Registration Information:

Before You Register
All prospective registrants need a WCA account. Competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.

How to Register Online
The competitor limit for this competition is 110.
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 cost of $25.00. (The registration cost is the same, regardless of how many events are selected.)

PLEASE NOTE: If you paid but don't see your name on the registration list within 48 hours of payment (assuming 110 competitors aren't on the competitor list already), please email the organizers. Despite the use of the Stripe payment system, organizers still have to manually move competitors to the approved competitor list following payment.

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."

Withdrawing Registration
If you have registered and are no longer able to attend, please contact us via email.
If you withdraw your registration before registration closes (Friday, October 5, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT), you are eligible for a refund of your registration cost. There will be no refunds issued after Friday, October 5, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.

Any requested changes to registration before registration closes will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list. If you believe you paid and your name isn't showing up, please contact us so that we can assist you.

Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.

Waitlist Information:

We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. Once the 110th competitor has paid, we will not close registration until we have a waitlist of 15 competitors (not including the 100 who will be/are listed on the competitors tab). To secure a place on the waitlist once 110 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. If you see that you cannot pay to be on the waitlist (registration will have closed), it means we have reached the waitlist threshold (15) and have therefore closed registration.

If you are emailed notifying you that you can compete, you have 48 hours to respond confirming your attendance before your registration will be refunded and we move on to the next competitor. Therefore, it is imperative that you check your emails frequently if you are on the waitlist.

Once the deadline to request a refund has passed, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be refunded.

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.

NEWCOMERS:

There are multiple things a first-timer must know before competing. All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. There is a video here for the basic overview of the rules.

ALL COMPETITORS:

All competitors are expected to help out at this competition. In addition to your competing groups, all competitors will receive groups in which they are expected to either judge, scramble, or run. All assignments will be organized by group, meaning that when we call a particular group of an event up to compete, if you are scheduled to judge/scramble/run during that group, you will come up and start performing your assigned task. If you do not show up for your assignments, your times may be subject to disqualification.

If you're interested in staffing, please fill out the form:
https://goo.gl/forms/qPb4aM0cRtziMigt2

You will also need to register and pay the $25 fee.

If accepted, you will receive an email with more information.

Please note that filling out this form does not mean you are registered for the competition. Anybody who does not register and pay for the competition will not be able to compete.

Staff will be limited to approximately 15 people.

Benefits for staffing:
- Registration fee waived AFTER the competition
- Free lunch on the day of the competition

Groups can be found here.

You can find live results via CubeComps (link will be posted later)

Please understand that entering live results takes up competition resources that could go to the actual running of the event. We will do our best to get results entered as fast as possible, however there may be delays. All results will be entered prior to later rounds.

Car:

We advise all competitors to consider using public transportation if possible, as parking in New York City can be difficult to find and expensive. That being said, if you wish to drive to the competition, consult Google Maps for directions via car.

Public Transportation Within NYC:

The closest New York City Subway station is Grand Avenue-Newtown, which is accessible by the R subway line on Saturdays.

The Q58 New York City Bus line also stops within walking distance of the venue at Broadway/Corona Avenue.

Please consult Google Maps for optimal subway/bus transfer routes.

Amtrak/Other Train/Intercity Bus/Airport Information:

Amtrak, MTA Long Island Railroad, and NJTransit have multiple lines that stop at New York Pennsylvania Station. From there, walk to 34th Street/Herald Square (one block east) and take an R train to the venue.

A plethora of bus lines stop at Port Authority Bus Terminal. Connections can be made there to the R subway line.

Grand Central Station can be accessed via MTA MetroNorth and MTA Long Island Railroad lines. From there, take an uptown 4, 5, or 6 train to 59th Street/Lexington Avenue, where you can transfer to an R train to the venue.

JFK International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport are all accessible to the city via local transit. Please consult Google Maps or airport websites for more information.

Please feel free to connect to this competition via our Facebook event. Joining the Facebook event does NOT mean you are registered for this competition. Please see the "Registration and Payment" tab for information about registration.

If you are interested in receiving updates about competition announcements and staying in touch with cubers and family members of cubers from the tri-state area (southern Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania), please consider joining the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (click on the logo or here). There, you can also find a link to join a mailing list for competition announcements for this area.