Waterloo Winter 2025
- Date
- Jan 25, 2025
- City
- Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Venue
- Address
- 2001 University Avenue East, Waterloo, ON
- Details
The competition takes place at Forbes Hall, on the second floor of RIM Park.
- Contact
- Organizer
- Speedcubing Canada
- WCA Delegates
- Abdullah Gulab, Alyssa Esparaz, Jonathan Esparaz, Liam Orovec, Michael Zheng, Nicholas McKee, Sarah Strong, and Shanglin Ye
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Registration Reminder
You must register and pay the registration fee before your registration can be accepted. See the Competitor List and Waiting List sections near the bottom of this page for more details.
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 157
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Monday, December 30, 2024 at 12:00 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 180 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (Canadian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 95% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Competitor List
Registrants must pay the registration fee in order to be added to the competitor list. Unpaid registrations will not be accepted. Organizers manually accept registrations one at a time in the order the registration fees are paid, so your name may not appear on the competitor list immediately.
Once the competitor list reaches the 180 competitor limit, registrants who pay the registration fee will be added to the waiting list instead of the competitor list. Due to the competitor limit, completing your registration within the initial registration period does not guarantee you a spot on the competitor list.
Waiting List
The waiting list is ordered based on the timestamp that registrants paid the registration fee. If you are added to the waiting list you will be informed via an email. Additionally, you can ask about your position on the waiting list by emailing Speedcubing Canada.
If anyone on the competitor list deletes their registration, the person at the top of the waiting list will be moved to the competitor list. After January 11, 2025, the competitor list will be finalized and registrants who are still on the waiting list will be refunded 100% of their registration fee. Registrants on the waiting list may email Speedcubing Canada at any time to forfeit their spot on the waiting list and be refunded 100% of their registration fee.
If the competitor list fills up quickly, registration could close earlier than the originally listed date (January 11, 2025). The waiting list will close at the same time that registration closes.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Morgan Yeh won with an average of 6.62 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Matthew Lee finished second (7.07) and Jeriel James Thomas finished third (7.62).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Morgan Yeh | 6.10 | 6.62 | Canada | 6.10 | 6.21 | 6.84 | 7.50 | 6.80 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Matthew Lee | 10.43 | 11.09 | Canada | 10.43 | 10.61 | 11.41 | 11.24 | 11.76 | |||
| Megaminx | Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) | 32.81 | 34.61 | Hong Kong, China | 33.83 | 32.81 | 35.64 | 34.37 | 36.05 | |||
| Pyraminx | Andrew Mao | 1.30 | 1.60 | NR | Canada | 1.30 | 1.62 | 2.36 | 1.77 | 1.42 | ||
| Skewb | Nicholas Patterson | 2.59 | 2.86 | Canada | 2.86 | 2.92 | 2.59 | 3.64 | 2.79 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 50% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 |
Vending
Cubing Out Loud will be on site selling a selection of WCA and non-WCA puzzles, lube, and other accessories. Cash and credit cards are accepted.
Prizes
Cubing Out Loud is sponsoring this competition and will provide gift cards to all podium finishers for use at their online store:
1st place: $15.00
2nd place: $10.00
3rd place: $5.00
The Fastest First-Time Competitor in 3x3x3 Cube at this competition will be provided a $30.00 gift card from Cubing Out Loud! Additionally, Speedcubing Canada will present the Fastest First-Timer a plaque during the after Round 1 of 3x3x3 Cube.
Parking
RIM Park has a large public parking lot with free parking. The recommended area to park is the west end of the lot, closest to University Avenue East.
Entering the Building
The entrance closest to Forbes hall is the main entrance "A" at the west end of the building (see Image 1 below).
Once you're in the building, you can take the stairs or elevator up to Forbes Hall (see Image 2 below). The check-in desk will be on the left side of the hallway.
Please find you groups and judging assignments here: https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/WaterlooWinter2025. These "groups" are when you are assigned to compete, judge, and/or scramble during an event you are registered for.
Per Regulations 1e2 and 1f2, all competitors must be available to help judge and scramble. If you're unsure how to judge, please review the WCA Regulations, watch this video, or ask one of the WCA Delegates at the competition.
Please plan to arrive at the venue at least 30 minutes before the start of your first group and be ready to compete five minutes before it is scheduled to begin. Showing up excessively late to your group may result in not being allowed to compete in that event.
Name Tag Pick-up
Competitors will be able to pick up their name tags at the check-in table until approximately 10:30 AM, or at the data entry table after 10:30 AM.
Wi-Fi
There is free public wi-fi in the building. The network is called "Waterloo Public Wifi" and there is no password.
Food
The nearest food option is a small café inside the building.
There is a wider selection of food options at the food court in Conestoga Mall, which is a 7-minute drive from RIM Park.
This is my first competition! What should I expect?
Please watch these short videos:
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.