Vancouver Newcomers Morning 2024

Date: Mar 16, 2024
City: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Venue: Scottish Cultural Centre
Address: 8886 Hudson St, Vancouver, BC V6P 4N2
Details: Caledonian Hall
Contact: Ash
Organizers: Ash Chen, Speedcubing Canada, and Winston Chow
WCA Delegates: Kevin Matthews and Vianne Chang

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

This competition is participating in the official WCA Newcomer Month 2024. The registration process will reserve 35 spots for new competitors. New competitors are considered to have no WCA ID or a WCA ID with 2024. Returning competitors are considered to have a WCA ID that is from 2023 or earlier. All competitors must still follow all registration requirements for their registration to be considered complete.

Registrations will be accepted based on the following:

35 spots, as defined by the competitor limit, are reserved for new competitors.
Initially, 40 spots, as defined by the competitor limit, are available for returning competitors on a first come, first serve basis.
If greater than 35 new competitors register before 40 spots are filled by returning competitors, any additional new competitors will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis alongside returning competitors.
If the spots reserved for new competitors are not filled by new competitors before registration closes two weeks prior to the competition, remaining spots, up to the competitor limit, will be accepted from registered returning competitors.

Please review all of the tabs listed on this website.

You only need to show up for the events that you're competing in - but we encourage you to show up for longer. Do note that we may run ahead of or behind schedule, particularly for events in the afternoon please be ready at least 30 minutes in advance just in case.

Spectators can attend for free. Due to venue capacity, we ask that competitors bring a maximum of 2 guest each.

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Health and Safety
Masks will be optional at this event. Please stay home if you are sick or feeling unwell. If you need to cancel your registration due to the onset of any COVID-19 symptoms and/or testing positive for COVID-19 (cough, fever, chills, nausea, etc) even on the weekend of the competition, let us, your organisers, know and we will arrange a FULL refund for you.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 66

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.
This competition is part of the Vancouver Newcomers 2024 Competition Series. Other competitions in this Series are:

Vancouver Newcomers Afternoon 2024

Note: You can submit a registration for all competitions in a Series, but only one of those registrations can be confirmed and accepted. You will only be allowed to compete in one of the Series competitions!
There is a competitor limit of 75 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (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 2 guests.

Review all of the tabs listed on this website!

This Competition will have 35 spots reserved for Newcomers. If we do not reach 35 by the waitlist deadline then we will accept however many empty spots there are from the waitlist.

IMPORTANT: Organizers manually move competitors to the competitors list after payment has been received. This is done based on order of payment - You will receive an email letting you know that payment has been received, but you are not registered for this competition until you receive a second email confirming registration and your name appears on the competitors list.

Once the competitor limit has been reached, a waitlist opens. This waitlist will be maintained for those who secure waitlist registration by making payment in the event a competitor vacancy opens up.
Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist will receive a 100% refund shortly before the competition starts.

Highlights

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Michele Cavezza won with an average of 7.38 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Brian Sun finished second (7.78) and Zimo Li (李子镆) finished third (9.18).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Michele Cavezza	7.06		7.38		Canada	7.06	7.17	7.49	9.42	7.47
2x2x2 Cube	Eeshir Pannun	1.76		3.23		Canada	3.44	3.34	1.76	4.34	2.92

Waitlist

Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.

In the past, competitions have filled in a matter of minutes, although that may be slowing down now.

Regardless, it's always safest to finish registering within the first few minutes of it opening. Once the competitor limit has been reached, a waitlist opens.

IF YOU DO NOT GET A CONFIRMATION OF SUCCESSFUL REGISTRATION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE WAITLISTED.
Your name is not lost or forgotten. You do not need to be in touch. The organizer will notify you if a spot for you becomes available.

This waitlist will be maintained for those who secure waitlist registration by making payment in the event a competitor vacancy opens up.

Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.

Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist will receive a 100% refund shortly before the competition starts.

The current waitlist can be viewed here.
- Note that this spreadsheet needs to be updated manually and will be monitored by the organizers regularly.

Venue
Scottish Cultural Centre
8886 Hudson St, Vancouver, BC V6P 4N2, Canada

The competition will be held in the Caledonian Hall

Parking
There is free parking on the streets, and 80 spots on Saint Anthony of Padua School, 1 block away.

Public Transit
The venue is a 5 minute walk away from the Marpole Bus Loop.

Food
There are various food options near the venue. Check google maps for nearby restaurants.

Welcome

For those of you new to cubing - WELCOME! This competition is fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you to be aware of these basics before coming to compete.

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 province-specific 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 facebook 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 us here.

Competitor Duties

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.

Your scheduled 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 judging seat then please come up and fill it.

Your competition schedule, which includes all rounds you're competing and staffing in will also be available at Competition Groups about a week before the competition. The link above will be updated during that time, and if you are a confirmed registrant, you will receive a pre-competition email which will contain an updated link to this competition's Competition Groups page, among other useful information.

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.

Registrations will be accepted based on the following:

35 spots, as defined by the competitor limit, are reserved for new competitors.
Initially, 40 spots, as defined by the competitor limit, are available for returning competitors on a first come, first serve basis.
If greater than 35 new competitors register before 40 spots are filled by returning competitors, any additional new competitors will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis alongside returning competitors.
If the spots reserved for new competitors are not filled by new competitors before registration closes two weeks prior to the competition, remaining spots, up to the competitor limit, will be accepted from registered returning competitors.

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).

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.