Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023
- Date
- Apr 22, 2023
- City
- Santa Clara, California, United States
- Venue
Santa Clara Convention Center
- Address
- 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054
- Details
In the convention hall
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Calvin Nielson
- WCA Delegates
- Anto Kam (甘浩東), Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, Mitchell Lane, and Ryan Jew
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition takes place in a large sports convention. Competitors (and parents of competitors) are allowed early entry. Please aim to be there at 9am. If you arrive at 10am, you will not get in by the start of 3x3.
Since this is a convention, we will not have dedicated tables for cubers as you would see at many competitions. There will be areas throughout the convention you will be able to hang out and grab tables with others. Because of this, we will be heavily relying on dropofftable. Please make sure you are registered with dropofftable before the competition starts. Dropofftable is a texting service that texts you when you are supposed to compete, judge, scramble, or run.
- 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.
- Guests must pay for a ticket at the convention ($25). This is not paid to us, this is paid to the convention. You can purchase that at the competition, or online at https://www.evosportsglobal.com/evo-store/event-tickets.
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
- 167
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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.
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of $25 (United States Dollar).
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
- Guests must pay for a ticket at the convention ($25). This is not paid to us, this is paid to the convention. You can purchase that at the competition, or online at https://www.evosportsglobal.com/evo-store/event-tickets.
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 5.25 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Heidi Chan finished second (6.96) and Danny Sungin Park (박성인) finished third (7.11).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Max Park | 4.66 | 5.25 | United States | 4.97 | 5.60 | 5.53 | 4.66 | 5.25 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Max Park | 23.05 | 23.29 | United States | 23.39 | 23.14 | 23.73 | 23.05 | 23.34 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Max Park | 8.67 | 9.69 | United States | 10.31 | 9.58 | 11.19 | 8.67 | 9.18 | |||
| Skewb | Stanley Chapel | 1.98 | 2.65 | United States | 2.64 | 2.69 | 1.98 | 3.13 | 2.61 | |||
This competition takes place in a large sports convention. Competitors (and parents of competitors) are allowed early entry. Please aim to be there at 9am. If you arrive at 10am, you will not get in by the start of 3x3.
Since this is a convention, we will not have dedicated tables for cubers as you would see at many competitions. There will be areas throughout the convention you will be able to hang out and grab tables with others. Because of this, we will be heavily relying on dropofftable. Please make sure you are registered with dropofftable before the competition starts. dropofftable is a texting service that texts you when you are supposed to compete, judge, scramble, or run.
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 it is still the competitors responsibility to be familiar with the full set of regulations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial right before 3x3. 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 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.
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 nerds 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 new personal bests. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into heats, 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 WCA Live to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay you entrance fee in order to be automatically 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. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then 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: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
Groups can be found on competitiongroups.com!
If you're interested in staffing, apply here!
Staff benefits include:
- Waived Registration fee (refunded after the competition)
- Free lunch
Want to stay connected with the West Coast community? Join the West Coast Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from NorCal, SoCal, Nevada, Hawaii, and Tijuana and keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!
This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle.
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.