Tassie Winter 2023
- Date
- Jun 17 - 18, 2023
- City
- Sorell, Tasmania, Australia
- Venue
Sorell Memorial Hall
- Address
- 12 Cole St, Sorell, Tasmania
- Details
Main Hall
- Contact
- Organizers
- Jode Brewster and Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegates
- Dallas McNeil, Michelle Brewster, and Peri Le Dain
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Contact us
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 51
- 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 70 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (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 Tassie Winter 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 $35 registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.
Waiting List:
- Once the competitor limit of 70 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- You must pay the $35 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 9/06/23 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 9/06/23.
- 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 9/06/23. 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.
- Once the competitor limit of 70 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Jode Brewster won with an average of 7.93 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Peri Le Dain finished second (9.00) and Arisandra Soo finished third (9.20).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Jode Brewster | 7.12 | 7.93 | Australia | 7.12 | 8.90 | 8.13 | 7.50 | 8.15 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Jode Brewster | 1.51 | 3.30 | Australia | 2.19 | 1.51 | 5.63 | 6.02 | 2.08 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Jode Brewster | 27.83 | 31.39 | Australia | 27.83 | 31.39 | 29.48 | 33.30 | 35.55 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Jode Brewster | 50.57 | 56.64 | Australia | 54.44 | 53.49 | 1:01.99 | 50.57 | 1:42.78 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Jode Brewster | 1:48.59 | 1:54.51 | Australia | 1:48.59 | 1:51.87 | 2:03.06 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Jode Brewster | 2:59.84 | 3:11.19 | Australia | 3:05.39 | 2:59.84 | 3:28.35 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Anthony Rochester | 44.17 | DNF | Australia | 56.59 | DNF | 44.17 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Jode Brewster | 12.72 | 13.94 | Australia | 15.79 | 13.82 | 12.72 | 13.92 | 14.09 | |||
| Megaminx | Arisandra Soo | 42.67 | 45.92 | Australia | 45.90 | 42.67 | 58.89 | 42.99 | 48.88 | |||
| Pyraminx | Jode Brewster | 3.47 | 4.08 | Australia | 3.47 | 4.93 | 3.56 | 4.96 | 3.75 | |||
| Skewb | Jode Brewster | 4.25 | 4.69 | Australia | 4.71 | 4.36 | 5.48 | 4.99 | 4.25 | |||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Anthony Rochester | 14/19 50:21 | Australia | 14/19 50:21 | ||||||||
Come and see some of the coolest cubers at Tassie Winter 2023!
Spectators are welcomed free of charge and have the opportunity to volunteer.
You don't need to be a cuber to be a successful judge or runner. If you would like a judging tutorial, join in at the start of the day (see schedule) or approach a Delegate when they call for judges or runners - they will be wearing bright red polo shirts.
It is often good to spectate to understand how a competition operates. Please observe requests for silence during blind events and enjoy the competition!
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How can I change my events?
You must make any change to your registered events by 9/06/23. You can change your events via the competition registration page.
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration at 8:30AM on either Saturday or Sunday. You should always be at the venue ready to compete 30 minutes before you are scheduled. Sometimes we run ahead and if you are not available for your group you most likely will not be permitted to join a later group. 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. 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. . You may also like to watch this helpful competitor guide.
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 onto WCA Live. 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 Dallas McNeil, Michelle Brewster, and Peri Le Dain, 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: 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.
Q: I lost a puzzle at the competition, what should I do?
There are hundreds of puzzles at these events, make sure to keep yours together so you don't lose them! Keeping them in a bag and looking after it at all times is recommended. If you do lose a puzzle (or anything else), please speak to us at the event or contact the organisational team, it is possible someone has handed it in to us.
Q. Where can I ask other questions?
The organisational team can answer all your questions.
Q. What COVID safety protocols will be in place?
The competition will adhere to TAS Government COVID restrictions in place at the time. We will email competitors if there are any changes to the COVID restrictions we will be running this competition under.
Venue
By car
The competition venue is Sorell Memorial Hall, located at 49 Cole St, Sorell, TAS 7172.
On site parking.
Entry Via Cole St.
Well signed 20 minute drive from Hobart International Airport.
Accomodation
Travelodge Hotel Hobart Airport
https://www.travelodge.com.au/book-accommodation/hobart/hotel-hobart-airport/
Local information
From venue, walk to Woolworths and Take-away food options.
Live Results
Live results will be provided via WCALive. It may take up to an hour between times being set and them appearing online.
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline 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.