Oredigger Open 2024
- Date
- Feb 17, 2024
- City
- Golden, Colorado, United States
- Venue
Ben H. Parker Student Center
- Address
- 1516 Maple St, Golden, CO 80401
- Details
Ballrooms A, B, & C
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Colorado Cubers and Miles Walcott
- WCA Delegates
- Elizabeth Cutting, Marcus Jormin, Raymos Castillo, and Stone Amsbaugh
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
All competitors should read the Competitor Responsibilities tab before registering.
How to Change/Cancel Your Registration
You can modify your registration through the Register tab, or by emailing the organization team through the link next to Contact. You can also cancel your registration by contacting the organization team.
In the event that a competitor cancels their registration before the deadline, they will be refunded 75% of their registration fee.
Note: Current Mines students get a discounted registration fee of $3 USD for this competition. If you are a current Mines student, please contact the organization team after registering and we will refund you $22.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 73
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Monday, January 22, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
- 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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $30 (United States Dollar).
Note: We will be holding an unofficial round of FTO at this competition. For more information about this, please see the pertaining tab.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Jacob Nokes won with an average of 7.05 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Abhi Chawla finished second (9.24) and Kaemon Vita finished third (9.44).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Jacob Nokes | 6.85 | 7.05 | United States | 7.06 | 8.50 | 6.88 | 7.22 | 6.85 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Jacob Nokes | 49.11 | 52.93 | United States | 49.11 | 51.45 | 52.70 | 55.90 | 54.64 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Stone Amsbaugh | 54.78 | DNF | United States | 54.78 | DNF | 1:10.28 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Junior Solis | 32 | United States | 32 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Jacob Nokes | 11.18 | 14.39 | United States | 13.43 | 11.18 | 15.37 | 17.30 | 14.36 | |||
| Square-1 | Kian Cline | 6.20 | 11.61 | United States | 10.42 | 13.71 | 6.20 | 11.90 | 12.50 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 3:00.00 | Top 40 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 12:00.00 cumulative* | ||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Bo1 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 |
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Judiging and Running
Before the competition, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your assigned groups for competing, and possibly judging, running, or even scrambling.
It is essential that we have enough volunteers to run the competition on schedule. We are all volunteers here, and it is not acceptable to not show up to perform running or judging assignments. Be aware that you may be disqualified from one or more events if you are found to be doing this. No assignments are given for second and final rounds, so it is important to volunteer when you can!
Helping out is easy, and we are happy to teach anyone, even parents or other guests. It is a great way to get involved and pass the time, and it helps us out a lot!
Guest Policies
There is also no guest limit for competition, however be mindful of other people and exercise caution when bringing more than the usual amount of guests.
This section will be updated if things change about either of the two sections.
We will be holding one unofficial round of FTO (Face-Turning Octahedron) at this competition.
Cutoff: 2:00.00
Time Limit: 5:00.00
There is no additional fee for registering for FTO, but FTO competitors must first have an approved registration here on the WCA site before registering for FTO.
The form to register for FTO is here: https://forms.gle/yYNi43qrM3kCsWYB7
Apply to be on staff here! Staff will recieve a free lunch and have their registration fee refunded upon completion of tasks.
This event is open to cubers of any age and experience. For those of you new to cubing, welcome! We just ask that you know a couple things before coming to compete...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here.
Here are some frequently asked questions:
Q: Are there any restrictions on competing?
A: Nope! Anyone of any skill can compete in this competition, including first-timers. As long as you know how to solve the cube, go ahead and sign up!
Q: Do spectators have to pay?
A: No! All spectators are let into building for free.
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: Yes! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. We heavily discourage borrowing or sharing other people's cubes at the competition.
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.link/live to find information about current events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: When you register, make sure you have paid the registration fee. Afterwards, your registration must then be manually accepted, so please wait at least 24 hours before contacting us. You should receive an email when your registration is accepted. Additionally, if the competitor limit is reached, you will be put on a waitlist in order of when payment was received. Feel free to contact the organization team to ask where you are on the waitlist.
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 cube!
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: No! All competitors are on an equal playing field.
If you have any other questions, feel free to contact us by using the contact links on the general info page!
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This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle, which will be providing gift cards to competitors who podium! We would like to thank them for their continued support of Colorado competitions! You can shop for all your puzzling needs at thecubicle.com!
This competition is presented by Colorado Cubers, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to expanding and enriching the Colorado cubing community.
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.