Two FMC Ohio State 2024

Date: Dec 8, 2024
City: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Venue: Ohio Union, The Ohio State University
Address: 1739 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210
Details: Third Floor - Cartoon Room
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Keenan Darkins, Midwest Cubing Association, and The Rubik's Cube Club at Ohio State
WCA Delegates: Braden Richards and Evan Brown

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Information

This competition only features FMC (3x3x3 Fewest Moves) and 3x3x3 Blindfolded

As a result, this competition is not recommended for those looking for a typical competition experience. However, new competitors are still welcome to sign up :)
Please consider instead any of the many other competitions happening in Ohio.

Please note that the Ohio Union requires that all minors be chaperoned by a parent or guardian while outside of the event space.

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 11

Registration period: Online registration opened Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Wednesday, December 4, 2024 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 Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC.
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $15 (United States Dollar).
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.
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Evan Brown won with a mean of 24.00 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Zach Baruch finished second (31.33) and Braden Richards finished third (31.67).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Braden Richards	1:58.13		DNF		United States	DNF	1:58.13	DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Evan Brown	22		24.00		United States	23	27	22

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Proceed
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	Bo3	20:00.00 cumulative*	Top 75% advance to next round
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	15:00.00 cumulative*
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round	Mo3	1 hour	Top 75% advance to next round
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	Mo3	1 hour

Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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Events

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Sunday, December 8, 2024

6:50 - 6:55

Break

6:55 - 7:55

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 3)

11:00 - 12:00

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 1)

12:00 - 12:10

Break

12:10 - 1:10

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 2)

1:10 - 2:10

Lunch

2:10 - 3:10

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 3)

3:10 - 4:10

3x3x3 Blindfolded First round

4:10 - 4:30

3x3x3 Blindfolded Final

4:30 - 4:40

Break

4:40 - 5:40

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 1)

5:40 - 5:45

Break

5:50 - 6:50

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 2)

Venue:

Parking:
There is a parking garage located adjacent to the building at 1759 N. High Street Columbus, Ohio 43210. Pricing can be found at the garage website.

Entrance:
Ohio Union: You may enter either at the East Entrance on High Street or at the West Entrance on College Road. Proceed to the Cartoon Room on the Third Floor.

Hotels:
There is no designated hotel for this competition.
However, there are multiple hotels located near the univeristy including Holiday Inn Express, Days Inn, Comfort Suites, The Blackwell Inn, The Urban, and more

Food:
There are several options inside the Ohio Union including the Union Market, Woody's Tavern, and Sloopy's Diner. There are also many options on high street.

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING

This competition only features FMC and 3x3x3 Blindfolded

All of the information below is for normal, non-PBQ competitions. However, if you are unfamiliar with how PBQ competitions work, please reach out to us in the 'Contact' link and we are happy to help with any questions.

All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules. Note that this video is fairly old and some information may be outdated.

In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.

Finally, please be familiar with how to judge at a cubing competition. All competitors will be required to judge in at least one of the events they are competing in. This video gives a basic overview of how to judge, and does include more up-to-date information.

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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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).

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.