Liberty Science Center Open 2019
- Date
- Dec 14, 2019
- City
- Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 222 Jersey City Blvd, Jersey City, New Jersey 07305
- Details
Jennifer Chalsty Center Forum
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Bob Burton
- WCA Delegate
- Bob Burton
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The registration fee includes admission into the science center. Spectators will need to purchase tickets for admission to the science center. Ticket information is available at LSC's website, but tickets may be purchased on-site.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 115
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Monday, November 11, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC.
- 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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of $24.99 (United States Dollar).
WAITLIST INFORMATION:
There will is a 30 competitor waitlist. To be added to the waitlist, competitors must register as normal, including paying the registration fee.If a competitor drops out, we will email the next competitor on the wait list. If you do not make it off the waitlist by November 30, your registration fee will be refunded.
If you are currently registered and cannot compete, feel free to send us an email so that we can let another competitor on the list. We want to allow as many people to compete as possible.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Patrick Ponce won with an average of 6.13 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Rami Sbahi finished second (7.18) and AJ Kamal finished third (7.63).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Patrick Ponce | 5.57 | 6.13 | United States | 5.57 | 8.87 | 5.65 | 6.52 | 6.23 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Zayn Khanani | 1.47 | 1.60 | United States | 1.57 | 1.78 | 1.52 | 1.47 | 1.72 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Patrick Ponce | 46.16 | 49.54 | United States | 50.00 | 58.27 | 49.47 | 46.16 | 49.14 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Patrick Ponce | 7.06 | 10.72 | United States | 11.93 | 9.31 | 7.06 | 12.69 | 10.91 | |||
| Pyraminx | Dylan Chan | 2.14 | 2.41 | United States | 2.50 | 5.03 | 2.37 | 2.36 | 2.14 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | Top 48 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 |
Food and drink may not be eaten in the Forum. Food and drink are permitted only in the cafeteria and dining area upstairs.
Please check out LSC's website for more information regarding food and drink at the venue.
Liberty Science Center is easily accessible by driving or public transportation using the PATH and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail. You could also get to Liberty Science Center by taking the ferry from the World Financial Center in New York City to Liberty State Park.
If driving to Liberty Science Center, you will have to pay for parking. The fee for parking in the lot is $7.00 for the day.
Please check out LSC's website for more information regarding directions to the science center.
Competitor group assignments are found here. Please know which group you are competing in for each event because individual names will not be called at the competition. You are expected to know your group assignments.
If you are assigned to judge or scramble, you must report to your assignment when that group is called. Failure to do so may lead to disqualification from the event.
We are accepting applications for staff.
To staff at this competition, you must complete the application.
Staff will be given a (busy) schedule to follow throughout the competition. Staff for this competition will be limited to approximately 30 applicants.
Your registration fee will be refunded after the competition if your application is accepted, but you must register and pay for the competition to be eligible for the refund. Anyone who does not register for the competition will not be able to compete.
Benefits for staffing at this competition include waived registration fee and vouchers for lunch at the competition.
Outside vendors will not be permitted to vend at this competition. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter.
If you are interested in receiving updates about competition announcements and staying in touch with cubers and family members of cubers from the tri-state area (southern Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania), please consider joining the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (click on the logo or here). There, you can also find a link to join a mailing list for competition announcements for this area.
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.