Koalafication Canberra 2019
- Date
- Apr 13 - 14, 2019
- City
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Venue
- Address
- Cnr Gungahlin & Gundaroo Drive, Nicholls ACT 2913
- Details
The Lakes Room
- Contact
- Organizers
- Jayden McNeill, Lynette Svanosio, and Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegate
- Edward Hollingdale
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition will run between 9:30am and 6 pm.
Strictly no access before 9:15am
This is a licenced venue. Anyone under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult when outside of the competition area. Only food and drink purchased at the Club is to be consumed there.
Any questions regarding the venue please contact Lyn +61 431 028 214.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 66
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 9:00 AM UTC and closed Friday, April 5, 2019 at 12:59 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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $22 (Australian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Monday, April 8, 2019 at 1:59 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Your registration for Koalafication Canberra 2019 is submitted and pending approval” Please ensure you have paid the registration fees via stripe on the register page.
Once the competitor limit has filled new registrations will be added to a waitlist to be sorted in the order of payment. Waitlisted competitors will only be accepted provided one of the accepted competitors withdraws from the competition by emailing the organisation team support@speedcubing.org.au. All competitors still on the waiting list after 8 April will be removed.
To receive a refund you must email the organisational team support@speedcubing.org.au before 8 April. Both accepted competitors and waitlisted competitors can request a refund at any point before this date. Refunds will not be issued after this date for any reason.
Registration fee includes GST for payments made after February 10th
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Feliks Zemdegs won with an average of 6.47 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jayden McNeill finished second (7.81) and Tommy Kiprillis finished third (8.40).
Oceanian records: Tommy Kiprillis 3x3x3 With Feet 31.91 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 5.52 | 6.47 | Australia | 5.92 | 7.51 | 6.41 | 7.09 | 5.52 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Caleb Clark | 1.56 | 1.76 | Australia | 2.37 | 2.04 | 1.56 | 1.65 | 1.58 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 21.74 | 24.40 | Australia | 21.82 | 34.15 | 25.50 | 21.74 | 25.89 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 39.64 | 44.19 | Australia | 44.67 | 45.29 | 39.64 | 52.36 | 42.60 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Feliks Zemdegs | 44.11 | DNF | Australia | 44.11 | 49.78 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Tommy Kiprillis | 25 | 27.00 | Australia | 25 | 30 | 26 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Feliks Zemdegs | 9.84 | 10.61 | Australia | 10.07 | 11.21 | 9.84 | 11.25 | 10.54 | |||
| Skewb | Dylan Johnston | 2.56 | 3.91 | Australia | 4.15 | 2.56 | 3.06 | 4.58 | 4.51 | |||
| Square-1 | Jayden McNeill | 8.04 | 10.66 | Australia | 12.01 | 8.04 | 11.31 | 9.47 | 11.21 | |||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Tommy Kiprillis | 31.91 | OcR | 39.32 | Australia | 42.72 | 31.91 | 39.75 | 35.50 | 45.53 | ||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 40 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 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:30.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:30.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:30.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 15:00.00 cumulative* | Top 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative* | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Mo3 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Second 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 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 |
The first rounds of all events will be run in groups. These groups are pre-determined. It is important that you know which groups of each event you are in. A summary of groups can be found here while you can find an individual card with your groups here. Each competitor will be provided with a printed copy of their invididual group numbers at registration.
For each event we will run the groups in order, group 1 first, then group 2 etc.
Throughout the competition we will also need judges, runners and scramblers. Do not hesitate to ask if you can be helpful in some way! If you have any questions about the groups please email us at support@speedcubing.org.au
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration at 1 pm on the Saturday unless you are competing in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves or 3x3x3 with Feet. You should be at the venue ready to compete 30 minutes before you are scheduled, but not at the venue before 9:15am. 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 tabfor 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. Who can I ask for help on the day?
Your Delegate for this competition is Edward Hollingdale.
Q. Can I help on the day?
Of course! Throughout the day we will need judges and runners so please see the Delegate to ask how you can best assist.
Q. I have another question.
Then ask us! We can be reached at support@speedcubing.org.au
Live results will be provided via cubecomps. 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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
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.