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BASC 57 - Big and Blind 2024

Date: Feb 25, 2024
City: San Jose, California, United States
Venue: Olinder Elementary School
Address: 890 E William St, San Jose, CA 95116
Details: Multi Purpose Room
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: David Karalli (داود قراعلي), TJ Kelly, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
WCA Delegates: Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, David Karalli (داود قراعلي), Draco Tong, Michael Larsen, Mitchell Lane, Ruby Lu (卢红), and Ryan Jew

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Information

Get ready for a day of big cubes and blindfolded solving in San Jose!

This competition does NOT have 3x3x3 Cube.

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.

All attendees are required to be quiet during blindfolded events, as these events require lots of concentration. If you would like to talk during a blindfolded event, please step outside of the venue first.

The registration fee for this competition is $32; however, if you have registered and paid the full fee for BASC 56 - Bay Area Side Events Day 2024, you can register for this competition for a discounted fee of $20.

IMPORTANT: For technical reasons, you will have to pay the $32 fee in full, even if you are eligible for the discounted fee. Once you have paid the full fee for both competitions, we will issue a $12 refund to bring your total payment down to $20.

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: 46

Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements

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There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $32 (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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $32 (United States Dollar).
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.

On the spot registration
- Online registration is closed, but you can register and pay for this competition in-person. We will accept payment via cash or PayPal.
- Competitors who plan to register on-the-spot should show up before the start of events they wish to compete in. If a round is in progress at the time of registration, competitors who register on-the-spot might not be allowed to participate in that round.

FEE DISCOUNT FOR BAY AREA SIDE EVENTS DAY COMPETITORS

The registration fee for this competition is $32; however, if you have registered and paid the full fee for BASC 56 - Bay Area Side Events Day 2024, you can register for this competition for a discounted fee of $20. IMPORTANT: For technical reasons, you will have to pay the $32 fee in full, even if you are eligible for the discounted fee. Once you have paid the full fee for both competitions, we will issue a $12 refund to bring your total payment down to $20. Adding/Dropping Events
Competitors may request (by email) to be added to more events until the deadline stated above.
Competitors may request (by email) to remove events from their registration. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in. If there is a chance you will want to do an event, you should register for it!

Highlights

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Graham Siggins won with a single solve of 20.02 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Luke Meszar finished second (41.97) and Ben Yu finished third (1:00.42).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Max Park	36.03	36.80	United States	37.17	36.03	36.81	38.18	36.41
6x6x6 Cube	Varun Mohanraj	1:29.99	1:32.04	United States	1:30.99	1:35.14	1:29.99
7x7x7 Cube	Max Park	1:41.96	1:46.00	United States	1:48.41	1:41.96	1:47.64
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Graham Siggins	20.02	20.94	United States	21.33	21.46	20.02
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Graham Siggins	1:46.88	DNF	United States	DNF	2:20.85	1:46.88
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Graham Siggins	4:31.13	DNF	United States	DNF	4:31.13	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Graham Siggins	57/64 59:36		United States	57/64 59:36

Information: Stuff You Must Know

Please be quiet during blindfolded events!

Blindfolded events require lots of concentration from competitors, so all attendees are required to be silent during blindfolded events. If you'd like to talk, please step outside of the venue.

Pre competition:

READ AND UNDERSTAND THE REGULATIONS: Especially if you’re a first time competitor, this can potentially save you much time and grief. Particularly pay attention to Article 2, 3, 10, A, and (if you're doing any blindfolded events) B.

First steps:

Since you’ve registered online, all you need to do is show up on time for your first event. Please check in upon arrival to receive your nametag and personal schedule. If you’re not on time and miss the last call for your group in an event, you will not be able to compete for that event. Missing any given event does not bar you from competing in subsequent events (but does bar you from competing in subsequent rounds of any events you missed).
You will be called up by group for this event. See the Group tab for more information. When your group is called up, bring your solved cube and place it on the sheet of paper with your name with it at the scrambling station. Then wait in the competitor waiting area on stage to be called.

General

Please don’t trash the venue. And of course, it’s the right thing to do.
No flash photography. It’s obviously very distracting to competitors.
Stay at least 1.5 meters away from the front edge of the competition tables. Standing too close is distracting and frequently makes it hard for staff to get to where they need to go, which slows the competition down.
Regarding questions during the competition: do not ask staff first. They are very busy trying to make the event run smoothly (if they aren’t, then they should be). First check the live announcements, cubecomps, the WCA regulations, or the check-in table.
If none of these answer your question, the info table people will find you an organizer or delegate.

Regarding volunteering:

If we need more volunteering help, we will ask. If you wish to judge or scramble, please be familiar with the regulations.

Venue:

The competition will be held in the Multi Purpose Room at Olinder Elementary School. The address of the school is 890 E William St, San Jose, CA 95116.

Too Long; Didn't Read

Know the regs, show up on time, check in, and be respectful of competitors by staying 1.5 meters away from competition stations and not using flash photography.

FAQs

Q: When do I show up?
A: Please be at the venue and ready to compete at least 15 minutes before your first event is scheduled to begin. We may get ahead of the schedule and start rounds early.
Q: When should I leave the competition?
A: You are allowed to enter and leave the competition as you wish. If you are finished competing for the day, you do not need to stay at the competition.
Q: What do I do if I want to drop or add an event?
A: If you wish to drop an event from your registration, please email us, or let us know at the data entry table during the competition. You will not be refunded any money if you drop events. If registration has not closed and you would like to add an event, please email us. Once registration has closed, we will be unable to add events to competitors’ registrations.
Q: I cannot attend this competition. What should I do?
A: If you cannot attend this competition after all, please send us an email saying so. Please ensure that you include your name and WCA ID in the body of the email.

This competition will use WCA Live to upload live results from this competition. To check your results and rankings, click the WCA Live link at the very top of this page, then scroll to this competition.

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COVID SAFETY

Masks that cover your nose and mouth are strongly recommended but not required.
Competitors should not attend the competition if experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or if they were exposed to someone with COVID-19. If this occurs to you, the organizers will offer the competitor a full refund.
The organizing team strongly recommends to receive a COVID-19 vaccination before competing. This is not a requirement, but is encouraged for those who are eligible.

Additional rules may be added as deemed necessary by the organizers, the WCA Board, or the local or state government.

By registering for this competition you agree that you understand and will follow all the information listed above.

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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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
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.