CubingUSA Nationals 2019
- Date
- Aug 1 - 4, 2019
- City
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1 West Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21201
- Details
Hall G
- Website
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Bob Burton, Calvin Nielson, Corey Sakowski, James Hildreth, Keaton Ellis, Kenneth Lu, Kit Clement, Matthew Dickman, Nathan Dwyer, Ryan Jew, Sam Schultz, Saransh Grover, Shelley Chang, Tim Reynolds, and Walker Welch
- WCA Delegates
- Calvin Nielson, Corey Sakowski, James Hildreth, Keaton Ellis, Kit Clement, Matthew Dickman, Ryan Jew, Shelley Chang, Tim Reynolds, and Walker Welch
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 751
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Friday, February 15, 2019 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Monday, July 1, 2019 at 3:59 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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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 1100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $120 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 3:59 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Competitors may only register for events that they are already qualified for.
Your registration will only be accepted if you have qualified for at least one of the events you are registered for. Please check the qualification requirements and important deadlines before registering.
You may register for additional events you don't yet qualify for, but that you hope to qualify for by the June 26 qualification deadline. If you are qualified in at least one event, please register for all additional events that you hope to compete in, even if you are not qualified for them yet.
Before registering, make sure your WCA website account is connected to your WCA ID. You can search for your WCA profile with your previous competition results and claim your WCA ID here. If your account is not linked to your WCA ID, we cannot verify that you are qualified and your registration will be deleted.
To add or remove events from your registration, use this form to email us. The deadline for making changes to your registration is June 30. After the June 26 qualification deadline, any registered events you have not qualified for will be automatically removed from your registration.
If the 1100-person competitor limit is reached, you may register for the competition to join the wait list. You must pay the registration fee to hold a spot on the wait list. If you are not accepted from the wait list, your registration fee will be fully refunded on July 1.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Patrick Ponce won with an average of 7.05 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Lucas Etter finished second (7.13) and Max Park finished third (7.36).
World records: Daniel Rose-Levine 3x3x3 With Feet 21.51 (average); Juan Pablo Huanqui Megaminx 31.70 (average); Max Hilliard 3x3x3 Blindfolded 15.50 (single); Max Park 7x7x7 Cube 1:40.89 (single); Stanley Chapel 4x4x4 Blindfolded 1:06.84 (single) and 4x4x4 Blindfolded 1:21.12 (average).
North American records: Leo Min-Bedford Skewb 2.47 (average); Nicolas Naing Megaminx 33.60 (average), Megaminx 29.22 (single), and Megaminx 32.47 (average); Stanley Chapel Clock 5.15 (average); Will Callan 2x2x2 Cube 1.23 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Patrick Ponce | 6.94 | 7.05 | United States | 7.15 | 6.96 | 8.21 | 7.04 | 6.94 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Will Callan | 1.24 | 1.48 | United States | 1.74 | 1.63 | 1.37 | 1.24 | 1.44 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Max Park | 21.61 | 22.77 | United States | 22.92 | 23.03 | 22.37 | 21.61 | 25.60 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Max Park | 38.96 | 43.07 | United States | 44.50 | 41.45 | 43.27 | 52.09 | 38.96 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Max Park | 1:17.41 | 1:19.21 | United States | 1:20.28 | 1:19.95 | 1:17.41 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Max Park | 1:51.58 | 2:00.60 | United States | 2:08.10 | 1:51.58 | 2:02.11 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Max Hilliard | 15.50 | WR | 18.89 | United States | 19.27 | 15.50 | 21.91 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Cale Schoon | 23 | 24.33 | United States | 23 | 25 | 25 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Max Park | 10.49 | 10.81 | United States | 10.50 | 13.38 | 10.49 | 11.42 | 10.51 | |||
| Clock | Stanley Chapel | 4.77 | 5.15 | NAR | United States | 5.91 | 4.80 | 4.91 | 4.77 | 5.73 | ||
| Megaminx | Nicolas Naing | 31.08 | 32.47 | NAR | United States | 34.90 | 31.08 | 31.20 | 34.42 | 31.79 | ||
| Pyraminx | John Gaynor | 2.03 | 2.78 | United States | 3.50 | 2.03 | 3.58 | 2.31 | 2.53 | |||
| Skewb | Leo Min-Bedford | 2.66 | 3.05 | Canada | 2.66 | 2.83 | 3.63 | 2.69 | DNF | |||
| Square-1 | Ethan Erez | 6.70 | 7.99 | NR | Canada | 7.87 | 7.38 | 6.70 | 11.76 | 8.72 | ||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Stanley Chapel | 1:06.84 | WR | 1:21.12 | WR | United States | 1:06.84 | 1:19.23 | 1:37.29 | |||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Stanley Chapel | 2:50.32 | DNF | United States | 2:50.32 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Graham Siggins | 51/54 58:12 | United States | 51/54 58:12 | 44/62 1:00:00 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Daniel Rose-Levine | 20.12 | 21.51 | WR | United States | 21.30 | 21.83 | 20.12 | 26.09 | 21.41 | ||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 200 advance to next round | - |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 80 advance to next round | ||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 160 advance to next round | - |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 64 advance to next round | ||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | - |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 48 advance to next round | ||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 48 advance to next round | - |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | - |
| Final | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | First round | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | - |
| Final | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | - |
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Mo3 | 1 hour | - | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 64 advance to next round | - |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | - |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 48 advance to next round | - |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | - |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 48 advance to next round | ||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 64 advance to next round | - |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 48 advance to next round | - |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | - | |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 20:00.00 | - | |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo2 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 | - | |
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | - |
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).
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.
Qualification
Qualification times must be set in other WCA competitions in order to compete. Qualification times must be set on or before No date.