Westchester Weeknights 1 2023


Date
May 22, 2023
City
New Rochelle, New York, United States
Venue

Radisson Hotel New Rochelle

Address
1 Radisson Plaza, New Rochelle, NY 10801
Details

Five Island Suite

Contact
Organization team
Organizer
Empire State Cubing
WCA Delegates
Alex Cohen and Evan Liu
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Information

This competition is on a Monday night (7-10pm), and 3x3 is NOT being held. Only one guest per competitor is permitted.

Events
Main event
Competitors
24
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.
There is a competitor limit of 25 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (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 .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Highlights
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Alexei Sinyavin won with an average of 28.67 seconds in the Megaminx event. Nicolas Naing finished second (29.64) and AJ Kamal finished third (40.49).

North American records: Alexei Sinyavin‎ Megaminx 26.16 (single) and Megaminx 28.67 (average).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
7x7x7 Cube Livia Kleiner 2:27.75 2:34.91 United States 2:29.362:27.752:47.63
Clock Evan Liu 5.13 6.49 United States 6.577.025.137.265.88
Megaminx Alexei Sinyavin 26.90 28.67 NAR United States 26.9030.0528.1029.2528.65

Venue Address:
Radisson Hotel New Rochelle
1 Radisson Plaza
New Rochelle, NY 10801

Traveling by train: New Rochelle train station is a 5-10 minute walk away from the venue. It is on the New Haven Line of the Metro-North Railroad.

Car/parking: The hotel has plenty of parking available.

The competition room is the Five Island Suite on the 7th floor of the building. It is only accessible via the corporate tower elevators, which are on the right side when entering from the hotel's main entrance. The room is down the hall on the right after exiting the elevator(s).

For First-Time Competitors

All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.

In addition, please read this tutorial document before coming to the competition.

For All Competitors

When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:

If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.

Registration Process

Before You Register

All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.

How to Register Online

Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $20.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.

The competitor limit for this competition is 25. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 25 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.

Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.

Any requested changes to registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, May 13 will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.

How to Pay for Registration Online

Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."

Refunds

Approved competitors who cancel their registration before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, May 13 are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.

Waitlist Information

We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 25 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, May 13, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.

TheCubicle will be providing prizes for the winners!

If you are interested in receiving updates about competition announcements and staying in touch with cubers and family members of cubers from the tri-state area (Southern Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania), you may consider joining the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group or Discord server.
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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.

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