Austin NxN 2024

Date: Nov 2, 2024
City: Austin, Texas, United States
Venue: Holiday Inn Austin Airport
Address: 6711 E Ben White Blvd, Austin, TX 78741
Details: Ballroom
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Azhar Virani, Jeremy Sheng, Justin Zhou, Southern Cubing LLC, and Tristan Patrick
WCA Delegates: Michael Conard and Zachary White

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Information

Please review the Competitor Information tab before the competition.
Please review the other tabs for more information on the competition.

Please note that the schedule is subject to change, as we may hold events slightly earlier or later than shown depending on whether the competition is running ahead of schedule or behind schedule.

This competition is supported by Southern Cubing LLC. To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.

The venue has a very strict rule against outside food/drink in the ballroom - please review the Venue tab and plan accordingly. If seen with food/drink, we may ask you to leave the venue.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 64

Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements

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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 75 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% 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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

There will be no refund to no-shows unless cancelled before the deadline (Friday, October 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM CDT).

Registration

Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.

Deleting Registration/Refunds

If you register and later realize you cannot make the competiton, you can request a 75% refund (via the contact link on the General Info tab before registration closes.
No refunds will be awarded after Friday, October 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM CDT.

Adding/Dropping Events

Competitors may edit their registration to include more events BEFORE registration closes.
Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
Competitors may edit their registration to remove events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.

Waitlist

If the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering and paying the fee. Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist before the deadline (Friday, October 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM CDT) will receive a full refund shortly before the competition.
No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after Friday, October 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM CDT.

Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.

In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the Competitor List, then please reach out to us using the contact link on the General Info tab.

If the competitor limit is filled, you may still register and pay the registration fee if you wish, but you will be placed on a waitlist. Your registration will not be accepted unless a spot opens up.

Highlights

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Siddharth Reddy won with an average of 6.71 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ryan Pilat finished second (6.89) and William Henry Ruppert V finished third (7.97).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Siddharth Reddy	5.87	6.71	United States	6.74	6.54	5.87	7.26	6.84
2x2x2 Cube	Ryan Pilat	0.90	1.32	United States	0.90	1.20	3.08	1.63	1.12
4x4x4 Cube	Ray Bai	22.35	24.26	United States	25.26	23.73	23.80	22.35	25.81
5x5x5 Cube	Ray Bai	44.70	47.77	United States	46.90	46.07	44.70	50.40	50.35
6x6x6 Cube	Ryan Pilat	1:36.64	1:38.85	United States	1:42.69	1:37.23	1:36.64
7x7x7 Cube	Zachary White	2:22.83	2:27.43	United States	2:28.67	2:22.83	2:30.78

Important Links

Group Sheet: coming soon
Live Results: coming soon

All Competitors

Please try to arrive at least 30 minutes early for the events you are competing in to ensure that you are on time for that event.
We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can. So if you do not arrive to compete by the time the event is starting, your spot may be given up the next competitor in the rankings.
To keep the competition running on time and to ensure we can keep all events we will be requiring competitors to also judge. Pay attention to the group assignment sheet - This is essential to keep the events on schedule. We also invite any parents or guests to also help to judge - thank you for your support. Please arrive to attend the New Competitor & Judges tutorial.
Your delegates for this competition are Michael Conard and Zachary White. Ask them if you have any questions throughout the day!

New Competitors

Please try to arrive early to watch the new competitor introduction.
Additionally you can watch Kit Clement's WCA Competitor Tutorial video.
Please be familiar with all of WCA's regulations, most importantly Article A. If you have any questions about the regulations, feel free to ask us.
In each event we will have rounds. We will take the top competitors into subsequent rounds. After a round is completed it will be entered into WCA Live. Your name will be highlited if you are advancing to the next round.
Each round will be divided into groups to help them run more efficiently. We will call the groups in order, along with a last call during the last group. Please come bring your puzzle up and wait in the competitor waiting area when your group is called. We are allowed to deny you the ability to compete if you do not come up by the last call.

Room Details: The competition will be taking place in the Ballroom.

Parking: There is parking next to the venue.

Food: The venue has a very strict rule against any outside food/beverage brought into the venue. Please plan your lunches accordingly - we have a 60 minute lunch break where you can go out and get food. Here are the closest restaurants.

Hotels: The competition will be taking place at the Holiday Inn Austin Airport. You can book a room at the venue here.

Travel: The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is only a few minutes away from the venue.

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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.