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

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For First-Time Competitors

All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.

In addition, please read this tutorial document before coming to the competition.

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.

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 $30.00. (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 130. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 130 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 EST on Friday, May 20th 2023, 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 EST on Friday, May 20th 2023, 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 130 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EST on Friday, May 20th 2023, 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.

There are no COVID-19 restrictions at this competition as of right now. This is subject to change if COVID-19 conditions get worse in the area, and competitors will be contacted if so.

Address:
40 Linden St,
Exeter, NH 03833

Please use the Tuck Learning Campus enterance or the YMCA & SST Student Lot enterance. Either will be available for parking.

Located in the Talbot Gym at the Seacoast School of Technology. Please enter using the Atrium enterance, under the skywalk, Building E.

There will be signs directing to the enterance.

If you park in the Student Lot, follow the crosswalk, then go through the street that cuts through that goes towards the field, then the enterance will be on the left.

There are two name hotels in Exeter that are both under a 10 minute drive from the venue:
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Portsmouth Exeter
Hilton Inn & Suites Exeter

Airports:
The three major airports near Exeter are:
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (35 minute drive)
Boston Logan International (1 hour drive)
& Portland International Jetport (1 hour drive)

Train:
There is an Amtrak train station located in Exeter that is only a 10 minute walk from the venue.
The station is located at 60 Lincoln St, Exeter, NH 03833.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/60+Lincoln+St,+Exeter,+NH+03833/@42.9810371,-70.9608793,692m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89e2ee5438a3a5ad:0x6a614561ea4c22d3!8m2!3d42.9810332!4d-70.9586853!16s%2Fg%2F11bw3z3pm2

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.

Food is not allowed in the gym. A small walk through the hall and down the stairs, the cafeteria will be open, where the Great Bay Charter School will be selling sandwiches, snacks, and drinks.
There are plenty of options to get food within a 10 minute walk to downtown Exeter such as:
OTTO Pizza
Me & Ollie's Bakery & Cafe
Stillwells Ice Cream
Lexie's Hamburgers
& much more.

We will be using WCA Live for live results. A link will be posted closer to the start of the competition.

Group assignments can be found here.

This competition will be part of the Battle of [New] Hampshire, a friendly challenge between Cube New England and the UK Cube Association. Two competitions will be held on May 27-28:

• Hampshire Spring 2023, Eastleigh, Hampshire, United Kingdom
• New Hampshire Spring 2023, Exeter, New Hampshire, United States

The combined results of these two competitions will determine the winner of the Battle of [New] Hampshire!

Live Results

You can follow along the results during the competition here!

Rules

For each of the 8 events held at both competitions, the top 5 finishers in Round 1 at each competition will score points based on their position in the overall standings between the two competitions: 1st place overall scores 1 point, 2nd place scores 2 points, and so on. The lower total number of points wins the event.

For example, in the following results:

Competition A would win, because their total number of points is lower. Even though A6 and A7 did not score points, since they were outside the top 5, they still contributed to Competition A’s win by placing ahead of B5.

Ties between competitors will be broken by single; ties on single mean both score the same points. If the two competitions are tied for a single event, the 6th place, 7th place, 8th place, and so on are added to the results, one at a time, until the tie is broken.

The competition who wins an event will score a point (2 points for 3x3). Whichever competition earns the most points is crowned the winner of the Battle of [New] Hampshire.