WCC Western Championship 2022
- Date
- Oct 7 - 9, 2022
- City
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Venue
Friday: Bruin Reception Room; Saturday, Sunday: Ackerman Grand Ballroom
- Address
- 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Details
- Contact
- Organizers
- Anto Kam (甘浩東), Michael Chai (柴天方), and Nathan Nakaguchi
- WCA Delegates
- Anto Kam (甘浩東), Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, Michael Chai (柴天方), Michael Young, Mitchell Lane, and Nitin Subramanian
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is in partnership with West Coast Cubing LLC
The WCC Western Championship 2022 will be held in Los Angeles, California, on October 7-9, 2022. Featuring 17 different events, Speedcubers from the CubingUSA-recognized West region of Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah will be eligibile for the title of Western Champion!
Bruin Reception Room shares the same address as Ackerman Ballroom, and we will provide signs and undisclosed details for competitors prior and day-of competition.
- Registration for current UCLA students and faculty is free. If you are UCLA affiliated, register and send the organization team a picture of your current student ID. We will then manually approve your registration.
Our schedule is subject to change based on the number of registrants for each event; please pay close attention throughout the open registration period to see if our schedule has been adjusted.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 323
- 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 350 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $40 (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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Registration is closed and the waitlist is full.
Adding/Dropping Events
Competitors can edit their registration until the deadline for updating events closes.
Alternatively, competitors may request by email to be added to more events BEFORE registration closes.
Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
Competitors may also request by email to remove events from their registration. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in, although it is not encouraged.Waitlist: PLEASE CHECK THE COMPETITOR TAB ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE TO SEE HOW MANY COMPETITORS HAVE BEEN APPROVED
If Registration fills up, we will place competitors on a waitlist. In order to get on the waitlist, you must register and pay. You are not on the waitlist until you pay the registration fee. If you do not make it off of the waitlist, you will be fully refunded. If a competitor drops out, the first person on the waitlist will replace them. People can be replaced up until the registration close date indicated above.
In a catastrophic event where the event will be compromised and cancelled, a full refund shall be offered to all competitors, in contrast to the typical 50% registration refunds.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Max Park won with an average of 5.99 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Zayn Khanani finished second (7.25) and Varun Mohanraj finished third (7.33).
World records: Max Park 6x6x6 Cube 1:08.56 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Max Park | 4.95 | 5.99 | United States | 4.95 | 6.66 | 5.28 | 7.57 | 6.04 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Zayn Khanani | 0.95 | 1.22 | United States | 1.14 | 0.95 | 1.35 | 1.17 | 3.31 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Max Park | 19.10 | 20.85 | United States | 20.98 | 20.25 | 21.31 | 23.32 | 19.10 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Max Park | 37.35 | 40.12 | United States | 37.35 | 41.12 | 45.57 | 40.32 | 38.91 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Max Park | 1:03.71 | 1:08.56 | WR | United States | 1:11.79 | 1:03.71 | 1:10.18 | ||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Max Park | 1:54.52 | 1:55.82 | United States | 1:54.52 | 1:56.05 | 1:56.88 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Graham Siggins | 17.46 | DNF | United States | 17.46 | 24.05 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Kyeongmin Choi | 21 | NR | 24.00 | Republic of Korea | 26 | 21 | 25 | ||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Max Park | 9.15 | 10.85 | United States | 10.24 | 11.92 | 9.15 | 11.16 | 11.15 | |||
| Clock | Lucas Nieuwland | 4.28 | 4.70 | NR | Canada | 5.55 | 4.57 | 4.28 | 5.21 | 4.33 | ||
| Megaminx | Kyeongmin Choi | 33.82 | 36.03 | Republic of Korea | 33.82 | 36.06 | 37.44 | 37.60 | 34.58 | |||
| Pyraminx | Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) | 1.97 | 2.56 | China | 2.56 | 2.61 | 4.31 | 1.97 | 2.51 | |||
| Skewb | Brendyn Dunagan | 3.08 | 3.20 | United States | 4.94 | 3.25 | 3.19 | 3.16 | 3.08 | |||
| Square-1 | Brendyn Dunagan | 6.42 | 6.84 | United States | 6.81 | 7.96 | 6.42 | 6.47 | 7.24 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Graham Siggins | 1:48.90 | DNF | United States | 2:08.05 | 1:48.90 | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Graham Siggins | 3:18.00 | DNF | United States | DNF | 3:18.00 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Graham Siggins | 50/62 1:00:00 | United States | 50/62 1:00:00 | ||||||||
We will be looking for dedicated staff members to support the smoothness and quality of WCC Western Championship 2022. Below are the following perks we will be providing for staff members:
- Registration fee reimbursement (based on performance review)
- Staff lunch for Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- Staff Dinner for Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- We are looking into staff T-shirts, given we have enough registrants for our competition.
- hanging out and bonding with our experienced organization and delegate team :)
- Based off staff needs for our competition, we will review personal requests for various needs.
If you are interested in applying, please fill out our form: https://forms.gle/PJKMjN4AJvMQfLLg6
The following events are only accepting the top competitors who attend, based on the psych sheet including all competitions finishing on September 24th or before. If we do not achieve the number of competitors in registration, we will accept up to the total number of competitors with an official result.
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: Top 50 competitors (Sorted by mean, breaking ties by single)
3x3x3 Multi-Blind: Top 20 competitors (Sorted by single)
The following events require an official success by September 24th.
4x4x4 Blindfolded
5x5x5 Blindfolded
There are no prior qualifications requirements for any other events (including 3x3), so anyone can compete regardless of past performance. However, in-round cutoffs and time limits may apply for some events.
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!
We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know. However, it is still the competitors responsibility to be familiar with the full set of regulations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
If you have any questions after watching this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial right before 3x3. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.
Head over to the registration tab, if you are ready to sign-up for your first competiton! Click register, and fill out the information that it asks for. This will help you get set up into the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
Q&A:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.
Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!
Q: What is the competition like?
A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into groups, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)
Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, search "WCA Live" (https://live.worldcubeassociation.org) to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay your registration fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the compeition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All cometitors compete in the same group.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
We will not be enforcing regulations on vaccinations and masks, but we still highly encourage becoming vaccinated and wearing a mask to our competition. It is the best and most effective way to reduce exposure and the effects COVID-19 can bring. We will be asking our staff members to be wearing masks throughout the entirety of the competition/event.
For Saturday and Sunday: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GOXyshKqcJSEG8QDUDnEmQb8MDADPhoT/view?usp=sharing
For Friday: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DwBFrHjDcXzU6PtSwp05bpEXgDpkcK1W
Use Ctrl-F or Command-F to quickly find your competitor cards. Good luck to everyone!
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.
Qualification
Qualification times must be set in other WCA competitions in order to compete. Qualification times must be set before No date.