Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2025

Date: Mar 1, 2025
City: New York, New York, United States
Venue: Pier 57
Address: 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Details: Daffodil and Seahorse Classrooms
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Aaron Jake Wong, Empire State Cubing, Ian Liong, and Matthew Liong
WCA Delegates: Austin Reed, Evan Liu, and Zachary Miller

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Information: The Daffodil and Seahorse classrooms have limited space and seating, each competitor can bring at most 1 guest in order to maintain safety and the pace of the competition. This will be strictly enforced to ensure we can provide a pleasant experience to all competitors. Guests are welcome to sit outside the classroom at the "Living Room" area. This area is a Public Open Space, please keep your belongings with you at all times.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 37

Registration period: Online registration opened Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM UTC.
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Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
Registering for this competition is free.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, February 22, 2025 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 1 guest.
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Alexei Sinyavin won with an average of 29.40 seconds in the Megaminx event. Nicolas Naing finished second (31.64) and Declan Wilhelm finished third (38.27).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Alexei Sinyavin	49.48	53.80	United States	49.48	50.01	58.88	52.50	59.14
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Andrew Tao	21.72	23.29	United States	21.72	23.71	24.44
Clock	Aaron Jake Wong	2.82	3.34	United States	2.82	4.36	3.56	3.29	3.16
Megaminx	Alexei Sinyavin	24.77	29.40	United States	30.34	24.77	27.04	33.47	30.81
Skewb	Parker Trager	2.24	2.92	United States	2.24	2.71	2.80	3.47	3.24

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Cutoff	Proceed
5x5x5 Cube	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	4:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:45.00	Top 12 advance to next round
5x5x5 Cube	Final	Ao5	4:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	Bo3	10:00.00 cumulative*		Top 12 advance to next round
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	5:00.00 cumulative*
Clock	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	1:00.00	2 attempts to get < 20.00	Top 12 advance to next round
Clock	Final	Ao5	1:00.00
Megaminx	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	4:00.00	2 attempts to get < 2:00.00	Top 50% advance to next round
	Second round	Bo2 / Ao5	4:00.00	2 attempts to get < 2:00.00	Top 12 advance to next round
	Final	Ao5	4:00.00
Skewb	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	2:00.00	2 attempts to get < 30.00	Top 12 advance to next round
Skewb	Final	Ao5	2:00.00

Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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Saturday, March 1, 2025

9:00 - 9:15

Tutorial for new competitors

9:15 - 10:15

Megaminx First round

10:15 - 11:00

3x3x3 Blindfolded First round

5x5x5 Cube First round

2:15 - 2:50

Megaminx Second round

3x3x3 Blindfolded Final

Getting to the Venue:

The address of the venue is 25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011
Pier 57 is on 15th Street in Hudson River Park, between Little Island and Chelsea Piers. Access is from the West Side Highway.

This area is a Public Open Space, please keep belonging with you at all times.
Addition information can be found here: Hudson River Park - Pier 57

By Public Transit:

It is recommended to use public transit to reach the venue.
By Subway: Take the A, C, E, or L train to the 14th Street (8th Avenue) station. Walk west to West Side Highway and 15th Street.
By Bus (From North/East/South): Take the M14, M20, or M11 bus to 14th Street. Walk west to the West Side Highway.

Nearby Food:

Market 57 is inside Pier 57 and has several food options. Vendor List

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. This competition is free to enter - there is no registration fee.

The competitor limit for this competition is 40. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 40 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.

Competitors MUST register online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations will be accepted.

Any requested changes to registration before Friday, February 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST. will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.

Waitlist Information
We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 40 competitors have register. If a competitor emails us to drop out before Friday, February 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST. 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.

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 tutorial 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.

FAQ

Do I use my own cube?
Yes, you will need to bring your own for each puzzle you're competing in.

How old do I have to be to compete?
Our events are competitors of all ages. Most competitors are between 10 and 16 years old, though we often have competitors as young as 7, and as old as 50+, so regardless of your age, you won't be out of place!

Where are results posted?
During the competition, we'll be posting live results on WCA Live.

When should I arrive?
Take a look at the "Schedule" tab. If this is your first competition, we recommend arriving before the New Competitor Tutorial begins. You can leave after your last event ends, or you are welcome to stay as long as you'd like.

What if I have more questions?
You can use the "Contact" link on the "General info" tab to reach the organizers and WCA Delegates. During the competition, feel free to ask any of us if you have any questions.

This competition is being held in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV). See the regions on CubingUSA's website.

Join the Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Discord server
Join the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (NJ, NY, PA)
See the Mid-Atlantic Region Organizational Spreadsheet
See upcoming competitions:
- in Delaware
- in Maryland
- in New Jersey
- in New York
- in Pennsylvania
- in Virginia
- in West Virginia

Groups and live results links will be posted here at a later date.

Niklas Hsu-Storaker (registration accepted)
Sullivan Contray
James Gettinger
Adrian Costello
Milan Vincent Andric
Marcus S. Bilik
Jillian Kruep
Yili Yi
Reilly Squadron
Camilo Agueros
Eliseo Javier Alarcon
Andy Simpson
Ryan Jian
Yenudi Rihansa Fernando
Zachary Lee
James Kershaw
Collin Curtis
Ryan Kern
Wyatt Jafolla
Benjamin Martin
Daniel Sebastian Cortes
Jax Silberstein
Yash Karande
Ian Cheng
David Wang
Samin Yasar
Nicholas Trofimov

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).

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.