Utah's April Surprise 2019
- Date
- Apr 13 - 14, 2019
- City
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 200 Central Campus Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
- Details
On the main floor in the room behind the trophy case.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Calvin Nielson
- WCA Delegate
- Calvin Nielson
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is a two-day competition, but most first rounds are held on Saturday.
This competition will feature all events except pyraminx.
Most events will have 2 rounds, but all second and third rounds are held on Sunday.
3x3 One-Handed will be on Sunday the 14th.
Oliver's Twisted Puzzles will be selling puzzles at the event.
Be sure to familiarize yourself with the WCA regulations. If this is your first official competition, this video will provide you with most of the information you need.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 66
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $18 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
3x3 Multi-Blind competitors must not compete in the following events: 4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5 Blindfolded.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Eric Pesci won with an average of 10.60 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Adrian Guzman finished second (11.63) and Riley Workman finished third (11.99).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Eric Pesci | 8.40 | 10.60 | United States | 11.75 | 12.17 | 8.84 | 8.40 | 11.20 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Adrian Guzman | 2.77 | 3.22 | United States | 2.77 | 3.30 | 3.49 | 2.88 | 3.50 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Isaac Myers | 39.21 | 44.43 | United States | 50.99 | 39.21 | 47.60 | 41.29 | 44.39 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Isaac Myers | 1:19.44 | 1:24.36 | United States | 1:27.09 | 1:19.44 | 1:26.39 | 1:23.55 | 1:23.15 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Travis Burkett | 2:31.40 | 2:43.24 | United States | 2:43.46 | 2:54.85 | 2:31.40 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Travis Burkett | 3:44.28 | 3:54.57 | United States | 3:44.28 | 3:57.09 | 4:02.35 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Simon Chanin | 1:41.29 | DNF | United States | 1:51.16 | DNF | 1:41.29 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Riley Workman | 33 | 41.33 | United States | 47 | 44 | 33 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Isaac Myers | 16.66 | 19.00 | United States | 23.68 | 16.66 | 19.48 | 18.36 | 19.17 | |||
| Clock | Adrian Guzman | 6.67 | 7.36 | United States | 7.54 | 6.67 | 7.41 | 7.12 | 11.36 | |||
| Megaminx | Travis Burkett | 1:01.25 | 1:06.22 | United States | 1:06.47 | 1:08.13 | 1:09.12 | 1:01.25 | 1:04.06 | |||
| Skewb | Travis Burkett | 3.81 | 5.12 | United States | 5.02 | 5.88 | 5.27 | 5.07 | 3.81 | |||
| Square-1 | Calvin Nielson | 8.30 | 11.20 | United States | 12.66 | 10.03 | 8.30 | 10.91 | 21.20 | |||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Bradley Sampson | 7/7 51:46 | United States | 7/7 51:46 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Adrian Guzman | 44.46 | 1:00.08 | United States | 1:01.33 | 55.57 | 44.46 | 1:03.34 | 1:29.70 | |||
In the past, this venue has remained locked when it shouldn't be. Don't worry, if the door is locked use the handicapped button.
The Salt Lake Marathon is taking place on the 13th (first day of the competition). Here is their schedule and here is a map of the marathon. Please make sure your route to the venue does not intersect with the marathon's route. Keep in mind that the Olympic Legacy Bridge is on the University of Utah campus. It would probably be best to make sure you don't get to the Union through Mario Capecchi Drive to avoid the marathon. I would also suggest leaving early in case you do run into this and need to deal with the traffic of the marathon.
Food is not supposed to be eaten inside the venue and the food court is closed on weekends. There are sometimes food trucks outside, but the information is not disclosed with anyone until the day of the events. You may eat in the Union Building (as far as I'm aware), just not inside the room the competition is held in.
There is a place at Lassonde (I think it's a 5 minute walk each way from the venue) that offers some food (it's been a while since I've been there, but I know they have at least snacks). There are other places nearby off campus, but they aren't walkable. Since food is further away, you may want to find someone who's not competing in 5x5 to grab something for you.
The Pie Pizzeria does deliver to the campus and is located pretty closely. I've also seen Dominoes get delivered.
Our sponsor for this competition is Oliver's Twisted Puzzles.
Oliver's Twisted Puzzles will be selling cubes during the competition on Saturday the 13th only.
Below are the groups for the first rounds of all events. The unlisted events are only one group, so everyone will be in group 1 for those events. The second table displays the groups that people are scrambling.
To easily find your name:
On a Mac:
1. Press command and "f" at the same time
2. Type in your name
3. Locate your name (it should be highlighted)
On a Windows PC:
1. Press control and "f" at the same time
2. Type in your name
3. Locate your name (it should be highlighted)
| Name | 3x3 | 2x2 | 4x4 | 5x5 | 3x3 One Handed | 3x3 With Feet | Clock | Megaminx | Skewb | Square-1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Nielson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dalton Williams | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Jack Hyldahl | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Samuel Baird | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joshua Allred | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Damian Wilding | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Travis Burkett | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ethan Taylor | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Riley Workman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mark Harris | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Chase Pehrson | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Dallin Clark | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Isaac Myers | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Graham Kaplan | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Mitch Smoot | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bradley Sampson | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Levi Clarke | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Alex Zesiger | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Leslie Sampson | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Isaac Dunson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Seth Versluis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Peter Ivan Windsor | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Traveller Cooper | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Travis Cooper | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Lee Alexander Gernovich | 4 | |||||||||
| Ty Jones | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Jaxon Perry | 3 | |||||||||
| Layla Lebwohl | 3 | |||||||||
| Sam Kipp | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Simon Chanin | 4 | |||||||||
| Chase Kofford | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ryan Munk | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Connor Moss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Adrian Guzman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Landon Lowe | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Tilden Warner | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Brody Livingston | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dorian Peric | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Reef Musters | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Zachary Brinton | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cole Summerhays | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Eric Pesci | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Canyon Pettitt | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Malcolm Geldmacher | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Elliot Burleigh | 4 | |||||||||
| Julien Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ashton Reed | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Amanda Reed | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Brendan Robinson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Micah Revelli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Preston Duke | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ampon Imphanchai | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Alec Rosas | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Luke Otterson | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Milo Pardini | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| James Owen | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Titus Howlett | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Cade Beck | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mikey Moore | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Aydan Norton | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Xander Oscarson | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Daxton Brumfield | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Michael Miller | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Hamilton Lavin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Quincy Christopherson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| David Enoch Wiley | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Carter Drecksel | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Joseph Buttars | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Bridger Parks | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Ananda Pardini | 2 | |||||||||
| Gavin Beck | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Andrew Wooten | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Jeidun Duncan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Packard | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Group Scrambling (If your name is not present, you will not be scrambling first rounds with the exception of 3x3 Multi-Blind, 4x4 Blindfolded, and 5x5 Blindfolded).
| Name | 3x3 | 2x2 | 4x4 | 5x5 | 6x6 | 7x7 | 3x3 Blindfolded | 3x3 One Handed | 3x3 With Feet | Clock | Megaminx | Skewb | Square-1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Nielson | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Baird | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Damian Wilding | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Travis Burkett | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Riley Workman | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Isaac Myers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Mitch Smoot | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bradley Sampson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Adrian Guzman | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Eric Pesci | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Micah Revelli | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Preston Duke | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Titus Howlett | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jeidun Duncan | 3 | 2 |
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).
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.