MBLD in a Madison Meeting Room 2023

Date: Mar 4 - 5, 2023
City: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Venue: Monona Terrace
Address: 1 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI 53703
Details: Meeting Rooms Q+R
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Carter Kucala, Midwest Cubing Association, and Zeke Mackay
WCA Delegates: Carter Kucala, Walker Welch, and Zeke Mackay

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Information

Competitors are allowed at most one guest, and no guests may attend unattached to competitors.

This competition may be cancelled or other COVID restrictions may be added later if the COVID situation locally or nationally changes.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 25

Registration period: Online registration opened Friday, November 4, 2022 at 1:00 AM UTC and closed Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 5:59 AM UTC.
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There is a competitor limit of 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 5:59 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 5:59 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 5:59 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.

Competitors are allowed at most one guest, and no guests may attend unattached to competitors.
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Thomas Reinke won with a result of 25/27 56:07 in the 3x3x3 Multi-Blind event. Carter Kucala finished second (17/25 59:23) and Cale Schoon finished third (21/33 1:00:00).

World records: Cale Schoon‎ 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 21.00 (average).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	14.80	17.25	United States	14.80	17.64	19.30
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Mark Boyanowski	23	24.33	United States	23	23	27
Clock	Zeke Mackay	4.41	4.93	United States	4.41	5.64	4.60	4.55	6.91
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	1:28.01	DNF	United States	DNF	1:28.01	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Cale Schoon	6:15.92	DNF	United States	DNF	6:15.92	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Thomas Reinke	25/27 56:07		United States	25/27 56:07	23/30 1:00:00

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Cutoff	Proceed
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	Bo3	10:00.00 cumulative*		Top 75% advance to next round
	Second round	Bo3	10:00.00 cumulative*		Top 75% advance to next round
	Final	Bo3	5:00.00 cumulative*
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round	Mo3	1 hour		Top 75% advance to next round
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	Mo3	1 hour
Clock	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	1:00.00	2 attempts to get < 20.00	Top 6 advance to next round
Clock	Final	Ao5	1:00.00
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	45:00.00 cumulative*
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	1:00:00.00 cumulative*
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	First round	Bo2	10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00		Top 75% advance to next round
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Final	Bo2	10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00

Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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Events

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Saturday, March 4, 2023

Sunday, March 5, 2023

11:15 - 12:30

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 2)

12:05 - 12:30

Cube submission for 3x3x3 Multi-Blind

1:00 - 2:30

3x3x3 Multi-Blind First round (Attempt 1)

2:15 - 2:45

MBLD Cube Submission

2:30 - 3:45

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 3)

8:30 - 8:45

Registration

8:45 - 10:00

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 1)

10:00 - 11:15

5x5x5 Blindfolded Final

3x3x3 Multi-Blind First round (Attempt 2)

6:00 - 6:30

3x3x3 Blindfolded First round

11:00 - 12:15

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 2)

12:00 - 12:15

Cube submission for 3x3x3 Multi-Blind

2:40 - 4:00

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 3)

3:45 - 4:00

MBLD Cube Submission

8:45 - 10:00

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 1)

10:00 - 11:00

4x4x4 Blindfolded Final

12:15 - 12:45

Lunch

12:45 - 2:15

3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final (Attempt 1)

2:15 - 2:40

3x3x3 Blindfolded Second round

4:00 - 4:15

3x3x3 Blindfolded Final

4:15 - 4:45

Clock Final

4:45 - 6:15

3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final (Attempt 2)

6:15 - 6:30

Awards

Parking
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Groups
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Live Results
Will be posted to WCA Live throughout the competition.

Sponsor
Is TBD.

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).

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.