Please Be Solved Pickering 2022
- Date
- Dec 3, 2022
- City
- Pickering, Ontario, Canada
- Venue
- Address
- 470 Kingston Rd, Pickering, ON
- Details
Russel Franklin Room
- Contact
- Organizer
- Speedcubing Canada
- WCA Delegates
- Abdullah Gulab, Jonathan Esparaz, Liam Orovec, Michael Zheng, and Sarah Strong
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Blindfolded events only
The only events at this competition are blindfolded events, which require a significant amount of learning, practice and concentration. All attendees, including competitors and guests, are asked to please remain quiet at this competition to allow competitors to concentrate.
FMC Canada connection
This competition will be held during the morning/early afternoon on the same day as FMC Canada in the same venue as the Pickering, ON location. You are welcome to register for one or both competitions, but please note that you would need to register for FMC Canada separately.
Note for new competitors
Although first-timers are welcome to compete if they know how to solve puzzles blindfolded (please note Regulation 2k6), this might not be the best experience for new competitors. Please consider registering for another competition if this one isn't for you.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 12
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 20 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (Canadian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 95% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Health and Safety (COVID-19) Protocols
Competitors may bring at most one (1) guest. Competitors over the age of 18 are encouraged to come without a guest.
Competitors must read the Health and Safety Protocols prior to registering.
Competitor List
Registrants must pay the registration fee in order to be added to the competitor list. Organizers manually accept registrations one at a time in the order the registration fees are paid, so you may have to wait a while before your name could show up on the competitor list.
Once the competitor list reaches the 20 competitor limit, registrants who pay the registration fee will be added to the waiting list instead of the competitor list. Due to the competitor limit, completing your registration within the initial registration period does not guarantee you a spot on the competitor list.
Waiting List
The waiting list is ordered based on the timestamp that registrants paid the registration fee. For privacy reasons, this list is not available to the public. If you are added to the waiting list you will be informed via an email from the Organization team.
Anyone on the waiting list who wishes to be removed from the waiting list may contact the organizers to delete their registration and be refunded 100% of their registration fee.
If the competitor list fills up quickly, registration could close earlier than the originally listed date (November 15, 2022). The waiting list will close at the same time that registration closes.
If anyone on the competitor list deletes their registration, the person at the top of the waiting list will be moved to the competitor list. After November 26, 2022, the competitor list will be finalized and registrants who are still on the waiting list will be refunded 100% of their registration fee.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Kai Wen Yang won with a single solve of 1:00.16 in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Max Xiong (熊锐明) finished second (1:40.15) and Abdullah Gulab finished third (1:45.65).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Kai Wen Yang | 1:00.16 | DNF | Canada | 1:00.16 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Emile Compion | 11:17.00 | DNF | South Africa | DNF | 11:17.00 | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Kai Wen Yang | 10/10 54:37 | Canada | 10/10 54:37 | ||||||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 15:00.00 cumulative* | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Final | Bo3 | 9:00.00 cumulative* | ||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:20:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final, 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final** | |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:20:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final, 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final** | |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo1 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 |
By registering for this competition you agree that you and (if applicable) your guest understand and will follow the following policies:
Masks are to be required at all times, and must cover your nose and mouth. If you refuse to wear a mask inside of the venue, you will be disqualified from the competition and be asked to leave the premises. There will be no non-medical exceptions to this policy. The Organizing Team will consider accommodations for documented medical exceptions. Please email the Organizing Team in advance if you have a medical exception that requires consideration.
Competitors should not attend the competition if they test positive for COVID-19, if they are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or if they were in close contact to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
Competitors may bring at most one (1) guest. Competitors over the age of 18 are encouraged to come without a guest.
Whenever possible, competitors and guests are encouraged to physically distance from others.
These policies are subject to change as deemed necessary by the organizers, the WCA Board, or municipal/provincial/federal government.
Parking is free at the venue. The nearest bus stop is Kingston Rd. @ Rougemount Dr. and the nearest train stations are Rouge Hill GO and Pickering GO.
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline A1a2++).
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.