Colorado Springs Showdown 2024
- Date
- Aug 3, 2024
- City
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- Venue
Doherty High School
- Address
- 4515 Barnes Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80917
- Details
In the cafeteria
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Colorado Cubers, Elizabeth Cutting, and Stone Amsbaugh
- WCA Delegates
- Ben Tibbetts, Elizabeth Cutting, Miles Walcott, and Stone Amsbaugh
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Welcome back to Colorado Springs for another fun day of cubing! Please read all the required tabs before submitting your registration.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 77
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Monday, July 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.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 90 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Monday, July 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Monday, July 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
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 $40 (United States Dollar).
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Dylan Hughlett won with an average of 8.85 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Kaemon Vita finished second (9.25) and Anthony J. Telford finished third (9.25).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Dylan Hughlett | 7.17 | 8.85 | United States | 7.17 | 9.21 | 9.01 | 8.81 | 8.74 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Kaemon Vita | 2.08 | 2.59 | United States | 2.20 | 2.08 | 5.37 | 3.20 | 2.36 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Dylan Hughlett | 28.50 | 30.80 | United States | 32.45 | 30.02 | 29.94 | 35.15 | 28.50 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Stone Amsbaugh | 1:03.51 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 1:03.51 | |||||
| Clock | Miles Walcott | 4.70 | 5.31 | United States | 5.57 | 5.01 | 4.70 | 5.75 | 5.34 | |||
| Megaminx | Evan Wilson | 50.87 | 53.69 | United States | 53.08 | 59.75 | 54.21 | 53.79 | 50.87 | |||
| Pyraminx | Kaemon Vita | 3.43 | 4.40 | United States | 3.43 | 5.45 | 5.20 | 4.48 | 3.51 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:15.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 12:00.00 cumulative* | ||
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 40.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | |
| Pyraminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 |
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Competitions rely on volunteers to happen! All the staff at competitions are volunteers, and we need your help to have a successful competition. Helping out by running and judging is invaluable and keeps the competition on schedule. Everyone can help, this includes first time competitors and even siblings and parents! Staffing is easy and we are happy to help get you started, and it is a great way to make time fly!
Before the competition, you will receive assignments to compete, as well as to staff (judging, running, or possibly scrambling). You are required to show up for these staffing assignments unless you communicate with the organizers of the competition prior to the assignment. Failure to do so may result in disqualification from one or multiple events.
For second rounds and finals, we will not have assigned staff, and we will rely on volunteers to make the competition run. We really appreciate it if we get volunteers, but if you are asked to staff by a delegate when you are available you must do so to avoid the same risk of disqualification.
BY REGISTERING, YOU AGREE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND WILL FOLLOW ALL THE INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE.
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.link/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 proudly sponsored by The Cubicle. Check out their fantastic selection of puzzles on thecubicle.com!
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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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation 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.