Clarks Hill Cubing 2023

Date: Sep 23 - 24, 2023
City: Lincolnton, Georgia, United States
Venue: Elijah Clark State Park
Address: 2959 McCormick Highway, Lincolnton, GA 30817
Details: Saturday: Picnic Shelter 1; Sunday: Group Shelter 2
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: CubingUSA Treasurer and Raymond Goslow
WCA Delegates: Cady Shields, Clay Moore, Dalton Padgett, Jacob Ambrose, Jared Stinson, Katie Hull, Pierce Tickle, and Raymond Goslow

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Information: The planned venue(s) for this competition have changed. Please check the Venue tab for the latest information.

This competition is supported by CubingUSA.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 60

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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There is a competitor limit of 70 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 95% 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.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Registrations are accepted manually, so please be patient while waiting for your name to appear on the competitor list after you submit payment for your registration. Your registration is not complete until you pay. If you still do not see your name on the competitor list 24 hours after submitting your payment, then please contact the organizers to resolve the issue. You do not have a confirmed spot at the competition until you receive an email with the subject line: "Your registration for Clarks Hill Cubing 2023 has been accepted." Any travel plans that you make before receiving the acceptance email are at your own risk.

After the competitor limit has been reached, you may still submit payment for your registration in order to be put on the waiting list. If you are first on the waiting list and someone cancels their registration, then you will receive an email from the organizers notifying you that you are being accepted into the competition. After the competition, all competitors left on the waiting list will receive a refund for the registration cost, minus processing fees.
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Caleb Chen won with an average of 6.43 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Nicolás Sánchez finished second (7.43) and Jared Stinson finished third (7.71).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Caleb Chen	6.20	6.43	United States	6.26	6.46	6.20	6.57	9.11
2x2x2 Cube	Nicolás Sánchez	0.85	1.43	United States	1.75	0.99	DNF	0.85	1.55
5x5x5 Cube	Vishwa Sankar	48.29	51.73	United States	55.66	50.92	56.56	48.60	48.29
6x6x6 Cube	Vishwa Sankar	1:35.83	1:39.43	United States	1:37.59	1:44.87	1:35.83
7x7x7 Cube	Jared Stinson	2:46.46	2:51.70	United States	2:47.11	3:01.52	2:46.46
Megaminx	Jared Stinson	35.62	40.41	United States	41.00	43.24	35.62	36.99	49.56
Pyraminx	Keon Wilson	1.31	1.90	United States	1.66	1.31	6.63	1.77	2.27
Skewb	Nathan Smith	3.26	4.36	United States	4.63	4.04	3.26	4.40	7.23

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All Competitors

Please arrive at least 30 minutes before the scheduled time for the events you are competing in to ensure that you are on time for that event. If we get ahead of schedule, we will stay ahead of schedule.
Your Delegates for this competition are Raymond Goslow, Cady Shields, Clay Moore, Dalton Padgett, Jacob Ambrose, Jared Stinson, Katie Hull, and Pierce Tickle. Ask them if you have any questions throughout the day!

New Competitors

You will need to arrive on time to participate in the new competitor tutorial at 8:30am on Saturday.
As an additional form of preparation, you can watch Kit Clement's WCA Competitor Tutorial video.
Please be familiar with all of the WCA regulations, most importantly Article A. If you have any questions about the regulations, please don't hesitate to reach out before the competition using the contact link on the General Info tab.
In each event we will have rounds, and we will take the top competitors on to the subsequent rounds. After a round is completed, results will be entered into WCA Live. If your name is highlighted after all the results have been entered, then you have made it to the next round.
Each round will be divided into groups to help the competition run more efficiently. We will call the groups in order. Please be familiar with which group you are in and bring your cube up when called. You may not be able to compete if you miss your group.

Lodging:

Elijah Clark State Park hosts a variety of cottages and campsites, which can be booked at this link. Beyond these lodging options, there are some independently operated inns in and around nearby small towns, but the nearest major hotels are in Thomson, GA and Greenwood, SC, both of which are about 30 miles away.

Airports:

The closest commercial airport to the competition is Augusta Regional, which is 1 hour away and has service from Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Washington National, and Atlanta. Other airports with more service options are Greenville-Spartanburg (2 hours away), Columbia Metropolitan (2 hours away), and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (2.5 hours away).

Dining:

There are some restaurants (mostly local, but some fast food) in Lincolnton, GA and McCormick, SC, both of which are about 10-15 minutes away from the park. You may want to pack a lunch to avoid having to leave the park, drive into town, and return.

Change in Venue(s) - NEW:

Due to a tree in the park falling on the originally intended venue (Group Shelter 1), the venue(s) for this competition have changed. The entire competition will still be taking place within Elijah Clark State Park in the same complex of buildings near the main park office, but the specific venue(s) will be different. Please take a look at the Reaching the Venue section below for further details on how to find the venue(s).

Saturday, September 23 - Picnic Shelter 1
Sunday, September 24 - Group Shelter 2

Please note that Picnic Shelter 1 is an outdoor venue (it has a roof, but no walls). Due to the limited space and tables/chairs at the picnic shelters, we strongly recommend to bring your own folding tables/chairs if you have any. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Group Shelter 2 (which will be used on Sunday) is still an indoor venue, just smaller than the one originally planned. Since fewer competitors are participating in the events on Sunday, we don't believe this will be a major issue.

Park Access:

Entering and parking at Elijah Clark State Park costs $5 per vehicle per day. If you live in Georgia, please check out the Free Parking Through Your Local Library tab for information about getting a free parking pass.

Reaching the Venue - UPDATED:

The venue for this competition is Picnic Shelter 1 (Saturday, September 23) and Group Shelter 2 (Sunday, September 24) within Elijah Clark State Park. Following directions to the listed address for the competition will bring you to the park entrance. To find the venue, follow the signs once you enter the park, and please note that if you reach the large campgrounds or the cabins in the park, you have gone too far and will need to turn around.

If you live in Georgia, you can check out a Georgia State Park ParkPass from your local library and avoid having to pay the standard $5/day parking fee in the park. Check out the Georgia State Parks website for more information: https://gastateparks.org/LibraryLoan

We have now determined the final list of staff for this competition and all applicants have been notified of their acceptance status. Thank you to all who applied!

If you're interested in casual meetups outside of competitions, check out the links below for information on groups in the Southeast that regularly get together to cube!

Southeast Cubing Clubs and Meetups List

Southeast Cubing Clubs and Meetups Map

The registration list for this competition has been finalized and no more competitors will be accepted off the waiting list.

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.