Pitt Meadows Spring Open 2024
- Date
- May 26, 2024
- City
- Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
- Venue
- Address
- 19438 116b Ave, Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1H2, Canada
- Details
The venue will be held in the main gym, please enter through the gym doors (east side)
- Contact
- Organizers
- Karsen Oun and Speedcubing Canada
- WCA Delegates
- Heewon Hwang, Kevin Matthews, Tripp Peters, and Vianne Chang
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please review all of the tabs listed on this website. You only need to show up for the events that you're competing in - but we encourage you to show up for longer. Do note that we may run ahead of or behind schedule, so please be ready for each event/round about 30 minutes in advance, just in case.
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Masks will be optional. Do not attend if you feel/are sick.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 109
- 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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (Canadian 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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
Review all of the tabs listed on this website!
IMPORTANT: Organizers manually move competitors to the competitors list after payment has been received. This is done based on order of payment - You will receive an email letting you know that payment has been received, but you are not registered for this competition until you receive a second email confirming registration and your name appears on the competitors list
Once the competitor limit has been reached, a waitlist opens. This waitlist will be maintained for those who secure waitlist registration by making payment in the event a competitor vacancy opens up.
Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist will receive a 100% refund shortly before the competition starts. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Sameer Aggarwal won with an average of 6.23 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Luke Jankowiak finished second (7.39) and Kenny Zhong finished third (8.14).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Sameer Aggarwal | 5.76 | 6.23 | United States | 5.91 | 5.76 | 6.85 | 5.92 | DNF | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Sameer Aggarwal | 1.80 | 2.05 | United States | 2.25 | 1.96 | 1.95 | 3.06 | 1.80 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Sameer Aggarwal | 24.59 | 27.82 | United States | 31.96 | 24.59 | 27.09 | 28.52 | 27.84 | |||
| Pyraminx | Jacob Kotai | 1.72 | 2.75 | Canada | 1.72 | 2.47 | 3.21 | 2.58 | 3.61 | |||
| Square-1 | Sameer Aggarwal | 4.80 | 5.85 | United States | 4.80 | 5.28 | 5.52 | 6.76 | 7.09 | |||
Venue
Pitt Meadows Secondary School
19438 116b Ave
Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1H2
The competition will be held in the main gym.
Free wifi will be provided (instructions will be given on how to connect).
Parking
Free parking will be provided in the main parking lot, located on the west side of the school near the office.
Public Transit
The school is a quick five minute walk away from the Route 701 bus, which leads to the Coquitlam Centre Skytrain Station and Maple Meadows bus loop. Please check Translink's alerts and plan your trip accordingly.
Cycling
There are multiple bike racks near the building entrance.
Food
Many food options are nearby. Pitt Meadows Food Truck Spot is usually open Sunday as well.
If this isn't your first competition, you will be assigned some judging and/or running duties throughout the competition. You will only be assigned these tasks in events that you're competing in. If you don't know how to judge or run, make sure to come to the competitor tutorial at the start of the competition. These duties will be on the back of your name tag (explained in the competitor tutorial), so please be aware of when you're expected to come up and help. This is required to keep the competition running smoothly and on time, since it is purely run by volunteeers. For non-first rounds (ie 3x3x3 round 2) there are no assigned duties, so if you see an empty juding seat then please come up and fill it.
We also ask that you keep the venue as tidy as possible as possible - please put garbage/recycling/etc in the appropriate bins when you're leaving.
If you need help or are confused about any of these duties, just ask an organizer or an experienced competitor and they can explain.
Welcome
For those of you new to cubing - WELCOME! This competition is fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you to be aware of these basics before coming to compete.
Resources
If you haven't been to a competition before, we'd strongly recommend looking through all of the below resources. Although there will be a competitor tutorial at the start of the competition (see the Schedule tab), reviewing these in advance is very helpful.
- The WCA has a WCA Competition Tutorial pdf.
- Speedcubing Canada has a New Competitor Tutorials playlist (from 2023).
- US Cubers Chris, Kit, and Lauren have a WCA Competitor Tutorial video (from 2015).
Finally, note that all competitors are expected to be familiar with the WCA Regulations. Note that the resources above are meant to summarize some of the most prominent regulations, among other things.
Community
- For Canada-wide or BC-only competition updates, subscribe to the Speedcubing Canada mailing list.
- For those interested in more of the B.C cubing community, see Vancouver's cubing facebook group.
- There is also a PNW (Pacific Northwest) cubing facebook group.
FAQs
Q: What will the competition look like?
A: A competition usually runs throughout the whole day where cubers meet up and have fun, although you are more than welcome to stay the whole day or leave whenever. You will compete in events you have signed up for a, and when not competing you're able to hang out in the audience and interact with other cubers.
Q: Who is allowed to compete?
A: Everyone, from all ages are allowed to compete! (You just need to register within the competitor limit.) Do not be hesitant if you are not experienced with cubing or competing, we encourage newcomers to come along, we will help out.
Q: Whose cubes do I use?
A: When competing, it is ideal to use your own cube. Make sure you have one ready to go when it is time to compete. (The competition will NOT supply you with cubes to compete with.) Equipment like timers will be there to compete with.
Q: How do I check the results of the competition?
A: Check out WCA Live and search for the competition name to check live results throughout the day. Official results will then be posted within a few days of the end of the competition.
Do not be intimidated by all these rules and expectations. Competitions are for everyone to have fun! If at any time during the day you have any questions feel free to ask an organizer or other competitors!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers (see the general info tab).
Sponsor
Cubing Out Loud will be sponsoring Pitt Meadows Spring Open 2024.
Prizes
As the competition's sponsor, Cubing Out Loud will provide gift card prizes for the top 3 competitors in each 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.