LogoMelbourne Cube Days 2019
- Date
- Nov 30 - Dec 1, 2019
- City
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Venue
Epping Memorial Hall
- Address
- 827 High Street Epping
- Details
Main Hall and Meeting Room
- Contact
- Organizers
- Kerrie Jarman and Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegates
- 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 150 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (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 Melbourne Cube Days 2019 is submitted and pending approval” Please ensure you have paid the registration fees via stripe on the register page.
Once the competitor limit has filled, new registrations will be added to a waitlist in the order of payment. You must pay the registration fee to be on waitlist. Waitlisted competitors will only be accepted provided an accepted competitors withdraws from the competition. All competitors still on the waitlist after 23/11/2019 will be removed and provided a full refund.
If you can no longer attend, let us know as soon as possible by emailing the organisation team at support@speedcubing.org.au. We often have waiting lists so letting us know you cannot attend allows us to add another person to the competition. By not telling us you are denying someone a chance to compete.
To receive a full refund you must email the organisational team at support@speedcubing.org.au before 23/11/2019. Refunds will not be issued after this date for any reason.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Feliks Zemdegs won with an average of 6.12 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Riley Dexter finished second (8.66) and Ethan Stevens finished third (8.94).
World records: Jack Cai 3x3x3 Blindfolded 18.27 (average).
Oceanian records: Feliks Zemdegs 4x4x4 Cube 18.39 (single), 4x4x4 Cube 22.80 (average), 5x5x5 Cube 42.88 (average), and 3x3x3 One-Handed 9.73 (average); Jack Cai 3x3x3 Multi-Blind 29/30 59:40 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 5.00 | 6.12 | Australia | 6.22 | 6.73 | 5.00 | 7.95 | 5.41 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | David Epstein | 1.42 | 1.91 | Australia | 1.47 | 2.15 | 1.42 | 2.10 | 4.56 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 22.99 | 25.26 | Australia | 24.29 | 28.72 | 22.99 | 27.64 | 23.86 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 41.65 | 42.88 | OcR | Australia | 43.97 | 43.71 | 43.26 | 41.66 | 41.65 | ||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 1:25.80 | 1:28.75 | Australia | 1:33.64 | 1:25.80 | 1:26.80 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 2:06.01 | 2:11.00 | Australia | 2:19.70 | 2:06.01 | 2:07.29 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Jack Cai | 16.46 | 18.27 | WR | Australia | 21.39 | 16.46 | 16.96 | ||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Feliks Zemdegs | 10.35 | 11.15 | Australia | 10.99 | 10.35 | 11.51 | 11.69 | 10.96 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Lennon Hughes | 4:05.28 | DNF | Australia | DNF | 4:05.28 | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Ethan Pride | 49:31.00 | DNF | Australia | 49:31.00 | DNS | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Jack Cai | 29/30 59:40 | OcR | Australia | 29/30 59:40 | |||||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 80 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 40 advance to next round | ||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 60 advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:10.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:50.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 6:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 6:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative * | Top 12 advance to next round | |
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative * | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 35.00 | Top 40 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:00:00.00 total for 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final and 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final ** | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:00:00.00 total for 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final and 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final ** | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo1 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 |
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Schedule for Saturday (November 30, 2019)
Schedule for Sunday (December 01, 2019)
Travel
By car
The competition venue is located at 827 High St, Epping. Car parking is available onsite including disabled parking
By Train
Epping Train station on the Mernda line. The venue is approx a 20minute walk from the station
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration at 9:00. 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?
Your times will be uploaded 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.
Live results will be provided via WCA Live. It may take up to an hour between times being set and them appearing online.
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. 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).
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.