Half Turns Hataitai 2023

Date: Oct 7, 2023
City: Wellington, New Zealand
Venue: Hataitai Centre
Address: Hataitai Centre, 157 Hataitai Road, Hataitai, Wellington, 6021
Details: Main Hall
Contact: https://speedcubing.nz/contact-us/
Organizers: Aneurin Hunt, Jack Maddigan, Speedcubing New Zealand, and Tom Nelson
WCA Delegate: Alex Asbery

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Information

Half Turns Hataitai 2023 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition. It is focused on some of the more mentally demanding events, that are given less of a focus in normal competitions - blindfolded and fewest moves solving, specifically.

The competition is open to all competitors regardless of experience or skill. There will also be event-based time limits in place, to ensure we stay on schedule, especially given the time taken by fewest moves solving. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations.

The main event of this competition is Fewest Moves

Events
Main event
Competitors: 29

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 30 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 .
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Changing Events

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Additional events can be added until registration closes. After this date competitors may only remove events.
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Tom Nelson won with a mean of 25.33 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Jack Maddigan finished second (39.00) and Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) finished third (39.67).

Abigail Dixon - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	16	12.88	14.38	New Zealand	13.08	17.60	12.88	14.72	15.34
	First round	18	13.55	16.48	New Zealand	13.55	16.59	16.99	15.86	17.10
2x2x2 Cube	Final	15	4.42	5.56	New Zealand	5.04	4.42	6.72	10.31	4.91
	First round	12	4.42	5.27	New Zealand	6.04	6.33	5.22	4.42	4.56
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	6	DNF	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	DNF

Alex Asbery - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	10	9.64	11.87	New Zealand	16.27	12.61	13.06	9.64	9.95
	First round	12	8.85	13.32	New Zealand	13.78	15.24	8.85	11.25	14.93
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	4.28	5.03	New Zealand	7.28	5.48	4.88	4.28	4.74
	First round	8	3.76	4.85	New Zealand	4.85	6.92	4.89	4.80	3.76

Alex Rhodes-Robinson - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	21	18.79	20.97	New Zealand	18.79	23.38	22.52	19.56	20.83
	First round	22	15.74	19.14	New Zealand	15.74	18.83	21.64	17.58	21.02
2x2x2 Cube	Final	17	4.80	6.01	New Zealand	7.41	7.01	5.23	5.79	4.80
	First round	5	2.96	4.24	New Zealand	6.10	2.99	2.96	4.92	4.82

Aneurin Hunt - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	17	10.95	15.27	New Zealand	12.76	18.00	10.95	DNF	15.05
	First round	13	12.38	14.07	New Zealand	15.60	12.38	13.67	15.86	12.94
2x2x2 Cube	Final	6	3.20	4.46	New Zealand	13.72	5.03	3.20	3.32	5.04
	First round	17	2.42	5.66	New Zealand	2.42	4.71	5.45	7.09	6.82
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	6	DNF	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	6	29	DNF	New Zealand	35	29	DNF
	First round	2	23	27.33	New Zealand	23	28	31

Caspian Snelling - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	23	17.30	20.80	United States	17.30	24.07	22.89	19.80	19.71
2x2x2 Cube	Final	21	6.45	7.81	United States	6.84	6.45	8.86	8.85	7.73
	First round	22	4.01	6.92	United States	6.18	7.17	7.40	4.01	9.02

Dylan Himmelfarb - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	15	10.42	14.34	New Zealand	15.58	13.95	10.42	14.33	14.75
	First round	16	11.51	15.06	New Zealand	14.99	16.40	11.51	15.61	14.58
2x2x2 Cube	Final	5	3.31	4.20	New Zealand	3.31	4.19	4.50	5.91	3.92
	First round	7	3.66	4.78	New Zealand	3.66	4.33	5.19	6.33	4.81

Enoch Jiang - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	9.20	10.50	New Zealand	12.57	11.15	10.16	9.20	10.19
	First round	11	8.55	12.19	New Zealand	8.55	11.82	10.65	14.10	DNF
2x2x2 Cube	Final	12	4.12	5.22	New Zealand	5.19	4.91	5.56	11.02	4.12
	First round	4	3.70	3.91	New Zealand	3.73	4.28	3.70	3.73	4.95

Hugo Suematsu - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	25	16.50		22.40		New Zealand	19.58	21.09	16.50	26.54	29.18
2x2x2 Cube	First round	23	5.98		7.01		New Zealand	7.35	7.04	5.98	6.64	14.37

