LogoSwallow Spring 2023
- Date
- Apr 22, 2023
- City
- Hartland, Wisconsin, United States
- Venue
Swallow Elementary School
- Address
- W299N5614 County Hwy E, Hartland, WI 53029, USA
- Details
Large Gym, Left of the main entrance
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Jennifer Lippman-Bruno, Lucas Lippman-Bruno, Midwest Cubing Association, and Zeke Mackay
- WCA Delegates
- Braden Richards, Carter Kucala, Shain Papalotl Longbehn, Simon Kellum, and Zeke Mackay
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
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 WCA Competition Tutorial.
This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 133
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 150 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Luke Garrett won with an average of 6.16 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ben Zhao finished second (6.44) and Zeke Mackay finished third (6.48).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Luke Garrett | 5.61 | 6.16 | United States | 6.84 | 5.92 | 5.61 | 6.68 | 5.89 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Luke Garrett | 26.14 | 27.78 | United States | 29.66 | 34.64 | 26.95 | 26.14 | 26.73 | |||
| Clock | Reed W. Richardson | 3.78 | 4.54 | United States | 3.78 | 4.17 | 3.87 | 5.59 | 5.81 | |||
| Megaminx | Luke Garrett | 38.46 | 40.93 | United States | 41.34 | 43.48 | 38.46 | 39.04 | 42.40 | |||
| Skewb | Brian Johnson | 2.15 | 2.45 | United States | 2.45 | 2.28 | 2.97 | 2.63 | 2.15 | |||
| 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 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:20.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | |||
| Megaminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 4:30.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | Top 50% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:30.00 |
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Schedule for Saturday (April 22, 2023)
-Before the competition, watch this great video made by former WCA Senior Delegate Kit Clement with the basics of how it all works.
-There is also this written tutorial on the WCA website that is very helpful.
-We encourage first time competitors to test out the timing equipment before your first attempt! Feel free to ask a staff member how competing works.
-The competitors will be split up into groups for competing. You will be assigned a group, which you can find on the Groups tab.
-On the day of the competition when your group number is called you bring your puzzle up and put it in the box that has a scorecard with your name on it and wait in the competitor waiting area until your name is called.
-It's a good idea to arrive before the scheduled time for your event because if you are not there for the last call you might not be allowed to compete.
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...
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.
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 gym, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests.
Q: When do I need to show up?
A: Look at the schedule on the competition website. You must be present and ready to compete during all events that you are registered for. The schedule is subject to change. We recommend coming about 15-30 minutes before the start of your first event.
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 live.worldcubeassociation.org 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.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete in the same group.
Q: Do spectators have to pay to attend?
A: Nope! Anyone is welcome to stop by anytime for free and check it out.
Q: Can you add more events?
A: No.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
Staff registration has closed.
Staff members are expected to be helping out for most of the groups that they are not competing in themselves.
Staff benefits are:
* $15 Registration refund (75%)
* Free lunch
If you do not fill out this form, you will NOT be eligible for these benefits regardless of how much you help out during the competition. Please fill out this form if you would like to staff. We will let you know whether or not you have been accepted closer to the competition date.
The competition will be located in the large gym of the school, slightly to the left of the front entrance (The entrance nearest to the road).
The closest airports to the venue are the Miwaukee Mitchell Intl. Airport (~40 min drive) and the Dane County Regional Airport (~1 hour drive).
The closest hotels to the venue are the Holiday Inn Express Delafield and AmericInn in Delafield.
Live results for this competition can be seen here https://live.worldcubeassociation.org
The groups can be seen at https://competitiongroups.com.
This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! They will be handing out gift cards to people who podium, as well as all first timers. Click on the image below to go to their website.
Since registration has closed, everyone on the waitlist has been refunded 90% of their registration fee and have had their registration cancelled.
| Waiting # | Name | Paid Date (MM/DD - UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levi Rivera | 02/24 |
| 2 | Gabe Long | 02/24 |
| 3 | Jospeh Ebertz | 02/25 |
| 4 | Michael Maurer | 02/27 |
| 5 | Antonio Nicholas Yaniz | 02/27 |
| 6 | Matthew Greenfield | 02/28 |
| 7 | Daniel Mcelfresh | 02/28 |
| 8 | Asel Kosgolla | 03/03 |
| 9 | Dylan Powell | 03/04 |
| 10 | Evan Z. Kong | 03/06 |
| 11 | Levi Wallace | 03/07 |
| 12 | Ben C. Coombe | 03/14 |
| 13 | Simon Knight | 03/16 |
| 14 | Emerson | 03/25 |
| 15 | Calvin Marks | 04/02 |
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.