Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019
- Date
- Jan 19, 2019
- City
- Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 155 Otey St, Blacksburg, VA 24060
- Details
Multipurpose Room
- Contact
- Organizer
- Deniz Atak
- WCA Delegates
- Corey Sakowski and Keaton Ellis
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
We will be tentatively holding second rounds of 3x3 One-Handed (Top 16) and 7x7 Cube (Top 8) before 3x3 Final only if time allows.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 70
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC.
- 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 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Registration is free for VT students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Please read the "Competitor Information" tab before registering.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Tanzer Balimtas won with an average of 7.68 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Keaton Ellis finished second (8.33) and Deniz Atak finished third (9.32).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Tanzer Balimtas | 6.51 | 7.68 | United States | 10.84 | 8.39 | 7.82 | 6.84 | 6.51 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Zayn Khanani | 0.68 | 1.90 | United States | 0.68 | 1.98 | 1.99 | 1.93 | 1.80 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Ishmam Mirza | 3:12.83 | 3:17.44 | United States | 3:22.23 | 3:12.83 | 3:17.27 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Corey Sakowski | 53.55 | DNF | United States | DNF | 53.55 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Keaton Ellis | 11.37 | 11.97 | United States | 11.63 | 11.71 | 12.58 | 13.27 | 11.37 | |||
| Megaminx | Tommy Szeliga | 58.48 | 1:04.99 | United States | 58.48 | 1:00.24 | 1:18.83 | 59.02 | 1:15.72 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 6:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 |
Travel and Venue Information
Location
Parking:
Parking Information
Parking Locations
Notice that parking is free on weekends anywhere that is green in this pdf map. The lots labled Squires Lot F/S/V and Architecture Annex/Media Lots (top righ hand corner) are the closest lots to the venue. Metered parking spaces are also available for short–term visitors on–campus. Visitors with parking permits may not park free at parking meters.
NOTE: The competition is being held in the Graduate Life Center Multipurpose Room. You can enter to the main entrance of the building but we recommend entering in the side entrance, closest to the Squires parking lot as that entrance leads directly to the entrance of the Multipurpose room.
Hotels:
There are multiple hotels located around the school located near the venue. Feel free to search results here.
Food:
We will not be catering food. There are many places for dining during lunch a few minutes away from the venue by walking. Feel free to search results here.
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
If you are a first time competitor, please read this section carefully. If you are a returning competitor, please skip to the next section.
NEWCOMERS:
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. Huge thanks to Olivér Perge and Niki Placskó for the document!
ALL COMPETITORS:
Please read this section carefully. Changes in organization have been made modeled off of Hungarian competitions in Europe. When you arrive, you will receive a lanyard with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have staff assignments on your lanyard. Every competitor is expected to help out this competition. The card will look somewhat like the following:
Legend:
* S - scrambling
* R - running
* J - judging
Please note that everyone is expected to help only during the events they are registered for, and everyone need only help for one group per 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.
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.