Maple Ridge Favourites 2025

Date: Jan 4, 2025
City: Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Venue: Albion Community Center
Address: 24165 104 Ave, Maple Ridge, BC V2W 1J2
Details: Great Hall
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Joanne Chew and Speedcubing Canada
WCA Delegates: Heewon Hwang, Kevin Matthews, and Vianne Chang

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

You are welcome to join the Facebook Group Rubik's Cube Solvers Vancouver

Please review all of the tabs listed on this website.

Competitors are only allowed to register for a maximum of four events.

Please see the "Favorites Format" tab for more info.

The events will happen in the order listed on the "Schedule" tab, but event durations are tentative! Check back the day before the competition, as event durations may change depending on the number of competitors in events.

You only need to show up for the events that you're competing in - but we encourage you to show up for longer. Do note that we may run ahead of or behind schedule, particularly for events in the afternoon please be ready at least 30 minutes in advance just in case

Spectators can attend for free. Due to venue capacity, we ask that competitors bring a maximum of 1 guest each.

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Notice of filming and photography:
Attendees of Speedcubing Canada competitions consent to their images being used by Speedcubing Canada and its partners in marketing materials, social media and other digital platforms.

Health and Safety
Masks will be optional at this event. Please stay home if you are sick or feeling unwell.

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 140

Number of times bookmarked: 49

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: 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 140 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (Canadian Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
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.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
Competitors may register in at most 4 events.

Review all of the tabs listed on this website!

IMPORTANT: Organizers manually move competitors to the competitors list after payment has been received. This is done based on order of payment - You will receive an email letting you know that payment has been received, but you are not registered for this competition until you receive a second email confirming registration and your name appears on the competitors list.

Once the competitor limit has been reached, a waitlist opens. This waitlist will be maintained for those who secure waitlist registration by making payment in the event a competitor vacancy opens up.
Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist will receive a 100% refund shortly before the competition starts.

Credit to Pacific Northwest Cubing for popularizing favourites competitions.

Competitors may only register for a maximum of 4 events.
The current schedule is not final, and will be adjusted after the deadline to change events.
All events (except 3x3) will have one round. Please be sure you are there when your events start. Only 3x3 will have two rounds.
Keep in mind that you can only register for 4 events, so if you want to add an event, you will need to drop another one in the process.

See the General Info tab for the deadline to change your events.

Venue
Albion Community Centre - Great Hall
24165 104 Avenue
Maple Ridge, BC, V2W 1J2

Parking
There is free parking at the Albion community centre parking lot. There is also free parking next door at the c̓əsqənelə Elementary parking lot.

Public Transit
The 2 closest bus stops are #59152 going eastbound and #59158 going westbound. Please check Translink's alerts and plan your trip accordingly.

Food and Coffee

Fast food options including McDonalds, Save-On-Foods, Starbucks and Subway are a 5 minute drive away at the plaza at 23981 Dewdney Trunk Rd, Maple Ridge, BC
You will also find a Tim Horton's across from the plaza at 11951 240 St, Maple Ridge, BC

If you are looking for sit down restaurants, there is a list here.

There are vending machines at the venue.

Accommodations
Best Western Maple Ridge is an 8 minute drive away.
Hotels in neighboring Walnut Grove (Langley, BC) are about a 20 minute drive away.

Airports
The closest international airport is the Abbotsford International Airport (YXX), followed by the Vancouver International Airport (YVR).

Competitor Duties

If this isn't your first competition, you will be assigned some judging and/or running duties throughout the competition. You will only be assigned these tasks in events that you're competing in. If you don't know how to judge or run, make sure to come to the competitor tutorial at the start of the competition.

Your scheduled duties will be on the back of your name tag (explained in the competitor tutorial), so please be aware of when you're expected to come up and help. This is required to keep the competition running smoothly and on time, since it is purely run by volunteeers. For non-first rounds (ie 3x3x3 round 2) there are no assigned duties, so if you see an empty judging seat then please come up and fill it.

