NZ South Island Championship 2023
- Date
- Jul 7 - 9, 2023
- City
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Venue
Cashmere High School
- Address
- 172 Rose Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand
- Details
Gymnasium 1
- Contact
- Organizer
- Speedcubing New Zealand
- WCA Delegates
- Daniel Fraser and Luke Heath-Edwards
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
NZ South 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 South Island Championship 2023 is the first regional championship of 2023 in the lead up to Nationals later in 2023.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 60
- 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 200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $34 (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.
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.
Richard Yiheng Tao won with an average of 7.24 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Dwyane Ramos finished second (7.70) and Jasper Murray finished third (7.73).
World records: Jasper Murray Pyraminx 1.55 (average).
Oceanian records: Dwyane Ramos 3x3x3 One-Handed 8.88 (average).
3x3x3 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 6.82 | 7.24 | New Zealand | 7.12 | 7.01 | 7.66 | 6.82 | 7.59 | |||
2 | Dwyane Ramos | 7.01 | 7.70 | New Zealand | 7.15 | 7.01 | 7.37 | 8.59 | 8.76 | |||
3 | Jasper Murray | 5.53 | 7.73 | New Zealand | 8.68 | 5.53 | 8.18 | 6.34 | 9.49 |
2x2x2 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) | 1.56 | 1.76 | India | 1.79 | 1.77 | 1.56 | 2.04 | 1.72 | |||
2 | Yuki Gao | 1.58 | 1.86 | China | 2.52 | 1.94 | 1.58 | 1.75 | 1.88 | |||
3 | Connor Johnson | 1.61 | 2.01 | New Zealand | 1.90 | 3.50 | 1.67 | 2.45 | 1.61 |
4x4x4 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 28.19 | 30.44 | New Zealand | 31.04 | 30.07 | 28.19 | 30.21 | 34.60 | |||
2 | Jasper Murray | 29.01 | 30.72 | New Zealand | 29.01 | 30.03 | 30.20 | 33.82 | 31.93 | |||
3 | Dwyane Ramos | 25.36 | 31.32 | New Zealand | 31.10 | 35.64 | 31.81 | 31.05 | 25.36 |
5x5x5 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Jasper Murray | 52.50 | 54.57 | New Zealand | 55.96 | 55.71 | 52.99 | 52.50 | 55.02 | |||
2 | Dwyane Ramos | 54.89 | 57.84 | New Zealand | 1:00.22 | 56.30 | 1:06.46 | 54.89 | 57.00 | |||
3 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 53.77 | 1:04.10 | New Zealand | 1:01.32 | 53.77 | 1:06.52 | 1:06.51 | 1:04.46 |
6x6x6 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Dwyane Ramos | 1:36.50 | 1:39.99 | NR | New Zealand | 1:40.81 | 1:42.65 | 1:36.50 | ||||
2 | Jasper Murray | 1:47.35 | 1:48.88 | New Zealand | 1:51.24 | 1:47.35 | 1:48.06 | |||||
3 | Finn Trass | 1:49.82 | 1:55.17 | New Zealand | 2:03.44 | 1:49.82 | 1:52.24 |
7x7x7 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Dwyane Ramos | 2:29.42 | NR | 2:41.63 | New Zealand | 2:40.86 | 2:54.60 | 2:29.42 | ||||
2 | Finn Trass | 2:57.41 | 2:59.13 | New Zealand | 3:01.34 | 2:57.41 | 2:58.64 | |||||
3 | Jasper Murray | 3:08.71 | 3:12.44 | New Zealand | 3:18.23 | 3:08.71 | 3:10.39 |
3x3x3 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Tom Nelson | 30.99 | DNF | New Zealand | 30.99 | DNF | DNF | |||||
2 | Dwyane Ramos | 1:08.45 | DNF | New Zealand | 1:08.45 | DNF | DNF | |||||
3 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 1:22.50 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | 1:22.50 | DNF |
3x3x3 One-Handed
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Dwyane Ramos | 8.03 | 10.30 | New Zealand | 8.03 | 9.19 | 9.60 | 12.18 | 12.10 | |||
2 | Jasper Murray | 9.72 | 11.37 | New Zealand | 10.89 | 11.08 | 9.72 | 12.14 | 13.15 | |||
3 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 13.70 | 14.73 | New Zealand | 15.17 | 14.68 | 14.34 | 13.70 | 15.18 |
Clock
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Jules Graham | 4.09 | 4.23 | NR | New Zealand | 4.68 | 4.09 | 4.22 | 4.31 | 4.16 | ||
2 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 3.61 | 4.63 | New Zealand | 4.64 | 8.33 | 5.19 | 3.61 | 4.06 | |||
3 | Edwin Shen | 4.14 | 4.70 | New Zealand | 4.71 | 5.07 | 4.14 | 4.32 | DNF |
Megaminx
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Jasper Murray | 43.42 | 44.99 | New Zealand | 43.42 | 43.98 | 52.25 | 45.70 | 45.28 | |||
2 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 46.00 | 51.14 | New Zealand | 51.66 | 49.71 | 53.80 | 52.06 | 46.00 | |||
3 | Dwyane Ramos | 49.06 | 54.53 | New Zealand | 49.06 | 1:01.02 | 49.62 | 56.89 | 57.08 |
Pyraminx
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Jasper Murray | 1.28 | 1.55 | WR | New Zealand | 1.28 | 2.82 | 1.49 | 1.34 | 1.81 | ||
2 | Elyas Eyou | 1.46 | 1.96 | New Zealand | 1.56 | 1.55 | 1.46 | 2.77 | DNF | |||
3 | Jules Graham | 1.58 | 1.97 | New Zealand | 1.68 | 2.09 | 1.58 | 2.47 | 2.13 |
Skewb
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Dwyane Ramos | 2.54 | 2.85 | New Zealand | 2.54 | 3.69 | 2.64 | 2.65 | 3.25 | |||
2 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 3.25 | 4.39 | New Zealand | 3.25 | 4.62 | 4.64 | 4.04 | 4.51 | |||
3 | Elyas Eyou | 3.30 | 4.54 | New Zealand | 4.77 | 5.03 | 3.30 | 3.82 | 9.36 |
Square-1
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 10.18 | 12.77 | New Zealand | 12.90 | 10.18 | 14.65 | 14.21 | 11.20 | |||
2 | Elyas Eyou | 9.76 | 13.14 | New Zealand | 12.79 | 17.18 | 12.27 | 9.76 | 14.37 | |||
3 | Dwyane Ramos | 10.31 | 14.23 | New Zealand | 10.31 | 15.42 | 14.79 | 31.34 | 12.48 |
4x4x4 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Jack Maddigan | 7:26.10 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | 7:26.10 | DNF |
5x5x5 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Jack Maddigan | 22:22.00 | DNF | New Zealand | 22:22.00 | DNF | DNS |
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Dwyane Ramos | 7/7 31:24 | New Zealand | 7/7 31:24 | ||||||||
2 | William Jackson | 2/2 13:47 | New Zealand | 2/2 13:47 | ||||||||
3 | Tom Nelson | 2/3 2:52 | New Zealand | 2/3 2:52 |