LogoSaskatchewan Open 2023
- Date
- Sep 9, 2023
- City
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Venue
RCAF Astra Hall
- Address
- 2407 Ave C North, Saskatoon, SK S7L 6T1
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Alberta Cubers, Laura Plourde, and Niels Nijstad
- WCA Delegates
- Alexander Mutch, Dylan Vaskevicius, Laura Plourde, and Theodore Chow
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
We ask attendees to limit themselves to one guest per competitor if possible so that we do not go over capacity limits for this venue which is 200 people.
Attendance is not required for the entire competition, however please arrive at least 15 minutes before your event's planned start time.
Please bring your own cubes for the events you are competing in.First Time Competitors:
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. There is a video here for the basic overview of the rules.Judging:
All competitors are expected to help at this competition. We will have a judging tutorial at the beginning of the day. All competitors will be assigned to judge 1 group of each of the events they are competing in. There will also be tickets for raffle prizes given for every round a competitor judges.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 76
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (Canadian 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.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Kyle Santucci won with an average of 6.45 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Lucas Kuczaj finished second (8.21) and Pahul Singh finished third (8.96).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Kyle Santucci | 5.88 | 6.45 | Canada | 5.88 | 6.05 | 7.34 | 6.03 | 7.27 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Noah Wilde | 2.01 | 2.84 | Canada | 2.73 | 2.01 | 3.32 | 3.15 | 2.64 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Kyle Santucci | 31.91 | 35.00 | Canada | 35.68 | 36.46 | 31.91 | 40.19 | 32.86 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Jake Klassen | 17.46 | DNF | Canada | 24.88 | DNF | 17.46 | |||||
| Pyraminx | Samuel Edwards | 3.61 | 4.48 | Canada | 3.61 | 4.61 | 5.31 | 3.82 | 5.01 | |||
| Square-1 | Ryan Yasinko | 8.11 | 12.22 | Canada | 11.37 | 13.63 | 11.65 | 8.11 | 15.07 | |||
| 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 | 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:45.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 20:00.00 cumulative * | ||
| Pyraminx | Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | ||
| Square-1 | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 |
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Schedule for Saturday (September 09, 2023)
Venue:
The venue is located a 5 minute drive (25 minute walk) from Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport. There are several hotels available close by.
Driving:
If you are driving from Calgary, Google Maps might try to route you through Dorothy (AB #564), which is a rough road with no gas or cell service. Instead it is recommended to take highway #9 through Drumheller to the Saskatchewan border.
If you are driving from Red Deer, Google Maps might try to route you through Kerrobert (highway #51) which is a rough road and can be dangerous in heavy rain. Instead it is recommended to take highway #14. or highway #7.
Parking:
There is limited parking at the venue, however there is street parking available on 46th street and Wheaton Ave, where posted.
Competitors are allowed to bring their own food and drink into the venue.
The venue has a concessions area, which will be serving non-alcoholic beverages, snacks, sandwiches and burgers during the competition.
The venue is located in an industrial area, however there are many fast food and restaurant options a 5 minute drive away.
Some of the raffle prizes have been donated by local Saskatoon puzzle store, Puzzle Master.
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.