Yuba City Spring 2025
- Date
- Mar 8, 2025
- City
- Yuba City, California, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 700 Washington Ave, Yuba City, CA 95991
- Details
Fellowship Hall
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Abraham Poling, Chris Martin, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Chris Martin, Jason Ostdiek, and Michael Larsen
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Join us for Yuba City's first ever WCA competition!
- If we run ahead of schedule, we will start first round events no earlier than 20 minutes, so please show up at least 20 minutes before your first event.
- We will be assigning judging assignments to competitors for the group before or after their own competing groups. Please check your personal competitor cards when we assign them a week before the competition date for relevant info.
This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing and Speedcubeshop.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 64
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, March 1, 2025 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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.
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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $30 (United States Dollar).
Registration Process
- The online registration period starts on Monday, January 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM PST and ends on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM PST. You may not register online before the start date or after the end date.
- If you have not competed before, create a WCA account here.
- Go to the Register link on the competition website.
- Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
- Pay the registration fee via Stripe on the competition website.
Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in the competition. Those not paying their registration fee risk losing their spot to compete.
Waitlist
- If the competition is full, a message will be displayed saying such on the competition website. If, after this time, you register and pay for the competition, you will be added to the competition waitlist.
- If a competitor cancels their registration, the person at the top of the waitlist will be added to the competitor list.
- If you are on the waitlist, you may cancel your registration (see below) at any time for a full refund.
- If you are on the waitlist, you will be informed whether you have made it on the competitor list before Friday, February 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM PST, otherwise you will be given a full refund.
Registration Changes/Deleting Registration
- If you would like to cancel your registration, email the organization team with your request and you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until Friday, February 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM PST.
- If you would like to edit your registered events or listed guests, you may do so on the Register page and clicking "Registration Details." You may also email the organization team for any additional questions. This can only be done prior to Friday, February 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM PST.
All competitors are required to pay the registration fee. Registration will not be accepted until the registration fee is paid.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Paul Mahvi won with an average of 8.12 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Yuki Nomura (野村優希) finished second (8.64) and Dean Jacob Adamo Susskind finished third (8.72).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Paul Mahvi | 7.50 | 8.12 | United States | 8.26 | 7.72 | 7.50 | 8.37 | 9.28 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Kenji Gipson-Nahman | 1.93 | 2.91 | United States | 1.93 | 2.82 | DNF | 2.83 | 3.07 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Paul Mahvi | 47.31 | 52.35 | United States | 54.22 | 47.31 | 56.31 | 52.57 | 50.25 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Jason Ostdiek | 12.72 | 13.56 | United States | 13.23 | 13.81 | 13.64 | 16.42 | 12.72 | |||
| Clock | Taj Bressert | 3.86 | 4.48 | Netherlands | 3.86 | 4.67 | 6.64 | 4.61 | 4.16 | |||
| Skewb | Taj Bressert | 2.39 | 3.03 | Netherlands | 2.39 | 3.56 | 2.80 | 3.29 | 3.01 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 10 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 |
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!
Want to stay connected with the West Coast community? Join the West Coast Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from NorCal, SoCal, Nevada, Hawaii, and Tijuana and keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!
Click here to be directly taken to the Discord Server!
We also have a NorCal Cubing Community Facebook group!
This competition will be sponsored by SpeedCubeShop! They will be providing gift-card prizes for this competition. They will not be selling puzzles onsite.
Use code "WCC" for 5% off all orders at SpeedCubeShop?
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.