UBC Big & Blind 2023

Date: Dec 2, 2023
City: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Venue: Irving K Barber Learning Centre (IBLC)
Address: 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Details: Room 261
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Kevin Matthews and Speedcubing Canada
WCA Delegates: Kevin Matthews, Laura Plourde, and Vianne Chang

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Information

Please review all of the tabs listed on this website.

Please note that this is a Side Events competition. This means that 3x3 speedsolving will NOT be held at this competition. If you are looking to compete in events that are not being held, please look for another competition.

Please note that advancement conditions for final rounds may change, depending on registration numbers.

Finally, please note that we may run ahead of or behind schedule as the day progresses, so please be ready at least 30 minutes in advance just in case.

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Masks will be optional. Do not attend if you feel/are sick.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 35

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (Canadian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Please review all of the tabs listed on this website!

If the competitor limit has been reached and you register and pay for this competition, then you will be on the waitlist. If/when accepted competitors cancel their registrations, spots will open up for people on the waitlist and competitors will be taken in the order they initially completed registrartion (i.e. paid). If you are accepted from off of the waitlist, you will be notified by receiving an email saying that your registration has been accepted. If you do not make it off the waitlist, then you will be fully refunded your registration fee and, unfortunately, will not be able to compete in the competition.
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Kenny Zhong won with an average of 14.12 seconds in the 3x3x3 One-Handed event. Noah Stelting finished second (14.64) and Griffin Clem finished third (17.03).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
6x6x6 Cube	Jack Anderson	1:48.31	1:49.14	United States	1:49.50	1:48.31	1:49.62
7x7x7 Cube	Griffin Clem	2:40.43	2:44.26	Canada	2:40.62	2:51.74	2:40.43
3x3x3 One-Handed	Kenny Zhong	11.35	14.12	Canada	14.49	14.21	11.35	13.66	18.61
Megaminx	Jack Anderson	50.35	52.21	United States	53.07	50.35	53.02	52.27	51.33
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Bernabe Kondrak	8:12.94	DNF	Canada	11:04.00	8:12.94	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Kevin Matthews	13:53.00	DNF	Canada	13:53.00	DNF	DNF

Venue

Irving K Barber Learning Centre (IBLC) - 261
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1

The competition will be held in Room 261.

Parking

Parking information can be found here.

Public Transit

UBC is accessible by many buses and the venue is right by the UBC bus loop/exchange. Due to construction and other unforeseen circumstances, buses may be delayed. Please check Translink's alerts and plan your trip accordingly.

Food

There are many restaurants within walking distance from the venue including on the first floor of the Nest and in the Life building right next door.

Welcome

Note: This competition is aimed towards more experienced competitors. If you haven't competed before then you are welcome to do so, but we'd recommend seeking out a more beginner-friendly competition which has the standard 3x3x3 event. This competition does NOT have 3x3x3.

Resources

If you haven't been to a competition before, we'd strongly recommend looking through all of the below resources. Although there will be a competitor tutorial at the start of the competition (see the Schedule tab), reviewing these in advance is very helpful.

The WCA has a WCA Competition Tutorial pdf.
Speedcubing Canada has a New Competitor Tutorials playlist (from 2023).
US Cubers Chris, Kit, and Lauren have a WCA Competitor Tutorial video (from 2015).

Finally, note that all competitors are expected to be familiar with the WCA Regulations. Note that the resources above are meant to summarize some of the most prominent regulations, among other things.

Community

For Canada-wide or BC-only competition updates, subscribe to the Speedcubing Canada mailing list.
For those interested in more of the B.C cubing community, see Vancouver's cubing facebook group.
There is also a PNW (Pacific Northwest) cubing facefook group.

FAQs

Q: What will the competition look like?
A: A competition usually runs throughout the whole day where cubers meet up and have fun, although you are more than welcome to stay the whole day or leave whenever. You will compete in events you have signed up for a, and when not competing you're able to hang out in the audience and interact with other cubers.

Q: Who is allowed to compete?
A: Everyone, from all ages are allowed to compete! (You just need to register within the competitor limit.) Do not be hesitant if you are not experienced with cubing or competing, we encourage newcomers to come along, we will help out.

Q: Whose cubes do I use?
A: When competing, it is ideal to use your own cube. Make sure you have one ready to go when it is time to compete. (The competition will NOT supply you with cubes to compete with.) Equipment like timers will be there to compete with.

Q: How do I check the results of the competition?
A: Check out WCA Live and search for the competition name to check live results throughout the day. Official results will then be posted within a few days of the end of the competition.

Do not be intimidated by all these rules and expectations. Competitions are for everyone to have fun! If at any time during the day you have any questions feel free to ask an organizer or other competitors!

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers (see the general info tab).

If this isn't your first competition, you will be assigned some judging and/or running duties throughout the competition. You will only be assigned these tasks in events that you're competing in. If you don't know how to judge or run, make sure to come to the competitor tutorial at the start of the competition. These duties will be on the back of your name tag (explained in the competitor tutorial), so please be aware of when you're expected to come up and help. This is required to keep the competition running smoothly and on time, since it is purely run by volunteeers. For non-first rounds (ie 3x3x3 round 2) there are no assigned duties, so if you see an empty juding seat then please come up and fill it.

We also ask that you keep the venue as tidy as possible as possible - please put garbage/recycling/etc in the appropriate bins when you're leaving.

If you need help or are confused about any of these duties, just ask an organizer or an experienced competitor and they can explain.

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 across rounds (see Guideline A1a2++).

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.