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

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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.

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

Events
Main event
Competitors: 144

Registration period: Online registration opened Friday, October 27, 2023 at 1:30 AM UTC and closed Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 1:00 AM UTC.
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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 Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 2:30 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 2:30 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 2:30 AM UTC 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.

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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.
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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).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Kyle Santucci	4.35	6.73	Canada	6.65	4.35	6.64	6.89	8.06
2	Sameer Aggarwal	6.35	6.83	United States	8.20	6.80	7.10	6.35	6.59
3	Luke Jankowiak	6.25	7.52	Canada	7.89	6.82	9.29	6.25	7.85

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ron G. Arama	1.62	1.91	United States	2.07	1.62	1.63	2.02	3.36
2	Max Siauw	1.23	1.93	United States	2.23	1.77	1.23	3.85	1.80
3	Greyson James	1.40	2.07	United States	1.40	3.63	1.73	1.90	2.59

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Max Siauw	25.39	26.82	United States	28.28	26.79	25.39	25.83	27.85
2	Sameer Aggarwal	25.79	26.99	United States	28.21	26.88	25.79	28.35	25.88
3	Paul Mahvi	28.08	31.12	United States	29.12	28.08	30.84	33.41	34.14

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Paul Mahvi	48.14	52.01	United States	54.69	53.62	52.53	48.14	49.88
2	Max Siauw	49.43	52.33	United States	55.17	54.75	50.24	49.43	52.01
3	Sameer Aggarwal	48.07	55.10	United States	56.38	50.40	58.53	48.07	59.04

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Max Siauw	1:19.90	1:26.38	United States	1:27.84	1:19.90	1:31.40
2	Paul Mahvi	1:34.12	1:35.14	United States	1:34.12	1:34.67	1:36.62
3	Sameer Aggarwal	1:37.13	1:44.10	United States	1:43.61	1:51.56	1:37.13

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Max Siauw	2:16.54	2:18.93	United States	2:19.72	2:16.54	2:20.52
2	Paul Mahvi	2:25.42	2:28.36	United States	2:25.42	2:32.33	2:27.33
3	Jack Anderson	2:32.05	2:37.71	United States	2:37.13	2:43.95	2:32.05

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ethan Davis	27.38	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	27.38
2	Jimbo Cai	32.75	DNF	Canada	DNF	32.75	DNF
3	Timothy Ng	35.04	DNF	Singapore	35.04	40.00	DNF

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Sameer Aggarwal	11.33	13.15	United States	13.67	11.33	14.29	13.17	12.60
2	Kyle Santucci	12.22	13.39	Canada	12.79	12.22	14.52	12.96	14.41
3	Max Siauw	11.02	13.41	United States	14.97	14.81	13.32	12.11	11.02

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ethan Davis	31.18	33.27	United States	31.18	33.43	34.07	32.30	34.73
2	Lucas Kuczaj	33.20	35.65	Canada	35.96	35.44	37.35	33.20	35.54
3	Max Siauw	40.80	47.68	United States	49.48	52.60	46.43	40.80	47.14

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Sameer Aggarwal	2.41	2.86	United States	2.79	2.41	2.86	2.93	2.95
2	Timothy Castle	2.43	3.28	United States	2.79	3.90	2.43	3.16	3.93
3	Max Siauw	2.71	3.31	United States	4.13	3.02	2.71	7.44	2.79

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Eli Kirk	1.93	3.85	United States	3.43	4.60	3.78	4.34	1.93
2	Jacob Kotai	2.18	4.55	Canada	9.20	4.93	4.65	4.08	2.18
3	Kyle Santucci	3.20	4.56	Canada	5.24	3.75	3.20	4.68	5.92

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Max Siauw	5.60	7.82	United States	8.98	8.66	8.39	6.42	5.60
2	Sameer Aggarwal	4.77	8.45	United States	12.81	4.77	6.94	12.56	5.86
3	Timothy Castle	5.78	9.64	United States	5.78	12.23	15.71	9.46	7.22