PBCubing
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How old do you have to be to host a competition? My son is 13 and wants to host one but I think he is getting ahead of himself.
Hi All!!!
So there ARNET many competitions on the West Coast, and I want to maybe be able to host one instead. Any way I can do that and have the official scores on the official WCA Website? So basically an official competition. Who would I need to speak with, and how much average it would cost
Thanks!!!
-Riley
Rose City was just one month ago. The Bay Area competitions are about 9 hours drive from you, and we had one this past weekend and one the week prior. Not to mention the Vancouver competitions.
I'd suggest being patient or offering to help with organisational responsibilities for another Portland competition. Oregon has always been underrepresented, and it would be good to have more competitions in that area, but to say the entire West Coast doesn't hold many competitions is outright false. In fact, the first two WCA-recognised competitions hosted in America ever were at Caltech.
Is there any age limit to hosting a competition?
I'm turning 16 in June, and I may host a competition in Birmingham (UK) if I have the time/money in the next two years whilst I'm at college.
Rose City 2015 was a bit of an eye opener. When I started organizing it, I looked at the turnout for all of the past surrounding competitions in Oregon, Washington, Vancouver BC, and Northern California. From that, I expected about 30 competitors to show up... 50 tops. And that was the expectation given to the venue.
When the attendance shot over 100 in the weeks leading up to the competition and we were forced to close registration (or risk violating Portland Fire Codes), it was clear that Portland had an untapped demand for competitions. Zheng Li, the NW delegate in Seattle, WA, and I have begun discussing plans for the next comp, as well as seeking out venues that might be able to hold higher numbers.
The biggest issue with that would be adequate staffing. Competitions are getting huge lately. I think most organizers would agree that the growth in the community over the last year has been crazy. That also winds up meaning a lot more work involved.
@Riley - You can contact Zheng if you're interested in organizing another comp. He'd be happy to give you some pointers on getting started. I should warn you that it's a LOT of work and responsibility, especially if you expect a turnout like Rose City had. I should also let you know that we're already working on on another comp, possibly in late summer, and I'd be happy to have you on as staff.
If you host it, they will come.
I honestly never expected BASC 5 to get anywhere near 150 competitors registered. Boy was I wrong.
Also, there are whisperings that Portland cubers may be in luck in the near future. (Stay tuned!)
Staffing is always an issue. I haven't seen how other places do it, but for BASC competitions, we want our staff members to be efficient, and this usually means that we don't put first-time competitors or competitors who are young into such positions of responsibility. (We have enough issues with knowledgeable staff members, tyvm.) After some more competitions, it'll start becoming clear who locals/regulars are to Portland competitions, and then it will be easy to assemble an organisation team to split the work, because it's honestly a ton of work. If BASC can help in any way, let us know.
Hey chree how did you get sponsored by C4S for Portland comp? You think they may be open for others (or was it just because it was close to them?) I ask because that because C4S is awesome so promoting them is awesome and getting a sponsor (even if they only provide prizes) would seem to be very helpful
I still don't get how you get a WCA Profile/ID. Can someone explain this in depth for me?
Let's say a competition starts at 8:00 am. How early should you arrive?
in competitions, do your cubes need a logo?