Manila Sides Standoff 2024

Date: Jan 7, 2024
City: Manila City, Philippines
Venue: Mind Zone España
Address: 1139 España Place Building Unit 201 Adelina Street, Corner España Blvd, Sampaloc, Manila, Metro Manila
Details: Mind Zone España, Common Area
Contact: Yuji Yoshida, Cubers and Friends Organizing Team
Organizers: Jacob Miko Tan (陈在元), Jansen Alvarez, and Javier Ignacio
WCA Delegate: Yuji Yoshida

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Information

Welcome to Manila Sides Standoff 2024, Cubers and Friends's first organized competition in the Philippines, and get ready to clash your side puzzles together! This competition features the side events Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1, Clock, and 3x3 Multi-Blind, with Pyraminx as the main event.

Given the speciality of this competition towards side events, time limits and cutoffs for majority of the events are lower than your usual competition, so this competition is more recommended for cubers looking for a challenge. If you are looking for a more typical competition experience, feel free to check out other competitions happening in the Philippines.

NOTE: As the venue's size is limited, competitors may bring at most 1 guest to spectate. However, additional guests per competitor may spectate at a fee of Php 300 per additional guest. Competitors are also encouraged to have their lunch before the competition, as there will be no lunch period as scheduled.

For more information regarding guest and venue guides, please refer to their respective tabs above.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 34

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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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 35 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₱450 (Philippine Peso).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of ₱300 (Philippine Peso).

The registration fee for this competition will be Php 450.00 for 2 events, and additional Php 50.00 per event thereon.
The registration fee is non-refundable, including when deleting an event.

The entry fee for additional guests will be Php 300.00 per guest if the competitor wishes to bring 2 or more guests.
This fee is non-refundable as well, including reducing guest numbers from 2 and above.

Kindly check the Payment Details tab on how to pay for the registration fee.
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Isaiah Benedict S. Feria won with an average of 3.17 seconds in the Pyraminx event. Psyron Eubert Catral finished second (3.27) and Justin Andrew Dee finished third (3.59).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
Clock	Elijah Francis Jagonio	5.07	5.73	Philippines	5.60	5.92	5.66	5.07	DNF
Pyraminx	Isaiah Benedict S. Feria	2.50	3.17	Philippines	2.50	2.78	3.64	4.01	3.09
Skewb	Ivan Keith Cariaga	3.71	4.41	Philippines	4.77	3.71	4.10	6.49	4.36
Square-1	Brenton Angelo Lo Wong	11.48	12.74	Philippines	11.48	12.34	30.32	13.27	12.60
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Angelo Sarinas	10/12 53:36		Philippines	10/12 53:36

Registration Fee: PHP 450.00 base registration for 2 events, Additional PHP 50.00 per event
Additional Guest Fee (For 2 guests and more): PHP 300.00 per additional guest

The registration fee will cover the following:

Certificate of Participation

Payment Method:
Slots are secured via payment-first system. You may pay for your registration fees via:

GCash Express Send
Account Name: Jacob Miko Tan
Account Number: 09154083476

FOR FOREIGN COMPETITORS
Registration payments may be paid by competitors travelling from other countries through cash until the day of the competition with an advance notice. Please contact the Cubers and Friends Organizing Team regarding the payment and registration, or if you wish to pay through another preferred method of payment.

** Please indicate the name of competitor, events registered or number of events registered, and number of guests in the message tab in the GCash app before sending payment, and send the receipt of payment to Jacob Miko Tan, or to the Cubers and Friends Organizing Team. Failing to confirm your registration payments will render your registration null and void.

NOTE ABOUT GUESTS

Due to the limited space of the venue, each competitor is permitted to bring at most 1 guest free of charge if they are a companion of the competitor. However, if the competitor wishes to bring more guests to spectate, an additional Php 300.00 fee will be imposed for each additional guest, from 2 guests and beyond.

Hence, guests are permitted to spectate, but competitors are advised to limit the number of guests accompanying them to the competition. Please make sure that the number of guests you indicate in registration is final.

FIRST TIME COMPETITORS

All newcomers are required to read the WCA First-time Competitor Guide document to familiarize yourself of the WCA regulations used to govern WCA-sanctioned competitions. Additionally, please watch this competitor tutorial by WCA Senior Delegate Kit Clement of the USA.

ALL COMPETITORS

Please make sure to bring your Vaccination Card in case that the venue requires you to present it.

When you arrive at the competition venue, kindly follow the following steps:
1. Head to the registration table and sign on the competitor masterlist.
2. Get your Certificate of Participation, Event Schedule and grouping/officiating Team Assignment. You will be assigned to officiate at some point during the competition so be sure to take note of your assignement to avoid being disqualified. As per WCA Regulation 1e2, all competitors must be ready to officiate when called or assigned to. Declining such assignment merits disqualification at the discretion of the WCA Delegate.
3. Go inside the venue hall and wait for the competition to start.

DIRECTIONS TO VENUE

1) From España Blvd., turn right to Avelina St.

2) Head straight until you see the entrance to the building on the left.

3) Look for the guard, and state that you are headed to Mind Zone.

For the latest updates and announcements regarding the event, please visit the official Facebook page of the Philippine Cubers Association, and the official Facebook page of Cubers and Friends.

You can also join the official facebook community group of the PCA by clicking here.

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.