Bluegrass Bash 2023

Date: Apr 2, 2023
City: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Venue: University of Louisville, Shelby Campus/Founders Union Building
Address: 450 N. Whittington Pkwy Louisville, KY 40222
Details: The Ballroom
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Alison Meador, Drew Dwyer, Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni, and Mallory Isador Van Gansbeke
WCA Delegates: Alison Meador, Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni, and Mason Langenderfer

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information: This competition is going to be on the second floor of the Union Founders building on the UofL Shelby campus. You can use the stairs or elevators to get up to the second floor. There will be signs and overhead monitors directing you where to go. When you arrive there will be a table set up by the entrance where you will be able to pick your group sheet.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 86

Registration period: Online registration opened Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 10:56 PM UTC.
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 90 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 8:00 PM UTC you will be refunded 95% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 8:00 PM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 10:00 PM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
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Simon Kellum won with an average of 2.86 seconds in the Skewb event. Stanley Chapel finished second (2.96) and Dominic Redisi finished third (3.15).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Luke Garrett	4.94	5.98	United States	19.50	4.94	5.49	5.56	6.89
4x4x4 Cube	Luke Garrett	27.53	29.71	United States	32.90	27.53	27.86	30.97	30.30
5x5x5 Cube	Luke Garrett	54.23	56.99	United States	54.23	57.69	58.97	55.89	57.39
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	17.70	DNF	United States	17.70	DNF	21.34
Clock	Luke Garrett	3.63	4.71	United States	3.63	4.20	5.15	4.79	DNF
Skewb	Simon Kellum	1.21	2.86	United States	2.37	1.21	2.93	3.28	4.16

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
4x4x4 Cube	Final	Bo2 / Ao5	3:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:30.00
5x5x5 Cube	Final	Bo2 / Ao5	4:00.00	2 attempts to get < 2:45.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	6:00.00
Clock	Final	Bo2 / Ao5	1:00.00	2 attempts to get < 30.00
Skewb	First round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 30% advance to next round
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 12 advance to next round
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00

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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The time zone for this venue is America/Kentucky/Louisville.

The Ballroom - left stage

The Ballroom - right stage

Events

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Sunday, April 2, 2023

There are lots of good hotels near the venue here are some recomended ones.

Homewood Suites by Hilton® Louisville East
9401 Hurstbourne Trace
Louisville, KY 40222
502.429.9070
Distance: Three-minute walk from ShelbyHurst Campus*.

Residence Inn® by Marriott® Louisville East
120 North Hurstbourne Parkway
Louisville, KY 40222
Distance: Eight to ten-minute walk to ShelbyHurst Campus*.

Embassy Suites by Hilton Louisville East
9940 Corporate Campus Drive
Louisville, KY 40223
502.426.9191
Distance: 1.7 miles from ShelbyHurst Campus*.

Hampton Inn by Hilton - Louisville East/Hurstbourne
1150 Forest Bridge Rd
Louisville, KY 40223
502.426.1822
Distance: Less than 1 mile from ShelbyHurst Campus*.

Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham - Louisville
751 Cypress Station Drive
Louisville, KY 40207
502.899.5959
Distance: 4 miles from ShelbyHurst Campus*.

Holiday Inn Louisville East
1325 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy
Louisville, KY 40222
502.426.2600
Distance: 2.5 miles from ShelbyHurst Campus*.
Use code ILUYL and receive 20% discount on overnight accommodations.

Home2 Suites by Hilton - Louisville East/Hurstbourne
1150 Forest Bridge Rd
Louisville, KY 40223
502.326.3824
Distance: 1.2 miles from ShelbyHurst Campus*.

Hyatt House Louisville – East
9315 Leesgate Road
Louisville, KY 40222
502.919.7855
Distance: 1 mile from ShelbyHurst Campus*.

There are several more hotels near by these are just some of them.

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 can be found here- https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/

NOTE- THIS COMPETITION IS ON PALM SUNDAY!

here are everyones group sheets below.

BluegrassBash2023-competitor-cards%202.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.