RVA Spring 2018
- Date
- May 5, 2018
- City
- Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Venue
Virginia Commonwealth University
- Address
- 900 Turpin St, Richmond, VA 23219
- Details
Larrick Student Center
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Brendan White
- WCA Delegate
- Corey Sakowski
- Information
Welcome to the first WCA competition held at VCU!
Competitor limit is 100 competitors, and registration closes on April 30, 2018 at 8:00PM Eastern Time.
Registration fee is $15, online only. Absolutely no at-the-door registrations will be accepted.
Venue is the Larrick Student Center, which is located on the MCV campus of VCU.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 70
- Registration period
-
Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
-
This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ray Bai won with an average of 8.71 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Benjamin Christie finished second (9.57) and Justin Choi finished third (9.70).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Ray Bai | 8.35 | 8.71 | United States | 8.35 | 8.89 | 10.54 | 8.37 | 8.87 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Livia Kleiner | 1:02.15 | 1:09.10 | United States | 1:02.15 | 1:06.16 | 1:07.04 | 1:14.10 | 1:15.14 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Livia Kleiner | 2:11.18 | 2:11.71 | United States | 2:12.74 | 2:11.20 | 2:11.18 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Livia Kleiner | 3:00.91 | 3:21.09 | United States | 3:30.61 | 3:31.76 | 3:00.91 | |||||
| Skewb | Benjamin Christie | 3.00 | 3.93 | United States | 3.98 | 3.00 | 3.86 | 3.96 | 5.93 | |||
This competition will be held in the Larrick Student Center
900 Turpin Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Parking is available in the VCU 8th Street deck for the hourly rates listed below, and street parking is free on weekends. Street parking signs DO NOT advertise this, but it is free from 6 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Monday.
0-1 hours - $1.00
1-2 hours - $2.00
2-3 hours - $4.00
3-4 hours - $6.00
4-5 hours - $8.00
5+ hours - $10.00
Food options include the dining hall within the competition venue, the MCV student food court <1 mile away, and a number of fast-food options <2 miles away.
| Event | Rounds | Cutoff | Time Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3 | 3 | n.a. | 10:00 |
| 5x5 | 1 | 2:00 | 3:30 |
| 6x6 | 1 | 3:45 | 5:15 |
| 7x7 | 1 | 5:30 | 7:00 |
| Skewb | 1 | n.a. | 10:00 |
Tentative:
5x5 Round 2
Skewb Round 2
| Time | Event | Format | Cutoff / Time Limit | Advancing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | Registration | - | - | - |
| 9:45 | Competitor Tutorial | - | - | - |
| 10:00-11:15 | 3x3 Round 1 | Average of 5 | n.a. / 10:00 | Top 32 |
| 11:15-12:15 | Skewb Final | Average of 5 | n.a. / 1:00 | Top 16 (Tentative) |
| 12:15-12:45 | 3x3 Round 2 | Average of 5 | n.a. / 10:00 | Top 16 |
| 12:45-1:30 | Lunch | - | - | - |
| 1:30-2:30 | 6x6 Combined Final | Best of 1 / Mean of 3 | 3:45 / 5:15 | - |
| 2:30-3:45 | 5x5 Combined Final | Best of 2 / Average of 5 | 2:00 / 3:30 | Top 12 (Tentative) |
| 3:45-4:45 | 7x7 Combined Final | Best of 1 / Mean of 3 | 5:30 / 7:00 minutes | - |
| 4:45-5:00 | 3x3 Final | Average of 5 | n.a. / 10 minutes | - |
5x5 Round 2 and Skewb Round 2 are tentative, and will be added after 7x7 Combined Final if time allows.
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
If you are a first time competitor, please read this section carefully. If you are a returning competitor, please skip to the next section.
NEWCOMERS:
There are multiple things a first-timer must know before competing. All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. There is a video here for the 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!
ALL COMPETITORS:
Please read this section carefully. Changes in organization have been made modeled off of Hungarian competitions in Europe. When you arrive, you will receive a lanyard with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have staff assignments on your lanyard. Every competitor is expected to help out this competition. The card will look somewhat like the following:
Legend:
* S - scrambling
* R - running
* J - judging
Please note that everyone is expected to help only during the events they are registered for, and everyone need only help for one group per event. 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.
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.