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

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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.

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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.

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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).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Michele Cavezza	7.06	7.38	Canada	7.06	7.17	7.49	9.42	7.47
2	Brian Sun	7.40	7.78	Canada	7.40	8.25	8.54	7.56	7.54
3	Zimo Li (李子镆)	8.49	9.18	China	9.60	8.71	8.49	11.47	9.24

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Eeshir Pannun	1.76	3.23	Canada	3.44	3.34	1.76	4.34	2.92
2	Jimbo Cai	2.32	3.28	Canada	4.06	2.90	2.32	2.89	DNF
3	Jimmy Zhang	2.55	3.34	Canada	3.42	4.48	2.55	3.60	2.99