Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023
- Date
- Sep 9, 2023
- City
- Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Venue
Espy Fire Company
- Address
- 300 Tenny Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
- Details
Enter the main entrance directly visible from main parking lot/field.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Zach Ridall
- WCA Delegates
- Evan Liu and Zach Ridall
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 90
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 10:00 PM UTC and closed Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 3:59 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 125 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 3:59 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 3:59 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 3:59 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
Registration is not complete until payment of the registration fee is made.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Hassan Khanani won with an average of 6.05 seconds in the Square-1 event. Zayn Khanani finished second (9.13) and Shaun Mack finished third (10.21).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Shaun Mack | 6.96 | 7.25 | United States | 6.96 | 7.55 | 7.16 | 9.20 | 7.04 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Benjamin Wei | 48.69 | 50.75 | United States | 52.14 | 49.95 | 48.69 | 51.76 | 50.55 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Benjamin Wei | 2:04.60 | 2:08.31 | United States | 2:04.60 | 2:04.84 | 2:15.49 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Shaun Mack | 10.59 | 12.96 | United States | 10.59 | 13.00 | 14.23 | 11.97 | 13.90 | |||
| Skewb | Zayn Khanani | 1.45 | 1.60 | United States | 1.45 | 1.55 | 5.61 | 1.66 | 1.58 | |||
| Square-1 | Hassan Khanani | 4.86 | 6.05 | United States | 7.22 | 5.71 | 5.48 | 6.97 | 4.86 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | 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 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:45.00 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 7:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:30.00 | |
| 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 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 32 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 40.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 |
Venue Address:
Espy Fire Co.
300 Tenny Road
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Driving: The venue is right off of Route 11, which is directly accessible from I-80.
Parking: There is an asphalt parking lot directly attached to the building that should be filled up first. If there are no spots, there is a grass lot directly across from the main entrance (pictured below) that you are able to park in.
Hotels: There is a Fairfield Inn and a Hampton Inn less than 10 minutes away.
Dining: There are several Restaurants and Fast Food places along Route 11, all within a 5-10 minute drive.
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 tutorial 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 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.
Registration Process
Before You Register
All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.
How to Register Online
Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $20.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.
The competitor limit for this competition is 125. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 125 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.
Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.
Any requested changes to registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, September 2 will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.
How to Pay for Registration Online
Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."
Refunds
Approved competitors who cancel their registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, September 2 are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.
Waitlist Information
We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 125 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, September 2, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.
Group assignments as well as other staffing assignments can be found on the Competition Groups website.
You can check the live results for this competition on WCA Live.
TheCubicle will be providing prizes for the winners!
If you are interested in receiving updates about competition announcements and staying in touch with cubers and family members of cubers from the tri-state area (Southern Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania), you may consider joining the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group or Discord server.
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.