Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023
- Date
- Mar 31 - Apr 2, 2023
- City
- Falls City, Nebraska, United States
- Venue
Prichard Auditorium
- Address
- 312 W 17th St, Falls City, NE 68355
- Details
Gymnasium
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Lydia Workman, Mickey Doyle, and Tanner Jackson
- WCA Delegates
- Dan Smith, Lydia Workman, Shain Papalotl Longbehn, and Walker Welch
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please check the HOTELS tab before registering as hotel options in Falls City are limited. We give several options for surrounding cities.
Each day has separate events. Check the schedule to find your favorite events, and it may help with travel plans.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 95
- 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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $50 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% 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.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ryan Pilat won with an average of 6.93 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Alexander Gager finished second (9.34) and Walker Welch finished third (9.51).
Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 6.01 | 6.93 | United States | 7.39 | 6.54 | 6.01 | 6.97 | 7.29 | |||
2x2x2 Cube | Nathan Rahn | 1.79 | 2.37 | United States | 1.79 | 2.52 | 1.88 | 2.73 | 2.72 | |||
4x4x4 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 25.10 | 28.21 | United States | 30.48 | 25.10 | 27.50 | 26.65 | 31.81 | |||
5x5x5 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 48.45 | 55.63 | United States | 48.45 | 57.29 | 52.88 | 56.71 | 1:03.70 | |||
6x6x6 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 1:43.32 | 1:48.90 | United States | 1:50.84 | 1:43.32 | 1:52.54 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 2:31.94 | 2:40.65 | United States | 2:31.94 | 2:43.54 | 2:46.46 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded | Ryan Pilat | 28.74 | DNF | United States | 28.74 | DNF | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Evan Brown | 28 | United States | 28 | ||||||||
3x3x3 One-Handed | Ryan Pilat | 11.93 | 12.75 | United States | 13.10 | 13.08 | 11.93 | 12.18 | 12.99 | |||
Clock | Chris Van Der Brink | 5.84 | 6.48 | United States | 5.84 | 5.98 | 6.34 | 8.20 | 7.11 | |||
Megaminx | Ryan Pilat | 47.74 | 52.14 | United States | 57.84 | 52.15 | 47.74 | 49.92 | 54.35 | |||
Pyraminx | Chris Van Der Brink | 2.68 | 3.15 | United States | 3.22 | 3.24 | 2.68 | 2.99 | 4.44 | |||
Skewb | Nathan Rahn | 3.64 | 4.35 | United States | 4.01 | 3.64 | 4.64 | 4.41 | 5.47 | |||
Square-1 | Ryan Pilat | 6.31 | 7.75 | United States | 7.38 | 6.70 | 9.17 | 11.17 | 6.31 | |||
4x4x4 Blindfolded | Ryan Pilat | 3:18.16 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 3:18.16 | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded | Ryan Pilat | 12:04.00 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 12:04.00 | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Walker Welch | 9/9 52:21 | United States | 9/9 52:21 |
Falls City, Nebraska has a population of 4,000 and so the hotel options are limited. Most hotel options are within a 30-minute drive
Here are the hotel options for Falls City
Grand Weaver Hotel
Address: 1800 Stone St, Falls City, NE 68355
Phone: (402) 245-2448
Avg Price: $119 for single queens
22 total rooms
3 rooms with 2 Queen Beds
3 rooms with 1 King Bed and Jacuzzi Tub
1 Queen room with Jacuzzi Tub
1 room with 2 Queen Beds plus a sofa
14 rooms with single Queen
Vision Inn
Address: 2621 Harlan St, Falls City, NE 68355
Phone: (402) 245-2459
Avg Price: $99
17 Rooms
2 Singles with Queen Bed
14 Double, Double Queen
1 with Kitchenette, $140/night
Check In Motel
Address: 2824 North Old Hwy 73, Falls City, NE 68355
Phone: (402) 245-2433
10 Rooms Available
Half of the rooms already booked for workforce crews
$70 + tax
Each room two beds, full-size beds
Stanton Lake Park – RV Camping, West 25th Street
YES! Some folks have driven RVs to competitions! :)
Trailer hookups for water, electricity, and dumping station; also features a bath house, lake fishing, picnic areas, sandlot volleyball courts, a new dog park and a playground area. It is located next to the Itha-Krumme Arboretum. The Candlelight Cabin is available for rent 8:00 am to 11:00 pm.
Tents are $5.00 per day.
Campers are $30.00 per day.
For hookup reservations and information, call the City office at 402.245.2851.
Hotel options for Hiawatha, KS - 17 miles (20 minutes) away from Falls City
Best Western Plus
57 rooms
Sunflower Motel
~20 rooms
Hotel options for Sabetha, KS - 26 miles (29 minutes) away from Falls City
Rock Creek Hotel
https://rockcreekhotel.com/rooms/
Hotel options for Mound City, MO - 27 miles (32 minutes) away from Falls City
Super 8
43 rooms
Garden Inn Truck Plaza
21 rooms
There will be concessions sold at the venue. Food/snack/drink options will be listed as we get closer to the date of the competition.
Here is a list of restaurants in Falls City:
https://fallscityareachamber.com/explore/business-directory/restaurants-bars/
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!
We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
We have a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t=2s
If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial, Saturday morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.
If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
Q&A:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.
Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!
Q: What is the competition like?
A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests, and a vendor, where you can purchase all you cubing related needs. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into heats, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)
Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to WCA Live to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay you entrance fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the competition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete in the same group.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
Live results will be updated through WCA LIVE
NOTE: This schedule is subject to change before the competition.
This tab will have the group assignments for the first rounds for each event for the competition. All competitors are asked to help do other tasks to make the competition run smoothly and efficiently.
You are given assignments only in the puzzles in which you're competing. Note that the main organizer and delegate(s) aren't given assignments most of the time because they have many tasks to complete during the day. However, faster speedcubers who are also organizers or delegates may be asked to scramble.
To understand what your information says, if you see something like "3;J1" that means you're competing in group 3 but judging in group 1. Another example would be "2;S3" which means you're competing in group 2 but scrambling for group 3. You will never compete and have a task in the same group.
J = judge, R = runner, S = scrambler
After round 1, we will be asking for volunteers to help with the tasks.
Here's the PDF with your nametags. NOTE: The software doesn't distinguish days just the times. So please be aware of the complete competition schedule
personalSchedules-NebraskaHeartlandWarmup2023.pdf
There is sufficient parking around the building
TheCubicle will be providing prizes to podium winners.
TheCubicle
Cool Cube Merch will be providing giveaway items
CoolCubeMerch
Use code "NEHeart20" now at checkout for a discount prior to the compitition!
Click on this link to order a competition T-Shirt. You must order and pay by Monday March 13th to receive your order at the competition. If you have any questions, please email Rachel Jackson at rjackson4@sentco.net.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14Jy9fUU4GcgaRX4JlRYXk5oSjTCTwbtqrNmJ-t526Qk
Here's what the shirt looks like:
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.