Q. How do I register for this competition?
A. Registration for this competition opens on Tuesday, April 2nd and will be open until Sunday, April 21st. You'll need a WCA Account to register. Once registration has opened, you can register at the register button to your left or at this link. Select the events you'll be competing in and any comments you'd like the organization team to know. After pressing Register, you'll be prompted to pay using Stripe. You must pay your registration fee to be eligible to compete. If there is still space in the competition and you do not receive an email saying your registration has been accepted within 48 hours of paying, please contact the organization team.

Q. How can I prepare for the competition day?
A. Competitors should understand the WCA Regulations before competing. For something a little more digestable, you can read the WCA Competitor Tutorial or watch this video guide. We will have a New Competitor Tutorial at the beginning of the day where you can learn and ask questions.

Q. Who should I ask if I have any questions?
A. Your delegates for this competition are Carter Kucala, Lisa Kucala, Shain Papalotl Longbehn, and Simon Kellum. Please ask them if you have any questions.

Q. What are groups? How can I find which ones I'm in?
A. Groups are how we determine when each competitor competes. During each round, we will have several groups that will be called up in succession. When the group in which you're supposed to compete is called, please come up to the cube dropoff table and submit your puzzle. When the group you're judging is called, come up and find an empty station to judge. Groups will be emailed to competitors or in a tab on this website in the week leading up to the competition.

Q. Do competitors need to volunteer? How do I do that?
A. We require that all competitors volunteer as Judges during the competition day. You will be assigned a group to judge in. We will go over judging in our New Competitor Tutorial.

Q. How old do I have to be to compete?
A. WCA Competitions are open to cubers of any age! We do not have age groups so all competitors compete with each other.

Q. What do I need to bring to the competition?
A. You'll need to bring the puzzles required for any event you'll be competing in. Most competitors like to bring other cubes to warm up with. All timing equipment will be supplied by the WCA Delegates at the competition.

Q. Where can I find results for this competition?
A. Live results will be visible on the WCA Live and will be posted on the WCA Website shortly after the competition. If it's your first competition, you'll get a WCA ID when results are posted to the WCA Website.

Q. How can I have a competition in my hometown?
A. You can contact the Wisconsin delegates by email here. We would love to help you organize a comp anywhere in the area!

We will be holding 3x3 Team Solving as an extra event. As it is unofficial, results will not be posted on WCA rankings, but will be on this tab after the competition.

Results

Each team will be two people, each acting as either right or left hand in a 3x3 solve. The person acting as right hand will not be permitted to do L moves, and the left person cannot do R moves. All normal 3x3 regulations also apply. Registration will be done at the competition before the round starts. Format will be Mean of 3, with one attempt to get under 5:00 for cutoff.

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Want to meet cubers from throughout the US? Competitors of all speeds and experiences are welcome at the upcoming Regional and Continental Championships! They will be an amazing experience for all competitors, it doesn't matter how fast you are or whether your first competition was in 2014 or 2024!

CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024

This year's Great Lakes Regional Chamipionship will be held October 4-6 in Louisville, Kentucky and is open to competitors of all skill levels and experience. This can even be your first competition!

Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024

We are proud to host this year's North American Championship in the Midwest! Come to Minneapolis, MN July 18-21 to meet other cubers from across the continent! You will need to qualify in order to register, but do not worry! All you need to do to qualify is attend one competition before June 6th and achieve an official 3x3 average under one minute. More information on the North American Championship can be found here.

This competition is sponsored by The Cubicle, who will be giving away gift certificates to podium winners in all events!

If you missed the registration deadline, do not worry! You may still register at the door of the competition. The fee for On The Spot Registration is $25, which you can pay cash, Venmo, or Paypal at the competition.

If you are planning on registering on the day of the competition, please try to arrive no later than 8:15 am. While we will still be accepting registrations after that time if you do need to arrive later, we do need some time to process the registrations and it is much easier to do so before the competition starts.

If you are a new competitor that is registering on the spot, please bring some sort of ID as we will need to check to confirm your information upon checking in. If this causes any concern, please let us know by using the contact form on the main page of this competition website.