Buffalo Be Quiet 2024

Date: Aug 3, 2024
City: Buffalo, New York, United States
Venue: Aloft Buffalo Airport
Address: 4219 Genesee St, Buffalo, NY 14225
Details: Tactic Room
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Empire State Cubing
WCA Delegate: Evan Liu

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Information

This competition features "quiet events" and will NOT have the standard 3x3x3 Cube as an event. If you are unfamiliar with these events, you may want to consider attending Niagara Falls Summer 2024 the day after instead.

All competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 8

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 20 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Registration is not complete until payment of the registration fee is made.
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Evan Liu won with a mean of 30.33 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Thompson Clarke finished second (32.00) and Skylar Porter finished third (42.00).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Evan Liu	54.06	DNF	United States	54.06	DNF	57.08
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Evan Liu	27	30.33	United States	31	27	33
Clock	Evan Liu	4.28	5.68	United States	4.28	5.48	DNF	5.62	5.94
Megaminx	Evan Liu	56.21	1:00.29	United States	59.01	1:03.23	1:11.81	58.63	56.21
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Evan Liu	5:22.68	DNF	United States	5:22.68	DNF	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Evan Liu	11:32.00	DNF	United States	11:32.00	DNF	DNF

For First-Time Competitors

All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.

In addition, please read this tutorial document before coming to the competition.

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.

Registration Process

Before You Register

All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.

How to Register Online

Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $20.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.

The competitor limit for this competition is 20. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 20 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.

Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.

Any requested changes to registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, July 27 will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.

How to Pay for Registration Online

Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."

Refunds

Approved competitors who cancel their registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, July 27 are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.

Waitlist Information

We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 20 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, July 27, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.

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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).
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.