Foothills NxNs 2023

Date: Sep 23, 2023
City: Okotoks, Alberta, Canada
Venue: Foothills Centennial Centre
Address: 204 Community Way #4, Okotoks, AB T1S 2N3
Details: In the Smith and Mesken rooms
Contact: Here
Organizers: Dawn Kuczaj, Lucas Kuczaj, and Ryan Yasinko
WCA Delegates: Alexander Mutch, Dylan Vaskevicius, Laura Plourde, and Vianne Chang

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

Information: Please be present at least 15 minutes early for any event/round you are doing.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 89

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 135 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (Canadian 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 .
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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $30 (Canadian Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.
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Kyle Santucci won with an average of 6.36 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Lucas Kuczaj finished second (9.14) and Leif Anvik finished third (9.15).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Kyle Santucci	5.40	6.36	Canada	5.93	5.40	7.45	7.17	5.97
5x5x5 Cube	Lucas Kuczaj	56.30	1:02.32	Canada	1:00.25	1:03.85	1:03.58	56.30	1:03.14
6x6x6 Cube	Griffin Clem	1:41.00	1:50.25	Canada	1:41.00	1:55.09	1:54.66
7x7x7 Cube	Griffin Clem	2:52.40	2:55.87	Canada	2:55.13	2:52.40	3:00.08

For first-time competitors

Please be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. Of course, those regulations contain a lot of legalese, so we have a a few videos made specifically for new competitors, just to show the basics of competing. These videos will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
* Speedcubing Canada New Competitor Tutorials Playlist (from 2023)
* Chris, Kit, and Lauren's WCA Competitor Tutorial (from 2015)

There will also be a competitor tutorial at the start of the competition - see the schedule tab. If it is your first time competing, you must attend the tutorial.

FAQs

Q: What will the competition look like?
A: A competition usually runs throughout the whole day where cubers meet up and have fun, although you are more than welcome to stay the whole day or leave whenever. You will compete in events you have signed up for and have the choice to cube at a waiting table.
Q: Who is allowed to compete?
A: Everyone, from all ages are allowed to compete! Do not be hesitant if you are not experienced with cubing or competing, we encourage newcomers to come along, we will help out.
Q: Whose cubes do I use?
A: When competing, it is ideal to use your own cube. Make sure you have one ready to go when it is time to compete. Equipment like timers will be there to compete with. (The competition will not supply you with cubes to compete.)
Q: How do I check the results of the competition?
A: There will be a website: WCA Live to check concurrent results throughout the day. Official results will then be posted the following days of the competition.

Do not be intimidated by all these rules and expectations. Competitions are for everyone to have fun! If at any time during the day you have any questions feel free to ask us!

For first-time competitors:

There are multiple things a first-timer must know before competing. All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. There is a video here for the basic overview of the rules.

In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition to learn about the procedures for judging.

All competitors:

When you arrive, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also receive staffing assignments. All competitors are expected to help at this competition. For each event you sign up for, you will be assigned to help out for just one group of that event. If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.

We will provide a judging tutorial at the beginning of the day. This will allow anyone with questions about how to judge to be properly prepared when they are expected to help. We hope that this system will fairly divide up the judging of the competition and make the competition run smoothly for all.

All spectators:

Spectators are required to be familiar with Article 7b of the WCA Regulations. No flash photography is permitted.

Cash prizes will be given out to all who place in the top 3 of each event.
For 3x3x3, the third prize is $15, second prize is $25, and first prize is $35.
For all other events, third prize is $5, second prize is $10, and first prize is $15.

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.