Race the Clock 2018
- Date
- Dec 31, 2018
- City
- Shoreview, Minnesota, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1050 Gramsie Rd, Shoreview, MN 55126
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Tyler Patten and Walker Welch
- WCA Delegate
- Walker Welch
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
There will be 3 unofficial events at the competition. Please check out the "Unofficial Events" tab for information on those events and how to register.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 39
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Please be patient on accepting registrations since they are approved manually. Please wait 48 hours before emailing an organizer about your registration after paying.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Christopher Olson won with an average of 8.04 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. David Nguyen finished second (8.32) and Tyler Robinson finished third (9.18).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Christopher Olson | 7.79 | 8.04 | United States | 7.99 | 7.89 | 11.25 | 7.79 | 8.25 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | David Nguyen | 28.29 | 33.15 | United States | 32.81 | 35.09 | 28.29 | 31.55 | 36.67 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | David Nguyen | 1:00.00 | 1:03.36 | United States | 1:01.14 | 1:00.00 | 1:02.09 | 1:08.02 | 1:06.85 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Walker Welch | 1:03.27 | DNF | United States | 1:03.27 | DNF | 1:53.52 | |||||
| Megaminx | Joshua Feran | 50.96 | 58.08 | United States | 59.46 | 57.60 | 57.17 | 50.96 | 1:01.79 | |||
There will be 3 unofficial events at this competition.
- 3x3x3 Team Blind
- 3x3x3 Tournament
- MYSTERY EVENT!?!?!?!??!
Register for these events here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczsYQ8aeyDog1hpJ7GzLwzRRz8G80Ej121n8SOrSjbFa1_-Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
3x3x3 TEAM BLIND
3x3x3 Team Blind will consist of 2 partners who are working together to solve the puzzle. For each attempt, 1 person will be the "Solver" who is blindfolded and the other person is the "Caller" who will be telling that person what to do on the cube. The format will be Mean of 3 and consist of 3 attempts where after each attempt, the Solver and Caller switch positions. This ends up where 1 person will be the Solver twice.
3x3x3 Tournament
3x3x3 Tournament will consist of 32 people in a Big Tournament Bracket!
The 32 people will be all of the competitors who made the official 3x3x3 Round 2.
The first round of the tournament will be single elimination where 16 people will advance to the double elimination section of the bracket.
The format of each round will be First to 2 wins.
The 2nd section of the bracket will look like this. https://imgur.com/AHgLtNh
MYSTERY EVENT?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!?!?!??!?
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| Name | 3x3 | Helping 3x3 | 4x4 | Helping 4x4 | 5x5 | Helping 5x5 | 3BLD | Megaminx | Helping Mega |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allie Mckinney | 1 | J2 | |||||||
| Andrew Tyberg | 2 | J3 | 1 | ||||||
| Armaan Jain | 3 | J4 | 2 | J3 | 1 | J2 | |||
| Ben Haberman | 4 | J1 | 2 | J3 | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | |
| Bodie Zwank | 1 | J2 | 3 | J1 | 3 | J1 | 1 | 2 | J1 |
| Brody Meschke | 2 | J3 | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | |
| Carter Kucala | 1 | S2 | 3 | S1 | 2 | S3 | 1 | 1 | S2 |
| Christopher Olson | 2 | S3 | 1 | S2 | 3 | S1 | 1 | ||
| Clayton Solberg | 3 | J4 | 2 | J3 | 2 | J3 | 1 | J2 | |
| David Nguyen | 3 | S4 | 2 | S3 | 1 | S2 | 1 | 2 | S1 |
| Derek LePage | 4 | J1 | 3 | J1 | |||||
| Ethan Bockenhauer | 4 | S1 | 3 | J1 | 2 | J3 | 1 | 1 | J2 |
