UCSD Big and Blind 2025
- Date
- Jan 19, 2025
- City
- San Diego, California, United States
- Venue
UC San Diego
- Address
- Price Center, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Details
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Alex Lehman, Jason Chang (章維祐), and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Lehman, Dylan Govic, Jason Chang (章維祐), Michael Young, and Sherry Tao (陶心仪)
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- 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.
Spectators can attend for free and can come and go as they please! No registration or check-in process is needed for spectating.
This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing and SpeedCubeShop.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 28
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 2:00 AM UTC and closed Monday, January 13, 2025 at 2:00 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 35 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Monday, January 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Monday, January 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Monday, January 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Registration Process
- Wait until registration opens on Monday, December 16, 2024 at 6:00 PM. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM. 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 Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM, 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 75% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM.
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 Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM.
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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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Graham Siggins won with a single solve of 21.38 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Jimbo Cai finished second (26.90) and Alvin Liu finished third (36.20).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5x5x5 Cube | Kate Grahame | 46.54 | 51.42 | United States | 48.02 | 58.55 | 54.18 | 52.07 | 46.54 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Kate Grahame | 1:22.50 | 1:28.47 | United States | 1:22.50 | 1:29.48 | 1:33.43 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Kate Grahame | 2:03.68 | 2:07.49 | United States | 2:07.54 | 2:11.24 | 2:03.68 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Graham Siggins | 21.38 | 24.43 | United States | 26.75 | 21.38 | 25.16 | |||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Graham Siggins | 2:05.71 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 2:05.71 | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Graham Siggins | 5:47.12 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 5:47.12 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Graham Siggins | 54/64 1:00:00 | United States | 53/64 1:00:00 | 54/64 1:00:00 | |||||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 5:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 7:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 6:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 15:00.00 cumulative* | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Bo3 | 15:00.00 cumulative* | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:45:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final, 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final** | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:45:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final, 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final** | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo2 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 |
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.
Parking Information:
We recommend parking in the Gilman parking structure. Parking is $2.25 an hour, with an $9 daily maximum. See visitor parking info. Please park only in designated visitor parking areas. Cars parked in spots marked "24/7 Reserved" may be ticketed or towed.
Getting to UCSD (Gilman Parking Structure):
- From the North/South:
- Interstate 5 Exit LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE
- Go west on La Jolla Village Drive
- Turn right at Villa La Jolla Drive to enter the UC San Diego campus
- Proceed straight until you reach the Gilman Parking Structure, at the corner of Villa La Jolla Drive and Gilman Drive
Walking from Gilman Parking Structure:
- Head north on Russell Drive
- Turn left on Lyman Lane
- Price Center will be on the right
- The Forum is located on the fourth floor
Gilman parking structure - Google Maps
Price Center - Google Maps
Map of the Price Center
Food
There are many options for food on the first floor of Price Center. Here is a list of places to eat on campus.
This competition will be sponsored by SpeedCubeShop! They will be providing gift-card prizes for this competition. They will not be selling puzzles on-site.
Want to stay connected with the West Coast community? Join the West Coast Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from NorCal, SoCal, Nevada, Hawaii, and Tijuana and keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!
Click here to be directly taken to the Discord Server!
We also have our SoCal Cubing Facebook Group, WCA Forum thread for California, and the West Coast Cubing website.
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++).
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.