Melbourne Trilogy Upstairs 2022
- Date
- Aug 13 - 14, 2022
- City
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Venue
Kensington Town Hall Conference Room
- Address
- 30-34 Bellair St, Kensington, VIC
- Details
Upstairs Conference Room
- Contact
- Organizer
- Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegates
- Ethan Pride, Kerrie Jarman, Lennon Hughes, Myles Jarman, Patrick Kleverlaan, and Ryan Driscoll
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This is a series competition alongside Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022 and Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022. You will be permitted to compete at ONLY ONE of the three competitions. If you register for more than one, your registration will only be accepted for one of the competitions. Please note that each competition has a different set of events.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 34
- 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.
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 35 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (Australian 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 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 stating “Your registration for Melbourne Trilogy Upstairs 2022 is submitted and pending approval”. 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 $30 registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.
Waiting List:
- Once the competitor limit of 35 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- You must pay the $30 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 5/8/2022 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 5/8/2022.
- Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.
- Refunds will only be issued after this date if you or your guardian test positive to COVID-19 and are forced to isolate.
You may change the events you are registered on the Register tab by 5/8/2022. 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.
COVID requirements:
This competition will comply with the Victorian Government requirements in place at the time of the competition. Please see the FAQ tab for any COVID requirements, which may change closer to the competition.
- Once the competitor limit of 35 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Michael Tripodi won with a single solve of 22.20 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Joshua Chau finished second (23.98) and Jack Cai finished third (35.39).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5x5x5 Cube | Riley Dexter | 55.96 | 58.76 | Australia | 1:00.22 | 58.80 | 1:06.10 | 55.96 | 57.25 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Matthew Sieredzinski | 1:58.93 | 2:10.43 | Australia | 2:21.43 | 1:58.93 | 2:10.92 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Matthew Sieredzinski | 3:12.21 | 3:22.18 | Australia | 3:13.93 | 3:12.21 | 3:40.41 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Michael Tripodi | 22.20 | DNF | Australia | DNF | 22.20 | 23.66 | |||||
| Clock | Conan Mo | 4.51 | 5.03 | Australia | 4.51 | 5.61 | 4.98 | 6.56 | 4.51 | |||
| Megaminx | Alan Ma | 50.79 | 53.44 | Australia | 50.79 | 55.25 | 55.61 | 53.87 | 51.20 | |||
| Square-1 | David Epstein | 5.86 | 6.83 | Australia | 10.77 | 5.94 | 5.86 | 6.55 | 8.01 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Michael Tripodi | 2:10.51 | DNF | Australia | DNF | 2:10.51 | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Swami Srinivasan | 15:10.00 | DNF | Australia | 15:10.00 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Michael Tripodi | 39/50 58:38 | Australia | DNS | 39/50 58:38 | |||||||
By Car
The competition venue is located at 30-34 Bellair St, Kensington VIC 3031. (Limited parking available. Please be mindful of local traffic.)
By Train
Newmarket Station (Craigieburn Line) is 300m away.
By Tram
Route 57 to West Marybyrnong: Newmarket Plaza/Racecourse Rd is 300m away.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How can I change my events?
You must make any change to your registered events by 5/8/22. You can change your events via the competition registration page.
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration at 9:00am. You should 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. 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. 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?
Your Delegates for this competition are David Edwards](https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2010EDWA02), Ethan Pride, Kerrie Jarman, Lennon Hughes, Myles Jarman, Patrick Kleverlaan, and Ryan Driscoll, 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.
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. Where can I ask other questions?
The organisational team can answer all your questions.
COVID-19 FAQ
Q. What COVID safety protocols will be in place?
The competition will adhere to Victorian Government COVID restrictions in place at the time. We will email competitors if there are any changes to the COVID restrictions we will be running this competition under.
You MUST NOT attend if you are:
- unwell with any COVID symptoms
- been directed to isolate by Victorian Government
- awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test
Q. Can I get a refund if I am isolating?
Yes, if you are in isolation you will be eligible for a refund of your registration fees. You must email us before the competition begins.
Q. Do I have to wear a face mask?
Face masks are strongly recommended for all competitors and guests
Q. Can I bring my own face mask and/or hand sanitiser?
Yes, it is recommended that you bring your own face mask and hand sanitiser. Hand sanitiser will be provided at the venue.
Q. Where can I ask other questions?
Please contact the organisational team.
Live Results
Live results will be provided via WCALive. It may take up to an hour between times being set and them appearing online.
Speedcubing Australia would like to thank our sponsor - The City of Melbourne
The first rounds of all events will be run in pre-determined fixed seated groups. It is important that you know which groups of each event you are in.
A summary of groups can be found here . You can find an individual schedule here. Each competitor will be provided with a printed copy of their invididual group assignments at registration.
Throughout the competition we will also need judges, runners and scramblers. All competitiors will need to do some judging at the bare minimum, usually in other groups of your events, the more events you do the more your will need to help out. If you don't know how to help please come and ask, there is almost always something for you to do.
If you have any questions about the groups please contact us here
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, although, this competion will have a lot of events that require quiet for the competitors to concentrate, there will be very limited space for spectators. If you wish to see how a competion works, we suggest watching the Saturday and Sunday competitions that will be downstairs in relation from this competion, as these two competitions have the main event, the 3x3x3, that this upstairs competion does not run, and in addition lots of seating for spectators.
No tickets are required for spectators.
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.