Amherst Winter Challenge 2025
- Date
- Jan 25 - 26, 2025
- City
- Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
- Venue
Amherst Woman's Club
- Address
- 35 Triangle St, Amherst, MA 01002
- Details
Ground Floor
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Cube New England and Levi Gibson
- WCA Delegates
- Levi Gibson, Margot Audero, and Will Russo
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The only events at this competition will be 3x3x3 Blindfolded, 3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded, 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, 4x4x4 Blindfolded, and 5x5x5 Blindfolded. First-time competitors are welcome, however we will not be holding the normal speedsolving events, and so you may prefer to attend a different competition.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 12
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Friday, November 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Friday, January 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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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 24 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $50 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Friday, January 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Friday, January 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.
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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $50 (United States Dollar).
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
By registering, I hereby release and hold harmless Cube New England Inc. and its officers and volunteers (“Cube New England”), to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against any and all claims, damages, injuries, liabilities, losses, costs, or expenses of any kind or nature which may arise out of or relate to my traveling to or from, attending, or participating in the Event and my use of any venue facilities, including any liability for injury, death, or damage attributable to the alleged negligence of Cube New England, but excluding liability for injury, death, or damage caused solely by gross negligence of Cube New England. I take full personal responsibility for my conduct and actions during the Event and agree to indemnify Cube New England for any loss, damage, injury or expense resulting from my acts or omissions while participating in the Event or present at the event venue.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Elliot Wiecek won with a mean of 21.67 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Levi Gibson finished second (22.67) and Christopher Chi finished third (23.00).
Brandon Villadolid - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | 53.67 | DNF | United States | 54.83 | DNF | 53.67 | |||||
First round | 4 | 1:00.15 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 1:00.15 | ||||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 7 | 18 | DNF | United States | 18 | DNF | 39 | |||||
First round | 8 | 32 | 34.00 | United States | 32 | 38 | 32 | ||||||
4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 4 | 8/8 42:30 | United States | 8/8 42:30 | 8/10 56:57 | 7/10 54:19 |
Christopher Chi - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 5 | 1:03.33 | DNF | United States | DNF | 1:03.33 | DNF | |||||
First round | 5 | 1:18.27 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 1:18.27 | ||||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 3 | 21 | 23.00 | United States | 21 | 25 | 23 | |||||
First round | 1 | 21 | 23.00 | United States | 21 | 26 | 22 | ||||||
4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 2 | 5:19.58 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 5:19.58 | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 3 | 14/15 50:59 | United States | 14/15 50:59 | 15/17 55:27 | 12/17 53:42 |
Daniel Karnaukh - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | 8 | 2:02.10 | DNF | United States | 3:41.80 | 2:02.10 | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 4 | 23 | 23.67 | United States | 23 | 25 | 23 | |||||
First round | 2 | 21 | 23.67 | United States | 24 | 21 | 26 | ||||||
4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNS | DNS | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 6 | 4/5 29:02 | United States | DNS | 4/5 29:02 | DNS |
Eli Rogers - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 7 | 1:55.02 | DNF | United States | DNF | 1:55.02 | DNF | |||||
First round | 7 | 1:54.72 | DNF | United States | DNF | 2:17.20 | 1:54.72 | ||||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | First round | 10 | 35 | DNF | United States | 36 | DNF | 35 | |||||
4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNS | DNS | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 7 | 2/2 19:02 | United States | DNF | DNF | 2/2 19:02 |
Elliot Wiecek - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 6 | 1:12.11 | DNF | United States | DNF | 1:12.11 | DNF | |||||
First round | 3 | 48.46 | 53.98 | United States | 48.46 | 55.34 | 58.13 | ||||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 1 | 20 | 21.67 | United States | 23 | 22 | 20 | |||||
First round | 2 | 21 | 23.67 | United States | 21 | 23 | 27 |
Erik Johnson - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Fewest Moves | First round | 11 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNS | DNS |
Jackson Warley - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 8 | 22 | DNF | United States | 22 | 23 | DNF | |||||
First round | 4 | 21 | 24.00 | United States | 21 | 27 | 24 |
Jia Wu (吳嘉洁) - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | 10 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | DNF |
Levi Gibson - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | 9 | 2:39.47 | DNF | United States | 2:39.47 | DNF | DNS | |||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 2 | 22 | 22.67 | United States | 22 | 22 | 24 | |||||
First round | 5 | 22 | 25.00 | United States | 25 | 22 | 28 |
Rowe Hessler - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 1 | 19.62 | 22.32 | United States | 19.62 | 26.65 | 20.69 | |||||
First round | 2 | 27.94 | DNF | United States | 27.94 | DNF | DNF | ||||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | First round | 9 | 31 | DNF | United States | DNS | 31 | DNF | |||||
4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 1 | 3:04.76 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 3:04.76 | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 1 | 5:00.40 | DNF | United States | 6:13.33 | DNF | 5:00.40 | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 1 | 50/70 1:00:00 | United States | 42/70 59:50 | 50/70 1:00:00 | 50/70 1:00:02 |
Thiago Han - Brazil WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 2 | 23.54 | DNF | Brazil | 23.54 | DNF | DNF | |||||
First round | 1 | 26.99 | DNF | Brazil | 30.56 | DNF | 26.99 | ||||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 5 | 28 | 29.67 | Brazil | 28 | 33 | 28 | |||||
First round | 6 | 23 | 31.00 | Brazil | 23 | 32 | 38 | ||||||
4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | DNF | DNF | Brazil | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | DNF | DNF | Brazil | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 2 | 21/27 58:48 | Brazil | 17/27 59:03 | 21/27 58:48 | 19/25 55:24 |
Will Russo - United States WCA profile
Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 4 | 54.25 | DNF | United States | DNF | 54.25 | DNF | |||||
First round | 6 | 1:22.47 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 1:22.47 | ||||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 6 | 25 | 31.33 | United States | 25 | 32 | 37 | |||||
First round | 7 | 32 | 33.00 | United States | 32 | 33 | 34 | ||||||
4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNS | DNS | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 2 | 26:16.00 | 26:28.00 | United States | 26:28.00 | 26:39.00 | 26:16.00 | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 5 | 10/12 55:25 | United States | 10/12 55:25 | DNF | 8/12 55:50 |