Connect Community 2018
- Date
- Sep 8, 2018
- City
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 200 Chase Dr, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA
- Details
First floor, to the right, follow the signs
- Contact
- Organizer
- Derek White
- WCA Delegate
- Matthew McMillan
- Information
- Spectators can attend at a free charge
- There will be no at the door payments or registrations. You must register and pay online.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 108
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 130 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $8 (United States Dollar).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
If you paid but do not see your name on the registration list, please wait 48 hours prior to emailing the organizational team. Despite the use of the Stripe payment system, organizers still have to manually approve competitors following payment.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Roger Lightbody III won with an average of 8.47 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Adriel Wiebe finished second (9.62) and Nipun Kisari finished third (10.16).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Roger Lightbody III | 7.08 | 8.47 | United States | 7.08 | 9.50 | 11.91 | 8.63 | 7.29 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Roger Lightbody III | 1.82 | 2.02 | United States | 1.82 | 1.98 | 1.91 | 2.43 | 2.16 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Aidan McKenzie | 38.34 | 41.88 | United States | 45.15 | 38.34 | 1:42.42 | 42.04 | 38.44 | |||
| Megaminx | Aidan McKenzie | 48.43 | 50.94 | United States | 48.43 | 51.46 | 50.11 | 59.13 | 51.24 | |||
| Pyraminx | Adriel Wiebe | 4.00 | 4.77 | United States | 4.86 | 4.31 | 5.15 | 4.00 | 8.40 | |||
| Skewb | Adriel Wiebe | 2.35 | 5.25 | United States | 4.80 | 5.14 | 2.35 | 6.58 | 5.82 | |||
| Events | Times | Format | Cutoff | Time Limit | # Advancing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Competitor Tutorial | 7:45-8:00 | ||||
| Pyraminx Combined Final | 8:00-9:15 | Average of 5 | - | 3:00 | - |
| 2x2 Round 1 | 9:15-10:30 | Average of 5 | - | 5:00 | 16 |
| 4x4 Combined Round 1 | 10:30-11:30 | Best of 2/Average of 5 | 2:30 | 5:00 | 16 |
| 3x3 Round 1 | 11:30-1:00 | Average of 5 | - | 10:00 | 32 |
| Lunch | 1:00-1:30 | ||||
| Megaminx Combined Final | 1:30-2:45 | Average of 5 | - | 3:15 | - |
| Skewb Combined Round 1 | 2:45-3:45 | Best of 2/Average of 5 | 2:00 | 3:00 | |
| 2x2 Final | 3:45-4:15 | Average of 5 | - | 10:00 | - |
| 3x3 Round 2 | 4:15-5:00 | Average of 5 | - | 10:00 | 16 |
| Skewb Final | 5:00-5:20 | Average of 5 | - | 10:00 | - |
| 4x4 Final | 5:20-5:40 | Average of 5 | - | 10:00 | - |
| 3x3 Final | 5:40-6:00 | Average of 5 | - | 10:00 | - |
| Awards | 6:00-6:30 | - | - | - | - |
Groups can be found here. (hint: use ctrl + f or cmd + f on a Mac to find your name quickly). Please make a note of which groups you are competing in and which groups you're helping out in.
In addition to competing, you will be assigned groups (in the events you're participating in) where you will be helping out. Everyone will be trained in helping out. If you forsee any problems, please contact the Delegate.
We will be using CubeComps for live results for this competition. A link to this competition's page will be posted before the competition.
Only 60 miles away from Boston!
Parking:
There is a parking lot right outside the Church which is free of charge.
Air Travel:
The closest airport to the Connect Community Church is the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease. (36 Airline Ave, Portsmouth, NH 03801). Other airports in the area include Manchester Regional Airport and Boston Logan International Airport
Public Transport
Public transport is avaliable in Portsmouth.
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/
Of course, those regulations contain a lot of legalese, so 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, the 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, however, we will have a vendor at this competition, from which you can buy puzzles if your current ones have seen better days.
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 Cubecomps.com 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 compeition. 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 cometitors 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!
Everyone will be assigned groups for running or judging in the events they are participating in. If you have staffing experience (or just know what you're doing) and would like to help out the entire time, please fill out the following form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuPR7z4hYwmcYzwZspZPqwDmv7qyYYenXSPs6bSSaHRkY8zA/viewform?usp=sf_link.
Full-time staff must pay when they register, and will be refunded if they are chosen to staff. If you forsee any issues with this, please contact the Delgate.
Want to hear about upcoming competitions in New England? Check out our mailing list: https://cubingusa.org/newengland
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.