Pickering Fall A 2023
- Date
- Oct 21, 2023
- City
- Pickering, Ontario, Canada
- Venue
- Address
- 1867 Valley Farm Road, Pickering, ON
- Details
Banquet Halls, East & West Salons
- Contact
- Organizer
- Speedcubing Canada
- WCA Delegates
- Abdullah Gulab, Alyssa Esparaz, Jonathan Esparaz, Liam Orovec, Michael Zheng, Nicholas McKee, and Sarah Strong
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Pickering Fall 2023 Series
This competition is in a series with Pickering Fall B 2023. You will only be able to compete in one of these two competitions. Attempting to register for both of these competitions will result in only one of your registrations being accepted.
Registration Reminders
You must register and pay the registration fee before your registration can be accepted. Unpaid registrations will not be accepted and registration fees will not be transferred across competitions. See the Competitor List and Waiting List sections near the bottom of this page for more details.
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 100
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
This competition is part of the Pickering Fall 2023 Competition Series. Other competitions in this Series are: Note: You can submit a registration for all competitions in a Series, but only one of those registrations can be confirmed and accepted. You will only be allowed to compete in one of the Series competitions!
There is a competitor limit of 165 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (Canadian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, October 14, 2023 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 Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Competitor List
Registrants must pay the registration fee in order to be added to the competitor list. Unpaid registrations will not be accepted. Organizers manually accept registrations one at a time in the order the registration fees are paid, so your name may not appear on the competitor list immediately.
Once the competitor list reaches the 165 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. If you are added to the waiting list you will be informed via an email. Additionally, you can ask about your position on the waiting list by emailing Speedcubing Canada.
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 October 13, 2023, the competitor list will be finalized and registrants who are still on the waiting list will be refunded 100% of their registration fee. Registrants on the waiting list may email Speedcubing Canada at any time to forfeit their spot on the waiting list and be refunded 100% of their registration fee.
If the competitor list fills up quickly, registration could close earlier than the originally listed date (October 13, 2023). The waiting list will close at the same time that registration closes.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) won with an average of 6.56 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Max Xiong (熊锐明) finished second (7.74) and Jeremy Anderson finished third (7.85).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) | 5.60 | 6.56 | NR | Hong Kong, China | 6.48 | 7.26 | 5.60 | DNF | 5.94 | ||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Arhaan Sareen | 1.07 | 1.48 | Canada | 1.71 | 1.79 | 1.20 | 1.07 | 1.53 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Arhaan Sareen | 47.79 | 49.66 | Canada | 47.79 | 1:00.11 | 52.76 | 48.30 | 47.91 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Roan Paone | 11.11 | 13.00 | Canada | 13.56 | 12.53 | 12.92 | 16.53 | 11.11 | |||
| Megaminx | Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) | 34.98 | 36.82 | Hong Kong, China | 34.98 | 35.45 | 38.66 | 37.18 | 37.84 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 |
We're pleased to have CANcube as the sponsor of the Pickering Fall 2023 competition series! CANCube will be providing gift cards to all podium finishers for use at their online store.
CANCube will be vending puzzles at Pickering Fall A 2023 and Pickering Fall B 2023.
Prizes
Winners will receive CANcube gift cards in the following amounts:
- $15.00 (1st place), $10.00 (2nd place), $5.00 (3rd place)
- Fastest first-time competitor in 3x3x3 Cube: $15.00
Parking is free at the venue. The main entrance to the Recreation Complex is the closest to the Banquet Halls, which are located on the ground level.
The venue is a 20-minute walk or 10-minute bus ride from Pickering GO Station.
There are several restaurants within a 10-minute walk from the venue including the Pickering Town Centre food court.
What is a competition series?
When two or more competitions are in a "series", it means that you can compete in one of the competitions in that series. This allows more competitors the opportunity to compete at WCA competitions in the Greater Toronto Area.
For this series, you can compete in Pickering Fall A 2023 or Pickering Fall B 2023, but not both.
When does the competition start? When should I arrive at the venue?
The check-in desk opens at 9:00 AM, morning announcements are at 10:00 AM, and the first round of 3x3x3 Cube starts at 10:10 AM. Please see the schedule for full details.
What should I expect at my first competition?
Please watch these short videos:
Please find you groups and judging assignments here: https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/PickeringFallA2023. These "groups" are when you are assigned to compete, judge, and/or scramble during an event you are registered for.
Per Regulations 1e2 and 1f2, all competitors must be available to help judge and scramble. If you're unsure how to judge, please review the WCA Regulations, watch this video, or ask one of the WCA Delegates at the competition.
Please plan to arrive at the venue at least 30 minutes before the start of your first group and be ready to compete five minutes before it is scheduled to begin. Showing up excessively late to your group may result in not being allowed to compete in that event.
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.