Two of the finalists had a bad start with one turning up to the 2 hour familiarisation session held the day before in his team suit as Qantas had lost his bag. The other lost his levels and straight-edges in transit. When competition started the bag had turned up and extra levels and straightedges found so besides the extra nerves everything was on track. The South Australian competitor was a little disadvantaged as he came 3rd in the Regional competition and had little notification of the first 2 declining to attend.

The competition started on Friday and even though they all had the same project most of them had a different strategy on how to set out the task. Some cut out both walls first then fixed them, others cut one wall and fixed that first and a couple started with the floor. At the end of day 2 it was obvious who had put the time in to practise with some having completed the project 2 or 3 times before the competition. At the start of day 3 all the judges agreed that only 1 or 2 might finish but the adrenalin kicked in and they really moved into top gear with the majority completing in the time. At the debriefing there was only a couple that thought they could have done better with them all being grateful for the experience and opportunity to demonstrate their skills at such a great venue.