Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023
- Date
- Nov 11, 2023
- City
- Westminster, Colorado, United States
- Venue
West View Rec Center
- Address
- 10747 W. 108th Ave.
- Details
In the Gymnasium
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Carter Marshall and Evan Wilson
- WCA Delegates
- Elizabeth Cutting, Raymos Castillo, and Stone Amsbaugh
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
We welcome everyone to the first competition in Westminster, Colorado!
You MUST read the required tabs on the website before registering for the competition. These tabs pertain to your responsibilities as a competitior. The competitor limit for this competition is only 100 competitors, so be sure to register quick to get a spot!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 83
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 $28 (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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $35 (United States Dollar).
Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
All competitiors must read the "Competitor Information" tab.WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 100 has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.
We may completely close registration if the waitlist becomes very large.We ask that you bring no more than two guests to help us with space in the venue. If you have any problems or would like to request additional guests, please contact the organizers. Thank you for your compliance.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel won with an average of 8.32 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Curtis Chai finished second (9.15) and Jake Lee finished third (9.39).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel | 7.74 | 8.32 | United States | 8.59 | 9.73 | 7.99 | 8.37 | 7.74 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Curtis Chai | 1.39 | 1.76 | United States | 2.11 | 1.51 | 1.39 | 3.47 | 1.65 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Raymos Castillo | 31.81 | 33.39 | United States | 31.81 | 35.38 | 36.29 | 32.68 | 32.11 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel | 12.42 | 14.36 | United States | 12.42 | 15.64 | 16.42 | 14.06 | 13.39 | |||
| Megaminx | Curtis Chai | 46.95 | 54.17 | United States | 53.90 | 46.95 | 56.55 | 56.59 | 52.06 | |||
| Skewb | Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel | 2.84 | 4.26 | United States | 5.37 | 2.84 | 3.87 | 5.69 | 3.55 | |||
| Square-1 | Gavin Chartier | 6.72 | 10.51 | United States | 8.66 | 6.72 | 12.56 | 17.25 | 10.31 | |||
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Before the competition, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event in an email. We will be relying on competitors to help by judging whenever they are not competing, especially with our small competition size. Judging is very easy, and is a great way to make time fly!
We will provide a judging and competitor tutorial at the beginning of the day, right before the start of the first event. This will allow anyone with questions about how to judge to be properly prepared when they are expected to help.
We will need help judging for the second/final rounds of events as we can not assign staff for those in advance. Spectators are encouraged to learn how to judge; you do not need to know how to cube in order to be a great judge. Having enough judges ensures that we stay on schedule and are able to leave on time.
BY REGISTERING, YOU AGREE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND WILL FOLLOW ALL THE INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE
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! Outside of the restriction on spectators, 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, but keep in mind you can only bring one!
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.
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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To subscribe, please see the landing page here.
We are excited to be selling T-Shirts for this competition! These shirts you may order using the form below, they will be handed out at the competition, they must be ordered ONLINE ONLY we will not be selling them at the competition.
Thank you to Stone Amsbaugh and Carter Marshall for creating the design, and to Taren White for putting it on the T-Shirt.
Click here for the form.
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.
WAITLIST
If you register for the competiton after the competitor limit has been reached you will be put on the waitlist. If someone who is registered drops out, the next in line on the waitlist will take their place. The waitlist will be displayed below.
Ryan Lucky
Philip Lanthrum
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.