Brazos Cubing Fall 2024
- Date
- Oct 20, 2024
- City
- Bryan, Texas, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1366 Bryan Rd, Bryan, TX 77807
- Details
Banquet Room A&B
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Benjamin Fernandez, Dylan Michaels, Matt Lee, Southern Cubing LLC, Sutton Barkley, and Tyler Gee
- WCA Delegates
- Derek Herrera, Matt Lee, and Michael Conard
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
- Please review the Competitor Information tab before the competition.
- Please review the other tabs for more information on the competition.
Please note that the schedule is subject to change, as we may hold events slightly earlier or later than shown depending on whether the competition is running ahead of schedule or behind schedule.
This competition is supported by Southern Cubing LLC. To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 101
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM UTC and closed Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM 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.
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 110 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
There will be no refund to no-shows unless cancelled before the deadline (Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM)
Registration
- Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.
Deleting Registration/Refunds
- If you register and later realize you cannot make the competiton, you can request a 90% refund (via the contact link on the General Info tab before registration closes.
- No refunds will be awarded after Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM.
Adding/Dropping Events
- Competitors may edit their registration to include more events BEFORE registration closes.
- Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
- Competitors may edit their registration to remove events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.
Waitlist
- If the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering and paying the fee. Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
- Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist before the deadline (Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM) will receive a full refund shortly before the competition.
- No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM.
Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.
In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the Competitor List, then please reach out to us using the contact link on the General Info tab.
If the competitor limit is filled, you may still register and pay the registration fee if you wish, but you will be placed on a waitlist. Your registration will not be accepted unless a spot opens up.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ryan Pilat won with an average of 5.87 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Siddharth Reddy finished second (6.89) and Jeremy Sheng finished third (8.25).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 5.65 | 5.87 | United States | 5.73 | 6.15 | 5.65 | 5.74 | 6.78 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Siddharth Reddy | 0.90 | 1.20 | United States | 0.90 | 3.05 | 1.08 | 1.37 | 1.16 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 46.27 | 54.47 | United States | 57.62 | 53.79 | 1:01.37 | 52.00 | 46.27 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Tyler Gee | 10.01 | 11.78 | United States | 11.91 | 10.01 | 11.31 | 12.11 | 12.45 | |||
| Pyraminx | Andres Rodriguez | 1.81 | 2.39 | United States | 2.54 | 1.98 | 2.66 | 1.81 | 3.59 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | Top 50 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:10.00 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 50.00 | Top 32 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 |
Important Links (to come soon)
Group Sheet:
Live Results:
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 delegates for this competition are Matt Lee, Derek Herrera, and Michael Conard. Ask them 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.
Room Details: - The banquet room is located in the Blinn RELLIS Administration Building, the furthest north building at the Texas A&M - Blinn RELLIS Campus, on the first floor.
Parking: - Parking is available across the street at Lot 1000. A regular Texas A&M daily permit ($10) must be purchased from https://transport.tamu.edu/Parking/visitor.aspx.
Food: - The nearest food is located around 10 minutes away in Bryan. Unfortuantely, there is no food located within walking distance.
Hotels: - The nearest hotels are located in the town of Bryan.
Travel: - Roughly 1hr 40mins from Houston and 1hr 30 mins from Austin. Located just off of State Hwy 21 and 47. With the late start, a day trip is definitely possible! Texas A&M bus route 47-48 circulate between the main A&M campus and the RELLIS campus (where the competition takes place).
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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.