Cubing in Cambridge 2022
- Date
- Dec 17, 2022
- City
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 5 Callender Street
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Cube New England and Tim Reynolds
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Cohen, Tim Reynolds, and Will Russo
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Due to limited venue space, during the morning events, the venue is limited to competitors and 1 guest each. After lunch, additional spectators are welcome at no cost.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 106
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 125 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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 on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Daniel Gutierrez won with an average of 7.70 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jonah Crosby finished second (8.34) and Ray Bai finished third (8.53).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Daniel Gutierrez | 6.57 | 7.70 | United States | 8.15 | 6.57 | 9.05 | 7.97 | 6.97 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Aedan Bryant | 1.72 | 2.44 | United States | 2.14 | 1.72 | 3.87 | 1.88 | 3.29 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Ray Bai | 52.68 | 56.32 | United States | 59.78 | 54.00 | 55.19 | 52.68 | 59.76 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Daniel Gutierrez | 10.79 | 12.10 | United States | 10.79 | 11.44 | 13.28 | 13.51 | 11.58 | |||
| Pyraminx | Elijah Rain Phelps | 2.82 | 3.62 | United States | 3.71 | 3.72 | 6.63 | 3.43 | 2.82 | |||
This competition is organized by Cube New England, a group dedicated to growing the speedcubing community in New England, USA.
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The competition will be held at the Cambridge Community Center at 5 Callender Street, Cambridge, MA.
Please do not attempt to park in the area around the venue; it is resident parking only. There is parking nearby at Central Square Parking Lot at 438 Green St ($10). See also this page for other nearby parking options to Central Square.
The nearest public transit station is Central Square, on the MBTA Red Line, about a 10 minute walk away. You may choose to park at Alewife MBTA Station ($3), and take the MBTA Red Line to Central. There are plenty of restaurants in Central Square where competitors will be able to get lunch.
Before registration opens
If you don't have a WCA account, you should create one here before registration opens.
How to Register
Log in to your WCA account, and click on the register link on the left side of this page. Your registration is not considered complete until you've paid the $25 registration fee via Stripe.
Waiting List
Due to limited space, this competition has a 125-person competitor limit. After 125 people have registered and paid, all additional competitors will be added to the waiting list. You need to pay the registration fee to be added to the waiting list; we'll refund your fee if you don't get in.
You'll be notified by December 3 if you were accepted from the waiting list.
Refunds
All competitors who cancel their registration by December 2 will have 50% of their registration fee refunded. All competitors who are not accepted from the waiting list wil have their entire registration fee refunded.
All competitors will be expected to judge and scramble throughout the day. If you would like to join the volunteer staff, you may apply to do so at this link. Staff members are expected to spend the majority of the day volunteering, and will receive free registration and lunch.
This competition is being sponsored by TheCubicle, and they will be generously providing gift cards as prizes for podiums, as well as small prizes for all first-time competitors!
3x3 Podium
1st: $35
2nd: $25
3rd: $15
All Other Podiums
1st: $10
2nd: $7
3rd: $5
There are no COVID-related restrictions, though competitors should feel free to wear a mask if they would prefer to do so.
Group assignments are available here, or online at competitiongroups.com.
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.