Q. How do I register for this competition?
A. Registration for this competition opens on Monday, November 13th at 7:00 pm and will be open until Saturday, January 20th at 11:59 pm. You'll need a WCA Account to register. Once registration has opened, you can register at the register button to your left or at this link. Select the events you'll be competing in and any comments you'd like the organization team to know. After pressing Register, you'll be prompted to pay using Stripe. You must pay your registration fee to be eligible to compete. If there is still space in the competition and you do not receive an email saying your registration has been accepted within 48 hours of paying, please contact the organization team.

A. Competitors should understand the WCA Regulations before competing. For something a little more digestable, you can read the WCA Competitor Tutorial or watch this video guide. We will have a New Competitor Tutorial at the beginning of the day where you can learn and ask questions.

Q. Who should I ask if I have any questions?
A. Your delegates for this competition are Carter Kucala, Elijah Brown, Joshua Feran, Simon Kellum, and Zeke Mackay. Please ask them if you have any questions.

Q. What are groups? How can I find which ones I'm in?
A. Groups are how we determine when each competitor competes. During each round, we will have several groups that will be called up in succession. When the group in which you're supposed to compete is called, please come up to the cube dropoff table and submit your puzzle. When the group you're judging is called, come up and find an empty station to judge. Groups will be emailed to competitors or in a tab on this website in the week leading up to the competition.

Q. Do competitors need to volunteer? How do I do that?
A. We require that all competitors volunteer as judges during the competition day. You will be assigned a group to judge in. We will go over judging in our New Competitor Tutorial.

Q. How old do I have to be to compete?
A. WCA Competitions are open to cubers of any age! We do not have age groups so all competitors compete with each other.

Q. What do I need to bring to the competition?
A. You'll need to bring the puzzles required for any event you'll be competing in. Most competitors like to bring other cubes to warm up with. All timing equipment will be supplied by the WCA Delegates at the competition.

Q. Where can I find results for this competition?
A. Live results will be visible on WCA Live and will be posted on the WCA Website shortly after the competition. If it's your first competition, you'll get a WCA ID when results are posted to the WCA Website.

Q. How can I have a competition in my hometown?
A. You can contact the Wisconsin delegates by email here. We would love to help you organize a comp anywhere in the area!

Venue

This competition will be held in the Madison Ballroom on the fourth floor of Monona Terrace. The Madison Ballroom is located to the left of the main entrance.

Food

Monona Terrace will be providing Snack, Lunch, and Beverage options for purchase from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at this competition. Otherwise, there are plenty of food options in the capitol square a 2-3 block walk from the venue.

Parking

Monona Terrace has a 600-space parking structure available during the weekends. The rate is $5 per day on weekends. You can enter at one of these two addresses:

1 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI
1 Wilson St, Madison, WI (Convenient drop-off point)

Madison has plenty of other parking options, the availability of which can be found here.

Hotels

Monona Terrace is connected by skywalk to the Hilton Monona Terrace. There are plenty of other hotel options around Monona Terrace you can find here.

Travel

The closest airport to Monona Terrace is Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) about 15 minutes drive away. You can also fly into O'Hare International Airport (ORD) which is connected by a ~3 hour bus ride to downtown Madison.

Madison is connected by bus routes. The closest bus stop to Monona Terrace is E Wilson & MLK Junior, connected to routes C and 38. You can find more information on this stop here.

You can view the results for unofficial events at this link during the competition.

This competition will feature 3 unofficial events:

You can find the regulations for Magic/Master Magic in Article G of the 2010 WCA Regulations. A couple important points are as follows:
* Competitors may do practice solves (for less than a minute) and will start their official attempts when they confirm they are starting official attempts.
* The judge will not scramble or cover the puzzle. The competitor is responsible for returning the puzzle to its 'scrambled' state.
* The puzzle must be completely flat on the table.

You can find the regulations for Mini Guildford Challenge in Article C of the Extra Events Regulations A couple important points are as follows:
* This event is a relay of 3x3x3 Cube, 2x2x2, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 3x3x3 One-Handed, Clock, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1.
* Competitors have 20 seconds of inspection allotted.
* The judge will call out when 10 and 17 seconds of inspection have elapsed.
* Time penalties of each puzzle are cumulative.

You can sign up for the unofficial events on this form.

If you missed the registration deadline, do not worry! You may still register at the door of the competition. The fee for On The Spot Registration is $40, which you can pay cash, venmo, or paypal at the competition.

You can arrive at any point before the events you want to compete in to register on the spot. Just come up to one of the delegates of the competition in the front of the room, and we will get you set up!

If you are a new competitor that is registering on the spot, please bring some sort of ID as we will need to check to confirm your information upon checking in. If this causes any concern, please let us know by using the contact form on the main page of this competition website.

This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! They will provide gift card codes to the podium winners!