Jack Maddigan - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	8.39	10.14	New Zealand	14.55	8.79	8.39	10.52	11.10
	First round	3	7.95	9.71	New Zealand	7.95	8.97	9.40	DNF	10.76
2x2x2 Cube	Final	2	1.89	3.20	New Zealand	3.15	3.31	3.70	1.89	3.13
	First round	2	1.38	1.90	New Zealand	2.06	1.83	3.09	1.38	1.80
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	2	1:05.27	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	1:05.27
	First round	3	1:56.32	DNF	New Zealand	2:06.27	DNF	1:56.32
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	2	34	39.00	New Zealand	34	39	44
	First round	3	33	33.33	New Zealand	33	34	33

Jack McDougall - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	8	8.13	11.44	New Zealand	11.27	11.64	8.13	13.69	11.42
	First round	2	8.68	9.52	New Zealand	10.59	9.29	9.82	9.46	8.68
2x2x2 Cube	Final	4	3.07	4.00	New Zealand	5.22	5.28	3.07	3.08	3.71
	First round	3	2.73	3.70	New Zealand	3.27	2.73	5.14	2.96	4.86
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	3	1:23.28	1:41.92	New Zealand	1:40.43	2:02.05	1:23.28
	First round	2	1:47.84	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	1:47.84	DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	7	32	DNF	New Zealand	32	35	DNF
	First round	9	27	DNF	New Zealand	27	DNF	29

Jules Graham - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	8.74	10.83	New Zealand	10.71	12.72	9.07	8.74	12.84
	First round	7	8.38	10.57	New Zealand	8.62	15.48	10.19	8.38	12.90
2x2x2 Cube	First round	28	4.83	9.59	New Zealand	4.83	13.21	6.95	8.61	14.69
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	6	DNF	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	DNS

Kieran Wells - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	29	12.84	DNF	New Zealand	13.59	DNF	15.43	DNF	12.84
2x2x2 Cube	Final	14	4.20	5.47	New Zealand	4.21	4.20	7.60	DNF	4.60
	First round	18	3.68	5.77	New Zealand	7.54	5.75	5.14	6.42	3.68
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	6	DNF	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round	13	51	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	51

Liam Wadek - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	9	9.10	11.50	New Zealand	18.89	10.65	9.10	12.71	11.15
	First round	5	9.81	10.49	New Zealand	10.30	11.52	9.81	10.81	10.35
2x2x2 Cube	Final	7	3.28	4.49	New Zealand	7.98	4.18	5.69	3.28	3.61
	First round	9	3.85	4.95	New Zealand	4.73	5.95	4.68	3.85	5.43
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	6	DNF	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	4	38	44.67	New Zealand	54	38	42
	First round	4	29	39.67	New Zealand	29	42	48

Luke Deane-Freeman - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	7	9.39	11.22	New Zealand	13.01	11.46	11.00	11.19	9.39
	First round	10	10.28	11.48	New Zealand	12.61	10.28	10.39	11.43	12.96
2x2x2 Cube	Final	9	4.21	4.85	New Zealand	6.69	4.21	4.49	5.30	4.76
	First round	11	4.17	5.25	New Zealand	4.62	4.17	6.59	4.94	6.20
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	5	48	49.33	New Zealand	49	51	48
	First round	7	46	49.00	New Zealand	48	53	46

Matt Ewart - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	14	13.00	13.98	New Zealand	13.30	13.00	14.45	14.18	17.75
	First round	15	11.23	14.88	New Zealand	11.23	17.02	13.76	17.92	13.87
2x2x2 Cube	Final	18	4.94	6.23	New Zealand	4.94	5.19	8.01	8.38	5.50
	First round	15	4.74	5.48	New Zealand	4.74	10.92	4.89	5.83	5.71
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round	12	44	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	53	44

Matthew Yang - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	5.86	8.82	New Zealand	9.06	8.38	5.86	9.75	9.03
	First round	1	6.98	7.46	New Zealand	9.58	7.17	6.98	8.08	7.12
2x2x2 Cube	Final	3	1.73	3.34	New Zealand	4.52	3.90	1.73	2.20	3.91
	First round	13	2.11	5.34	New Zealand	2.11	6.98	DNF	4.81	4.24

Oscar Hansen - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	8.25	11.20	New Zealand	DNF	8.81	13.56	11.24	8.25
	First round	4	9.30	9.89	New Zealand	12.55	10.02	9.30	10.35	9.31
2x2x2 Cube	Final	8	3.91	4.58	New Zealand	5.09	4.22	4.44	5.52	3.91
	First round	14	3.88	5.47	New Zealand	6.37	6.33	3.88	6.04	4.05
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round	11	39	DNF	New Zealand	DNS	48	39

Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	12	9.46	12.86	India	12.70	15.47	9.46	14.57	11.32
	First round	8	9.36	10.70	India	10.70	9.36	10.83	10.56	14.80
2x2x2 Cube	Final	1	1.77	1.95	India	2.74	1.88	2.13	1.77	1.85
	First round	1	1.21	1.77	India	1.84	1.63	2.19	1.21	1.83
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	3	36	39.67	India	36	37	46
	First round	5	39	40.33	India	41	41	39

Terence Brown - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	20	17.71	19.95	New Zealand	18.24	22.73	17.71	21.84	19.76
	First round	21	16.15	19.02	New Zealand	22.09	24.20	17.59	17.37	16.15
2x2x2 Cube	First round	26	4.91	7.45	New Zealand	6.60	7.41	8.92	8.33	4.91
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	10	50	DNF	New Zealand	58	DNF	50
	First round	8	53	54.00	New Zealand	55	54	53

Thomas Atticus Graham - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	18	15.85	18.13	New Zealand	15.85	19.94	18.38	16.06	20.04
	First round	19	15.83	17.15	New Zealand	19.82	15.83	16.39	17.27	17.80
2x2x2 Cube	Final	19	4.71	7.02	New Zealand	7.68	10.76	6.32	4.71	7.07
	First round	19	3.70	6.30	New Zealand	5.78	3.70	6.32	6.79	8.12

Thomas Macmaster - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	19	16.27	18.19	New Zealand	19.82	19.62	17.19	16.27	17.76
	First round	20	17.39	18.56	New Zealand	18.21	19.97	DNF	17.50	17.39
2x2x2 Cube	Final	13	4.58	5.43	New Zealand	4.64	4.58	6.79	6.10	5.54
	First round	10	4.08	5.13	New Zealand	5.23	4.36	6.61	4.08	5.81
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round	14	DNF	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	DNF

Tim Johnston - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	14	11.78	14.19	New Zealand	13.81	15.17	14.59	14.18	11.78
2x2x2 Cube	First round	21	4.68	6.72	New Zealand	4.68	5.75	7.80	9.22	6.61
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	5	3:55.03	DNF	New Zealand	3:55.03	DNF	DNS
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	9	39	DNF	New Zealand	39	DNS	DNS
	First round	6	39	41.67	New Zealand	43	43	39

Tom Nelson - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	13	12.55		13.52		New Zealand	13.42	17.56	12.55	13.09	14.06
	First round	17	12.27		15.79		New Zealand	13.48	19.88	23.41	12.27	14.02
2x2x2 Cube	Final	20	5.52		7.50		New Zealand	10.78	7.69	6.24	8.58	5.52
	First round	20	3.19		6.52		New Zealand	3.19	5.08	8.51	13.41	5.98
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	1	29.93		DNF		New Zealand	DNF	DNF	29.93
	First round	1	31.77		DNF		New Zealand	43.63	DNF	31.77
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	1	24		25.33		New Zealand	24	27	25
	First round	1	22	NR	22.67	NR	New Zealand	23	22	23

Vincent Da Col - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	7.81	9.36	New Zealand	10.86	7.81	7.86	14.00	9.36
	First round	6	9.45	10.54	New Zealand	9.45	9.84	10.86	10.93	11.74
2x2x2 Cube	Final	16	4.69	5.56	New Zealand	5.45	4.69	6.03	5.88	5.36
	First round	6	3.55	4.65	New Zealand	5.37	3.55	3.78	4.80	5.58

William Jackson - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	26	16.08	22.55	New Zealand	16.08	23.16	22.18	22.30	23.63
2x2x2 Cube	First round	24	5.68	7.33	New Zealand	7.33	8.08	5.68	8.53	6.57
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	4	1:59.92	DNF	New Zealand	2:05.35	DNF	1:59.92
	First round	4	2:44.28	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	2:44.28
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	8	37	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	37
	First round	10	36	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	36	DNF

William Phoon - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	28	22.24		27.61		New Zealand	24.57	32.26	22.24	26.09	32.17

Yoichi Styles - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	24	19.77		21.85		New Zealand	21.01	21.92	22.63	27.50	19.77
2x2x2 Cube	First round	27	5.78		9.39		New Zealand	DNF	5.78	10.29	8.30	9.59

Zachary Doblas - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	11	10.32	12.49	New Zealand	13.09	13.26	11.40	12.97	10.32
	First round	9	9.83	11.33	New Zealand	11.60	9.83	12.69	11.46	10.94
2x2x2 Cube	Final	10	3.51	4.91	New Zealand	4.16	18.51	6.15	4.43	3.51
	First round	16	3.69	5.63	New Zealand	3.69	6.43	DNF	4.03	6.43

Zack Aden - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	27	19.38		22.60		New Zealand	19.38	21.06	27.96	19.99	26.75
2x2x2 Cube	First round	25	6.03		7.35		New Zealand	6.03	7.47	6.14	8.43	9.50