Troy Story 2024


Date
Jan 21, 2024
City
Troy, New York, United States
Venue

Hilton Garden Inn Troy

Address
235 Hoosick St, Troy, NY 12180
Details

Ferris Ballroom

Contact
Organization team
Organizer
Empire State Cubing
WCA Delegates
Evan Liu and Zach Ridall
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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
76
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 175 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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 .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Highlights
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Alex Niedland won with an average of 8.26 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Noah Melita finished second (9.05) and Aditya Arunkumar finished third (9.33).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Alex Niedland 6.69 8.26 United States 11.027.469.867.456.69
2x2x2 Cube Noah Melita 1.12 1.87 United States 1.393.971.922.291.12
Pyraminx Clement D. Tucker 2.33 3.13 United States 3.862.332.802.725.16
Skewb Ryan Hughes 2.37 3.14 United States 3.482.373.302.656.69

Address:
Hilton Garden Inn Troy
235 Hoosick St.
Troy, NY 12180

Airport: Albany International Airport (ALB) is roughly 10 miles away from Troy.

Parking: The venue has plenty of free parking.

Hotels: Aside from the venue, there are a couple other options in Troy, and even more that are closer to the airport.

Food: There are several fast food restaurants within a short drive, though outside food is not permitted.

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:

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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 $30.00. (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 175. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 175 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 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, January 13 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 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, January 13 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 175 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, January 13, 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 Top 3 in each event!

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).

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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