Please Be Quiet Joburg 2023


Date
Mar 11, 2023
City
Johannesburg, South Africa
Venue

Private residence, Bryanston, Johannesburg

Address
See information section
Contact
Organization team
Organizer
Brendan James Gray
WCA Delegate
Brendan James Gray
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This is not a normal competition

We won't be holding any normal events. This competition is focused on blindfolded events, with a single fewest move attempt to keep things interesting.

If you have not competed before, this may not be the best experience for your first competition. Sign up at CubingZA to get notifications for other competitions in your province.

Please be quiet. These events can require immense focus, so as the name of the competition suggests, competitors and spectators must remain quiet to ensure fair and equal conditions for all competitors. Those who continually make noise will be asked to leave without refund.

Venue

The venue is in a private venue in Bryanston. Access for all competitors and guests need to be arranged in advance. Failure to do so will result in you or your guests being denied access to the venue.
There is limited parking that needs to be arranged in advance. All competitors must please provide the following information:

  1. If you will be arriving by car, please provide registration number.
  2. If you will be getting a lift with someone, please provide the name of the person you will be getting a lift with.
  3. If using an Uber or other transport, please indicate this.

Once you have provided this information, you will be given the exact address.

Guests

Competitors may bring only one guest due to venue constraints. If a competitor is bringing a guest, then they must provide the full name and surname.

About CubingZA

Competitions in South Africa have exploded since the end of COVID, and interest is only getting stronger. CubingZA is a volunteer organisation made up of delegates and community members who have come together to try and ensure that we can sustainably run regular competitions all across the country.

If you'd be interested in helping out, please get in touch. We are particularly looking for help with communications, and graphic design.

Events
Main event
Competitors
9
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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 15 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R100 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Important:

In addition to registering here, you must purchase a ticket on Quicket.

How to Register

Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:

1) The competitor must create a WCA account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them).
2) The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in. You will then be placed on a waiting list.
3) The competitor must pay the entry fee by buying a ticket on Quicket. Once your registration is matched to a ticket purchase, you will be approved from the waiting list.

If you haven't both registered for the competition (Step 2) and paid for a ticket (Step 3), you will not be able to compete.

Payment

After registering for the competition on the WCA website, your registration will be pending. Once the payment through Quicket has been confirmed, your registration will be approved. (Allow up to 24 hours for the organizers to confirm the payment).

Please note that if you do not purchase a ticket through Quicket within 48 hours of registering on this page, you will be removed from the waiting list, and will need to return to this page to register again.

While we encourage you to register through the WCA website, competitors may instead register on the spot on one of the days of the competition provided the competitor limit has not been reached. Note however, that the past few competitions in Gauteng have reached the competitor limit prior to the competition.

Highlights
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Heinrich de Lange won with a single solve of 1:15.47 in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Marike Faught finished second (1:20.53) and Timothy Lawrance finished third (1:42.94).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Heinrich de Lange 1:15.47 DNF South Africa DNF1:15.47DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Timothy Lawrance 31 South Africa 31
4x4x4 Blindfolded Timothy Lawrance 6:33.75 DNF South Africa 7:16.286:33.75DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Timothy Lawrance 9/11 45:23 South Africa 9/11 45:23

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 across rounds (see Guideline 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.

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