Puzzlin' Polokwane 2024
- Date
- Mar 15 - 16, 2024
- City
- Polokwane, South Africa
- Venue
Taberna Dei Ooskampus
- Address
- 108 Bekker St, Fauna Park, Polokwane, 0787
- Details
Side entrance next to parking lot. Follow the signs
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Jan-Hendrik Hoogendyk and Joshua Christian Marais
- WCA Delegate
- Joshua Christian Marais
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
CubingZA is excited to announce the first Polokwane competition of 2024!
This competition has a focus on holding popular events to give newer competitors an easy oppurtunity to start competing with the rest of the South African cubing community.
The competition is open to anyone who knows how to solve a cube! Whether you take 20 seconds or 5 minutes to solve the 3x3 we will be happy to have you!Newcomers and returners
This competition will recognise both a newcomer and experienced competitor podium across all the events. Be sure to stick around for the chance to meet and compete with other cubers!
ALL NEW COMPETITORS
If this is your first time competing, or the first time your child or ward is competing, please ensure to bring with ID (card, book, passport, birth certificate) so that we can verify that the name is spelled correctly, the Date of Birth is correct, and the Nationality is correct.
Please also ensure you have all the puzzles you need to compete - we do not supply puzzles for competitors. You are welcome to ask other competitors if you can borrow their puzzle for a certain event, but there is no guarantee. If you need a puzzle before the competition, check out www.speedcubes.co.za, www.cubeco.co.za, or https://cubestuff.co.za/ to order your puzzles before the comp.Volunteers
We will require volunteers to support with running, judging and scrambling on the day. We will demonstrate the process for these duties during the new competitor tutorial, and encourage everyone to get involved. You also do not have to be a competitor to volunteer! If you are a parent, family member, or friend of a competitor, please do not hesitate to volunteer if you would like to help the competition run smoothly.
About CubingZA
Competitions in South Africa have exploded since the end of COVID, and interest is only getting stronger. CubingZA is a volunteer organisation made up of delegates and community members who have come together to try and ensure that we can sustainably run regular competitions all across the country.
If you'd be interested in helping out, please get in touch. We are particularly looking for help with communications, and graphic design.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 16
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R200 (South African Rand).
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 .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of R200 (South African Rand).
Any spectator can attend for free.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
- First-timer competitors must create a WCA account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them).
- The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
The competitor must pay the entry fee by sending the appropriate amount of R200.00 to the following bank account. DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU HAVE REGISTERED IN STEP 2 ABOVE PLEASE.
| Name of Account: Cubing South Africa.
| Bank: First National Bank.
| Account number: 6308 5382 596.
| Reference: Name and Surname of competitor, and "PLK". Eg. Joshua Marais PLK.
| Branch code: 260 300.
Please note: we will be handling the EFT payments manually, so it might take a few days for us to confirm your registration. If you have not recieved a notification from us saying that your registration has been approved within 3 DAYS (72HRS) of making payment, please do not hesitate to contact us. NB. Please use the full name of the COMPETITOR as your reference when making EFT payments
Please note the following:
* If you haven't both registered for the competition (Step 2) and paid for a ticket (Step 3), you will not be able to compete.
* Please note that on the spot registrations will be accepted, but it is still recommended to enter online since there is a competitor limit. Entering online is the best way to secure your place.Refunds and terms:
If your registration is cancelled before 13 March at midnight (00:00) you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
No refunds will be offered after the cut off date has been reached, unless you were already on the competition waiting list and organised to be refunded with the WCA delegate (Joshua). - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Joshua Christian Marais won with an average of 9.65 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jan-Hendrik Hoogendyk finished second (11.27) and Chrisjan Dirk Genis finished third (12.87).
African records: Joshua Christian Marais 3x3x3 One-Handed 11.49 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Joshua Christian Marais | 7.90 | 9.65 | South Africa | 9.14 | 10.14 | 7.90 | 9.99 | 9.81 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Jan-Hendrik Hoogendyk | 2.11 | 2.88 | South Africa | 2.98 | 3.32 | 4.20 | 2.11 | 2.33 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Joshua Christian Marais | 52.23 | 56.95 | South Africa | 59.92 | 1:01.21 | 54.52 | 52.23 | 56.41 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Joshua Christian Marais | 10.54 | 11.49 | AfR | South Africa | 13.68 | 11.47 | 11.04 | 11.96 | 10.54 | ||
| Pyraminx | Jan-Hendrik Hoogendyk | 6.70 | 7.11 | South Africa | 7.24 | 7.19 | 8.11 | 6.89 | 6.70 | |||
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?
You may sign up for any event that you can do, but take note of the cutoffs and time limits, which will be explained more in detail at the start of the competition.
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.
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. 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.
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 have been entered, you can see if you are in the following round.
Q. Who can I ask for help on the day?
Your Delegate for this competition is Joshua Marais. Feel free to ask him any questions you may have on the day.
Q. Can I help on the day?
Definitely! Throughout the day we will always need judges and runners so please see our Delegates to ask how you can best assist.
Q. How can I find out about upcoming competitions in South Africa?
You can find out about upcoming competitions in South Africa by signing up on CubingZA or checking the WCA Competitions page.
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.
Please also refer to the WCA's FAQ.
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.