Juanita Hippocampus 2024

Date: Apr 13, 2024
City: Kirkland, Washington, United States
Venue: Juanita Community Club
Address: 13027 100th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98034
Details: Main Dance Floor
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Alex Moscibroda, Mihir A. Rai, and Pacific Northwest Cubing
WCA Delegates: Ben Royce and Cailyn Hoover

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Information

This competition takes place on a Saturday evening and will only feature 7x7, Clock, and Big Blind Events. This competition is not recommended for first-timers or for those looking for a typical competition experience. Please consider instead any of the other competitions happening in Washington.

Only one guest per competitor is permitted. Please consider coming without a guest as spectator seating will be limited.

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA Regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competitor Responsibilities tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 20

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% 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 $15 (United States Dollar).
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Your registration will not be confirmed (moved from the waiting list) until payment has been completed. Please note that even after payment, registrations need to be manually approved before appearing on the registration list.

By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Competitor Responsibilities tab. This tab details the responsibilites of all competitors at this competition. Not abiding by these responsibilities can result in disqualification.

Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
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Dilshawn Sidhu won with an average of 4.35 seconds in the Clock event. Alex Moscibroda finished second (4.47) and Sameer Aggarwal finished third (6.01).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
7x7x7 Cube	Ash Black	2:41.46	2:49.53	United States	2:41.46	2:59.95	2:47.17
Clock	Dilshawn Sidhu	3.48	4.35	Canada	4.19	4.55	4.32	3.48	5.81
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Greyson James	32:43.00	DNF	United States	32:43.00	DNF	DNS

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.

Before the competition, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event in an email. We will be relying on competitors to help by judging whenever they are not competing, especially with our small competition size. Judging is very easy, and is a great way to make time fly! If you are not sure how to judge, don't worry--there will be a judging tutorial before the events start. This will be your opportunity to ask any questions you have.

We will need help judging for the second/final rounds of events, as we can not assign staff for those in advance--it would be greatly appreciated if you stayed, even if you are unable to move to the next round. Spectators are encouraged to learn how to judge; you do not need to know how to cube in order to be a great judge. Having enough judges ensures that we stay on schedule and are able to leave on time. Its strongly encouraged for parents to help out with judging and running if you dont know how to judge just ask a delegate or a organizer and they will be more than happy to explain and help you out.

By registering for this competition you agree that you understand and will follow all the information listed above.

REMINDER: This competition does not have 3x3 as an event. The only events are 7x7, Clock, and 4x4/5x5 blindfolded.
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!

We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...

First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know, however, it is still required that they are familar with the full set of regulations above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t=2s

If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial the morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!

Q&A:

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?

A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.

Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?

A: All ages are welcome, young and old cubers alike. Cubing is for everyone--don't let your age be a barrier.

Q: What is the competition like?

A: This competition will primarily be in the commons. Here, there will be both solving areas and relaxing areas, with bathrooms and water fountains nearby. Many tables will be laid out--some for simple relaxation, with others designated for competition purposes, like cube drop-off, scrambling stations, and, of course, solving stations.
Ultimately, the competition will be organized and fun. We hope you enjoy it!

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 https://live.worldcubeassociation.org to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?

A: Make sure you pay you entrance fee in order to be eligible to be placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If the competitor list is full, you will be placed onto a private waitlist, which is listed in the oder of when competitors pay. Note that in order to be on either the registered list or the waitlist, you must pay your entrance fee. If you are not advanced from the waitlist before registration closes, you will be issued a full refund. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the compeition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.

Q: Are there age divisions?

A: Nope! All cometitors compete in the same group.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?

A: Most certainly! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

You can find an extended FAQ here on pnwcubing.com

This competition will be sponsored by TheCubicle!

They will be providing gift-card prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in every event.
If you haven't checked out their store already, we highly recommend you do! They will not be selling puzzles onsite.

To be redirected to their site, either click HERE or the logo below!

Competitors will be split into two groups for Clock and 7x7. Group 1 will compete, then there will be a short break for warming up, then Group 2 will compete. Regardless of which group you are in, everyone who is competing in Clock AND 7x7 MUST be present during BOTH groups to help judge. Fulfillment of staffing assignments is a requirement for being allowed to compete.

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline A1a2++).

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.