Bayou Big Cubes 2023

Date: Mar 4, 2023
City: Denham Springs, Louisiana, United States
Venue: Denham Springs High School STEM and Robotics Center
Address: 1129 S Range Ave, Denham Springs, LA 70726
Contact: Organizers
Organizers: Ordway Persyn and RJ Gohn
WCA Delegate: RJ Gohn

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Information

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Events
Main event
Competitors: 57

Registration period: Online registration opened Monday, January 30, 2023 at 1:15 AM UTC and closed Monday, February 20, 2023 at 1:00 AM UTC.
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There is a competitor limit of 75 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Monday, February 20, 2023 at 1:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 95% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Monday, February 20, 2023 at 1:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Monday, February 20, 2023 at 1:00 AM UTC by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

Registrations must be accepted manually, so if you do not see your name on the competitor's list within a business day, then please contact the organizers to resolve the issue.

Registrations may be deferred due to:
- Incorrect date of birth
- Incorrect name
- Representing a foreign country and not providing documentation
In all of the above cases, the organizers will email you before accepting the registration to confirm the information provided.

After the competitor limit has been reached, you may still pay and be put on a waiting list. If you are first on the waitlist and someone cancels their registration, then you will receive an email from the organizers. You must reply to the email and confirm your registration within 24 hours of receiving the email to compete. If no response is heard from you, the next person on the waiting list will be offered your spot. After the competition, all competitors on the waiting list will receive a refund for the registration cost minus tax. Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor's list until Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM CST.

We will not be accepting event changes during the competition. If you wish to change which events you are registered for, please contact the organization team prior to Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM CST.
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Dylan Miller won with an average of 6.82 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Teri McAcy finished second (8.24) and Ryan Bishop finished third (9.99).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Dylan Miller	5.89	6.82	United States	7.55	6.29	8.36	5.89	6.62
4x4x4 Cube	Teri McAcy	28.52	32.48	United States	28.52	33.00	34.96	30.86	33.58
5x5x5 Cube	Zachary White	54.64	58.43	United States	54.64	1:03.60	58.78	57.53	58.98
6x6x6 Cube	Zachary White	1:44.50	1:46.24	United States	1:49.36	1:44.86	1:44.50
7x7x7 Cube	Zachary White	2:26.38	2:33.18	United States	2:26.38	2:43.91	2:29.24
Megaminx	Dylan Miller	33.56	39.51	United States	41.64	37.85	40.40	33.56	40.29

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Cutoff	Proceed
3x3x3 Cube	First round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 36 advance to next round
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 12 advance to next round
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
4x4x4 Cube	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	3:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:30.00	Top 12 advance to next round
4x4x4 Cube	Final	Ao5	3:00.00
5x5x5 Cube	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	5:00.00	2 attempts to get < 2:30.00	Top 8 advance to next round
5x5x5 Cube	Final	Ao5	5:00.00
6x6x6 Cube	First round	Bo1 / Mo3	10:00.00	1 attempt to get < 4:30.00	Top 8 advance to next round
6x6x6 Cube	Final	Mo3	10:00.00
7x7x7 Cube	Final	Bo1 / Mo3	10:00.00	1 attempt to get < 5:00.00
Megaminx	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	5:00.00	2 attempts to get < 3:00.00	Top 12 advance to next round
Megaminx	Final	Ao5	5:00.00

Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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Saturday, March 4, 2023

8:00 - 8:30

Tutorial for new competitors

8:30 - 9:40

3x3x3 Cube First round

9:40 - 10:40

5x5x5 Cube First round

10:40 - 11:20

6x6x6 Cube First round

11:20 - 12:10

4x4x4 Cube First round

12:10 - 1:00

Lunch

1:00 - 1:50

3x3x3 Cube Second round

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 delegate for this competition is RJ Gohn. Ask him 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.

Bayou%20Big%20Cubes%20Group%20Overview.pdf

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.