Noordhoek Aeroplane Mode 2025

Date: Jan 26, 2025
City: Cape Town, South Africa
Venue: Noordhoek Community Center
Address: Avondrust Cir, Chapmans Peak, Cape Town, 7979
Details: A community center
Contact: arush@worldcubeassociation.org
Organizer: Daniel Rush
WCA Delegates: Anthony Kalaya Rush and Catherine Rush

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Information

INFORMATION
CubingZA is very happy to announce Noordhoek Aeroplane Mode 2025! This will be a PBQ-style competition with all the blindfolded events. Please see the events tab for more information.
Don't forget that to participate you need to register for the competition in the "Register" tab, and make payment by buying a ticket. Please see Registration Requirements below.

MYSTERY PRIZES
There will be some fun prizes up for grabs at this competition so make sure to stick around until the awards!

Events
Main event
Competitors: 8

Registration period: Online registration opened Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC.
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 35 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R100 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before Friday, January 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

There is a competitor limit of 35 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R100 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before January 24, 2025 2:00 AM GMT+2 you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
Spectators can attend for free.

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
1. First-timer competitors must create a WCA account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them).
2. The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
3. The competitor must pay the entry fee using the link provided below

Registration Payment

Please note: we will be handling the EFT payments manually, so it might take a few days for us to confirm your registration. If you have not recieved a notification from us saying that your registration has been approved within 3 DAYS (72HRS) of making payment, please do not hesitate to contact us. NB. Please use the full name of the COMPETITOR as your reference when making EFT payments

SPECTATORS
Competitors are welcome to bring 1 spectator with them. Please let us know if you need to accommodate more spectators.

VOLUNTEERING
Due to the small amount of competitors at this competition we would greatly appreciate any help for either judging, running or scrambling. Some of these roles are slightly different for BLD events than at regular competitions, if you are unsure we will be happy to explain how they work on the day.
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Dylan Swarts won with a single solve of 37.46 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Tristan Ford finished second (1:02.14) and Daniel Rush finished third (1:06.17).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Daniel Rush	44.24	47.71	South Africa	44.63	48.08	50.42	44.24	51.88
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Dylan Swarts	37.46	42.70	South Africa	37.46	43.13	47.51
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Timothy Lawrance	30		South Africa	30
Clock	Daniel Rush	5.75	8.02	South Africa	7.36	DNF	9.15	7.54	5.75
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Timothy Lawrance	7:48.80	DNF	South Africa	9:08.24	7:48.80	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Dylan Swarts	13:47.00	DNF	South Africa	15:02.00	DNF	13:47.00
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Dylan Swarts	18/18 44:24		South Africa	19/26 57:35	18/18 44:24

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Cutoff
5x5x5 Cube	Final	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 5:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	10:00.00
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	Bo1	1 hour
Clock	Final	Bo2 / Ao5	10:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:30.00
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	50:00.00 cumulative*
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	1:20:00.00 cumulative*
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Final	Bo2	10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00

Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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The time zone for this venue is Africa/Johannesburg.

Events

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Sunday, January 26, 2025

Cube submission for 3x3x3 Multi-Blind

8:45 - 9:55

3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final (Attempt 1)

9:55 - 10:35

5x5x5 Cube Final

10:35 - 11:05

3x3x3 Blindfolded Final

11:05 - 12:35

5x5x5 Blindfolded Final

12:35 - 1:20

Lunch

1:20 - 2:30

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 1)

2:30 - 3:00

Clock Final

3:00 - 4:00

4x4x4 Blindfolded Final

4:20 - 4:35

Cube submission for 3x3x3 Multi-Blind

4:35 - 5:45

3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final (Attempt 2)

5:45 - 6:00

Awards

VOLUNTEERING
Due to the small amount of competitors at this competition we would greatly appreciate any help for either judging, running or scrambling. Some of these roles are slightly different for BLD events than at regular competitions, if you are unsure we will be happy to explain how they work on the day.

WHAT’S NEARBY?

* Noordhoek beach and The Common are close by so if you need to stretch your legs or take a break and get some fresh air, these are lovely places to go.
https://thefarmvillage.co.za/
* If you’re in the mood for food, the Farm Village has Café Roux and The Deli with tasty fresh food and drink.
https://thefarmvillage.co.za/eat-and-drink
* If you’re in need of a caffeine hit The Roost has all types of delicious coffees and freshly baked goods.
* Or you can visit the Juice bar opposite The Roost.
* Beach Road is also close by with a few restaurants such as Aegir and Limoncello, the restaurant Jake’s is right next door to the competition venue as well.
https://aegirprojectbrewery.com/

CubingZA is a volunteer organisation made up of delegates and community members who have come together to try and ensure that we can sustainably run regular competitions all across the country. In 2024, we are anticipating being able to host one competition every season in each of the cities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban, as well as other regular events in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Limpopo, and more!

If you'd be interested in helping out in CubingZA's mission to bring competitive speedcubing to the country, please get in touch or signup to stay up to date with competitions on the go or competitions coming up.
https://cubingza.org/

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.