North Perth FMC Day 2025

Date: Feb 2, 2025
City: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Venue: Gibson Park Community Centre
Address: 148 Gibson Avenue, Padbury
Details: Main Hall
Contact: Speedcubing Australia
Organizers: Speedcubing Australia and Tyler Williams
WCA Delegates: James Holdsworth, Tyler Williams, and Zak Kenny

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Information

IMPORTANT
This competition does not hold the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube event. This is a fewest moves solving competition ONLY.

This competition will run on the same weekend as South Perth FMC Day 2025

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Speedcubing Australia acknowledges the traditional owners of this land, the Whadjuk Noongar people, and pays respect to the elders, past and present for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal Australia.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 18

Registration period

Online registration opened Friday, November 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM UTC and closed Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC.

Registration requirements

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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 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (Australian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Payment:

Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Registration Pending: North Perth FMC Day 2025”. This does NOT mean that you are on the registration list. Competitors will not be approved until payment has been made.

Please ensure you have paid the registration fees via Stripe on the register page. Your registration is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the $15 registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.

Waiting List:

Once the competitor limit of 30 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
You must pay the $15 registration fee to be added to the waiting list.
New registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment.
Waitlisted competitors will only be added to the competition if existing competitors withdraw.
All competitors still on the waiting list after the 26th of January will be removed and provided with a full refund.
You may enquire about your position on the waiting list by contacting the organisational team.

Deleting Registration/Refunds:

If you can no longer make the competition you may request a refund.
To receive a full refund you must contact the organisational team by the 26th of January.
Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.

You may change the events you are registered on the Register tab by the 26th of January. After this date it is not possible to add further events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.

Highlights

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Jayden McNeill won with a mean of 22.00 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文) finished second (22.33) and Joshua Hounslow finished third (23.00).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Jayden McNeill	21		22.00		Australia	23	22	21

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Proceed
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	First round	Mo3	1 hour	Top 75% advance to next round
	Second round	Mo3	1 hour	Top 75% advance to next round
	Final	Mo3	1 hour

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 Australia/Perth.

Events

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Sunday, February 2, 2025

9:30 - 9:35

Break

9:35 - 10:35

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 2)

10:35 - 10:40

Break

10:40 - 11:40

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 3)

8:15 - 8:30

Check-in

8:30 - 9:30

3x3x3 Fewest Moves First round (Attempt 1)

11:40 - 12:40

Lunch

12:40 - 1:40

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Second round (Attempt 1)

1:40 - 1:50

Break

1:50 - 2:50

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Second round (Attempt 2)

2:50 - 3:00

Break

3:00 - 4:00

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Second round (Attempt 3)

4:00 - 4:20

FMC Head to Head

4:20 - 5:20

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 1)

5:20 - 5:30

Break

5:30 - 6:30

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 2)

6:30 - 6:40

Break

6:40 - 7:40

3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final (Attempt 3)

7:40 - 7:50

Awards

Spectators are permitted and may enter FREE of charge.

We encourage spectators and it is often good to come watch first to understand how a competition operates. HOWEVER, it is very important to note that this particular competition only contains 3x3 Fewest Moves. It DOES NOT contain the standard 3x3 Cube and/or any of the popular events. If you wish to see how a competion works, we would advise coming to a competition that contains the 3x3 Cube, and other popular events.

No tickets are required for spectators.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How can I change my events?
You must make any change to your registered events by the 26th of January. You can change your events via the competition registration page.

Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for Check-in from 8:20AM. You should always be at the venue ready to compete 30 minutes before you are scheduled. Sometimes we run ahead and if you are not available for your group you most likely will not be permitted to join a later group. Please note the schedule is subject to change on the day.

Q. How old do I have to be to compete?
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. Do children need to have adult supervision?
YES. Adult supervision of children is required at ALL times. The WCA Delegates and Organisers are very busy running the competition and cannot be responsible for supervising children.

Q. How fast do I have to be to compete?
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. How can I prepare before the competition day?
Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations and watched our tutorial videos. You may also like to watch this helpful video that will show you what to expect.

Q. What do I need to bring?
You need to bring a puzzle for each event you are signed up to compete in - make sure they are allowed per the WCA regulations. We also recommend you bring a water bottle. Many competitors also bring a 'warm up cube' to use between submitting their puzzle for scrambling and starting their official solve. All timing equipment is provided by Speedcubing Australia.

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

Q. Who can I ask for help on the day?
There will be several WCA Delegates wearing red polo shirts, feel free to ask them any questions you may have on the day.

Q. How do I find out about other upcoming competitions in Australia?
You can find out about upcoming competitions in Australia by signing up to the Speedcubing Australia mailing list.

Q: How do I get a WCA ID?
After official results are posted after the competition, you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.

Q: I lost a puzzle at the competition, what should I do?
There are hundreds of puzzles at these events, make sure to keep yours together so you don't lose them! Keeping them in a bag and looking after it at all times is recommended. If you do lose a puzzle (or anything else), please speak to us at the event or contact the organisational team, it is possible someone has handed it in to us.

Q. Where can I ask other questions?
The organisational team can answer all your questions.

Venue

By car

The competition venue is located at 148 Gibson Avenue, Padbury.

By Bus

The 444 bus route stops in front of the venue.

Live Results

Live results will be provided via WCALive. It may take up to an hour between times being set and them appearing online.

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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).

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.