Rocklin Winter 2024

Date: Dec 15, 2024
City: Rocklin, California, United States
Venue: Whitney High School
Address: 701 Wildcat Blvd, Rocklin, CA 95765
Details: Cafeteria
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Chris Martin, Daniel Cho, David Karalli (داود قراعلي), Dominik Bora, Kaoushik Murugan, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
WCA Delegates: Chris Martin, Jason Ostdiek, Michael Larsen, TJ Kelly, and Wilson Li (李超雄)

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Information

Get ready for another Rocklin competition!

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 20 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.

This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing and SpeedCubeShop.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 88

Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements

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If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
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There is a competitor limit of 105 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
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 .
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 $30 (United States Dollar).

Payment:

Upon registering you will receive an email with the subject "Registration Pending: Rocklin Winter 2024". This does NOT mean that you are on the registration list. Competitors will not be approved until the payment has been made.
Please ensure you have paid the registration fees via Stripe on the register page. Your registration is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the registration fee. Contact the organizational team if you encounter an issue.

Deleting Registration/Refunds:

If you can no longer make the competition, you may request a refund.
To receive a partial refund you must contact the organizational team by Friday, December 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM PST. You may change the events you are registered for by contacting the organizational team. Competitors may add events up until the event has started. It is acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.

Changing events

Competitors may add events up until the event has started. You may change the events you are registered for by contacting the organizational team.

All competitors, staff included, are required to pay the registration fee. Registration will not be accepted until the registration fee is paid. If you would like to be on staff, please indicate this in your comments.

Highlights

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Zerui Cheng won with an average of 6.99 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Sebastian Stone finished second (7.74) and Paul Mahvi finished third (7.88).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Zerui Cheng	6.85	6.99	United States	6.85	6.87	7.13	6.98	7.54
5x5x5 Cube	Paul Mahvi	48.96	53.07	United States	54.94	54.52	53.22	48.96	51.47
3x3x3 One-Handed	Jason Ostdiek	10.83	12.17	United States	13.64	10.83	12.18	13.00	11.34
Clock	Alessandro Diomampo	2.87	3.20	United States	3.13	2.99	3.47	2.87	3.58
Megaminx	Nico Harper (李有為)	28.65	34.89	United States	34.44	34.58	40.26	28.65	35.64
Pyraminx	Matt Mao	2.90	4.21	China	4.60	3.47	6.03	2.90	4.57

For those of you new to cubing, welcome!

This competition is great for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming!

First, please be familiar with the World Cube Association (WCA) Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

This video will explain most of what you'll need to know for your first competition. Please note you're still required to be familar with the regulations above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dSuMG--wm8

If you have any questions after this video, we will have a new competitor/judge tutorial the morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.

If you're 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 in the WCA's system and bring you one step closer to your first official solve!

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Am I too slow to compete?

If you can make the time limit (which is 10 minutes per solve for 3x3x3 Cube), you're not too slow to compete! When it comes to cubing competitions, the truth is, it doesn't actually matter how fast you are. Most people who go to competitions aren't competing to win. Instead, they're competing to beat their own personal competition records. But most importantly, they're here to meet other cubers! Cubing competitions are a great place to make friends who enjoy cubing just like you. If you can solve the cube, you should come!

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?

A: Yes! You are responsible for bringing your own puzzles to compete. Please refer to section 3 of the WCA Regulations for more information on what puzzles are okay to use in competition. If you have any questions, please reach out!

Q: What is the competition like?

A: Competitions are a ton of fun! They're a great opportunity to meet new cubers, make new friends, and compete and get official times recognized by the World Cube Association. Competitions can be as social of an event as you would like them to be. The community is extremely welcoming and you can always sit at any table and strike up a conversation with another cuber. Competitions are great places to try new cubes as well!

Once you walk into the venue, you will most likely see your nametag at a check-in table. Once you grab your nametag, find a seat and start cubing! There will be a competitor/judge tutorial, which can be found on the schedule. After that, we will begin with the first event and will start calling events up by group. Your group numbers can be found on the back of your nametag. After you compete in an event, you will most likely also be expected to help judge another group. Competitions are very self-sufficient, so we rely heavily on the assistance of parents and cubers like you! Your assigned helping groups should also be listed on the back of your nametag. Once you are done competing in your event, you can go back to your table and continue to socialize!

Q: How do I find results?

A: During the competition, WCA Live will have all of the results manually entered throughout the day. To find the live results, go to the very top of this page, then click "WCA Live". Then, scroll to this competition and you're good to go! Official results will be posted after the competition, typically within a few days to a week.

Q: How do I get a WCA ID?

After official results are posted after the competition (see the above question), you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?

A: Make sure you pay you registration fee in order to be eligible to be placed on the competitor list. If the competitor limit has been reached by the time your registration is completed, you will be placed onto a waitlist, which is listed in the order of when competitors pay. If you are not advanced from the waitlist before the waitlist closes (date found on Register tab), you will be issued a full refund.

Q: What is the typical 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: Are there age divisions?

A: Nope! All competitors compete together regardless of age.

Q: Can I bring guests?

A: Guests are welcome and there is no charge for bringing them.

Q: Is there anything else I should know before attending my first competition?

A: Yes! Attending your first competition can come with a lot of nerves, so try and focus on having fun and meeting new people. Always try your best and don't give up, even if you don't get the best results.

Please Read!!!

Before the competition, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event in an email. We will be relying on competitors to help by judging whenever they are not competing.

We will provide a judging and competitor tutorial at the beginning of the day, right before the start of 3x3. This will allow anyone with questions about how to judge or compete to be properly prepared when they are expected to help or compete!

As we get closer to the end of the competition, we will need help with judging for the second/final rounds as we cannot assign staff for those in advance.

You don't have to be a experienced cuber to help out! If you see there is need for help, feel free to help! Judging is lot easier than you think it is and everyone, even spectators, are encouraged to help. This way the competition can run smoothly and finish on time.

Location

The competition will take place in the indoor cafeteria, Whitney High School (see the map below). The address of the venue is:

701 Wildcat Blvd
Rocklin, CA 95765

Parking

You can easily access the parking lot through Wild Cat Blvd. Feel free to park anywhere in the school parking lot, but the closest parking lot to the venue is located at the front of the school (See the map below).

Food

Lunch will be 1 hour long. There are plenty of good restaurants nearby, all around 15 minutes away by car. Try to eat something nice! (Orchids, In-N-Out, El Mariachi, Pho, Tasty Pot just to name a few.)

You are allowed to eat food in the venue, but please clean up after yourself. Thanks!

Map of the venue:

We would like to thank SpeedCubeShop for sponsoring this competition! SpeedCubeShop is one of the original cube retailers based out of Las Vegas, and will also be providing prizes to the top 3 competitors in every event

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!

We also have a NorCal Cubing Community Facebook group!

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.