3x3x3 Cube	4	50	25	Top 12
2x2x2 Cube	3	40		Top 12
Pyraminx	3	40		Top 12
Skewb	3	40		Top 12
3x3x3 One-Handed	2			Top 20
3x3x3 Blindfolded	1
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	1

Day 1

Time	Event	Round	Format	Cut-off	Time Limit	Remarks
10:30 - 10:45 AM	Opening Program
10:45 - 11:00 AM	Newcomers Orientation
11:00 - 12:30 PM	3x3x3 Cube	Combined First	Best of 2 / Average of 5	1 minute	1minute 30	Top 50 qualifies for the 2nd Round
12:30 - 1:00 PM	LUNCH
1:00 - 2:15 PM	2x2x2 Cube	Combined First	Best of 2 / Average of 5	15 seconds	30 seconds	Top 40 qualifies for the 2nd Round
2:15 - 3:30 PM	Pyraminx	Combined First	Best of 2 / Average of 5	20 seconds	35 seconds	Top 40 qualifies for the 2nd Round
3:30 - 4:30 PM	Skewb	Combined First	Best of 2 / Average of 5	30 seconds	45 seconds	Top 40 qualifies for the 2nd Round
4:30 - 5:30 PM	3x3x3 One-Handed	Combined First	Best of 2 / Average of 5	40 seconds	1 minute	Top 20 qualifies for the Final
5:30 - 6:15 PM	3x3x3 Cube	2nd Round	Average of 5		10 minutes	Top 25 qualifies for the Semi-Final
6:15 - 7:00 PM	2x2x2 Cube	2nd Round	Average of 5		10 minutes	Top 12 qualifies for the Final
7:00 - 8:00 PM	3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	Mean of 3		60 minutes	Attempt 1

Day 2

Time	Event	Round	Format	Time Limit	Remarks
10:30 - 11:30 AM	3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	Mean of 3	60 minutes	Attempt 2
11:30 - 12:15 PM	Skewb	2nd Round	Average of 5	10 minutes	Top 12 qualifies for the Final
12:15 - 1:00 PM	LUNCH
1:00 - 1:45 PM	Pyraminx	2nd Round	Average of 5	10 minutes	Top 12 qualifies for the Final
1:45 - 2:30 PM	3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	Best of 3	10 minutes
2:30 - 2:50 PM	Skewb	Final	Average of 5	10 minutes
2:50 - 3:10 PM	2x2x2	Final	Average of 5	10 minutes
3:10 - 3:30 PM	Pyraminx	Final	Average of 5	10 minutes
3:30 - 3:50 PM	3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	Average of 5	10 minutes
3:50 - 4:50 PM	3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	Mean of 3	60 minutes	Attempt 3
4:50 - 6:00 PM	3x3x3 Cube	Final	Average of 5	10 minutes
6:00 - 7:00 PM	Awarding of Winners

Please see regulation A1a for the concept Time Limit.
Please see regulation 9g for the concept of Combined Rounds and Cut-off

NOTE: 2nd round and Final of some events maybe canceled if the event gets behind as scheduled.

Payment Details are emailed to the WCA account used to register on this website within 48hrs after pre-registration is complete. Be sure that you are using a valid email to be able to receive the payment details. Registration payment is non-refundable.

LOCATION MAP

TRAVEL GUIDE

From Cubao:
1. Ride Bus to SM Fairview.
2. Alight at Sandigan Bayan.
3. Cross the footbridge towards the market along Commonwealth Avenue - Northbound.
4. Ride a jeep with sign board "San Mateo Maly".
5. Alight at Sandigan Bayan.

From SM Fairview:
1. Ride a bus bound to Philcoa/Cubao.
2. Alight at Sandigan Bayan.
3. Cross the footbridge towards the market along Commonwealth Avenue - Northbound.
4. Ride a jeep with sign board "San Mateo Maly".
5. Alight at Sandigan Bayan.

For the latest updates and announcements regarding the event, please visit the official facebook page of the Philippine Cubers Association.

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Gan Cube is the main sponsor of this competition. Prizes courtesy of Gan Cube will be given away to all podium finishers.

Rank	Prize
3x3x3 Cube / 3x3x3 One-Handed / 3x3x3 Blindfolded / 3x3x3 Fewest Moves
Champion	GAN 356 Air SM (Master Edition)
1st Runner-up	GAN 356 Air S
2nd Runner-up	GAN 356 Air S

Female Category / NYT Category
Champion	GAN 356 Air S
1st Runner-up	GAN 249 v2
2nd Runner-up	GAN 249 v2

2x2x2 Cube
Champion	GAN 249 v2 M (Competition Edition)
1st Runner-up	GAN 249 v2 M
2nd Runner-up	GAN 249 v2 M

Skewb / Pyraminx
Champion	GAN 356 Air S
1st Runner-up	GAN 356 Air
2nd Runner-up	GAN 356 Air

Gan Cube

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.