Texas FMC Championship 2023

Date: Nov 18, 2023
City: Multiple Cities, Texas, United States
Venue: Multiple Venues
Address: Multiple Locations
Details: See the Locations tab for more information about the locations
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Matt Lee, Michael Conard, and Ryan Pilat
WCA Delegates: Fletcher Berry and Michael Conard

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Information

This is a multi-location FMC competition and only features FMC. Please see the Locations tab for more information about the locations.

For a more normal competition experience, check out Texas Championship 2023.

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Events
Main event
Competitors: 12

Registration period

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Registration requirements

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There is no competitor limit.
The base registration fee for this competition is $8 (United States Dollar).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
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 field

Waitlist

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 (Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 6:00 PM CST) will receive a full refund shortly before the competition.
No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 6:00 PM CST.

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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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Ryan Pilat won with a mean of 27.33 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. CJ York finished second (31.33) and Matthew Bidwell finished third (33.33).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Ryan Pilat	26		27.33		United States	30	26	26

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	Delegate	Location	Address	Registration Fee	Competitor Limit	Spots Available	Paired Competition
Denton	Fletcher Berry	University of North Texas Union - Meeting Room 385	1155 Union Cir, Denton, TX 76023	$8 Cash on-site	20	12/20 Spots Available	DFW Fall Warmup
Austin	Michael Conard	Apartment Clubhouse (Oak Hill, Southwest Austin)	To Be Emailed	$10 Paypal/Venmo*	20	13/20 Spots Available	Austin Tiny Puzzles

* Austin location additional information:
- An equal share of refunds may be distributed to competitors who don't no-show after accounting for WCA Dues, printing costs, and a full return of the venue security deposit.
- Indicate "WCA Texas FMC Austin" and the name you registered under in the description field of your payment.
- Paypal: @MichaelConard
- Venmo: @Michael-Conard-1, 0368 last four

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!

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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.