Glasgow Spring 2024

Date: Mar 2 - 3, 2024
City: Glasgow, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Venue: University Centre Building, Strathclyde University
Address: 347 Cathedral Street, G1 2TB
Details: 3rd Floor, Room 317
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Eleanor Sinnott and UK Cube Association
WCA Delegates: AJ Nicholls, Eleanor Sinnott, Oliver Wheat, and Rich Casey

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

Information

If you are a new competitor, please make sure to read all the information in the FAQ and the Important Information tabs before registering. All competitors should be familiar with the information in these tabs.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 188

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 200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is £30 (British Pound).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% 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 on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

Make sure to register and pay for the competition to be accepted. We will not accept any registrations at the competition.

Once you have been accepted, you will receive a confirmation email. If registration is full by the time you pay then you will not receive this confirmation email and you will be on the waiting list. If you do not make the competitor list by the limit date for refunds (specified above), then you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee. You may contact us to ask for your current position on the waiting list.

If you can no longer attend, let us know as soon as possible through the contact link on the General Info page. We often have waiting lists so letting us know you cannot attend allows us to add another person to the competition.

If you would like to change events, you can do so on the register page by simply reselecting your events list, and clicking "Update Registration".

If you have any problems check out the FAQ, or feel free to contact us.
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Tymon Kolasiński won with an average of 5.77 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Johnny Morello Kerlaff finished second (7.38) and Alan Fang finished third (7.90).

European records: Tymon Kolasiński‎ 5x5x5 Cube 37.98 (average).

Event	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Tymon Kolasiński	4.88	5.77		Poland	5.50	5.96	5.85	6.83	4.88
2x2x2 Cube	Zhibo Jin (金智博)	1.44	1.78		China	1.44	2.02	1.62	1.70	2.05
4x4x4 Cube	Tymon Kolasiński	20.57	22.16		Poland	23.43	20.57	25.54	21.00	22.06
5x5x5 Cube	Tymon Kolasiński	36.52	37.98	ER	Poland	37.10	38.48	36.52	42.63	38.37
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Ryan Eckersley	22.75	DNF		United Kingdom	24.67	DNF	22.75
3x3x3 One-Handed	Nicholas Archer	8.32	10.03		United Kingdom	10.27	9.16	10.67	8.32	12.78
Clock	Konstantin Jaehne	3.62	5.96		Germany	5.18	7.48	5.94	6.76	3.62
Megaminx	Amélie Dieterich	50.08	54.27		Germany	1:01.26	58.21	50.08	51.65	52.95
Pyraminx	Liam Stuart Ferreira	2.42	3.80		Poland	3.42	2.42	4.94	3.04	4.93
Square-1	Ryan Eckersley	7.62	10.48		United Kingdom	7.62	13.07	8.77	11.32	11.36

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Frequently Asked Questions

First time at our competitions?

Q: How do I register?
A: Make sure you have created a WCA account by going to the sign-up page and creating an account. Once you have created the account and confirmed your email address, follow the menu bar to the Register page and carefully follow the instructions.

Q: Can I come only to spectate?
A: Yes! There is no need to book - you can just rock up on the day. It can be a bit hectic in the mornings so afternoon is preferred.

Q: Are there different age categories?
A: No, all competitors compete on the same level and all ages are welcome.

Q: Am I allowed to bring a guest?
A: Yes, you can bring as many guests as you want.

Q: How fast do I have to be to compete?
A: Check out the Events tab - if you can make the time limit for the events you want to compete in, then you're fast enough!

Q: Do I have to be there on both days?
A: No, if you only have events on one of the days, you don't have to turn up for the other day. You can see what days your events are on on the Schedule tab.

Q: When can I leave the competition?
A: You are welcome to leave whenever you are not competing. If you have no more events left then you are not required to stay.

Q: Do I use my own cubes to compete?
A: Yes!

Q: How do I find live results?
A: You can see live results as soon as they're entered at WCA Live.

Q: What happens to my results after the competition?
A: Within a couple of days, they will all be posted to this page and if this is your first competition you will automatically have your very own WCA ID assigned.

Q: Do you have a mailing list?
A: Why yes, we do have a mailing list! Sign up here for announcements of future competitions and more.

Need to unregister?

Q: What do I do if I can no longer attend?
A: Let us know via the contact link on the General Info page.

Q: If I do not attend do I get a refund?
A: If you inform us you are no longer attending before the limit date for refunds on the General Info page then you will receive a 75% refund. If this time has passed then you will receive no refund.

Something else you'd like to know?

