Oklahoma Afternoon Twist 2024

Date: Jul 6, 2024
City: Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Venue: Oklahoma Memorial Union
Address: 900 Asp Ave, Norman, OK 73019
Details: Governors and Regents Room
Contact: Organizers
Organizers: Casey Ngo, Lydia Workman, Michael S. Lander, and Southern Cubing LLC
WCA Delegates: Lydia Workman, Michael S. Lander, and Trenton Cuzick

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Information

This competition is paired with the Oklahoma FMC locaton comp.

Please note that this 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.

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations.
Please review the Competitor Information tab before the competition.
Please review the other tabs for more information on the competition.

This competition is supported by Southern Cubing LLC. To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 30

Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements

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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 $20 (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 on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

Registration

Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.

Deleting Registration/Refunds

If you register and later realize you cannot make the event, you can request a 75% refund before registration closes.
After registration closes, no refunds will be awarded.

Adding/Dropping Events

Competitors may request (by email) to be added to more events BEFORE registration closes.
Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
Competitors may request (by email) to remove events from their registration. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.

Waitlist

If the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering and paying the fee. Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist before registration closes will receive a full refund shortly before the event.
No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after registration closes.

Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.
In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the competitors list (the tab on the left side of the screen thay says "Competitors") then please send an email to the contact on the General Info tab.

If the competitor limit is filled, you may still register and pay the registration fee if you wish, but you will be placed on a waitlist. Your registration will not be accepted unless a spot opens up.

Highlights

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Ray Bai won with an average of 7.35 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jake Maddox finished second (9.16) and Casey Ngo finished third (9.35).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Ray Bai	5.65	7.35	United States	7.38	7.56	7.61	7.11	5.65
2x2x2 Cube	Kaden Christopher Dockins	1.04	2.09	United States	1.34	DNF	3.09	1.84	1.04
5x5x5 Cube	Ray Bai	48.77	51.17	United States	57.35	50.00	48.77	52.79	50.71
Pyraminx	Marcus Kamen	1.19	2.52	United States	2.95	2.42	3.88	1.19	2.18
Square-1	Ray Bai	10.28	11.91	United States	13.89	13.35	11.61	10.28	10.78

For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!

We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...

First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

We have a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t=2s

If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial, Saturday morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!

Q&A:

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?

A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.

Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?

A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!

Q: What is the competition like?

A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests, and a vendor, where you can purchase all you cubing related needs. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into heats, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)

Q: How do I find results?

A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to WCA Live to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?

A: Make sure you pay you entrance fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the competition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.

Q: Are there age divisions?

A: Nope! All competitors compete in the same group.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?

A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

Important Links

(Links will be updated closer to the competition)
Group Sheet:
Live Results: https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/

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 your events
We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can, so if you do not arrive to compete by the event is ending your spot may be given up to the next competitor in the rankings.
Your delegates for this competition are Dan Smith, Lydia Workman, and Michael Conard. Ask them if you have any questions throughout the day!
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 - If you are in the first group of an event you will then judge the second group, if in the second group you will judge the third group and so on - if you are in the last group you will judge the first group. 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.

The copmpetition groups can be found here here

Keep up to date about competitions and all things cubing related here!

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Southern Cubing Discord Server (13+)

The competition will be held on the 3rd floor of the Union. Governors and Regents Room.

The Union Parking Center is located on the North Side of the building on Asp Avenue. Parking is available to the public at a rate of $2 per hour or $14 per day.

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.