Caltech Winter Open 2014
- Date
- Feb 22, 2014
- City
- Pasadena, California, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1200 E California Blvd
- Details
Second floor of Winnett Lounge - see website for more details
- Website
- Caltech Winter Open 2014 website
- Contact
- WCA Delegates
- James Hamory and Michael Young
- Information
The cost of registration is $2n + 4, where n is the number of events, if registered before 2/15; otherwise, on-site registration is doubled. $1 will go to the WCA. Caltech students are free. See website for more information, particularly about events.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 92
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
James Hamory won with an average of 10.23 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Everett Kelly finished second (10.80) and Peter Chau finished third (10.86).
North American records: Neil Morales 3x3x3 One-Handed 9.30 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Citizen of | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | James Hamory | 9.46 | 10.23 | United States | 10.75 | 9.83 | 13.36 | 9.46 | 10.11 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Everett Kelly | 2.09 | 2.57 | United States | 2.31 | 2.69 | 3.11 | 2.72 | 2.09 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Edward Lin | 34.08 | 40.36 | United States | 35.28 | 42.15 | 43.65 | 44.40 | 34.08 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Justin Thomas | 2:00.80 | DNF | United States | DNF | 2:00.80 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Edward Lin | 14.05 | 15.21 | United States | 15.90 | 20.66 | 14.43 | 15.31 | 14.05 | |||
| Pyraminx | Nathan Soria | 5.30 | 5.78 | United States | 6.31 | 5.34 | 9.47 | 5.30 | 5.68 | |||
| Skewb | Peter Park | 6.46 | 8.52 | United States | 8.93 | 10.36 | 6.77 | 6.46 | 9.86 | |||
| Square-1 | Michael Young | 15.93 | 17.34 | United States | 18.56 | 16.41 | 17.05 | 15.93 | 18.88 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:10.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Skewb | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Square-1 | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 |
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.