We have a detailed Parents' Guide that covers the answers to many more questions, free from cubing jargon! Whilst primarily aimed at the parents of younger competitors, there is useful information for everyone to find within it.
Check it out here!

New Competitors

To register, make sure you have created a WCA account by going to the sign-up page and creating an account. Once you have created the account and confirmed your email address, follow the menu bar to the Register page and carefully follow the instructions.

If you are a new competitor, please make sure to:

Familiarise yourself with the WCA Regulations by watching this tutorial for new competitors video. We will also be holding a live tutorial on both mornings of the competition.
Bring some form of ID with you such as your passport, driver's licence, or birth certificate. Expired ID or photos of ID are both accepted.

Information for All Competitors

Schedule Changes: Please note that the schedule is subject to change up until the Wednesday before the competition. Any major changes should be communicated in the precompetition email.
Please help judge! As a competitor, your judging assignments are the absolute minimum you should be doing to help out. Since second rounds, third rounds and finals have no assigned judges, we really need people to help out whenever available for these. If you're a parent you can also get involved with running and juging, it's really easy! We will have a judging tutorial in the mornings as well, which will run through the process and will be tailored towards parents who want to get involved.
No flash photography anywhere in the venue.
If you are a spectator, please never stand further forward than the front row of spectator chairs.
We will be taking videos and photographs of the competition and the environment for our social media pages and website. By attending the competition as a competitor or a guest, you are accepting that you may be filmed or photographed for these purposes.

Venue

The venue is the University Centre building at the University of Strathclyde, 347 Cathedral Street, G1 2TB. The university is right in the heart of Glasgow and is very easily accessed.

Please note that there is a new Low Emission Zone on Glasgow City Centre: please check here to see if your vehicle is compliant.
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Travel

Car: Parking is available at the following nearby car parks:

NCP George Street Car Park on Montrose Street. A discount for this is available by prebooking here using code L6PN4FX
Duke Street Car Park for a flat rate of £5 a day

Train: The venue is a 15 minute walk away from Glasgow Central station and a few minutes away from Glasgow Queen Street station. The shuttle bus 398 offers free transport from Glasgow Central station to Buchanan Bus station or Queen Street station for anyone holding a valid rail ticket.

Plane: The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport. The 500 Glasgow Airport Express offers a direct service from the airport to Buchanan bus station, just a few minutes from the venue.

Coach: The venue is a 5 minute walk away from Buchanan bus station which has intercity coach connections to many destinations across the UK.

Bus: The Citylink 900 bus offers a direct service to Buchanan bus station from Edinburgh while the X99 connects Glasgow to Dumfries. Many local buses also stop at North Frederick bus station across the road from the venue.

Accommodation

There are many hotel options available in central Glasgow, some of which are listed below:

Disability Access

The entrance at the top of the venue (near the road) is wheelchair accessible, but it is ordinarily locked from the outside so you will need a member of security to open it in order for you to get in.

If you are arriving in the morning each day, there will be security positioned outside who will be able to let you in, or if you have another arrival time in mind, please get in contact so we can make sure they're ready then also. The door opens freely from the inside, so while getting in is a bit of an issue, leaving shouldn't be. If you need to leave the venue and come back during the day, yo ucan can let a member of security or a Delegate know so that we can get someone positioned outside to let you back in when you come back, or you can have someone open the door for you from the inside.

Please get in touch if you need any further information.

This competition will be sponsored by Speedcubing.org!

They are kindly setting up a cube store to sell their puzzles throughout the event!
Here's what the owner, Daniel Evans, had to say:

I started speedcubing.org in its current form in 2019, I had previously sold cubes to my school cubing club and on a few market stalls in my local area. speedcubing.org has since grown to become one of the UKs largest speedcube stores aiming to provide the cubing community with high quality speedcubes at reasonable prices and with fast customer service. I am a competitive speedcuber so I understand the needs of speedcubers and can give recommendations accordingly, I strive to get new cubes in stock quickly and I try them for myself so I can develop an opinion on each one. I also have a range of helpful written instructions and videos on how to improve, and for those wanting extra support I do even offer speedcubing tuition

This competition has been organised with help from Strathclyde Rubik's Cube Society

Find out more about the society here and join our Discord server here.

Each event is run in groups, depending on how many people are competing in the event depends on how many groups there are. We call each group up one at a time in order to complete their solves during the scheduled time for the round. We have software that automatically picks what groups you are in, the judges, and who scrambles for each group. This is the minimum amount you should be helping out as it only is for first rounds. We always appreciate extra help!

Please note down which groups you are competing and scrambling in before arriving at the competition!

Groups

Click here to see your groups!

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).

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.