NxNZ 2019
- Date
- Apr 26 - 27, 2019
- City
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Venue
- Address
- 120 Picton St, Howick, Auckland 2014, New Zealand
- Details
The Clifton Room
- Website
- NxNZ 2019 website
- Contact
- Organizer
- Cheng-Ru Yang
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Asbery and James Macdiarmid
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
NxNZ 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 (except 3x3x3 Fewest Moves). 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.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 84
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 12:00 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).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
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
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Raphael Lee won with an average of 9.05 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Zhaoyu Tang finished second (9.72) and Benjamin Agnew finished third (10.04).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Raphael Lee | 8.35 | 9.05 | New Zealand | 9.13 | 10.03 | 8.73 | 8.35 | 9.30 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Tim Xie | 1.69 | 2.06 | New Zealand | 3.17 | 1.72 | 1.75 | 2.70 | 1.69 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Simon Geertsema | 33.83 | 37.06 | New Zealand | 35.96 | 37.89 | 33.83 | 37.33 | 46.17 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Alex Asbery | 1:15.84 | 1:19.61 | New Zealand | 1:23.34 | 1:18.29 | 1:26.91 | 1:17.21 | 1:15.84 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Alex Asbery | 2:26.41 | 2:29.71 | New Zealand | 2:28.69 | 2:34.04 | 2:26.41 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Alex Asbery | 3:30.30 | 3:46.52 | New Zealand | 3:53.94 | 3:30.30 | 3:55.31 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Timothy Loh | 28.06 | DNF | Australia | 38.35 | 28.06 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | James Macdiarmid | 28 | 28.67 | NR | New Zealand | 28 | 28 | 30 | ||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Sarina Wang | 15.64 | 17.38 | New Zealand | 18.88 | 17.34 | 15.64 | 15.92 | 22.19 | |||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Timothy Loh | 11/18 1:00:00 | Australia | 11/18 1:00:00 | ||||||||
| 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 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 50 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 6:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 7:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 5:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative* | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative* | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Mo3 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 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 |
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.