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 .
- 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
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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 90 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 95% 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 are only permitted as companions of competitors.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
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 | |||
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.
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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.
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.