Please Be Quiet Luzon 2024

Date: Nov 24, 2024
City: Cainta, Rizal, Philippines
Venue: Area 3 Phase 7 Covered Court and Function Hall
Address: Area 3 Phase 7, H36X+QPX Greenwoods Executive Village, Greenwoods Ave, Pasig, 1900 Metro Manila
Details: The venue is between Citrus Street and Gardenia Street
Contact: Gibran Kwan
Organizers: Gibran Kwan, Jacob Miko Tan (陈在元), and Luis Gabriel Magadia
WCA Delegate: Yuji Yoshida

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

This competition limits the number of registrations by event:
3x3x3 Multi-Blind: 25
4x4x4 Blindfolded: 25
5x5x5 Blindfolded: 25

Each event will be based on first-come-first-served basis according to the order of registration, and 35 competitors will be the maximum of the number of registrations for other events.

The base registration fee for this competition is ₱500 (Philippine Peso).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.

The registration fee for this competition will be Php 500.00 inclusive of all events of your choice.

FTO (Face Turning Octahedron) is also held at this competition

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 35

Number of times bookmarked: 17

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: 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 35 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₱500 (Philippine Peso).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
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 by contacting the organization team.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of ₱600 (Philippine Peso).

Registration fee will cover the following:
* Electronic Certificate of Participation (to be sent via e-mail)
* ID Card
Payment Method
On-line Registration (via GCash)
Account Number: 09952915893
Account Details: Gibran D. Kwan

Regular based registration of ₱500.00 (inclusive of make your own Certificate of Participation) for all events.

Please send a SCREENSHOT or SCANNED COPY of your receipt via Facebook Messenger here (https://m.facebook.com/people/Gibran-Kwan/100088378173122/) or to this email: gibrankwanx64@gmail.com. Please include in your message the following: participant's name, amount paid, contact number, and categories you are participating in.

Only for foreign cubers, you can pay your registration in cash (500 PHP) on the day of the event.

Just tell me your name and WCAID (with subject: Re: PBQ 2024) thru my email (gibrankwanx64@gmail.com) and I will arrange your registration.

FIRST TIME COMPETITORS

All newcomers are required to read the WCA First-time Competitor Guide document to familiarize yourself of the WCA regulations used to govern WCA-sanctioned competitions. Additionally, please watch this competitor tutorial by WCA Senior Delegate Kit Clement of the USA.

ALL COMPETITORS

Please make sure to bring your Vaccination Card in case that the venue requires you to present it.

When you arrive at the competition venue, kindly follow the following steps:
1. Head to the registration table and sign on the competitor masterlist.
2. Get your Certificate of Participation, Event Schedule and grouping/officiating Team Assignment. You will be assigned to officiate at some point during the competition so be sure to take note of your assignement to avoid being disqualified. As per WCA Regulation 1e2, all competitors must be ready to officiate when called or assigned to. Declining such assignment merits disqualification at the discretion of the WCA Delegate.
3. Go inside the venue hall and wait for the competition to start.

This competition also hosts one unofficial event: FTO (Face Turning Octahedron)

Event:
Face Turning Octahedron

Rounds:
1

Time Limit:
5:00.00

Cutoff:
2 attempts to get < 2:00.00

You can check out the results and rankings of the unofficial events here:

https://cubingcontests.com/competitions/PleaseBeQuietLuzon2024

For the latest updates and announcements regarding the event, please visit the official Facebook page of the Philippine Cubers Association.

You can also join the official facebook community group of the PCA by clicking here.

From Marikina, Quiapo and Taguig commuters

a. Marikina, Quiapo and Taguig Areas have jeepneeys going to Pasig Market (Palengke) directly. Ride the jeep and tell the driver that you are going to Jollibee Palengke (a well known landmark of Pasig Palengke)

b. From there, go down from your jeep and go to tricycle terminal just the right side of Jollibee and look for yellow tricycle terminal (SPRGREYTODA). Tell the driver that you are going to Greenwoods Area 3 Phase 7 court. The fare is around P17 from the terminal to venue.

From Cubao Commuters

a. Go to the old Araneta Center Bus Terminal and look for a white minibus with a Cubao - Rosario (Sta. Lucia Pasig) Route. At the end of the route, you should be at Puregold Rosario-Pasig (shown below).

b. From there, ride another jeep/minibus going to Pasig Palengke then follow the step b instructions of "From Marikina, Quiapo, and Taguig commuters" .

Happy Commuting!

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++).

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.