Slow N Steady Winter 2020
- Date
- Feb 23, 2020
- City
- College Park, Maryland, United States
- Venue
Adele H. Stamp Student Union
- Address
- 3100 Adele H. Stamp Student Union, College Park, MD 20742
- Details
Colony Ballroom
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Jerry Qian, Jonathan Lin, Keaton Ellis, Mihailo Rancic, Sean Belke, and Will Callan
- WCA Delegates
- Corey Sakowski and Keaton Ellis
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The posted schedule is tentative based on expected competitor registration. If we have an unexpectedly high or low registration count, we will change the number of rounds.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 186
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 8:00 AM UTC and closed Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 8:00 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 202 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 8:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Free for UMD students, faculty, and staff. 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.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
All competitiors must read the "Competitor Information" tab.
Any requested changes to registration before registration closes will be honored.WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 202 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. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Patrick Ponce won with an average of 6.52 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Justin Mallari finished second (7.83) and Ray Bai finished third (7.98).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Patrick Ponce | 5.18 | 6.52 | United States | 6.78 | 9.07 | 6.83 | 5.18 | 5.94 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Zayn Khanani | 1.27 | 1.39 | United States | 1.57 | 1.31 | 1.32 | 1.54 | 1.27 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Patrick Ponce | 24.14 | 27.41 | United States | 25.38 | 28.61 | 28.24 | 24.14 | 34.72 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Patrick Ponce | 45.36 | 50.13 | United States | 52.05 | 45.36 | 47.56 | 53.91 | 50.79 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Patrick Ponce | 9.10 | 9.73 | United States | 9.10 | 10.05 | 9.36 | 9.77 | 11.62 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 40 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:15.00 | |
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 |
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 the Colony Ballroom . The Colony Ballroom is Room 2203, located on the second floor, number 50, on this map.
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:
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.
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.
Private lodging sites such as AirBnB also offer options in the area.
If you are interested in staff, please fill out the following form.
NOTE: ALL COMPETITORS MUST PAY THE $15 REGISTRATION FEE. If you are selected for staff, you will be refunded the registration fee AFTER the competition has ended.
Staff members will be provided with free registration and lunch for the competition.
Final staff decisions will be made after registration closes.
This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! Check out their site for cubes, accessories, apparel, and more!
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.