NZ North Island Championship 2024

Date: Jul 19 - 21, 2024
City: Taupō, New Zealand
Venue: Great Lake Centre
Address: 5 Story Place, Taupō 3330
Details: Exhibition Hall
Website: NZ North Island Championship 2024 website
Contact: Speedcubing New Zealand
Organizer: Speedcubing New Zealand
WCA Delegates: Alex Asbery, Caleb Hall, and Liam Wadek

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

NZ North Island Championship 2024 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition.

This competition is open to all competitors regardless of age, experience or skill. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary.

Please make sure to read all the information in the FAQ and other tabs before registering. All competitors should be familiar with the information in these tabs.

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Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 160

Number of times bookmarked: 25

Registration period: Online registration opened and will close .
Registration requirements: Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 160 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (New Zealand Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Payment

Payment is made via the external website with two options to pay, either bank transfer or Paypal.

Your registration is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.

Waiting List

Once the competitor limit has filled, a waiting list will be created.
You must pay the registration fee to be added to the waiting list.
New registrations will be added to the waiting list in order of payment.
If a competitor withdraws, the next person on the waiting list will be added to the competition.
The last date to make it off the waiting list would be 24 hours before the competition begins.
All competitors who remain on the waiting list after the competition will be fully refunded.

Changing Events

Competitors may change their registered events by contacting the organisational team.
Additional events can be added until registration closes. After this date competitors may only remove events.
It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not want to compete in.

Cancelling Registration

If you can no longer attend the competition, please contact the organisational team as soon as possible to cancel your registration.
Cancelling your registration enables us to maximise attendance by letting another competitor on the waiting list to attend.

Q. I have never been to a competition before, is this a good competition for me?
A. YES! All of our competitions cater for newcomers. There is a new competitor tutorial and plenty of friendly delegates, organisers and other competitors who can help you understand what you need to do.

Q. How old do I have to be to compete?
A. Anyone can compete at any age! We encourage anyone considering to compete to register as it will be a great experience regardless of age. Competitors range from young children through to older adults, with a majority being between 10 and 20 years old.

Q. How fast do I have to be to compete?
A. To compete you only need to know how to solve the cube! Please check the events tab to see the time limits for each event.

Q. Do children need to have adult supervision?
A. Yes. Adult supervision of children is required at ALL times. The WCA Delegates and Organisers are very busy running the competition and cannot be responsible for supervising children.

Q. How can I change my events?
A. You may make any changes to your registered events by 15 July 2024. After this date you can only remove events. You can change your events by contacting the organisational team detailing your event changes.

Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
A. You should be at the venue ready to compete at least 30 minutes before your scheduled events, however if you wish to turn up earlier and help with the competition then please do. Please note the schedule is subject to change on the day. If this is your first competition then you should also attend the competitor tutorial to make sure you know how to compete.

Q. How can I prepare before the competition day?
A. Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations. Here is condensed version of the competitor tutorial made by Speedcubing Australia. You may also like to watch this helpful competitor guide.

Q. What do I need to bring?
A. You need to bring a puzzle for each event you are signed up to compete in - make sure they are allowed per the WCA regulations. We also recommend you bring a water bottle. Many competitors also bring a 'warm up cube' to use between submitting their puzzle for scrambling and starting their official solve. All timing equipment is provided by Speedcubing New Zealand.

Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the next round?
A. Times will be uploaded throughout the competition to WCA live. Please allow up to an hour from finishing your solves to them being uploaded. After all competitors times of a round have been entered, you can see if you are in the following round.

Q. Who can I ask for help on the day?
A. Your Delegates for this competition are Alex Asbery, Caleb Hall and Liam Wadek, feel free to ask them any questions you may have on the day.

Q. Can I help on the day?
A. Of course! Throughout the day we will need judges and runners so please see our Delegates or Organisers to ask how you can best assist.

Q: How do I get a WCA ID?
A. After official results are posted after the competition you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.

Q: I lost a puzzle at the competition, what should I do?
A. There are hundreds of puzzles at these events, so please make sure to keep yours together so you don't lose them! Keeping them in a bag and looking after it at all times is recommended. If you do lose a puzzle (or anything else), please speak to us at the event or contact the organisational team, it is possible someone has handed it in to us.

Q: Why is there no FMC?
A. FMC titles will be awarded based on the results of FMC New Zealand 2024 which will be held simultaneously in multiple locations around the country later in the year.

Q. Where can I ask other questions?
A. You can contact the organisational team to answer any other questions.

Spectators are welcome and may enter FREE of charge.

We encourage anyone who is capable of solving under the time limit to compete, but if you feel you're not quite ready to compete yet then we encourage you to come and spectate, then you will have a better understanding of how a competition operates and will know what to do when you do compete later.

There are also plenty of opportunities to get involved as a volunteer. If you would like a judging tutorial please approach an Organizer or a Delegate. If you don't know how to find us, just ask another competitor in the venue and they will be able to help point us out!

Spectators are encouraged to learn how to judge. We will run a judging tutorial at the same time as the new competitor tutorial, you can also have someone teach you how to judge later in the day. Judging is not difficult and you don't need to be a cuber to be a successful judge, it is an excellent way to make the time fly by!

This is the fourth annual North Island Championship, a Regional Championship organised by Speedcubing New Zealand to award the North Island Championship titles.

Anyone from any region or country is welcome to compete and can podium in the overall competition, however only New Zealand citizens who live in the North Island are eligible for the North Island Championship titles and any associated prizes.

To be eligible for the North Island Championship titles you must select the region you live in on the registration page. If you did not do this you can contact the organisational team.

You can only be eligible for one Regional Championship each year. If you have moved regions and you have already competed in a Regional Championship in the same year you will not be eligible for the your new regions titles until the following year.

FMC titles will be awarded based on the results of FMC New Zealand 2024 which will be held simultaneously in multiple locations around the country later in the year.

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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.