Tassie Summer 2023
- Date
- Jan 8, 2023
- City
- Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
- Venue
Kingston Beach Hall
- Address
- 20 Beach Rd, Kingston Beach, Tasmania
- Details
Main Hall
- Contact
- Organizers
- Arisandra Soo, Jode Brewster, and Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegates
- David Edwards and Michelle Brewster
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 8:00 AM UTC and closed Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 12:59 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 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (Australian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 12:59 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 12:59 PM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 12:59 PM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Payment:
Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Your registration for Tassie Summer 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 60 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.
- If you do not move off the waitlist you will be 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.
- Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.
- To receive a full refund you must contact the organisational team by 01/01/2023
You may change the events you are registered for here by 01/01/2023. After this date it is not possible to add events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.
- Once the competitor limit of 60 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Chris Mills won with an average of 6.42 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jode Brewster finished second (6.76) and Arisandra Soo finished third (7.95).
Oceanian records: Jode Brewster 3x3x3 Cube 3.88 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Chris Mills | 6.20 | 6.42 | NR | United Kingdom | 6.49 | 6.77 | 6.40 | 6.20 | 6.37 | ||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Jode Brewster | 1.47 | 1.62 | Australia | 1.47 | 1.64 | 2.17 | 1.53 | 1.69 | |||
| Clock | Alex Butera | 6.75 | 8.18 | Australia | 8.47 | 7.27 | 6.75 | 8.80 | 8.96 | |||
| Megaminx | Chris Mills | 40.44 | 42.32 | United Kingdom | 47.08 | 40.44 | 40.56 | 45.17 | 41.23 | |||
| Pyraminx | Chris Mills | 2.13 | 3.05 | United Kingdom | 3.04 | 4.19 | 2.13 | 3.03 | 3.07 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% 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 | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Clock | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 |
By car
The competition venue is located at 20 Beach Rd, Kingston Beach TAS 7050.
There is limited parking directly next to the venue, but more parking may be found across the length of the beach and on both the north and south ends.
Entry via Beach Rd.
Well signed 30 minute drive from Hobart International Airport via Hobart CBD.
Local information
From the venue, take-away food options available on beachfront.
Channel Court shopping centre with a Woolworths and other food options is a 3 minute drive or 20 minute walk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How can I change my events?
Yes you can change your events on the Register tab
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration between 8.45 - 9.10am Saturday. 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 in 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 . We also recommend that you watch this helpful competitor guide and read this competition tutorial. You should also know when your events are scheduled throughout the day.
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 to WCALive. 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 David Edwards and Michelle Brewster 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. Where can I ask other questions?
Please contact the organisational team.
Live Results
Live results will be provided via WCALive. It may take up to an hour between times being set and them appearing online.
Spectators are permitted and may enter FREE of charge.
We encourage spectators and it is often good to come watch first to understand how a competition operates. You will then know what to do when you do compete. There are also plenty of opportunities to get involved as a volunteer. If you would a judging tutorial please approach a Delegate, they will be wearing the bright red polo shirts.
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!
No tickets are required for spectators but we ask you to avoid the busy morning period.
The first rounds of all events will be run in pre-determined fixed seated groups. It is important that you know which groups of each event you are in.
You can find an individual schedule here. Each competitor will be provided with a printed copy of their invididual group assignments at registration.
Throughout the competition we will also need judges, runners and scramblers. All competitiors will need to do some judging at the bare minimum, usually in other groups of your events, the more events you do the more your will need to help out. If you don't know how to help please come and ask, there is almost always something for you to do.
If you have any questions about the groups please contact us here
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.