San Diego Newcomers 2024
- Date
- Mar 16, 2024
- City
- San Diego, California, United States
- Venue
UC San Diego
- Address
- Price Center, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Details
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Dylan Govic, Sherry Tao (陶心仪), Timothy Zhang (张学义), and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Lehman, Kyeongmin Choi, and Matthew Dickman
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA Regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competitor Responsibilities tab.
This competition is a part of the WCA New Competitor Month initiative. Please refer to the WCA Newcomer Month Information tab for more information.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 129
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 2:00 AM UTC and closed Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 3:31 AM UTC.
- 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 150 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 2:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 95% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 2:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 2:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Registration Process
- Wait until registration opens on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 6:00 PM PST. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Friday, March 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM PST. No exceptions to these will be given. If deemed necessary, we may close registration early.
- If you have not competed before, create a WCA account here.
- Go to the Register link on the competition website.
- Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
- Pay the registration fee via Stripe on the competition website.
Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in the competition.
Waitlist
If the competition is full, a message will be displayed saying such on the competition website. If, after this time, you register and pay for the competition, you will be added to the competition waitlist.
If a competitor cancels their registration, the person at the top of the waitlist will be added to the competitor list.
If you are on the waitlist, you may cancel your registration (see below) at any time for a full refund.
If you are on the waitlist, you will be informed whether you have made it on the competitor list after Friday, March 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM PST, otherwise you will be given a full refund.
Newcomer Registration
60 competitor slots will be reserved for first time competitors and competitors with 2024 WCA IDs. Returning competitors will be placed on the waitlist if all of the non-reserved slots are full, and can fill the remaining empty newcomer slots after registration closes.
Newcomers will also receive a $20 refund to their registration after registration closes!
Registration Changes
If you would like to cancel your registration, email the organization team with your request and you will be refunded 95% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until Friday, March 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM PST.
If you would like to edit your registered events or listed guests, you may do so on the Register page. This can only be done prior to Friday, March 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM PST.
By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Competitor Responsibilities tab. This tab details the responsibilities of all competitors at this competition. Not abiding by these responsibilities can result in disqualification.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Kyeongmin Choi won with an average of 7.28 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Joaquin Ruenes Hernández finished second (7.61) and Henry Helmuth finished third (8.49).