Crown Ballroom
This is the New Jersey 2018 state championship. The top-ranking resident in each event will be crowned state champion! This competition is open to all competitors, but only New Jersey residents may be awarded the title of champion.
Online registration opened and closed .
There is a 50 competitor waitlist. We will close registration when the 50 competitor waitlist is full. If you wish to join the waitlist, please register and pay as normal. Payment is required to secure your position on the waitlist. If a competitor drops out, we will admit the next competitor from the wait list. Any competitors on the waitlist not admitted to the competitor list by November 1, 2018 will have their registration fee refunded.
You are entitled to a full refund of your registration fee, up until November 1, 2018, only under the condition that there is another competitor on the waitlist available to take your spot. If you cannot attend the competition, please send us an email letting us know. We will remove you and let another competitor onto the list.
Max Park won with an average of 6.66 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Patrick Ponce finished second (8.02) and Jonah Crosby finished third (8.35).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Citizen of | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Max Park | 5.92 | 6.66 | United States | 5.92 | 6.75 | 6.42 | 7.46 | 6.82 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Will Callan | 1.74 | 1.86 | United States | 1.96 | 3.01 | 1.86 | 1.76 | 1.74 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Max Park | 21.14 | 25.48 | United States | 22.26 | 28.47 | 25.70 | 21.14 | 28.51 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Max Park | 39.92 | 45.16 | United States | 48.65 | 43.70 | 44.62 | 47.15 | 39.92 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Max Park | 1:18.92 | 1:21.75 | United States | 1:19.84 | 1:18.92 | 1:26.50 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Max Park | 2:00.89 | 2:05.82 | United States | 2:04.94 | 2:11.64 | 2:00.89 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | AJ Kamal | 1:02.09 | DNF | United States | DNF | 1:02.09 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Patrick Ponce | 9.54 | 10.70 | United States | 9.54 | 11.03 | 15.01 | 11.18 | 9.90 | |||
| Megaminx | Patrick Ponce | 43.49 | 45.05 | United States | 47.77 | 45.12 | 43.92 | 46.11 | 43.49 | |||
| Pyraminx | Daniel Goodman | 2.85 | 3.14 | United States | 2.99 | 3.03 | 3.40 | 2.85 | 4.63 | |||
| Skewb | Zeyu Hu (胡泽宇) | 2.86 | 3.10 | China | 2.98 | 2.86 | 2.86 | 3.45 | 5.07 | |||
| Square-1 | Eva Kato | 7.07 | 8.19 | United States | 9.96 | 8.47 | 8.43 | 7.66 | 7.07 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 64 advance to next round | ||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 48 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Combined First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:15.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Combined First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Combined Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 6:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Combined Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 7:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 5:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative * | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Combined First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 35.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Combined Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | |
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | Combined First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 |
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New Jersey Championship 2018 will take place at the Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel is the official hotel for this event. You may book a room at a discounted rate through this link. We strongly recommend booking your room at the Sheraton using the link provided. You should book quickly to avoid missing the group rate.
By Air
The Sheraton is located about a twenty minute drive from the Atlantic City International Airport.
By Train
The venue is easily accessible by NJ Transit and Amtrak via the ACY train station
By Bus
The venue is located less than 10 minutes walking distance from the Atlantic City BUs Terminal. There is regularly scheduled bus transportation via NJ Transit.
By Car
Atlantic City is accessible via the Atlantic City Expressway via the New Jersey Turnpike or Garden State Parkway.
Parking
Self-parking and valet parking are available at the parking garage across the street.
We are accepting applications for staff.
To staff at this competition, you must complete the application.
Staff will be given a (busy) schedule to follow throughout the competition. Staff for this competition will be limited to approximately 40 applicants.
Your $60 registration fee will be refunded after the competittion if your application is accepted, but you must register and pay for the competition to be eligible for the refund. Anyone who does not register for the competition will not be able to compete.
Benefits for staffing at this competition include waived registration fee, lunch at the competition, and supplied housing in the hotel.
Come back during the competititon to check out live results throughout the event via CubeComps!
This is the New Jersey 2018 state championship. The top-ranking resident in each event will be recognized by CubingUSA as State Champion! This competition is open to all competitors, but only New Jersey residents may be awarded the title of champion.
In order to be eligible to win a title, you need to log in to the CubingUSA website with your WCA account and select your home state before the competition. You may be asked to verify your residency at the competition. The deadline to complete this is November 16th.
If you are interested in receiving updates about competition announcements and staying in touch with cubers and family members of cubers from the tri-state area (southern Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania), please consider joining the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (click on the logo or here). There, you can also find a link to join a mailing list for competition announcements for this area.
Groups for the competition are available here. Please know which group you are competing in for each event because individual names will not be called at the competition. You are expected to know your group assignments.
If you are assigned to judge or scramble, you must report to your assignment when that group is called. Failure to do so may lead to disqualification from the event.
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).
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a combined round (see Regulation 9g).
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.
