Brisbane Newcomers 2025
- Date
- Mar 2, 2025
- City
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Venue
- Address
- 128 Link Rd, Victoria Point QLD 4165
- Details
Multipurpose & Sports Hall
- Contact
- Organizers
- Conan Mo and Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegates
- Baden Forster, Conan Mo, and David McLean
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is participating in the official WCA Newcomer Month 2025. The registration process will reserve 50% of spots for new competitors. New competitors are considered to have no WCA ID or a WCA ID with 2025. Returning competitors are considered to have a WCA ID that is from 2024 or earlier. All competitors must still follow all registration requirements for their registration to be considered complete.Registrations will be accepted based on the following:
- 50% of spots, as defined by the competitor limit, are reserved for new competitors.
- Initially, 50% of spots, as defined by the competitor limit, are available for returning competitors on a first come, first serve basis.
- If greater than 50% of new competitors register before 50% of spots are filled by returning competitors, any additional new competitors will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis alongside returning competitors.
- If the spots reserved for new competitors are not filled by new competitors before registration closes two weeks prior to the competition, remaining spots, up to the competitor limit, will be accepted from registered returning competitors.
Contact us
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 91
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 1:59 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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $28 (Australian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Payment:
Upon registering you will receive an email titled “Registration Pending: Brisbane Newcomers 2025”. 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 is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the $28 registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.
Waiting List:
- Once the competitor limit of 100 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- You must pay the $28 registration fee to be added to the waiting list.
- New registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment.
- Waitlisted competitors will only be added to the competition if an existing competitors withdraws.
- All competitors still on the waiting list after February 15 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 February 15.
- Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.
You may change the events you are registered on the Register tab by February 15. After this date it is not possible to add further events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.
- Once the competitor limit of 100 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Joseph Burnett won with an average of 8.27 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Matthew Ban finished second (8.55) and Jamie Otsu finished third (8.65).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Joseph Burnett | 7.17 | 8.27 | Australia | 8.28 | 7.75 | 8.77 | 9.00 | 7.17 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati | 1.42 | 2.26 | Australia | 4.81 | 2.85 | 1.93 | 1.42 | 1.99 | |||
| Pyraminx | Matthew Ban | 2.29 | 2.90 | Malaysia | 3.59 | 13.39 | 2.46 | 2.65 | 2.29 | |||
| Skewb | Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati | 2.31 | 3.81 | Australia | 3.71 | 3.66 | 4.92 | 2.31 | 4.06 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 60 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 |
Competitor Groups can be found at https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/BrisbaneNewcomers2025/
Spectators are permitted and may enter FREE of charge.
We encourage spectators and it is often good to come watch first to understand how a competition operates. You will then know what to do when you do compete. There are also plenty of opportunities to get involved as a volunteer. If you would like a judging tutorial please approach a Delegate, they will be wearing the bright red polo shirts.
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!
No tickets are required for spectators but we ask you to avoid the busy morning period.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How can I change my events?
You must make any change to your registered events by February 15. You can change your events via the competition registration page.
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
Check-in is open from 9:00am. You should always be at the venue ready to compete 30 minutes before you are scheduled. Sometimes we run ahead and if you are not available for your group you most likely will not be permitted to join a later group. 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. Do children need to have adult supervision?
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 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. How can I prepare before the competition day?
Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations and watched our tutorial videos. You may also like to watch this helpful video that will show you what to expect.
Q. What do I need to bring?
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 Australia.
Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the second round?
Times will be uploaded through the day onto WCA Live. 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?
The delegates for this competition will be in bright red shirts, feel free to ask them any questions you may have on the day.
Q. Can I help on the day?
Of course! Throughout the day we will need judges and runners so please see our Delegates to ask how you can best assist. If you would like to learn how to judge - here is a helpful video.
Q. How do I find out about other upcoming competitions in Australia?
You can find out about upcoming competitions in Australia by signing up to the Speedcubing Australia mailing list.
Q: How do I get a WCA ID?
After official results are posted after the competitions you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.
Q: I lost a puzzle at the competition, what should I do?
There are hundreds of puzzles at these events, 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. Where can I ask other questions?
The organisational team can answer all your questions.
Venue
The venue is YMCA Community Centre Redlands (The Link), located at 128 Link Rd, Victoria Point QLD 4165.
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By car
There is parking at the venue, as well as plenty of street parking spaces.
By bus
There are bus connections from Carindale and Garden City Shopping Centres. Note that public transport connections on Sunday may be limited
If you are travelling by bus, please be aware that it is a 20 minute walk from the main bus stop near Victoria Point Shopping Centre.
Live Results
Live results will be provided via WCALive. It may take up to an hour between times being set and them appearing online.
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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).
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.