Only 3x3s in Hyderabad 2025

Date: Mar 1 - 2, 2025
City: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Venue: Hira Hall - Sree Sindhi Guru Sangat Sabha
Address: 4-1-1106, YWCA Road, Bogulkunta, Hyderguda, Hyderabad, Telangana 500001, India
Details: First Floor
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Deccan Cubing and Harsh Arvind Shelwatkar
WCA Delegate: Gaurav Bachani

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Information

All the participants are requested to volunteer in the competition and every participant (except the New comers) will be assigned to a particular event that they have to Judge (or) Scramble in which they are participating.
All the staff/volunteering assignments will be decided by the organising team and participants will be informed of the same 2 days prior to the event, we will ensure that your volunteering does not affect your events.

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Events
Main event
Competitors: 33

Registration period

Online registration opened Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC and closed Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.

Registration requirements

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There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹700 (Indian Rupee).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Please check your respective mail ID's through which you will receive all the communications from Deccan Cubing.

All the Newcomers are requested to get their valid ID proofs with Date of Birth Mentioned on it.

For the Returning Participants: Please claim your WCA ID if you have not claimed it yet. Link is provided below.

How To Claim your WCA ID

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Notes:

It is mandatory to pay the registration fees & register on WCA to complete the full registration process.
Wait for 48 hours to get your registration confirmed after payment has been done.

Highlights

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Kalidindi Hardhik Varma won with an average of 8.30 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Harsh Arvind Shelwatkar finished second (8.88) and Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) finished third (10.61).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Kalidindi Hardhik Varma	7.15	8.30	India	9.02	7.78	7.15	8.57	8.54
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	39.79	DNF	India	DNF	1:09.05	39.79
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	30	36.33	India	30	36	43
3x3x3 One-Handed	Harsh Arvind Shelwatkar	10.83	11.88	India	DNF	10.84	10.83	11.50	13.30
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर)	14/16 48:19		India	14/16 48:19	DNF

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Cutoff	Proceed
3x3x3 Cube	First round	Ao5	2:00.00		Top 16 advance to next round
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 8 advance to next round
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	Bo3	20:00.00 cumulative*		Top 75% advance to next round
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	20:00.00 cumulative*
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	Mo3	1 hour
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	3:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:00.00	Top 12 advance to next round
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 8 advance to next round
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Final	Bo2	10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00

Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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The time zone for this venue is Asia/Kolkata.

Events

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Saturday, March 1, 2025

Sunday, March 2, 2025

9:00 - 10:00

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 1)

10:00 - 10:15

Cube submission for 3x3x3 Multi-Blind

10:15 - 11:15

3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final (Attempt 1)

11:15 - 11:30

Tutorial for new competitors

11:30 - 12:30

3x3x3 Cube First round

12:30 - 1:15

3x3x3 Blindfolded First round

1:15 - 2:00

Lunch

2:00 - 3:00

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 2)

3:00 - 4:00

3x3x3 One-Handed First round

4:00 - 5:15

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 3)

9:15 - 9:40

Cube submission for 3x3x3 Multi-Blind

9:45 - 10:45

3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final (Attempt 2)

10:45 - 11:15

3x3x3 Cube Second round

11:15 - 11:45

3x3x3 One-Handed Second round

11:45 - 12:10

3x3x3 Blindfolded Final

12:10 - 12:40

3x3x3 One-Handed Final

The Participant should compulsorily register on WCA and should make the payment on or before Feb 26th, 2025.

Please check your respective mail ID's through which you will receive all the communications from Deccan Cubing.

All the Newcomers are requested to get their valid ID proofs with Date of Birth Mentioned on it.

For the Returning Participants: Please claim your WCA ID if you have not claimed it yet. Link is provided below.

How To Claim your WCA ID

First time participants
Step 1 - Sign-up on WCA. You must mention your full name without any abbrevations while creating your WCA profile.
Step 2 - Register for the competition
Step 3 - Pay here

Returning participants
Step 1 - Sign-in using your email that you used for your previous competitions
Step 2 - Register for the competition.
Step 3 - Pay here

Registration for the event will only be accepted if a person has preregistered on the WCA page AND made the payment.

Fees Structure:

The base fee of the event is Rs. 700 which covers 1-3 events.

If you are participating in 4 or 5 events, there will be an additional cost of Rs. 300

The base fee price of Rs 700 is part of an early bird offer. This will be applicable till 12th Feb, 2025 05:30PM IST **
**After 12th Feb, 2023 5:30PM IST, the base price of the competition will be Rs. 1000

Number of Events	Early bird price(till 12th Feb, 2025 05:30PM IST)	After 12th Feb, 2025 05:30PM IST
1-3	Rs 700	Rs 1000
4-5	Rs 1000	Rs 1300

Please do the payment of each participant separately.

Note:
1) It is mandatory to pay the registration fees and also register on WCA to complete the full registration process.
2) It may take a day or 2 for your name to reflect on competitors list on WCA.

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, 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.

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over and Register for the Competition

FAQs

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. This means you should bring your own cube.

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: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page within a week after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to https://live.worldcubeassociation.org to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about upcoming rounds of events. Remember, the results are entered by a human so please be patient if you do not see your results immediately.

Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete together.

Q: I want to attend, or I have friends/family who want to attend, but not compete. Do they need to pay as well?
A: No. All spectators are free to view the competition at no cost. There is payment only to compete. But in some cases, venue will be having restriction to allow spectators depending on the competition.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

If you have any further queries, please do mail the organizers & delegates.

Please note that Non-Vegetarian food is not allowed anywhere near the premises or the playing hall.

There are many food places within 1km radius of the venue. People can order food online as long as it is veg.

Participants selected as volunteers shall be provided free lunch by the organizing team.

Reaching the Venue
The venue is within the city and participants can reach the venue by taking a metro or auto/cab. The nearest Metro station is Nampally(Red Line)/Narayanguda(Green Line)
Both metro stations are roughly 1.5km away from the venue.

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).

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.