Newham Autumn - British Blind Off 2023

Date: Sep 23 - 24, 2023
City: Newham, Greater London, United Kingdom
Venue: Forest Gate Community School
Address: Forest Lane, London E7 9BB
Details: Dining Hall
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: UK Cube Association
WCA Delegates: Adam Swaine and Edward Hollingdale

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Information

PLEASE NOTE: This is a Blindfolded specialist competition, there will be no regular speedsolving events held. We do not recommend this competition to first time competitors. Please make sure to read all the information in the tabs above.

Spectators may attend for free!

The winner of 3x3 Multi-Blind will be announced as the winner of the competition.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 25

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is £30 (British Pound).
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.

Make sure to register and pay for the competition to be accepted. We will not accept any registrations at the competition.

Once you have been accepted you will receive a confirmation email. If registration is full by the time you pay then you will not receive this confirmation email and you will be on the waiting list. If you do not make the competitor list by the limit date for refunds (specified above), then you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee. You may contact us to ask for your current position on the waiting list.

If you can no longer attend, let us know as soon as possible through the contact link on the General Info page. We often have waiting lists so letting us know you cannot attend allows us to add another person to the competition. By not telling us you are denying someone a chance to compete.

If you have any problems check out the FAQ, or feel free to contact us.
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Jaye Sloan won with a result of 26/33 59:31 in the 3x3x3 Multi-Blind event. Thomas Patterson finished second (18/19 53:31) and Ben Stokes finished third (19/21 54:31).

Event	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Jaye Sloan	18.67		22.18	United Kingdom	24.13	18.67	23.75
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Fabio Schwandt	23		24.67	United Kingdom	23	23	28
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Thomas Patterson	4:50.52		DNF	United Kingdom	DNF	4:50.52	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Ryan Eckersley	3:15.53	NR	DNF	United Kingdom	DNF	DNF	3:15.53
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Jaye Sloan	26/33 59:31			United Kingdom	22/29 53:54	26/33 59:31	25/33 57:18

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How do I register?
A: Make sure you have created a WCA account by going to the sign-up page and creating an account. Once you have created the account and confirmed your email address, follow the menu bar to the Register page and carefully follow the instructions.

Q: Can I come only to spectate?
A: Yes! There is no need to book - you can just rock up on the day. It can be a bit hectic in the mornings so afternoon is preferred.

Q: Are there different age categories?
A: No, all competitors compete on the same level and all ages are welcome.

Q: Am I allowed to bring a guest?
A: Yes, you can bring as many guests as you want.

Q: How fast do I have to be to compete?
A: Check out the Events tab - if you can make the time limit for the events you want to compete in, then you're fast enough!

Q: Do I have to be there on both days?
A: No, if you only have events on one of the days, you don't have to turn up for the other day. You can see what days your events are on on the Schedule tab.

Q: When can I leave the competition?
A: You are welcome to leave whenever you are not competing. If you have no more events left then you are not required to stay.

Q: Do I use my own cubes to compete?
A: Yes!

Q: How do I find live results?
A: You can see live results as soon as they're entered at WCA Live.

Q: What happens to my results after the competition?
A: Within a couple of days, they will all be posted to this page and if this is your first competition you will automatically have your very own WCA ID assigned.

Q: Do you have a mailing list?
A: Why yes, we do have a mailing list! Sign up here for announcements of future competitions and more.

Need to unregister?

Q: What do I do if I can no longer attend?
A: Let us know via the contact link on the General Info page.

Q: If I do not attend do I get a refund?
A: If you inform us you are no longer attending before the limit date for refunds on the General Info page then you will receive a 75% refund. If this time has passed then you will receive no refund.

New Competitors

To register, make sure you have created a WCA account by going to the sign-up page and creating an account. Once you have created the account and confirmed your email address, follow the menu bar to the Register page and carefully follow the instructions.

If you are a new competitor, please make sure to:

Familiarise yourself with the WCA Regulations by watching this tutorial for new competitors video. We will also be holding a live tutorial on both mornings of the competition.
Bring some form of ID with you such as your passport, driver's licence, or birth certificate. Expired ID or photos of ID are both accepted.

Information for All Competitors

Schedule Changes: Please note that the schedule is subject to change up until the Wednesday before the competition. Any major changes should be communicated in the precompetition email.
Please help judge! As a competitor, your judging assignments are the absolute minimum you should be doing to help out. Since second rounds, third rounds and finals have no assigned judges, we really need people to help out whenever available for these. If you're a parent you can also get involved with running and juging, it's really easy! We will have a judging tutorial in the mornings as well, which will run through the process and will be tailored towards parents who want to get involved.
No flash photography anywhere in the venue.
If you are a spectator, please never stand further forward than the front row of spectator chairs.
We will be taking videos and photographs of the competition and the environment for our social media pages and website. By attending the competition as a competitor or a guest, you are accepting that you may be filmed or photographed for these purposes.

Venue

The venue is the dining hall of Forest Gate Community School in Newham, London. The dining hall can be accessed through a black pedestrian gate on Forest Street which has two signs posted by it. Please wave in the window of the dining hall at us so we can see you and let you in. To exit the venue, please find a Delegate who will be able to let you out.

There is a Co-op opposite the school which can be useful to go to for lunch.

Travel

Car: Forest Gate Community School, Forest Lane, London, E7 9BB. There are 65 parking spots available on site at the car park on Forest Street. Additional parking is also available a 10 minute walk away at Centre Road Car Park.

Train: The venue is very near Wanstead Park station on the Overground line as well as Forest Gate station on the Elizabeth line which also operates National Rail services. Forest Gate is just a 4 minute journey away from Stratford.

Plane: The nearest airport is London City Airport however any London airport is very accessible via the Transport for London network.

Coach: Victoria Coach Station provides journeys to locations across the UK and is around 40 minutes away via public transport.

Bus: Forest Gate bus stop is directly outside the venue serving the 58, 308, 330, and 678 bus routes.

Accommodation

A few nearby hotels are listed below, however accommodation anywhere throughout London, especially around Stratford, is very accessible to the venue via the public transport network:

Each event is run in groups, depending on how many people are competing in the event depends on how many groups there are. We call each group up one at a time in order to complete their solves during the scheduled time for the round.

Please note down which groups you are competing in before arriving at the competition!

Groups

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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).

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.