Buckeye Big Brain 2023

Date: Jan 14 - 15, 2023
City: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Venue: Ohio Union, The Ohio State University
Address: 1739 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210
Details: First Floor - Great Hall Meeting Room
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Braden Richards, Midwest Cubing Association, and The Rubik's Cube Club at Ohio State
WCA Delegate: James Quinn

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Information

This competition will only hold blindfolded events and FMC! First time competitors are welcome, but we will not be holding traditional events like 3x3x3 or Pyraminx.

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 24

Registration period: Online registration opened Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 10:00 PM UTC and closed Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC.
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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 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM 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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Kyeongmin Choi won with a mean of 23.00 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. James Quinn finished second (25.33) and Stanley Chapel finished third (28.67).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	16.66	17.71	United States	17.41	16.66	19.05
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Kyeongmin Choi	22	23.00	Republic of Korea	23	24	22
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Kyeongmin Choi	4:10.46	DNF	Republic of Korea	DNF	DNF	4:10.46
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	2:52.69	DNF	United States	2:52.69	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Kyeongmin Choi	7/7 33:22		Republic of Korea	9/16 58:22	7/7 33:22

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Proceed
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	Bo3	15:00.00 cumulative*	Top 75% advance to next round
	Second round	Bo3	15:00.00 cumulative*	Top 75% advance to next round
	Final	Bo3	15:00.00 cumulative*
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round	Mo3	1 hour	Top 75% advance to next round
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	Mo3	1 hour
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	50:00.00 cumulative*
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	1:10:00.00 cumulative*
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Final	Bo2	10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00

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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Events

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Saturday, January 14, 2023

Sunday, January 15, 2023

10:00 - 10:20

Setup

10:20 - 11:30

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 1)

11:30 - 12:45

4x4x4 Blindfolded Final

12:45 - 1:30

Lunch + Submit MultiBLD Cubes

1:30 - 2:50

3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final (Attempt 1)

2:50 - 4:05

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 2)

4:05 - 4:55

3x3x3 Blindfolded First round

4:55 - 6:10

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 3)

6:10 - 7:00

3x3x3 Blindfolded Second round

10:00 - 10:20

Setup

10:20 - 11:30

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 1)

11:30 - 1:00

5x5x5 Blindfolded Final

1:00 - 1:45

Lunch + Submit MultiBLD Cubes

1:45 - 3:10

3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final (Attempt 2)

3:10 - 4:25

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 2)

4:25 - 4:55

3x3x3 Blindfolded Final

4:55 - 6:10

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 3)

6:10 - 6:20

Awards

Venues:

Parking:
There is a parking garage located adjacent to the building at 1759 N. High Street Columbus, Ohio 43210. Pricing can be found at the garage website.

Entrance:
You may enter either at the East Entrance on High Street or at the West Entrance on College Road. Proceed to the Great Hall Meeting Room on the First Floor

Hotels:
There is no designated hotel for this competition.
However, there are multiple hotels located nearby, such as Holiday Inn Express, Days Inn, and Comfort Suites, The Blackwell Inn and The Urban.

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING

This competition only features Blind Events and FMC

All of the information below is for normal, non-PBQ competitions. However, if you are unfamiliar with how PBQ competitions work, please reach out to us in the 'Contact' link and we are happy to help with any questions.

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.

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).

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.