Three Seconds Snakes 2018


Date
Apr 28, 2018
City
Lake Villa, Illinois, United States
Venue

Peter J. Palombi Middle School

Address
133 McKinley Ave, Lake Villa, IL 60046
Details

Cafeteria

Contact

Ceejsheng@gmail.com

Organizer
CJ Sheng
WCA Delegate
Slater Metz
Information

The competitor limit is 80. The registration fee is $20. The venue is located at Peter J. Palombi Middle School.

If you register and cannot attend, please contact us immediately. If you contact us before April 14th, you will be elligeble for a full refund. However, If you contact us after April 14th you will only be elligeble for a 50% refund.

Events
Main event
Competitors
67
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).

The only requirements is the competitiors must pay by April 21st, and must notify either slater or myself before April 14th for a full refund, if notified after then the competitior will recieve a 50% refund.

Highlights
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SeungBeom Cho (조승범) won with an average of 8.55 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Christopher Olson finished second (8.85) and Maggie Jakopac finished third (10.16).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube SeungBeom Cho (조승범) 6.69 8.55 Republic of Korea 8.416.699.2510.157.98
4x4x4 Cube SeungBeom Cho (조승범) 25.36 29.77 Republic of Korea 27.6829.3332.8825.3632.31
5x5x5 Cube SeungBeom Cho (조승범) 54.91 1:01.05 Republic of Korea 57.761:00.8154.911:04.571:06.60
7x7x7 Cube Walker Welch 2:56.91 3:04.46 United States 3:14.923:01.562:56.91
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Walker Welch 29 United States 29
Clock Joshua Feran 5.69 6.79 United States 8.046.036.417.925.69
Pyraminx Marcus Kamen 1.81 3.48 United States 6.733.303.371.813.76

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/

Of course, those regulations contain a lot of legalese, so 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, however, we will have a vendor at this competition, from which you can buy puzzles if your current ones have seen better days.

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 Cubecomps.com 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 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!

Event Number of Rounds Cutoff Time Limit
3x3 Round 1 Average of 5 None 10:00
3x3 Round 2 Average of 5 None 10:00
4x4 Round 1 Average of 5 1:15 10:00
4x4 Round 2 Average of 5 None 10:00
5x5 1 Best of 2 / Average of 5 2:30 4:00
7x7 1 Best of 1 / Mean of 3 6:00 10:00
Pyraminx 1 Best of 2 / Average of 5 :40 1:00
Clock 1 Best of 2 / Average of 5 :40 1:00
FMC 1 Best of 1 WCA Time Limits
Time Event Cutoff Time Limit Advance to Next Round
8:30 check in//setup
9:00-9:30 Clock Combined Final :40 1:00
9:30-11:00 3x3 First Round none 10:00 Top 16
11:00-12:00 Pyraminx Combined First Round :40 1:00 Top 12
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 4x4 Combined First Round 1:15 3:00 Top 12
2:00-3:00 5x5 Combined Final 2:30 4:00
3:00-4:00 7x7 Combined Final 6:00 10:00
4:00-4:30 Pyraminx Final Round 1:00
4:30-5:00 4x4 Final Round 3:00
5:00-5:30 3x3 Final Round 10:00
5:30 Awards/Cleanup
6:00-7:00 FMC WCA Time Limits
*Clock Round 2 Tenitive After 7x7 Combined Final

I-94 off on to Grand Ave. Once off the highway, continue on Grand Ave for roughly 8 Miles. Pass a Walgreens and train tracks, then take a left on to McKinley Ave.

Please park on the left side of the building in the Teacher parking lot.

Lunch will not be provided to competitors. However, there are plently of food options around the area.

If you take Grand Ave back towards the high way, Gurnee has a plethora of food options. Or you can go on to grand and take a right onto Route 83. and follow towards Round Lake Beach for other options.

Gurnee has Panda Express, Chick-Fil-A, Wendys, Noodles and Company, and more.

Round Lake Beach has Buffalo Wild Wings, Chipotle, Little Caesars, Panera Bread and more.

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TheCubicle.US will be sponsoring this competition.

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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