Ski Valley Solving 2023

Date: Sep 2, 2023
City: Taos, New Mexico, United States
Venue: Bataan Event Hall
Address: 120 Civic Plaza Dr, Taos, NM 87571
Details: Main room
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Elizabeth Cutting and Stone Amsbaugh
WCA Delegates: Elizabeth Cutting, Joshua Cherian, Raymos Castillo, and Stone Amsbaugh

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Information

We're excited to welcome competitors to beautiful Taos, NM, for the first competition held in the city!

Please make sure to read all tabs before registering. These tabs include important information regarding your responsibilities as a competitor!

This competition has a 70 competitor limit.
Competitions fill quickly, so it is recommended you register as soon as possible to save a spot.
Be sure to familiarize yourself with the WCA regulations. If this is your first official competition, this video will provide you with most of the information you need.https://youtu.be/dPL3eV-A0ww
If this is your first competition, please be present for the competitor tutorial at 8:00 AM.
If you are unable to make the competition, please withdraw your registration as soon as possible by emailing the organizing team to ensure competitors on the waitlist can compete. You will receive a 50% refund if you drop before the withdrawal deadline of (8-26-2023)

This competition is financially supported by Colorado Cubers!

Events
Main event
Competitors: 43

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 70 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States 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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $30 (United States Dollar).

Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
All competitiors must read the "Competitor Information" tab.

WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 70 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 will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.
We may completely close registration if the waitlist becomes very large.
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Raymos Castillo won with an average of 8.99 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Stone Amsbaugh finished second (11.36) and Estevan Lujan finished third (11.44).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Raymos Castillo	7.73	8.99	United States	7.73	9.26	8.43	9.29	9.88
2x2x2 Cube	Raymos Castillo	1.99	2.82	United States	3.35	2.67	2.43	7.52	1.99
4x4x4 Cube	Raymos Castillo	31.73	36.25	United States	36.20	32.92	1:16.91	31.73	39.64
7x7x7 Cube	Raymos Castillo	2:52.57	3:05.82	United States	3:00.48	2:52.57	3:24.40
3x3x3 One-Handed	Raymos Castillo	15.90	18.28	United States	19.03	18.99	22.68	16.82	15.90
Megaminx	Raymos Castillo	51.32	58.03	United States	51.32	1:07.54	59.71	55.18	59.21
Pyraminx	William Mitchell	2.96	4.09	United States	2.96	7.11	4.89	3.59	3.79
Skewb	Estevan Lujan	3.17	4.56	United States	3.17	4.99	3.70	8.08	4.98

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
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, especially with our small competition size. Judging is very easy, and is a great way to make time fly!

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

We will need help judging for the second/final rounds of events as we can not assign staff for those in advance. Spectators are encouraged to learn how to judge; you do not need to know how to cube in order to be a great judge. Having enough judges ensures that we stay on schedule and are able to leave on time.

BY REGISTERING, YOU AGREE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND WILL FOLLOW ALL THE INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE

This event is open to cubers of any age and experience. For those of you new to cubing, welcome! We just ask that you know a couple things before coming to compete...

First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here.

Here are some frequently asked questions:

Q: Are there any restrictions on competing?
A: Nope! Outside of the restriction on spectators, anyone of any skill can compete in this competition, including first-timers. As long as you know how to solve the cube, go ahead and sign up!

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: Yes! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. We heavily discourage borrowing or sharing other people's cubes at the competition.

Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to wca.link/live to find information about current events.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: When you register, make sure you have paid the registration fee. Afterwards, your registration must then be manually accepted, so please wait at least 24 hours before contacting us. You should receive an email when your registration is accepted.

Q: What is the normal 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 cube!

Q: Are there age divisions?
A: No! All competitors are on an equal playing field.

If you have any other questions, feel free to contact us by using the contact links on the general info page!

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.