Lakewood Newcomers 2024

Date: Mar 23, 2024
City: Lakewood, Washington, United States
Venue: Harrison Preparatory Academy
Address: 9103 Lakewood Dr SW, Lakewood, WA 98499, USA
Details: Gym
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Christian Cutter, Eli Kirk, Gavin Keller, Pacific Northwest Cubing, and Tristan Wenceslao
WCA Delegates: Ben Royce, Cailyn Hoover, Rainier Feiler, and Tripp Peters

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Information

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.

WCA Newcomer Month

Events
Main event
Competitors: 153

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 180 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

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.

This competition is participating in the official WCA Newcomer Month 2024. The registration process will reserve 40% of spots for new competitors. New competitors are considered to have no WCA ID or a WCA ID with 2024. Returning competitors are considered to have a WCA ID that is from 2023 or earlier. All competitors must still follow all registration requirements for their registration to be considered complete.

Registrations will be accepted based on the following:

40% of spots, as defined by the competitor limit, are reserved for new competitors.
Initially, 60% of spots, as defined by the competitor limit, are available for returning competitors on a first come, first serve basis.
If greater than 40% of new competitors register before 60% of spots are filled by returning competitors, any additional new competitors will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis alongside returning competitors.
If the spots reserved for new competitors are not filled by new competitors before registration closes two weeks prior to the competition, remaining spots, up to the competitor limit, will be accepted from registered returning competitors.
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Sameer Aggarwal won with an average of 6.31 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Matty Hiroto Inaba finished second (6.61) and Max Siauw finished third (6.70).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Sameer Aggarwal	6.22	6.31	United States	6.41	6.26	6.58	6.22	6.26
2x2x2 Cube	Max Siauw	1.47	1.56	United States	1.48	2.04	1.47	1.61	1.59
3x3x3 One-Handed	Sameer Aggarwal	11.58	12.65	United States	11.58	12.45	15.49	12.67	12.84
Pyraminx	Sameer Aggarwal	2.22	2.87	United States	4.27	2.52	2.66	2.22	3.44

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!

We will provide a judging and competitor tutorial at the beginning of the day, right before the start of 3x3, which will also overview our new procedures. This will allow anyone with questions about how to judge to be properly prepared when they are expected to help.

We will need help judging for the second/final rounds of events as we can not assign staff for those in advance. 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.

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

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, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!

Q: What is the competition like?

A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests, and a vendor, where you can purchase all you cubing related needs. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into heats, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)

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: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

You can find an extended FAQ here on pnwcubing.com

Location in venue:

The main competition is in the gym, there are also extra seating options in the commons and cafeteria. When coming from the front entrance the cafeteria is on your right and the gym as well as bathrooms are on your left. From the back parking lot the cafeteria entrance is the one on the left and the entrance to the gym is the one on the right.

Parking:

There are free 24/7 parking spots all around the building, for a more specific map of the venue click here.

Directions (for I-5):

The venue is Harrison preparatory school, 9103 Lakewood Dr SW, Lakewood, WA 98499

Take I-5 until exit 130, where you will exit onto South Tacoma Way. Take another left onto Steilacoom Blvd and Finally take one more left onto Lakewood Dr. and the venue is on your left.

Hotels:

There are many hotels within a few minutes of the venue. For a full list click here.

Dining:

There may be snacks and beverages served as a club fundraiser at the competition for cash. If you're looking for something else, Im sure you'll find something you'd like in the Lakewood Town Center just down the road. For more info click here.

Groups will be generated after registration is closed and before the competition day starts.

You will be able to view your group assignments here when they are generated

https://www.competitiongroups.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!

The waiting list closed Friday, March 15th, 2024 at 5:00 PM PDT.

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.