Megamania in Louisville 2024
- Date
- Jan 20, 2024
- City
- Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- Venue
University of Louisville Event and Conference Center at Shelby Campus
- Address
- 450 N. Whittington Pkwy Louisville, KY 40222
- Details
The Ballroom
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Drew Dwyer and Midwest Cubing Association
- WCA Delegates
- Evan Brown and Isaac Myers
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is going to be on the second floor of the Founders Union building on the UofL Shelby campus. To get there you can take the outside stairs or the elevator inside. There will be a table inside where you can pick up your group sheet.
This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 61
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Friday, October 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
- 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 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Nicolas Naing won with an average of 30.42 seconds in the Megaminx event. Luke Garrett finished second (38.05) and Dominic Redisi finished third (49.54).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Luke Garrett | 5.26 | 5.91 | United States | 5.57 | 6.70 | 5.26 | 5.46 | 6.69 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Luke Garrett | 26.21 | 27.57 | United States | 28.17 | 28.28 | 29.11 | 26.25 | 26.21 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Luke Garrett | 52.63 | 56.27 | United States | 52.63 | 58.14 | 57.78 | 57.56 | 53.48 | |||
| Clock | Luke Garrett | 4.58 | 4.77 | United States | 5.76 | 4.59 | 4.89 | 4.58 | 4.82 | |||
| Megaminx | Nicolas Naing | 28.92 | 30.42 | United States | 30.19 | 32.11 | 28.97 | 32.60 | 28.92 | |||
| Skewb | Dominic Redisi | 1.84 | 2.84 | United States | 2.60 | 1.84 | 1.97 | 3.95 | 4.76 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | |
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 25.00 | Top 50% advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | Top 50% advance to next round |
| Second round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 |
For first-time competitors
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules. Note that this video is fairly old and some information may be outdated.
In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.
Finally, please be familiar with how to judge at a cubing competition. All competitors will be required to judge in at least one of the events they are competing in. This video gives a basic overview of how to judge, and does include more up-to-date information.
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.
There are lots of good hotels near the venue here are some recomended ones.
Homewood Suites by Hilton® Louisville East
9401 Hurstbourne Trace
Louisville, KY 40222
502.429.9070
Distance: Three-minute walk from ShelbyHurst Campus*.
Residence Inn® by Marriott® Louisville East
120 North Hurstbourne Parkway
Louisville, KY 40222
Distance: Eight to ten-minute walk to ShelbyHurst Campus*.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Louisville East
9940 Corporate Campus Drive
Louisville, KY 40223
502.426.9191
Distance: 1.7 miles from ShelbyHurst Campus*.
Hampton Inn by Hilton - Louisville East/Hurstbourne
1150 Forest Bridge Rd
Louisville, KY 40223
502.426.1822
Distance: Less than 1 mile from ShelbyHurst Campus*.
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham - Louisville
751 Cypress Station Drive
Louisville, KY 40207
502.899.5959
Distance: 4 miles from ShelbyHurst Campus*.
Holiday Inn Louisville East
1325 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy
Louisville, KY 40222
502.426.2600
Distance: 2.5 miles from ShelbyHurst Campus*.
Use code ILUYL and receive 20% discount on overnight accommodations.
Home2 Suites by Hilton - Louisville East/Hurstbourne
1150 Forest Bridge Rd
Louisville, KY 40223
502.326.3824
Distance: 1.2 miles from ShelbyHurst Campus*.
Hyatt House Louisville – East
9315 Leesgate Road
Louisville, KY 40222
502.919.7855
Distance: 1 mile from ShelbyHurst Campus*.
There are several more hotels near by these are just some of them.
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.