Koalafication Melbourne 2019


Date
May 18 - 19, 2019
City
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Venue

Mount St Josephs Girls College

Address
Cnr Civic Parade and Galvin street, Altona VIC 3018, Australia
Details

Mary MacKillop Hall

Contact

Speedcubing Australia

Organizers
Kerrie Jarman and Speedcubing Australia
WCA Delegates
Edward Hollingdale, Ethan Pride, and Sebastian Robbins
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Information

The Australian Federal Election will take place on May 18. You can find more information including voting options on the AEC website

This competition is part of a series of events around Australia to enable competitors to obtain qualifying results for the upcoming WCA World Championship 2019 in Melbourne. For more information, visit the WCA World Championship 2019 website.

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Events
Main event
Competitors
210
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 220 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $26 (Australian Dollar).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Your registration for Koalafication Melbourne 2019 is submitted and pending approval” Please ensure you have paid the registration fees via stripe on the register page. Your registration will not be accepted until you have paid the registration fees.

Please note that this competition has a competitor limit. 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 10 May will be removed.

Refunds will only be issued if we reach the competitor limit.
To receive a refund you must email the organisational team at support@speedcubing.org.au before 10 May. Refunds will not be issued after this date for any reason. If the competitor limit is not reached we will not issue refunds if you withdraw.

Registration fee includes GST for payments made after February 10th

Highlights
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Jayden McNeill won with an average of 7.58 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Tommy Kiprillis finished second (7.89) and Ethan Stevens finished third (7.90).

Oceanian records: Ethan Stevens‎ Pyraminx 1.52 (single) and Pyraminx 2.59 (average); Jode Brewster‎ 2x2x2 Cube 0.53 (single) and Square-1 5.87 (single); Myles Jarman‎ Clock 5.77 (single).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Jayden McNeill 6.78 7.58 Australia 7.076.789.557.658.02
2x2x2 Cube Andy Gong 1.70 2.05 Australia 2.061.702.162.351.93
4x4x4 Cube Jayden McNeill 27.27 31.64 Australia 30.6532.1727.2732.9032.09
5x5x5 Cube Jayden McNeill 57.47 1:02.34 Australia 1:04.881:02.771:01.671:02.5857.47
6x6x6 Cube Ryan Driscoll 1:44.37 1:49.20 Australia 1:44.371:50.161:53.06
7x7x7 Cube Ryan Driscoll 2:29.61 2:36.82 Australia 2:29.612:39.092:41.76
3x3x3 Blindfolded Timothy Loh 30.24 DNF Australia 30.24DNF33.19
3x3x3 One-Handed Jayden McNeill 11.41 13.10 Australia 13.3815.2014.1411.4111.77
Clock Darby Lee 6.36 8.73 Australia 8.228.969.006.3647.21
Megaminx Will Gurnett 49.40 58.24 Australia 1:08.7449.401:03.7055.8555.16
Pyraminx Ethan Stevens 1.52 OcR 2.59 OcR Australia 3.141.522.542.522.70
Skewb Jayden McNeill 3.07 3.84 Australia 4.483.483.573.07DNF
Square-1 Chan Hui Tung (陳許瞳) 8.05 NR 9.85 NR Hong Kong, China 10.499.509.8310.228.05
4x4x4 Blindfolded Jack Cai 2:23.70 DNF Australia DNFDNF2:23.70
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Jack Cai 21/27 1:00:00 Australia 21/27 1:00:00
Event Round Format Time limit Cutoff Proceed
3x3x3 Cube First round Ao5 5:00.00 Top 100 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 1:00.00 Top 100 advance to next round
Second round Ao5 1:00.00 Top 12 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:00.00
4x4x4 Cube First round Bo2 / Ao5 3:00.00 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 Top 12 advance to next round
Final Ao5 3:00.00
5x5x5 Cube First round Bo2 / Ao5 4:00.00 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Ao5 4:00.00
6x6x6 Cube Final Bo1 / Mo3 6:00.00 1 attempt to get < 4:30.00
7x7x7 Cube Final Bo1 / Mo3 8:00.00 1 attempt to get < 6:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round Bo3 15:00.00 cumulative * Top 12 advance to next round
Final Bo3 10:00.00 cumulative *
3x3x3 One-Handed First round Bo2 / Ao5 1:30.00 2 attempts to get < 40.00 Top 12 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:30.00
Clock Final Bo2 / Ao5 1:00.00 2 attempts to get < 20.00
Megaminx Final Bo2 / Ao5 4:00.00 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00
Pyraminx First round Ao5 1:00.00 Top 12 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:00.00
Skewb First round Ao5 1:00.00 Top 12 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:00.00
Square-1 First round Bo2 / Ao5 1:00.00 2 attempts to get < 30.00 Top 8 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:00.00
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final Bo3 1:00:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final and 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final **
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final Bo3 1:00:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final and 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final **
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final Bo1 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00

