NZ North Island Championship 2022

Date: Sep 2 - 4, 2022
City: Wellington, New Zealand
Venue: Whirinaki Whare Taonga (https://www.expressions.org.nz/)
Address: 836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt Central, Upper Hutt, 5018
Details: Main Hall
Website: NZ North Island Championship 2022 website
Contact: https://speedcubing.nz/contact-us/
Organizers: Joshua Brungar and Speedcubing New Zealand
WCA Delegates: Alex Asbery and David Lim

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

NZ North Island Championship 2022 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 2022 is the last regional championship of 2022 in the lead up to Nationals in December.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 103

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 150 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $40 (New Zealand Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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.

Payment is made via the external website with two options to pay, either bank transfer or Paypal.

Your registration will be effective once we have received your payment, so please get your registration as early as possible to secure your spot. Please be mindful of bank processing times.

If all the registration spots fill up, a waiting list will be created. If a confirmed competitor decides to cancel their registration, then the first competitor on the waiting list will take their place. Competitors on the waiting list will be arranged according to the order in which their registration payment is received. Registration fees will be held by Speedcubing NZ until the final list of competitors is confirmed (24 hours before the competition begins). Those competitors on the waiting list who do not get a confirmed spot will be issued a full refund the week after the competition ends.

Please note that even if the competitor list is not showing as full at the time you register, there may already be other registrations waiting to be accepted, so you are not guaranteed a spot until your registration is accepted and appears on the competitor list.

Competitors may make changes to their registered events up to 24 hours before the competition starts by submitting a request via the Speedcubing NZ Contact Us page.
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Dwyane Ramos won with an average of 7.67 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ben Kirby finished second (7.89) and Simon Geertsema finished third (7.89).

Oceanian records: Elyas Eyou‎ 2x2x2 Cube 1.53 (average); Liam Wadek‎ Clock 3.50 (single); Tom Nelson‎ 4x4x4 Blindfolded 2:19.37 (average).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Dwyane Ramos	6.80		7.67		New Zealand	7.51	7.49	6.80	8.01	9.00
2x2x2 Cube	Elyas Eyou	1.50		2.17		New Zealand	3.23	1.90	2.70	1.50	1.92
4x4x4 Cube	Ben Kirby	27.63		28.65		New Zealand	28.92	28.70	27.63	30.85	28.33
5x5x5 Cube	Jasper Murray	52.37		55.06		New Zealand	52.37	52.46	57.86	1:01.30	54.85
6x6x6 Cube	Ben Kirby	1:41.36		1:48.90		New Zealand	1:52.40	1:41.36	1:52.93
7x7x7 Cube	Dwyane Ramos	2:53.04		2:55.91		New Zealand	2:56.65	2:53.04	2:58.04
3x3x3 Blindfolded	James Macdiarmid	23.50		25.31	NR	New Zealand	23.50	26.98	25.45
3x3x3 One-Handed	Dwyane Ramos	7.93		9.98		New Zealand	9.99	12.07	7.93	10.48	9.46
Clock	Liam Wadek	3.50	OcR	6.33		New Zealand	3.50	8.02	5.00	5.98	DNF
Megaminx	Alexander Vujcich	34.71		35.75		New Zealand	34.71	34.83	38.83	35.64	36.79
Pyraminx	Jasper Murray	1.70		2.21		New Zealand	2.28	3.99	2.06	2.30	1.70
Skewb	Dwyane Ramos	2.13		2.68		New Zealand	2.48	2.99	2.58	3.23	2.13
Square-1	Dwyane Ramos	8.59		9.90		New Zealand	8.59	10.49	9.34	9.87	18.34
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Tom Nelson	2:02.90		2:19.37	OcR	New Zealand	2:02.90	2:22.54	2:32.67
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Tom Nelson	3:47.13	NR	DNF		New Zealand	DNF	4:56.25	3:47.13
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Tom Nelson	19/28 59:56				New Zealand	19/28 59:56

Q. How can I change my events?
A. You must make any change to your registered events by 28/08/2022. Contact the organisational team detailing your event changes.

Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
A. You should be at the venue ready to compete at least 30 minutes before your first scheduled event, however if you wish to turn up earlier and help with the competition then please do. Please note the schedule is subject to change on the day.

Q. How old do I have to be to compete?
A. 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?
A. 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?
A. Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations. You should also know when your events are scheduled throughout the day.
Video Competitor Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
Written Competitor Tutorial: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/edudoc/competitor-tutorial/tutorial.pdf

Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the second round?
A. Times will be uploaded throughout the competition to WCA live. Please allow up to an hour from finishing your solves to them being uploaded. After all the times of a round have been entered, you can see if you are in the following round.

Q. Who can I ask for help on the day?
A. Your Delegates for this competition are Alex Asbery and David Lim feel free to ask them any questions you may have on the day.

Q. Can I help on the day?
A. Of course! Throughout the day we will need judges and runners so please see our Delegates to ask how you can best assist.

Q. Where can I ask other questions?
A. The organisational team can answer all your questions through the contact link on the info page. You can also find the delegate email addresses on the WCA website.

The obvious:

If you are sick or feeling unwell please stay home, you will be turned away at the door.
We will ask all attendees if they are required to be in self isolation. If you are please do not come to the competition as you will also be turned away.

Additional restrictions that will be in place for this competition:

Masks are required at all times while in the venue for those 12 years of age or over, this includes while you are competing
Hand sanitiser will be available for use at the puzzle hand in table and mandatory for those at the scrambling table
Social distancing is strongly encouraged while in all areas of the venue

Who can win the North Island Championship?
A: Officially the winner listed for all the events on the WCA website will be the overall winner in each event, however we will also have North Island podiums where those who have declared they are representing the North Island will have a separate podium and these will be the North Island champions for 2022.

How do I declare my region?
A: There is a drop down box on the registration page where you can select your region. This will be what is used to determine which island you are representing at the competition.

How often can I change the island that I am representing?
A: This will follow the same rules as changing the nation you represent in the WCA so you may only change this once per year and cannot change between the South Island Championship and the North Island Championship in the same year. You can however change in a new year if you have moved regions.

Where will the region information be posted?
A: For now this information will not be public other than which Island you are representing. However in the future we will add an option to the SNZ registration page where you can opt in or out of publicly listing your region for the purpose of creating regional rankings for all 17 official WCA events. These rankings will be dispayed on the SNZ website.

Why do you need to know my region?
A: This is to try and see where our competition attendees are travelling from so we can better cater future competitions to visit every region with cubers in them. As well as create the regional rankings list in the future.

Can I choose to not select a region?
A: Yes, this will however make you ineligible for North or South Island podiums.

Can I win a South or North Island podium if I do not represent New Zealand in the WCA?
A: No, this will be treated the same as a National Championship where you can still compete for the overall podiums but not the Regional champiosnship.

Why is there no FMC at North Island Championships this year?
A. In order to hold all of the other events with ample rounds and over the course of reasonable days we have made the decision to not host FMC at SIC22 or NIC22. Instead we will hold a simultaneous FMC competition later in the year where the Island champions will be crowned.

The 3x3x3 North Island Champion for 2022 will be awarded free registration to New Zealand Nationals 2022.

More 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).
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.