Raipur Winter Cube Open 2025

Date: Jan 5, 2025
City: Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Venue: Magneto The Mall
Address: Magneto Mall, GE Road Labhandih, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492001
Details: Atrium 1
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Gaurav Kumar, Ghanshyam Sahu, and Vidhi Relwani
WCA Delegate: Gaurav Bachani

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

Information

Participants have to bring their own cube for the event.
Participants have to bring their own cube(s) for the competiton.

Please check out all the other tabs for more information(especially Registration & Payment tab).

Registration is a two-step process:
1. Register on the WCA page
2. Pay the registration fee (information given in registration & payment page)

Please note once you register in WCA site for the Raipur Winter Cube Open 2025, your name will be in waiting list and once your payment is done then your name will appear in competitors list within 1-2 days.
All the participants are requested to volunteer in the competition and every participant (except New comers) will be assigned to a particular event they have to Judge (or) Scramble for the entire event, all this will be decided by the organising team and will be informed 2 days before the event, we will make sure that your volunteering will not affect your main events and participation.

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 100

Number of times bookmarked: 2

Registration period: Online registration will be open from to .
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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹750 (Indian Rupee).
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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

Pay according to the procedure mentioned in the Registration and Payments Tab.

Notes :
1. It is mandatory to pay the registration fees to complete the full registration process.
2. Wait for 48 hours to get your registration confirmed after payment has been done.

Registration will end on 1st January 2025, make sure to register before that date.

Registration Guidance for First time participants

Step 1 - Sign-up on WCA.

Step 2 - Register for the competition by browsing to the Raipur Winter Cube Open 2025 page and clicking on the Register Tab on the left hand side of the page.You can select the events in which you want to participate in this tab and hit on Register. Make sure you select the exact number of events for which you have made payment.

Step 3 - Pay according to the fees slabs mentioned below.

Returning participants

Step 1 - Sign-in using your email that you used for your previous competitions.

Step 3 - Pay according to the fees slabs mentioned below.

Fees Structure:

Registration Fee: Flat fee of ₹750.00 irrespective of any number of events.
If you select 1 event or all 5 events, the fee will be ₹750.00.

Payment link:

Raipur Winter Cube Open 2025 Registration

Please do the payment of each participant separately.

For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!

We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of ANY age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...

First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

We have a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know, however this is not a substitute fo reading the regulations!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=dPL3eV-A0ww

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the 'Registration & Payment' tab and it will guide you to the registration.

FAQs

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. This means you should bring your own cube.

Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 8 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube! In previous competitions participants who were just 5 years of age also solved the cubes.

Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page within a week after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to WCA LIVE to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about upcoming rounds of events. Remember, the results are entered by a human so please be patient if you do not see your results immediately.

Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete together.

Q: I want to attend, or I have friends/family who want to attend, but not compete. Do they need to pay as well?
A: No. All spectators are free to view the competition at no cost. There is payment only to compete. But in some cases, venue will be having restriction to allow spectators depending on the competition.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

If you have any further queries, please do mail the organizers & delegates.

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.