Northampton Fall A 2023
- Date
- Nov 4, 2023
- City
- Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
- Venue
Davis Ballroom
- Address
- 12 Prospect St, Northampton, MA 01063
- Details
Second floor, please follow signs.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Cube New England, Elijah Rain Phelps, Levi Gibson, and Margot Audero
- WCA Delegates
- Jesse Mailloux, Margot Audero, and Ryan Durette
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please read all the above tabs before registering.
- Please attempt to limit your guests to one guest per competitor, as the venue is small.
- If you have registered and are no longer able to attend, please email the organizers to cancel your registration.
- Please provide adult supervision for children under 12 years of age.
- Proceeds from this competition will go toward Cube New England and the Campaign for Southern Equality.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 51
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is part of the Northampton Fall 2023 Competition Series. Other competitions in this Series are: Note: You can submit a registration for all competitions in a Series, but only one of those registrations can be confirmed and accepted. You will only be allowed to compete in one of the Series competitions!
There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
If you are not able to attend for any reason, please email the organizers to cancel your registration.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Curtis Chai won with an average of 8.36 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Elijah Rain Phelps finished second (8.43) and Margot Audero finished third (8.50).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Curtis Chai | 7.40 | 8.36 | United States | 8.89 | 7.40 | 8.60 | 8.35 | 8.12 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Jonah Crosby | 25.02 | 26.76 | United States | 25.41 | 25.02 | 32.63 | 27.72 | 27.16 | |||
| Clock | Elijah Rain Phelps | 5.82 | 6.71 | United States | 6.94 | 7.23 | 5.82 | 8.09 | 5.97 | |||
| Megaminx | Saisabari Ramesh | 51.41 | 53.82 | United States | 56.00 | 1:00.54 | 52.63 | 51.41 | 52.83 | |||
| Skewb | Saisabari Ramesh | 3.16 | 4.49 | United States | 3.39 | 3.16 | 6.09 | 3.99 | 6.41 | |||
| Square-1 | Elijah Rain Phelps | 6.59 | 7.70 | United States | 11.38 | 7.76 | 7.22 | 8.11 | 6.59 | |||
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 $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 80. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 80 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 Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 4:00 PM EDT 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 Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 4:00 PM EDT 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 80 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 4:00 PM EDT, 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.
For First-Time Competitors:
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.
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 have any questions at the competition, talk to one of our staff members. If you have questions before the competition, contact us.
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.
Groups and live results will be posted in this tab closer to the date of the competition.
The waitlist will be posted here when/if it opens.
Parking:
Free parking is available in the Smith College Parking Garage, located at 54 West Street. Please only use spaces with white lines or spaces marked for visitor parking. Specific instructions on how to reach the venue will be sent out in the pre-competition email.
Hotels:
There are some nearby hotels listed here.
Flights:
The nearest airports to this competition are Bradley airport (~50 min), Worcester airport (~1.5 hours) and Boston Logan airport (~2 hours).
Food:
Since the competition is in Downtown Northampton, there are plenty of great local food options that are linked here: List of places to eat.
This competition is organized jointly by the Smith College Trans and Non-Binary Alliance, and Cube New England, a group dedicated to growing the speedcubing community in New England, USA.
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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).
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.