Wellington Mind Games 2025

Date: Jan 26, 2025
City: Wellington, New Zealand
Venue: Ngaio Town Hall
Address: 1 Ottawa Road, Ngaio, Wellington 6035
Details: Hall
Website: Wellington Mind Games 2025 website
Contact: Speedcubing New Zealand
Organizers: Jack Maddigan and Speedcubing New Zealand
WCA Delegates: Alex Asbery, Jack Maddigan, and Liam Wadek

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

Wellington Mind Games 2025 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition. It is focused on some of the more mentally demanding events, that are given less of a focus in normal competitions - blindfolded and fewest moves solving, specifically.

The competition is open to all competitors regardless of experience or skill. There will also be event-based time limits in place, to ensure we stay on schedule, especially given the time taken by fewest moves solving. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations.

The main event of this competition is Fewest Moves

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 40

Number of times bookmarked: 7

Registration period: Online registration opened and will close .
Registration requirements: Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (New Zealand 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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

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.

How can I change my events?
A. You must make any change to your registered events before registration closes. Contact the organisational team detailing your event changes.

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.

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.

How fast do I have to be to compete?
A. To compete you only need to know how to solve the cube, but please note this competition does not have the standard 3x3 event, and only has blindfolded and FMC events! Please check the events tab for information in time limits for each event.

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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
Written Competitor Tutorial: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/edudoc/competitor-tutorial/tutorial.pdf

How do I find out if I've progressed to the second 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.

Who can I ask for help on the day?
A. Your Delegates for this competition are Alex Asbery and Jack Maddigan. Feel free to ask them any questions you may have on the day.

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.

Where can I ask other questions?
A. The organisational team can answer all your questions through the contact link on the info page. You can also find the delegate email addresses on the WCA website.

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).

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.