Canada's Best in the West 2024

Date: Jan 5 - 7, 2024
City: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Venue: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
Address: 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3
Details: The competition will be held in the Exhibition Hall on the first floor
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Alexander Mutch, Kevin Matthews, Kristopher De Asis, Speedcubing Canada, Theodore Chow, and Vianne Chang
WCA Delegates: Alexander Mutch, Dylan Vaskevicius, Kevin Matthews, Kristopher De Asis, Theodore Chow, and Vianne Chang

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

This is the follow-up to Canada's Best in the West 2018 in Alberta. We're excited to bring the next edition to BC!

Please review all of the tabs listed on this website. You only need to show up for the events that you're competing in - but we encourage you to show up for longer. Do note that we may run ahead of or behind schedule, so please be ready for each event/round about 30 minutes in advance, just in case.

To get updates about future BC and/or Canadian competitions, join the Speedcubing Canada mailing list. Unsubscribe at any time.

Notice of filming and photography: Attendees of Speedcubing Canada competitions consent to their images being used by Speedcubing Canada and its partners in marketing materials, social media and other digital platforms.

Masks will be optional. Do not attend if you feel/are sick.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 144

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 155 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $75 (Canadian 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.

Review all of the tabs listed on this website!

IMPORTANT: Organizers manually move competitors to the competitors list after payment has been received. This is done based on order of payment - You will receive an email letting you know that payment has been received, but you are not registered for this competition until you receive a second email confirming registration and your name appears on the competitors list

Once the competitor limit has been reached, a waitlist opens. This waitlist will be maintained for those who secure waitlist registration by making payment in the event a competitor vacancy opens up.
Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist will receive a 100% refund shortly before the competition starts.
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Kyle Santucci won with an average of 6.73 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Sameer Aggarwal finished second (6.83) and Luke Jankowiak finished third (7.52).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Kyle Santucci	4.35	6.73	Canada	6.65	4.35	6.64	6.89	8.06
2x2x2 Cube	Ron G. Arama	1.62	1.91	United States	2.07	1.62	1.63	2.02	3.36
4x4x4 Cube	Max Siauw	25.39	26.82	United States	28.28	26.79	25.39	25.83	27.85
5x5x5 Cube	Paul Mahvi	48.14	52.01	United States	54.69	53.62	52.53	48.14	49.88
6x6x6 Cube	Max Siauw	1:19.90	1:26.38	United States	1:27.84	1:19.90	1:31.40
7x7x7 Cube	Max Siauw	2:16.54	2:18.93	United States	2:19.72	2:16.54	2:20.52
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Ethan Davis	27.38	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	27.38
3x3x3 One-Handed	Sameer Aggarwal	11.33	13.15	United States	13.67	11.33	14.29	13.17	12.60
Megaminx	Ethan Davis	31.18	33.27	United States	31.18	33.43	34.07	32.30	34.73
Pyraminx	Sameer Aggarwal	2.41	2.86	United States	2.79	2.41	2.86	2.93	2.95
Skewb	Eli Kirk	1.93	3.85	United States	3.43	4.60	3.78	4.34	1.93
Square-1	Max Siauw	5.60	7.82	United States	8.98	8.66	8.39	6.42	5.60

Venue

Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3

The competition will be held in the Exhibition Hall on the first floor.

Free internet is available through the #VanWifi network

Parking

Paid parking is available at the venue and nearby.

Public Transit

The Roundhouse is right by Yaletown-Roundhouse station on the Skytrain Canada Line. It is also accessible by many buses. Please check Translink's alerts and plan your trip accordingly.

Cycling

There are several bike racks near the building entrances, and the venue is conveniently close to the Seaside (sea wall) and Seaside Bypass (Pacific/Expo Blvd) bike routes.

Food

Many food options are available nearby

If this isn't your first competition, you will be assigned some judging and/or running duties throughout the competition. You will only be assigned these tasks in events that you're competing in. If you don't know how to judge or run, make sure to come to the competitor tutorial at the start of the competition. These duties will be on the back of your name tag (explained in the competitor tutorial), so please be aware of when you're expected to come up and help. This is required to keep the competition running smoothly and on time, since it is purely run by volunteeers. For non-first rounds (ie 3x3x3 round 2) there are no assigned duties, so if you see an empty juding seat then please come up and fill it.

