NZ North Island Championship 2023
- Date
- Oct 27 - 29, 2023
- City
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Venue
Saturday-Sunday: Saint Kentigern College. Friday: Panmure Community Hall
- Address
- Saint Kentigern College, 130 Pakuranga Rd, Pakuranga 2010 & Panmure Community Hall, 7/13 Pilkington Road, Panmure 1072
- Details
Saturday-Sunday: Saint Kentigern College - Gym 1. Friday: Panmure Community Hall
- Website
- NZ North Island Championship 2023 website
- Contact
- Organizer
- Speedcubing New Zealand
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Asbery, Caleb Hall, Liam Wadek, and Luke Heath-Edwards
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
NZ North Island Championship 2023 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition. Speedcubing is solving the 3x3x3 Cube or other similar puzzles as quickly as possible. The competition is open to all competitors regardless of experience and skill, but certain event-based time limits will be in place so as to make sure we can stay on schedule and get through the days on time. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations.
In addition, NZ North Island Championship 2023 is the last regional championship of 2023 in the lead up to Nationals in December.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 152
- 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 180 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (New Zealand Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% 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.
Any spectator can attend for free.
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.
Andrew Y. Feng won with an average of 6.49 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Richard Yiheng Tao finished second (7.18) and Matteo Ortiz finished third (8.31).
3x3x3 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Andrew Y. Feng | 5.93 | 6.49 | United States | 6.67 | 5.93 | 6.53 | 7.11 | 6.26 | |||
2 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 6.00 | 7.18 | New Zealand | 6.83 | 7.15 | 7.56 | 9.83 | 6.00 | |||
3 | Matteo Ortiz | 7.24 | 8.31 | Philippines | 7.24 | 7.63 | 9.47 | 9.70 | 7.83 |
2x2x2 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Alexander Vujcich | 1.52 | 1.82 | New Zealand | 2.57 | 1.94 | 1.52 | 1.90 | 1.61 | |||
2 | Yuki Gao | 1.44 | 2.12 | China | 1.92 | 1.81 | 2.62 | 3.26 | 1.44 | |||
3 | Carol Chai | 1.71 | 2.46 | New Zealand | DNF | 2.06 | 1.71 | 3.57 | 1.76 |
4x4x4 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Alexander Vujcich | 25.06 | 29.45 | New Zealand | 25.06 | 31.48 | 26.42 | 30.44 | 32.13 | |||
2 | Angela Braganza | 28.70 | 30.39 | New Zealand | 30.80 | 32.64 | 28.70 | 30.19 | 30.19 | |||
3 | Andrew Y. Feng | 29.91 | 33.55 | United States | 31.17 | 34.32 | DNF | 29.91 | 35.15 |
5x5x5 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Angela Braganza | 51.45 | 57.48 | New Zealand | 1:06.47 | 51.45 | 59.39 | 57.64 | 55.42 | |||
2 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 56.13 | 1:00.08 | New Zealand | 56.13 | 59.75 | 1:01.23 | 1:01.41 | 59.27 | |||
3 | Alexander Vujcich | 56.70 | 1:00.39 | New Zealand | 1:01.20 | 1:03.17 | 56.81 | 1:03.71 | 56.70 |
6x6x6 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Henry Eyles | 1:36.30 | 1:45.37 | New Zealand | 1:39.30 | 1:36.30 | 2:00.50 | |||||
