Maryland 2018
- Date
- Jun 30 - Jul 1, 2018
- City
- College Park, Maryland, United States
- Venue
Adele H. Stamp Student Union
- Address
- 3100 Adele H. Stamp Student Union, College Park, MD 20742
- Details
Saturday: Grand Ballroom, Room 1206. Sunday: Atrium
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Dan Selzer, Pavan Ravindra, and Tommy Szeliga
- WCA Delegates
- Corey Sakowski and Keaton Ellis
- Information
Please read the "Competitor Information" tab before registering.
Please note that on Sunday 7/1 there is no scheduled lunch period. Please be aware of this should you sign up for any of the events held on that day.
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, you may want to look at CubingUSA's Competitor Tutorial.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 149
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 300 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
There is a 300 competitor limit for Maryland 2018, on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Registration is $15, must be paid online via Stripe, and is nonrefundable after June 23rd. Spectators come in for free. Registration is not final until payment is complete and your name appears on the competitor list. Registration is FREE for UMD students/faculty/staff/alumni ONLY.
There is NO AT-THE-DOOR REGISTRATION, NO EXCEPTIONS.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Keaton Ellis won with an average of 8.21 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Tanzer Balimtas finished second (8.49) and Phillip Lewicki finished third (8.60).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Keaton Ellis | 7.46 | 8.21 | United States | 10.41 | 7.56 | 8.56 | 7.46 | 8.50 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) | 26.56 | 27.67 | Chinese Taipei | 26.64 | 28.44 | 27.92 | 26.56 | 30.83 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Brandon Nunez | 54.61 | 57.55 | United States | 58.84 | 1:03.16 | 57.83 | 55.99 | 54.61 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Liam Chen | 26.77 | 41.96 | United States | 26.77 | 1:09.48 | 29.63 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Christopher Chi | 25 | 26.67 | United States | 25 | 28 | 27 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Keaton Ellis | 11.52 | 12.36 | United States | 16.47 | 12.91 | 11.52 | 12.39 | 11.79 | |||
| Square-1 | Rowe Hessler | 6.84 | 8.90 | United States | 7.70 | 6.84 | 9.64 | 9.79 | 9.36 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Neel Gore | 3:31.79 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 3:31.79 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Neel Gore | 23/29 1:00:00 | United States | 23/29 1:00:00 | ||||||||
6/30 (Saturday)
* 3x3 Speedsolve: (3 rounds)
* 4x4 Speedsolve: (1 round)
* 5x5 Speedsolve: (1 round)
* 3x3 One-Handed: (2 rounds)
* Square-1: (2 rounds)
* 3x3 Blindfolded: (1 round)
7/1 (Sunday)
* 4x4 Blindfolded: (1 round)
* 3x3 Multiple Blindfolded: (1 round)
* 3x3 Fewest Moves: (1 round, 3 attempts)
Tentative on Saturday:
3x3 Blindfolded Round 2
4x4 Round 2
7x7
Saturday, June 30: Grand Ballroom
| Event | Time | Cutoff | Time Limit | Format | Advancing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration | 8:20 AM | ||||
| New Competitor Tutorial | 8:40 AM | ||||
| 3x3 First Round | 9:00 AM | N/A | 10:00 | Average of 5 | Top 80 |
| 3x3 Blindfolded Final | 10:30 AM | N/A | 10:00 Cumulative | Best of 3 | |
| 3x3 One-Handed Combined First Round | 11:30 AM | 0:45 | 1:30 | Best of 2 / Average of 5 | Top 20 |
| Lunch | 12:30 PM | ||||
| 3x3 Round 2 | 1:00 PM | N/A | 10:00 | Average of 5 | Top 20 |
| 4x4 Combined Final | 1:30 PM | 1:15 | 2:30 | Best of 2 / Average of 5 | |
| Square-1 Combined First Round | 2:30 PM | 0:45 | 1:30 | Best of 2 / Average of 5 | Top 20 |
| 5x5 Combined Final | 3:30 PM | 2:00 | 3:00 | Best of 2 / Average of 5 | |
| Square-1 Final | 4:30 PM | N/A | 1:30 | Average of 5 | |
| 3x3 One-Handed Final | 5:00 PM | N/A | 1:30 | Average of 5 | |
| 3x3 Final | 5:15 PM | N/A | 10:00 | Average of 5 | |
| Buffer/Awards | 5:30-6:00 PM |
Sunday, July 1: Atrium
| Event | Time | Cutoff | Time Limit | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration | 11:00 AM | |||
| 3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 1) | 11:30 AM | N/A | 60:00 and 80 moves | Best of 3 |
| 4x4 Blindfolded Final | 12:40 PM | N/A | 60:00 Cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 2) | 1:40 PM | N/A | 60:00 and 80 moves | Best of 3 |
| 3x3 Multiple Blindfolded Final | 2:50 PM | N/A | 10:00/cube up to 60:00 | Best of 1 |
| 3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 3) | 4:00 PM | N/A | 60:00 and 80 moves | Best of 3 |
| Awards | 5:10 PM | |||
| Buffer | 5:30-6:00 PM |
The schedule is subject to change without notice.
Travel and Venue Information
Notice that parking is free on weekends. This is ONLY if you park in Lot 1, which, from Stamp, is past the Cole Student Activities Building. Notice that in that parking lot, not everything is part of Lot 1, so make sure you park somewhere that is part of Lot 1 if you do not want to get ticketed. The very colorful green area at the top is where you want to be: http://www.transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps/map_color.pdf
NOTE: The competition is being held in the Grand Ballroom AND Colony Ballroom, which are in different locations. The Grand Ballroom is Room 1206, which is on the first floor, number 43 on this map. The Colony Ballroom is Room 2203, located on the second floor, number 50, on this map.
HOTELS: There are multiple hotels located on Route 1(Best Western, Hampton Inn, Clarion, College Park Marriott, and more) located less than five minutes away from the venue.
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
If you are a first time competitor, please read this section carefully. If you are a returning competitor, please skip to the next section.
NEWCOMERS:
There are multiple things a first-timer must know before competing. All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. There is a video here for the basic overview of the rules.
In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition. Huge thanks to Olivér Perge and Niki Placskó for the document!
ALL COMPETITORS:
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, and everyone need only help for one group per event. 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.
We are glad to be sponsored by TheCubicle.us, who will be providing prize support for podium members!
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.