We also ask that you keep the venue as tidy as possible as possible - please put garbage/recycling/etc in the appropriate bins when you're leaving.

If you need help or are confused about any of these duties, just ask an organizer or an experienced competitor and they can explain.

Welcome

For those of you new to cubing - WELCOME! This competition is fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you to be aware of these basics before coming to compete.

Resources

If you haven't been to a competition before, we'd strongly recommend looking through all of the below resources. Although there will be a competitor tutorial at the start of the competition (see the Schedule tab), reviewing these in advance is very helpful.

The WCA has a WCA Competition Tutorial pdf.
Speedcubing Canada has a New Competitor Tutorials playlist (from 2023).
US Cubers Chris, Kit, and Lauren have a WCA Competitor Tutorial video (from 2015).

Finally, note that all competitors are expected to be familiar with the WCA Regulations. Note that the resources above are meant to summarize some of the most prominent regulations, among other things.

Community

For Canada-wide or province-specific competition updates, subscribe to the Speedcubing Canada mailing list.
For those interested in more of the B.C cubing community, see Vancouver's cubing facebook group.
There is also a PNW (Pacific Northwest) cubing facebook group.
For those from Alberta, see our discord and our facebook group for all updates on competitions from in Alberta, as well as general community interaction. The discord is very active!

FAQs

Q: What will the competition look like?
A: A competition usually runs throughout the whole day where cubers meet up and have fun, although you are more than welcome to stay the whole day or leave whenever. You will compete in events you have signed up for a, and when not competing you're able to hang out in the audience and interact with other cubers.

Q: Who is allowed to compete?
A: Everyone, from all ages are allowed to compete! (You just need to register within the competitor limit.) Do not be hesitant if you are not experienced with cubing or competing, we encourage newcomers to come along, we will help out.

Q: Whose cubes do I use?
A: When competing, it is ideal to use your own cube. Make sure you have one ready to go when it is time to compete. (The competition will NOT supply you with cubes to compete with.) Equipment like timers will be there to compete with.

Q: How do I check the results of the competition?
A: Check out WCA Live and search for the competition name to check live results throughout the day. Official results will then be posted within a few days of the end of the competition.

Do not be intimidated by all these rules and expectations. Competitions are for everyone to have fun! If at any time during the day you have any questions feel free to ask an organizer or other competitors!

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers (see the general info tab).

See the schedule tab for when each unofficial event is taking place.

We are limiting the number of competitors in each of the unofficial events to 50 due to time and space limitations. For the parent-child solve this means 50 pairs. Both the Parent child solve and the mystery event will be held as a best of 1 to allow more people to compete. Please send an email to bitwunofficialevents@gmail.com and tell us which unofficial events you would like to sign up for. Registration will be taken on a first come first serve basis.

Mystery Event

We will announce the mystery event at the competition the day that it takes place, to give some minimal preparation time while still keeping it a surprise.

Parent-Child Team Solves

People will compete in teams consisting of a child and their parent or guardian. The child will be able to inspect their cube and give it to their parent/guardian in whatever orientation they choose, but after the parent starts the timer the child will not be permitted to touch the cube and will have to rely exclusively on communication. The child may take as much inspection time as needed. Please ensure your parent/guardian does not know how to solve a 3x3 in order to keep the spirit of this unofficial event intact and make it fun for all those participating. All relevant penalties other than going over the 15 second inspection limit will still apply such as a misalignment +2 penalty, corner twist DNF, etc.

Presentations

We will have time for 3 presentations of length 15-20 minutes each. If you would be interested in giving a presentation about anything cubing related, please email the organizers (contact info is on the main tab of this website) and provide the title of your presentation and a brief summary of what it will be about. Please do so by Sunday December 17th. We will announce which presentations will be happening a few days after that.

There will be a projector available so you can prepare slides in advance if you want, and/or you can do interactive things with the audience - it's up to you (as long as the organizers approve it). You can present as a group of 2-3 people if you'd prefer.

This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle!
Podiums in each event will receive gift card codes to be used on TheCubicle's online store after the competition.

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).

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.