Eyes Open Open - Ōtautahi 2025
- Date
- Sep 20 - 21, 2025
- City
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Venue
WEA Christchurch
- Address
- 59 Gloucester Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013
- Details
Main hall
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Jacob O'Callaghan and Joel O'Callaghan
- WCA Delegates
- Daniel Fraser and James Dyer
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Eyes Open Open - Ōtautahi 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.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 26
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $45 (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 .
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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $50 (New Zealand Dollar).
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Jasper Murray won with an average of 6.74 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Connor Johnson finished second (7.34) and Henry Eyles finished third (7.95).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Jasper Murray | 5.35 | 6.74 | New Zealand | 5.35 | 7.25 | 5.98 | 6.98 | 8.06 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Connor Johnson | 1.21 | 1.36 | New Zealand | 1.28 | 1.54 | 1.27 | 1.21 | 2.88 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Henry Eyles | 24.34 | 27.85 | New Zealand | 29.23 | 28.61 | 25.70 | 24.34 | 35.80 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Henry Eyles | 50.84 | 53.66 | New Zealand | 55.67 | 54.67 | 50.84 | 52.94 | 53.37 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Dwyane Ramos | 1:25.20 | 1:27.82 | New Zealand | 1:27.52 | 1:25.20 | 1:30.73 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Dwyane Ramos | 2:17.79 | 2:19.82 | New Zealand | 2:21.32 | 2:17.79 | 2:20.36 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Henry Eyles | 30 | New Zealand | 30 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Dwyane Ramos | 7.58 | 8.72 | New Zealand | 7.67 | 9.09 | 9.39 | 7.58 | 10.88 | |||
| Clock | Connor Johnson | 4.12 | 4.24 | New Zealand | 4.21 | 4.30 | 4.52 | 4.12 | 4.21 | |||
| Megaminx | Henry Eyles | 39.46 | 42.13 | New Zealand | 43.77 | 39.46 | 46.70 | 41.82 | 40.81 | |||
| Pyraminx | Jasper Murray | 1.40 | 1.59 | New Zealand | DNF | 1.61 | 1.49 | 1.40 | 1.67 | |||
| Skewb | Connor Johnson | 3.15 | 3.62 | New Zealand | 3.46 | 4.01 | 3.40 | 3.15 | 4.72 | |||
| Square-1 | Henry Eyles | 6.72 | 8.43 | New Zealand | 8.25 | 10.20 | 6.72 | 9.89 | 7.15 | |||
Q. I have never been to a competition before, is this a good competition for me?
A. YES! All of our competitions cater for newcomers. There is a new competitor tutorial and plenty of friendly delegates, organisers and other competitors who can help you understand what you need to do.
Q. 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. Competitors range from young children through to older adults, with a majority being between 10 and 20 years old.
Q. How fast do I have to be to compete?
A. To compete you only need to know how to solve the cube! Please check the events tab to see the time limits for each event.
Q. Do children need to have adult supervision?
A. Yes. Adult supervision of children is required at ALL times. The WCA Delegates and Organisers are very busy running the competition and cannot be responsible for supervising children.
Q. How can I change my events?
A. You may make any changes to your registered events by 4 March 2025. After this date you can only remove events. You can change your events by contacting the organisational team detailing your event changes.
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
A. You should be at the venue ready to compete at least 30 minutes before your scheduled events, 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. If this is your first competition then you should also attend the competitor tutorial to make sure you know how to compete.
Q. How can I prepare before the competition day?
A. Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations. Here is condensed version of the competitor tutorial made by Speedcubing Australia. You may also like to watch this helpful competitor guide.
Q. What do I need to bring?
A. You need to bring a puzzle for each event you are signed up to compete in - make sure they are allowed per the WCA regulations. We also recommend you bring a water bottle. Many competitors also bring a 'warm up cube' to use between submitting their puzzle for scrambling and starting their official solve. All timing equipment is provided by Speedcubing New Zealand.
Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the next 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 competitors times of a round have been entered, you can see if you are in the following round.
Q. Who can I ask for help on the day?
A. Your Delegates for this competition are Daniel Fraser and James Dyer, feel free to ask them any questions you may have on the day.
Q. Can I help on the day?
A. Of course! Throughout the day we will need judges and runners so please see our Delegates or Organisers to ask how you can best assist.
Q: How do I get a WCA ID?
A. After official results are posted after the competition you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.
Q: I lost a puzzle at the competition, what should I do?
A. There are hundreds of puzzles at these events, so please make sure to keep yours together so you don't lose them! Keeping them in a bag and looking after it at all times is recommended. If you do lose a puzzle (or anything else), please speak to us at the event or contact the organisational team, it is possible someone has handed it in to us.
Q. Where can I ask other questions?
A. You can contact the organisational team to answer any other questions.
The venue for this competition is the Canterbury WEA, located at 59 Gloucester Street, Christchurch Central City.
Getting here & parking
Bus
WEA is a 15-minute stroll from the central bus interchange. Bus 17 has a stop on Hereford Street outside the Christchurch City Council Civic Offices, two blocks south of WEA.
Walking
WEA is on Gloucester Street, opposite CoCA and the Christchurch Art Gallery.
Cycling
Christchurch has a network of cycleways and cycle lanes; bike parking is available at WEA, in the small lot behind the building.
Parking
WEA parking is open for us to use, located behind the venue.
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 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.