Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019
- Date
- Oct 12, 2019
- City
- Fremont, California, United States
- Venue
Resham Event Center
- Address
- 2216, 3101 Walnut Ave, Fremont, CA 94538
- Contact
- Organizers
- John Ku and Michael Chai (柴天方)
- WCA Delegates
- Brandon Harnish, Michael Chai (柴天方), and Ryan Jew
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This is NorCal Cubing's first competition in Fremont!
Competition Day Timing
- The competition will begin at the scheduled start 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
- 119
- 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 135 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (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.
Adding/Dropping Events
- Competitors may request (by email) to be added to more events BEFORE registration closes.
- Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
- 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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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Max Park won with an average of 6.75 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Matty Hiroto Inaba finished second (7.16) and Heidi Chan finished third (7.95).
World records: Max Park 3x3x3 One-Handed 6.82 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Max Park | 6.44 | 6.75 | United States | 6.91 | 6.44 | 6.49 | 6.84 | 8.01 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Tyler Howlett | 2.24 | 2.45 | United States | 2.31 | 2.54 | 3.12 | 2.24 | 2.51 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Max Park | 19.57 | 22.32 | United States | 19.57 | 22.76 | 21.24 | 23.51 | 22.95 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Max Park | 1:17.22 | 1:17.63 | United States | 1:17.98 | 1:17.22 | 1:17.69 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Max Park | 7.88 | 10.28 | United States | 11.28 | 10.00 | 9.56 | 7.88 | 11.28 | |||
| Clock | Abhimanyu Singhal | 7.79 | 8.05 | India | 8.01 | 7.79 | 8.83 | 7.83 | 8.31 | |||
| Megaminx | Isaac Langer | 47.66 | 48.80 | United States | 48.45 | 47.66 | 48.99 | 49.26 | 48.97 | |||
Use ctrl/command F to find your name in the PDF!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oUeTOjVMbLHsJikrparrGbnveowmdkUP/view?usp=sharing
If the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering and paying the fee. Waitlist is first come, first serve.
Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist will receive a refund shortly before the event.
The latest time to get off of the waitlist is October 3rd, 11:59 PM PDT. This means we will not be accepting additional competitors on the day of the event.
Travel
The venue is a couple blocks from Fremont BART Station (the Bay Area's train system)!
There are greyhound stations located in San Francisco, Oakland and Hayward.
If you are coming from SFO or OAK airports, there are BART stations there that'll give you a direct travel to Fremont. For OAK, there should be a shuttle connecting to coliseum BART station, where you can then take a short train ride to Fremont.
If you are anticipating on using public transportation for your route, please plan accordingly. Plan early and know your schedule for that day. Contact us if you need assistance!
Parking
- There's plenty of free parking near the venue.
Food
- There are a number of good food options within walking distance of the venue.
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/
This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know, however you are still expected to understand the WCA regulations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t=2s
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 the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
Q&A:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. This means you should bring your own cube, or arrange to borrow a cube from a friend.
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 do I do when I walk in?
A: There is NO CHECK-IN. If you registered online, just have fun and hang out with other cubers. We will be calling people up, so just wait for your name/group to be announced.
Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page within a week after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to Cubecomps.com to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events. Remember, the results are entered by a human so please be patient if you do not see your results immediately.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay you 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 any 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, or have you pay on arrival at the compeition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. ** For most competitions, you may only compete if you have registered online and paid before the deadline.**
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete together.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
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.