Lawrence Spring Open 2015 (Kansas, USA)

shadowkiller168 said:
Apology accepted.

Not every competition feels like that, especially if you're not part of the staff. I could realistically say that Lawrence Open 2014, or at least after lunch time, wasn't overwhelming. Hell, we were even ahead of schedule and got to tack on another round of Skewb. It really just boils down to the amount of competitors, number of events, and staff. For LO14, there weren't too many competitors, so it wasn't too terribly rushed.

The main problems I would really have with including 3 long events would be to make sure they don't eat up too much time, especially if many people sign up for the event. (*cough*5x5*cough*)
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It's because there were very few competitors. It was your first time organizing, so naturally it was an easier event list. Competitions often have trouble staying on schedule.
 
You're making another Lawrence competition? Don't make it too soon or my parents will say I can't go because I "Just went to a competition". As long as it is in March it will be fine.
I'm going to get my revenge on Elijah Berry and make the finals :P
I recommend (possibly) dropping Megaminx from the competition because it takes lots of time for only like 10 people to do it and hardly anyone is good at it.
I would like to see this kind of competition:
3 rounds of 3x3 (R2 top 25, R3 top 15)
2 rounds of 2x2 (R2 top 18)
1 round of 4x4 (CF) (1:45 Soft 2:30 Hard)
1 round of 5x5 (CF) (3:30 Soft 5:00 Hard)
1 round of 6x6 (CF) (6:30 Soft 10:00 Hard)
2 rounds of Pyraminx (CR1) (R2 top 15, 0:30 Soft 1:00 Hard)
1 round of 3BLD (10:00 Combined Limit)
1 round of Skewb (CF) (0:25 Soft 0:50 Hard)
A lot of those don't really matter to me that much

P.S. I'm going to get a Skewb so I won't care when you add another round of it in the middle of the competition.
 
JustinTimeCuber said:
You're making another Lawrence competition? Don't make it too soon or my parents will say I can't go because I "Just went to a competition". As long as it is in March it will be fine.
I'm going to get my revenge on Elijah Berry and make the finals :P
I recommend (possibly) dropping Megaminx from the competition because it takes lots of time for only like 10 people to do it and hardly anyone is good at it.
I would like to see this kind of competition:
3 rounds of 3x3 (R2 top 25, R3 top 15)
2 rounds of 2x2 (R2 top 18)
1 round of 4x4 (CF) (1:45 Soft 2:30 Hard)
1 round of 5x5 (CF) (3:30 Soft 5:00 Hard)
1 round of 6x6 (CF) (6:30 Soft 10:00 Hard)
2 rounds of Pyraminx (CR1) (R2 top 15, 0:30 Soft 1:00 Hard)
1 round of 3BLD (10:00 Combined Limit)
1 round of Skewb (CF) (0:25 Soft 0:50 Hard)
A lot of those don't really matter to me that much

P.S. I'm going to get a Skewb so I won't care when you add another round of it in the middle of the competition.
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That's a ton of events for a one-day competition. Unless you're going from 8-6 with fewer than 50 competitors, that's not going to happen.
 
JustinTimeCuber said:
You're making another Lawrence competition? Don't make it too soon or my parents will say I can't go because I "Just went to a competition". As long as it is in March it will be fine.
I'm going to get my revenge on Elijah Berry and make the finals :P
I recommend (possibly) dropping Megaminx from the competition because it takes lots of time for only like 10 people to do it and hardly anyone is good at it.
I would like to see this kind of competition:
3 rounds of 3x3 (R2 top 25, R3 top 15)
2 rounds of 2x2 (R2 top 18)
1 round of 4x4 (CF) (1:45 Soft 2:30 Hard)
1 round of 5x5 (CF) (3:30 Soft 5:00 Hard)
1 round of 6x6 (CF) (6:30 Soft 10:00 Hard)
2 rounds of Pyraminx (CR1) (R2 top 15, 0:30 Soft 1:00 Hard)
1 round of 3BLD (10:00 Combined Limit)
1 round of Skewb (CF) (0:25 Soft 0:50 Hard)
A lot of those don't really matter to me that much

P.S. I'm going to get a Skewb so I won't care when you add another round of it in the middle of the competition.
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I'm going to agree with Keaton; that's a lot of events. I know my previous comp had quite a few, but there weren't very many competitors to begin with. This time around, I know there will likely be a lot more (No Minnesota comp to get in the way, and Chris Olson said he would likely be there). Forget about more than 1 round of anything unless it's 2x2 or 3x3 (which there will be 3 rounds each). I'm keeping Megaminx no matter what. So what if there's only 10 people who signed up for it? There were even less who signed up for 3BLD and Sq-1. Not to mention I absolutely love Megaminx. It's basically what I plan to specialize in.

