New Orleans 2024
- Date
- Nov 2, 2024
- City
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Venue
Bricolage Academy
- Address
- 2426 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
- Details
Gymnasium
- Contact
- Organizers
- RJ Gohn and Southern Cubing LLC
- WCA Delegates
- RJ Gohn and Seth Talbot
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is supported by Southern Cubing LLC.
Make sure to check out Louisiana Speedcubing's Facebook group for upcoming competitions and announcements!
To learn more about Cubing in the US South, including other competitions, visit www.southerncubing.com.
- Please review the competitor information tab before the competition.
- Please review the other tabs for more information on the competition.
Please note that the schedule is subject to change, as we may hold events slightly earlier or later than shown depending on whether the competition is running ahead of schedule or behind schedule
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 31
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 85 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC.
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Registrations must be accepted manually, so if you do not see your name on the competitor's list within a business day, then please contact the organizers to resolve the issue.
Registrations may be deferred due to:
- Incorrect date of birth
- Incorrect name
- Representing a foreign country and not providing documentation
In all of the above cases, the organizers will email you before accepting the registration to confirm the information provided.After the competitor limit has been reached, you may still pay and be put on a waiting list. If you are first on the waitlist and someone cancels their registration, then you will receive an email from the organizers. You must reply to the email and confirm your registration within 24 hours of receiving the email to compete. If no response is heard from you, the next person on the waiting list will be offered your spot. After the competition, all competitors on the waiting list will receive a refund for the registration cost minus tax. Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor's list until Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM.
We will not be accepting event changes during the competition. If you wish to change which events you are registered for, please contact the organization team prior to Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Dylan Miller won with an average of 7.89 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Teri McAcy finished second (7.93) and Ishmael Glover finished third (9.08).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Dylan Miller | 7.23 | 7.89 | United States | 7.96 | 7.39 | 8.33 | DNF | 7.23 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Teri McAcy | 50.92 | 54.64 | United States | 54.69 | 54.93 | 50.92 | 54.31 | 1:00.75 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Dylan Miller | 12.53 | 13.23 | United States | 13.74 | 13.82 | 13.28 | 12.68 | 12.53 | |||
| Megaminx | Dylan Miller | 35.46 | 38.00 | United States | 39.12 | 35.46 | 37.01 | 37.87 | 40.50 | |||
| Pyraminx | Teri McAcy | 2.04 | 3.48 | United States | 6.32 | 2.83 | 2.04 | 3.65 | 3.97 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:20.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:20.00 | |
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 |
All Competitors
- Please try to arrive at least 30 minutes early for the events you are competing in to ensure that you are on time for that event.
- We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can. So if you do not arrive to compete by the time the event is starting, your spot may be given up the next competitor in the rankings.
- To keep the competition running on time and to ensure we can keep all events we will be requiring competitors to also judge. Pay attention to the group assignment sheet - This is essential to keep the events on schedule. We also invite any parents or guests to also help to judge - thank you for your support. Please arrive to attend the New Competitor & Judges tutorial.
- Your delegates for this competition are RJ Gohn, and Seth Talbot. Ask them if you have any questions throughout the day!
New Competitors
- Please try to arrive early to watch the new competitor introduction.
- Additionally you can watch Kit Clement's WCA Competitor Tutorial video.
- Please be familiar with all of WCA's regulations, most importantly Article A. If you have any questions about the regulations, feel free to ask us.
- In each event we will have rounds. We will take the top competitors into subsequent rounds. After a round is completed it will be entered into WCA Live. Your name will be highlited if you are advancing to the next round.
- Each round will be divided into groups to help them run more efficiently. We will call the groups in order, along with a last call during the last group. Please come bring your puzzle up and wait in the competitor waiting area when your group is called. We are allowed to deny you the ability to compete if you do not come up by the last call.
There will be a concession stand open in the venue, but here are some additional spots:
Coffee/Breakfast
Leo’s Breads, 2438 Bell St, New Orleans, LA 70119
https://www.leosbread.com/
Pagoda Café, 1430 N Dorgenois St, New Orleans, LA 70119
https://www.pagodacafe.net/
Old Road Coffee, 2024 Bayou Rd, New Orleans, LA 70116
https://oldroadcoffee.com/coffee-tea/
CC’s Coffee House, 2800 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
https://www.ccscoffee.com/menu
Lunch
Leo’s Breads, 2438 Bell St, New Orleans, LA 70119
https://www.leosbread.com/
Pagoda Café, 1430 N Dorgenois St, New Orleans, LA 70119
https://www.pagodacafe.net/
Addis NOLA (Ethiopian), 2514 Bayou Rd, New Orleans, LA 70119
https://www.addisnolarestaurant.com/
Liuzza’s By the Track, 1518 N Lopez St, New Orleans, LA 70119
https://www.liuzzasbtt.com/
1000 Figs (Mediterranean), 3141 Ponce De Leon St STE 1, New Orleans, LA 70119
https://www.1000figs.com/
Shopping Centers with Multiple Options, Carrollton Ave. and Conti St.
TBA
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.