Crystal City Winter 2023
- Date
- Jan 22, 2023
- City
- Arlington, Virginia, United States
- Venue
Crowne Plaza National Airport
- Address
- 1480 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202
- Details
Arlington Ballroom
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Nick Silvestri
- WCA Delegates
- Blake Thompson, Nick Silvestri, Rich Tayag, and Will Callan
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition will take place in the Arlington Ballroom. No outside food is allowed in the venue, however there are nearby restaurants a short walk away from the venue.
This competition is supported by CubingUSA.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 64
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is part of the DMV Winter 2023 Competition Series. Other competitions in this Series are: Note: You can submit a registration for all competitions in a Series, but only one of those registrations can be confirmed and accepted. You will only be allowed to compete in one of the Series competitions!
There is a competitor limit of 70 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $38 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 95% 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.
We anticipate that this competition will fill extremely quickly, so do not delay when registration opens.
Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.All competitiors must read the "Competitor Responsibilities" tab.
WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 70 has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.
We may completely close registration if the waitlist becomes very large.COVID-19 SAFETY INFORMATION:
To prevent overcrowding in the venue, we are limiting each competitor to one guest only.Competitors should not attend the competition if experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or if they were exposed to someone with COVID-19.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ray Bai won with an average of 27.15 seconds in the 4x4x4 Cube event. Blake Thompson finished second (31.43) and Dana Yi finished third (32.55).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Ray Bai | 6.16 | 7.69 | United States | 11.06 | 7.25 | 8.61 | 7.20 | 6.16 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Ray Bai | 24.28 | 27.15 | United States | 29.35 | 28.19 | 26.62 | 24.28 | 26.65 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Ray Bai | 48.03 | 52.42 | United States | 49.51 | 51.20 | 59.90 | 56.54 | 48.03 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Dana Yi | 2:28.66 | 2:32.68 | United States | 2:34.59 | 2:34.78 | 2:28.66 | |||||
| Megaminx | Ray Bai | 33.29 | 40.74 | United States | 42.39 | 42.50 | 33.29 | 39.17 | 40.65 | |||
Please note that this competition takes place on a SUNDAY. Please plan accordingly.
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. In addition, please read this 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/running 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.
Groups link will be posted here at a later date.
Live results can be tracked here on WCA Live.
General Info: The venue is located at the Crowne Plaza National Airport, 1480 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202. This competition will take place in the Arlington Ballroom. No outside food is allowed in the venue, however there are nearby restaurants a short walk away from the venue.
Entry: Please enter through the main entrance and take the stairs or elevator on the left to the second floor. The entrance to the Arlington Ballroom is to the left when coming up the stairs.
Parking: There is limited on-site parking.
- Crystal City Shops parking garage is free on weekends that is 2 or 3 blocks from the venue
- Other hourly parking garage options are also available
- You may also consider taking the DC metro Blue Line to the Crystal City station, which is a block or two away. (NOTE: there will be no Yellow Line train service to Crystal City due to major construction.)
If you are interested in staff, please fill out the following form: STAFF APPLICATION FORM
NOTE: ALL COMPETITORS MUST PAY THE $38 REGISTRATION FEE. If you are selected for staff, you will be refunded the registration fee AFTER the competition has ended.
Staff will be responsible for doing scrambling tasks throughout the day.
Staff members will be provided with free registration for the competition.
Final staff decisions will be made after registration closes.
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This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! They will be providing gift cards to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of each event.
There is a tentative additional round of 5x5, schedule permitting. This round will be the top 12 placements of 5x5 Round 1.
The waitlist for this competition can be viewed here.
Only competitors who have paid have been added to the waitlist.
If WAITLISTED for Comp A:
- If you are accepted to Comp B,
- You may delete your Comp A registration and be issued a full refund for that registration. (Delegates can also do this for you on your behalf)
- You may remain on the Comp A waitlist (i.e., you prefer Comp A). If you move up the Comp A waitlist enough, the Delegates may ask you which comp you prefer and allow you to choose.
- Please email the Delegates using the “Contact” link on the competition website to let them know your preference.
- If you are also waitlisted to Comp B,
- You may opt to stay on both waitlists until you are accepted to one of them. If accepted to one, you may delete your registration to the other and receive a full refund.
If ACCEPTED to Comp A:
- If you are accepted to Comp B,
- Your Comp B registration will be ACCEPTED and your registration for Comp A will be moved from ACCEPTED to the WAITLIST. This is because by choosing to register for Comp B, you are indicating to the organizers and Delegates you would prefer Comp B over Comp A even after being previously accepted to Comp A.
- You may delete your Comp A registration and be issued a refund per the comp policy. (Delegates can also do this for you on your behalf)
- If you are waitlisted to Comp B,
- You may opt to stay on the Comp B waitlist to see if you are eventually accepted (i.e., you prefer Comp B). If you move up the Comp B waitlist enough, the Delegates may ask you which comp you prefer and allow you to choose. If accepted, you may delete your Comp A registration and receive a refund per the comp policy.
- Please email the Delegates using the “Contact” link on the competition website to let them know your preference.
- You may opt to stay on the Comp B waitlist to see if you are eventually accepted (i.e., you prefer Comp B). If you move up the Comp B waitlist enough, the Delegates may ask you which comp you prefer and allow you to choose. If accepted, you may delete your Comp A registration and receive a refund per the comp policy.
Comp A = Dunkirk Winter 2023
Comp B = Crystal City Winter 2023
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.