North Idaho Newcomers 2024
- Date
- Mar 30, 2024
- City
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States
- Venue
Christ the King Lutheran Church
- Address
- 1700 E Pennsylvania Ave, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
- Details
In gym through door next to parking lot in back.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Chris Tabar, Coleman Vaughn, Jeremiah Rummerfield, and Pacific Northwest Cubing
- WCA Delegates
- Chris Tabar and Clément Cherblanc
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. Please refer to the Competitor Responsibilities tab.
For more information about cubing in the Pacific Northwest, check out the PNW website!
This competition is participating in the official WCA Newcomer Month 2024. The registration process will reserve 40% of spots for new competitors. New competitors are considered to have no WCA ID or a WCA ID with 2024. Returning competitors are considered to have a WCA ID that is from 2023 or earlier. All competitors must still follow all registration requirements for their registration to be considered complete.
Registrations will be accepted based on the following:
40% of spots, as defined by the competitor limit, are reserved for new competitors.
Initially, 60% of spots, as defined by the competitor limit, are available for returning competitors on a first come, first serve basis.
If greater than 40% of new competitors register before 60% of spots are filled by returning competitors, any additional new competitors will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis alongside returning competitors.
If the spots reserved for new competitors are not filled by new competitors before registration closes two weeks prior to the competition, remaining spots, up to the competitor limit, will be accepted from registered returning competitors.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 45
- 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 45 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (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.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ethan George Hayes won with an average of 8.56 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Kyle Polage finished second (9.83) and Clément Cherblanc finished third (10.07).
Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Cube | Ethan George Hayes | 6.57 | 8.56 | United States | 6.57 | 9.50 | 9.38 | 6.80 | 12.36 | |||
2x2x2 Cube | Ethan George Hayes | 2.02 | 2.92 | United States | 3.08 | 4.41 | 2.02 | 3.07 | 2.62 | |||
Pyraminx | Kyle Polage | 2.82 | 3.80 | United States | 3.80 | 2.82 | 3.18 | 5.24 | 4.42 |
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
When you arrive, you will receive a card/nametag with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also receive staffing assignments. All competitors are expected to help at this competition. For each event you sign up for, you will be assigned to help out for just one group of that event. 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.
We will provide a judging tutorial right before the start of the first event. This will allow anyone with questions about how to judge to be properly prepared when they are expected to help. We hope that this system will fairly divide up the judging of the competition and make the competition run smoothly for all.
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 required that they are familar with the full set of regulations above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor/judge tutorial the 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!
Frequently Asked Questions:
**Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: Yes! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. Please refer to section 3 of the WCA Regulations for more information on what puzzles are okay to use in competition. If you have any questions, please reach out!
Q: What is the competition like?
A: Competitions are a ton of fun! Competitions are a great opportuity to meet new cubers, make new friends, and be able to compete and get official times recognized by the World Cube Association. Competitions can be as social of an event as you would like them to be. The communitiy is extremely welcoming and you can always sit at any table and strike up a conversation with another cuber. They are great places to try new cubes as well, just in case you are looking to get a new main cube! Once you walk into the venue, you will most likely see your nametag at a check-in table. If you are a first-timer, you will be asked to verify your information on your registration (name, DOB, country). Once you grab your nametag, go ahead and find a seat and start cubing! There will be a competitor/judge tutorial, which can be found on the schedule. After that, we will begin with the first event and will be calling events up by group. Your group numbers can be found on the back of your nametag. After you compete in an event, you will most likely also be expected to help judge another group (typically the following group). Competitions are very self-sufficient, so we rely heavily on the assitance from other cubers and parents like you! Your assisgned helping groups should also be listed on the back of your nametag. Once you are done competing in your event, you can go back to your table and continnue to socialize! To see if you made it to the next round of an event, you can check your results.
Q: How do I find results?
A: For the day of competing, WCA Live will have all of the results manually entered throughout the day. Once on WCA Live, scroll to the competition in question and you're good to go! After the competition, official results will be posted typically within a few days to a week after the competition happens.
Q: How do I get a WCA ID?
