Reno Winter 2024
- Date
- Jan 6, 2024
- City
- Reno, Nevada, United States
- Venue
Earl Wooster High School
- Address
- 1331 E Plumb Ln, Reno, NV 89502
- Details
The Gymnasium
- Contact
- Organizers
- Om Patel, Victoria Nguyen, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, Jason Ostdiek, and Michael Larsen
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
- Registrants will be accepted in the order that they pay, not the order that they register. Please be patient with us as we manually accept all eligible competitors.
Competition Day Timing
- The competition will begin at the scheduled start time.
- Lunch will end at the scheduled time.
- Events will begin as soon as the previous event is wrapping up. Exception: All First Round events will not start more than 30 minutes early.
- Competitors may not compete in an event if they miss last call for that event. In general, last call is a few minutes after the last group is called.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 registration free of charge in exchange for their service to the cubing community for the entire duration of the competition.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 38
- 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 100 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 .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $20 (United States Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.
Registration requirements listed here are for this competition only. Other competitions may have different registration requirements.
Waitlist
If the registration has completely filled, competitors will be placed on a waitlist. Competitors on the waitlist will be notified by December 29th if they have been removed from the waitlist.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Michael Larsen won with an average of 8.41 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jason Ostdiek finished second (9.75) and Jeff Chen finished third (10.58).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Michael Larsen | 7.63 | 8.41 | United States | 8.32 | 10.06 | 9.14 | 7.77 | 7.63 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Ezra Severson | 1.84 | 2.40 | United States | 2.58 | 2.84 | 2.15 | 2.48 | 1.84 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Michael Larsen | 30.07 | 34.75 | United States | 36.18 | 30.07 | 32.77 | 37.59 | 35.31 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Jason Ostdiek | 48.24 | DNF | United States | DNF | 48.24 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Jason Ostdiek | 12.80 | 14.86 | United States | 14.90 | 15.35 | 18.14 | 12.80 | 14.32 | |||
| Pyraminx | Jason Ostdiek | 3.82 | 4.24 | United States | 5.87 | 3.82 | 4.12 | 3.96 | 4.64 | |||
| Square-1 | Calvin Nielson | 7.47 | 8.35 | United States | 7.47 | 15.78 | 8.56 | 8.38 | 8.12 | |||
Location
Earl Wooster High School
1331 E Plumb Ln
Reno, NV 89502
Parking
Parking is available in the west parking lot.
This can be accessed from the street Harvard Way.
Food
There are various restaurants open nearby Wooster.
There are also restaurants around the school, such as:
* Redwood Rotisserie (Plumb Ln and Kietzke Ln)
* Denny's (Plumb Ln and Harvard Way)
* Albitas (Terminal Way)
* Jack in the Box (Kietzke Ln)
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!
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 oder 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.