Cubing Kerala Malabar Open 2023

Date: Apr 29, 2023
City: Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Venue: Police Club, Tazhekkod
Address: Pavamani Rd, Tazhekkod, Kozhikode, Kerala 673004
Details: Main auditorium
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Lukhman Abdul Latheef and Safvan Kadannam Potta
WCA Delegates: Arun Kannan and Swaminathan Chandrasekaran

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

Make sure you will be available at the venue at least 15 minutes before your event starts. You won't be allowed to participate in an event if you reach late.
If you're participating in a WCA competition for first time or not aware of competition rules, make sure that you attend the tutorial session.
If you're participating in a WCA competition for first time, please bring your ID card as well.

All participants are expected to volunteer for the event when they are not participating. The roles could be of a judge, runner, or a scrambler, depending upon the situation.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 36

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 70 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹500 (Indian Rupee).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
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.

Registration fee (General)
Pass fee (for participating): 500 INR (upto 2 events)
Each extra event: 75 INR
So if you are participating in 4 events, fees will be 500 + (2x75) = 650 INR.

There will NOT be any Spot Registration for this event

Steps to complete online registration
Step 1 - Register here by selecting the events you want to participate in.
Step 2 - Pay the registration fee to this UPI ID: 9400979761@jupiteraxis , mention the name of the competitor in the payment comment.
Step 3 - Wait upto 48 hours for your registration to be confirmed. Once your registration is confirmed, you will get a confirmation mail and your name will appear in the list of registered competitors.

Your registration will be processed manually only after the payment of required fees.
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Hari A. Deepak won with an average of 8.84 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Muhammed Shehzad Khan finished second (9.25) and Akhil Vikram finished third (9.67).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Hari A. Deepak	8.08	8.84	India	8.76	9.50	8.08	8.27	11.33
2x2x2 Cube	Tarun P. Shibu	2.73	3.40	India	2.73	3.56	3.76	2.88	3.93
4x4x4 Cube	Dhyan Chalikkandy Pathrmpethu	33.02	36.38	India	33.02	37.28	34.36	37.50	DNF
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Sol Kabeemer	1:47.06	2:06.54	India	2:36.19	1:47.06	1:56.38
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Sol Kabeemer	32	34.33	India	34	32	37
3x3x3 One-Handed	Nived Anoop	15.07	16.31	India	17.66	15.07	15.32	18.03	15.96

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/

Here's a video that will be helpful for new comers:

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the 'Registration & Payment' tab and it will guide you to the registration.

FAQs

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. This means you should bring your own cube.

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: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page within a week 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 upcoming rounds of events. Remember, the results are entered by a human so please be patient if you do not see your results immediately.

Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete together.

Q: I want to attend, or I have friends/family who want to attend, but not compete. Do they need to pay as well?
A: No. All spectators are free to view the competition at no cost. There is payment only to compete. But in some cases, venue will be having restriction to allow spectators depending on the competition.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

If you have any further queries, please do mail the organizers & delegates.

By Train

The nearest railway station to the venue is the Kozhikode Railway Station (CLT), which is located approximately 1.5 kilometers away. You can easily access the venue from the railway station by hiring an auto rickshaw, which can be arranged at the prepaid auto rickshaw counter located at the main entrance.

By flight

The nearest airport to the venue is the Calicut International Airport, also known as Karipur Airport, which is located approximately 25 kilometers away. From there, you can hire a taxi to reach the venue.

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.