Stevenage December 2024
- Date
- Dec 7 - 8, 2024
- City
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Venue
The Forum
- Address
- 21 Danestrete, Stevenage, SG1 1EG
- Details
Main Suite
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- UK Cube Association
- WCA Delegates
- AJ Nicholls, Adam Swaine, Ben Ridley, Bertie Longden, Edward Hollingdale, Oliver Hexter, Sam Spendla, and Scott Hunter
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please read all the information in the FAQ and the Important Information tabs before registering.
Spectators may attend for free. There is no need to book!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 200
- Number of times bookmarked
- 64
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and will close .
- Registration requirements
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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 200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is £30 (British Pound).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% 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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Make sure to register and pay for the competition to be accepted. We will not accept any registrations at the competition.
Once you have been accepted, you will receive a confirmation email. If registration is full by the time you pay then you will not receive this confirmation email and you will be on the waiting list. If you do not make the competitor list by the limit date for refunds (specified above), then you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee. You may contact us to ask for your current position on the waiting list.
If you can no longer attend, let us know as soon as possible through the contact link on the General Info page. We often have waiting lists so letting us know you cannot attend allows us to add another person to the competition.
If you would like to change events, you can do so on the register page by simply reselecting your events list, and clicking "Update Registration".
Registration changes and deletions will only be processed after a request through the contact form. We will not accept any changes to registrations via any other platform.
If you have any problems check out the FAQ, or feel free to contact us.
Hello! We are the UK Cube Association and we are a completely volunteer-ran organisation that hosts all cubing competitions in the UK. We are made up of a team of WCA delegates and staff, and we're passionate about giving people as many opportunities to compete in the UK as we can. We have organised over 100 competitions up and down the country with many more on the horizon and are always trying to find new locations to make cubing competitions as accessible as possible.
Make sure to follow our social media pages to keep up to date with the latest content and media!
UKCA is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 who attend our activities. Please read our Safeguarding Policy for more information about this. If you have any concerns, please contact us at SafeguardingUKCA@gmail.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
First time at our competitions?
Q: How do I register?
A: Make sure you have created a WCA account by going to the sign-up page and creating an account. Once you have created the account and confirmed your email address, follow the menu bar to the Register page and carefully follow the instructions.
Q: Can I come only to spectate?
A: Yes! There is no need to book - you can just rock up on the day. It can be a bit hectic in the mornings so afternoon is preferred.
Q: Are there different age categories?
A: No, all competitors compete on the same level and all ages are welcome.
Q: Am I allowed to bring a guest?
A: Yes, you can bring as many guests as you want.
Q: How fast do I have to be to compete?
A: Check out the Events tab - if you can make the time limit for the events you want to compete in, then you're fast enough!
Q: Do I have to be there on both days?
A: No, if you only have events on one of the days, you don't have to turn up for the other day. You can see what days your events are on on the Schedule tab.
Q: When can I leave the competition?
A: You are welcome to leave whenever you are not competing. If you have no more events left then you are not required to stay.
Q: Do I use my own cubes to compete?
A: Yes!
Q: How do I find live results?
A: You can see live results as soon as they're entered at WCA Live.
Q: What happens to my results after the competition?
A: Within a couple of days, they will all be posted to this page and if this is your first competition you will automatically have your very own WCA ID assigned.
Q: Do you have a mailing list?
A: Why yes, we do have a mailing list! Sign up here for announcements of future competitions and more.
Need to unregister?
Q: What do I do if I can no longer attend?
A: Let us know via the contact link on the General Info page.
Q: If I do not attend do I get a refund?
A: If you inform us you are no longer attending before the limit date for refunds on the General Info page then you will receive a 75% refund. If this time has passed then you will receive no refund.
Something else you'd like to know?
We have a detailed Parents' Guide that covers the answers to many more questions, free from cubing jargon! Whilst primarily aimed at the parents of younger competitors, there is useful information for everyone to find within it.
Check it out here!
New Competitors
To register, make sure you have created a WCA account by going to the sign-up page and creating an account. Once you have created the account and confirmed your email address, follow the menu bar to the Register page and carefully follow the instructions.
