Big and Blind Queenstown 2025


Date
Mar 8 - 9, 2025
City
Queenstown, New Zealand
Venue

Te Atamira

Address
Building 11, Dart House, Remarkables Park Town Centre 12 Hawthorne Drive, Frankton, Queenstown 9300
Details

Go forward through the main doors and turn right at the hallway. Marked room number seven on this map

Website
Big and Blind Queenstown 2025 website
Contact

Speedcubing New Zealand

Organizers
Oscar Childs and Speedcubing New Zealand
WCA Delegates
Daniel Fraser and James Dyer
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

Big and Blind Queenstown 2025 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition.

This competition is open to all competitors regardless of age, experience, or skill. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary.

Please make sure to read all the information in the FAQ and other tabs before registering. All competitors should be familiar with the information in these tabs.

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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.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 60 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.


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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Adrien Auvray Matyn won with an average of 6.86 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Henry Eyles finished second (7.10) and Daniel Fraser finished third (10.32).

Adrien Auvray Matyn - New Zealand WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 1 5.38 6.86 New Zealand 8.605.386.327.117.16
First round 1 4.97 6.81 New Zealand 4.975.447.677.357.65
4x4x4 Cube Final 3 31.23 35.65 New Zealand 31.2338.1633.3941.6535.40
First round 2 28.98 33.52 New Zealand 36.6232.9535.6828.9831.93
5x5x5 Cube Final 3 1:02.06 1:06.58 New Zealand 1:07.951:02.061:03.211:08.591:14.27
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 1 12.13 12.82 New Zealand 13.4612.6012.4014.1212.13
Megaminx Final 1 36.52 42.36 New Zealand 43.4245.4843.0836.5240.57
Pyraminx Final 1 1.23 2.60 New Zealand 3.892.151.233.731.93
Skewb Final 1 2.62 2.93 New Zealand 2.953.003.032.842.62
Square-1 Final 1 6.33 7.33 New Zealand 7.5712.016.336.447.97

Daniel Fraser - New Zealand WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 3 8.53 10.32 New Zealand 10.538.5310.2011.1110.23
First round 3 9.12 10.34 New Zealand 9.1210.7213.1410.429.89
2x2x2 Cube Final 2 2.09 2.39 New Zealand 2.322.722.145.562.09
4x4x4 Cube Final 4 35.03 37.60 New Zealand 35.0338.7939.6535.5838.43
First round 3 33.04 35.95 New Zealand 39.3933.0433.1546.9935.32
5x5x5 Cube Final 4 1:00.39 1:06.84 New Zealand 1:04.921:09.781:00.391:05.82DNF
6x6x6 Cube Final 3 2:05.85 2:24.32 New Zealand 2:15.962:05.852:51.15
7x7x7 Cube Final 3 3:17.97 3:35.70 New Zealand 3:43.843:17.973:45.28
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 3 16.81 18.31 New Zealand 19.6316.8116.9418.3620.08
Clock Final 1 6.62 7.11 New Zealand 6.81DNF6.627.087.44
Megaminx Final 3 1:00.14 1:05.81 New Zealand 1:07.071:03.641:09.871:06.711:00.14
Pyraminx Final 3 3.60 5.63 New Zealand 5.545.116.256.513.60
Skewb Final 3 3.39 5.37 New Zealand 4.677.353.397.624.08
Square-1 Final 3 12.31 16.25 New Zealand 13.4819.5212.3115.7422.84

Eddy Forster - New Zealand WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 7 21.55 23.20 New Zealand 21.8428.1625.5321.5522.24
2x2x2 Cube Final 5 6.61 7.56 New Zealand 7.726.618.216.818.14
4x4x4 Cube First round 7 2:10.05 2:14.00 New Zealand 2:37.842:13.382:15.292:13.342:10.05
Pyraminx Final 6 7.64 11.49 New Zealand DNF9.107.6410.4014.97
Square-1 Final 5 38.16 1:18.00 New Zealand 1:28.341:20.941:39.1238.161:04.73

Finley Sharman - New Zealand WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 6 13.53 15.14 New Zealand 14.9114.5215.9821.5813.53
First round 6 14.89 17.44 New Zealand 15.8118.7114.8922.0917.81
2x2x2 Cube Final 3 3.04 5.59 New Zealand 6.743.043.657.216.39
4x4x4 Cube Final 6 1:26.55 1:40.15 New Zealand 1:38.641:56.561:42.731:39.071:26.55
First round 6 1:35.12 1:45.34 New Zealand 1:47.43DNF1:44.751:35.121:43.83
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 5 27.57 36.47 New Zealand 27.5731.3742.58DNF35.45
Megaminx Final 6 2:06.59 2:12.63 New Zealand 2:07.582:22.562:07.752:49.082:06.59
Pyraminx Final 5 9.00 10.78 New Zealand 10.5114.519.0010.0211.82
Skewb Final 5 8.91 14.96 New Zealand 12.718.9120.8119.9212.24

