Slow N Steady Winter 2018


Date
Feb 17, 2018
City
College Park, Maryland, United States
Venue

Adele H. Stamp Student Union

Address
3100 Adele H. Stamp Student Union, College Park, MD 20742
Details

Grand Ballroom, Room 1206

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Dan Selzer, Pavan Ravindra, and Tommy Szeliga
WCA Delegates
Corey Sakowski and Keaton Ellis
Information

Registration cost is $15 online. Registration at the door will not be allowed. Free for UMD students, faculty, staff, and alumni. There is a 300 person competitor limit. Please read the "Competitor Information" tab before registering.

Events
Main event
Competitors
157
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 300 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
Highlights
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Tanzer Balimtas won with an average of 7.44 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Rowe Hessler finished second (8.55) and Chanoe Park finished third (8.96).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Tanzer Balimtas 5.91 7.44 United States 5.916.718.257.3710.81
4x4x4 Cube Rowe Hessler 29.82 31.60 United States 30.5729.8232.3638.3831.88
5x5x5 Cube Dana Yi 1:01.43 1:05.24 United States 1:08.111:10.241:02.561:01.431:05.06
6x6x6 Cube Dana Yi 1:46.51 1:52.96 United States 1:52.062:00.311:46.51
7x7x7 Cube Dana Yi 2:39.48 2:51.67 United States 3:03.762:51.782:39.48
Square-1 Rowe Hessler 7.94 8.64 United States 8.6910.577.948.458.77
Event Round Format Time limit Cutoff Proceed
3x3x3 Cube First round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 80 advance to next round
Second round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 40 advance to next round
Semi Final Ao5 10:00.00 Top 20 advance to next round
Final Ao5 10:00.00
4x4x4 Cube Final Bo2 / Ao5 2:30.00 2 attempts to get < 1:15.00
5x5x5 Cube Final Bo2 / Ao5 3:30.00 2 attempts to get < 2:15.00
6x6x6 Cube Final Bo1 / Mo3 6:00.00 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00
7x7x7 Cube Final Bo1 / Mo3 7:00.00 1 attempt to get < 5:00.00
Square-1 First round Bo2 / Ao5 1:30.00 2 attempts to get < 45.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:30.00

Slow N Steady Winter 2018

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THE "COMPETITOR INFORMATION" TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.

Date:
February 17th, 2018

Location:
Adele H. Stamp Student Union
3100 Adele H. Stamp Student Union
College Park, MD 20742

NOTE THAT THE COMPETITION IS IN THE GRAND BALLROOM, NOT THE COLONY BALLROOM!

Registration Fee:

There is a 300 competitor limit for Slow N Steady Winter 2018, on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Registration is $15, must be paid online via Stripe, and is nonrefundable after February 10th. Spectators come in for free. Unfortunately, we are no longer able to allow people to pay in cash at the door. Registration is not final until payment is complete and your name appears on the competitor list. Registration is FREE for UMD students/faculty/staff/alumni ONLY.

There is NO AT-THE-DOOR REGISTRATION, NO EXCEPTIONS.

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, you may want to look at CubingUSA's Competitor Tutorial.

  • 3x3 Speedsolve: (4 rounds)
  • 4x4 Speedsolve: (1 round)
  • 5x5 Speedsolve: (1 round)
  • 6x6 Speedsolve: (1 round)
  • Square-1: (2 rounds)

If there is over one hour of extra time, we will hold 7x7. If there is extra time under one hour, we will add 5x5 round 2.

In addition, if there is extra time, the number of competitors advancing to later rounds of 3x3 and Square-1 may increase as well.

Event Time Cutoff Time Limit
Registration 8:30-9:30
Competitor Tutorial 9:00-9:30
3x3 First Round 9:30-11:30 N/A 10:00
Square-1 Combined First 11:30-12:15 0:45 1:30
Lunch 12:15-12:45
4x4 Combined Final 12:45-1:45 1:15 2:30
5x5 Combined Finall 1:45-3:15 2:15 3:30
3x3 Round 2 (top 80) 3:15-3:45
6x6 Combined Final 3:45-5:00 4:00 6:00
3x3 Round 3 (top 40) 5:00-5:30
Square-1 Final (top 16) 5:30-5:45
3x3 Final (top 20) 5:45-6:00
Awards/Cleanup 6:00-6:30
Buffer 6:30-7:00

Travel and Venue Information

Directions: http://thestamp.umd.edu/about_us/directions_to_stamp

Parking: http://thestamp.umd.edu/the_stamp_student_union/directions_to_stamp/parking_information

Notice that parking is free on weekends. This is ONLY if you park in Lot 1, which, from Stamp, is past the Cole Student Activities Building. Notice that in that parking lot, not everything is part of Lot 1, so make sure you park somewhere that is part of Lot 1 if you do not want to get ticketed. The very colorful green area at the top is where you want to be: http://www.transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps/map_color.pdf

This weekend is a basketball game - you CANNOT park in Regents for free. Please check this map for free parking.

NOTE: The competition is being held in the Grand Ballroom, Room 1206, which is on the first floor, number 43 on this map: http://thestamp.umd.edu/Portals/0/Images/About/map_firstfloor.jpg

HOTELS: There are multiple hotels located on Route 1(Best Western, Hampton Inn, Clarion, College Park Marriott, and more) located less than five minutes away from the venue.

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.

If you are a first time competitor, please read this section carefully. If you are a returning competitor, please skip to the next section.

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.

In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition. Huge thanks to Olivér Perge and Niki Placskó for the document!

ALL COMPETITORS:

Please read this section carefully. We will have a change in organization for Slow N Steady Summer 2017 modeled off of Hungarian competitions in Europe. When you arrive, you will receive a lanyard with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have staff assignments on your lanyard. Every competitor is expected to help out this competition. The card will look somewhat like the following:

Image description

Legend:
* S - scrambling
* R - running
* J - judging

Please note that everyone is expected to help only during the events they are registered for, and everyone need only help for one group per event. 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.

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.

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