Northern Virginia Summer 2019
- Date
- Jun 22 - 23, 2019
- City
- Fairfax, Virginia, United States
- Venue
George Mason University
- Address
- 4400 Rivanna River Way, Fairfax, VA 22030
- Details
The competition will take place in the Hub Ballroom on Saturday and Hub Meeting Rooms 1/2 on Sunday.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Ray Bai
- WCA Delegate
- Corey Sakowski
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please make sure to read all tabs for relevant information, especially the competitor information tab if you have not competed in the past.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 119
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 175 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Registration is not complete until payment is made through Stripe.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Blake Thompson won with an average of 7.96 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Will Callan finished second (8.21) and Kennan LeJeune finished third (8.40).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Blake Thompson | 7.06 | 7.96 | United States | 7.13 | 7.79 | 7.06 | 8.97 | 9.06 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Will Callan | 1.05 | 1.74 | United States | 2.11 | 1.49 | 2.37 | 1.62 | 1.05 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Ari Randers-Pehrson | 27.82 | 30.89 | United States | 31.45 | 34.62 | 30.84 | 27.82 | 30.38 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Sean Belke | 54.12 | 59.12 | United States | 54.12 | 55.74 | 59.16 | 1:12.10 | 1:02.47 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Sean Belke | 1:53.53 | 1:59.34 | United States | 2:04.80 | 1:59.70 | 1:53.53 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Ray Bai | 30 | 30.33 | United States | 30 | 31 | 30 | |||||
| Megaminx | Ray Bai | 39.52 | 47.42 | United States | 39.52 | 43.66 | 54.01 | 46.95 | 51.65 | |||
| Skewb | Justin Choi | 2.27 | 3.72 | United States | 3.35 | 2.27 | 4.09 | 3.72 | 5.62 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Christopher Sun | 5:41.77 | DNF | United States | DNF | 5:41.77 | 5:41.89 | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Christopher Sun | 16:08.00 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 16:08.00 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Christopher Sun | 9/11 47:11 | United States | 9/11 47:11 | 8/10 50:21 | |||||||
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING
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 document before coming to the competition. Huge thanks to Olivér Perge and Niki Placskó for the document!
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/running 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.
The competition will be held at the Hub Student Center (55 in the link provided). Also take note where parking decks are located as well as any other parking lots within the campus.
https://info.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/FairfaxMap2018.pdf
Alternate link:
http://ageorgio.com/george-mason-university-map/11-george-mason-university-map/
There are several hotels near the competition, including the Hampton Inn, Holiday Day Inn Express, and Best Western Fairfax, located within 2 miles of the venue.
Attendees who wish to park inside George Mason must pay a small parking fee at any provided visitor lot or one of three parking decks. The three parking decks available include Rappahannock River, Mason Pond, and Shenandoah (10400 York River Rd, Fairfax, VA 22033). Please refer to the map provided in the Travel tab to locate these parking spaces.
There are several lunch options, including Panera, Chipotle, the Wing Zone, and Manhattan Pizza located within the campus of George Mason. You may also buy food in the Global Center and the Express located in the Johnson Center.
If you wish to staff at this competition, please fill out the Staff Application form, which is posted below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1No3gFcwuTU_ipUDC04IZW_Cbdz7ruHRZZk4CcPit6nQ/
ALL COMPETITORS WHO WISH TO STAFF MUST PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE UPON REGISTERING. THOSE WHO ARE CHOSEN AS STAFF WILL BE REFUNDED THE FEE AFTER THE COMPETITION.
Staff benefits include waived registration fee and lunch for Saturday (Sunday TBD).
Shirts will be available courtesy of Cube T shirt.
Prizes for this competition will be provided courtesy of Moyu. Top prizes include but are not limited to Aofu GTSM, Aosu GTS2, and Weilong WR 3x3.
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 across rounds (see Guideline 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.