Chennai Cube Open 2019


Date
Aug 25, 2019
City
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Venue

Santhosh & Sabari Institute for IAS Exam

Address
Santhosh & Sabari Institute for IAS Exam, 5, East Park Road Shenoy Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600030
Details

Main Hall

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Nandha Kumar, Ritvik Raj, Sabarinathan Krishnamurthi, and SpeedCubers India
WCA Delegate
Daniel M. James
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information
  • Make sure you will be available at the venue at least 15 minutes before your event starts. You won't be allowed to participate in an event if you reach late.
  • If you're participating in a WCA competition for first time or not aware of competition rules, make sure that you attend the tutorial session.
  • If you're participating in a WCA competition for first time, please bring your ID card as well.
Events
Main event
Competitors
50
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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 55 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹600 (Indian Rupee).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


Registration fee
Pass fee (for participating in any number of events): 600 INR

Steps to complete online registration
Step 1 - Register here by selecting the events you want to participate in.
Step 2 - Pay the registration fee through Google Pay (Tez) to the number - 7358777690 (Ritvik Raj). Please mention your full name and the name of the competition (CCO19 is enough) in the description of the payment. Once your payment is received, your registration will be accepted within a day or two.

Highlights
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Nitin Nathan won with an average of 9.79 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Pranav Prabhu finished second (10.00) and Sujai Shakthivel finished third (10.72).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Nitin Nathan 8.51 9.79 United States 11.019.979.078.5110.32
2x2x2 Cube Naren Ramesh 2.23 2.77 India 2.832.232.433.043.54
3x3x3 One-Handed Pranav Prabhu 13.51 15.70 India 15.1417.0014.9613.5121.14
Megaminx Sujai Shakthivel 58.60 1:09.27 India 1:19.931:09.121:08.631:10.0558.60
Pyraminx Naren Ramesh 2.54 3.57 India 4.953.264.333.122.54
Skewb Nitin Nathan 2.85 3.62 United States 4.902.962.854.303.60

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/

Here's a video that will be helpful for new comers:

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the 'Registration & Payment' tab and it will guide you to the registration.

FAQs

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. This means you should bring your own cube.

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: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page within a week 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 upcoming rounds of events. Remember, the results are entered by a human so please be patient if you do not see your results immediately.

Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete together.

Q: I want to attend, or I have friends/family who want to attend, but not compete. Do they need to pay as well?
A: No. All spectators are free to view the competition at no cost. There is payment only to compete. But in some cases, venue will be having restriction to allow spectators depending on the competition.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

If you have any further queries, please do mail the organizers & delegates.

Travel

Note: Uber and Ola are available for this location .

Nearest Airport
Chennai International airport (MAA) - approx 15 kms from the venue.  One of the travel options is Metro ( Green Line ) from Airport to Shenoy Nagar.  The travel expense is around 60 Rupees.

Nearest Railway Stations
Chennai Egmore Railway Station (MS) - approx 6 kms from the venue.  One of the travel options is Metro ( Green line ) from Egmore to Shenoy Nagar Metro. The travel expense is around 40 Rupees.

MGR Central Railway Station (MAS) - approx 9 Kms. One of the travel options is Metro ( Green Line ) from Chennai Central to Shenoy Nagar Metro. The travel expense is around 60 Rupees.

Nearest Metro
Shenoy Nagar Metro ( Green Line ). Venue is just 20 meters from B3 Exit.

The Shenoy Nagar Metro has three Exits. We recommend to use B3 Exit since it is very close to the venue.

Those who plan to come by own vehicle
There is ample space for parking near the venue.

CAUTION

The board in the buses will be written in both regional language and English . So you may /may not need to get help from a stranger.

Accomodation
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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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