Please Don't Flip Katipunan 2025

Date: Oct 19, 2025
City: Quezon City, Philippines
Venue: ISO Complex, Ateneo de Manila University
Address: J3RH+P9C Quezon City, Metro Manila
Details: Walter Hogan Conference Center Room 5 & 6
Contact: Zian Principe
Organizers: Karl Abarquez, Zian Principe, and Zoei Principe
WCA Delegate: Yuji Yoshida

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Information

Welcome to PLEASE DON'T FLIP KATIPUNAN 2025

This competition features the events 3x3, 2x2, 5x5, Pyraminx, Clock, Skewb and Square-1 with Clock being the main event

Events
Main event
Competitors: 46

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₱450 (Philippine Peso).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
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 by contacting the organization team.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of ₱550 (Philippine Peso).

Registration Fee: PHP 450.00 base registration for 4 events, Additional PHP 50.00 per event
WALK-IN Registration Fee: PHP 550.00 base registration for 4 events, Additional PHP 50.00 per event

The registration fee is non-refundable, including when deleting an event.

Payment Method:
Slots are secured via payment-first system. You may pay for your registration fees via:

Union bank
Account name Karl Liam Abarquez
Account number 1096 4545 5076

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Karl Abarquez won with an average of 2.68 seconds in the Clock event. Zian Principe finished second (4.31) and Zoei Principe finished third (5.00).

Asian records: Karl Abarquez‎ Clock 2.68 (average).

Event	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Juan Miguel Y. Magallanes	6.16	8.18		Philippines	8.85	9.11	7.67	6.16	8.03
2x2x2 Cube	Juan Miguel Y. Magallanes	1.33	1.69		Philippines	1.33	3.84	1.70	1.74	1.62
5x5x5 Cube	Yuji Yoshida	57.02	1:04.60		Philippines	57.02	1:00.08	1:10.00	1:03.71	1:26.30
Clock	Karl Abarquez	2.14	2.68	AsR	Philippines	2.14	3.27	2.75	2.82	2.46
Pyraminx	James Certeza	2.59	3.54		Philippines	6.55	2.73	2.59	4.34	3.55
Skewb	Ivan Keith Cariaga	3.53	3.97		Philippines	3.53	4.34	4.63	3.70	3.88
Square-1	Karl Abarquez	12.35	13.32		Philippines	12.61	15.56	14.18	12.35	13.17

Registration Fee: PHP 450.00 base registration for 4 events, Additional PHP 50.00 per event

WALK-IN Registration Fee: PHP 550.00 base registration for 4 events, Additional PHP 50.00 per event

The registration fee is non-refundable, including when deleting an event.

Payment Method:
Slots are secured via payment-first system. You may pay for your registration fees via:

Union bank
Account name Karl Liam Abarquez
Account number 1096 4545 5076

Don't forget to send PROOF OF PAYMENT including your FULL NAME to clonker307@gmail.com or to princezianprincipe@gmail.com for your registration to be accepted

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FIRST TIME COMPETITORS

All newcomers are required to read WCA First-time Competitor Guide document to familiarize yourself of the popular WCA regulations used to govern WCA competitions. Additionally, please read the Judging Tutorial for Newcomers

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. 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 assignment merits disqualification at the discretion of the WCA Delegate.
3. Go inside the venue hall and wait for the competition to start.

From Inside the Ateneo Campus (Gate 3)
1. Enter through Gate 3 and inform the guard you're headed to the ISO for a conference. You may be asked to show your ID.
2. Continue straight on University Road.
3. At the second corner, you'll find Parade Loop—turn left here.
4. Proceed to the end of Parade Loop and turn left again onto Father Arrupe Road.
5. The ISO Building (Walter Hogan Conference Center) will be on your right, with parking available beside it.

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.