Princeton Fall 2023


Date
Nov 18, 2023
City
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Venue

Princeton University

Address
Frist Campus Center, Frist Ln, Princeton, NJ 08544
Details

Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Andrew Tao and Bryce Springfield
WCA Delegates
Dana Yi, Siddharth Suresh, and Zach Ridall
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Information

If you would like to be on the competitor list, please carefully note exactly when registration opens, and sign up as soon as possible. This competition has filled up very quickly in the past, so do not miss out. Please see other tabs for more information.

MINORS POLICY: Princeton University now requires chaperones for all minors participating in on-campus events. Therefore, any child under 18 that plans to compete must be accompanied by a parent or other adult, who will be required to sign in. (Please reach out to the organizer with any issues/questions.)

GUEST POLICY: Each competitor is allowed to bring only 1 guest. If you would like to bring additional guests, please reach out to the organizers and we will let you know if there are any extra guest slots.

Events
Main event
Competitors
97
Registration period

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 $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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.

Princeton students are waived the registration fee; please PAY during registration and please provide your princeton.edu email in the comments when registering. You will be refunded afterwards.

WAITLIST INFORMATION: There will be a waitlist. To be added to the waitlist, competitors must register as normal, including paying the registration fee.

If a competitor drops out, the next competitor on the waitlist will be accepted. If you do not make it off the waitlist by Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST, your registration fee will be fully refunded.

If you are currently registered and cannot compete, please send us an email so that we can let another competitor on the list.

Highlights
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Jerry Yao won with an average of 7.13 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Carson Widjaja finished second (7.19) and Alex Niedland finished third (7.55).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Jerry Yao 4.84 7.13 United States 6.724.848.617.197.48
2x2x2 Cube Zayn Khanani 0.92 1.52 United States 0.921.961.002.301.60
5x5x5 Cube Jerry Yao 48.58 50.96 United States 48.5849.3453.6452.2051.33
3x3x3 Blindfolded Kevin Liu 39.42 47.86 United States 39.4250.8353.34
3x3x3 One-Handed Jerry Yao 9.88 11.36 United States 11.4613.579.8811.1111.51
Event Round Format Time limit Cutoff Proceed
3x3x3 Cube First round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 50% advance to next round
Second round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 12 advance to next round
Final Ao5 10:00.00
2x2x2 Cube First round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 10:00.00
5x5x5 Cube Final Bo2 / Ao5 3:30.00 2 attempts to get < 1:45.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round Bo3 10:00.00 cumulative * Top 12 advance to next round
Final Bo3 10:00.00 cumulative *
3x3x3 One-Handed Final Bo2 / Ao5 2:00.00 2 attempts to get < 40.00

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Schedule for Saturday (November 18, 2023)

From 09:00 AM
To 09:50 AM
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Format
Bo3
Time limit
10:00.00 cumulative *
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 09:50 AM
To 10:05 AM
Tutorial for new competitors
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
From 10:05 AM
To 11:20 AM
3x3x3 Cube First round
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 50% advance to next round
From 11:20 AM
To 12:30 PM
2x2x2 Cube First round
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 12:30 PM
To 01:30 PM
Lunch
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
From 01:30 PM
To 01:50 PM
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Format
Bo3
Time limit
10:00.00 cumulative *
From 01:50 PM
To 02:45 PM
5x5x5 Cube Final
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
3:30.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 1:45.00
From 02:45 PM
To 03:30 PM
3x3x3 Cube Second round
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 03:30 PM
To 03:50 PM
2x2x2 Cube Final
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 03:50 PM
To 04:45 PM
3x3x3 One-Handed Final
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 40.00
From 04:45 PM
To 05:35 PM
3x3x3 Cube Final
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 05:35 PM
To 06:05 PM
Awards
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.

NEWCOMERS:

There are multiple things a first-timer must know before competing. All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. There is a video here for the basic overview of the rules.

ALL COMPETITORS:

All competitors are expected to help out at this competition. In addition to your competing groups, all competitors will receive groups in which they are expected to either judge, scramble, or run. All assignments will be organized by group, meaning that when we call a particular group of an event up to compete, if you are scheduled to judge/scramble/run during that group, you will come up and start performing your assigned task. If you do not show up for your assignments, your times may be subject to disqualification.

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The venue is the Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room, which can be found on the bottom floor of the Frist Campus Center.
Please enter the building through the door circled in red below, right off Frist Lane. Once you enter, go down the stairs immediately to your left.

You can park in the North Garage, which is accessible off of Prospect Ave and about a 8-min walk to Frist Campus Center. The garage has consistent availability of approximately 200 spaces.
Click here to see the North Garage on Google Maps.

Alternatively, Lot-10 and Lot-13 can be used. They are accessible off Williams St and are about a 6 min walk to First Campus center. However, depending on the time of guest arrival, spaces might be limited.
Click here to see Lot-10 on Google Maps.

Both of these options are free.

Awards at this competition are generously provided by TheCubicle! Make sure to check out their website for high-quality speedcubing products: https://www.thecubicle.com/. Gift card codes will be sent to podium winners after the competition.

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There are many food options available at the Frist Gallery on the A Floor of Frist (one level above the Frist MPR), as well as restaurants on Nassau Street, a 10-minute walk away.

Competitors can see their group assignments here:
https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/PrincetonFall2023

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.

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