LogoSoCal Please Be Qualified 2023
- Date
- May 28, 2023
- City
- San Diego, California, United States
- Venue
UC San Diego Rady School of Management
- Address
- 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Details
Otterson Hall Multipurpose Room 2 (Room 2S117 on the 2nd floor)
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Jacob Liu and Ruby Lu (卢红)
- WCA Delegates
- Elijah Brown, Matthew Dickman, and Michael Young
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This is a PBQ Competition, without regular 3x3x3. Please consider Westview Favorites 2023 for a competition with 3x3x3.
The competition will take place at UC San Diego's Rady School of Management, in Otterson Hall's Multipurpose Room 2 (Room 2S117 on the second floor).
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 Competitor Responsibilities tab.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 17
- 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 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% 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.
Registration Process
- Wait until registration opens on Monday, May 1, 2023 at 7:00 PM PDT. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT. No exceptions to these will be given. If deemed necessary, we may close registration early.
- If you have not competed before, create a WCA account here.
- Go to the Register link on the competition website.
- Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
- Pay the registration fee via Stripe on the competition website.
Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in the competition.
Waitlist
If the competition is full, a message will be displayed saying such on the competition website. If, after this time, you register and pay for the competition, you will be added to the competition waitlist.
If a competitor cancels their registration, the person at the top of the waitlist will be added to the competitor list.
If you are on the waitlist, you may cancel your registration (see below) at any time for a full refund.
If you are on the waitlist, you will be informed whether you have made it on the competitor list after Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT, otherwise you will be given a full refund.
Registration Changes
If you would like to cancel your registration, email the organization team with your request and you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT
If you would like to edit your registered events or listed guests, you may do so on the Register page. This can only be done prior to Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT.
By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Competitor Responsibilities tab. This tab details the responsibilites of all competitors at this competition. Not abiding by these responsibilities can result in disqualification
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Kyeongmin Choi won with a single solve of 47.68 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Hana Nakano finished second (59.27) and Kavin Tangtartharakul finished third (1:02.39).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Kyeongmin Choi | 47.68 | DNF | Republic of Korea | DNF | 47.68 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Kyeongmin Choi | 24 | 25.00 | Republic of Korea | 24 | 27 | 24 | |||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Kyeongmin Choi | 6:57.33 | DNF | Republic of Korea | DNF | 6:57.33 | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Hana Nakano | 14:57.00 | DNF | United States | DNF | 14:57.00 | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Kyeongmin Choi | 13/15 51:16 | Republic of Korea | 13/15 51:16 | ||||||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative * | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative * | ||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Mo3 | 1 hour | |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:45:00.00 total for 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final and 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final ** | |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:45:00.00 total for 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final and 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final ** | |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo1 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 |
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Schedule for Sunday (May 28, 2023)
MUST READ BEFORE REGISTERING
Showing up to compete:
- Since you have registered online, there is no need to check in upon arrival. Please make sure you arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the beginning of your first event and allow for time to park and to find the venue.
- You will be called up in groups for your event(s). Shortly before the event, we will post which group(s) you've been assigned to and send an email with them. When you arrive, you will also receive a nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event.
- If you miss the last call for an event, you will not be able to compete in that event. Missing an event does not bar you from competing in subsequent events (but does bar you from competing in subsequent rounds of events you missed).
- Don't forget to bring a blindfold if you are competing in any blind events.
General:
- PLEASE BE QUIET. All competition attendees are required to remain quiet during these events. Attendees wishing to socialize or otherwise talk at full volume must do so outside the room of the competition, as to not to distract competitors.
- Spectating is free and open to the public.
- Photography and videography will be permitted, however there shall be NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY. This is very distracting for competitors.
- During the competition, please stay at least 1.5 meters away from the solving stations. Again, this is very distracting.
- Schedule is tentative to change. If any changes are made to the competition or schedule, they will be clearly announced to all competitors in an email.
- All competitors will be assigned judging roles.
- Please provide adult supervision for children under 12 years of age.
- DO NOT attend the competition if you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or if you were exposed to someone with COVID-19.
You may also receive assignments for helping with judging, running, and scrambling. For each event you sign up for, you will be assigned to help out for one group of that event, and we may ask for extra help in addition to assigned staff. We encourage all competitors to help out in order to keep the competition running smoothly.
Rady School of Management - Google Maps
Hopkins Parking Structure - Google Maps
Pangea Parking Structure - Google Maps
Directions to the Rady School of Management:
- From Interstate 5 exit on Genesee Avenue heading west
- Proceed to the third light at the top of the hill
- Turn left onto North Torrey Pines Road
- Turn left onto North Point Drive
- Turn right onto Scholars Drive North and continue until you see Otterson Hall on the left
Directions to Hopkins Parking Structure from I‐5 North or South:
- Take Genesee Avenue exit West
- Proceed to the third light at the top of the hill and turn left onto North Torrey Pines Rd
- Turn left onto North Point Driveway (North Point Dr. turns into Hopkins Dr.)
- Follow Hopkins Drive. Turn right into Hopkins Parking Structure
Parking
The closest parking structures are Pangea and Hopkins. Parking is $2 an hour, with an $8 daily maximum. See visitor parking info for more details. Please park only in designated visitor parking areas. Cars parked in spots marked "24/7 Reserved" may be ticketed or towed.
Food
A couple minutes away from the venue, there is a UCSD food truck and dining hall. There are also many food options at Price Center (center of campus) and on Nobel Drive, which is a mile away from campus.
This competition is a PBQ (Please Be Quiet) competition, meaning that the only events that are being offered are completed under quiet conditions:
- 3x3x3 Blindfolded
- 4x4x4 Blindfolded
- 5x5x5 Blindfolded
- 3x3x3 Multi-Blind
- 3x3x3 Fewest Moves
The events at this competition require significant levels of concentration, focus, and practice. All attendees, including guests, are expected to remain quiet during these events while in the competition room. Attendees wishing to socialize or otherwise talk at full volume must do so outside the competition room, as to not to distract competitors.
Want to stay connected with the West Coast community? Join the West Coast Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from NorCal, SoCal, Nevada, Hawaii, and Tijuana and keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!
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We also have our SoCal Cubing Facebook Group, WCA Forum thread for California, and the SoCal Cubing website.
This competition will be sponsored by TheCubicle! They will be providing prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in every event. They will not be selling puzzles onsite.
Prizes will be given out to all who place in the top 3 of the main event and first place for the other events.
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline A1a2++).
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.