Railroad City 2023


Date
Sep 23, 2023
City
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue

Blair County Convention Center

Address
1 Convention Center Dr, Altoona, PA 16602
Details

Exhibit Hall F-H

Contact
Organization team
Organizer
Evan Liu
WCA Delegates
Evan Liu, Stephen Griggs, and Zach Ridall
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Information

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors
43
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 125 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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 .
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 $30 (United States Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.

Registration is not complete until payment of the registration fee is made.

Highlights
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AJ Kamal won with an average of 8.01 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Hassan Khanani finished second (8.28) and Christopher Chi finished third (8.57).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube AJ Kamal 7.60 8.01 United States 8.227.78DNF7.608.02
2x2x2 Cube Christopher Chi 1.34 1.57 United States 1.341.441.772.031.50
6x6x6 Cube Evan Liu 1:41.45 1:45.55 United States 1:52.621:42.571:41.45
3x3x3 Blindfolded Liam Chen 19.59 DNF United States 20.8219.59DNF
Clock Evan Liu 5.02 5.68 United States 5.607.375.025.296.16
Megaminx AJ Kamal 39.56 43.37 United States 40.8143.0651.6039.5646.25
Skewb Zayn Khanani 1.73 2.31 United States 2.354.262.112.461.73
Event Round Format Time limit Cutoff Proceed
3x3x3 Cube First round Ao5 5:00.00 Top 75% advance to next round
Second round Ao5 5:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 5:00.00
2x2x2 Cube First round Ao5 5:00.00 Top 75% advance to next round
Second round Ao5 5:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 5:00.00
6x6x6 Cube Final Bo1 / Mo3 8:00.00 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final Bo3 10:00.00 cumulative *
Clock First round Bo2 / Ao5 1:00.00 2 attempts to get < 30.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:00.00
Megaminx Final Bo2 / Ao5 5:00.00 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00
Skewb First round Ao5 5:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 5:00.00

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Schedule for Saturday (September 23, 2023)

From 08:00 AM
To 08:30 AM
Check-in
Exhibit Hall F-H
From 08:30 AM
To 08:50 AM
Tutorial for new competitors
Exhibit Hall F-H
From 08:50 AM
To 09:30 AM
2x2x2 Cube First round
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
Proceed
Top 75% advance to next round
From 09:30 AM
To 10:10 AM
Skewb First round
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 10:10 AM
To 11:00 AM
3x3x3 Cube First round
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
Proceed
Top 75% advance to next round
From 11:00 AM
To 11:30 AM
2x2x2 Cube Second round
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 11:30 AM
To 12:00 PM
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Bo3
Time limit
10:00.00 cumulative *
From 12:00 PM
To 01:00 PM
Lunch
Exhibit Hall F-H
From 01:00 PM
To 01:50 PM
Megaminx Final
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 2:30.00
From 01:50 PM
To 02:35 PM
6x6x6 Cube Final
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Bo1 / Mo3
Time limit
8:00.00
Cutoff
1 attempt to get < 4:00.00
From 02:35 PM
To 03:20 PM
Clock First round
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 30.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 03:20 PM
To 04:00 PM
3x3x3 Cube Second round
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 04:00 PM
To 04:30 PM
Clock Final
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
From 04:30 PM
To 04:50 PM
2x2x2 Cube Final
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
From 04:50 PM
To 05:10 PM
Skewb Final
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
From 05:10 PM
To 05:30 PM
3x3x3 Cube Final
Exhibit Hall F-H
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
From 05:30 PM
To 06:00 PM
Awards
Exhibit Hall F-H

Venue Address:
Blair County Convention Center
1 Convention Center Dr.
Altoona, PA 16602

Train: The Altoona Amtrak station is located at 1231 11th Ave, Altoona, PA 16601.

Parking: There is plenty at the convention center.

Hotels: Among other options, the Courtyard by Marriott Altoona is right next to the venue.

Dining: There will be a small cafe operating at the venue. There are also many options along Plank Rd, all within a 5-10 minute drive.

For First-Time Competitors

All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.

In addition, please read this tutorial document before coming to the competition.

For All Competitors

When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:

If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.

Registration Process

Before You Register

All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.

How to Register Online

Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $30.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.

The competitor limit for this competition is 125. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 125 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.

Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.

Any requested changes to registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, September 16 will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.

How to Pay for Registration Online

Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."

Refunds

Approved competitors who cancel their registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, September 16 are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.

Waitlist Information

We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 125 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, September 16, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.

TheCubicle will be providing prizes for the winners!

If you are interested in receiving updates about competition announcements and staying in touch with cubers and family members of cubers from the Mid-Atlantic region (DC, DE, MD, NY, NJ, PA, VA, WV), you may consider joining the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group or Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Discord server.

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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