Houston Spring Side Events 2023


Date
Apr 15, 2023
City
Houston, Texas, United States
Venue

Rice University

Address
Brockman Hall for Physics, Houston, TX 77005
Details

Brockman Hall for Physics, BRK 101

Contact

Organizers

Organizers
CubingUSA Treasurer, Kevin Chang, Ryan Wang, and Tim Rinehart
WCA Delegate
RJ Gohn
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This competition is supported by CubingUSA.

NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK IS PERMITTED IN THE VENUE.

  • Please review the competitor information tab before the competition.
  • Please review the other tabs for more information on the competition.

Please note that the schedule is subject to change, as we may hold events slightly earlier or later than shown depending on whether the competition is running ahead of schedule or behind schedule.

Events
Main event
Competitors
65
Registration period

Online registration opened Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 3:39 AM UTC.

Registration requirements
This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
Highlights
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Om Joshi won with an average of 8.11 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Derek Herrera finished second (8.59) and Matt Lee finished third (8.71).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Om Joshi 6.24 8.11 United States 8.997.959.837.406.24
Clock Sourish Datta 5.43 7.14 United States DNF7.525.997.915.43
Megaminx William Henry Ruppert V 51.80 56.26 United States 51.801:05.0556.3553.3159.13
Pyraminx Andres Rodriguez 2.06 3.10 United States 2.064.022.432.856.64
Skewb William Henry Ruppert V 2.91 4.96 United States 4.884.972.917.755.04
Square-1 Ryan Wang 10.44 13.16 United States 11.9212.0224.9210.4415.54
EventRoundFormatTime limitCutoffProceed
3x3x3 CubeFirst roundAo510:00.00Top 32 advance to next round
Second roundAo510:00.00Top 12 advance to next round
FinalAo510:00.00
ClockFinalBo2 / Ao52:00.002 attempts to get < 1:00.00
MegaminxFinalBo2 / Ao55:00.002 attempts to get < 2:30.00
PyraminxFirst roundAo51:00.00Top 12 advance to next round
FinalAo51:00.00
SkewbFirst roundAo51:00.00Top 12 advance to next round
FinalAo51:00.00
Square-1FinalBo2 / Ao52:00.002 attempts to get < 1:00.00
Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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The time zone for this venue is America/Chicago.
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Room Details:

The competition will be held in Brockman Hall for Physics, BRK 101.

Parking:

The venue is practically adjacent to North Lot and very close to the North Annex Lot. Parking is $12 for the whole day on weekends for both lots.

Lunch:

NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK IS PERMITTED IN THE VENUE. You may eat outside the venue (where there are chairs and tables), at the nearby Rice Memorial Center (0.1 mile walk), or at Brochstein Pavilion (0.1 mile walk).

Here is a list of nearby food options:

  • Little Kitchen, 0.1 mile walk from the venue. 9am - 5pm on Saturday. Menu is here
  • Rice Village, 1 mile west of the venue, lots of food options here.

Hotels:

There are several hotels near Rice University, especially around the Houston Medical Center. Here are the closest hotels.

Travel:

The venue is a 30 minute drive from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), and 20 minutes from the William P. Hobby Airport (HOU).

Important Links

Group Sheet: sent to competitors via email
Live Results: https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/1669

All Competitors

  • Please try to arrive at least 30 minutes early for the events you are competing in to ensure that you are on time for that event.
  • We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can. So if you do not arrive to compete by the time the event is starting, your spot may be given up the next competitor in the rankings.
  • To keep the competition running on time and to ensure we can keep all events we will be requiring competitors to also judge. Pay attention to the group assignment sheet - This is essential to keep the events on schedule. We also invite any parents or guests to also help to judge - thank you for your support. Please arrive to attend the New Competitor & Judges tutorial.
  • Your delegate for this competition is RJ Gohn. Ask him if you have any questions throughout the day!

New Competitors

  • Please try to arrive early to watch the new competitor introduction.
  • Additionally you can watch Kit Clement's WCA Competitor Tutorial video.
  • Please be familiar with all of WCA's regulations, most importantly Article A. If you have any questions about the regulations, feel free to ask us.
  • In each event we will have rounds. We will take the top competitors into subsequent rounds. After a round is completed it will be entered into WCA Live. Your name will be highlited if you are advancing to the next round.
  • Each round will be divided into groups to help them run more efficiently. We will call the groups in order, along with a last call during the last group. Please come bring your puzzle up and wait in the competitor waiting area when your group is called. We are allowed to deny you the ability to compete if you do not come up by the last call.

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.

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