EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024
- Date
- Apr 20, 2024
- City
- Santa Clara, California, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054
- Details
Check in outside the main convention hall with the Cubing check in.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Calvin Nielson, Michael Chai (柴天方), and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Calvin Nielson, David Karalli (داود قراعلي), Ivan Vanek, Michael Chai (柴天方), and Ruby Lu (卢红)
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please check the schedule to find possible time slots. Please indicate in the registration comments what timeslot you would prefer to compete in.
Competitors may register for 3x3 and up to one of the following events: 2x2, Skewb, Pyraminx, Megaminx, Clock, or Square-1. Competitors may not register for more than two events, and if they register for two events, one of them must be 3x3.
- On-site registration will be the expo's $30 entrance fee plus $5 paid to us on the spot.
- Specify the time you would prefer to compete in the registration comments. We will email everyone their time slot once registration has closed. Time slots will be determined based on a first-come first-serve basis. If your desired time slot is full, we will reach out via email and ask for another time slot.
- If you would like to modify your events you are registered for, please contact us through the contact form for this competition and we will modify your registration accordingly.
In a catastrophic event where the event will be compromised and cancelled, a full refund shall be offered to all competitors, in contrast to the typical 95% registration refunds.
This is an expo first! We will have things planned between 3x3 groups that isn't competing!
- West Coast Cubing LLC presents another Bay Area Speedcubin' competition!
- If we run ahead of schedule, we will start first round events no earlier than 20 minutes, so please show up at least 20 minutes before your first event.
- We will be assigning judging assignments to competitors for the group before or after their own competing groups. Please check your personal competitor cards when we assign them a week before the competition date for relevant info.
- Spectators will have to pay entry to the expo. Tickets may be purchased ahead of time at the EVO Sports Expo website for $30, or in person the day of.
- We urge competitors with spectators (especially minors) to not register for the first timeslot; however, a guardian (with a spectator ticket purchased) will be able to enter early with the competitors, it will be more straightforward to register for any timeslot but the first.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 59
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 300 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 95% 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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $35 (United States Dollar).
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of $30 (United States Dollar).
Competitors may register in at most 2 events.
Please check the schedule to find possible timeslots. Please indicate in the registration comments what timeslot you would prefer to compete in.
- On-site registration will be the expo's $30 entrance fee plus $5 paid to us on the spot.
- Specify the time you would prefer to compete in the registration comments. We will email everyone their timeslot once registration has closed. Timeslots will be determined based off a first-come first-serve basis. If your desired timeslot is full, we will reach out via email and ask for another timeslot.
In a catastrophic event where the event will be compromised and cancelled, a full refund shall be offered to all competitors, in contrast to the typical 95% registration refunds.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Caleb Yao (姚英華) won with an average of 7.63 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Nico Harper (李有為) finished second (8.47) and Ben Yu finished third (8.53).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Caleb Yao (姚英華) | 6.91 | 7.63 | United States | 7.54 | 7.71 | 8.59 | 6.91 | 7.65 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Stanley Tran | 1.63 | 2.20 | United States | 2.72 | 3.69 | 1.82 | 1.63 | 2.05 | |||
| Clock | Evan Millsap | 3.31 | 4.49 | United States | 4.13 | 7.53 | 3.31 | 5.37 | 3.97 | |||
| Megaminx | Nico Harper (李有為) | 34.36 | 40.36 | United States | 41.57 | 34.36 | 42.04 | 40.79 | 38.73 | |||
| Pyraminx | Mariana K. Lee | 2.73 | 3.53 | United States | 7.14 | 3.23 | 3.27 | 2.73 | 4.08 | |||
| Skewb | Evan Zhou | 5.37 | 6.18 | China | 5.37 | 6.32 | 6.26 | 6.75 | 5.96 | |||
| Square-1 | Calvin Nielson | 6.58 | 7.15 | United States | 7.28 | 6.62 | 7.55 | 6.58 | 11.13 | |||
By car: Parking is available behind the convention center; however, it may fill up, and parking may be more difficult to find.
By public transportation: The VTA goes right by the convention center. VTA tickets are super cheap!
By plane: The convention center is closest to the SJC airport
Food: There is a food court in the convention area. Outside food and drink is not allowed
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...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know. However, it is still the competitors responsibility to be familiar with the full set of regulations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
If you have any questions after watching this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial right before 3x3. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.
Head over to the registration tab, if you are ready to sign-up for your first competiton! Click register, and fill out the information that it asks for. This will help you get set up into 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 hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into groups, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)
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, search "WCA Live" (https://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 your registration fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the compeition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All cometitors compete in the same group.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
As registration through our site has closed, the only way to register at this point is by registering onsite.
To do this, you will need to purchase a ticket from the convention center (you can do this day-of or on their website for $30).
Once inside the expo, you'll need to find the competition itself. Instructions on that can be found on the "How to get to the Competition (and check in)" tab.
Once at the competition (and inside the expo), it will cost $5 to register. We will have someone that can help you out. If you are planning on registering onsite, please don't try to register before 11:30am, as the first two timeslots are full and all of our staff will be focused on running the competition.
Want to stay connected with the West Coast community? Join the West Coast Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from NorCal, SoCal, Nevada, Hawaii, and Tijuana and keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!
Click here to be directly taken to the Discord Server!
We also have a NorCal Cubing Community Facebook group!
You can see timeslot registrations here
Due to the high demand for 10am, 10am will be run in two groups. None of the other time slots will be run in multiple groups. You can find those groups here.
Watch our top solvers of the competition take part in a head to head tournament!
This tournament will be an 8 person single elimination bracket.
| Round | Format |
|---|---|
| 1 | Best 2 of 3 |
| 2 | Best 3/5 |
| Final/3rd Place Match | Best 4/7 |
You can find the bracket here!
Please aim to be parked 30 minutes before your time slot. This is because parking will be harder than you think (they closed a garage last year because it was full), you will need to check in with our staff to get your wristband and nametag to be let into the venue and then you will need to find the cubing area. Below is a map of the expo. We are located where it says "speed cubing".
Here is a map explaining how to find parking
| Time Slot | 3x3 | 2x2 | Pyraminx | Skewb | Megaminx | Square-1 | Clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial Delegate Group | A | A | |||||
| 10:00 AM group 1 | B | A | A | A | |||
| 10:00 AM group 2 | C | B | B | B | |||
| 11:00 AM | D | C | C | A | |||
| 12:00 PM | E | D | B | A | B | ||
| 1:00 PM | F | E | D | B | |||
| 2:00 PM | G | F | C | C | E | ||
| 3:00 PM | H | G | D | D | C |
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.