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    Default Introducing the 1st Worldwide Inter-University Cubing Relay

    For rules and registration, see the competition page.

    Universities have long been centers of competitive cubing, and many top cubers are university students. The question is natural: Which university has the best cubing team in the world?

    This unofficial contest is inspired by a relay event held at Tokyo University Open 2011: see the video. Following a proposal by the WCA delegate, Kei Suga, we are holding a worldwide inter-university cubing relay competition under a common set of rules. You are encouraged to do include this as an unofficial event in official WCA competitions.

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    Due date pushed back. Register your team by 12/20/2011. Submit your result by 01/15/2012.

    Check first link for updated eligibility info. In particular,
    * due date now registration 12/20, submission 1/15 (which is fine because this is for the 2011-2012 school year)
    * high schools and middle schools may compete
    * a school may send multiple teams

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    Final results

    Of the 21 participating universities from 6 countries, the top 3 are

    48.41 University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON, Canada)
    50.00 National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan)
    51.93 University of California, Berkeley (A) (Berkeley, CA, USA)

    Congratulations to the top 3 teams! Full results.
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    The main problem with this at least for many U.S. Universities is that they are on Winter break (or finals) during this entire period. I would love to participate, but I don't see any time in which myself and other cubers could gather since I am not allowed in my dorm room over break.

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    Is this going to be every year? I'd love to compete, but I won't be able to for a few more years.

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    Hmm, I need to find one more Rutgers student/faculty member. Kyle is a student, I'm an employee, and his roommate can solve...

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    Looking forward to represent Stanford next year :3

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    The 4 person limit sucks for us; we have a ton of people pretty fast, but nobody transcendentally fast... unless Chia-wei, Devin, or whomever want to step it up.

    Any possibilities of entering multiple teams? E.g. Cal A, Cal B, etc.
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    Yes, you can enter multiple teams.

    If we make the deadline Jan. 15, would that be better?

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    anybody want to get a betting pool started?

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    I would bet on MIT. Andy, Patricia, Tim, John (?)

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    UCSD *had* at one point:

    Phillip Espinoza (9.98 avg)
    Alexander Lin (12.51 avg)
    Sikan Li (13.69 avg)

    I guess alumni aren't included though so there goes that.
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