I'm having a hard time getting behind 4x4. The soft cutoff (If I were to even have the event) would likely be 1:15-1:30. 5x5's soft cutoff that you proposed is way too lenient. 2:30-3:00 would be more reasonable. The 6x6 cutoffs you proposed would fit for 7x7, but 6x6 is a much faster event, and it's long enough as it is.

I'm unsure what the cutoffs for 3BLD will be, and the r2/r3 cutoffs would probably be different (top 15 for r3 seems like a little much. Top 10 would make more sense).

Chances are I'm not going to tack on another round of anything, unless we are actually ahead of schedule (which is less likely for this comp due to the long events and more people).

I appreciate you looking into this competition, and you should be happy to know that the competition will likely be held on March 28th. However, I can't take this schedule too seriously, especially considering you have never organized a competition, and you have only been to 3.
 
Maybe, just maybe, Chris Olson would come to a comp here, in the future, but it's a big maybe.
But, I like kevin Hays just as much as him so... yeah. Getting some potential world record creators (or world record holders) would be awesome.
It would attract a lot more competitors here. But, you know, that may not be for a few years, and maybe a bigger (not specifically better, it's a great place) place to hold it.
 
shadowkiller168 said:
I'm going to agree with Keaton; that's a lot of events. I know my previous comp had quite a few, but there weren't very many competitors to begin with. This time around, I know there will likely be a lot more (No Minnesota comp to get in the way, and Chris Olson said he would likely be there). Forget about more than 1 round of anything unless it's 2x2 or 3x3 (which there will be 3 rounds each). I'm keeping Megaminx no matter what. So what if there's only 10 people who signed up for it? There were even less who signed up for 3BLD and Sq-1. Not to mention I absolutely love Megaminx. It's basically what I plan to specialize in.

I'm having a hard time getting behind 4x4. The soft cutoff (If I were to even have the event) would likely be 1:15-1:30. 5x5's soft cutoff that you proposed is way too lenient. 2:30-3:00 would be more reasonable. The 6x6 cutoffs you proposed would fit for 7x7, but 6x6 is a much faster event, and it's long enough as it is.

I'm unsure what the cutoffs for 3BLD will be, and the r2/r3 cutoffs would probably be different (top 15 for r3 seems like a little much. Top 10 would make more sense).

Chances are I'm not going to tack on another round of anything, unless we are actually ahead of schedule (which is less likely for this comp due to the long events and more people).

I appreciate you looking into this competition, and you should be happy to know that the competition will likely be held on March 28th. However, I can't take this schedule too seriously, especially considering you have never organized a competition, and you have only been to 3.
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Well, you've only been to four :P

My suggestion would be to have fewer main events, and 2-3 tentative events, should you get ahead of schedule. This way, you'll have a more lenient schedule that can adjust to more competitors.
 
Ninja Storm said:
Well, you've only been to four :P

My suggestion would be to have fewer main events, and 2-3 tentative events, should you get ahead of schedule. This way, you'll have a more lenient schedule that can adjust to more competitors.
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Yeah, great idea. I really liked you guys being ahead of schedule last time, and raising the 4x4 soft cutoff to 1:40, even though I barely missed it. I think Skewb and Square-1 should be tentative, maybe megaminx, but Zachary said that was a for-sure event. The rest have 20+ competitors, besides BLD, but that's a cool event (even though I can't do it).
 
I REALLY hope that I am open to come. I missed the last one but It's a 45 minute drive and all... crossing my fingers. Also would the price be 5 an event again (I think that's what it was last time)
 
I probably should have paid more attention to this thread. The competition name will be Lawrence Spring 2015, and the events list will be 2 rounds of 2x2 and 3x3, (1 round for every other event) 5x5, 6x6, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb, and OH.

March 28th is when the competition will happen.
 
RjFx2 said:
Maybe, just maybe, Chris Olson would come to a comp here, in the future, but it's a big maybe.
But, I like kevin Hays just as much as him so... yeah. Getting some potential world record creators (or world record holders) would be awesome.
It would attract a lot more competitors here. But, you know, that may not be for a few years, and maybe a bigger (not specifically better, it's a great place) place to hold it.
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lol the entire MN group is planning on coming down for this, which includes Chris.
 
shadowkiller168 said:
That's what I've been told. I didn't expect anything less. I just don't understand how you guys can deal with driving distances that far away.
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We went from Michigan to Minneapolis in one straight drive. It's not really that bad. Can you do clock? Make the cut pretty low and its a fast event, I can scramble fast.
 
Another Lawrence, Kansas Competition

shadowkiller168 said:
That's what I've been told. I didn't expect anything less. I just don't understand how you guys can deal with driving distances that far away.
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The main reason we're going is because it's "close" by our standards :P

edit: yeah you should try to have clock. Logan and I can scramble fast, make the cutoff like 20 and we'll be fine.
 
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