Maine Winter 2024
- Date
- Mar 2, 2024
- City
- Augusta, Maine, United States
- Venue
Buker Community Center
- Address
- 22 Armory St
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Cube New England, Graeme Stone, and Tim Reynolds
- WCA Delegates
- Chandler Pike and Tim Reynolds
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- Information
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 49
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Graeme Stone won with an average of 8.17 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Aidan McKenzie finished second (8.28) and Chandler Pike finished third (8.46).
Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Cube | Graeme Stone | 6.62 | 8.17 | United States | 8.62 | 7.62 | 8.98 | 6.62 | 8.27 | |||
2x2x2 Cube | Aedan Bryant | 1.35 | 2.42 | United States | 2.47 | 3.27 | 1.35 | 1.86 | 2.94 | |||
4x4x4 Cube | Aidan McKenzie | 28.89 | 33.48 | United States | 28.89 | 33.27 | 35.12 | 33.46 | 33.70 | |||
5x5x5 Cube | Aidan McKenzie | 55.39 | 58.96 | United States | 1:06.69 | 56.84 | 55.39 | 1:00.07 | 59.96 | |||
Pyraminx | Saisabari Ramesh | 3.00 | 4.22 | United States | 3.14 | 4.31 | 5.22 | 3.00 | 6.00 | |||
Skewb | Saisabari Ramesh | 2.80 | 3.22 | United States | 3.58 | 3.08 | 2.80 | 4.58 | 2.99 |
Registration Process
Before You Register
All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.
How to Register Online
Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $30. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.
The competitor limit for this competition is 80. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 80 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.
Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.
Any requested changes to registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday Febuary 24, 2024 will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.
How to Pay for Registration Online
Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."
Refunds
Approved competitors who cancel their registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday Febuary 24, 2024 are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.
Waitlist Information
We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 80 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday Febuary 24, 2024, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING
For First-Time Competitors
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.
In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.
For All Competitors
When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:
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.
All competitors will be expected to judge and scramble throughout the day. If you would like to join the volunteer staff, you may apply to do so at this link. Staff members are expected to spend the majority of the day volunteering, and will receive free registration in exchange for their help.
Parking
There is free parking at the community center
Hotels
There are several hotels within a 5 minute drive of the venue .
Flights
The nearest airport to this competition is Augusta State Airport (~15 min)
Lunch
There are several fast casual restaurants with both dine-in and carry out options located within a 10 minute drive of the school. Click here to view and make plans.
This competition is organized by Cube New England, a group dedicated to growing the speedcubing community in New England, USA.
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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.