Reno Fall 2017
- Date
- Nov 11, 2017
- City
- Reno, Nevada, United States
- Venue
University of Nevada, Reno
- Address
- Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, 1664 N Virginia St Reno, NV 89512
- Details
Wells Fargo Auditorium, on the ground floor of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.
- Contact
- Organizers
- Alex Chau, Ben Streeter, Brandon Harnish, and Mitchell Lane
- WCA Delegate
- Brandon Harnish
- Information
Registration fees for UNR/Davidson Academy students, staff, and faculty are at a reduced price of $10. All registration payments are to be made in cash on the day of the competition. There will be a competitor limit of 75.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 28
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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.
Max Park won with an average of 6.18 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Paul Mahvi finished second (8.49) and Edward Lin finished third (9.25).
North American records: Max Park 3x3x3 Cube 6.18 (average), 4x4x4 Cube 20.13 (single), and 5x5x5 Cube 46.37 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Max Park | 5.64 | 6.18 | NAR | United States | 7.50 | 6.06 | 6.31 | 5.64 | 6.16 | ||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Mitchell Lane | 2.92 | 3.51 | United States | DNF | 4.39 | 2.94 | 2.92 | 3.19 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Max Park | 21.87 | 23.60 | United States | 21.87 | 24.08 | 25.53 | 23.78 | 22.95 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Max Park | 45.35 | 46.37 | NAR | United States | 45.94 | 45.65 | 47.52 | 45.35 | 51.39 | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Max Park | 8.71 | 10.87 | United States | 12.35 | 10.29 | 9.98 | 8.71 | 25.56 | |||
| Skewb | Tyler Howlett | 4.15 | 5.34 | United States | 5.48 | 6.37 | 4.15 | 4.18 | 7.87 | |||
| Square-1 | Mitchell Lane | 12.46 | 16.56 | United States | 21.34 | 23.64 | 12.46 | 14.04 | 14.30 | |||
Final Schedule
Updated 8 November 2017
Note: All events/rounds after Lunch will begin as soon as the previous round ends.
This is so that we can increase the likelihood of holding the tentative events/rounds.
| Time | Event | Format | Cutoff | Time Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 | Welcome/Competitor Tutorial | |||
| 10:45 | Rubik's Cube Round 1 (20 advance) | Average of 5 | none | 10:00 per solve |
| 12:00 | Lunch | Best of 1 | ||
| 12:30 | 2x2x2 Cube Combined First Round (12 advance) | Average of 5 | 0:45 in 2 attempts | 10:00 per solve |
| 1:15 | 5x5x5 Cube Final Round | Average of 5 | none | 20:00 cumulative |
| 2:00 | 4x4x4 Cube First Round (tentative second round) | Average of 5 | none | 20:00 cumulative |
| 3:00 | 3x3x3 One-Handed Combined First Round (tentative second round) | Average of 5 | 1:15 in 2 attempts | 10:00 per solve |
| 3:30 | Square-1 Combined Final Round (tentative) | Average of 5 | 1:00 in 2 attempts | 2:00 per solve |
| 4:00 | Rubik's Cube Round 2 (6 advance) | Average of 5 | none | 10:00 per solve |
| 4:30 | Skewb Combined Final Round | Average of 5 | 0:45 in 2 attempts | 10:00 per solve |
| 5:00 | 2x2x2 Cube Final Round | Average of 5 | none | 10:00 per solve |
| 5:20 | 3x3x3 One-Handed Final Round (tentative) | Average of 5 | none | 1:00 per solve |
| 5:40 | 4x4x4 Cube Final Round (tentative) | Average of 5 | none | 2:00 per solve |
| 6:00 | Rubik's Cube Final Round | Average of 5 | none | 10:00 per solve |
| 6:30 | Awards |
Tentative events: Square-1 (cutoff 1:00 in 2 attempts, time limit 2:00 per solve).
Tentative rounds: 4x4x4 Cube, 3x3x3 Cube One-Handed
Location
Wells Fargo Auditorium
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N Virginia St
Reno, NV 89512
The Wells Fargo Auditorium is on the ground floor of the Knowledge Center beside @One. The ground floor is accessible from the southwest corner of the Knowledge Center.
The usual entrances to the Knowledge Center are on the second floor, so you may need to go downstairs.
Parking
Parking is available in the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex.
More information about parking is available on the UNR website.
Food
The event is not providing food. Competitors and spectators are responsible for finding food as needed. There are various restaurants open in the Joe Crowley Student Union next door to the competition venue.
For a complete list of open restaurants, please consult the UNR website.
There are also restaurants around campus, such as Jimmy John's (Center and 9th), Laughing Planet (Virginia and 10th), Roberto's (Virginia and 8th), Subway (Virginia and 16th), Raising Cane's (Virginia and 17th).
All registration payments are to be made in cash at the venue, on the day of the competition.
Change will be available but limited, so please try to pay exactly.
The cost to compete is $15, which covers registration for any of our events.
The cost to compete is $10 for UNR/Davidson Academy students, staff, and faculty with ID.
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 across rounds (see Guideline 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.