Cambridge Winter Challenge 2023
- Date
- Feb 20, 2023
- City
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Venue
Private Residence
- Address
- Address will be provided to registered competitors.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Cube New England and Tim Reynolds
- WCA Delegate
- Tim Reynolds
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The only events at this competition will be 3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded, 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, 4x4x4 Blindfolded, and 5x5x5 blindfolded. First-time competitors are welcome, however we will not be holding the normal speedsolving events, and so you may prefer to attend a different competition.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 16
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 20 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (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.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Krish Shah-Nathwani won with a mean of 23.67 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Nikhil Soares finished second (31.00) and Tim Reynolds finished third (33.67).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Krish Shah-Nathwani | 22 | 23.67 | United States | 24 | 22 | 25 | |||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Joon Ho Park | 9:10.39 | DNF | United States | DNF | 9:10.39 | DNS | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Thiago Han | 7:24.08 | NR | DNF | Brazil | DNF | 7:24.08 | DNF | ||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Rowe Hessler | 49/51 57:40 | United States | 37/51 59:08 | 49/51 57:40 | |||||||
This competition will be sponsored by TheCubicle!
They will be providing gift cards to the podiums in each event. Huge thank you to them!
Award Amounts:
All podiums:
1st: $10
2nd: $7
3rd: $5
The competition will be held at Tim Reynolds' house. The address will be provided to registered competitors a week before the competition. It is near Alewife in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Alewife MBTA station is within a 10 minute walk. Street parking in the neighborhood surrounding the venue is free on holidays.
We previously recommended parking at Alewife parking garage, but this is currently closed due to a car crash and may not re-open by the date of the competition.
Lunch will be provided for all competitors and is included in the cost of registration.
This competition is organized by Cube New England, a group dedicated to growing the speedcubing community in New England, USA.
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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 across rounds (see Guideline 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.