Reno Mini Spring 2024
- Date
- May 4, 2024
- 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
- Jacob Vincent Vicente Mangosing, Jason Ostdiek, Michael Larsen, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Jason Ostdiek and Michael Larsen
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The Wells Fargo Auditorium is on the ground floor of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 25
- 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.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 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $20 (United States Dollar).
Registration requirements listed here are for this competition only. Other competitions may have different registration requirements.
How to Pay/Payment Structure
Registration fees for UNR/Davidson Academy students, staff, and faculty are at a reduced price of $10, with ID. Either pay with cash on the day of the competition and show the ID then or pay full price online ($20) and send a picture of the ID to unrcubing@gmail.com and we will refund $10.
How to Withdraw/Alter Registration
Registered competitors withdraw/alter their registration by emailing the organisation team (unrcubing@gmail.com) the following:
1. Statement of intent to withdraw/alter registration.
2. Changes to registration (if appplicable).
3. Name (and WCA ID, if applicable) of the competitor.Check-In
Competitors will receive a name tag.
Staff Member Registration
Competition staff members are hand-selected by the organisation team and will be offered refunded registration fees in exchange for their service to the cubing community for the entire duration of the competition.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Michael Larsen won with an average of 35.00 seconds in the 4x4x4 Cube event. Jason Ostdiek finished second (38.53) and Jeremy Benik finished third (45.27).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Michael Larsen | 6.06 | 8.07 | United States | 8.32 | 6.06 | 8.80 | 10.16 | 7.08 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Michael Larsen | 28.67 | 35.00 | United States | 40.54 | 35.42 | 36.67 | 28.67 | 32.90 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Jason Ostdiek | 45.62 | DNF | United States | DNF | 45.62 | DNF | |||||
| Pyraminx | Sebastian Stone | 2.47 | 2.87 | United States | 2.78 | 2.89 | 2.47 | 2.93 | 4.00 | |||
Location
Wells Fargo Auditorium
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N Virginia St
Reno, NV 89512
The Wells Fargo Auditorium is located on the first floor of the Knowledge Center, and is accessible from the main entrance and side entrances.
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)
* Ike's Love and Sandwiches (Virginia and 17th)
Want to stay connected with the West Coast community? Join the West Coast Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from NorCal, SoCal, Nevada, Hawaii, and Tijuana and keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!
Click here to be directly taken to the Discord Server!
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/
This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know, however, it is still required that they are familar with the full set of regulations above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t=2s
If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial the morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.
If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
Q&A:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.
Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!
Q: What is the competition like?
A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests, and a vendor, where you can purchase all you cubing related needs. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into heats, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)
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 https://live.worldcubeassociation.org to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay you entrance fee in order to be eligible to be placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If the competitor list is full, you will be placed onto a private waitlist, which is listed in the order of when competitors pay. Note that in order to be on either the registered list or the waitlist, you must pay your entrance fee. If you are not advanced from the waitlist before registration closes, you will be issued a full refund. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the compeition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All cometitors compete in the same group.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
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.