Twisty Taranaki 2021
- Date
- Mar 20, 2021
- City
- New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Venue
- Address
- Rogan Street, Welbourn, New Plymouth, 4310, New Zealand
- Details
La Mer Lounge, inside the Pukekura Function Centre located at the New Plymouth Raceway
- Website
- Twisty Taranaki 2021 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Benjamin Bucksmith and Joshua Brungar
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Asbery and Luke Heath-Edwards
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Twisty Taranaki 2021 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
- 68
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Friday, January 22, 2021 at 4:00 AM UTC and closed Monday, March 15, 2021 at 9:00 AM UTC.
- 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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (New Zealand Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Monday, March 1, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Payment is made via the external website with two options to pay, either bank transfer or Paypal.
If registration fills up, a waiting list will be created. The last date to make it off the waiting list would be 24 hours before the competition begins with the conditions being that a spot opens up (someone else pulls out) and payment is completed.
Competitors may make changes to their registered events up until the end of registration.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Chris Mills won with an average of 7.62 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Adrien Auvray Matyn finished second (8.48) and Ben Kirby finished third (9.62).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Chris Mills | 6.48 | 7.62 | United Kingdom | 6.48 | 7.02 | 7.96 | 10.34 | 7.88 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Adrien Auvray Matyn | 1.72 | 2.70 | New Zealand | 9.41 | 1.72 | 2.63 | 3.30 | 2.16 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Ben Kirby | 27.35 | 30.41 | New Zealand | 27.35 | 32.39 | 30.24 | 36.62 | 28.59 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Ben Kirby | 55.87 | 59.32 | New Zealand | 55.87 | 1:00.37 | 1:09.65 | 59.88 | 57.72 | |||
| Megaminx | Alexander Vujcich | 36.47 | 38.78 | New Zealand | 40.36 | 41.65 | 36.77 | 36.47 | 39.20 | |||
| Pyraminx | Chris Mills | 2.52 | 4.14 | United Kingdom | 2.88 | 5.07 | 5.04 | 4.50 | 2.52 | |||
| Skewb | Adrien Auvray Matyn | 3.41 | 3.62 | New Zealand | 4.63 | 3.72 | 3.70 | 3.41 | 3.44 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 3:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 |
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.