Colorado Championship 2024

Date: Oct 12 - 13, 2024
City: Greeley, Colorado, United States
Venue: Island Grove Event Center
Address: 421 N. 15th Avenue, Greeley, CO
Details: In the Grand Hall
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Elizabeth Cutting, Luke Meszar, Miles Walcott, Raymos Castillo, and Stone Amsbaugh
WCA Delegates: Elizabeth Cutting, Luke Meszar, Miles Walcott, Raymos Castillo, and Stone Amsbaugh

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

We are excited to announce that Colorado's first ever state champioship will occur in Greeley, Colorado!

Join us in the Northern part of the state for a fun weekend watching the top cubers in the state battle it out for the prestigious title of Colorado State Champion!

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 325

Number of times bookmarked: 25

Registration period: Online registration opened and will close .
Registration requirements: 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 325 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $60 (United States Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
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 .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $75 (United States Dollar).

Below are some of the policies that will be used for this competition.

Registration
* Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.

Deleting Registration/Refunds
* If you register and later realize you cannot make the event, you can request a 50% refund before registration closes.
* After registration closes, no refunds will be awarded.

Adding/Dropping Events
* Competitors may request by email, or manually edit their registration, to remove events from their registration. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in, but you MUST still complete assignments for events you drop.
* We ask that you double check your events prior to registration closing. This saves the organizational team time when creating assignments and helps prevent issues.

Waitlist
* If the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering and paying the fee. 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 full refund shortly before the event.
* No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after registration closes.

On the Spot Registration
* If we have spots available after the deadline to register has passed, we will allow competitors to show up and register for the competition the first morning.
* Competitors must show up during the specified registration window so that they can be added prior to the first round of the day.
* Competitors must know their WCA ID and email associated with their WCA account. If this is the competitor's first competition, please bring some proof of citizenship and an email that can be assigned to the account, which the organizational team will create for them.
* The registration fee for On the Spot is $75.00. We accept payment via Venmo or cash, but we CANNOT gaurantee that we can provide change.

If you are interested in staff benefits and helping the competition run efficiently, consider applying for our staff team!

The link to the form is here: https://forms.gle/MiJvtF9fzBfKyEcN8

Staff will be expected to:
* Staff the entire duration of the competition
* Fulfill assignments on schedule
* Take initiative to complete other duties to help the competition

Staff will receive, pending completion of duties:
* Lunch both days of the competition
* Fully refunded registration fee
* Staff shirt

Please note that applying for a staff role does not guarantee a spot on the staff team. We will send out an email close to the competition informing those selected for the staff team of their roles.

In order to be eligible for the title of Colorado Champion, you must reside in the state of Colorado. If this applies to you and you think you may be competitive for a Colorado Champion title, please set Colorado as your state of residency at cubingusa.org - this is how we validate residency.

This event is open to cubers of any age and experience. For those of you new to cubing, welcome! We just ask that you know a couple things before coming to compete...

First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here.

Here are some frequently asked questions:

Q: Are there any restrictions on competing?
A: Nope! Anyone of any skill can compete in this competition, including first-timers. As long as you know how to solve the cube, go ahead and sign up!

Q: Do spectators have to pay?
A: No! All spectators are let into building for free.

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: Yes! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. We heavily discourage borrowing or sharing other people's cubes at the competition.

Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to WCA Live to find information about current events.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: When you register, make sure you have paid the registration fee. Afterwards, your registration must then be manually accepted, so please wait at least 24 hours before contacting us. You should receive an email when your registration is accepted.

Q: What is the normal 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 cube!

Q: Are there age divisions?
A: No! All competitors are on an equal playing field.

If you have any other questions, feel free to contact us by using the contact links on the general info page!

This competition is being organized and supported financially through Colorado Cubers, a non-profit organization that manages cubing competitions in Colorado. Any donations received will go to this organization and future competitions in Colorado.

If you would like to be notified of future competitions in the state of Colorado, please sign up for the Colorado Cubers newsletter! This newsletter will notify you of future competitions when they are announced, and will provide you with monthly updates with news and results.
To subscribe, please see the landing page here.

If you are interested in being more involved in the Rocky Mountain speedcubing community, consider joining the discord for all cubers in the region: https://discord.gg/SBcQbcf2Qq

Unfortunately, we don't have time to hold every event at this competition, so to determine the Colorado Champions for the quiet events, we are holding Colorado Quiet Championship 2024 in Highlands Ranch, Co. on September 14th! Join us there for a chance to check out some less commonly-held events, or compete for a state champion title!

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline A1a2++).

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.