Pittsburgh Summer 2019
- Date
- Jun 15 - 16, 2019
- City
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
- Details
Meeting Rooms 408-410
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Evan Liu
- WCA Delegate
- Evan Liu
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Day 1 Events: 2x2x2 Cube, 3x3x3 Cube, 4x4x4 Cube, 5x5x5 Cube, 3x3x3 With Feet, Pyraminx
Day 2 Events: 6x6x6 Cube, 7x7x7 Cube, 3x3x3 Blindfolded, 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, Clock
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 55
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $50 (United States Dollar).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Registration is not complete until payment of the registration fee is made.
The registration fee is $40 if you register AND pay before midnight on May 15.
If you register before midnight on May 15 but do not pay before then, your registration fee will be $50. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Benjamin Pugh won with an average of 8.93 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Sumanth Chandrupatla finished second (9.19) and Owen Widdis finished third (9.64).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Benjamin Pugh | 7.95 | 8.93 | United States | 9.10 | 9.38 | 7.95 | 8.82 | 8.87 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Evan Liu | 1.12 | 2.89 | United States | 3.31 | 1.12 | 2.32 | 3.14 | 3.20 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Evan Liu | 35.53 | 37.21 | United States | 37.36 | 37.88 | 42.59 | 36.40 | 35.53 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Evan Liu | 56.14 | 1:04.51 | United States | 1:06.54 | 59.14 | 56.14 | 1:08.73 | 1:07.85 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Evan Liu | 1:44.36 | 1:49.64 | United States | 2:00.11 | 1:44.36 | 1:44.46 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Evan Liu | 2:33.11 | 2:43.83 | United States | 2:44.14 | 2:54.25 | 2:33.11 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Liam Chen | 20.57 | 27.71 | United States | 25.35 | 20.57 | 37.20 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Evan Liu | 32 | 34.00 | United States | 35 | 32 | 35 | |||||
| Clock | Evan Liu | 5.18 | 6.50 | United States | 6.72 | 5.18 | 5.25 | 8.15 | 7.52 | |||
| Pyraminx | Evan Liu | 3.38 | 4.36 | United States | 4.34 | 6.87 | 3.38 | 5.01 | 3.72 | |||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Steve Greer | 33.63 | 40.28 | United States | 45.68 | 38.48 | 39.45 | 42.91 | 33.63 | |||
Address:
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
1000 Fort Duquesne Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Travel Options:
Plane: The closest airport is Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). It is a 20 minute drive away by car, or 1 hour away via bus route 28X (Airport Flyer).
See here for more detailed driving directions.
Bus/Train: The Pittsburgh Megabus stop is in fact right under the convention center, and the Amtrak and Greyhound stations are not much farther, only a 5 minute walk away.
Parking: There are many parking options downtown, including the convention center's own garage. See ParkPGH for all parking options, real-time availability, and detailed costs.
Hotels: The Courtyard by Marriott Pittsburgh Downtown is right next to the convention center, and there are many other options both downtown and in the surrounding area/suburbs.
Lunch/Dinner: There are several fast food restaurants in the immediate vicinity and an even higher number of choices at Market Square, a 10-minute walk from the convention center.
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING
For First-Time Competitors
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.
In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition. Huge thanks to Olivér Perge and Niki Placskó for the document!
For All Competitors
When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:
If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.
Many thanks to TheCubicle for sponsoring this competition!
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.