After official results are posted after the competitions (see question above), you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay you registration fee in order to be eligible to be placed on the competitor list. If the competitor limit has been reached by the time your registration is completed, you will be placed onto a waitlist, which is listed in the order of when competitors pay. If you are not advanced from the waitlist before the waittlist closes (date found on Register tab), you will be issued a full refund.
Q: What is the typical 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: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All cometitors compete in the same groups.
Q: Is there anything else I should know before attending my first competition?
A: Yes! Attending your first competition can come with a lot of nerves, so try and focus on having fun and meeting new people. If you aren't as fast as Max Park or Feliks Zemdegs, just remember that all cubers faster than you have been at your speed at some point! I also point people to Mats Valk's WCA Profile since he started competing whe he averaged well over a minute and now averages 6-7 seconds. People often do slightly worse in competition than at home too, so don't beat yourself up if you don't do as well as you had hoped! Once you lock in your first set of results, you'll have new personal records to break and goals to achieve at every new competition! If you plan on bringing any of your own puzzles, we highly rercommend marking them somehow (sharpie mark under a center cap or something similar) or keeping them in a box/bag. It happens far too often that many cubers bring a bunch of puzzles, put them on a table unattended, and accidentally take someone elses' puzzle, thinking it was theirs. It's easy to lose track of a single puzzle, especially since so many of them look the same at first glance!
Upon checking in, you will receive a nametag and lanyard for holding your nametag. Your nametag will contain a lot of very important information that will help guide you through your day as a competitor. While the exact nametag you receive will differ from the one shown below, the general format and information should be similar.
The front of your nametag will have your name, WCA ID (if you have one) and your competition ID on it. See the example below:
In this case, we see:
- the competitor's name is Chris Tabar
- the competitor's WCA ID is 2017TABA02
- the competitor's ID # for the competition is 1
The competitor ID is an important piece of information. It will be used as your signature when approving your solve times, when judging, and when scrambling.
Next, we have the back of your nametag. This will contain information on the events you're competing in, such as the stage/room and the group, and then information on where you'll be helping. ALL competitors are required to assist with running the competition and you will see which jobs you've been assigned to here.
In the above example, there are three columns - Event, Compete, and Help. Let's take those one by one:
- Event - the actual event, such as 3x3, 2x2, etc.
- Compete - This is the one you care about most! The information in this column tells you which stage or room you're competing in and which group, usually with the first letter of the name of the stage or room, such as (B) for Blue. If the competition has only one stage or room, there may just be a number in this column.
- Help - This column tells you when you are assigned to a job helping with the competition. The first letter tells you the job you'll be doing - (J) for Judging, (R) for Running, (S) for Scrambling, the number tells you which group you'll be helping with.
Looking at the highlighted entries, let's look at the row for "2x2".
Under the "Compete" column, we see "B1". This means the competitor is assigned to the (B)lue stage, group 1, for competing. You should listen to the announcements for each event and proceed to the drop-off table when "group 1" is called.
Under the "Help" column, we see "J2". This means the competitor has been assigned a (J)udging role for group 2 for the 2x2 event. Whatever your assigned for an event, when the group is called, proceed to the competition area and begin helping.
Confused by all of this? Don't worry! There will be a tutorial before the competition going over the nametags and how everything works. And the delegates and organizers will be more than happy to answer any questions you might have!
Groups will be generated after registration is closed and before the competition day starts.
You will be able to view your group assignments here when they are generated
https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/NorthIdahoNewcomers2024
View live results here:
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HOTEL
Downtown Coeur d'Alene:
Resort City Inn Coeur d'alene
Coeur d'Alene Resort
Off I-90 (About 5 minutes away):
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndam
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Coeur d'Alene, an IHG Hotel
Staybridge Suites Coeur D'Alene, an IHG Hotel
Hayden (5-10 minutes away)
Triple Play Resort Hotel & Suites
VENUE & PARKING
Closest parking is in the back. There will be a door leading you to the gym, follow the signage.
This competition will be sponsored by TheCubicle!
They will be providing gift-card prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in every event.
If you haven't checked out their store already, we highly recommend you do! They will not be selling puzzles onsite.
To be redirected to their site, either click HERE or the logo below!
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).
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.