Imagination Station B 2023
- Date
- Jan 8, 2023
- City
- Toledo, Ohio, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1 Discovery Way Toledo, Ohio 43604
- Details
Exploration Center - on the lower floor next to the cafeteria, follow the signs.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Mason Langenderfer
- WCA Delegate
- Mason Langenderfer
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is at the Imagination Station science center. Non-competing family members and spectators are required to purchase a day pass to the science center to enter the competition. A day pass is included in the competitor registration fee.
Imagination Station opens at 12pm, but will be allowing in competitors and their families starting at 11:30am. Please do not arrive earlier than 11:30am.
Directions and parking instructions:
https://www.imaginationstationtoledo.org/visit/directions-parking
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 48
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 12:30 AM UTC and closed Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 1:00 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
This competition is part of the Imagination Station 2023 Competition Series. Other competitions in this Series are: Note: You can submit a registration for all competitions in a Series, but only one of those registrations can be confirmed and accepted. You will only be allowed to compete in one of the Series competitions!
There is a competitor limit of 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $16 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 95% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, December 31, 2022 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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of $15 (United States Dollar).
Spectators, friends, and family are permitted to come, but they must purchase a pass to enter the science center. Competitors do not have to purchase a pass as it is included in the registration fee.
The pricing is as follows:
Adults (13 – 64): $15
Lucas County Adults: $13Seniors (65+): $14
Lucas County Seniors: $12Kids (3 – 12): $13
Lucas County Kids: $11Children 2 & under: Free
Visit the Imagination Station website for more information:
https://www.imaginationstationtoledo.org/visit/hours-admission - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ezra Shere won with an average of 8.95 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Steven Wintringham finished second (12.11) and Natapong Kanema finished third (12.21).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Ezra Shere | 7.72 | 8.95 | United States | 12.16 | 7.72 | 8.09 | 10.03 | 8.73 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Sujan Feist | 2.73 | 3.55 | United States | 3.56 | 2.73 | 3.08 | 5.37 | 4.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | Ezra Shere | 1.38 | 1.91 | United States | 1.72 | 1.38 | 2.45 | 1.99 | 2.02 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 |
Live results and groups will be posted closer to the competition's date.
Thank you to TheCubicle for sponsoring this competition! They will be providing gift cards for the podiums in each event. They will not be vending at the competition.
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).
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.