Mega Minds in Central Square 2023

Date: Mar 11, 2023
City: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Venue: St Mary Orthodox Church
Address: 8 Inman Street, Cambridge MA 02139
Details: Enter through the brown side doors on the right.
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Cube New England and Nico Bezzerides
WCA Delegates: Alex Cohen and Will Russo

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Information

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.

THERE WILL BE NO 3x3 AT THIS COMPETITION.
Please note that this is a side events only competition and we will not be holding 3x3. Newer competitors may wish to attend another competition as their first.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 55

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (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.
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Nicolas Naing won with an average of 31.65 seconds in the Megaminx event. Nikhil Soares finished second (36.49) and Ray Bai finished third (37.17).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Ray Bai	45.98	51.12	United States	55.01	51.13	48.68	53.56	45.98
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Tommy Cherry	13.67	15.97	United States	14.05	20.19	13.67
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	29.17	31.65	United States	33.48	29.17	30.41	33.34	31.19
Pyraminx	Simon Kellum	2.12	2.45	United States	2.50	3.78	2.37	2.12	2.47
Square-1	Elijah Rain Phelps	8.66	9.59	United States	9.05	10.95	13.42	8.76	8.66
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Tommy Cherry	1:25.19	DNF	United States	2:22.94	1:25.19	DNF

This competition is organized by Cube New England, a group dedicated to growing the speedcubing community in New England, USA.

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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 $20.00. (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 60. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 60 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 Friday, March 3rd 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 Friday, March 3rd 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 60 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EDT on Friday, March 3rd, 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.

Getting to Massachusetts:
* Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is the closet airport to Central Square. MBTA Silver Line and Blue Line services are accessible from Logan to the rest of Boston and other areas served by the MBTA, including direct service to Central Square on the Red Line.
* A number of bus lines (Greyhound, Megabus, etc.) have service to Boston. Consult Google Maps for public transportation from drop off points.
* Amtrak also has service on Acela Express and Northeast Corridor routes to Boston South Station. Connections are available there to the MBTA Red Line.

Driving to Central Square, Cambridge:
* We suggest using Google Maps for directions to St. Mary Orthodox Church at 8 Inman St., Cambridge, MA. Please see the Parking tab for directions on parking in Central Square. Please keep in mind that a large number of streets in Central Square, including Inman Street, are one-way only and may require some maneuvering.

Public Transportation to Central Square:
* Take the MBTA Red Line to Central. The venue is a 3-minute walk from the station.

We are not planning as of January to have restrictions related to COVID-19 or other illnesses. We will monitor the regional situation and notify competitors of any changes.

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 and lunch.

Live results will be available on WCA Live after the start of the competition.

Lunch will not be provided to competitors, but the venue is located in Central Square, home to dozens of restaurants and cafés.

There is some street parking around the venue, and some parking lots which vary greatly in price. Because of the limited availability and price of parking, we highly recommend either getting dropped off or taking the train (see the Travel tab), which is a very short walk from the venue.

There is a small parking lot in the rear of the venue. However, because of the way it is structured and the width of the driveway into it, you should not park in this lot unless you plan to stay the entire day. Please email us if you have questions about parking or getting there.

Groups are posted here: MegaMindsinCentralSquare2023-competitor-cards%20(3).pdf

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.