Competitions - Alberta Cubers

Online registration will be open from Friday, June 8, 2018, 12:00 AM MDT to Saturday, August 11, 2018, 12:00 AM MDT.

(WCA site)

Entry Fee: $50.00 (Canadian Dollar)

Registration requirements:

The cost per competitor for pre-registering online is $50.00. You may pay in advance online, or at the registration desk the morning of the competition. If you pay online, the fee is refundable if you cancel your registration before online registration closes.

If you do not register online, you can still register the morning of the competition, but the cost at that time is $60.00.

This cost includes all events you wish to compete in.

Best in the West 2018 Unofficial Competition Registration (at registration).

Unofficial Competitions Result:

3x3x3 with Socks
Team Factory
GuanLong Challenge : Winner: Kian Mansour
Mystery Event
Parent Solve

Kinch Range: Rankings

Note that the schedule and cut-offs are tentative, and are subject to change once we have a better estimate of the turnout.

Please note: WCA site has the most up-to-date schedule. This is a copy of the schedule dated August 14, 2018.

The "Activity" column describes non-WCA events.

Friday (August 24)

Start Time	Event	Format	Activity	Cutoff	Time Limit²	To Proceed
9:00 AM	Check in/Registration
10:00 AM	6x6x6 Combined¹ Final	Best of 1/Mean of 3		4:00	10:00
11:15 AM	Clock Combined Final	Best of 2/Average of 5		0:25	10:00
12:15 PM	Lunch		3x3x3 with Socks
1:45 PM	3x3x3 Blindfolded Round 1	Best of 3			15 mins cumulative³	Top 12
2:45 PM	7x7x7 Combined Final	Best of 1/Mean of 3		5:00	10:00
4:00 PM	Megaminx Combined Final	Best of 2/Average of 5		1:15	10:00
5:00 PM	Square-1 Combined Final	Best of 2/Average of 5		0:30	10:00
5:30 PM	3x3x3 With Feet Combined Final	Best of 2/Average of 5		3:00	10:00
6:00 PM	3x3x3 Blindfolded Finals	Best of 3			10:00
6:45 PM			Seminar: How to get fast at 3BLD -Jake Klassen
7:00 PM			Team Factory

Saturday (August 25)

Start Time	Event	Format	Activity	Cutoff	Time Limit	To Proceed
8:00 AM	Check-in/Registration
9:00 AM	Rule Explanation
9:15 AM	Skewb Combined Final	Best of 2/Average of 5		0:45	10:00
10:00 AM	2x2x2 Combined Round 1	Best of 2/Average of 5		0:45	10:00	Top 50
11:00 AM	Pyraminx Combined Round 1	Best of 2/Average of 5		0:45	10:00	Top 24
12:00 PM	Lunch		Team Blindfolded
1:30 PM	3x3x3 Round 1	Average of 5			10:00	Top 75%⁴
3:15 PM	4x4x4 Combined Round 1	Best of 2/Average of 5		1:15	10:00	Top 12
4:15 PM	2x2x2 Round 2	Average of 5			10:00	Top 12
4:45 PM	Pyraminx Finals	Average of 5			10:00
6:30 PM			TheCubicle.us GuanLong Challenge
7:15 PM			Seminar: Roux vs. CFOP - A Method Comparison -Kian Mansour
7:30 PM			Mystery Event

Sunday (August 26)

Start Time	Event		Activity	Cutoff	Time Limit	To Proceed
8:30 AM	Check-in/Registration
9:00 AM	3x3x3 One-Handed Combined Round 1	Best of 2/Average of 5		0:45	10:00	Top 12
10:00 AM	3x3x3 Round 2	Average of 5			10:00	Top 50
11:00 AM	5x5x5 Combined Round 1	Best of 2/Average of 5		2:10	10:00	Top 12
12:00 PM	Lunch		Parent Solve		10:00
1:30 PM	3x3x3 Round 3	Average of 5			10:00	Top 16
2:00 PM	3x3x3 One-Handed Finals	Average of 5			10:00
2:30 PM	5x5x5 Finals	Average of 5			10:00
3:00 PM	2x2x2 Finals	Average of 5			10:00
3:30 PM	4x4x4 Finals	Average of 5			10:00
4:00 PM	3x3x3 Finals	Average of 5			10:00
6:00 PM	Awards

¹ In a 'Combined' round, you are required to get a result below the cut-off to complete your average. For events with the 'Mean of 3' format, you have one attempt to get under the cutoff, and for events with the 'Average of 5' format, you have two attempts to get a single result under the cutoff.
² If the solve time exceeds the 'Time-limit', the competitor will be asked to stop and the result will be a DNF.
³ The total time for all three of a competitor's 3x3x3 Blindfolded attempts must not exceed 15 minutes.
⁴ Up to 100 competitors.

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