Cubing Knights IV 2023

Date: Oct 14, 2023
City: Orlando, Florida, United States
Venue: UCF Student Union, University of Central Florida,12715 Pegasus Drive, Orlando, FL 32816
Address: UCF Student Union, University of Central Florida,12715 Pegasus Drive, Orlando, FL 32816
Details: Student Union Key West Ballroom
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Gabriel Nash, Jared Balassaitis, Nancy Hartman, and Sean Hartman
WCA Delegates: Cady Shields, Carter Bitz, Chris Martin, Coleton Pleiss, and Nancy Hartman

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Information

Due to available space, each competitor can only have one guest. There are a lot of areas to explore around campus to explore for other guests. Please let us know of any concerns or special circumstances. We may or may not be able to accomodate them.
Please don't bring a guest unless you noted so in your registration. Let us know if you are bringing a guest if you didn't note so in your registration so we can add that.

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-Please review all other tabs for more information on the competition.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 109

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 115 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (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.

After the competitor limit has been reached, you may still pay and be put on a waiting list. If 100 competitiors are signed up, and you don't see your name as one of them under competitors, then you are on the waiting list.

If you are first/next on the waiting list and someone cancels their registration then your registration will be confirmed. Please, let us know as soon as possible if you are not able to attend to allow another competitor to attend. After the competition all competitors on the waitlist will receive a refund for the registration cost minus tax (90%).

Once registration closes we may add additional round(s) of events as time may permit in the schedule or change the number of competitors to advance to the next round.

Extra Information
Please make sure your email associated with your WCA account is one that you regularly check as you will need to see any emails the organization team may send out.
To register for this competition, you must pay in full in advance through Stripe. Your registration is not complete until you pay.
If you are having payment problems, please contact the organizers for an alternative payment method.
To cancel your registration, please email the organizers with your name telling them you want to cancel your registration. You will recieve a 50% refund if you let us know before registration closes. If you are having trouble paying on the website or any other registration problems, please use the contact button to talk to us.
If the competition reaches its competitor limit and when registration closes, no additional registrations will be accepted. No exceptions.
Be aware, competitions are filling up very quickly. It is recommended to register as soon as possible once registration opens. If you would like tips on how to register faster, please let us know. You can contact organizers or delegates by clicking on their name on the information page.
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Alexander Persaud won with an average of 7.13 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Owen Brooks finished second (8.13) and Carter Bitz finished third (9.30).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Alexander Persaud	7.02	7.13	United States	7.02	7.04	7.06	7.78	7.28
2x2x2 Cube	Santino Maiorino	1.87	2.01	United States	2.02	1.98	1.87	2.02	3.67
4x4x4 Cube	Carter Bitz	25.33	29.52	United States	36.20	29.62	31.78	25.33	27.15
5x5x5 Cube	Carter Bitz	46.14	52.23	United States	53.99	47.45	46.14	55.25	56.44
Skewb	Tyler Kochy	2.70	3.75	United States	4.40	3.92	2.92	4.55	2.70
Square-1	Tyler Kochy	8.06	10.63	United States	10.06	12.68	8.06	9.15	13.16

Florida Cubing:

Florida Cubing Facebook Group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/floridacubing
Competition Email list: https://forms.gle/2r77SYz1gkmUuDpu6.

Southeast Cubing:

Cubing Southeast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/491409969462797
WCA - Southeast, USA Discord server: https://discord.gg/hp7DSmtReb

Reach out to us if you have any questions.

Amount of competitors moving to subsequent rounds may change after registration closes/fills

Important Links
(Links will be updated closer to the competition)
Group Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A1Lbf3n3YliuJxgMb8BNseGExcrlFg9uLnIEbQYrG9A/edit?usp=sharing
Live Results: TBA

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 your events
We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can, so if you do not arrive to compete by the event is ending your spot may be given up to the next competitor in the rankings.
Your Delegates for this competition are: Carter Bitz, Nancy Hartman, and Nathan Graves. Ask them if you have any questions throughout the day!
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 - If you are in the first group of an event you will then judge the second group, if in the second group you will judge the third group and so on - if you are in the last group you will judge the first group. 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 Competitor & Judges tutorial.*
New Competitors
You will need to arrive on time to watch the new competitor introduction,.
You can watch Kit Clement's WCA Competitor Tutorial Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
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.
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 live.worldcubeassociation.org. 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 with a last call during the last group. Please bring your puzzle up 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.

Staff
Please contact us if you are interested - you must be able to staff for the duration of the competition. Staff will be provided lunch and a refund of their registration fee after the competition. Thanks for your support!

Awards
Speedcubeshop will provide podium gift cards and we will provide certificates.

*The competition is located on the 2nd floor in the Key West Ballroom. *

If you enter the Student Union through the South entrance, take the stairs or elevator on the left side and walk around to the backside of the building near the Starbucks on the 2nd floor. The ballroom will be to the right near the restrooms.
If you enter the Student Union through the North entrance, take the food court stairs to the 2nd floor where the Starbucks is. Walk out to the round area of the 2nd floor and take a left. The ballroom will be on your left.

An elevator is located by the stairs in the main foyer.

PARKING & TRAVEL
Parking is free on Saturdays. The closest parking garage is Garage H. The Student Union (circled in blue) is located at the very center of campus.

The closest airport is Orlando International Airport, which is about a 30 minute drive away.

LUNCH OPTIONS
The Student Union has a food court on the first floor, and a Starbucks on the 2nd floor. Most of them open around 12PM (Starbucks opens at 11AM), and close around 5PM. For more information about these options, go here.

The Student Union has a food court on the first floor, and a Starbucks on the 2nd floor. Most of them open around 12PM (Starbucks opens at 11AM), and close around 5PM. For more information about these options, go here.

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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.