Wichita Art Museum 2025
- Date
- Mar 22, 2025
- City
- Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Venue
Wichita Art Museum
- Address
- 1400 Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203
- Details
Jim and Darla Farha Great Hall
- Contact
- Organizers
- Dan Smith, Liam O'Leary, Lydia Workman, and Southern Heartland Cubing
- WCA Delegates
- Dan Smith and Lydia Workman
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
TheCubicle
This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! See the Sponsor tab for more details.March 2025 celebrates newcomers to the WCA!
This competition reserves 30 of the 70 slots for new competitors until March 7th. After that date, registrations are first come first served. The other 40 slots are for returning competitors. If 30 newcomers don't sign up, registrations are first come, first served.Please note that this schedule is subject to change, as we may hold events slightly earlier or later than shown depending on whether the competition is running ahead of schedule or behind schedule.
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, you may want to look at CubingUSA's Competitor Tutorial.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 64
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.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 70 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $35 (United States Dollar).
The registration is $35.00. There will be no refund to no-shows unless cancelled before the deadline
Registration
- Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.
Deleting Registration/Refunds
- If you register and later realize you cannot make the event, you can request a full refund before registration closes.
- After the registration period closes, no refunds will be awarded.
Adding/Dropping Events
- Competitors may request (by email) to be added to more events BEFORE registration closes.
- Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
- Competitors may request (by email) to remove events from their registration. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.
Waitlist
- If the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering and paying the fee. Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
- Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist before registration closes will receive a full refund shortly before the event.
- No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after registration closes.
Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.
In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the competitors list (the tab on the left side of the screen thay says "Competitors") then please send an email to the contact on the General Info tab.
If the competitor limit is filled, you may still register and pay the registration fee if you wish, but you will be placed on a waitlist. Your registration will not be accepted unless a spot opens up.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ryan Pilat won with an average of 6.78 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Aaron Huynh finished second (7.45) and Jake Maddox finished third (7.67).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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| 3x3x3 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 6.00 | 6.78 | United States | 7.16 | 6.92 | 6.25 | 6.00 | 8.06 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Benjamin J. Dunn | 1.56 | 2.16 | United States | 2.10 | 1.98 | 2.39 | 3.41 | 1.56 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 2:22.32 | 2:27.13 | United States | 2:28.36 | 2:30.72 | 2:22.32 | |||||
| Clock | Dominic Brungardt | 4.51 | 5.99 | United States | 4.51 | DNF | 7.14 | 5.81 | 5.03 | |||
| Megaminx | Alexander Gager | 35.17 | 37.66 | United States | 40.25 | 36.21 | 36.53 | 42.77 | 35.17 | |||
| Pyraminx | Ryan Pilat | 1.74 | 2.52 | United States | 1.74 | 3.51 | 2.29 | 2.29 | 2.99 | |||
| Square-1 | Ryan Pilat | 5.64 | 6.19 | United States | 5.64 | 6.69 | 5.64 | 7.89 | 6.25 | |||
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/
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.
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 WCA Live 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 competition. 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 competitors 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!
Important Links
(Links will be updated closer to the competition)
Group Sheet:
Live Results:
All Competitors
Please try to arrive at least 30 minutes early for the events you are competing in to ensure that you are on time for your events
We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can, so if you do not arrive to compete by the event is ending your spot may be given up to the next competitor in the rankings.
Your delegate for this competition is James Hildreth. Ask him if you have any questions throughout the day!
To keep the competition running on time and to ensure we can keep all events we will be requiring competitors to also judge. Pay attention to the group assignment sheet - If you are in the first group of an event you will then judge the second group, if in the second group you will judge the third group and so on - if you are in the last group you will judge the first group. This is essential to keep the events on schedule. We also invite any parents or guests to also help to judge - thank you for your support. Please arrive to attend the New Competitor tutorial.
This competition will also hold unofficial events. The results will be recorded through Cubing Contests, and will then be added to the rankings.
Live Results
Event Details
Rules
Live results will be updated through WCA LIVE at live.worldcubeassociation.org
https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/admin/competitions/7351
Parking
Wichita Art Museum has a large parking lot next to the building. Enter through the main doors and go upstairs.
Lunch
The cafe is under renovations so it will not be open. However, you can bring food in.
Visit "Competition Groups" to see your groups and assignments for all first rounds:
https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/WichitaArtMuseum2025
TheCubicle
This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle!
Stationary/Fixed Seating w/ 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.
- When the competitor’s group is called, the competitor goes up to that stage’s scorecard table and collects their scorecard.
- 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.
- 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.
- Running judge takes the cube cover(s) to the scramblers.
- 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 competitor may have a different judge each attempt.
- After each attempt, the running judge packs the solved cube and competitor scorecard in the cube cover and brings this to the scramblers.
- 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.