Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025
- Date
- Feb 1, 2025
- City
- Auburn, Alabama, United States
- Venue
- Address
- Auburn University, Student Activities Center, 684 Biggio Dr, Auburn, AL 36832
- Details
Auditorium - See Venue Tab
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Daniel York, Kevin Min, Nate Hunter, and Southeast Cubing
- WCA Delegates
- Clay Moore, Jared Stinson, Katie Hull, Nancy Hartman, Raymond Goslow, and Roman Wofford
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is supported by Southeast Cubing, Inc.! Please check out the Southeast Cubing, Inc. tab to learn more about the official nonprofit organization for speedcubing in the Southeast and what you can do to support the mission.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 105
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Friday, December 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $18 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM UTC you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Registrations are accepted manually, so please be patient while waiting for your name to appear on the competitor list after you submit payment for your registration. Your registration is not complete until you pay. If you still do not see your name on the competitor list 24 hours after submitting your payment, then please contact the organizers to resolve the issue. You do not have a confirmed spot at the competition until you receive an email with the subject line: "Registration Accepted: Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025." Any travel plans that you make before receiving the acceptance email are at your own risk.
After the competitor limit has been reached, you may still submit payment for your registration in order to be put on the waiting list. If you are first on the waiting list and someone cancels their registration, then you will receive an email from the organizers notifying you that you are being accepted into the competition. After the competition, all competitors left on the waiting list will receive a refund for the registration cost, minus processing fees.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Max Park won with an average of 5.40 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Dylan Miller finished second (6.34) and Caleb Chen finished third (7.14).
North American records: Max Park 3x3x3 One-Handed 8.46 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Max Park | 5.03 | 5.40 | United States | 5.29 | 5.84 | 5.74 | 5.03 | 5.18 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Max Park | 33.31 | 37.15 | United States | 33.31 | 37.45 | 35.31 | 38.68 | 42.48 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Max Park | 1:07.35 | 1:09.60 | United States | 1:10.86 | 1:10.58 | 1:07.35 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Max Park | 7.36 | 8.46 | NAR | United States | 10.12 | 7.36 | 7.69 | 9.15 | 8.54 | ||
| Pyraminx | Alex Bohac | 1.90 | 2.40 | United States | 2.15 | 1.90 | 2.45 | 2.59 | 3.37 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 50 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:45.00 | |
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 7:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:30.00 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:45.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 |
About Southeast Cubing, Inc.
Southeast Cubing, Inc. (SECI) is the official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization for speedcubing in the Southeast United States! SECI supports current and future cubers across the region by:
* collecting and sharing information on speedcubing competitions and clubs
* supporting the organization of more speedcubing competitions and clubs with resources, guidance, and logistical support
* organizing a regional championship every year
* engaging in outreach to expand the speedcubing community by visiting local community events
* providing spaces (both physical and virtual) for Southeast cubers and their supporters to connect and learn
Getting Involved with SECI
You can get involved with SECI in a variety of ways:
* Following SECI's social media pages to keep up with the latest news about Southeast cubing: 
* Joining SECI's social media discussion groups to be a part of the online conversation:
* Becoming a competition staff member, a competition organizer, or a WCA Delegate in the Southeast
* Hosting a cubing club in the Southeast
* Volunteering as an SECI team or Board member
* Donating directly to SECI to support the mission:
We would like to thank SpeedCubeShop for sponsoring this competition! SpeedCubeShop is one of the original cube retailers based out of Las Vegas, and will also be providing prizes to the top 3 competitors in every event.
Below is a map of parking near the Student Activities Center. On-campus parking is free on weekends with the exception of Residential zones.
Food options nearby on campus that are open on Saturday
- On campus dining hall (The Edge at Central Dining, Duncan Dr, Auburn, AL 36849) ~ 0.5 miles
- Chick Fil A, Subway, Chipotle (326 W Magnolia Ave) ~ 1 mile away all on the same street
- Beyond The Wok (339 S College St Suite) ~ 1 mile away
Staff has been selected for this competition.
This competition will hold an unofficial round of Face-Turning Octahedron (FTO) during lunch. The results will be recorded through Cubing Contests, and will then be added to the rankings.
Register for FTO
| Event | Round | Format | Time Limit | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Face-Turning Octahedron | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get <3:00.00 |
Regulations (found here on Cubing Contests):
• Scrambling notation: the puzzle is oriented with one vertex facing directly in the front, such that four of the faces are directly above, below, to the left, and to the right of the front-facing vertex. These make up the U, F, L, and R faces, respectively. For the four faces on the back, B is adjacent to U, BL is adjacent to L, BR is adjacent to R, and D is adjacent to F.
◦ Scrambling orientation (see Regulation 4d of the WCA Regulations): scrambled starting with white (if not possible, then black or otherwise the lightest color) as the U face and green (if not possible, then the darkest possible color) as the F face.
• The scramble must be applied correctly. If the puzzle state is wrong, the scrambler must correct it (e.g. by solving the puzzle and applying the scramble sequence again).
• Misalignment penalty (see Regulation 10f of the WCA Regulations): at most 60 degrees.
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.