LogoBendigo Cube Blitz 2020
- Date
- Feb 23, 2020
- City
- Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
- Venue
St Kilian's School Hall
- Address
- 175 McCrae St, Bendigo VIC 3550
- Details
School Hall
- Contact
- Organizers
- Katy Knighton, Kerrie Jarman, and Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegates
- David Edwards, Ethan Pride, and Kerrie Jarman
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (Australian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Your registration for Bendigo Cube Blitz 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 will not be processed until you have paid the registration fees.
Once the competitor limit has filled new registrations will be added to a waitlist to be sorted in the order of payment. Waitlisted competitors will only be accepted provided one of the accepted competitors withdraws from the competition by emailing the organisation team at support@speedcubing.org.au. All competitors still on the waiting list after 16/2/2020 will be removed.
To receive a refund you must email the organisational team at support@speedcubing.org.au before 16/2/2020. Refunds will not be issued after this date for any reason.
All registration fees include GST.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Feliks Zemdegs won with an average of 6.67 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Andy Gong finished second (8.72) and Riley Dexter finished third (9.17).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 5.81 | 6.67 | Australia | 6.61 | 6.19 | 7.20 | 7.30 | 5.81 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 1.40 | 2.08 | Australia | 2.34 | 2.03 | 1.87 | 1.40 | DNF | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 23.00 | 24.25 | Australia | 23.97 | 27.97 | 23.92 | 24.85 | 23.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Jack Cai | 20.80 | DNF | Australia | DNF | 20.80 | 21.48 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Feliks Zemdegs | 9.27 | 10.80 | Australia | 10.45 | 9.27 | 12.07 | 15.31 | 9.87 | |||
| Pyraminx | Riley Dexter | 2.13 | 3.69 | Australia | 3.10 | 2.13 | 5.32 | 6.38 | 2.64 | |||
| Skewb | Conor Sullivan | 3.03 | 4.42 | Australia | 5.68 | 3.08 | 5.67 | 4.51 | 3.03 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 40 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative * | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 |
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Schedule for Sunday (February 23, 2020)
Travel
By car
The competition venue is located at 175 McCrae St, Bendigo. Bendigo is approximately 2 hours drive from Melbourne CBD.
By Train / Coach
The Vline train station is approximately 20mins walk from the venue. The competition is timed so that competitors can take the 7.30am (coach) service from Southern Cross. Please advise the organisers that you will be on the coach and we will put you in a later group.
Accomodation
Bendigo is a wonderful place to spend the weekend and the venue is close to the centre of town.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration at 8.50am. You should be at the venue ready to compete 30 minutes before you are scheduled. 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. What do I need to know before the competition day?
Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations . We also recommend that you watch this helpful competitor guide and read this competition tutorial. You should also know when your events are scheduled throughout the day.
Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the second round?
Times will be uploaded through the day to 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 Ethan Pride and Kerrie Jarman. 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. Where can I ask other questions?
We can be reached at support@speedcubing.org.au.
The first rounds of all events will be run in groups. These groups are pre-determined. It is important that you know which groups of each event you are in.
A summary of groups can be found here while you can find an individual card with your groups here. Each competitor will be provided with a printed copy of their invididual group numbers at registration.
Throughout the competition we will also need judges, runners and scramblers. We are trialing staffing schedules. You will be required to judge/run or scramble as per your allocated schedule. This is the MINIMUM you will be required to do. We will also need staff for the 2nd rounds and finals. Do not hesitate to ask if you can be helpful in some way!
If you have any questions about the groups please email us at support@speedcubing.org.au
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).
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.