Cardinal Cube Day 2024


Date
Feb 24, 2024
City
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Venue

Pope Francis Preparatory School

Address
99 Wendover Rd Springfield, MA 01118
Details

Dining Commons

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Cube New England, Elijah Rain Phelps, Levi Gibson, Marcus Tran, and Oliver Tran
WCA Delegates
Alex Cohen, Jesse Mailloux, Levi Gibson, Margot Audero, Mayis Jraghatspanyan, Ryan Durette, and Zachary Miller
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competitor Responsibilities tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors
105
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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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 125 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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.

By registering, I hereby release and hold harmless Cube New England Inc. and its officers and volunteers (“Cube New England”), to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against any and all claims, damages, injuries, liabilities, losses, costs, or expenses of any kind or nature which may arise out of or relate to my traveling to or from, attending, or participating in the Event and my use of any venue facilities, including any liability for injury, death, or damage attributable to the alleged negligence of Cube New England, but excluding liability for injury, death, or damage caused solely by gross negligence of Cube New England. I take full personal responsibility for my conduct and actions during the Event and agree to indemnify Cube New England for any loss, damage, injury or expense resulting from my acts or omissions while participating in the Event or present at the event venue.

Highlights
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Dylan Miller won with an average of 6.24 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Timothy Yang finished second (7.24) and Zavian Valedon finished third (7.40).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Dylan Miller 5.86 6.24 United States 5.896.505.867.346.34
2x2x2 Cube Curtis Chai 1.56 1.73 United States 6.251.601.561.771.83
4x4x4 Cube Cameron Soulagnet 26.46 29.92 United States 26.4635.4829.5926.4933.67
Megaminx Nicolas Naing 30.25 31.52 United States 31.1233.1630.2530.2933.33
Pyraminx Clement D. Tucker 2.00 2.48 United States 2.622.002.403.082.43
Square-1 Elijah Rain Phelps 6.06 7.85 United States 11.458.127.857.576.06

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 $30.00. (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 125. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 125 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 Friday, February 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST 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 Friday, February 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST 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 125 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before Friday, February 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST, 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.

TRAVEL

There are a number of hotels within a 15 minute drive of the venue. Hotels in Springfield MA can be found here.

Flying into Bradley International Airport in Hartford, CT is closest to hotels linked above and the venue. Logan Airport in Boston, MA is also a decent option, however it is farther away.

There are several train stations near the venue, those being in Springfield MA, Northampton MA, and Holyoke MA.

LUNCH

Lunch will not be provided to competitors, but there are a number of restaurants within a 15 minute drive of the venue.

PARKING

There is plenty of free parking at the school.

We have no COVID-19 related restrictions. However any competitor who feels more comfortable wearing a mask may feel free to do so.

We strongly recommend that you test for covid-19 4 days before the competition.

Groups can be found here.

Live results can be found here

If you would like to be staff at this comp, please fill out the form below. Staff will get registration refunded and free lunch.

Staff Application Form

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).

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.

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