Albany Summer Solving 2022
- Date
- Feb 5, 2022
- City
- Albany, Western Australia, Australia
- Venue
Albany Church of Christ
- Address
- 20 Talyuberlup Way, Collingwood Heights WA 6330
- Contact
- Organizers
- Chris Bock and Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegate
- Charlie van Ooran
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 10:00 AM UTC and closed Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 3:59 PM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (Australian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 3:59 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 3:59 PM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 3:59 PM UTC by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Payment:
Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Your registration for Albany Summer Solving 2022 is submitted and pending approval”. This does NOT mean that you are on the registration list. Competitors will not be approved until payment has been made.
Please ensure you have paid the registration fees via Stripe on the register page. Your registration will not be processed until you have paid the registration fees. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.
Waiting List:
Once the competitor limit has filled, the waiting list will be opened. New registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment. Waitlisted competitors will only be accepted provided one of the accepted competitors withdraws from the competition. All competitors still on the waiting list after the 27th of January will be removed and provided with a full refund. You may enquire about your position on the waiting list by contacting the organisational team .
Deleting Registration/Refunds:
If you can no longer make the competition you may request a refund. To receive a full refund you must contact the organisational team by the 27th of January. Refunds will not be issued after this date for any reason. Withdrawing enables competitors on the waiting list to attend the competition.
You may change the events you are registered for by contacting the organisational team by the 27th of January. After this date it is no longer possible to add events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Joshua Hounslow won with an average of 8.63 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jonathan Charlesworth finished second (10.94) and Amy Smith finished third (11.49).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Joshua Hounslow | 7.21 | 8.63 | Australia | 9.21 | 8.39 | 7.21 | 8.29 | 11.40 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Jonathan Charlesworth | 1.80 | 2.91 | Australia | 1.80 | 4.97 | 3.69 | 2.73 | 2.32 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Joshua Hounslow | 11.88 | 14.72 | Australia | 11.88 | 14.29 | 14.47 | 22.44 | 15.39 | |||
| Pyraminx | Joshua Hounslow | 1.76 | 2.59 | Australia | 1.76 | 1.89 | 2.78 | 4.02 | 3.09 | |||
| Skewb | Jonathan Charlesworth | 3.36 | 4.26 | Australia | 3.71 | 4.82 | 11.24 | 4.24 | 3.36 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 18 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How can I change my events?
You must make any change to your registered events by the 27th of January. Please contact us through this page detailing your event changes.
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration at 9:00AM on Saturday the 5th of February. Further you should be at the venue ready to compete 20 minutes before you are scheduled. Please note the schedule is subject to change on the day.
Q. How old do I have to be to compete?
Anyone can compete at any age! We encourage anyone considering to compete to register as it will be a great experience regardless of age.
Q. How fast do I have to be to compete?
To compete you only need to know how to solve the cube! Please check the events tab for information in time limits for each event.
Q. What do I need to know before the competition day?
Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations. We also recommend that you watch this helpful competitor guide and read this competition tutorial You should also know when your events are scheduled throughout the day.
Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the second round?
Times will be uploaded throughout the day. Please allow up to an hour from finishing your solves to them being uploaded. After all the times of a round has been entered, you can see if you are in the following round.
Q. Who can I ask for help on the day?
Your Delegates for this competition are Charlie Van Ooran and Zak Kenny. Feel free to approach us with any questions!
Q. Can I help on the day?
Of course! Throughout the day we will need judges and runners so please see our Delegates and Organisers to ask how you can best assist.
Live Results
Live results will be provided via WCALive. It may take up to an hour between times being set and them appearing online.
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.