Claws Up Winter 2023

Date: Dec 3, 2023
City: Rocklin, California, United States
Venue: Whitney High School
Address: 701 Wildcat Blvd, Rocklin, CA 95765
Details: Cafeteria
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Daniel Cho and David Karalli (داود قراعلي)
WCA Delegates: Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Anto Kam (甘浩東), Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, Jason Ostdiek, and Michael Larsen

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Information

Get ready for another Rocklin competition!

Registrants will be accepted in the order that they pay, not the order that they register. Please be patient with us as we manually accept all eligible competitors.

Competition Day Timing
- The competition will begin at the scheduled start time.
- Lunch will end at the scheduled time.
- Events will begin as soon as the previous event is wrapping up. Exception: All First Round events will not start more than 20 minutes early.
- Competitors may not compete in an event if they miss last call for that event. In general, last call is a few minutes after the last group is called.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 89

Registration period

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Registration requirements

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If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
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There is a competitor limit of 100 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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

Payment:

Upon registering you will receive an email with the subject "Registration Pending: Claws Up Winter 2023". This does NOT mean that you are on the registration list. Competitors will not be approved until the payment has been made.

Please ensure you have paid the registration fees via Stripe on the register page. Your registration is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the registration fee. Contact the organizational team if you encounter an issue.

Waitlist:

Once the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist will be opened.
You must pay the registration fee to be added to the waitlist.
New registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment.
Waitlisted competitors will only be added to the competition if an existing competitors withdraws.
All competitors still on the waiting list after Friday, November 24, 2023 at 7:00 PM PST will be removed and provided with a full refund.
You can see your position on the waitlist by checking the "Waitlist" tab.

Deleting Registration/Refunds:

If you can no longer make the competition, you may request a refund.
To receive a partial refund you must contact the organizational team by Friday, November 24, 2023 at 7:00 PM PST.
Withdrawing enables us to maximize attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.

You may change the events you are registered for by contacting the organizational team by Friday, November 24, 2023 at 7:00 PM PST. After this date it is not possible to add further events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.

Highlights

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Nico Harper (李有為) won with an average of 8.62 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Luke O. Brannon finished second (9.15) and Michael Larsen finished third (9.18).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Nico Harper (李有為)	7.24	8.62	United States	8.73	10.53	7.24	9.66	7.48
5x5x5 Cube	Nico Harper (李有為)	55.45	1:05.12	United States	1:16.82	59.36	1:12.13	1:03.87	55.45
3x3x3 One-Handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	9.00	9.48	Hong Kong, China	9.05	9.56	9.84	9.00	16.54
Clock	Evan Millsap	4.12	5.41	United States	5.30	5.74	4.12	5.46	5.46
Megaminx	Nico Harper (李有為)	32.71	38.06	United States	35.95	42.92	32.71	39.66	38.56
Skewb	Jusun Choi (최주선)	2.60	3.83	Republic of Korea	4.12	3.94	2.60	3.52	4.02
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	5.66	6.90	United States	10.53	6.29	5.66	8.01	6.40

For those of you new to cubing, welcome!

This competition is great for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming!

First, please be familiar with the World Cube Association (WCA) Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

This video will explain most of what you'll need to know for your first competition. Please note you're still required to be familar with the full set of regulations above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dSuMG--wm8

If you have any questions after this video, we will have a new competitor/judge tutorial the morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.

If you're stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the "Registration" tab, click "Register", and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up in the WCA's system and bring you one step closer to your first official solve!

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?

A: Yes! You are responsible for bringing your own puzzles to compete. Please refer to section 3 of the WCA Regulations for more information on what puzzles are okay to use in competition. If you have any questions, please reach out!

Q: What is the competition like?

A: Competitions are a ton of fun! They're a great opportunity to meet new cubers, make new friends, and compete and get official times recognized by the World Cube Association. Competitions can be as social of an event as you would like them to be. The community is extremely welcoming and you can always sit at any table and strike up a conversation with another cuber. Competitions are great places to try new cubes as well!

Once you walk into the venue, you will most likely see your nametag at a check-in table. Once you grab your nametag, find a seat and start cubing! There will be a competitor/judge tutorial, which can be found on the schedule. After that, we will begin with the first event and will start calling events up by group. Your group numbers can be found on the back of your nametag. After you compete in an event, you will most likely also be expected to help judge another group. Competitions are very self-sufficient, so we rely heavily on the assistance of parents and cubers like you! Your assigned helping groups should also be listed on the back of your nametag. Once you are done competing in your event, you can go back to your table and continue to socialize!

Q: How do I find results?

A: During the competition, WCA Live will have all of the results manually entered throughout the day. To find the live results, go to the very top of this page, then click "WCA Live". Then, scroll to this competition and you're good to go! Official results will be posted after the competition, typically within a few days to a week.

Q: How do I get a WCA ID?

After official results are posted after the competition (see the above question), you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?

A: Make sure you pay you registration fee in order to be eligible to be placed on the competitor list. If the competitor limit has been reached by the time your registration is completed, you will be placed onto a waitlist, which is listed in the order of when competitors pay. If you are not advanced from the waitlist before the waitlist closes (date found on Register tab), you will be issued a full refund.

Q: What is the typical age of competitors at these events?

A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you, though! Everyone can and should cube!

Q: Are there age divisions?

A: Nope! All competitors compete together regardless of age.

Q: Can I bring guests?

A: Guests are welcome and there is no charge for bringing them.

Q: Is there anything else I should know before attending my first competition?

A: Yes! Attending your first competition can come with a lot of nerves, so try and focus on having fun and meeting new people. Always try your best and don't give up, even if you don't get the best results.

Please Read!!!

Before the competition, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event in an email. We will be relying on competitors to help by judging whenever they are not competing.

We will provide a judging and competitor tutorial at the beginning of the day, right before the start of 3x3. This will allow anyone with questions about how to judge or compete to be properly prepared when they are expected to help or compete!

As we get closer to the end of the competition, we will need help with judging for the second/final rounds as we cannot assign staff for those in advance.

You don't have to be a experienced cuber to help out! If you see there is need for help, feel free to help! Judging is lot easier than you think it is and everyone, even spectators, are encouraged to help. This way the competition can run smoothly and finish on time.

Location

The competition will take place in the indoor cafeteria, Whitney High School (see the map below). The address of the venue is:

701 Wildcat Blvd
Rocklin, CA 95765

Parking

You can easily access the parking lot through Wild Cat Blvd. Feel free to park anywhere in the school parking lot, but the closest parking lot to the venue is located at the front of the school (See the map below).

Food

Lunch will be 1 hour long. There are plenty of good restaurants nearby, all around 15 minutes away by car. Try to eat something nice! (Orchids, In-N-Out, El Mariachi, Pho, Tasty Pot just to name a few.)

You are allowed to eat food in the venue, but please clean up after yourself. Thanks!

Map of the venue:

We are looking for dedicated staff members for this competition. Please fill out this form to apply for staff.

While we will ask staff members to judge, staff members should also expect to be assigned other tasks (namely running, scrambling, and/or data entry). If chosen as staff, you are expected to stay throughout the competition, fulfill all of your assigned staff duties, and provide help when needed.

Staff benefits include:
-Staff lunch (Pizza)
-Staff fee reimbursement
-Get to know more people

The staff fee reimbursement will happen after the competition is over. We have right to deny any reimbursement if you don't fullfill your staff duties.

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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.