Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024

Date: Dec 8, 2024
City: Arlington, Texas, United States
Venue: E-Sports Arlington & Expo Center
Address: 1200 Ballpark Way Arlington, TX 76011
Details: Expo Hall - Stadium Section 4
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Aarav Gaddam, Anshveer Kang, Ryan Pilat, and Southern Cubing LLC
WCA Delegates: Michael Conard and Michael S. Lander

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Information

Note: This competition is on a Sunday.

Please review the Competitor Information tab before the competition.
Please review the other tabs for more information on the competition.

Please note that the 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 note that no outside food/drink will be permitted in the venue, however it is permitted in the foyer outside the expo hall.

This competition is supported by Southern Cubing LLC. To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 152

Registration period

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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 225 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 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
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 $25 (United States Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.

There will be no refund to no-shows unless cancelled before the deadline (Friday, November 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST)

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 competiton, you can request a 75% refund (via the contact link on the General Info tab before registration closes.
No refunds will be awarded after Friday, November 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST.

Adding/Dropping Events

Competitors may edit their registration to include more events BEFORE registration closes.
Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
Competitors may edit their registration to remove events. 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 the deadline (Friday, November 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST) will receive a full refund shortly before the competition.
No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after Friday, November 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST.

Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.

In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the Competitor List, then please reach out to us using the contact link 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.

Highlights

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Ryan Pilat won with an average of 6.04 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Cristian Samuel Carasco Peña finished second (6.98) and Dylan Baumbach finished third (7.51).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Ryan Pilat	5.32	6.04	United States	DNF	5.32	5.89	5.47	6.76
2x2x2 Cube	Tucker Chamberlain	0.81	2.03	United States	1.56	1.87	2.67	4.70	0.81
4x4x4 Cube	Ray Bai	24.09	24.55	United States	24.09	24.33	25.20	24.11	28.46
3x3x3 One-Handed	Ray Bai	8.05	9.70	United States	9.90	10.09	8.05	9.65	9.54
Clock	Ryan Pilat	3.10	4.39	United States	3.81	4.77	4.58	3.10	DNF
Pyraminx	Ryan Pilat	1.99	2.76	United States	1.99	3.78	2.60	3.15	2.54

Important Links

Group Sheet: https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/CubeaToninArlington2024
Live Results: https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/6680

All Competitors

Please try to arrive at least 30 minutes early for the events you are competing in to ensure that you are on time for that event.
We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can. So if you do not arrive to compete by the time the event is starting, your spot may be given up the next competitor in the rankings.
To keep the competition running on time and to ensure we can keep all events we will be requiring competitors to also judge. Pay attention to the group assignment sheet - This is essential to keep the events on schedule. We also invite any parents or guests to also help to judge - thank you for your support. Please arrive to attend the New Competitor & Judges tutorial.
Your delegates for this competition are Michael Conard and Michael S. Lander. Ask them if you have any questions throughout the day!

New Competitors

Please try to arrive early to watch the new competitor introduction.
Additionally you can watch Kit Clement's WCA Competitor Tutorial video.
Please be familiar with all of WCA's regulations, most importantly Article A. If you have any questions about the regulations, feel free to ask us.
In each event we will have rounds. We will take the top competitors into subsequent rounds. After a round is completed it will be entered into WCA Live. Your name will be highlited if you are advancing to the next round.
Each round will be divided into groups to help them run more efficiently. We will call the groups in order, along with a last call during the last group. Please come bring your puzzle up and wait in the competitor waiting area when your group is called. We are allowed to deny you the ability to compete if you do not come up by the last call.

Room Details: The competition will take place in the Expo Hall - Stadium Section 4.

Parking: There will be parking available at the venue for $10.

Food: NO food is allowed inside of the Expo Hall but there will be places outside the room permited for food.

Hotels: Hotels near the venue: Sheraton, Courtyard, Holiday Inn, and Hilton Garden Inn.

Travel: The DFW International Airport is around 20 minutes away from the venue.

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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.