Connecticut Spring 2023
- Date
- May 13, 2023
- City
- Storrs, Connecticut, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 2110 Hillside Rd, Storrs, CT 06268
- Details
Student Union, Ballrooms 330 & 331
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Cube New England, David Lei, and Evan Liu
- WCA Delegates
- Evan Liu, Nicholas McKee, Ryan Durette, Tommy Szeliga, and Will Russo
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 114
- 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 125 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.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
Registration is not complete until payment of the registration fee is made.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Nipun Kisari won with an average of 7.68 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Gabriel Garber Burd finished second (7.79) and Cameron Soulagnet finished third (8.10).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Nipun Kisari | 7.07 | 7.68 | United States | 7.40 | 8.57 | 7.60 | 8.04 | 7.07 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Curtis Chai | 1.57 | 1.94 | United States | 3.01 | 1.80 | 1.57 | 2.29 | 1.74 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Cameron Soulagnet | 55.15 | 55.98 | United States | 55.65 | 57.08 | 59.27 | 55.21 | 55.15 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Cameron Soulagnet | 2:22.14 | 2:24.90 | United States | 2:22.14 | 2:28.12 | 2:24.45 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Justin Mallari | 10.70 | 12.18 | United States | 12.60 | 11.23 | 12.72 | 10.70 | 13.95 | |||
| Pyraminx | Curtis Chai | 1.90 | 2.86 | United States | 3.24 | 2.93 | 3.38 | 1.90 | 2.41 | |||
How to locate the room:
From North Parking Garage (6 min walking):
* Exit the North Parking Garage on Hillside Road.
* Continue walking on Hillside Road. You will see the Student Union building on your left.
From South Parking Garage (4 min walking):
* Exit the South Parking Garage on Jim Calhoun Way.
* Walk northeast on Jim Calhoun Way until you reach the intersection with Hillside Road.
* Turn left onto Hillside Road, and continue walking. You will see the Student Union building on your right.
After locating the Student Union building:
* Enter through the main entrance.
* Once inside, take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor.
* Upon reaching the 3rd floor, look for the signs directing you to Ballroom 330/331.
Parking
You can park at either the North Parking Garage or the South Parking Garage.
The price is $12 for 7 hours.
There are also some free parking spots during the summer located on campus.
Food options:
Google Maps Link
Flights:
The nearest airport to this competition is Bradley airport (~40 min).
Hotel:
Graduate Storrs Hotel is on UConn's campus close to the Student Union.
For First-Time Competitors
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.
In addition, please read this tutorial document before coming to the competition.
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.
Registration Process
Before You Register
All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.
How to Register Online
Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $30.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.
The competitor limit for this competition is 125. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 125 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.
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.
How to Pay for Registration Online
Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."
Refunds
Approved competitors who cancel their registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Wednesday, May 10 are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.
Waitlist Information
We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 125 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EDT on Wednesday, May 10, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.
This competition is organized by Cube New England, a group dedicated to growing the speedcubing community in New England, USA.
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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.