Please Be Quiet Pickering Winter 2024


Date
Jan 13, 2024
City
Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Venue

George Ashe Library

Address
470 Kingston Rd, Pickering, ON
Details

Paris & Franklin Rooms

Contact

Info+PBQ-Pickering-Winter-2024@speedcubingcanada.org

Organizer
Speedcubing Canada
WCA Delegates
Abdullah Gulab, Alyssa Esparaz, Jonathan Esparaz, Michael Zheng, Nicholas McKee, and Shanglin Ye
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Information

Please Be Quiet

This isn't your typical speed solving competition as 3x3x3 Fewest Moves (FMC) and Blindfolded events are the only events. Blindfolded events require a significant amount of learning, practice and concentration, and FMC is an exam-style event in which competitors spend up to an hour finding the shortest solution they can and writing it down on paper. All attendees, including competitors and guests, are asked to please remain quiet at this competition to allow competitors to concentrate.

If you are looking to compete in the traditional 3x3x3 Cube event or other timed events, please look for another competition in Canada.

Note for New Competitors

Although first-timers are welcome to compete if they know how to compete in FMC or solve puzzles blindfolded (please note Regulation 2k6), this might not be the best experience for new competitors. Please consider registering for another competition if this one isn't for you.

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Registration Reminders

You must register and pay the registration fee before your registration can be accepted. Unpaid registrations will not be accepted. See the Competitor List and Waiting List sections near the bottom of this page for more details.

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Events
Main event
Competitors
16
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (Canadian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 95% 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 on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Competitor List

Registrants must pay the registration fee in order to be added to the competitor list. Unpaid registrations will not be accepted. Organizers manually accept registrations one at a time in the order the registration fees are paid, so your name may not appear on the competitor list immediately.

Once the competitor list reaches the 40 competitor limit, registrants who pay the registration fee will be added to the waiting list instead of the competitor list. Due to the competitor limit, completing your registration within the initial registration period does not guarantee you a spot on the competitor list.

Waiting List

The waiting list is ordered based on the timestamp that registrants paid the registration fee. If you are added to the waiting list you will be informed via an email. Additionally, you can ask about your position on the waiting list by emailing Speedcubing Canada.

If anyone on the competitor list deletes their registration, the person at the top of the waiting list will be moved to the competitor list. After January 5, 2023, the competitor list will be finalized and registrants who are still on the waiting list will be refunded 100% of their registration fee. Registrants on the waiting list may email Speedcubing Canada at any time to forfeit their spot on the waiting list and be refunded 100% of their registration fee.

If the competitor list fills up quickly, registration could close earlier than the originally listed date (January 5, 2023). The waiting list will close at the same time that registration closes.

Highlights
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Jaren Pellazar won with a single solve of 23.77 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Nicholas Patterson finished second (1:04.47) and Kai Wen Yang finished third (1:05.06).

Abdullah Gulab - Pakistan WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round 10 DNF DNF Pakistan DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 6 38 41.33 Pakistan 453841
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 6 DNF DNF Pakistan DNFDNFDNF

Andrew Mao - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNFDNF
First round 2 45.83 58.60 Canada 1:18.3451.6445.83
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 2 28 30.67 Canada 333128
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 2 6:48.63 8:22.15 Canada 8:49.156:48.639:28.68
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 4 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNFDNS

Declan Chan - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 7 47 53.33 Canada 584755

Emile Compion - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 5 1:47.51 DNF South Africa 1:47.512:11.24DNF
First round 8 1:50.50 DNF South Africa 1:50.502:35.33DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 8 27 DNF South Africa 27DNF32
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 5 13:16.00 DNF South Africa DNFDNF13:16.00
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 3 33:52.00 DNF South Africa 33:52.00DNSDNS

Ian Wei - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 13 40 DNF Canada 63DNF40

Ibrahim Quraishi - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round 10 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 14 42 DNF Canada DNF42DNF

Jack Lee - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNFDNF
First round 9 2:30.16 DNF Canada 2:30.16DNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 1 25 30.00 Canada 323325

Jaren Pellazar - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 1 23.77 DNF Canada DNF23.7732.82
First round 3 45.91 DNF Canada DNF45.91DNF

Kai Wen Yang - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 3 1:05.06 DNF Canada DNFDNF1:05.06
First round 1 40.67 DNF Canada DNF40.67DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 12 39 DNF Canada 43DNF39
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 4 11:23.00 DNF Canada DNFDNF11:23.00
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 4 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNSDNS

Max Xiong (熊锐明) - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 4 1:11.25 DNF China DNF1:11.25DNF
First round 6 1:23.40 DNF China DNF1:23.40DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 9 32 DNF China 3232DNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 9:13.58 DNF China 9:13.589:40.87DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 2 23:27.00 DNF China 23:27.00DNSDNS

Michael Mao - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNFDNF
First round 5 1:19.86 DNF Canada DNF1:19.86DNF

Michael Zheng - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round 10 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNFDNS
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 4 29 39.00 Canada 412947

Nicholas McKee - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round 10 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 10 34 DNF Canada DNF3448
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 6 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNFDNF

Nicholas Patterson - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 2 1:04.47 DNF Canada DNF1:04.471:35.14
First round 4 1:19.50 DNF Canada DNF1:19.501:21.35
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 5 31 39.33 Canada 313948
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 1 6:43.80 DNF Canada 6:43.808:02.10DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 1 17:04.00 DNF Canada DNF17:04.00DNS

Serena Meng - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 6 1:49.20 DNF Canada DNF1:53.881:49.20
First round 7 1:48.04 DNF Canada DNFDNF1:48.04
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 11 35 DNF Canada 4135DNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 6 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 4 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNSDNS

Thompson Clarke - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 3 28 34.00 Canada 373728
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