LogoReno Blind & Side Spring 2024
- Date
- Mar 10, 2024
- City
- Reno, Nevada, United States
- Venue
University of Nevada, Reno
- Address
- Ansari Business Bldg, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557
- Details
Ansari Business Building, First Floor, Room 102
- Contact
- Organizers
- Jason Ostdiek and Michael Larsen
- WCA Delegates
- Antonio Kam (甘浩東), Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, David Karalli (داود قراعلي), Jason Ostdiek, Mason Langenderfer, Michael Larsen, and Ruby Lu (卢红)
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- Information
This competition will not have the typical events like a normal competition. Please see Reno Spring 2024 for information on a regular competition the day before.
- Registrants will be accepted in the order that they pay, not the order that they register. Please be patient with us as we manually accept all eligible competitors.
- Competitors may only bring one guest maximum due to venue size constraints.
Competition Day Timing
- The competition will begin at the scheduled start time.
- Lunch will end at the scheduled time.
- Events will begin as soon as the previous event is wrapping up. Exception: All First Round events will not start more than 20 minutes early.
- Competitors may not compete in an event if they miss last call for that event. In general, last call is a few minutes after the last group is called.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 20
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $6.25 (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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $6.25 (United States Dollar).
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Registration requirements listed here are for this competition only. Other competitions may have different registration requirements.
If you are a minor (below the age of 18) and wish to attend this competition you must be accompanied by a legal parent/guardian.
Competitors above the age of 18 must read through and sign UNR's Policy on the Protection of Children Information Packet. The document will be sent out via email before the competition.
Waitlist
If the registration has completely filled, competitors will be placed on a waitlist. Competitors on the waitlist will be notified by March 1st if they have been removed from the waitlist.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Antonio Kam (甘浩東) won with an average of 10.57 seconds in the 3x3x3 One-Handed event. Jason Ostdiek finished second (13.91) and Mason Langenderfer finished third (13.96).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6x6x6 Cube | Paul Mahvi | 1:35.47 | 1:41.96 | United States | 1:47.75 | 1:42.67 | 1:35.47 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Antonio Kam (甘浩東) | 9.10 | 10.57 | Hong Kong, China | 14.68 | 11.16 | 10.60 | 9.10 | 9.94 | |||
| Square-1 | Calvin Nielson | 5.35 | 7.94 | United States | 10.26 | 7.68 | 7.35 | 8.80 | 5.35 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Graham Siggins | 1:35.21 | DNF | United States | DNF | 1:35.21 | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Graham Siggins | 3:34.83 | DNF | United States | 3:34.83 | 3:41.51 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Graham Siggins | 60/64 59:41 | United States | 60/64 59:41 | 56/64 59:45 | |||||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 6:25.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:30.00 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 50.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 50.00 | Top 6 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 2:15:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final and 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final ** | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 2:15:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final and 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final ** | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo2 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 |
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Schedule for Sunday (March 10, 2024)
Location
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N Virginia St
Reno, NV 89557
Parking
Parking is available in the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex.
More information about parking is available on the UNR website.
Food
This competition is not providing food to attendees.
There are various restaurants open in the Joe Crowley Student Union.
For a complete list of open restaurants, please consult the UNR website.
There are also restaurants around campus, such as:
* Jimmy John's (Center and 9th)
* Laughing Planet (Virginia and 10th)
* Roberto's (Virginia and 8th)
* Raising Cane's (Virginia and 17th)
* Ike's Love and Sandwiches (Virginia and 17th)
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This is where you'll register for the upcoming unofficial FTO round at Reno Blind & Side Spring 2024! You must be registered for the official WCA competition first to compete in FTO.
The cutoff for the average is 2:30 (within 2 attempts), and the time limit for each solve is 4 minutes.
Results will be posted on Cubing Contests.
Signup Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEbz_MGlqiSpCi4ETQ8mJ_rxvxGKXCO_7AfY0dHWjmZLGwgg/viewform?usp=sf_link
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 across rounds (see Guideline 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.