Please Be Quiet at UTS 2023
- Date
- Apr 30, 2023
- City
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Venue
UTS Building 2
- Address
- 61 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
- Details
Room CB02.05.290
- Contact
- Organizers
- Peri Le Dain, Speedcubing Australia, and UTS Puzzle Society
- WCA Delegates
- Fiona Wang, Lachlan Cooke, Martin Henry, Nathan Seeto, and Peri Le Dain
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
PLEASE NOTE: This a PBQ (Please Be Quiet) competition and will not be holding the 3x3x3 Cube! You can see all other upcoming competitions in NSW here.
IMPORTANT: If you are bringing any non-competitor guests, please provide their full name and email in your registration comment. ActivateUTS requires the information of all non-UTS students attending an event.
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 26
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 8:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 1:59 PM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.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 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (Australian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 1:59 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 1:59 PM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 1:59 PM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Payment:
Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Your registration for Please Be Quiet at UTS 2023 is submitted and pending approval”. 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 $25 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 $25 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 an existing competitors withdraws.
- All competitors still on the waiting list after 22/04/23 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 22/04/23.
- Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.
- Refunds will only be issued after this date if you or your guardian test positive to COVID-19 and are forced to isolate.
You may change the events you are registered on the Register tab by 22/04/23. 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.
COVID requirements:
- This competition will comply with the NSW Government requirements in place at the time of the competition. Please see the FAQ tab for any COVID requirements, which may change closer to the competition.
- Once the competitor limit of 30 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Charlie Eggins won with a single solve of 15.04 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Zachary Tang finished second (26.37) and Chenhao Sun (孙晨皓) finished third (36.04).
Oceanian records: Jayden McNeill 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 21.33 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Charlie Eggins | 15.04 | DNF | Australia | DNF | 15.04 | 19.13 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Jayden McNeill | 20 | 21.33 | OcR | Australia | 20 | 21 | 23 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Charlie Eggins | 2:10.21 | DNF | Australia | DNF | 2:10.21 | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Charlie Eggins | 8:36.51 | DNF | Australia | DNF | DNF | 8:36.51 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Samuel Moliver | 15/16 57:41 | Australia | 15/16 57:41 | ||||||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 20:00.00 cumulative* | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Bo3 | 15:00.00 cumulative* | ||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Mo3 | 1 hour | |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:15:00.00 total for 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final, 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final** | |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:15:00.00 total for 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final, 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final** | |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo1 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 |
Venue
This competition will take place at the University of Technology Sydney, in Building 2 (AKA UTS Central) in a room on Level 5.
Public Transport:
UTS Building 2 is a 9 minute walk from Central Station Grand concourse, along Pitt St->George St->Broadway. All Sydney train lines travel to Central.
Building 2 is the glass building, and has 2 entrances on either side from the street. Once you are inside, locate the escalators and travel up to level 5. The room will be at the top of these escalators.
This competition is NOT spectator friendly. It is holding only blindfolded events and FMC which can be boring to watch at times. We encourage you to look at other upcoming competitions in NSW here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How can I change my events?
You must make any change to your registered events by 22/04/23. You can change your events via the competition registration page.
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive in time for your first event. 4BLD and 5BLD start at 8:45am. 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. 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. Here is condensed version of the competitor tutorial. . You may also like to watch this helpful competitor guide.
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?
Your Delegates for this competition are Nathan Seeto, Peri Le Dain, Ruby van Vliet, and Sam van Vliet. Feel free to ask them any questions you may have on the day.
Q. Can I help on the day?
Of course! Throughout the day we will need judges and runners so please see our Delegates to ask how you can best assist.
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 competitions 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.
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline A1a2++).
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.