If you are a new competitor, please make sure to:
Familiarise yourself with the WCA Regulations by watching this tutorial for new competitors video. We will also be holding a live tutorial on both mornings of the competition.
Bring some form of ID with you such as your passport, driver's licence, or birth certificate. Expired ID or photos of ID are both accepted.
Information for All Competitors
Schedule Changes: Please note that the schedule is subject to change up until the Wednesday before the competition. Any major changes should be communicated in the precompetition email.
Please help judge! As a competitor, your judging assignments are the absolute minimum you should be doing to help out. Since second rounds, third rounds and finals have no assigned judges, we really need people to help out whenever available for these. If you're a parent you can also get involved with running and juging, it's really easy! We will have a judging tutorial in the mornings as well, which will run through the process and will be tailored towards parents who want to get involved.
No flash photography anywhere in the venue.
If you are a spectator, please never stand further forward than the front row of spectator chairs.
We will be taking videos and photographs of the competition and the environment for our social media pages and website. By attending the competition as a competitor or a guest, you are accepting that you may be filmed or photographed for these purposes.
Disclaimer
- There may be a photographer present at our events and by attending you give us permission to use any photos or videos you appear in on our website, our social media, or for other marketing purposes.
- The UKCA does not accept responsibility and expressly excludes liability to the fullest extent permitted by law for any loss or damage to any personal property; or for personal injury or illness suffered by you at a UKCA event.
- The UKCA is not responsible for any accommodation, travel or associated costs you might incur in the unlikely event that a competition has to be cancelled, rescheduled or relocated.
- Children under 18 years old should be accompanied by an adult.
KewbzUK will be sponsoring this competition!
They will have a stall set up where you can buy lots of different puzzles. Maybe you'll find a new main?
Based in the UK, KewbzUK have grown to become the largest and most trusted speed cube shop in the UK & Europe. Not only do they stock some of the best twisty puzzles in the world, they are also lucky to be exclusive resellers of CubicleLabs premium lubricants.
Venue
This competition is being held in The Forum, right near the centre of Stevenage. The entrance to the venue is up the stairs at the back behind the hotel.
The Forum entrance can be found at the following location:
GPS: 51.90342553176494, -0.2035548258074325
Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/ayUnKi4mJBjQmKxM6
what3words: pencil.hush.spots
Travel
Car: There is no free parking for this venue, however the Westgate Shopping Centre has a car park that is relatively cheap and can be found by GPS at the postcode SG1 1QR.
Train: Stevenage train station is only a short walk away from the venue.
Plane: The nearest airports to Stevenage are London Stansted and London Luton. There are good connections to Stevenage by train and coach from both airports.
Coach: National Express has a lot of coaches from many places that will take you right into Stevenage.
Accommodation
The Holiday Inn, and Holiday Inn Express are only a few minutes walk to the venue. There are also plenty of other options available that are not listed.
Disabled Access
If you are not able to ascend a flight of around 10-15 stair to enter the venue, please contact us before the competition and we will arrange for the lift to be able to be used.
Each event is run in groups, determined by how many people are competing in that event. We will call up the groups either one or two at a time depending on how many stages we have at the competition (which you can see on the Schedule tab). Odd groups will always be on the left stage and even groups on the right stage. Your scrambling and judging assignments are the minimum amount you should be helping out as it only is for first rounds. We always appreciate extra help!
Please note down which groups you are competing and scrambling in before arriving at the competition!
Groups
The groups are typically generated on the Tuesday evening before the competition, so make sure to check on Wednesday or afterwards to find out which groups you are in!
This competition is currently full due to popular demand. If somebody drops out before Tuesday 3rd December at 7pm, the next on the list will be moved onto the list of registered competitors. Note that you need to pay the registration fee in order to appear in the list below.
Last updated: 20th November 2024 18:39 (AJ)
- Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛)
- Jonah Winterhalder
- Anael Champion
- Emily Marshall
- Zachary Trimble
- Ryu Maezawa
- Hiraj Gangani
Please note that this list is updated manually when changes occur and we operate on a volunteer basis, so please be patient if your name does not appear here immediately.
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.