Please Be Quiet Brisbane 2024

Date: Apr 27 - 28, 2024
City: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Venue: Northside Christian College
Address: 151 Flockton St, Everton Park QLD 4053, Australia
Details: Music Room 1
Contact: Speedcubing Australia
Organizers: Ming Dao Ting and Speedcubing Australia
WCA Delegates: David McLean, Hao Do, Jayden McNeill, and Mitchell Anderson

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Information

Please note, this competition includes only blindfolded events, clock and FMC. If you are interested in non-blindfolded events we recommend signing up to the Speedcubing Australia mailing list to be notified as new competitions are announced.

Competitors are strongly encouraged to bring a guest who is familiar with the process of judging blindfolded solving.

This will be allocated on a first-come-first serve basis in order of payment.

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Speedcubing Australia acknowledges the traditional owners of this land, the Jagera and Turrbal 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: 40

Registration period

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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 45 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $38 (Australian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until 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 Brisbane 2024 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 $38 registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.

Waiting List:

Once the competitor limit of 35 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
You must pay the $38 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 19/04/2024 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 19/04/2024.
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 19/04/2024. 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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Charlie Eggins won with a single solve of 15.13 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Michael Tripodi finished second (20.75) and Elias Chong finished third (24.61).

Oceanian records: Charlie Eggins‎ 3x3x3 Blindfolded 14.90 (average).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Charlie Eggins	15.13	DNF	Australia	DNF	15.13	15.57
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Benjamin Warry	22		Australia	22	26
	Jayden McNeill	22		Australia	DNF	22
Clock	Elijah La Porte	4.07	4.39	Australia	4.07	4.58	4.46	8.83	4.12
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	2:11.62	DNF	Australia	DNF	2:11.62	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	4:27.78	DNF	Australia	4:27.78	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Charlie Eggins	23/25 50:01		Australia	23/25 50:01	2/2 0:49

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How can I change my events?
You must make any change to your registered events by April 19. You can change your events via the competition registration page.

Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration between 9:30 - 9:50am if you are competing in multiblind. You should be at the venue ready to compete 30 minutes before you are scheduled. 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 on time limits for each event.

Q. What do I need to know 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. You should also know when your events are scheduled throughout the day.

Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the second round?
Times will be uploaded through the day. 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 WCA Delegates for this competition are Hao Do, Mitchell Anderson, David McLean and Jayden McNeill, and the competition organiser is Ming Dao Ting - 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 any delegates or Ming.

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

ATT: If you've been to Northside for a comp before, THIS ONE IS IN A DIFFERENT BUILDING.

Northside Christian College shares a campus with Nexus Church, and there is ample parking on site. The best place to park is Car Park 7 or 8, as shown on the map below.

The two competition rooms are located in the CINC building (Centre for Innovation and Creativity), which is the newest looking sandstone building on the campus.

There are also several restaurants and shops at Northwest Plaza, 500m down the road on Flockton Street, including Pizza Hut, Subway and Coffee Club.

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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.