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Unravelling The Cube is an online cubing competition that can be entered from anywhere. The competition is easy to enter and you can compete in just minutes for no cost!
This competition is not officially sanctioned by the World Cube Association and is not affiliated with the WCA or endorsed by them in any way shape or form.
Anyone who knows how to solve a Rubik's Cube can join UTC! There are no thresholds, you don't need to have a particular average to join this competition, and everyone is welcome!
UTC requires no registration, you can submit times as soon as the competition opens each week!
Basic Guidelines (StackMat or Timer)
During the competition, you are expected to follow WCA Competition rules as accurately as possible. If you have a StackMat timer, we ask you to use it if possible. If not, don't worry! It is not required to compete! Just make sure your timer can measure to the hundredths place (XX:XX.XX).
Format
The Format of this competition is Ao5. You will have to do 5 solves with the same scrambles as provided in the #week-x-scrambles channel. Your fastest and slowest time will be ignored, and the mean of the remaining three solves will be calculated. For example, 16.20, 16.58, (18.96) 15.79 (15.35) ao5 = 16.19. NOTE - You don't have to calculate your ao5, as our UTC bot will do it for you!
Entering Times
In the scrambles channel, you will see five scrambles for each event. If you don't know how to read the scramble notation, please don't hesitate to ask, as our team will be able to provide you with a tutorial! You will have to scramble your own puzzle according to the scramble provided in the form. After timing your solve with the designated scramble, you can enter each of your times in the respective section using the UTC bot's /submit-solves command. e cube), DNF (did not finish), or no penalties and repeat this 5 times for 5 solves.
You can only Participate once, so double entries will be removed.
Disqualifications
The following can lead to the disqualification of a participant:
Cheating
No submissions of Video Evidence
If the video submitted by the winner is not clear
If the video submitted by the participant has done wrong scramble/has any signs of cheating.
This competition is meant for having fun. Playing by rules doesn't mean you can't have fun. Just like a normal competition, try to break your PBs, race to the top of the Leaderboard but most importantly, have fun!