Colorado Quiet Championship 2024
- Date
- Sep 14, 2024
- City
- Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States
- Venue
Highlands Ranch Public Library
- Address
- 9292 S Ridgeline Blvd, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
- Details
Event Hall A and B
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Elizabeth Cutting, Luke Meszar, Miles Walcott, Raymos Castillo, and Stone Amsbaugh
- WCA Delegates
- Elizabeth Cutting, Luke Meszar, Miles Walcott, Raymos Castillo, and Stone Amsbaugh
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This is not a regular speedsolving competition and it does NOT feature speedsolving events. The competition will instead feature blindfolded and fewest moves events. We do not recommend this competition for newer competitors, but all are welcome.
This competition is the quiet part of the Colorado Championships. If you are interested in signing up for more traditional events at Colorado Championships, please sign up the regular Colorado Championships compeitition.
By signing up, you agree to contribute throughout the entirety of the competition due to the small size.
- Events
- Competitor limit
- 40
- Number of times bookmarked
- 13
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and will close .
- Registration requirements
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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 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (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 50% 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 $30 (United States Dollar).
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
Registration
Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.
How to Pay/Payment Structure
All registration payments are to be made by card via Stripe. There will be a box to pay this fee after you fill out your registration
How to Withdraw/Alter Registration
Registered competitors may alter or withdraw their registration by checking/unchecking events or deleting your registration in the "register" tab, as well as by emailing the organizing team with a message with name, WCA ID (if applicable), and a statement about what you'd like to do with your registration. The last day to alter or withdraw your registration is Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM MDT.
Waitlist Procedure
If registration fills up, we will place competitors on a waitlist. In the event a competitor drops from the competition, competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order we receive payment. Competitors can be accepted from the waitlist until May 24, 2022, 6:00 PM MDT. You will receive a full refund if you are still on the waitlist by then.
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Before the competition, you will receive groups with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in or helping for each event in an email. We will be relying on competitors to help by judging or scrambling if needed whenever they are not competing as this competition is extremely small. Please be prepared to help and to potentially stay for the entire day.
We will provide a brief judging and competitor tutorial for fewest moves and blind events at the beginning of the day. This will allow anyone with questions about how to judge to be properly prepared when they are expected to help.
Due to the size of the competition, this is all hands on deck and EVERYONE will be helping throughout the day. If you do not contribute, you will receive a warning - or be disqualified from the competition if that behavior continues. Spectators are encouraged to learn how to judge; you do not need to know how to cube in order to be a great judge. Having enough judges ensures that we stay on schedule and are able to leave on time.
This event is open to cubers of any age and experience, however please keep in mind that these events are not normal speedsolving events.
Please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here, especially with the rules of Fewest Moves solving and blindfolded events as these will be the full event.
Here are some frequently asked questions:
Q: I've never attended a competition before? Should I go to this one?
A: Newcomers are welcome! Please note, though, that we're not holding the normal speedsolving events that you're used to. Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the rules of Fewest Moves solving.
Q: Are there any restrictions on competing?
A: Nope! Outside of the restriction on spectators, anyone of any skill can compete in this competition, including first-timers. As long as you know how to compete in the events, go ahead and sign up!
Q: Do spectators have to pay?
A: No! All spectators are let into building for free, but keep in mind you can only bring one!
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: Yes! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.
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 https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/ to find information about current events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: When you register, make sure you have paid the registration fee. Afterwards, your registration must then be manually accepted, so please wait at least 24 hours before contacting us. You should receive an email when your registration is accepted.
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 cube!
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: No! All competitors are on an equal playing field.
Q: Why can I not bring more than one spectators to the competition?
A. Due to venue size, we are limiting the number of people in the venue.Because of this, competitors must bring one spectator at maximum, or attend the competition alone. The organizing team strongly reccomends the latter.
If you have any other questions, feel free to contact us by using the contact links on the general info page!
If you are a looking for the non-quiet version of the Colorado Championships, check out Colorado Championship 2024 on Oct 12-13 in Greeley, Co!
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 across rounds (see Guideline A1a2++).
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.