Door County Cube Challenge 2023

Date: May 20, 2023
City: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States
Venue: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Address: 1756 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Details: Sanctuary, enter through main door
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Luke Selle, Midwest Cubing Association, and Zeke Mackay
WCA Delegates: Carter Kucala, Joshua Feran, Simon Kellum, and Zeke Mackay

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

Information

Welcome to Door County's first WCA Competition! We hope to see you here this May!

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA Regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the WCA Competition Tutorial.

You can find out about upcoming competitions in our area in our local Facebook groups: Wisconsin and Illinois Speedcubing and Minnesota Cubing Community

All excess funds from this competition will be donated to the church.

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 83

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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
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Zeke Mackay won with an average of 6.92 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Brian Johnson finished second (7.31) and Carter Kucala finished third (7.69).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Zeke Mackay	6.27	6.92	United States	7.36	6.73	6.27	7.29	6.75
2x2x2 Cube	Simon Kellum	1.72	2.65	United States	1.73	1.72	3.77	3.82	2.45
4x4x4 Cube	Zeke Mackay	23.74	27.63	United States	28.25	27.69	26.94	23.74	32.06
5x5x5 Cube	Zeke Mackay	56.06	59.50	United States	56.06	59.30	1:00.74	1:00.14	59.05
Megaminx	Zeke Mackay	46.88	48.43	United States	49.57	46.88	51.76	47.64	48.09
Pyraminx	Simon Kellum	2.02	2.51	United States	3.29	2.14	2.02	2.11	4.47

-Before the competition, watch this great video made by former WCA Senior Delegate Kit Clement with the basics of how it all works.
-There is also this written tutorial on the WCA website that is very helpful.
-We encourage first time competitors to test out the timing equipment before your first attempt! Feel free to ask a staff member how competing works.
-The competitors will be split up into groups for competing. You will be assigned a group, which you can find on the Groups tab.
-On the day of the competition when your group number is called you bring your puzzle up and put it in the box that has a scorecard with your name on it and wait in the competitor waiting area until your name is called.
-It's a good idea to arrive before the scheduled time for your event because if you are not there for the last call you might not be allowed to compete.

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...

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!

Q&A:

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?

A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.

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: What is the competition like?

A: Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing: cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition area, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants' new personal bests.

Q: When do I need to show up?

A: The first event, 3x3, will start at 8:30 AM. If you are a first-time competitor, it is highly recommended that you come to the new competitor tutorial at 8:00 AM. You must be present and ready to compete during all events that you are registered for. The schedule is subject to change. We recommend coming about 15-30 minutes before the start of your first event.

Q: How do I find results?

A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to live.worldcubeassociation.org to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?

A: Make sure you pay you entrance fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. However, if the competition is already full when you register, you will not be placed on the competitor list unless a spot frees up.

Q: Are there age divisions?

A: Nope! All competitors compete in the same group.

Q: Do spectators have to pay to attend?

A: Nope! Anyone is welcome to stop by anytime for free and check it out.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?

A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

Staff applications for this competition have closed.

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Coffee and cookies will be sold at the venue.

Nearby food options include:
National Chains: McDonalds, Subway, Arby's, Kwik Trip, Jimmy John's, Dairy Queen
Local Favorites: Sonny's Pizza, Kitty O'Reilly's Irish Pub, Blue Front Cafe, Dan's Kitchen (Thai), Door County Fire Company Pub & Grill, Hong Kong Buffet, Old Mexico
Coffee: Starbucks, 5&J, on-site TBD

Live results for this competition can be seen here https://live.worldcubeassociation.org

The groups will be formed the week of the competition and will be announced here.

This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! They will be providing gift card codes to the podium winners as well as gift cards for first-time competitors.

This compeition will also be sponsored by Gnome Games and the Gnoshery, a local puzzle and game store! They will be providing several door prizes.

Registration for this competition has closed. Any registration made will not be accepted.

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.