Pueblo Puzzling 2025
- Date
- Apr 26, 2025
- City
- Pueblo, Colorado, United States
- Venue
Pueblo Convention Center
- Address
- 320 Central Main St, Pueblo, CO 81003
- Details
Exhibit Hall A
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Colorado Cubers and Miles Walcott
- WCA Delegates
- Elizabeth Cutting, Luke Meszar, Miles Walcott, Stone Amsbaugh, and TJ Kelly
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Welcome back to the Pueblo, Colorado for the first competition in the city since 2022! We're looking forward to an excellent day of competing. Please read all of the tabs before registering, as they contain information you will be expected to know.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 100
- Number of times bookmarked
- 20
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC and will close Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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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 $35 (United States Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $40 (United States Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.
Be sure to pay after registering - your registration will not be accepted or put on the waitlist until you do so! If you have any problems with registering or have any questions, please contact the organization team.
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 3:00.00 | Top 50% advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 7:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Bo1 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| Skewb | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | |
| Square-1 | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 |
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Judging and Scrambling
Before the competition, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your events. Competitors are required to help as asked - these responsibilities may include judging and/or scrambling. You are required to attend all assignments given - if they don't work for you, make sure to discuss with a Delegate, who can find someone else to fill your place.
Guest Policies
There is no guest limit for competition, however be mindful of other people and exercise caution when bringing more than a few guests.
This section will be updated if things change about either of the two sections.
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! 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.
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: All registrations must 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 25 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!
We will be holding an unofficial round of Face-Turning Octahedron (FTO) during lunch at this competition. This round will be held through Cubing Contests, and both live and final results will be posted there. As this is not an official event, results will not be put on any competitor's WCA profiles. The competition page on Cubing Contests can be found here.
Cutoff: 1:30.00
Time Limit: 3:00.00
To register for this unofficial round, you must also have an accepted registration for the competition here on the WCA site. Once registration opens, so will the registration form here. Don't try to register if you haven't been accepted for the competition - we are checking.
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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.