NSW State Championship 2025
- Date
- Apr 26 - 27, 2025
- City
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Venue
Knox Grammar School
- Address
- 2 Borambil Street, Wahroonga NSW 2076
- Details
Great Hall
- Contact
- Organizer
- Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegates
- Atlas Alerre, Bryan Eng, Bryson Azzopardi, Charlotte Groom, Ethan Gauci, Finn Trass, Fiona Wang, Kittatam Saisaard, Martin Henry, Nathan Seeto, Peri Le Dain, Ruby van Vliet, and Sam van Vliet
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- Information
Contact us
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 400
- Number of times bookmarked
- 42
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM UTC and will close Friday, April 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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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 400 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $38 (Australian Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before Friday, April 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Friday, April 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Friday, April 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM UTC 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 “Registration Pending: NSW State Championship 2025”. 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 $38 registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.
Waiting List:
- Once the competitor limit of 400 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- You must pay the $38 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 existing competitors withdraw.
- All competitors still on the waiting list after April 18th 11:59PM 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 April 18th 11:59PM.
- Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.
You may change the events you are registered on the Register tab by April 18th 11:59PM. 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.
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 180 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 120 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:10.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 20 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:45.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 |
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. You will then know what to do when you do compete. There are also plenty of opportunities to get involved as a volunteer. If you would like a judging tutorial please approach a Delegate, they will be wearing the bright red polo shirts.
Spectators are encouraged to learn how to judge. Tingman has made an excellent video that tells you everything you need to know. We will run a judging tutorial at the same time as the new competitor tutorial and you can also have someone teach you how to judge later in the day. Judging is not difficult and you don't need to be a cuber to be a successful judge, it is an excellent way to make the time fly by!
No tickets are required for spectators but we ask you to avoid the busy morning period.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How can I change my events?
You must make any change to your registered events by Friday, April 18th, 2025 at 11:59 PM. You can change your events via the competition registration page.
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for Check-in from 8:15AM on Saturday. You should always 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. I have never been to a competition before, is this a good competition for me?
YES! All of our competitions cater for newcomers. There is a new competitor tutorial and plenty of friendly delegates to help you understand what you need to do. Watch these tutorial videos to understand what a competition looks like and what is expected of you
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. Do children need to have adult supervision?
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?
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. How can I prepare before the competition day?
Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations and watched our tutorial videos. You may also like to watch this helpful video that will show you what to expect.
Q. What do I need to bring?
You need to bring a puzzle for each event you are signed up to compete in - make sure they are allowed per the WCA regulations. We also recommend you bring a water bottle. Many competitors also bring a 'warm up cube' to use between submitting their puzzle for scrambling and starting their official solve. All timing equipment is provided by Speedcubing Australia.
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?
There will be several WCA Delegates wearing red polo shirts, 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. If you would like to learn how to judge - here is a helpful video.
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: How do I get a WCA ID?
After official results are posted after the competition, you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.
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 us 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?
The organisational team can answer all your questions.
Venue
Please note there will NOT be any food or drink for sale at the venue. All competitors will need to make their own arrangements
We will be in the Grand Hall at Knox Grammar, close to the Gate 16 entrance on Woodville Road.
By Car
The best place for car drop-off is on Woodville Ave. Please note that parking is VERY limited, we recommend taking public transport.
There is some undercover parking in the Borambil St carpark - see map below but it will not be sufficent and street parking will be required. Please be mindful of local residents.
If you use the carpark you will enter Gate 2 and walk around the oval to the Grand Hall - follow this map
By Train
The Knox Senior School is a two-minute walk from Warrawee Station.
Enter from Gate 2 and walk around the oval to the Grand Hall
Live Results
Live results will be provided via WCALive. It may take up to an hour between times being set and them appearing online.
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This speedcubing competition is open to ALL competitors. However, the title of New South Wales State Champion for each event will be awarded to the top-ranked competitor who lives in NSW. If you would like to compete for a NSW State Champion title, you MUST enter your details here.
You will ONLY be eligible for the title of NSW State Champion at this competition if you register your home state as NSW in this form. You are welcome to compete in other state championship competitions, but you will not be able to compete for another State Champion title. You may also be eligible for the NSW State Champion title if you don't represent Australia but reside in NSW.
Please note that for 6x6, 7x7, Clock, Square-1, 3BLD, MBLD, 4BLD, 5BLD and FMC, the state champions will be crowned at the separate NSW Side State Championship 2025. More information to come!
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).
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.