Christmas City Cubing PA 2024
- Date
- Oct 6, 2024
- City
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
- Venue
Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School
- Address
- 2040 Avenue C, Bethlehem, PA 18017
- Details
Gymnasium
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Alexander Michael Pilch, Benjamin Walter, and Kerry Go
- WCA Delegates
- Evan Liu, Rich Tayag, Will Callan, and Zach Ridall
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
LVA students, staff, and faculty must leave their LVA email as a comment on their registration to qualify for free registration. There are no exceptions.
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 Competition Procedures tab.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 109
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 $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 2 guests.
Registration is not complete until payment of the registration fee is made.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Shaun Mack won with an average of 7.23 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Carson Widjaja finished second (7.64) and Evan Liu finished third (8.28).
Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Cube | Shaun Mack | 6.14 | 7.23 | United States | 6.96 | 6.14 | 9.39 | 8.37 | 6.37 | |||
2x2x2 Cube | Will Callan | 0.86 | 1.94 | United States | 2.55 | 0.86 | 1.63 | 1.98 | 2.20 | |||
5x5x5 Cube | Carson Widjaja | 45.71 | 52.02 | United States | 54.04 | 50.36 | 51.65 | 54.89 | 45.71 | |||
7x7x7 Cube | Livia Kleiner | 2:09.71 | 2:15.83 | United States | 2:09.71 | 2:25.02 | 2:12.75 | |||||
Megaminx | Ishaan Lal | 33.82 | 40.58 | United States | 46.11 | 41.05 | 33.82 | 43.31 | 37.39 | |||
Pyraminx | Kyle Meade | 1.51 | 1.80 | United States | 1.51 | 1.87 | 2.21 | 1.83 | 1.70 |
Venue Address:
Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School (otherwise known as "LVA")
2040 Avenue C
Bethlehem, PA 18017
Driving: From Route 22, go north on Schoenersville Rd. The school is on the corner of Schoenersville Rd and Avenue C.
Parking: The competition will be in the gymnasium. It is the metal building towards the back of the parking lot. Enter through the front (the side with the Jaguar logo).
Hotels: There is a Homewood Suites across the street. For less expensive options, there are many hotels on Schoenersville Rd and Airport Rd, most within a 5-minute drive.
Dining: There are several Restaurants and Fast Food places along Schoenersville Rd and Airport Rd. Some are walking distance from the venue, and many are within a 10-minute drive.
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 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 Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM EDT 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 Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM EDT 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 Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM EDT, 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.
TheCubicle will be providing prizes for the winners!
This competition is being held in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV). See the regions on CubingUSA's website.
- Join the Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Discord server
- Join the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (NJ, NY, PA)
- See the Mid-Atlantic Region Organizational Spreadsheet
- See upcoming competitions:
- in Delaware
- in Maryland
- in New Jersey
- in New York
- in Pennsylvania
- in Virginia
- in West Virginia
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.