New Zealand Nationals 2020

Date: Dec 11 - 13, 2020
City: Nelson, New Zealand
Venue: Trafalgar Centre
Address: 7 Paru Paru Road, Nelson 7010, New Zealand
Details: Northern Extension
Website: New Zealand Nationals 2020 website
Contact: https://speedcubing.nz/contact-us/
Organizer: Joshua Brungar
WCA Delegates: Alex Asbery and Luke Heath-Edwards

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Information

New Zealand Nationals 2020 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 2020 will crown the National Champions in all 17 official events, over the course of 3 days.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 63

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New Zealand Nationals 2020 Cubing Competition

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 120 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.
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.

If registration fills up, a waiting list will be created. The last date to make it off the waiting list would be 24 hours before the competition begins with the conditions being that a spot opens up (someone else pulls out) and payment is completed.
Competitors may make changes to their registered events up until the end of registration.
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Lucas O'Connell won with an average of 8.61 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jasper Murray finished second (8.89) and Ben Kirby finished third (9.17).

Oceanian records: Dwyane Ramos‎ Skewb 2.40 (average).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Lucas O'Connell	8.03		8.61		Italy	8.03	15.13	8.97	8.57	8.29
2x2x2 Cube	Alexander Vujcich	2.27		2.58		New Zealand	2.27	2.39	5.42	3.01	2.35
4x4x4 Cube	Ben Kirby	27.62		29.46	NR	New Zealand	29.55	29.61	29.23	33.68	27.62
5x5x5 Cube	Ben Kirby	49.03	NR	51.71	NR	New Zealand	49.52	58.76	49.03	52.51	53.10
6x6x6 Cube	Ben Kirby	1:52.59		1:59.14	NR	New Zealand	1:52.59	2:07.81	1:57.02
7x7x7 Cube	Ben Kirby	2:51.52		2:58.18		New Zealand	3:04.08	2:58.93	2:51.52
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Tom Nelson	42.55		DNF		New Zealand	DNF	DNF	42.55
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Tom Nelson	26		29.00		New Zealand	29	32	26
3x3x3 One-Handed	Dwyane Ramos	9.69	NR	13.53		New Zealand	12.42	9.69	16.16	13.58	14.60
Clock	Alex Taylor	6.99		8.39	NR	New Zealand	6.99	7.83	9.19	DNF	8.15
Megaminx	Alexander Vujcich	39.54		44.67		New Zealand	51.33	48.15	39.54	42.57	43.28
Pyraminx	Jasper Murray	2.45		3.03		New Zealand	2.45	2.88	3.71	3.45	2.76
Skewb	Dwyane Ramos	2.05		3.04		New Zealand	2.94	2.48	5.00	2.05	3.71
Square-1	Lucas O'Connell	10.47		11.97		Italy	10.47	13.15	13.26	10.66	12.11
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Tom Nelson	4:35.48		DNF		New Zealand	4:35.48	5:18.82	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Tom Nelson	25/30 54:59				New Zealand	25/30 54:59

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.