Concordia Turning Fall 2024
- Date
- Dec 7, 2024
- City
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Venue
Concordia Turners
- Address
- 6432 Gravois Ave, St. Louis, MO 63116
- Details
Competition will be in the Big Gym. Entrance is in the rear of the building.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Dennis Yang, Kayden Yang, Lisa Berman, and Midwest Cubing Association
- WCA Delegates
- Garrett Hadaway, Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni, and Katie Hinkley
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.
We have a local facebook group where we will be posting upcoming events as they are announced as well as supporting local cubing conversations for Missouri. Jump over and join the Missouri Cubing facebook group!
Please note that this schedule is subject to change, as we may hold events slightly earlier or later than shown depending on whether the competition is running ahead of schedule or behind schedule.
Please view the other tabs to get more information.
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, you may want to look at CubingUSA's Competitor Tutorial.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 105
- Number of times bookmarked
- 62
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 105 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (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 90% 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.
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 full refund before registration closes.
After the registration period closes, no refunds will be awarded.Adding/Dropping Events
Competitors may request (by email) to be added to more events BEFORE registration closes.
Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
Competitors may request (by email) to remove events from their registration. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.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 before registration closes will receive a full refund shortly before the event.No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after registration closes.
Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.
In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the competitors list (the tab on the left side of the screen thay says "Competitors") then please send an email to the contact on the General Info tab.If the competitor limit is filled, you may still register and pay the registration fee if you wish, but you will be placed on a waitlist. Your registration will not be accepted unless a spot opens up.
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING
For First-Time Competitors
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules. Note that this video is fairly old and some information may be outdated.
In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.
This document is also useful: Competing, Judging, and Running Tutorial
Finally, please be familiar with how to judge at a cubing competition. All competitors will be required to judge in at least one of the events they are competing in. This video gives a basic overview of how to judge, and does include more up-to-date information.
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.
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!
We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
We have a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t=2s
If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial, Saturday morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.
If you are 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 the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
Q&A:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.
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 and should cube!
Q: What is the competition like?
A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests, and a vendor, where you can purchase all you cubing related needs. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into heats, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)
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. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay you entrance fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the competition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete in the same group.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
Room Details: The competition will be held in the Big Gym. Doors are on the right side of the lobby.
Parking: Go up the driveway and park in the lot behind the building. Enter through the glass doors.
Lunch: There are many options for lunch within a few miles of the venue. Aldi and Walgreens are across the street. We will be having snacks and soda/gatorade for sale for $1 each throughout the day.
Hotels: Use your favorite travel site to find the best deals. Look for hotels downtown or near the intersection of 44 and Hampton or along highway 55 south of the venue.
Travel: The nearest major is St. Louis Lambert International Airport. 25 minutes from the venue.
We will be accepting 8 dedicated staff members for this competition.
Staff Benefits will include: Free Lunch, Registration Reimbursement
If you would like to staff, please fill out this application - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGnRhkil7o_q0D3bsZ9i1kIp7-tXgYNplIewUwDNWi6V4CUQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
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.