Melbourne Spring 2013

[RCTACameron]

The Melbourne Spring 2013 Rubik's Cube competition has been officially announced: WCA link

Date: 9th November 2013
Time: 9:00am to 6:00pm
City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue: Brimacombe Hall, Kingswood College
Address: 366 Station Street, Box Hill VIC 3128

Spoiler: Transport info

For competitors arriving by car, there is free parking in the school, right next to the hall. Enter the driveway from Piedmont St and there will be parking near the hall.

For competitors arriving by public transport, Box Hill Station is a ~20 minute walk down Station St or a short bus ride away from the venue.

Organiser: Cameron Stollery
WCA delegates: Dene Beardsley and Tim McMahon

Register at www.speedcubing.com.au
The registration fee will be AU$15, and this money will be going to charity.

Events:

• Rubik's Cube
• 2x2 cube
• 4x4 cube
• 5x5 cube
• 6x6 cube
• 7x7 cube
• Rubik's Cube One Handed
• Rubik's Cube Blindfolded
• Pyramix

There may also be Megaminx and Square-1.

I will try to update this post with more information in the next few weeks. Feel free to ask any questions about the competition in this thread.

 

[Faz]

Haha, not this time, I've got exams on the 11th, 12th and 13th. Will you have access to this venue in the future? (Maybe we could make competitions even more frequent?)

 

[RCTACameron]

Haha, not this time, I've got exams on the 11th, 12th and 13th. Will you have access to this venue in the future? (Maybe we could make competitions even more frequent?)

Oh... at least there's Melbourne Cube Day.

The fact that this is part of a school project that our year level is doing in groups, and the fact that it is for charity makes the school more willing to help out with the venue. I wouldn't want to ask the school to let us use it every few months, but maybe once a year or something would be possible. Although it's not central, it is a good venue.

 

[ottozing]

Oh cool no Faz. Now I might actually win a comp

 

[MadeToReply]

If mega was actually an event, I might actually win mega again. yey.

 

[JasonK]

I probably won't be able to get time off work two Saturdays in a row, but this has better events than MCD so if I have to make the choice I'll be at this.

 

[rowehessler]

Haha, not this time, I've got exams on the 11th, 12th and 13th. Will you have access to this venue in the future? (Maybe we could make competitions even more frequent?)

BJ

 

[YddEd]

If mega was actually an event, I might actually win mega again. yey.

I think I could podium

 

[TimMc]

355

 

[Tim Major]

We can fit 3 rounds of Pyraminx right?

After my two year 12 exams luckily. I think it'd be tough to fit Sq1 Mega 6x6 and 7x7 all in a day comp. These events take AGES due to scrambling.

 

[RCTACameron]

We can fit 3 rounds of Pyraminx right?

After my two year 12 exams luckily. I think it'd be tough to fit Sq1 Mega 6x6 and 7x7 all in a day comp. These events take AGES due to scrambling.

We could have 3 rounds of pyra, it is a popular event and relatively very fast to run.

I'd like to see if we could do things like having 2 scrambling tables and starting scrambling for the next event before it begins to save time. If we have mega/square 1 there will likely be quite strict cutoff times.

 

[Dene]

I'd like to see if we could do things like having 2 scrambling tables and starting scrambling for the next event before it begins to save time. If we have mega/square 1 there will likely be quite strict cutoff times.

If you could pull that off I'd be amazed. I wouldn't bother, but if you're keen feel free to give it a shot.

 

[TimMc]

If you could pull that off I'd be amazed. I wouldn't bother, but if you're keen feel free to give it a shot.

We should have about 20 cube covers now.... There would need to be enough for the event that's currently running and the next one...

Tim.

 

[MadeToReply]

If mega was gonna be there, you could let me do all my solves and then I would be able to scramble for mega.

 

[RCTACameron]

We should have about 20 cube covers now.... There would need to be enough for the event that's currently running and the next one...

Tim.

We wouldn't need cube covers for the second scrambling table - all the cubes for the upcoming round would just be scrambled and left on the table until the round actually starts.

If mega was gonna be there, you could let me do all my solves and then I would be able to scramble for mega.

Yeah, we should probably do something like that, you would be fast at scrambling mega.

 

[notfeliks]

Qld comp pls

 

[cubecraze1]

Qld comp pls

Try to organise a date and venue and E-Mail Tim/Dene about a competition. I'm sure they would be happy to delegate the competition if you sorted those things out.

 

[JasonK]

We wouldn't need cube covers for the second scrambling table - all the cubes for the upcoming round would just be scrambled and left on the table until the round actually starts.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but wouldn't that mean cubes left scrambled and uncovered for anyone to see? That's not really okay...

 

[MadeToReply]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but wouldn't that mean cubes left scrambled and uncovered for anyone to see? That's not really okay...

You could probably like scramble them and then cover them all up with like a sheet of cloth,a blanket,a car door, jaymcneill or something like that.

Edit: a tarp is better....

 

[JasonK]

jaymcneill

I approve of this idea :tu