Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024
- Date
- Jul 6, 2024
- City
- Richardson, Texas, United States
- Venue
The University of Texas at Dallas - Student Union
- Address
- 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080
- Details
Galaxy Rooms
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Matthew Bidwell, Nathan Benson, Ryan Pilat, and Southern Cubing LLC
- WCA Delegate
- Michael Conard
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is intended to be paired with the Richardson location of CubingUSA Southern FMC Championship 2024. Please see that competition page for more information, and consider participating in both events.
- Please review the Competitor Information tab before the competition.
- Please review the other tabs for more information on the competition.
Please note that the schedule is subject to change, as we may hold events slightly earlier or later than shown depending on whether the competition is running ahead of schedule or behind schedule.
This competition is supported by Southern Cubing LLC. To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.
The University of Texas at Dallas and the Comet Cubing Club will not take custodial responsibility of minors while participating in Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024. Custodial responsibility will remain with teachers K-12, parents, legal guardians, and chaperones.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 89
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 10:30 PM UTC and closed Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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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 Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
There will be no refund to no-shows unless cancelled before the deadline (Friday, June 28, 2024 at 11:59 PM CDT).
Registration
- Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.
Deleting Registration/Refunds
- If you register and later realize you cannot make the competiton, you can request a 75% refund (via the contact link on the General Info tab before registration closes.
- No refunds will be awarded after Friday, June 28, 2024 at 11:59 PM CDT.
Adding/Dropping Events
- Competitors may edit their registration to include more events BEFORE registration closes.
- Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
- Competitors may edit their registration to remove events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.
Waitlist
- If the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering and paying the fee. Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
- Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist before the deadline (Friday, June 28, 2024 at 11:59 PM CDT) will receive a full refund shortly before the competition.
- No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after Friday, Friday, June 28, 2024 at 11:59 PM CDT.
Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.
In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the Competitor List, then please reach out to us using the contact link on the General Info tab.
If the competitor limit is filled, you may still register and pay the registration fee if you wish, but you will be placed on a waitlist. Your registration will not be accepted unless a spot opens up.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ryan Pilat won with an average of 7.41 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Siddharth Reddy finished second (8.55) and Nicholas Kurian finished third (9.12).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 6.79 | 7.41 | United States | 8.02 | 6.79 | 7.12 | 7.09 | DNF | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Ryan Pilat | 1.44 | 2.26 | United States | 1.77 | 1.44 | 2.86 | 3.73 | 2.15 | |||
| Clock | Siddharth Reddy | 3.89 | 4.68 | United States | 4.98 | 5.94 | 3.89 | 4.48 | 4.59 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 50 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 |
Important Links (to come soon)
Group Sheet:
Live Results:
All Competitors
- Please try to arrive at least 30 minutes early for the events you are competing in to ensure that you are on time for that event.
- We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can. So if you do not arrive to compete by the time the event is starting, your spot may be given up the next competitor in the rankings.
- To keep the competition running on time and to ensure we can keep all events we will be requiring competitors to also judge. Pay attention to the group assignment sheet - This is essential to keep the events on schedule. We also invite any parents or guests to also help to judge - thank you for your support. Please arrive to attend the New Competitor & Judges tutorial.
- Your delegate for this competition is Michael Conard. Ask him if you have any questions throughout the day!
New Competitors
- Please try to arrive early to watch the new competitor introduction.
- Additionally you can watch Kit Clement's WCA Competitor Tutorial video.
- Please be familiar with all of WCA's regulations, most importantly Article A. If you have any questions about the regulations, feel free to ask us.
- In each event we will have rounds. We will take the top competitors into subsequent rounds. After a round is completed it will be entered into WCA Live. Your name will be highlited if you are advancing to the next round.
- Each round will be divided into groups to help them run more efficiently. We will call the groups in order, along with a last call during the last group. Please come bring your puzzle up and wait in the competitor waiting area when your group is called. We are allowed to deny you the ability to compete if you do not come up by the last call.
Room Details: The competition will be held in the Galaxy Rooms in the Student Union.
Parking: There is parking near the venue. Parking passes will be sent out to competitors before the competition.
Lunch: There are several restaurants near the venue.
Hotels: There are several hotels near the venue. Here are the closest hotels.
This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! They will be providing gift cards to the podiums.
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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.