Keep Christchurch Qualified 2024
- Date
- Nov 16, 2024
- City
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Venue
St Albans Community Centre
- Address
- 1049 Colombo Street, St Albans, Christchurch 8014
- Details
Recreational Hall
- Website
- Keep Christchurch Qualified 2024 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Daniel Fraser, Finn Trass, and Speedcubing New Zealand
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Asbery, Daniel Fraser, and Finn Trass
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Keep Christchurch Qualified 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.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 5
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 20 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (New Zealand Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% 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.
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.
Numair Malik won with a single solve of 1:22.98 in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Oscar Childs finished second (2:10.19) and Finn Trass finished third (4:14.75).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Numair Malik | 1:22.98 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | 1:22.98 | DNF | |||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Oscar Childs | 8:30.89 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | DNF | 8:30.89 | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Numair Malik | 33:54.00 | DNF | New Zealand | 33:54.00 | DNS | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | James Macdiarmid | 45/51 1:00:02 | New Zealand | 45/51 1:00:02 | DNF | 36/45 59:21 | ||||||
Q. I have never been to a competition before, is this a good competition for me?
A. While all of our competitions cater for newcomers, this competition does not have the 3x3x3 Cube event. Please check the events tab for information about each event.
Q. How can I change my events?
A. You may make any changes to your registered events by Monday 11th November 2024 at 11:59 PM. 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. 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 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
Written Competitor Tutorial
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 Daniel Fraser and Finn Trass, 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: 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 your delegates 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?
A. You can contact the organisational team to answer any other questions. You can also find the delegate email addresses here.
Getting there
By foot
St Albans Community Centre is a 30 minute walk (2 km) from central Christchurch. Pedestrian access to the venue is off Colombo Street.
By car
St Albans Community Centre has carparking available off Caledonian Road, with pedestrian access off Colombo Street. We suggest using carparking space on the road first as we will potentially be sharing the building with other members of the community.
By bus
St Albans Community Centre is accessable by bus routes 27, 92, and 100, all within a 5 minute walk from the venue. The nearest bus stops are number 19400 (Colombo St near Canon St) and 19746 (Edgeware Village). Please refer to the Metro Christchurch website for more details about planning your journey.
Keep Christchurch Qualified 2024 is proudly sponsored by Speedcube.co.nz!
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).
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.