Skewbadelphia Winter 2020

Date: Mar 7, 2020
City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue: Kamelot Auctions
Address: 2220 E Allegheny Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134, USA
Details: Follow signs from the outside of building into the competition room.
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: AJ Kamal and Cory Yurkovic
WCA Delegate: Dana Yi

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Information

Skewb is the main event of this competition.

Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted. All spectators are welcome to attend for free. Be sure to read the competitior information tab and understand the WCA Regulations before registering.

We recommend that you arrive at least 15 minutes before your first event because there are no set times for each group. If your first event is later in the day, you do not have to arrive until then. If you miss your group, you will be disqualified from that event.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 75

Registration period: Online registration opened Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC.
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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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
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Christopher Chi won with an average of 2.93 seconds in the Skewb event. Brad Hoffman finished second (3.10) and Cory Yurkovic finished third (3.29).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	AJ Kamal	6.73	7.94	United States	8.23	7.29	9.54	8.30	6.73
4x4x4 Cube	Cory Yurkovic	31.69	33.57	United States	35.67	34.70	32.50	33.51	31.69
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	33.22	36.06	United States	38.18	34.80	33.22	38.74	35.19
Skewb	Christopher Chi	2.17	2.93	United States	2.17	3.54	3.99	2.37	2.88
Square-1	Christopher Chi	6.70	8.93	United States	12.32	7.13	11.91	6.70	7.76

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Cutoff	Proceed
3x3x3 Cube	First round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 48 advance to next round
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 16 advance to next round
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
4x4x4 Cube	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	2:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:10.00	Top 16 advance to next round
4x4x4 Cube	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Megaminx	Final	Bo2 / Ao5	2:45.00	2 attempts to get < 1:45.00
Skewb	First round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 75% advance to next round
	Second round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 16 advance to next round
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Square-1	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	1:20.00	2 attempts to get < 40.00	Top 16 advance to next round
Square-1	Final	Ao5	10:00.00

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, March 7, 2020

8:00 - 8:30

Setup

8:30 - 9:30

4x4x4 Cube First round

9:30 - 11:00

3x3x3 Cube First round

3x3x3 Cube Second round

There is a parking lot at the venue at the rear of the building on Witte St. From here, signs will direct you to the competition.

There will not be any food provided at the competition, however there is a variety of restaurants and fast food options nearby the venue.

First-time Competitors:

Read through this document before the competition to learn how to judge and compete. Huge thanks to Olivér Perge and Niki Placskó for providing this information.
Watch this video to learn the procedure for competing.
Be familiar with the WCA Regulations

All Competitors:
For each event you sign up for, you will be assigned a judging role prior to the competition. All competitors will be expected to arrive in time for their scheduled event to help out. This is separate from being on the competition staff. All competitors must perform their assigned tasks in order to compete.

Groups

If you would like to staff, please fill out the attached google form. Staff have very important and often strictly assigned roles during the competition. If you are accepted onto staff, you will receive a 50% refund of your registration fee after the competition and have the option of free pizza at lunch.

https://forms.gle/MBEd5ZAekpxkEnxu5

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.