Golden Touch 2024
- Date
- Oct 5, 2024
- City
- Golden, Colorado, United States
- Venue
Bell Middle School
- Address
- 1001 Ulysses St, Golden, CO
- Details
In the cafeteria
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Colorado Cubers, Elizabeth Cutting, and Stone Amsbaugh
- WCA Delegates
- Elizabeth Cutting, Miles Walcott, Raymos Castillo, and Stone Amsbaugh
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Welcome back to Golden for a casual day of cubing!
You MUST read the required tabs on the website before registering for the competition. These tabs pertain to your responsibilities as a competitior.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 63
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Saturday, September 28, 2024 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 $24 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
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 (United States Dollar).
Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
All competitiors must read required tabs.
WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 80 has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.
We may completely close registration if the waitlist becomes very large.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel won with an average of 8.04 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Raymos Castillo finished second (9.00) and Miles Walcott finished third (9.12).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel | 5.91 | 8.04 | United States | 11.04 | 8.58 | 6.93 | 8.60 | 5.91 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel | 14.21 | 17.67 | United States | 19.75 | 16.82 | 14.21 | 16.43 | 20.05 | |||
| Clock | Kaemon Vita | 3.72 | 4.29 | United States | 3.72 | 3.96 | 3.98 | 6.38 | 4.93 | |||
| Skewb | Liam Finn McCool Kelly | 2.86 | 4.27 | United States | 4.13 | 2.86 | 4.24 | 4.45 | 5.05 | |||
| Square-1 | Kian Cline | 7.39 | 10.94 | United States | 8.59 | 12.56 | 11.68 | 12.57 | 7.39 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 40.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 |
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Competitions rely on volunteers to happen! All the staff at competitions are volunteers, and we need your help to have a successful competition. Helping out by running and judging is invaluable and keeps the competition on schedule. Everyone can help, this includes first time competitors and even siblings and parents! Staffing is easy and we are happy to help get you started, and it is a great way to make time fly!
Before the competition, you will receive assignments to compete, as well as to staff (judging, running, or possibly scrambling). You are required to show up for these staffing assignments unless you communicate with the organizers of the competition prior to the assignment. Failure to do so may result in disqualification from one or multiple events.
For second rounds and finals, we will not have assigned staff, and we will rely on volunteers to make the competition run. We really appreciate it if we get volunteers, but if you are asked to staff by a delegate when you are available you must do so to avoid the same risk of disqualification.
BY REGISTERING, YOU AGREE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND WILL FOLLOW ALL THE INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE.
This competition is proudly sponsored by The Cubicle. Check out their fantastic selection of puzzles on thecubicle.com!
For those of you new to cubing, welcome! We just ask that you know a couple things before coming to compete...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here.
Here are some frequently asked questions:
Q: Are there any restrictions on competing?
A: Nope! Anyone of any skill can compete in this competition, including first-timers. As long as you know how to solve the cube, go ahead and sign up!
Q: Do spectators have to pay?
A: No! All spectators are let into building for free.
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: Yes! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. We heavily discourage borrowing or sharing other people's cubes at the competition.
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, go to wca.link/live to find information about current events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: When you register, make sure you have paid the registration fee. Afterwards, your registration must then be manually accepted, so please wait at least 24 hours before contacting us. You should receive an email when your registration is accepted.
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 cube!
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: No! All competitors are on an equal playing field.
If you have any other questions, feel free to contact us by using the contact links on the general info page!
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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.