Pop Off Princeton 2025


Date
Jan 11, 2025
City
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Venue

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton

Address
50 Cherry Hill Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540
Details

Channing Hall

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Eli Ozsvath, Nina Ozsvath, Ryan Hughes, Sula Mareska, and Tamar Ozsvath
WCA Delegates
Evan Liu and Zach Ridall
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors
114
Registration period

Online registration opened Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 2:37 AM UTC.

Registration requirements
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Highlights
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Carson Widjaja won with an average of 6.90 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Zayn Khanani finished second (7.16) and Michael Nielsen finished third (7.26).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Carson Widjaja 5.89 6.90 United States 8.467.606.045.897.06
2x2x2 Cube Zayn Khanani 0.88 1.27 United States DNF0.881.291.011.51
6x6x6 Cube Brandon Nunez 1:19.64 1:25.65 United States 1:19.641:35.291:22.03
Clock Aaron Jake Wong 2.90 3.95 United States DNF2.903.743.854.27
Megaminx Declan Wilhelm 33.66 36.30 United States 35.7936.2733.6636.8437.59
Pyraminx Michael Nielsen 1.69 2.08 United States 1.901.692.472.431.92
Square-1 Hassan Khanani 4.84 5.15 United States 5.125.815.175.154.84
EventRoundFormatTime limitCutoffProceed
3x3x3 CubeFirst roundAo510:00.00Top 48 advance to next round
Second roundAo510:00.00Top 16 advance to next round
FinalAo510:00.00
2x2x2 CubeFirst roundAo55:00.00Top 16 advance to next round
FinalAo55:00.00
6x6x6 CubeFinalBo1 / Mo37:00.001 attempt to get < 3:30.00
ClockFirst roundBo2 / Ao51:00.002 attempts to get < 20.00Top 16 advance to next round
FinalAo51:00.00
MegaminxFinalBo2 / Ao53:30.002 attempts to get < 1:45.00
PyraminxFirst roundAo52:00.00Top 16 advance to next round
FinalAo52:00.00
Square-1FinalBo2 / Ao52:00.002 attempts to get < 30.00
Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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Venue Address:
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton
50 Cherry Hill Rd
Princeton, NJ 08540

The event is held in the Channing Hall. There is plenty of parking at the front of the building. Please use the main entrance.

Food is permitted inside of the venue. There are many lunch options within a 10 minute walk.

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 tutorial document before coming to the competition.

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:

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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.

Registration Process

Before You Register

All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.

How to Register Online

Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $30.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.

The competitor limit for this competition is 125. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 125 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.

Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.

Any requested changes to registration before 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, January 4, 2025 will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.

How to Pay for Registration Online

Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."

Refunds

Approved competitors who cancel their registration before 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, January 4, 2025 are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.

Waitlist Information

We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 125 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, January 4, 2025, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.

TheCubicle will be providing prizes!

This competition is being held in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV). See the regions on CubingUSA's website.

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.

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