Tauranga Open 2023


Date
Aug 19 - 20, 2023
City
Tauranga, New Zealand
Venue

Tauranga Boys College

Address
664 Cameron Road, Tauranga South, Tauranga 3112
Details

Gymnasium 1

Contact

https://speedcubing.nz/contact-us/

Organizer
Speedcubing New Zealand
WCA Delegate
Luke Heath-Edwards
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Information

Tauranga Open 2023 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition. Speedcubing is solving the 3x3x3 Cube or other similar puzzles as quickly as possible. The competition is open to all competitors regardless of experience and skill, but certain event-based time limits will be in place so as to make sure we can stay on schedule and get through the days on time. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations.

Events
Main event
Competitors
53
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 100 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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James Macdiarmid won with an average of 9.42 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Brandon Harris finished second (9.86) and Xavier Courteau-Laing finished third (10.18).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 James Macdiarmid 8.33 9.42 New Zealand 8.7310.228.339.3011.71
2 Brandon Harris 9.06 9.86 New Zealand 10.619.5714.229.399.06
3 Xavier Courteau-Laing 9.20 10.18 New Zealand 13.3410.169.849.2010.54

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Yuki Gao 1.66 2.15 China 4.052.771.661.971.72
2 Ashley Foster 1.99 3.07 New Zealand 4.982.851.993.832.54
3 Tymon Mieszkowski 3.30 3.91 New Zealand 3.594.024.203.304.13

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Cheng-Ru Yang 31.15 36.03 New Zealand 39.3431.1537.7933.1937.11
2 Jim Zhu 30.50 38.55 New Zealand 34.4130.5039.1547.6142.08
3 James Macdiarmid 35.22 38.75 New Zealand 35.2239.5140.3746.9536.36

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 James Macdiarmid 1:02.59 1:08.69 New Zealand 1:10.081:02.591:04.551:11.431:17.94
2 Jim Zhu 1:07.96 1:12.98 New Zealand 1:12.811:08.431:07.961:18.011:17.70
3 Cheng-Ru Yang 1:09.46 1:15.10 New Zealand 1:15.381:14.481:09.461:20.721:15.45

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 James Macdiarmid 24.32 DNF New Zealand DNF24.5924.32
2 Kacper Paweł Dworak 54.00 DNF Poland 1:26.9754.00DNF
3 Jim Zhu 1:21.81 DNF New Zealand DNF1:21.811:25.73

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Jim Zhu 12.95 14.49 New Zealand 14.3812.9515.2916.2613.81
2 Cheng-Ru Yang 14.39 18.32 New Zealand 15.3714.3921.1818.4122.08
3 Xavier Courteau-Laing 18.10 20.02 New Zealand 20.8918.1718.1020.9929.68

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brandon Harris 4.26 5.70 New Zealand 11.627.844.454.804.26
2 Kacper Paweł Dworak 7.92 9.21 Poland 9.877.9213.388.289.47
3 Luke Heath-Edwards 8.75 10.44 New Zealand DNF10.399.3711.568.75

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brandon Harris 33.76 42.58 New Zealand 40.4842.5244.7333.7645.80
2 James Macdiarmid 42.46 52.26 New Zealand 53.8754.6142.4650.8252.09
3 Cheng-Ru Yang 1:12.52 1:16.52 New Zealand 1:16.401:26.811:20.031:12.521:13.14

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ashley Foster 2.13 3.46 New Zealand 4.342.133.403.343.64
2 Yuki Gao 3.48 3.84 China 3.483.645.644.383.49
3 Dylan Heerikhuisen 3.85 5.16 New Zealand 4.825.205.473.856.18

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Oscar McEvoy 3.23 5.32 New Zealand 3.236.265.916.283.79
2 Ashley Foster 3.85 6.17 New Zealand 5.017.648.563.855.87
3 Elisha Webster 5.84 6.34 New Zealand 6.076.9010.995.846.06

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ashley Foster 10.26 12.59 New Zealand 12.3612.4414.5412.9810.26
2 Kacper Paweł Dworak 11.67 15.13 Poland 15.0419.3411.7811.6718.58
3 Brandon Harris 12.46 17.51 New Zealand 17.1512.4617.0818.2918.33

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kacper Paweł Dworak 17/17 58:20 Poland 17/17 58:20
2 James Macdiarmid 29/41 59:00 New Zealand 29/41 59:00
3 Tymon Mieszkowski 2/3 12:57 New Zealand 2/3 12:57
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