2 | Angela Braganza | 1:40.64 | 1:46.09 | New Zealand | 1:43.40 | 1:40.64 | 1:54.24 | |||||
3 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 1:50.59 | 1:54.72 | New Zealand | 1:50.59 | 1:57.83 | 1:55.74 |
7x7x7 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Angela Braganza | 2:39.00 | 2:46.79 | New Zealand | 2:41.54 | 2:39.00 | 2:59.83 | |||||
2 | Henry Eyles | 2:41.78 | 2:58.58 | New Zealand | 2:41.78 | 2:57.03 | 3:16.94 | |||||
3 | Liam Wadek | 3:07.77 | 3:17.40 | New Zealand | 3:27.51 | 3:16.93 | 3:07.77 |
3x3x3 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Tom Nelson | 30.32 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | 30.32 | 33.88 | |||||
2 | Jim Zhu | 40.00 | DNF | New Zealand | 43.66 | 40.00 | DNF | |||||
3 | Jinsol Hong | 57.02 | DNF | Republic of Korea | 57.02 | DNF | DNF |
3x3x3 One-Handed
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Andrew Y. Feng | 12.87 | 14.27 | United States | 13.14 | 12.87 | 13.68 | 20.43 | 15.99 | |||
2 | Henry Eyles | 13.41 | 15.53 | New Zealand | 19.86 | 14.38 | 13.41 | 16.10 | 16.10 | |||
3 | Gen Kimura | 12.75 | 15.62 | New Zealand | 12.75 | 13.46 | 13.46 | 19.95 | DNF |
Clock
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 4.42 | 4.66 | New Zealand | 4.71 | 6.66 | 4.54 | 4.74 | 4.42 | |||
2 | Brandon Harris | 3.80 | 4.98 | New Zealand | 3.80 | 10.07 | 4.19 | 5.63 | 5.13 | |||
3 | Camerone Chin | 4.29 | 5.07 | Malaysia | 5.19 | 11.83 | 5.02 | 5.00 | 4.29 |
Megaminx
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Alexander Vujcich | 31.81 | 33.20 | New Zealand | 31.81 | 33.69 | 32.33 | 33.57 | 35.60 | |||
2 | James Macdiarmid | 43.10 | 45.87 | New Zealand | 49.81 | 43.26 | 44.54 | 43.10 | 59.96 | |||
3 | Brandon Harris | 37.02 | 46.38 | New Zealand | 50.28 | 44.96 | 48.17 | 46.02 | 37.02 |
Pyraminx
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Elyas Eyou | 1.54 | 2.15 | New Zealand | 1.75 | 2.22 | 3.25 | 1.54 | 2.49 | |||
2 | Alexander Vujcich | 1.95 | 2.36 | New Zealand | 2.28 | 1.95 | 2.32 | 2.48 | 5.65 | |||
3 | Gen Kimura | 1.90 | 2.61 | New Zealand | 2.04 | 1.90 | 3.62 | 5.70 | 2.18 |
Skewb
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Oscar McEvoy | 2.93 | 3.32 | New Zealand | 3.86 | 3.09 | 3.02 | 5.07 | 2.93 | |||
2 | Elyas Eyou | 3.63 | 3.96 | New Zealand | 4.61 | 3.96 | 3.75 | 3.63 | 4.17 | |||
3 | Caleb Hall | 3.38 | 4.31 | New Zealand | 4.83 | 4.14 | 3.38 | 7.33 | 3.95 |
Square-1
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Camerone Chin | 6.47 | 8.18 | NR | Malaysia | 8.37 | 6.47 | 8.19 | 8.24 | 8.10 | ||
2 | Ashley Foster | 10.06 | 11.63 | New Zealand | 10.58 | 10.06 | 14.00 | 11.95 | 12.35 | |||
3 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 8.61 | 11.75 | New Zealand | 12.61 | 12.66 | 9.98 | 8.61 | 13.08 |
4x4x4 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Jim Zhu | 5:56.97 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | DNF | 5:56.97 | |||||
2 | Jack McDougall | 7:56.04 | DNF | New Zealand | 7:56.04 | DNF | DNS |
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | James Macdiarmid | 37/41 57:43 | New Zealand | 37/41 57:43 | ||||||||
2 | Jim Zhu | 11/13 50:25 | New Zealand | 11/13 50:25 | ||||||||
3 | Jinsol Hong | 11/15 54:33 | Republic of Korea | 11/15 54:33 |