Big N Blind NYC 2017


Date
Nov 18, 2017
City
New York, New York, United States
Venue

100 United Nations Plaza

Address
100 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA
Details

Will occur in the events room

Contact

Organizer Contact

Organizer
Aryan Kejriwal
WCA Delegate
Sam Schultz
Information

There is a 30 person competitor limit. Your registration is not considered complete until you have registered and paid (via Stripe payment). We are not accepting any registrations or payments at the door. We will not be adding any events to this competition other than those already being held.

Events
Competitors
20
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
6x6x6 Cube Aryan Kejriwal 1:45.56 1:54.91 United States 1:51.832:07.331:45.56
7x7x7 Cube Aryan Kejriwal 2:46.37 2:48.71 United States 2:48.862:46.372:50.89
4x4x4 Blindfolded Chen-Pin Sun (孫振斌) 9:47.55 DNF Chinese Taipei 9:47.55DNFDNF
Event Number of Rounds Cutoff/Time Limit
6x6 Speedsolve 2 4:30/6:30
7x7 Speedsolve 2 6:45/8:45
4x4 Blindfolded 1 50:00 Cumulative Time Limit
5x5 Blindfolded 1 50:00 Cumulative Time Limit

Please note that these are the only events that will be held at this competition. If this is your first competition, you are welcome to attend, however note that this competition will not have 3x3 or other more commonly held events. If you're interested in a competition like that, please stay tuned for upcoming competition announcements within the tri-state area.

Event Time Cutoff/Time Limit
6x6 Round 1 12:00pm-1:00pm 4:30/6:30
7x7 Round 1 1:00pm-2:00pm 6:45/8:45
4x4 Blindfolded Combined Final (Best of 3 Format) 2:00pm-3:00pm 50:00 Cumulative Time Limit
5x5 Blindfolded Combined Final (Best of 3 Format) 3:00pm-4:00pm 50:00 Cumulative Time Limit
6x6 Finals 4:00pm-5:00pm Number advancing TBA
7x7 Finals 5:00pm-6:00pm Number advancing TBA
Awards 6:00pm-6:30pm

Schedule is subject to change, however all changes will be announced.

UPDATE: REGISTRATION HAS NOW CLOSED. IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR NAME ON THE COMPETITOR LIST, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CANNOT COMPETE AT THIS COMPETITION. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR UPCOMING NYC-METRO AREA COMPETITIONS.

The registration fee for this competition is $25.00. The WCA Stripe payment system is being used for this competition. You will be prompted to pay following registration. You are not considered registered until you pay via Stripe.

If you paid but don't see your name on the registration list within 48 hours of payment, please email the organizers.

You must register and pay online to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted under any circumstances. We realize this may not be ideal for some people, but this allows us to have an exact count of people attending and lets us use staff resources more effectively the day of the competition. Spectators may attend for free.

As of now, there will be NO waitlist for this competition.

This competition will take place at 100 United Nations Plaza.

The venue is walking distance to Grand Central Terminal, which is accessible via Metro-North Commuter Railroad and New York City Subway 4, 5, 6, 7, and 42nd Street Shuttle on Saturdays.

The closest New York City Subway station is Lexington Avenue/51st Street, which can be accessed via the 6 and E lines on Saturdays.

As parking can be very difficult in Manhattan, we recommend using public transportation.

The closest Amtrak station is New York Penn Station and the closest bus station is the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Connections can be made from both of these locations via New York City Subway.

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).

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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