| Evan Klein | 1 | S2 | 1 | J2 | 3 | S1 | 1 | 2 | S1 |
| Jacob Nokes | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | 3 | J1 | 2 | J1 | |
| Jedrick Remonde | 2 | S3 | 2 | J3 | 1 | J2 | 1 | 1 | J2 |
| Joe Eisenmenger | 2 | J3 | |||||||
| Jonah Swanson | 3 | J4 | 2 | J3 | 2 | J3 | 2 | J1 | |
| Joseph Ong | 4 | J1 | 3 | J1 | 3 | J1 | 2 | J1 | |
| Joshua Feran | 3 | S4 | 3 | S1 | 2 | S3 | 1 | 2 | S1 |
| Julian Selly | 1 | J2 | |||||||
| Krish Khurana | 2 | J3 | 2 | J3 | |||||
| Kristin Wiley | 4 | S1 | 2 | J3 | 3 | J1 | 1 | J2 | |
| Lexxel Silivan | 3 | J4 | 2 | J3 | |||||
| Liam Florin | 4 | J1 | |||||||
| Matthew Tokheim | 1 | J2 | 3 | J1 | 3 | J1 | 2 | J1 | |
| Maxon Aasen | 2 | J3 | 1 | J2 | |||||
| Nicholas Smith | 3 | J4 | |||||||
| Nolan Kohn | 4 | J1 | 3 | J1 | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | |
| Owen Hjerpe | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | 2 | J3 | 1 | J2 | |
| Patrick Roeker | 2 | J3 | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | 2 | J1 | |
| Rachel Feran | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | 2 | J1 | |
| Sam Simmons | 3 | J4 | 2 | J3 | 2 | J3 | |||
| Sarah Cook | 2 | J3 | 1 | S2 | 2 | J3 | 1 | S2 | |
| Sarah Young | 4 | J1 | 3 | J1 | 3 | J1 | |||
| Semira T. Kretz | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | |||
| Seth Fregien | 2 | J3 | 1 | J2 | 1 | J2 | |||
| Seth Nokes | 3 | J4 | 3 | J1 | 2 | J1 | |||
| Spencer Hammersten | 4 | J1 | |||||||
| Tyler Patten | 3 | J4 | 2 | S3 | 3 | J1 | 1 | 2 | J1 |
| Tyler Robinson | 1 | J2 | 3 | J1 | 1 | S2 | 1 | 1 | S2 |
| Walker Welch | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
1st Place
Carter Kucala and Tyler Robinson
1. 45.376
2. 51.645
3. 38.903
2nd Place
Christopher Olson and David Nguyen
1. 53.466
2. DNF
3. 53.859
3rd Place
Walker Welch and Joshua Feran
1. 55.134
2. 1:22.409
3. 1:06.982
4th Place
Tyler Patten and Evan Klein
1. 57.535
2. 1:39.956
3. 1:20.998
5th Place
Seth Fregien and Ben Haberman
1. 1:34.659
2. 1:51.628
3. 2:08.094
6th Place
Joseph Ong and Brody Meschke
1. 2:45.789
2. DNF
3. 1:35.469
7th Place
Seth Nokes and Jacob Nokes
1. 1:43.989
2. 1:39.478
3. 1:38.861
8th Place
Sam Simmons and Ethan Bockenhauer
1. 1:53.824
2. 2:11.496
3. 1:41.419
9th Place
Clayton Solberg and Nolan Kohn
1. 4:04.263
2. 5:12.155
3. 2:56.594
Here is the results from the Bracket Tournament!
Event 1 was 2 color cube with only opposites left.
Event 2 was solving Fidget Spinner puzzle (3x3x1) but you need to start with the Fidget Spinner spinning.
Bold competitors move onto the final.
| Name | Sum of Place | Event 1 | Event 1 Place | Event 2 | Event 2 Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Robinson | 3 | 13.662 | 2 | 6.486 | 1 |
| Ethan Bockenhauer | 5 | 12.632 | 1 | 11.085 | 4 |
| David Nguyen | 8 | 16.011 | 6 | 7.798 | 2 |
| Sarah Cook | 11 | 15.470 | 5 | 13.584 | 6 |
| Joshua Feran | 12 | 14.523 | 3 | 17.052 | 9 |
| Andrew Tyberg | 15 | 27.047 | 10 | 12.596 | 5 |
| Carter Kucala | 16 | 24.368 | 9 | 15.318 | 7 |
| Jacob Nokes | 18 | 19.797 | 8 | 18.571 | 10 |
| Owen Hjerpe | 18 | 18.383 | 7 | 23.791 | 11 |
| Joseph Ong | 20 | 2:05.596 | 17 | 10.480 | 3 |
| Ben Haberman | 20 | 34.122 | 12 | 16.506 | 8 |
| Rachel Feran | 20 | 15.242 | 4 | 1:19.348 | 16 |
| Jonah Swanson | 23 | 31.613 | 11 | 33.316 | 12 |
| Evan Klein | 27 | 1:23.331 | 14 | 33.345 | 13 |
| Seth Fregien | 29 | 1:33.992 | 15 | 43.883 | 14 |
| Christopher Olson | 30 | 1:18.474 | 13 | 1:19.660 | 17 |
| Seth Nokes | 31 | 1:59.904 | 16 | 56.320 | 15 |
The Final was solving a disassembled Cube underneath a cube cover.
| Name | Place |
|---|---|
| Joshua Feran | 1 |
| Sarah Cook | 2 |
| Ethan Bockenhauer | 3 |
| David Nguyen | 4 |
| Tyler Robinson | 5 |
| Carter Kucala | 6 |
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.