MLWGS Spring 2019
- Date
- Apr 13, 2019
- City
- Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Venue
Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
- Address
- 1000 N Lombardy St, Richmond, VA 23220
- Details
Gymnasium
- Contact
- Organizers
- Jacob Lee, John Staley, and Ryland Wilson
- WCA Delegate
- Corey Sakowski
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The venue asks that competitors and spectators only wear soft-soled shoes to protect the gymnasium floor. Please do not wear heels, cleats, or anything similar to the venue.
All competitors should read the Competitor Information tab.
We may tentatively hold a second round of 3x3x3 One-handed (Top 16) before 3x3 Final if time allows.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 85
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Friday, February 15, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Wednesday, April 10, 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 90 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Monday, April 1, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Competitors and guests must wear tennis shoes or any other soft soled shoes.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Will Callan won with an average of 8.85 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ari Randers-Pehrson finished second (9.27) and Michael Nielsen finished third (9.75).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Will Callan | 7.25 | 8.85 | United States | 9.38 | 12.21 | 7.25 | 9.21 | 7.97 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Michael Nielsen | 1.20 | 1.96 | United States | 1.20 | 1.78 | 2.79 | 1.82 | 2.27 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Ari Randers-Pehrson | 31.64 | 33.69 | United States | 31.72 | 35.12 | 44.22 | 34.23 | 31.64 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Ryland Wilson | 13.81 | 17.86 | United States | 22.53 | 16.50 | 13.81 | 19.55 | 17.53 | |||
| Pyraminx | Michael Nielsen | 2.53 | 2.99 | United States | 2.54 | 3.62 | 2.82 | 3.98 | 2.53 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 32 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:45.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:30.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:30.00 |
The school is located here:
Please park in the student parking lot that is circled on the map provided.
Please be advised that April 13th is also the date of the Monument Avenue 10k, a major event happening in the city. The roads leading to the school from the south such as Broad Street will likely be blocked off. Please approach the school going southwest on Lombardy Street or on Leigh Street. Going northeast on Lombardy Street will likely not be an option.
The competition will be held in the gym which is on the second floor of the school; there will be signs directing you there.
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Please read this section carefully. Changes in organization have been made modeled off of Hungarian competitions in Europe. When you arrive, you will receive a lanyard with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have staff assignments on your lanyard. Every competitor is expected to help out this competition. The card will look somewhat like the following:
Legend:
* S - scrambling
* R - running
* J - judging
Please note that everyone is expected to help only during the events they are registered for. If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.
Lunch will be provided with registration for competitors only. It will be pizza and a drink. Allergy concerns include (but may not be limited to): gluten (wheat, rye, barley). There are other potential lunch options within the city, but not immediately next to the school.
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.