New New York New Year 2024
- Date
- Dec 31, 2024 - Jan 1, 2025
- City
- Malta, New York, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 20 State Farm Pl, Malta, NY 12020
- Details
Meeting Room
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Empire State Cubing
- WCA Delegates
- Evan Liu, Tommy Chestnutt, and Will Russo
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- 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.
Please note the schedule of this competition - there are events/rounds taking place from 9pm on New Year's Eve (December 31, 2024) to 2am on New Year's Day (January 1, 2025), and then 9:30am to 1:30pm on New Year's Day.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 34
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 4:59 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 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
Registration is not complete until payment of the registration fee is made.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Evan Liu won with an average of 58.26 seconds in the 5x5x5 Cube event. Curtis Chai finished second (1:02.48) and Louis N. Truong finished third (1:03.05).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Noah Kim | 6.65 | 7.25 | United States | 8.97 | 7.66 | 6.65 | 7.29 | 6.79 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | William Lavoie | 1.18 | 1.46 | Canada | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.89 | 2.73 | 1.31 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Evan Liu | 30.83 | 33.28 | United States | 30.83 | 31.75 | 34.62 | 33.46 | 39.74 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Evan Liu | 55.39 | 58.26 | United States | 59.13 | 55.39 | 58.28 | 57.37 | 1:01.82 | |||
| Clock | Clement D. Tucker | 2.65 | 3.59 | United States | 3.68 | 4.23 | 2.65 | 3.67 | 3.43 | |||
| Skewb | Saisabari Ramesh | 2.05 | 2.92 | United States | 3.81 | 2.76 | 2.18 | 4.03 | 2.05 | |||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Evan Liu | 11:57.00 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 11:57.00 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:45.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | |||
| Clock | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:10:00.00 cumulative* |
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.
Registration Process
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 $35.00. (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 50. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 50 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 Saturday, December 21 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 Saturday, December 21 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 50 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, December 21, 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.
TheCubicle will be providing prizes!
This competition is being held in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV). See the regions on CubingUSA's website.
- Join the Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Discord server
- Join the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (NJ, NY, PA)
- See the Mid-Atlantic Region Organizational Spreadsheet
- See upcoming competitions:
- in Delaware
- in Maryland
- in New Jersey
- in New York
- in Pennsylvania
- in Virginia
- in West Virginia
The venue (Hyatt Place Saratoga/Malta) is offering a group rate of $109+tax for the evening of December 31st; you can get this rate by booking 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.