Summer Solving Colorado 2023
- Date
- Jun 24, 2023
- City
- Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Venue
Grandview High School
- Address
- 20500 E Arapahoe Rd
- Details
Cafeteria, first floor, just to the left of the lower entrance
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Alex Howell and William Mitchell
- WCA Delegates
- Elizabeth Cutting and Stone Amsbaugh
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
You MUST read the required tabs on the website before registering for the competition. These tabs pertain to your responsibilities as a competitior. The competitor limit for this competition is only 85 competitors, so be sure to register quick to get a spot!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 72
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Monday, May 29, 2023 at 11:00 PM UTC and closed Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 12:00 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 85 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $26 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
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 85 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
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Jacob Nokes won with an average of 7.59 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jack Bellomy finished second (7.60) and Brayden Wroten finished third (7.97).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Jacob Nokes | 6.44 | 7.59 | United States | 8.07 | 7.37 | 6.44 | 9.69 | 7.34 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Brayden Wroten | 1.77 | 1.97 | United States | 2.29 | 1.85 | 1.77 | 1.78 | 4.64 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Jacob Nokes | 27.58 | 29.75 | United States | 30.01 | 27.58 | 31.43 | 29.85 | 29.38 | |||
| Clock | Sula Mareska | 4.36 | 6.63 | United States | 4.36 | 7.87 | DNF | 5.87 | 6.15 | |||
| Pyraminx | Jack Bellomy | 1.65 | 2.56 | United States | 2.85 | 1.65 | 2.34 | 2.50 | 4.44 | |||
| Square-1 | Jack Bellomy | 8.96 | 9.51 | United States | 9.52 | 12.58 | 9.77 | 8.96 | 9.25 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 3:00.00 | Top 48 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 | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:45.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:15.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:45.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 35.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | 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 | 1:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:30.00 |
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Before the competition, you will receive assignments 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.
All in all, you are required to help at this competition. This generally comes in the form of judging and running unless instructed otherwise. If you do not show up for your assignments, you run the risk of being disqualified from certain events or the entire competition. Everyone at these competitions is a volunteer, do your part!
BY REGISTERING, YOU AGREE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND WILL FOLLOW ALL THE INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE.
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 spectators have to pay?
A: No! All spectators are let into building for free, but keep in mind you can only bring two!
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!
After the competition reaches 85 complete registrations, a waitlist will be created. You must pay to be placed on the waitlist. If you are at the top of the waiting list and someone cancels their registration, you will receive an email from the organizers stating that your registration is accepted. The email address that will be used is the one linked to your WCA account. Please make sure that the email linked to your WCA account is one you check regularly.
You do not have a spot at the competition until you receive a confirmation email with the subject line: "Your registration for "Summer Solving Colorado 2023 has been accepted." Do not make travel plans until you receive the acceptance email and see your name on the competitors list.
After the competition, all competitors on the waiting list will recieve a refund for the registration cost.
If the competition reaches its competitor limit and when registration closes, no additional registrations will be accepted. No exceptions.
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This competition will be sponsored by Speedcubeshop.com!
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.