World Championship 2015 - São Paulo, Brazil - July 17-19, 2015

tseitsei said:
This is exactly the point!

"The best in the continent" in South America means 1 world class cuber.
"The best in the continent" in NA or Europe or Asia means ~30 world class cubers

And 30 is much more than 1
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And of course, as it is well-known, world-class cubers can't travel.
 
I am very excited that worlds will be in South America next year! I have never been to South America, and I look forward to meeting many cubers from there, as well as seeing old friends from other parts of the world too!

Katie and I are definitely coming! :D
 
Thanks Chris! Reminds me to engage in more positivity here. I've had enough to trying to persuade people that Brazil is a wonderful choice :)

I am very excited for this competition! I love the country and look forward to visiting Sao Paulo, which I have not been to (apart from the airport). Something for everyone to look forward to: My inbound flight was perhaps the most amazing plane view I've ever had, of the massive jungle of high-rise buildings that stretch for miles and miles, pretty much as far as you can see. It really is a humongous city.
 
I think it will be quite cool for the community outside of South America to mix with the South American community, because we never have the chance to :)

I'm sure many Europeans, Asians, and North Americans have competed with each other before but not with South Americans.
 
In my point of view Brasil is not much further than Asia or last year (US). I have never been to worlds because they were too far away. Being a student next year will also limit my amount of money to fly to brasil for only a few days. But noting is impossible and maybe me and my dad can have a holiday there aswell so we can see the country. Ofc, i would prefer the worlds to be in Europe, but I'm not going to whine about it. Worlds are for the world and not for individuals (even though a higher quartile is not from the region). If you have to travel and pay extra, attending worlds becomes more awarding (in my opinion). I fully agree with the argument that top cubers are willing to travel a bit further from home. Im not even in the top 150 and I would love to come and pay the extra. I have got a year to work extra to pay the flight and I will be happy to do so! It makes my first Worlds more special if it is a long process of getting there (working for my travel).
 
Isn't the whole point of Worlds locations that they cycle around different places in the world?

Also, it's a great opportunity to mingle the South American scene with the rest of the community.

Of course Brazil is far away, and I might not make it, same for many others. But if I make it, I'd be very happy to visit a new continent, a new country, and meeting new people.

Plus, I am very happy for Gabriel who now finally has a world championship he can afford to go.
 
I want to congratulate the Board on the decision to have this competition in Brazil.

I am sure that was the best choice out of all those that were considered, with more criteria on this decision than solely "distance from more/best solvers". Unfortunately, scheduling a competition somewhere in the world is always a compromise that will always suffer from the short blanket syndrome. There will always be more than a few people too far any way that can't make it.

I also think this is also recognition for the tremendous work one of the brazilian delegates (namely Rafael) is doing in his country for the sport, particularly with kids, in schools. It is understandable that these achievements may go unnoticed by outsiders, but I'm glad to see it doesn't go unnoticed by the Board.

I will not be able to make it, but I want to wish all the best, both to the organization team and for the competitors that go.
 
When Tim announced world's before yesterday's final, I immediately knew I was going to be there..
Yes, I live in Colombia, and it is just a 6hr flight for me, but more than that, I was happy because it is a pretty big deal for all the cubers on this region, but I cannot understand what is the whole trouble with the location..

Dene said:
But srsly, how can anyone in North America complain about it being too far away??? It's about as close as almost anywhere else WCs would likely be, if not a hell of a lot closer than places like Asia. I mean, I'm going to have to fly via LA to get there probably.
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Unless you buy multi-city tickets, you'll most likely get a connection from Australia to Santiago..
 
Cool! I would go, not that I'm much of anyone anymore.

Maybe this will weed out all 18u Americans because their parents are too scared of the area? There goes half of 2015 competition and it'd be more of a 2005 Worlds feel lol. Next time let's do a nude bar (oh wait that didn't work with Vegas).
 
cmhardw said:
I am very excited that worlds will be in South America next year! I have never been to South America, and I look forward to meeting many cubers from there, as well as seeing old friends from other parts of the world too!

Katie and I are definitely coming! :D
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GODDAMMIT WHY DO I HAVE TO BE POOR
 
megaminxwin said:
GODDAMMIT WHY DO I HAVE TO BE POOR
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Making it to worlds is tough, and can take a lot of work. 2011 worlds was the hardest one for me to attend. Starting near the end of the year in 2010 I made some major life changes (forbore my college loans for 12 months to save that monthly payment every month towards going to worlds), I limited myself to $20 per 2 week pay period for entertainment/discretionary expenses. I even debated selling one of my saxophones at one point when it looked like I would be close on finances.

Going to worlds when it's far away can't always be done, but if it means a lot for you to go then a lot of planning and frugality can make it possible.
 
Reading this thread I could only think about one thing.
Yeah, how (North)Americans see the world. The good part is that there is smart people that think it will be great (like me). And some other people that just should know that they can't always go to the World Championships. I want to say that it is also the trip you should enjoy, not only the cubing fact. I live in Europe and since I started cubing I've seen 4 WC, I couldn't go to the first one because I was just starting... And since I was born in Perú, I'm happy about all that people from there that will be able to meet those World Class cubers that will go (most of them)
Just wanted to share my opinion in here because I found this argument a bit annoying.
 
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