Babylon Winter 2020
- Date
- Feb 29, 2020
- City
- Babylon, New York, United States
- Venue
American Legion Babylon
- Address
- 22 Grove Place, Babylon, NY
- Details
Banquet Hall
- Contact
- Organizers
- Jay Blechman and Saransh Grover
- WCA Delegates
- Keenan Johnson and Saransh Grover
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The proceeds of this competition will be going to The Parkinson’s Foundation. The Parkinson’s Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose goal is to make life better for people with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure. You can find out more about them here and read our charity tab here.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 96
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Andrew Bae won with an average of 8.21 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Krish Shah-Nathwani finished second (8.30) and Jinseo Hong finished third (8.35).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Andrew Bae | 7.45 | 8.21 | United States | 9.60 | 8.13 | 7.45 | 8.29 | 8.22 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Samuel Fang | 1.57 | 1.76 | United States | 2.00 | 2.51 | 1.69 | 1.60 | 1.57 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Chris Choi | 27.39 | 30.22 | United States | 28.92 | 35.53 | 27.39 | 28.61 | 33.14 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Chris Choi | 32.31 | DNF | United States | DNF | 32.31 | 41.83 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Parker Trager | 11.03 | 13.19 | United States | 11.04 | 11.03 | 15.43 | 13.10 | 18.52 | |||
| Clock | Keenan Johnson | 7.93 | 8.67 | United States | 7.93 | 9.24 | 9.16 | 8.29 | 8.56 | |||
| Pyraminx | Saransh Grover | 2.10 | 2.96 | India | 2.10 | 5.63 | 3.17 | 3.00 | 2.71 | |||
| Skewb | Christopher Chi | 3.05 | 3.78 | United States | 3.58 | 3.05 | 5.34 | 3.74 | 4.03 | |||
| Square-1 | Samuel Fang | 6.39 | 7.93 | United States | 7.88 | 11.88 | 9.23 | 6.67 | 6.39 | |||
We will be using myComp for groups.
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!
We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete.
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
We have a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial, Saturday morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.
If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up in the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
FAQ:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.
Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!
Q: What is the competition like?
A: Competitions are a bunch of tables where cubers like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants and new personal bests. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into groups, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)
Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to live.worldcubeassociation.org to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd rounds of events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay your entrance fee in order to be placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be an issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy. No matter what your situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, than to have to input information at another time.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All cometitors compete in the same group.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: DEFINITELY! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
The Cubicle will be sponsoring and vending at this competition!
Live result will be available on WCA Live
LIRR: Take a Babylon Line train to Babylon (last stop). Walk 5 minutes (0.3 mi) towards the American Legion located at 22 Grove Place. From the train, head East towards Railroad Ave, turn left onto Railroad Ave, right onto Deer Park Avenue, then right onto Grove Place. Venue on the left.
Driving: Use google maps from this link.
Parking: You can park at Babylon LIRR Station Parking Lot 3 (Closest), Municipal Parking Lot (Middle), and Locust Avenue Parking (farthest)
Pizza slices will be available at the competition, $2 per slice. If you know now that you will want pizza at the competition, please specify how many slices when registering and make payment on the day of the event. If you choose not to pre-order the pizza, you can purchase slices at the competition but there is no guarantee you will get any! Water bottles and snacks will also be available for purchase, but you don't have to pre-order those. There are restaurants near the venue if you don't want pizza or any snack food that we will have available.
If you are interested in receiving updates about competition announcements and staying in touch with cubers and family members of cubers from the tri-state area (southern Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania), please consider joining the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (click on the logo or here). There, you can also find a link to join a mailing list for competition announcements for this area.
We are accepting Staff for Babylon Winter 2020. Staff will get the following perks:
- Refund of registration fees after the competition
- Free Lunch
Please fill out https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf19bdpZlV9oZLUQBFRkt5BN1ZfZoLAKPrtZrmvEDV6SLX6eg/viewform
We are donating all proceeds from this competition to the Parkinson's Foundation, a charity whose mission is to "make life better for people with Parkinson's disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure."
You can donate during registration.
We will have a donation bin at the snack stand if you would like to make additional donations.
There may be a raffle as well.
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).
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.