FMC East Melbourne 2025
- Date
- Oct 25, 2025
- City
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Venue
Cranbourne South Tennis Club
- Address
- 158/160-166 Browns Rd, Cranbourne South VIC 3977
- Details
Tennis Club
- Contact
- Organizers
- Patrick Kleverlaan and Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegate
- Patrick Kleverlaan
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please note, this is an FMC only competition, and the location is DIFFERENT to previous FMC East Melbourne Editions!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 18
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 20 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.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $15 (Australian Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.
Payment:
Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Registration Pending: FMC East Melbourne 2025”. 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 is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the $15 registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.
Waiting List:
- Once the competitor limit of 20 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- You must pay the $15 registration fee to be added to the waiting list.
- New registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment.
- Waitlisted competitors will only be added to the competition if an existing competitors withdraws.
- All competitors still on the waiting list after 24/10/2025 will be removed and provided with a full refund.
- You may enquire about your position on the waiting list by contacting the organisational team.
Deleting Registration/Refunds:
- If you can no longer make the competition you may request a refund.
- To receive a full refund you must contact the organisational team by 24/10/2025.
- Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.
- Once the competitor limit of 20 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Firstian Fushada (符逢城) won with a mean of 23.33 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Trần Đăng Quang finished second (24.67) and Putian Ye (叶溥天) finished third (31.00).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 21 | 23.33 | Indonesia | 26 | 21 | 23 | |||||
Whilst spectating is free, please note that the only event at this competition is the fewest moves event. Competitors are given a scramble and an hour to come up with the shortest solution, which may not be the spectator experience you are expecting.
If you are looking for a more typical competition, consider spectating (or competing at) Melbourne Cube Days 2025 instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration at 8:15AM
Q. How old do I have to be to compete?
Anyone can compete at any age! We encourage anyone who likes Fewest Moves to register. For a more typical competition see Melbourne Cube Days 2025.
Q. How fast do I have to be to compete?
Please note this is an FMC ONLY competition, there is no speedsolving taking place. FMC-relevant regulations can be found here
Q. How can I prepare before the competition day?
Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations. Here is condensed version of the competitor tutorial. . You may also like to watch this helpful competitor guide.
Q. What do I need to bring?
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. All timing equipment is provided by Speedcubing Australia.
Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the second round?
Results will be uploaded through the day onto WCA Live. After all the results 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?
Your Delegate for this competition is Patrick Kleverlaan feel free to ask him any questions you may have on the day.
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: How do I get a WCA ID?
After official results are posted after the competitions you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.
Q: I lost a puzzle at the competition, what should I do?
There are hundreds of puzzles at these events, 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?
The organisational team can answer all your questions.
Venue
Venue is the Cranbourne South Tennis Club Clubhouse
By car
The competition venue is located at 158/160-166 Browns Rd, Cranbourne South VIC 3977. Onsite parking available.
By Train
Cranbourne Station on the Cranbourne Line is closest, connects with the 792.
By Bus
Route 792 to Pearcedale stops on Browns Road near Botanic Ridge, this is a just under 2km walk to the venue
Live Results
Live results will be provided via WCALive. It may take up to an hour between times being set and them appearing online.
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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).
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.