New Zealand Nationals 2019
- Date
- Dec 13 - 15, 2019
- City
- Tauranga, New Zealand
- Venue
- Address
- Trustpower Arena, Trustpower Baypark, 81 Truman Lane, Tauranga
- Details
Combined Suites within the main building
- Website
- New Zealand Nationals 2019 website
- Contact
- Organizer
- Joshua Brungar
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Asbery and James Macdiarmid
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
New Zealand Nationals 2019 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, New Zealand Nationals 2019 will crown the National Champions in all 18 official events, over the course of 3 days.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 89
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 6:00 AM UTC.
- 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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $45 (New Zealand Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 6:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
If the competitor limit is reached an email will be sent out which will require you to reply in order to confirm attendance to the competition
Payment is done through the same site as registration.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ben Kirby won with an average of 8.64 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Adrien Auvray Matyn finished second (9.08) and Harrison Marsden finished third (9.59).
Oceanian records: Tom Nelson 5x5x5 Blindfolded 4:36.24 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Ben Kirby | 8.03 | 8.64 | New Zealand | 8.03 | 8.12 | 9.26 | 8.54 | 9.87 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Tim Xie | 1.30 | 2.11 | New Zealand | 2.12 | 1.30 | 1.65 | 6.73 | 2.55 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Finn Trass | 31.22 | 35.26 | New Zealand | 37.91 | 33.16 | 31.22 | 35.88 | 36.74 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Ben Kirby | 56.84 | NR | 1:03.47 | New Zealand | 1:01.33 | 56.84 | 1:03.69 | 1:08.37 | 1:05.39 | ||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Tom Stanton-Barnett | 2:12.50 | 2:19.12 | New Zealand | 2:21.33 | 2:23.54 | 2:12.50 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Ben Kirby | 3:13.28 | 3:26.83 | New Zealand | 3:42.26 | 3:13.28 | 3:24.96 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Ethan Pan | 27.88 | DNF | New Zealand | 27.88 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Lee Stanton-Barnett | 27 | New Zealand | 27 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Chris Mills | 12.55 | 15.15 | United Kingdom | 12.55 | 17.19 | 14.56 | 16.24 | 14.64 | |||
| Clock | Luke Heath-Edwards | 8.34 | 10.50 | New Zealand | 11.06 | 11.45 | 9.66 | 8.34 | 10.79 | |||
| Megaminx | James Macdiarmid | 44.72 | 50.43 | New Zealand | 49.00 | 1:12.34 | 50.70 | 44.72 | 51.58 | |||
| Pyraminx | Cheng-Ru Yang | 2.86 | 4.24 | New Zealand | 2.86 | 3.71 | 4.16 | 4.85 | 6.66 | |||
| Skewb | Dwyane Ramos | 2.91 | 3.29 | New Zealand | 3.56 | 3.36 | 3.03 | 2.91 | 3.49 | |||
| Square-1 | Chris Mills | 11.38 | 15.19 | United Kingdom | 16.29 | 11.38 | 13.59 | 15.69 | 17.01 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 1:47.75 | NR | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | 1:47.75 | DNF | ||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 4:15.67 | 4:36.24 | OcR | New Zealand | 4:31.71 | 5:01.35 | 4:15.67 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Tom Nelson | 25/33 54:37 | New Zealand | 25/33 54:37 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Chris Mills | 45.85 | 58.94 | United Kingdom | 1:01.55 | 1:06.90 | 45.85 | 1:12.40 | 48.36 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 50 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 32 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 32 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 3:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | Bo1 / Mo3 | 6:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 | Top 4 advance to next round |
| Final | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | First round | Bo1 / Mo3 | 7:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 5:00.00 | Top 4 advance to next round |
| Final | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative* | Top 6 advance to next round | |
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Bo1 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 32 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Clock | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Megaminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 32 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 32 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 30:00.00 cumulative* | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 30:00.00 cumulative* | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo1 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 |
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.