Feel free to also watch this video to learn how to judge.

Your competition schedule, which includes all rounds you're competing and staffing in will also be available at Competition Groups about a week before the competition. If you are a confirmed registrant, you will receive a pre-competition email which will contain an updated link to this Competition Groups page, among other useful information. We recommend you keep this link open during the competition, so you can see when you are competing, especially if you've made it past the first round.

We also ask that you keep the venue as tidy as possible as possible - please put garbage/recycling/etc in the appropriate bins when you're leaving.

If you need help or are confused about any of these duties, just ask an organizer or an experienced competitor and they can explain.

We look forward to seeing you at the competition!

Welcome

For those of you new to cubing - WELCOME! This competition is fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you to be aware of these basics before coming to compete.

Resources

If you haven't been to a competition before, we'd strongly recommend looking through all of the below resources. Although there will be a competitor tutorial at the start of the competition (see the Schedule tab), reviewing these in advance is very helpful.

The WCA has a WCA Competition Tutorial pdf.
Speedcubing Canada has New Competitor Tutorials listed below (from 2023).

US Cubers Chris, Kit, and Lauren have a WCA Competitor Tutorial video (from 2015).

Finally, note that all competitors are expected to be familiar with the WCA Regulations. Note that the resources above are meant to summarize some of the most prominent regulations, among other things.

Community

For Canada-wide or province-specific competition updates, subscribe to the Speedcubing Canada mailing list.
For those interested in more of the B.C cubing community, see Vancouver's cubing facebook group.
There is also a PNW (Pacific Northwest) cubing facebook group.

FAQs

Q: What will the competition look like?
A: A competition usually runs throughout the whole day where cubers meet up and have fun, although you are more than welcome to stay the whole day or leave whenever. You will compete in events you have signed up for, and when not competing you're able to hang out in the audience and interact with other cubers.

Q: Who is allowed to compete?
A: Everyone, from all ages are allowed to compete! (You just need to register within the competitor limit.) Do not be hesitant if you are not experienced with cubing or competing, we encourage newcomers to come along, we will help out.

Q: Whose cubes do I use?
A: When competing, it is ideal to use your own cube. Make sure you have one ready to go when it is time to compete. (The competition will NOT supply you with cubes to compete with.) Please be sure your cubes are compliant with WCA puzzle regulations. Equipment like timers will be there to compete with.

Q: How do I check the results of the competition?
A: Check out WCA Live and search for the competition name to check live results throughout the day. Official results will then be posted within a few days of the end of the competition.

Q: How do I know when I'm competing?
A: Your competition schedule, which includes all rounds you're competing and staffing in will also be available at Competition Groups about a week before the competition.

Q: Can I judge if I have never judged before?
A: Yes, new competitors and spectators can help judge this competition. Please watch this video to learn how to judge.

Do not be intimidated by all these rules and expectations. Competitions are for everyone to have fun! If at any time during the day you have any questions feel free to ask an organizer or other competitors!

If you have any questions or concerns, please go to the "General Info" tab and reach out where it says "Contact." We look forward to seeing you at the competition!

Waitlist

Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.

In the past, competitions have filled in a matter of minutes, although that may be slowing down now.

Regardless, it's always safest to finish registering within the first few minutes of it opening. Once the competitor limit has been reached, a waitlist opens.

IF YOU DO NOT GET A CONFIRMATION OF SUCCESSFUL REGISTRATION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE WAITLISTED.
Your name is not lost or forgotten. You do not need to be in touch. The organizer will notify you if a spot for you becomes available.

This waitlist will be maintained for those who secure waitlist registration by making payment in the event a competitor vacancy opens up.

Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.

Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist will receive a 100% refund shortly before the competition starts.

The current waitlist is shown below. Please keep in mind that it needs to be updated manually and it will be monitored by the organizers regularly.

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UPDATE: The waitlist system has been updated and will not be displayed here. If you are waitlisted, you will see your waitlist position when you log in and go to the "Register" page. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Organizers on the Info tab.

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline 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.