Richmond Summer Open 2023
- Date
- Aug 5, 2023
- City
- Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
- Venue
- Address
- 8771 Lansdowne Rd, Richmond, BC V6X 3X7
- Details
Main Building on the 2nd Floor - Room 2550A
- Contact
- Organizers
- Kenny Zhong, Luke Jankowiak, and Speedcubing Canada
- WCA Delegates
- Kevin Matthews and Vianne Chang
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please review all of the tabs listed on this website.
You only need to show up for the events that you're competing in - but we encourage you to show up for longer. Do note that we may run ahead of or behind schedule, particularly for events in the afternoon please be ready at least 30 minutes in advance just in case
Spectators can attend for free. Due to venue capacity, we ask that competitors bring a maximum of 1 guest each.
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Notice of filming and photography:
Attendees of Speedcubing Canada competitions consent to their images being used by Speedcubing Canada and its partners in marketing materials, social media and other digital platforms.Masks will be optional. Do not attend this event if sick or feeling unwell.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 78
- 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 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (Canadian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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 on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
Review all of the tabs listed on this website!
IMPORTANT: Organizers manually move competitors to the competitors list after payment has been received. This is done based on order of payment - You will receive an email letting you know that payment has been received, but you are not registered for this competition until you receive a second email confirming registration and your name appears on the competitors list
Once the competitor limit has been reached, a waitlist opens. This waitlist will be maintained for those who secure waitlist registration by making payment in the event a competitor vacancy opens up.
Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist will receive a 100% refund shortly before the competition starts. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Sameer Aggarwal won with an average of 7.22 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Brian Sun finished second (7.91) and Luke Jankowiak finished third (7.99).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Sameer Aggarwal | 5.89 | 7.22 | United States | 5.89 | 12.15 | 8.17 | 6.04 | 7.46 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Sameer Aggarwal | 1.06 | 1.58 | United States | 3.27 | 1.61 | 1.44 | 1.69 | 1.06 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Sameer Aggarwal | 24.60 | 26.44 | United States | 26.72 | 25.60 | 26.99 | 28.73 | 24.60 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Sameer Aggarwal | 10.48 | 15.27 | United States | DNF | 10.48 | 20.71 | 12.55 | 12.54 | |||
| Skewb | Jesús Julián De Niz Hernandez | 2.06 | 3.42 | Mexico | 3.96 | 7.30 | 3.18 | 2.06 | 3.11 | |||
| Square-1 | Sameer Aggarwal | 4.46 | 5.53 | United States | 5.08 | 5.44 | 6.06 | 7.26 | 4.46 | |||
Welcome
For those of you new to cubing - WELCOME! This competition is fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you to be aware of these basics before coming to compete.
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations. Of course, those regulations contain a lot of legalese, so we have a a few videos made specifically for new competitors, just to show the basics of competing. These videos will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
* Speedcubing Canada New Competitor Tutorials Playlist (from 2023)
* Chris, Kit, and Lauren's WCA Competitor Tutorial (from 2015)
Note: There will also be a competitior tutorial at the start of the competition - see the schedule tab.
For those interested in more of the B.C cubing community, see Vancouver's own cubing facebook group.
There is also a PNW (Pacific Northwest) cubing facebook group.
FAQs
Q: What will the competition look like?
A: A competition usually runs throughout the whole day where cubers meet up and have fun, although you are more than welcome to stay the whole day or leave whenever. You will compete in events you have signed up for and have the choice to cube at a waiting table.
Q: Who is allowed to compete?
A: Everyone, from all ages are allowed to compete! Do not be hesitant if you are not experienced with cubing or competing, we encourage newcomers to come along, we will help out.
Q: Whose cubes do I use?
A: When competing, it is ideal to use your own cube. Make sure you have one ready to go when it is time to compete. Equipment like timers will be there to compete with. (The competition will not supply you with cubes to compete.)
Q: How do I check the results of the competition?
A: There will be a website: WCA Live to check concurrent results throughout the day. Official results will then be posted the following days of the competition.
Do not be intimidated by all these rules and expectations. Competitions are for everyone to have fun! If at any time during the day you have any questions feel free to ask us!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact kzhongcube@gmail.com.
Competitor Duties
Particularly if you are newer to competing or to judging or need that refresher after being out of competitions for so long, please read the WCA Competition Tutorial before coming to the competition to learn for the first time or simply be reminded as a more experienced competitor about the procedures for both competing and judging. There are also tons of tutorials on YouTube if you prefer to learn that way.
All experienced competitors will be scheduled by the organizers to serve as judges and scramblers. Schedules will be posted at the venue and found on the back of the prepared name tags on the day of competition.
We kindly ask that everyone tries to out by judging, scramble or run, in order to keep pace with the day.
Keeping the venue as tidy as possible will be a great help as well.
Serving in these essential roles - including on the spot invitations to both competitors and attendees to assist the organizer as co-runners - makes for a smooth and excellently run competition for all.
Thank You.
Venue
This competition is at KPU - Richmond Campus
2nd Floor - Room 2550 A
Food
Food and drink are allowed inside of the venue but please be mindful about keeping the space clean.
There are many food options around the area in which you can explore. The closest option is Lansdowne Centre is just 5 minutes away by walk, from there you can find various food options.
Parking
Paid Parking is available on campus
Public Transit
KPU is a 10 minute walk away from the SkyTrain station: Lansdowne which directly connects to the Canada Line.
For a more precise route, use Google Maps
We are thrilled to announce that TheCubicle is sponsoring us, and will provide gift cards to all podium finishers for use at their online store. In addition, all first time competitiors will recieve a small giftcard to TheCubicle as a welcome gift for your first competition.
We will also be giving away cubes throughout the day to lucky winners - be sure to stick around!
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.