Melbourne Summer 2019
- Date
- Jan 26 - 28, 2019
- City
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Venue
Community Bank Stadium
- Address
- 129-163 Main Hurstbridge Rd, Diamond Creek VIC 3089, Australia
- Details
Saturday is on Court 3. Sunday and Monday are on Courts 1-2
- Contact
- Organizers
- Ethan Pride and Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegates
- Edward Hollingdale, Ethan Pride, Sebastian Robbins, and Tim McMahon
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please note non-popular events are held on the Saturday. Please check to see if you will actually be required at the venue. You do not need to attend if you are not competing on a particular day however your help judging would be appriciated.
Monday is Australia Day public holiday!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 125
- 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.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 180 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $40 (Australian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before 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 Melbourne Summer 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 18/01/2019 will be removed
To receive a refund you must email the organisational team support@speedcubing.org.au before 18/01/2019. 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.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Tommy Kiprillis won with an average of 8.46 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Will Gurnett finished second (8.68) and Cameron Stollery finished third (8.92).
Oceanian records: Ethan Stevens Pyraminx 2.94 (average) and Pyraminx 2.69 (average); Jonathan Charlesworth Skewb 1.34 (single); Tommy Kiprillis Square-1 7.17 (single); Tomoya Firman 4x4x4 Blindfolded 1:37.55 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Tommy Kiprillis | 7.84 | 8.46 | Australia | 8.89 | 8.40 | 8.20 | 7.84 | 8.79 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Will Gurnett | 1.52 | 1.96 | Australia | 1.52 | 1.67 | 2.53 | 1.97 | 2.23 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Tommy Kiprillis | 31.89 | 33.87 | Australia | 37.69 | 35.15 | 31.89 | 33.04 | 33.43 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Ryan Driscoll | 52.25 | 59.21 | Australia | 1:01.81 | 52.25 | 1:00.68 | 57.37 | 59.57 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Ryan Driscoll | 1:37.38 | 1:44.53 | Australia | 1:49.93 | 1:37.38 | 1:46.28 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Ryan Driscoll | 2:38.68 | 2:45.06 | Australia | 2:50.82 | 2:38.68 | 2:45.67 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Jack Cai | 18.98 | 32.96 | Australia | 18.98 | 27.15 | 52.76 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Tommy Kiprillis | 25 | 28.00 | Australia | 25 | 31 | 28 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Tommy Kiprillis | 12.48 | 13.97 | Australia | 16.50 | 13.34 | 14.75 | 13.81 | 12.48 | |||
| Clock | Myles Jarman | 7.74 | 9.33 | Australia | 7.74 | 8.86 | 8.01 | DNF | 11.13 | |||
| Megaminx | Will Gurnett | 51.04 | 56.48 | Australia | 55.68 | 56.59 | 59.72 | 57.17 | 51.04 | |||
| Pyraminx | Ethan Stevens | 2.50 | 3.30 | Australia | 3.05 | 2.77 | 5.39 | 2.50 | 4.08 | |||
| Skewb | Tommy Kiprillis | 3.77 | 4.10 | Australia | 6.27 | 3.97 | 4.19 | 3.77 | 4.14 | |||
| Square-1 | Tommy Kiprillis | 7.17 | OcR | 9.96 | Australia | 8.72 | 7.17 | 11.46 | 9.71 | 12.94 | ||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Tomoya Firman | 1:37.55 | OcR | DNF | Australia | 1:37.55 | 1:45.64 | DNF | ||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Lennon Hughes | 28:41.00 | DNF | Australia | 28:41.00 | DNS | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Jack Cai | 19/21 59:28 | Australia | 19/21 59:28 | ||||||||
Travel
By car
The competition venue is located at Community Bank Stadium, 129-163 Main Hurstbridge Rd, Diamond Creek VIC 3089.
By Train
Take a Hurstbridge line train and get off at Diamond Creek. This is a 5 minute walk to the venue.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration at 8:15. Further you should be at the venue ready to compete 30 minutes before you are scheduled. 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 tab for 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 Delegates for this competition are Ethan Pride, Sebastian Robbins and Tim McMahon
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.
Q. I have another question.
Then ask us! We can be reached at support@speedcubing.org.au
Live Results
Throughout the competition live results will be uploaded progressively to cubecomps
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline 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.