Palmerston North 2018
- Date
- May 27, 2018
- City
- Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Venue
Community Leisure Centre
- Address
- 569 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
- Details
Main Building, Eileen Philp room
- Website
- Palmerston North 2018 website
- Contact
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https://www.speedcubing.nz/event/palmerston-north-2018/contact
- Organizer
- Joshua Brungar
- WCA Delegate
- Alex Asbery
- Information
Palmerston North 2018 is open to competitors of all ages and ability. If you can solve the puzzle in under 10 minutes then you can enter. Entry for spectators is free for whats sure to be a fun filled day.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 41
- 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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (New Zealand Dollar).
- 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
- Refunds will not be issued after registration closes as this represents a commitment to attending the event
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Finn Trass won with an average of 10.16 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. James Macdiarmid finished second (10.81) and Oliver Jenks finished third (11.58).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Finn Trass | 8.93 | 10.16 | New Zealand | 9.94 | 10.53 | 8.93 | 10.00 | 10.92 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Lucas O'Connell | 1.87 | 2.86 | Italy | 3.03 | 3.84 | 1.87 | 3.03 | 2.51 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Finn Trass | 31.69 | 34.37 | New Zealand | 33.97 | 32.77 | 31.69 | 38.07 | 36.36 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) | 2:53.00 | 2:58.50 | Malaysia | 2:56.89 | 3:05.62 | 2:53.00 | |||||
| Megaminx | James Macdiarmid | 44.39 | NR | 47.63 | NR | New Zealand | 46.42 | 44.39 | 53.17 | 49.71 | 46.75 | |
| Pyraminx | Tom Stanton-Barnett | 3.03 | 4.73 | New Zealand | 5.25 | 5.05 | 3.03 | 5.01 | 4.14 | |||
| Square-1 | Lucas O'Connell | 10.56 | 12.15 | NR | Italy | 15.23 | 10.92 | 10.56 | 14.69 | 10.85 | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 4:54.52 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | DNF | 4:54.52 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Tom Nelson | 21/35 1:00:00 | New Zealand | 21/35 1:00:00 | ||||||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 24 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 | 45.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 45.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 45.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | First round | Bo1 / Mo3 | 8:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 6:00.00 | Top 4 advance to next round |
| Final | Mo3 | 8:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 45.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 45.00 | |||
| Square-1 | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| 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.