NxNZ Open 2018
- Date
- Jan 27, 2018
- City
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Venue
- Address
- Eastview Baptist Church, 559 Chapel Rd, East Tamaki Heights, Auckland, 2016
- Details
Main Congregation area through front door
- Website
- NxNZ Open 2018 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Joshua Brungar and Mukund Karthik
- WCA Delegate
- Alex Asbery
- Information
NxNZ Open 2018 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition. Speedcubing is solving the Rubik's Cube or other similar puzzles as quickly as possible. The competition is open to all competitors regardless of experience and skill, but there is a competitor limit of 60 people, due to venue constraints. There will also be event-based time limits in place, to ensure we stay on schedule. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 58
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (New Zealand Dollar).
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Biyuan Chen won with an average of 9.80 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Simon Geertsema finished second (10.63) and Cheng-Ru Yang finished third (10.78).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Biyuan Chen | 7.54 | 9.80 | New Zealand | 12.85 | 9.55 | 10.38 | 9.47 | 7.54 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Tim Xie | 2.11 | 2.81 | New Zealand | 3.29 | 2.82 | 2.11 | 4.03 | 2.31 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Mukund Karthik | 32.84 | 37.32 | New Zealand | 41.91 | 37.06 | 32.84 | 36.64 | 38.27 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Mukund Karthik | 1:05.95 | 1:12.35 | New Zealand | 1:19.15 | 1:05.95 | 1:12.85 | 1:10.26 | 1:13.95 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Alex Asbery | 2:37.87 | 2:48.49 | New Zealand | 2:55.08 | 2:37.87 | 2:52.51 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Alex Asbery | 4:08.14 | 4:18.04 | New Zealand | 4:21.91 | 4:08.14 | 4:24.06 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | James Macdiarmid | 59.91 | DNF | New Zealand | 1:34.28 | DNF | 59.91 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Mukund Karthik | 13.78 | 14.98 | New Zealand | 13.78 | 14.92 | 15.48 | 17.95 | 14.54 | |||
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).
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.