Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025


Date
Apr 19, 2025
City
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue

Espy Fire Company

Address
300 Tenny Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Details

Enter the main entrance directly visible from main parking lot/field.

Contact
Organization team
Organizer
Zach Ridall
WCA Delegates
Carter Strouse, Evan Liu, Shaun Mack, and Zach Ridall
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
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 Competition Procedures tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors
85
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
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 125 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.

Registration is not complete until payment of the registration fee is made.

Highlights
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Kyle Meade won with an average of 1.83 seconds in the Pyraminx event. Michael Nielsen finished second (2.16) and Shaun Mack finished third (3.40).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Shaun Mack 5.78 6.62 United States 6.016.257.608.565.78
2x2x2 Cube Michael Nielsen 1.20 1.54 United States 1.621.201.471.741.52
4x4x4 Cube Shaun Mack 27.84 30.98 United States 27.8433.1434.6330.2229.59
6x6x6 Cube Evan Liu 1:35.21 1:40.97 United States 1:42.981:35.211:44.71
Pyraminx Kyle Meade 1.63 1.83 United States 2.181.631.631.852.00

Venue Address:
Espy Fire Co.
300 Tenny Road
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

Driving: The venue is right off of Route 11, which is directly accessible from I-80.

Parking: There is an asphalt parking lot directly attached to the building that should be filled up first. If there are no spots, there is a grass lot directly across from the main entrance (pictured below) that you are able to park in.

Hotels: There is a Fairfield Inn and a Hampton Inn less than 10 minutes away.

Dining: There are several Restaurants and Fast Food places along Route 11, all within a 5-10 minute drive.

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 tutorial 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 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:

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.

Registration Process

Before You Register

All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.

How to Register Online

Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $20.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.

The competitor limit for this competition is 125. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 125 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.

Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.

Any requested changes to registration before Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.

How to Pay for Registration Online

Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."

Refunds

Approved competitors who cancel their registration before Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.

Waitlist Information

We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 125 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.

TheCubicle will be providing prizes for the winners!

This competition is being held in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV). See the regions on CubingUSA's website.

The Firehouse Subs foodtruck will be in attendance! More information can be found here.

Stationary/Fixed Seating with Running Judges

In this format, there is no competitor waiting area and competitors will complete all their solves for the round at the same solving station. Each solving station is numbered and a cube cover will be already at the station with a matching number.

  1. When the competitor’s group is called, the competitor goes up to that stage’s scorecard table and collects their scorecard.

  2. Competitor goes to any open solving station with their scorecard and puzzle.
    If there are no open stations, please wait a couple of minutes or see a Delegate to see if there are open stations at other stages. A station may open up as competitors from the previous group finish.

  3. Competitor makes sure they have the correct numbered cover at their station. Competitor puts their puzzle and their scorecard in the numbered cube cover and holds it for a “running judge” to pick up. Competitor will stay in this spot throughout the entire round.

  4. Running judge takes the cube cover(s) to the scramblers.

  5. Running judge drops off their puzzle(s) and takes the next available scrambled puzzle to the corresponding competitor/station based on the number on the cube cover and proceeds to judge their attempt.
    NOTE: The running judge may not be judging the same competitor each time.

  6. After each attempt, the running judge packs the solved cube and competitor scorecard in the cube cover and brings this to the scramblers.

  7. Repeat this process until all competitors in the group have completed all their attempts.

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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