Shhlow N Shhteady Fall 2023

Date: Dec 9, 2023
City: College Park, Maryland, United States
Venue: Adele H. Stamp Student Union
Address: 3100 Adele H. Stamp Student Union, College Park, MD 20742
Details: Prince George's Room
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Adam Martinson and Liam Chen
WCA Delegates: Blake Thompson, Nick Silvestri, and Rich Tayag

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Information

Blindfolded Events Only

The only events held at this competition are blindfolded events, which require a significant amount of concentration. All attendees, including competitors and guests, are asked to remain AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE throughout the day to allow competitors to concentrate.

Note for New Competitors

Although first-timers are welcome to compete if they can solve puzzles blindfolded, this competition is not the traditional WCA competition experience. Please consider registering for another competition if this one isn't for you.

Parent/Guardian Supervision

Please note, as this is a college venue, there must be parent/guardian supervision for minors during the competition.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 22

Registration period: Online registration opened Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 10:00 PM UTC and closed Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC.
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 35 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

UMD Community
Registration is free for UMD students, faculty, and staff. If you qualify for free registration, please leave a message alongside your registration. Unfortunately, we can no longer waive registration for alumni.
Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
All competitiors must read the "Competitor Information" tab.
Any requested changes to registration before registration closes will be honored.

Waitlist
If the competitor limit of 35 has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period ends will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.

Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
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Liam Chen won with a single solve of 19.48 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Ryan Farish finished second (31.15) and Kevin Liu finished third (33.47).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Liam Chen	19.48	DNF	United States	21.58	19.48	DNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Kevin Liu	4:00.43	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	4:00.43
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Kevin Liu	9:11.88	DNF	United States	9:11.88	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Liam Chen	23/23 59:21		United States	23/23 59:21

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Proceed
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	Bo3	10:00.00 cumulative*	Top 75% advance to next round
	Second round	Bo3	10:00.00 cumulative*	Top 10 advance to next round
	Final	Bo3	10:00.00 cumulative*
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	1:45:00.00 total for 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final, 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final**
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	1:45:00.00 total for 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final, 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final**
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Final	Bo1	10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00

Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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Saturday, December 9, 2023

9:50 - 11:45

4x4x4 Blindfolded Final

9:50 - 11:45

5x5x5 Blindfolded Final

11:45 - 1:00

Lunch

11:45 - 12:15

Cube submission for 3x3x3 Multi-Blind

8:30 - 9:00

Check-in / Setup

9:00 - 9:50

3x3x3 Blindfolded First round

1:00 - 1:45

3x3x3 Blindfolded Second round

1:45 - 3:15

3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final (Attempt 1)

3:15 - 3:40

3x3x3 Blindfolded Final

3:40 - 4:00

Awards

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING

For First-Time Competitors

All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules. In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.

For All Competitors

When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling/running assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:

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If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.

Group assignments will be released at a later date.

Live results can be found here

Getting to Campus

Note that if you are coming by public transportation, the Green Line Metro stop is not on campus. You will need to take the Shuttle-UM 104 bus from the stop to campus. Please factor this into to your travel time when planning to come to the venue.

The parking map of UMD shows available parking on campus. During the weekend, there is free parking at all green-highlighted parking lots on this list. Lots B(Regents Parking Garage) and Z are the closest free parking lots near campus.

NOTE: The competition is being held in Prince George's Room which is located on the first floor on this map.

There is no official hotel for this competition, and no room blocks will be offered. Below are suggestions for lodging in the area.

There are multiple hotels located on Route 1(Best Western, Hampton Inn, Cambria Hotel, College Park Marriott, and more) located less than five minutes away from the venue. These are not an exclusive list of hotels, nor are these hotels affiliated with, sponsoring, or holding special accommodations for this competition.

Private lodging sites such as AirBnB also offer options in the area.

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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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline A1a2++).

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.