Please Be Clocked Cape Town 2024

Date: Jun 29, 2024
City: Cape Town, South Africa
Venue: Kirstenhof Primary School
Address: 18 Lente Street, Kirstenhof, Cape Town, 7945
Details: School hall
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Maverick Pearson
WCA Delegates: Maverick Pearson and Timothy Lawrance

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

Information

CubingZA is excited to announce Please Be Clocked Cape Town 2024! This competition has a full array of blindfolded events, with Clock and 5x5 to mix things up.
Don't forget that to participate you need to register for the competition in the "Register" tab, and make payment by buying a ticket. Please see payment details below. Important - if we do not have enough competitors to hold 3x3 Blindfolded Round 2, we will adjust the schedule to have 2 Rounds of 5x5 instead.

PLEASE NOTE This competition does NOT have 3x3 or other popular events like 2x2 or Pyraminx. If you are a newcomer, please do not register unless you are able to solve cubes Blindfolded or would like to participate in the 5x5 or Clock events.

SPECTATORS

Spectators are only allowed as companions to competitors.

VOLUNTEERING

Please note that all competitors are required to assist with volunteering during the competition - either in the role of "runner", "judge" or "scrambler".

If any competitor or competitor's guests are willing to help judge with the blindfolded events, especially Multiple Blindfolded, please let us know. If you are able to assist with judging the longer events (4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5 Blindfolded, and Multiple Blindfolded), we will reward you with a free coffee, chocolate, or other small gift :)

About CubingZA

CubingZA is a volunteer organisation made up of delegates and community members who have come together to try and ensure that we can sustainably run regular competitions all across the country. If you are able to assist in any way and want to get involved, please get in touch here!

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 40

Number of times bookmarked: 4

Registration period: Online registration opened and will close .
Registration requirements: 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 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R100 (South African Rand).
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 .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

Payment

Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
1. First-timer competitors must create a WCA account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them).
2. The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
3. Credit and Debit Card payments for the competition entry fee of R100.00 can be made at THIS LINK
DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU HAVE REGISTERED IN STEP 2 ABOVE PLEASE.

Please note the following:
* If you haven't both registered for the competition (Step 2) and paid for a ticket (Step 3), you will not be able to compete.

This competition is mostly for blindfolded events where the competing area must be quiet during each round. We have added Clock to throw in a bit of excitement in between and give the blindfolded solvers a mental break.

All competitors will need to help with judging - judging for blindfolded events is a bit different to normal competitions. The competitor will remove the cover themselves after starting the timer - there is no inspection time. The judge will then start the stopwatch and leave it running while the competitor memorizes and solves during (additional stopwatch only used for 4BLD, 5BLD and MultiBLD). Once the competitor dons their blindfold and starts turning the puzzle, the judge must either hold up a sight blocker, or ensure that the competitor has a 'harmonica holder' with a cover on it.

For 4BLD and 5BLD, there is a 90 minute cumulative time limit. If at any point the competitor's total time for all attempts in these two events goes over 90 minutes, the attempt must be stopped, and the remaining attempts will be DNF. For MultiBLD, the judge must stop the competitor as soon as the stopwatch reaches 60 minutes (1 hour). Any further turning of any puzzle will result in a DNF.

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 Guideline A1a2++).

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.