Henry Eyles - New Zealand WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 2 5.33 7.10 New Zealand 7.907.265.337.416.62
First round 2 6.97 8.89 New Zealand 8.586.9710.438.339.75
2x2x2 Cube Final 1 1.69 1.91 New Zealand 1.861.951.913.961.69
4x4x4 Cube Final 1 23.95 32.69 New Zealand 30.3537.1023.9537.0330.68
First round 1 26.43 31.57 New Zealand 32.9827.9439.3433.8026.43
5x5x5 Cube Final 1 48.87 52.46 New Zealand 53.9255.0948.8749.7153.76
6x6x6 Cube Final 1 1:30.96 1:38.43 New Zealand 1:45.371:30.961:38.97
7x7x7 Cube Final 1 2:35.87 2:41.99 New Zealand 2:35.872:38.432:51.68
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 2 4:28.28 DNF New Zealand DNF4:28.28DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 2 12.54 14.58 New Zealand 12.5416.3915.2315.2413.27
Clock Final 3 4.89 DNF New Zealand 14.07DNFDNFDNF4.89
Megaminx Final 2 42.91 46.16 New Zealand 50.9247.2844.4942.9146.72
Pyraminx Final 2 2.41 4.04 New Zealand 3.264.482.414.385.98
Skewb Final 2 2.44 4.28 New Zealand 4.224.012.444.614.98
Square-1 Final 2 9.38 11.33 New Zealand 12.879.3810.7910.3416.87
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 1 DNF DNF New Zealand DNFDNSDNS

James Dyer - New Zealand WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 4 9.36 11.48 New Zealand 15.099.3610.689.7114.04
First round 4 11.13 12.29 New Zealand 12.4411.8211.1312.6114.00
4x4x4 Cube Final 2 32.99 35.19 New Zealand 35.6133.6844.0232.9936.28
First round 4 35.56 37.90 New Zealand 44.1240.7336.9635.5636.00
5x5x5 Cube Final 2 54.69 1:02.58 New Zealand 1:07.661:03.0454.691:02.171:02.52
6x6x6 Cube Final 2 1:46.32 1:52.44 New Zealand 1:46.321:54.301:56.69
7x7x7 Cube Final 2 2:56.12 3:12.93 New Zealand 3:45.532:57.152:56.12
Megaminx Final 4 1:06.11 1:12.04 New Zealand 1:13.791:13.211:06.111:25.211:09.12

Oscar Childs - New Zealand WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 5 9.81 13.61 New Zealand 15.639.8112.2412.9517.04
First round 5 11.86 13.93 New Zealand 14.6812.2511.8620.0614.86
2x2x2 Cube Final 4 3.90 6.27 New Zealand 8.774.363.90DNF5.69
4x4x4 Cube Final 5 48.65 53.42 New Zealand 56.2548.6554.771:02.3249.23
First round 5 54.52 1:00.31 New Zealand 1:10.8258.421:04.6457.8654.52
5x5x5 Cube Final 5 1:29.69 1:40.02 New Zealand 1:50.351:29.691:46.941:34.681:38.45
6x6x6 Cube Final 4 3:12.12 3:26.52 New Zealand 3:20.793:12.123:46.66
7x7x7 Cube Final 4 4:34.56 4:45.05 New Zealand 4:43.624:34.564:56.96
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 1 1:23.18 DNF New Zealand 1:23.18DNFDNF
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 4 30.16 32.22 New Zealand 34.0530.1634.6832.4130.21
Clock Final 2 9.41 12.12 New Zealand 11.0617.8611.0414.259.41
Megaminx Final 5 1:18.56 1:27.16 New Zealand 1:44.911:22.581:29.901:29.001:18.56
Pyraminx Final 4 5.67 8.80 New Zealand 11.125.678.6112.386.68
Skewb Final 4 6.01 9.63 New Zealand 7.27DNF6.0111.5010.12
Square-1 Final 4 12.69 17.01 New Zealand 14.9422.9417.8318.2512.69
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 1 DNF DNF New Zealand DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 1 DNF DNF New Zealand DNFDNFDNS

Sienna Childs - New Zealand WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 9 36.54 49.81 New Zealand 47.4136.5453.6949.8652.16
2x2x2 Cube Final 6 14.32 18.44 New Zealand 16.3814.3216.8122.1422.45
4x4x4 Cube First round 8 2:21.70 DNF New Zealand 3:47.082:21.70DNFDNF2:44.66

Xin Tu (屠新) - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 8 16.95 23.37 China 26.7423.6019.7716.9542.71
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