Quick Solving At Cobham 2024
- Date
- Jul 6 - 7, 2024
- City
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Venue
- Address
- 294 Ilam Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053
- Details
School Hall
- Website
- Quick Solving At Cobham 2024 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Connor Johnson, Cooper Jones, and Speedcubing New Zealand
- WCA Delegate
- Daniel Fraser
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Quick Solving At Cobham 2024 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition.
This competition is open to all competitors regardless of age, experience, or skill. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary.
Please make sure to read all the information in the FAQ and other tabs before registering. All competitors should be familiar with the information in these tabs.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 41
- 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.Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 65 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (New Zealand Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% 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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Payment
Payment is made via the external website with two options to pay, either bank transfer or Paypal.
Your registration is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.
Waiting List
Once the competitor limit has filled, a waiting list will be created.
You must pay the registration fee to be added to the waiting list.
New registrations will be added to the waiting list in order of payment.
If a competitor withdraws, the next person on the waiting list will be added to the competition.
The last date to make it off the waiting list would be 24 hours before the competition begins.
All competitors who remain on the waiting list after the competition will be fully refunded.Changing Events
Competitors may change their registered events by contacting the organisational team.
Additional events can be added until registration closes. After this date competitors may only remove events.
It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not want to compete in.Cancelling Registration
If you can no longer attend the competition, please contact the organisational team as soon as possible to cancel your registration.
Cancelling your registration enables us to maximise attendance by letting another competitor on the waiting list to attend. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Connor Johnson won with an average of 1.57 seconds in the 2x2x2 Cube event. Yuki Gao finished second (1.67) and Adrien Auvray Matyn finished third (1.78).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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| 3x3x3 Cube | Adrien Auvray Matyn | 6.00 | 6.30 | New Zealand | 6.18 | 6.65 | 6.00 | 7.87 | 6.07 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Connor Johnson | 1.33 | 1.57 | New Zealand | 3.75 | 1.33 | 1.58 | 1.60 | 1.52 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Dwyane Ramos | 28.27 | 29.56 | New Zealand | 29.58 | 28.27 | 28.63 | 30.48 | 32.60 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Dwyane Ramos | 47.80 | 49.80 | New Zealand | 50.08 | 47.80 | 50.03 | 49.28 | 57.29 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Dwyane Ramos | 8.09 | 9.29 | New Zealand | 11.62 | 10.14 | 9.00 | 8.73 | 8.09 | |||
| Clock | Dwyane Ramos | 4.36 | 5.03 | New Zealand | 10.32 | 4.36 | 5.01 | 5.49 | 4.59 | |||
| Megaminx | Adrien Auvray Matyn | 39.58 | 42.01 | New Zealand | 41.68 | 39.58 | 41.19 | 43.17 | 48.63 | |||
| Pyraminx | Jasper Murray | 1.60 | 1.76 | New Zealand | 1.89 | 1.97 | 1.70 | 1.68 | 1.60 | |||
| Skewb | Dwyane Ramos | 2.08 | 2.98 | New Zealand | 3.36 | 6.79 | 2.08 | 2.68 | 2.90 | |||
Q. How can I change my events?
A. You may make any changes to your registered events by 1/07/2024. After this date you can only remove events. Contact the organisational team detailing your event changes.
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
A. You should be at the venue ready to compete at least 30 minutes before your first scheduled event, however if you wish to turn up earlier and help with the competition then please do. Please note the schedule is subject to change on the day.
Q. How old do I have to be to compete?
A. 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?
A. 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. What do I need to know before the competition day?
A. Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations. You should also know when your events are scheduled throughout the day.
Video Competitor Tutorial: Here
Written Competitor Tutorial: Here
Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the next round?
A. Times will be uploaded throughout the competition to 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?
A. Your Delegate for this competition is Daniel Fraser, feel free to ask any questions you may have on the day.
Q. Can I help on the day?
A. Of course! Throughout the day we will need judges and runners so please see our Delegates to ask how you can best assist.
Q. Where can I ask other questions?
A. You can contact the organisational team to answer any other questions. Or you can email Daniel at dfraser@worldcubeassociation.org
Spectators are welcome and may enter FREE of charge.
We encourage anyone who is capable of solving under the time limit to compete, but if you feel you're not quite ready to compete yet then we encourage you to come and spectate, then you will have a better understanding of how a competition operates and will know what to do when you do compete later.
There are also plenty of opportunities to get involved as a volunteer. If you would like a judging tutorial please approach an Organizer or a Delegate. If you don't know how to find us, just ask another competitor in the venue and they will be able to help point us out!
Spectators are encouraged to learn how to judge. We will run a judging tutorial at the same time as the new competitor tutorial, you can also have someone teach you how to judge later in the day. Judging is not difficult and you don't need to be a cuber to be a successful judge, it is an excellent way to make the time fly by!
More info coming soon
Quick Solving At Cobham 2024 is proudly sponsored by Speedcube.co.nz!
Speedcube.co.nz will have a stall at the venue, where you can find a range of cubes, lubes, and other cubing gear for your convenience.
But that's not all - Speedcube.co.nz is generously giving away two $50 gift cards to their store. Who can win these prizes? Let's find out!
The "Fastest First-Time Competitor" title will be awarded to the cuber who achieves the best Ao5 (average of 5 solves) in any 3x3 round and has never participated in a WCA competition before.
We also want to recognize our volunteers who play a vital role in making the event run smoothly. The "Most Helpful Volunteer" will be chosen by the organizers and delegates, and this recognition will go to the individual who makes a significant contribution to tasks like judging, running, and scrambling.
Remember, anyone at the competition, whether you're a competitor or a spectator, is welcome to assist with various competition tasks. If you're unsure how to get involved, simply approach one of our organizers or delegates for guidance.
Quick Solving At Cobham 2024 is hosting two non WCA events!
Signing up for a non WCA event:
Signing up for any unofficial event is done at the same time you register for your official events.
Simply select the event that you would like to compete in under the official events.
NOTE: There will still be an extra cost for signing up for the event.
What are the prizes?
Team BLD - A special certificate will be handed out to the teams placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
2x2 OH - A special certificate will be handed out to the individuals placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Will the results be on my WCA profile?
Unfortunately no. As both Team Blind and 2x2 One Handed are not listed WCA events, there is nothing we can do to add the times to your WCA profile, or display them on WCA live.
2x2 Team Blind:
What you need on the day:
We will be hosting 2x2x2 Team Blind and 2x2x2 One Handed. This event will require one 2x2x2 cube and one blindfold PER team (cubes and blindfold must comply with normal 2x2x2 blindfolded standards. See - WCA Regulations)
What if I don't have a partner/they are unable to come?
All competitiors without partners on the day will be assigned a partner.
In the case of an odd number of competitors, the final competitor will be paired with a delegate.
What format will Team Blind be in?
We have decided to make this event an MO3 event. This means you get three attempts and the rankings will be based on the mean.
2x2 One Handed
What you need on the day:
This event will require a 2x2x2 cube.
This event will follow the same rules as 3x3x3 One Handed
See - WCA Regulations
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.