St. Boois 2017


Date
Oct 29, 2017
City
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Venue

Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel

Address
9801 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63134
Details

The competition will be held in the room labeled Lambert ABC

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Eric Zhao and Ryan Jew
WCA Delegate
Chris Tran
Information

The competitor limit is 80 people, and the registration fee is $21. Once the competitor cap has been reached, we will not be accepting more registrations.

Events
Main event
Competitors
74
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $21 (United States Dollar).
Highlights
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Jonah Crosby won with an average of 7.76 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Austin Moore finished second (8.22) and Blake Thompson finished third (9.00).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Jonah Crosby 7.38 7.76 United States 7.819.647.887.387.58
2x2x2 Cube Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬) 2.02 2.46 China 2.522.022.313.792.55
4x4x4 Cube Jonah Crosby 27.70 30.90 United States 27.7029.8633.5230.8532.00
5x5x5 Cube Jonah Crosby 58.73 1:01.39 United States 1:00.931:06.2058.731:03.4259.81
3x3x3 One-Handed Edward Vakula 14.09 15.59 United States 14.9616.2015.6020.1614.09
Skewb Cale Schoon 3.02 3.71 United States 4.423.064.833.023.66
Square-1 Edward Vakula 11.67 13.98 United States 11.6712.5017.6113.6215.83
Event Round Format Time limit Cutoff Proceed
3x3x3 Cube First round Ao5 10:00.00
Second round Ao5 10:00.00
Final Ao5 10:00.00
2x2x2 Cube First round Bo2 / Ao5 10:00.00 2 attempts to get < 15.00
Final Ao5 10:00.00
4x4x4 Cube Final Bo2 / Ao5 10:00.00 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00
5x5x5 Cube Final Bo2 / Ao5 10:00.00 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00
3x3x3 One-Handed First round Bo2 / Ao5 10:00.00 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00
Final Ao5 10:00.00
Skewb Final Bo2 / Ao5 10:00.00 2 attempts to get < 15.00
Square-1 Final Bo2 / Ao5 10:00.00 2 attempts to get < 45.00

For this competition, we will be holding a Halloween costume contest!
All of those competing in costume during 3x3 are automatically entered. The Top 3 costumes will receive prizes, and all costumes will receive an online discount code to use at CubeDepot.

Please keep all costumes family friendly.

Event Cutoff Time Limit
3x3 None 10 minutes
2x2 15 seconds 1 minute
4x4 1:30 3:00
5x5 2:30 4:00
3x3 One-Handed 50 seconds 2 minutes
Square-1 45 seconds 2 minutes
Skewb 15 seconds 1 minute
Time Event
7:30-8:00 Setup
8:00-9:00 2x2 Round 1
9:00-9:45 Square-1 Final
9:45-10:45 4x4 Final
10:45-11:00 2x2 Final (Top 8)
11:00-11:45 Lunch
11:45-1:30 3x3 Round 1
1:30-2:30 One-Handed Round 1
2:30-3:30 5x5 Final
3:30-4:30 Skewb Final
4:30-5:00 3x3 Round 2 (Top 24, may increase to 32)
5:00-5:20 One-Handed Final (Top 8)
5:20-5:40 3x3 Final (Top 8, may increase to 12)
5:40-6:00 Awards

For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!

We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...

First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

Of course, those regulations contain a lot of legalese, so we have a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t=2s

If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial, Saturday morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!

Q&A:

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?

A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete, however, we will have a vendor at this competition, from which you can buy puzzles if your current ones have seen better days.

Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?

A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!

Q: What is the competition like?

A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests, and a vendor, where you can purchase all you cubing related needs. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into heats, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)

Q: How do I find results?

A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to Cubecomps.com to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?

A: Make sure you pay you entrance fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the compeition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.

Q: Are there age divisions?

A: Nope! All cometitors compete in the same group.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?

A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

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CubeDepot will be sponsoring and vending at this competition!

Once registration closes, the groups will be made and subsequently posted here.

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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