CubingUSA Southern FMC Championship 2024
- Date
- Jul 6, 2024
- City
- Multiple cities, United States
- Venue
Multiple Venues
- Address
- Multiple Locations
- Details
See the Locations tab for more information about the locations
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Casey Ngo, Lydia Workman, Matthew Bidwell, Michael Conard, Michael S. Lander, Nathan Benson, RJ Gohn, Ryan Pilat, and Southern Cubing LLC
- WCA Delegates
- Lydia Workman, Michael Conard, RJ Gohn, and Seth Talbot
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This is a multi-location FMC competition recognized by CubingUSA as the Southern Regional FMC Championship for 2024.
The following states are eligible for the title of Southern FMC Champion:- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Oklahoma
- Texas
Please see the Locations tab for more information about the locations.
For a more normal competition experience, check out CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024.
This competition is supported by Southern Cubing LLC. To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 23
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Monday, July 1, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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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 no competitor limit.
The base registration fee for this competition is $5 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Monday, July 1, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Monday, July 1, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Registration
See the Locations tab for registration and payment information. Registration fees and payment methods vary depending on the location.
When registering you must enter the location you are competing at in the comment fieldWaitlist
- If the competitor limit for your location has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering. and paying the fee. Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they registered.
- Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist before the deadline (Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM CDT) will receive a full refund shortly before the competition.
- No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM CDT.
Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.
In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the Competitor List, then please reach out to us using the contact link on the General Info tab.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Lewis Isom won with a mean of 23.33 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Jeremy Sheng finished second (24.00) and Ryan Pilat finished third (28.33).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Lewis Isom | 23 | 23.33 | United States | 24 | 23 | 23 | |||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Mo3 | 1 hour |
When Registering, you must include which location you will be competing at in your comments. Your registration will not be accepted unless the location is included.
| City | Organizer(s) | Delegate(s) | Location | Address | Competitor Limit | Spots Available | Paired Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson, TX | Matthew Bidwell, Nathan Benson Ryan Pilat | Michael Conard | The University of Texas at Dallas - Student Union, Galaxy Rooms | 800 W Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080 | 40 | 30/40 Spots Available | Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024** |
| Baton Rouge, LA | RJ Gohn, Seth Talbot | RJ Gohn, Seth Talbot | East Baton Rouge Parish Library | 7711 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 | 40 | 36/40 Spots Available | Cajun Cube Clash 2024** |
| Norman, OK | Casey Ngo, Lydia Workman, Michael S. Lander | Lydia Workman | Oklahoma Memorial Union | 900 Asp Ave, Norman, OK 73019 | 40 | 31/40 Spots Available | Oklahoma Afternoon Twist 2024** |
**Competitors with a completed registration for Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024, Cajun Cube Clash 2024, or Oklahoma Afternoon Twist 2024 will be accepted into this competition for free.
This is the 2024 multi-location FMC Southern Championship structured around the sixth annual CubingUSA Southern Championship, part of a series of Regional Championships supported by CubingUSA. The goal of these competitions is to allow competitors from all over the country to compete for regional titles. The Southern region is comprised of:
- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Oklahoma
- Texas
While only residents of the southern states are eligible to win the title of Southern Champion, residents of any state or country are welcome and encouraged to compete!
The deadline to officially declare your residency in the South by listing your home state on your CubingUSA account is Friday, July 5th, 2024 at 11:59 PM CDT. Only those who declare residency by the deadline will be eligible for the Southern FMC Champion title. If you achieve the title, you may be asked to verify your residency at the competition.
Fewest Moves Challenge, or FMC, is a quiet event where competitors are given a scramble and have one hour to find the shortest solution. The regulations for the event can be found here, but below are the most important things to remember:
- You can only use up to 3 3x3s
- Your solution must be 80 moves or less. Rotations are included in this 80 move limit, but are not counted in the final solution.
- You can only use outer face move turns to solve the puzzle - no slice moves!
- You may use wide moves to move 2 layers at once (e.g. Rw), but they must be written correctly. Rw' is valid notation, but R'w or r' will result in a DNF.
- You may use rotations (x, y, z), but they must be written correctly - x follows R, y follows U, z follows F. Notation such as (x) or [r] is not valid.
If you are interested, we recommend giving it a try!
This competition is sponsored by TheCubicle! They will be providing gift cards to the podium and Southern Champion.
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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).
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.