London Winter 2024
- Date
- Feb 24, 2024
- City
- London, Ontario, Canada
- Venue
University of Western Ontario University Community Centre
- Address
- 1151 Richmond St, London, ON
- Details
Mustang Lounge on the main floor
- Contact
- Organizers
- Jeremy Tang and Speedcubing Canada
- WCA Delegates
- Abdullah Gulab, Liam Orovec, Sarah Strong, Tarandeep Mittal, and Theodore Chow
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
London Winter 2024 is a collaboration between the Western University Cube Club and Speedcubing Canada.
Registration Reminder
You must register and pay the registration fee before your registration can be accepted. See the Competitor List and Waiting List sections near the bottom of this page for more details.
Mailing List
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Notice of Filming and Photography
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 96
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Friday, January 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Sunday, February 18, 2024 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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (Canadian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, February 18, 2024 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 Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.
Guest Limit
Space is limited in the venue and our priority is allowing as many competitors as possible to compete within our limited venue space.
Competitors may bring at most two (2) guests. Competitors over the age of 18 are encouraged to come without a guest.
Competitor List
Registrants must pay the registration fee in order to be added to the competitor list. Organizers manually accept registrations one at a time in the order the registration fees are paid, so you may have to wait a while before your name could show up on the competitor list.
Once the competitor list reaches the 100 competitor limit, registrants who pay the registration fee will be added to the waiting list instead of the competitor list. Due to the competitor limit, completing your registration within the initial registration period does not guarantee you a spot on the competitor list.
Waiting List
The waiting list is ordered based on the timestamp that registrants paid the registration fee. For privacy reasons, this list is not available to the public. If you are added to the waiting list you will be informed via an email from the Organization team.
Anyone on the waiting list who wishes to be removed from the waiting list may contact the organizers to delete their registration and be refunded 100% of their registration fee.
If the competitor list fills up quickly, registration could close earlier than the originally listed date (February 17, 2024). The waiting list will close at the same time that registration closes.
If anyone on the competitor list deletes their registration, the person at the top of the waiting list will be moved to the competitor list. After February 17, 2024, the competitor list will be finalized and registrants who are still on the waiting list will be refunded 100% of their registration fee.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Matthew Lee won with an average of 6.93 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ryan Wu finished second (7.23) and Roan Paone finished third (8.32).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Matthew Lee | 6.28 | 6.93 | Canada | 7.25 | 8.23 | 6.67 | 6.28 | 6.87 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Ryan Wu | 1.15 | 1.60 | Canada | 1.77 | 1.15 | 1.38 | 3.60 | 1.66 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Ryan Wu | 26.82 | 30.34 | Canada | 30.27 | 28.84 | 32.36 | 31.90 | 26.82 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Yeguk Kim | 50.89 | 52.78 | Canada | 54.03 | 52.30 | 50.89 | 52.01 | 54.87 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Matthew Lee | 11.33 | 11.75 | Canada | 11.33 | 13.14 | 11.35 | 11.89 | 12.01 | |||
| Megaminx | Matthew Lee | 39.34 | 41.61 | Canada | 42.11 | 41.33 | 41.40 | 42.30 | 39.34 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | |
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 |
Vending
SpeedCubeShop will be on site selling a selection of WCA and non-WCA puzzles, lube, and other accessories. Cash and credit cards are accepted.
Prizes
SpeedCubeShop is sponsoring this competition and will provide gift cards to all podium finishers for use at their online store:
1st place: $15.00
2nd place: $10.00
3rd place: $5.00
The Fastest First-Time Competitor in 3x3x3 Cube Round 1 at this competition will be provided a $30.00 gift card from SpeedCubeShop!
Parking:
Parking on Western Campus is complimentary for the majority of parking lots during weekends. The recommended parking lots are Springett and Social Science which are indicated on the map below. Routes from the parking lot to the University Community Center, where the competition is held, are outlined as well.
Please note that you can only park in spots noted as Visitor Parking.
In the off chance that payment for visitor parking is required:
Springett Lot Visitor Parking - pull ticket to pay by credit card or pay by HonkMobile at rate of $1.50 per half hour..
Social Science Visitor Parking - $1.50 per half hour for the first 2 hours - after 2 hours the daily maximum of $21 is charged - pay by credit card only
If recommended lots are full, parking at the Alumni/Thompson parking lot is suggested, however not displayed on the map below
Food Options:
Subway, 7-Eleven, Barakat, and Pizza Hut are located south of the University Community Center at the Sarnia Road and Western Road intersection, within walking distance.
Masonville Mall is further north on Western Road (about a 30 minute walk or 5 minute drive) and another option for those looking for Starbucks and mall food options.
Your groups and assignments can be found here: https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/LondonWinter2024
The groups will be published here after the registration period has ended. These "groups" are when you are assigned to compete, judge and/or scramble during an event you are registered for.
Per Regulations 1e2 and 1f2, all competitors must be available to help judge and scramble. If you're unsure how to judge, please review the WCA Regulations, watch this video, or ask one of the WCA Delegates at the competition.
Please plan to arrive to each of your groups five minutes before it is scheduled to begin. Showing up excessively late to your group may result in not being allowed to compete in that event.
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.