UK Open 2008?

CharlieCooper said:
well seven towns provide the timers and all the equipment i think so i will talk to dave. i mentioned it briefly to him over this weekend. it's kind of hard to keep this lower profile than the uk open, if it has two days, more events and is international also. i don't want to tread on the toes of the uk open at all. ahhh
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Well then, the next UK Open will have to be bigger than that. Two days and every event that the WCA offer. Also, if it's not already happened by then, it should have the first 6x6 and 7x7 official events.
 
msemtd said:
CharlieCooper said:
pleased that i finally got sub 20 in comp, as you may have gathered if you heard my exclamation of "YESSSS!"
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:D
I thought I had video footage of that solve as I remember the exclamation but it seems I wasn't filming at the time. I have your 21.75 solve on video (poor quality :) ) if you want it.
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ohhh damn! that would have been awesome hehe. but yes, i would love the 21 if you could! thanks :D

"YESSSSSSSS!"
 
i think with the amount of media coverage (with me in it :)), the fact that it is supposed to be a big xmas present (woolworths, for example, have bought millions), and the general increase in interest, we'll see at least100+ at next years UK Open, so it will have to be bigger and better...
any aims for next year?
2x2 - sub 6, 3x3 sub 14, 4x4 sub 1:10, 5x5, sub 2:30, OH sub 30, BLD sub 2... :D
as you can tell, i'm pretty ambitious...
 
Escher said:
i think with the amount of media coverage (with me in it :)), the fact that it is supposed to be a big xmas present (woolworths, for example, have bought millions), and the general increase in interest, we'll see at least100+ at next years UK Open, so it will have to be bigger and better...
any aims for next year?
2x2 - sub 6, 3x3 sub 14, 4x4 sub 1:10, 5x5, sub 2:30, OH sub 30, BLD sub 2... :D
as you can tell, i'm pretty ambitious...
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well if you saw the other thread, in a year the amount of competitions has doubled! not bad. the thing we have against us here in the uk is that people can't just necessarily hop on a train/drive for a few hours to get to us. they have to take planes to get over that pesky water most of the time. it can be quite expensive to jet around europe for competitions as i've unfortunately discovered, whereas being on the continent makes it a lot easier. we might struggle to get many more than 100 taking this into account...

my next comp, which i guess will be swiss, i would like.... sub 20 average :D sub 1 OH (small hands), sub 7 pyraminx average and sub 5 BLD. not bothered about the rest really.
 
isnt there going to be/isnt there a new train system that means that you can get on a train in London and get off in Luxembourg? i was under the impression that that was going to open soon... so that could be another method of travel for our European friends.
i would imagine that a weekend away, including travel and hotel costs could be at least 200 euro or more for anyone on the continent... damn britain.
well, if we have another competition, but make it not as worth going to as the UK Open that would be nice...
for example we could have one somewhere easy to get to by train, relatively central in terms of cubing population distribution, and a single day, with the usual events, plus maybe an FMC challenge or something. birmingham, july 2009 anyone?
 
it is really annoying how it adds up. if i stay in a hotel i've spent upwards of £250 i think on travel food hotels blah blah. the best thing is to make friends with other nice cubers that let you stay at their house :D i can see why a lot of people don't want to spent that much money on going away for a weekend. it's an extravagance that i should probably stop. even if there is some kind of train to luxembourg, it's still not really the same as leaving your house, driving for two hours, and getting to a competition in another country.. that's so very convenient!!

as for having a one day competition... i just think two days is so much more fun. you spend more time with people and it's not so pressured. you also do loads more events. selfish as it may sound, if i organise a comp, i want the events i like to be in it!

n.b. it would also be awesome to do loads of unofficial random events like they did/do at swedish cube day.
 
yeah i can see your point... and the hypothetical train was just an example. basically the new train terminal is meant to deliver trains from places in the UK (that isnt the town with the channel tunnel) to europe.

i know that there are four places in sheffield that might put up a fellow cuber for the night (definitely one :) )...

when considering the sheer number of competitions that are likely in europe next year, i doubt that MOST people will feel the need to come over, and spend ridiculous sums... i dont know.
 
i guess some people just want to come to england ... it's a great excuse. cubing is actually a fantastic excuse to visit places you wouldn't normally. i am definitely up for putting cubers up for a night or two, even if it's just for a random meet up. doesn't need to be a comp or anything, just let me know!
 
CharlieCooper said:
it is really annoying how it adds up. if i stay in a hotel i've spent upwards of £250 i think on travel food hotels blah blah. the best thing is to make friends with other nice cubers that let you stay at their house :D i can see why a lot of people don't want to spent that much money on going away for a weekend. it's an extravagance that i should probably stop. even if there is some kind of train to luxembourg, it's still not really the same as leaving your house, driving for two hours, and getting to a competition in another country.. that's so very convenient!!

as for having a one day competition... i just think two days is so much more fun. you spend more time with people and it's not so pressured. you also do loads more events. selfish as it may sound, if i organise a comp, i want the events i like to be in it!

n.b. it would also be awesome to do loads of unofficial random events like they did/do at swedish cube day.
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Cubing is the best excuse to travel around the world and meet people! Cost can vary between 0 Euro (within driving range, staying at a friends place), 200 Euro for international (European) tournaments, 1000 Euro (flying to the USA and staying there for a week) or even several thousands Euro (driving to the next World Championship for a month)

But costs is entirely irrelevant if you compare it to the joy and life experience it gets you.

All of this said, I did go to Geneva Open this weekend because it was easier to reach then the UK Open. It is so much fun to get in your car in The Netherlands on Friday afternoon (leaving work), pick up Erik on a random trainstation, pick up another cuber somewhere along the road (Sebastien Aaroux in Aachen), drive to Switserland, knock on the door of Svens house way after midnight and having Clement Gallet "babysitting" his house because Sven was at a party. Then you meet more of your friends at the competition the next day and some of those stayed at Svens place the next night.

(I do realise I am the most extreme travelling cuber though)

Charlie, I can pretty much guarantee that I will be visiting you in England this year!
 
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