UCLA PBQ 2023

Date: Dec 2, 2023
City: Los Angeles, California, United States
Venue: UCLA Franz Hall
Address: 502 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Details: Franz Hall 2288
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Ryan Bae
WCA Delegates: Alex Lehman, Elijah Brown, Matthew Dickman, Michael Young, Ruby Lu (卢红), and Shane Grogan

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Information

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA Regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competitor Responsibilities tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 22

Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements

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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 25 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States 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.

Registration Process

Wait until registration opens on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 4:00 PM PST. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 4:00 PM PST. No exceptions to these will be given. If deemed necessary, we may close registration early.
If you have not competed before, create a WCA account here.
Go to the Register link on the competition website.
Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
Pay the registration fee via Stripe on the competition website.

Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in the competition.

Waitlist

If the competition is full, a message will be displayed saying such on the competition website. If, after this time, you register and pay for the competition, you will be added to the competition waitlist.

If a competitor cancels their registration, the person at the top of the waitlist will be added to the competitor list.

If you are on the waitlist, you may cancel your registration (see below) at any time for a full refund.

If you are on the waitlist, you will be informed whether you have made it on the competitor list after Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 4:00 PM PST, otherwise you will be given a full refund.

Registration Changes

If you would like to cancel your registration, email the organization team with your request and you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 4:00 PM PST.

If you would like to edit your registered events or listed guests, you may do so on the Register page. This can only be done prior to Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 4:00 PM PST.

By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Competitor Responsibilities tab. This tab details the responsibilities of all competitors at this competition. Not abiding by these responsibilities can result in disqualification.

Highlights

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Graham Siggins won with a single solve of 19.79 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Neel Gore finished second (23.44) and Kyeongmin Choi finished third (32.30).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Graham Siggins	19.79	DNF	United States	DNF	19.79	20.67
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Kyeongmin Choi	21	22.33	Republic of Korea	24	22	21
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Graham Siggins	1:37.72	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	1:37.72
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Graham Siggins	3:41.41	DNF	United States	DNF	3:41.41	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Anthony Lauro	14/16 49:37		United States	14/16 49:37	DNS

MUST READ BEFORE REGISTERING

Showing up to compete:

Since you have registered online, there is no need to check in upon arrival. Please make sure you arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the beginning of your first event and allow for time to park and to find the venue.
You will be called up in groups for your event(s). Shortly before the event, we will post which group(s) you've been assigned to and send an email with them. When you arrive, you will also receive a nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event.
If you miss the last call for an event, you will not be able to compete in that event. Missing an event does not bar you from competing in subsequent events (but does bar you from competing in subsequent rounds of events you missed).
Don't forget to bring a blindfold if you are competing in any blind events.

General:

PLEASE BE QUIET. All competition attendees are required to remain quiet during these events. Attendees wishing to socialize or otherwise talk at full volume must do so outside the room of the competition, as to not to distract competitors.
Spectating is free and open to the public.
Photography and videography will be permitted, however there shall be NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY. This is very distracting for competitors.
During the competition, please stay at least 1.5 meters away from the solving stations. Again, this is very distracting.
Schedule is subject to change. If any changes are made to the competition or schedule, they will be clearly announced to all competitors in an email.
All competitors will be assigned judging roles.
Please provide adult supervision for children under 12 years of age.

You may also receive assignments for helping with judging, running, and scrambling. For each event you sign up for, you will be assigned to help out for one group of that event, and we may ask for extra help in addition to assigned staff. We encourage all competitors to help out in order to keep the competition running smoothly.

This competition is a PBQ (Please Be Quiet) competition, and the only events that are being offered are:

3x3x3 Blindfolded
4x4x4 Blindfolded
5x5x5 Blindfolded
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
3x3x3 Fewest Moves

The events at this competition require significant levels of concentration, focus, and practice. All attendees, including guests, are expected to remain quiet during these events while in the competition room. Attendees wishing to talk for any reason must do so outside the competition room, as to not to distract competitors.

Parking

Here is a map of the campus, with parking spots highlighted in gold. P2 is the nearest parking structure to the venue, which is located in Franz Hall. More information related to parking, including parking fees can be found HERE.

Food

There are several places to get lunch on campus within a 10 minute walking distance. Most of these can be found in Ackerman Union, which is between P4 and P9 on the map.

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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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline 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.