Big E Slice 2023
- Date
- Jun 10, 2023
- City
- Richmond, Kentucky, United States
- Venue
Carl D. Perkins Building
- Address
- 4436 Kit Carson Dr, Richmond, KY 40475
- Details
Quads C & D
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Alison Meador and Roman Wofford
- WCA Delegates
- Alison Meador and Roman Wofford
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before your first scheduled event. First-time competitors should be present for the new competitiors tutorial at 9:35 AM.
Check the Competitor Information tab for more info.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 46
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 10:00 PM UTC and closed Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 10:00 PM UTC.
- 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 90 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Monday, June 5, 2023 at 4:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Monday, June 5, 2023 at 4:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Monday, June 5, 2023 at 4:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Luke Griesser won with an average of 5.84 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Miles Lentz finished second (8.82) and Henry Powell finished third (9.10).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Luke Griesser | 5.10 | 5.84 | United States | 6.00 | 5.10 | 6.11 | 7.68 | 5.42 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Luke Griesser | 53.98 | 56.23 | United States | 57.49 | 53.98 | 55.86 | 55.34 | 59.98 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Luke Griesser | 3:03.28 | 3:09.41 | United States | 3:03.28 | 3:13.20 | 3:11.75 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Daniel Mullen | 2:25.84 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 2:25.84 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Luke Griesser | 12.03 | 15.25 | United States | 16.58 | 15.28 | 13.89 | 12.03 | 18.08 | |||
| Clock | Daniel Mullen | 4.47 | 5.58 | United States | 5.84 | 5.41 | 5.57 | 4.47 | 5.75 | |||
| Megaminx | Luke Griesser | 40.75 | 49.30 | United States | 53.00 | 45.57 | 49.32 | 59.86 | 40.75 | |||
| Square-1 | Alex Bohac | 10.53 | 13.03 | United States | 13.76 | 13.60 | 10.53 | 11.72 | 16.91 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:15.00 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 5:30.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 15:00.00 cumulative* | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 50.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:10.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 50.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:30.00 |
Travel:
This competition takes place at the Perkins building on Eastern Kentucky University's campus and there are a variety of hotels nearby off I-75 exit 87.
Parking:
There is a decently sized parking lot directly adjacent to the Perkins building, and a large parking lot called the Big E lot nearby.
Masks are recommended but not required.
The organization team recommends receiving a COVID-19 vaccination before competing.
If you have symptoms related to COVID-19 such as cough, fever, shortness of breath, etc. do not attend this competition.
If you have had a positive COVID-19 test or prolonged exposure to someone with the virus within 14 days prior to the competition, do not attend.
By registering for this competition, you agree that you understand all the information presented in this tab, will abide by all the COVID-19 restrictions placed on this competition, and acknowledge the risk of contracting COVID-19 or any other disease in attending an event of this scale.
For first-time competitors
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules. Note that this video is fairly old and some information may be outdated.
In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.
Finally, please be familiar with how to judge at a cubing competition. All competitors will be required to judge in at least one of the events they are competing in. This video gives a basic overview of how to judge, and does include more up-to-date information.
For all competitors
When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:
If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.
Live results: WCA Live - Big E Slice 2023
Group Sheets: PDF
TheCubicle is sponsoring this competition and will be providing prizes for the podiums!
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.