Mind Games 2018

General Info
Events

Date: Mar 3, 2018
City: Wellington, New Zealand
Venue: ASB Sports Centre
Address: 72 Kemp St, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6022, New Zealand
Details: Matairangi Room
Website: Mind Games 2018 website
Contact: https://www.speedcubing.nz/event/mind-games-2018/contact
Organizers: James Macdiarmid, Joshua Brungar, and Tom Nelson
WCA Delegate: Alex Asbery

Information

Mind Games 2017 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition. It is focused on some of the more mentally demanding events, that are given less of a focus in normal competitions - blindfolded and fewest moves solving, specifically.

The competition is open to all competitors regardless of experience or skill, but there is a competitor limit of 60 people (FMC will have a limit of 25 competitors), due to venue constraints. There will also be event-based time limits in place, to ensure we stay on schedule, especially given the time taken by fewest moves solving. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 37

Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

Hide registration requirements.

There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (New Zealand Dollar).
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Hide highlights.

Finn Trass won with an average of 9.38 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) finished second (10.34) and Alex Asbery finished third (10.79).

Oceanian records: Tom Nelson‎ 4x4x4 Blindfolded 2:10.47 (single) and 5x5x5 Blindfolded 4:11.21 (single).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Finn Trass	7.71		9.38		New Zealand	8.25	9.18	10.71	11.64	7.71
5x5x5 Cube	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	50.79		57.34	NR	Malaysia	57.14	58.16	50.79	56.73	58.39
6x6x6 Cube	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	1:59.02		2:04.87		Malaysia	2:05.40	1:59.02	2:10.20
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Tom Nelson	30.14		35.80	NR	New Zealand	43.72	33.55	30.14
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Tom Nelson	30		32.67		New Zealand	35	30	33
Megaminx	James Macdiarmid	45.56		50.26	NR	New Zealand	55.57	48.72	45.56	46.48	DNF
Square-1	Lucas O'Connell	9.85	NR	15.12		New Zealand	17.76	9.85	14.58	13.03	18.15
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Tom Nelson	2:10.47	OcR	DNF		New Zealand	2:10.47	DNF	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Tom Nelson	4:11.21	OcR	DNF		New Zealand	4:11.21	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Tom Nelson	21/33 59:55				New Zealand	21/33 59:55

Event	Round	Format	Time limit	Cutoff	Proceed
3x3x3 Cube	First round	Ao5	10:00.00		Top 12 advance to next round
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
5x5x5 Cube	Final	Bo2 / Ao5	3:30.00	2 attempts to get < 2:30.00
6x6x6 Cube	First round	Bo1 / Mo3	5:00.00	1 attempt to get < 4:00.00	Top 4 advance to next round
	Final	Mo3	10:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	Bo3	15:00.00 cumulative *		Top 4 advance to next round
	Final	Bo3	10:00.00
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	Mo3	1 hour
Megaminx	First round	Bo2 / Ao5	3:00.00	2 attempts to get < 2:00.00	Top 4 advance to next round
	Final	Ao5	10:00.00
Square-1	Final	Bo2 / Ao5	2:00.00	2 attempts to get < 1:00.00
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	30:00.00 cumulative *
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Final	Bo3	30:00.00 cumulative *
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Final	Bo1	10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00

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).

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.