The Legacy Begins 2023
- Date
- Apr 15, 2023
- City
- Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 5333 Frederica Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42303
- Details
The entrance is through the foyer doors in the middle of the front side.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Midwest Cubing Association and Taylor Latham
- WCA Delegates
- Alison Meador, Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, and Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The admission cost is higher than average due to flying the delegates in from California. Big thanks to Chris and Calvin for making the long trip!
Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before your first scheduled event. First-time competitors should be present for the new competitors' tutorial at 8:30 AM.
This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 63
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Friday, April 7, 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 70 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $40 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Friday, April 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Friday, April 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Friday, April 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Luke Garrett won with an average of 5.90 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Miles Lentz finished second (9.29) and Marcus Kamen finished third (10.17).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Luke Garrett | 5.18 | 5.90 | United States | 5.63 | 8.87 | 6.33 | 5.74 | 5.18 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Luke Garrett | 1.18 | 2.03 | United States | 2.76 | DNF | 1.35 | 1.98 | 1.18 | |||
| Pyraminx | Marcus Kamen | 1.51 | 2.57 | United States | 1.51 | 4.34 | 2.73 | 2.42 | 2.56 | |||
| Skewb | Luke Garrett | 4.48 | 5.23 | United States | 6.47 | 6.18 | 4.48 | 4.84 | 4.66 | |||
| Square-1 | Calvin Nielson | 7.16 | 9.11 | United States | 7.16 | 7.96 | 9.84 | 9.52 | 10.30 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 50% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 50% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 5:30.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 24 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 24 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | Top 6 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 |
Cube Mosaic
We will be creating a 900 cube mosaic during the competition! Detailed instructions on it's creation will be given at the start of the comp.
Sponsor
This competition is sponsored by Cubezz.com!
Rules
For First-Time Competitors
Please be familiarized with the WCA Regulations, read this competition tutorial, watch this video about the solving process, and finally this video about judging rules. After 5 minutes and 30 seconds, the judging video has no relevance to our competition. We will go over the most important rules again in the newcomers' tutorial at 8:30 AM.
For All Competitors
All competitors are required to judge in at least one event they are competing in.
Travel
PLEASE BE WARY OF ONE-WAY STREETS!!!
Owensboro has many awkward roads, especially downtown by the river. Pay extra attention to the road signs to ensure you aren't driving on the wrong side of the street!
There are several hotels within a 5-minute drive of the venue:
Hampton Inn Owensboro South
Fairfield Inn by Marriot
Best Western Plus
Super 8
Comfort Suites
There are other hotels in the area, which are readily viewable through Google Maps.
The parking lot is spacious and contains ample room for all vehicles, no parking fee needed.
Social Media
Live around Owensboro? Follow Owensboro Speedcubing on Facebook or Instagram! We meet on the first Saturday of every month.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078094479952
https://www.instagram.com/owensborospeedcubing/
Click the link below to find what groups you are assigned to:
https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/TheLegacyBegins2023
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.