Nebraska Championship 2025

Info Register Competitors

Date: Apr 11 - 13, 2025
City: Falls City, Nebraska, United States
Venue: Prichard Auditorium
Address: 312 W 17th St, Falls City, NE 68355
Details: Gymnasium
Contact: Organizers
Organizers: Coleton Pleiss, Dan Smith, Francisco García, Southern Heartland Cubing, and Tanner Jackson
WCA Delegates: Coleton Pleiss, Dan Smith, Francisco García, Lydia Workman, Shain Papalotl Longbehn, and Walker Welch

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information: Please check the HOTELS tab before registering as hotel options in Falls City are limited. We give several options for surrounding cities.

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 120

Number of times bookmarked: 47

Registration period: Online registration will be open from to .
Registration requirements: 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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $50 (United States Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% 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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of $50 (United States Dollar).

NOTE: Prices given are for the 2024 competition. We will update with the most current information when we get it.

Falls City, Nebraska has a population of 4,000 and so the hotel options are limited. Most hotel options are within a 30-minute drive

Here are the hotel options for Falls City
Grand Weaver Hotel
Address: 1800 Stone St, Falls City, NE 68355
Phone: (402) 245-2448
Avg Price: $119 for single queens
22 total rooms
3 rooms with 2 Queen Beds
3 rooms with 1 King Bed and Jacuzzi Tub
1 Queen room with Jacuzzi Tub
1 room with 2 Queen Beds plus a sofa
14 rooms with single Queen

Vision Inn
Address: 2621 Harlan St, Falls City, NE 68355
Phone: (402) 245-2459
Avg Price: $99
17 Rooms
2 Singles with Queen Bed
14 Double, Double Queen
1 with Kitchenette, $140/night

Check In Motel
Address: 2824 North Old Hwy 73, Falls City, NE 68355
Phone: (402) 245-2433
10 Rooms Available
Half of the rooms already booked for workforce crews
$70 + tax
Each room two beds, full-size beds

Stanton Lake Park – RV Camping, West 25th Street
YES! Some folks have driven RVs to competitions! :)
Trailer hookups for water, electricity, and dumping station; also features a bath house, lake fishing, picnic areas, sandlot volleyball courts, a new dog park and a playground area. It is located next to the Itha-Krumme Arboretum. The Candlelight Cabin is available for rent 8:00 am to 11:00 pm.
Tents are $5.00 per day.
Campers are $30.00 per day.
For hookup reservations and information, call the City office at 402.245.2851.

Hotel options for Hiawatha, KS - 17 miles (20 minutes) away from Falls City

Best Western Plus
57 rooms

Sunflower Motel
~20 rooms

Hotel options for Sabetha, KS - 26 miles (29 minutes) away from Falls City

Rock Creek Hotel
https://rockcreekhotel.com/rooms/

Hotel options for Mound City, MO - 27 miles (32 minutes) away from Falls City

Super 8
43 rooms

Garden Inn Truck Plaza
21 rooms

There will be concessions sold at the venue. Food/snack/drink options will be listed as we get closer to the date of the competition.

Here is a list of restaurants in Falls City:
https://fallscityareachamber.com/explore/business-directory/restaurants-bars/

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/

We have a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t=2s

If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial, Saturday morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up 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, and a vendor, where you can purchase all you cubing related needs. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into heats, 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, go to WCA Live 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 you entrance 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 competition. 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 competitors 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!

Live results will be updated through WCA LIVE

Groups and assignments will be posted here the week of the competition. You can also go to https://www.competitiongroups.com

There is sufficient parking around the building

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.