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Schedule for Saturday (May 18, 2019)

From 08:30 AM
To 09:45 AM
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo3
Time limit
1:00:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final and 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final **
From 08:30 AM
To 09:45 AM
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo3
Time limit
1:00:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final and 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final **
From 09:15 AM
To 10:00 AM
Registration
Red Stage, Blue Stage
From 10:00 AM
To 10:15 AM
Tutorial for new competitors
Red Stage, Blue Stage
From 10:15 AM
To 11:15 AM
2x2x2 Cube First round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Proceed
Top 100 advance to next round
From 11:15 AM
To 12:30 PM
3x3x3 Cube First round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
Proceed
Top 100 advance to next round
From 12:30 PM
To 01:15 PM
Lunch
Red Stage, Blue Stage
From 01:15 PM
To 02:00 PM
Pyraminx First round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 02:00 PM
To 02:45 PM
Skewb First round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 02:45 PM
To 03:45 PM
4x4x4 Cube First round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
3:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 1:30.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 03:30 PM
To 04:00 PM
Muliblind Cube Submission
Red Stage
From 03:45 PM
To 04:30 PM
Clock Final
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 20.00
From 04:30 PM
To 05:10 PM
Square-1 First round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 30.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 05:10 PM
To 06:30 PM
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final (Attempt 1)
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo1
Time limit
10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00

Schedule for Sunday (May 19, 2019)

From 08:30 AM
To 09:15 AM
3x3x3 One-Handed First round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
1:30.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 40.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 09:15 AM
To 10:05 AM
6x6x6 Cube Final
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo1 / Mo3
Time limit
6:00.00
Cutoff
1 attempt to get < 4:30.00
From 10:05 AM
To 11:05 AM
7x7x7 Cube Final
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo1 / Mo3
Time limit
8:00.00
Cutoff
1 attempt to get < 6:00.00
From 11:05 AM
To 12:00 PM
5x5x5 Cube First round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
4:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 2:00.00
Proceed
Top 8 advance to next round
From 12:00 PM
To 01:00 PM
Lunch
Red Stage, Blue Stage
From 01:00 PM
To 02:00 PM
Megaminx Final
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
4:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 2:00.00
From 02:00 PM
To 02:40 PM
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Bo3
Time limit
15:00.00 cumulative *
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 02:40 PM
To 03:20 PM
3x3x3 Cube Second round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 03:20 PM
To 03:50 PM
2x2x2 Cube Second round
Red Stage, Blue Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 03:50 PM
To 04:05 PM
Pyraminx Final
Red Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
From 04:05 PM
To 04:20 PM
Skewb Final
Red Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
From 04:20 PM
To 04:40 PM
Square-1 Final
Red Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
From 04:40 PM
To 05:00 PM
5x5x5 Cube Final
Red Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
4:00.00
From 05:00 PM
To 05:20 PM
4x4x4 Cube Final
Red Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
3:00.00
From 05:20 PM
To 05:35 PM
2x2x2 Cube Final
Red Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
From 05:35 PM
To 05:50 PM
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final
Red Stage
Format
Bo3
Time limit
10:00.00 cumulative *
From 05:50 PM
To 06:05 PM
3x3x3 One-Handed Final
Red Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:30.00
From 06:05 PM
To 06:20 PM
3x3x3 Cube Final
Red Stage
Format
Ao5
Time limit
5:00.00
From 06:20 PM
To 06:30 PM
Pack-up
Red Stage
From 06:30 PM
To 06:45 PM
Awards
Red Stage

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration between 9:00 - 9:45am. Further you must be at the venue ready to compete 20 minutes before you are scheduled to compete. Please note the schedule is subject to change on the day - sometimes we run early, sometimes we run late.

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. Who can I ask for help on the day?
Your Delegates for this competition are Ethan Pride, Sebastian Robbins and Edward Hollingdale

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. I have another question.
Then ask us! 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.

For each event we will run the groups two at a time with odd numbered groups on the left stage and even numbered groups on the right stage.

Throughout the competition we will also need judges, runners and scramblers. 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

Travel

By Train
Take a train to Westona station on the Werribee line.

By Bus
Bus route 415 stops right out the front.

By Car
Corner of Civic Parade and Galvin St
Altona, VIC 3012.

Street parking is available - please be mindful of local residents.

Cube Cafe

Baked Goods, snacks, treats, coffee and cold drinks will be available - all proceeds go back to Speedcubing Australia.

Lunch
We will be doing a bulk pizza order If you would like pizza for lunch, please ensure that you've got your name down on the pizza order sheet and paid before 10.30am.

The cafe is run by volunteers, please come chat if you would like to help.

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Live results will be provided via cubecomps. It may take up to an hour between times being set and them appearing online.

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline 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.

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