Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023
- Date
- Jul 1 - 2, 2023
- City
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Venue
- Address
- 2 Wairau Road, Takapuna, Auckland 0627
- Details
WGHS Event Centre
- Contact
- Organizers
- Cory Sonntag and Speedcubing New Zealand
- WCA Delegates
- David Lim, Luke Heath-Edwards, and Tim Xie
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition. Speedcubing is solving the 3x3x3 Cube or other similar puzzles as quickly as possible. The competition is open to all competitors regardless of experience and skill, but certain event-based time limits will be in place so as to make sure we can stay on schedule and get through the days on time. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 122
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Monday, May 22, 2023 at 7:00 AM UTC and closed Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 11:59 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (New Zealand Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 11:59 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 8:00 PM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 11:59 AM UTC 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. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Richard Yiheng Tao won with an average of 7.78 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Alexander Vujcich finished second (7.90) and Matteo Ortiz finished third (8.09).
Oceanian records: Alexander Vujcich Megaminx 28.20 (single) and Megaminx 30.40 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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| 3x3x3 Cube | Richard Yiheng Tao | 6.52 | 7.78 | New Zealand | 7.76 | 7.38 | 6.52 | 8.19 | 8.84 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Yuki Gao | 1.45 | 1.85 | China | 1.93 | 1.45 | 1.74 | 1.88 | 3.95 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Alexander Vujcich | 28.29 | 34.09 | New Zealand | 28.29 | 36.65 | 33.65 | 39.32 | 31.97 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Richard Yiheng Tao | 1:00.96 | 1:03.73 | New Zealand | 1:00.96 | 1:05.15 | 1:03.87 | 1:09.56 | 1:02.18 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Richard Yiheng Tao | 12.82 | 13.34 | New Zealand | 13.26 | 13.56 | 12.82 | 13.60 | 13.19 | |||
| Megaminx | Alexander Vujcich | 28.20 | OcR | 30.40 | OcR | New Zealand | 29.42 | 28.63 | 33.16 | 28.20 | 37.18 | |
| Pyraminx | Elyas Eyou | 1.93 | 2.52 | New Zealand | 2.01 | 2.95 | 2.59 | 1.93 | DNF | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 50 advance to next round | ||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 10 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | Top 10 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 6:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 4:00.00 | Top 30 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 6:00.00 | Top 10 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 6:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 10 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 3:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 10 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 10 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 |
Q. How can I change my events?
A. You may make any changes to your registered events by 27/06/2023. After this date you can only remove events. Contact 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 first scheduled event, 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.
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.
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 for information in time limits for each event.
Q. What do I need to know before the competition day?
A. Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations. You should also know when your events are scheduled throughout the day.
Video Competitor Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
Written Competitor Tutorial: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/edudoc/competitor-tutorial/tutorial.pdf
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 the 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 David Lim, Luke Heath-Edwards and Tim Xie, 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 to ask how you can best assist.
Q. Where can I ask other questions?
A. You can contact the organisational team to answer any other questions. You can also find the delegate email addresses here.
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.