Happy Holidays Colorado 2023
- Date
- Dec 30, 2023
- City
- Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Venue
Blackstone Country Club
- Address
- 7777 S Country Club Pkwy, Aurora, CO 80016
- Details
Oxford Ballroom
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Colorado Cubers and Orrin Simpkins
- WCA Delegates
- Elizabeth Cutting and Stone Amsbaugh
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
No outside food or drink is allowed in the venue, please take note of this.
All competitors should read the Competitor Responsibilities tab before registering
How to Change/Cancel Your Registration
Competitors can change or cancel by emailing the organization team with the following information:
1. Intent to change/cancel registration
2. Desired changes to registration
3. Name (and WCA ID, if applicable) of the competitor.Competitors can also modify their registration through the Register tab.
In the event that a competitor cancels their registration, they will only receive a 75% refund ($18.75 USD).
The deadline to change/cancel your registration is December 23rd , 2023, 6:00 PM Mountain Time.
Waitlist Procedure
If registration fills up, we will place competitors on a waitlist. In the event a competitor drops from the competition, competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order we receive payment. Competitors can be accepted from the waitlist until December 23rd at 6:00 PM MST. You will receive a full refund if you are still on the waitlist by then.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 91
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (United States Dollar).
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 .
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 $40 (United States Dollar).
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Jack Bellomy won with an average of 7.50 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jacob Nokes finished second (8.45) and Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel finished third (8.45).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Jack Bellomy | 6.17 | 7.50 | United States | 7.65 | DNF | 6.17 | 7.28 | 7.58 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Jacob Nokes | 25.20 | 28.98 | United States | 29.34 | 27.44 | 32.88 | 25.20 | 30.17 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Jacob Nokes | 42.44 | 50.18 | United States | 42.44 | 52.47 | 48.11 | 51.39 | 51.04 | |||
| Clock | Reed W. Richardson | 3.38 | 5.21 | United States | 8.92 | 4.33 | 7.09 | 4.22 | 3.38 | |||
| Skewb | Brayden Wroten | 1.79 | 2.42 | United States | 2.57 | 1.79 | 2.34 | 2.35 | DNF | |||
| Square-1 | Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel | 10.10 | 11.50 | United States | 10.95 | 10.70 | 10.10 | 12.86 | 14.83 | |||
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Judiging and Running
Before the competition, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your events. Competitors will be asked to help when asked, will include running, judging, and scrambling.
Guest Policies
There is also no guest limit for competition, however be mindful of other people and exercise caution when bringing more than the usual amount of guests.
This section will be updated if things change about either of the two sections.
Registeration has closed and so has the waitlist.
This event is open to cubers of any age and experience. 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!
Food
No outside food is allowed inside the venue, but the venue is fairly close resturants, so you won't have to go too far for food.
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This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle, which will be providing gift cards to competitors who podium! We would like to thank them for their continued support of Colorado competitions! You can shop for all your puzzling needs at thecubicle.com!
This competition is presented by Colorado Cubers, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to expanding and enriching the Colorado cubing community.
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.