Minnesota Cube Melt 2022
- Date
- Apr 9, 2022
- City
- Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States
- Venue
Maple Grove Community Center
- Address
- 12951 Weaver Lake Road
- Details
Banquet Room
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Carter Kucala and Lisa Kucala
- WCA Delegates
- Carter Bitz, Carter Kucala, James Quinn, and Walker Welch
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
You MUST read the COVID-19 Safety Protocol prior to registering. Your registration indicates you have read and understand these rules, and agree to abide by them.
- Masks required
- One guest per competitor
- You must be fully vaccinated or bring proof of negative COVID test
Refer to the "COVID-19 Safety Protocol" tab for more details
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 94
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 95% 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.
You MUST read the COVID-19 Safety Protocol prior to registering. Your registration indicates you have read and understand these rules, and agree to abide by them.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Carter Kucala won with an average of 6.77 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Brian Johnson finished second (6.84) and Zeke Mackay finished third (8.00).
Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Cube | Carter Kucala | 6.58 | 6.77 | United States | 6.92 | 6.58 | 7.91 | 6.77 | 6.61 | |||
2x2x2 Cube | Brian Johnson | 1.41 | 2.21 | United States | 1.41 | 1.88 | 5.05 | 2.92 | 1.82 | |||
6x6x6 Cube | Peter Weyers | 1:38.99 | 1:47.95 | United States | 1:53.18 | 1:38.99 | 1:51.68 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded | Andy Wong | 22.69 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 22.69 | |||||
Pyraminx | Brian Johnson | 1.82 | 2.65 | United States | 4.25 | 2.94 | 1.82 | 2.77 | 2.25 | |||
Skewb | Carter Kucala | 1.69 | 2.45 | United States | 1.88 | 3.72 | 1.75 | 1.69 | DNF | |||
Square-1 | Carter Kucala | 8.08 | 9.66 | United States | 10.03 | 10.26 | 8.08 | 8.68 | 10.46 |
By registering for this competition, you agree that you understand all the information presented in this tab, will abide by all the COVID-19 restrictions placed on this competition, and acknowledge the risk of contracting COVID-19 or any other disease in attending an event of this scale.
Venue entrance policy:
- Competitors may bring at most one guest. This will be checked at the entrance of the competition.
- All attendees (competitors + guests) must show valid proof of at least one of the following two requirements to be allowed in the venue:
1) They are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. To clarify, an individual is only considered fully vaccinated if they have received their second dose of a two-dose vaccine (Pfizer or Moderna) or their only dose of a single-dose vaccine (J&J) more than two weeks before the competition. Any dose received after Saturday, March 26th, 2022 is insufficient for entrance to the competition.
OR
2) They tested negative for COVID-19 within 96 hours (4 days) of the competition. The date when the test is conducted is what matters, not the date when the results are received. Any test conducted earlier than Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 is insufficient for entrance to the competition. At home tests are NOT sufficient for entrance.
Other COVID-19 related rules:
- Masks are mandatory and will be available if needed; hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes will also be available at the venue.
- Attendees should maintain a minimum of 3ft from others whenever possible.
- If you have symptoms related to COVID-19 such as cough, fever, shortness of breath, etc. do not attend this competition.
- If you have had a positive COVID-19 test or prolonged exposure to someone with the virus within 14 days prior to the competition, do not attend.
- The competition may be cancelled if the COVID-19 situation in Minnesota and/or the US gets worse.
Note: The COVID safety restrictions may change if cases increase or decrease in Minnesota and/or the US.
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
New Competitors:
-Before the competition, watch this great video made by WCA Senior Delegate Kit Clement with the basics of how it all works.
-Also check out this written tutorial on the WCA website to learn about the procedures for competing and judging.
-We encourage first time competitors to test out the timing equipment before your first attempt! Feel free to ask a staff member how competing works.
-The competitors will be split up into groups for competing. You will be assigned a group, which you can find on the Groups Tab.
-On the day of the competition when your group number is called you bring your puzzle up and put it on a scorecard with your name on it and wait in the competitor waiting area until your name is called.
-It's a good idea to arrive before the scheduled time for your event because if you are not there for the last call you might not be allowed to compete.
-Read the "All Competitors" information below.
All Competitors:
-Be familiar with the WCA Regulations!
-We are going to need all the help we can get from volunteers throughout the day to make the competition run well. You may judge in any group that you aren't competing during, in addition to your assigned judging!
-Information about assigned judging will be available around the room; you will be assigned one group of helping for each event you are competing in.
-Parents and spectators are welcome to judge too, it's a great way to have a new experience and be more involved with the event, other than competing!
-If you do not know how to judge all of the staff members are more than happy to teach you.
-Flash photography is NOT allowed because it is very distracting to people while they are solving.
-You must NOT talk about the scrambles of an event while it is still in progress (2g3).
-Make sure all screens of any cameras or phones you have on the table are facing away from you and do not touch them during the attempt, otherwise this will result in a DNF (2i2).
-Please treat the venue with respect, pick up any trash, keep track of your puzzles, and respect other people's puzzles.
We will provide a judging tutorial at the beginning of the day, right before the start of the 3x3 Speedsolving event. This will allow anyone with questions about how to judge to be properly prepared when they are expected to help. We hope that this system will fairly divide up the judging of the competition and make the competition run smoothly for all.
Schedule Changes and Rounds:
-Be aware of regulation A1a3: if we are lacking volunteers or the competition begins to fall behind schedule, we reserve the right to make the limits stricter as needed. We don't want that to happen, so please consider helping out when you aren't competing!
-In regards to later rounds, be aware of regulation 9p3. If you won't be present for a further round you made it to please let us know so we can drop you and move someone else into the round; similarly, if you aren't present when the further round begins we may assume that to be your withdrawal and drop you so the next competitor in the rankings can compete.
Sponsors:
1. TheCubicle!
2. Cool Cube Merch - a cubing merchandise online superstore!
The Cubicle will provide gift cards to podium winners, and Cool Cube Merch will be providing gift card prizes for some random drawings at the end of the competition!
Thanks to The Cubicle and Cool Cube Merch for sponsoring this competition and their continued support in growing the community!
Groups for this competition can be found here.
Live results will be available at this link during the event:
The competitor list and waiting list are both full and registration has been closed
If a spot opens up, the next person on the waiting list will be added to the competition. An up-to-date waiting list can be found 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).
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.