Slow N Steady Winter 2020


Date
Feb 23, 2020
City
College Park, Maryland, United States
Venue

Adele H. Stamp Student Union

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

Colony Ballroom

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Jerry Qian, Jonathan Lin, Keaton Ellis, Mihailo Rancic, Sean Belke, and Will Callan
WCA Delegates
Corey Sakowski and Keaton Ellis
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

The posted schedule is tentative based on expected competitor registration. If we have an unexpectedly high or low registration count, we will change the number of rounds.

Events
Main event
Competitors
186
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 202 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


Free for UMD students, faculty, and staff. Unfortunately, we can no longer waive registration for alumni.
Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
All competitiors must read the "Competitor Information" tab.
Any requested changes to registration before registration closes will be honored.

WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 202 has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.

Highlights
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Patrick Ponce won with an average of 6.52 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Justin Mallari finished second (7.83) and Ray Bai finished third (7.98).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Patrick Ponce 5.18 6.52 United States 6.789.076.835.185.94
2x2x2 Cube Zayn Khanani 1.27 1.39 United States 1.571.311.321.541.27
4x4x4 Cube Patrick Ponce 24.14 27.41 United States 25.3828.6128.2424.1434.72
5x5x5 Cube Patrick Ponce 45.36 50.13 United States 52.0545.3647.5653.9150.79
3x3x3 One-Handed Patrick Ponce 9.10 9.73 United States 9.1010.059.369.7711.62
Event Round Format Time limit Cutoff Proceed
3x3x3 Cube First round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 40 advance to next round
Second round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 10:00.00
2x2x2 Cube First round Ao5 1:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:00.00
4x4x4 Cube Final Bo2 / Ao5 3:00.00 2 attempts to get < 1:15.00
5x5x5 Cube Final Bo2 / Ao5 4:00.00 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00
3x3x3 One-Handed First round Bo2 / Ao5 2:00.00 2 attempts to get < 45.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 2:00.00

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Schedule for Sunday (February 23, 2020)

From 08:00 AM
To 09:00 AM
Registration
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage, Colony Ballroom - Gold Stage
From 08:30 AM
To 09:00 AM
Tutorial for new competitors
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage
From 09:00 AM
To 10:45 AM
3x3x3 Cube First round
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage, Colony Ballroom - Gold Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 40 advance to next round
From 10:45 AM
To 12:00 PM
2x2x2 Cube First round
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage, Colony Ballroom - Gold Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 12:00 PM
To 12:30 PM
Lunch
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage, Colony Ballroom - Gold Stage
From 12:30 PM
To 01:30 PM
3x3x3 One-Handed First round
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage, Colony Ballroom - Gold Stage
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 45.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 01:30 PM
To 02:45 PM
4x4x4 Cube Final
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage, Colony Ballroom - Gold Stage
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
3:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 1:15.00
From 02:45 PM
To 04:15 PM
5x5x5 Cube Final
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage, Colony Ballroom - Gold Stage
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
4:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 2:00.00
From 04:15 PM
To 04:45 PM
3x3x3 Cube Second round
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage, Colony Ballroom - Gold Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 04:45 PM
To 05:00 PM
3x3x3 One-Handed Final
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
From 05:00 PM
To 05:15 PM
2x2x2 Cube Final
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
From 05:15 PM
To 05:30 PM
3x3x3 Cube Final
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 05:30 PM
To 06:00 PM
Awards/Cleanup
Colony Ballroom - Black Stage

Getting to Campus

Note that if you are coming by public transportation, the Green Line Metro stop is not on campus. You will need to take the Shuttle-UM 104 bus from the stop to campus. Please factor this into to your travel time when planning to come to the venue.

The parking map of UMD shows available parking on campus. During the weekend, there is free parking at all green-highlighted parking lots on this list. Lots B(Regents Parking Garage) and Z are the closest free parking lots near campus.

NOTE: The competition is being held in the Colony Ballroom . The Colony Ballroom is Room 2203, located on the second floor, number 50, on this map.

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING

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 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/running 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:

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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.

There is no official hotel for this competition, and no room blocks will be offered. Below are suggestions for lodging in the area.

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

Private lodging sites such as AirBnB also offer options in the area.

If you are interested in staff, please fill out the following form.

NOTE: ALL COMPETITORS MUST PAY THE $15 REGISTRATION FEE. If you are selected for staff, you will be refunded the registration fee AFTER the competition has ended.

Staff members will be provided with free registration and lunch for the competition.

Final staff decisions will be made after registration closes.

This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! Check out their site for cubes, accessories, apparel, and more!

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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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