Athens Fall Late Night 2016 - October 8th - Athens, Georgia

[cuberkid10]

For Jacob and I's 5th Athens competition, we are excited to announce Athens Fall Late Night! As the title suggests, this competition will be held from 3:00pm to 12:00am (midnight). We also will be hosting KILOMINX as an unofficial event during the evening break!

Date: October 8th, 2016

Location:
Tate Student Center at the University of Georgia
45 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30603
Room 0135 - Reception Hall

Competitor Limit: 45 (as of right now, we are nearly half full, so register and pay ASAP)

Events: 3x3 (2 rounds), 4x4 (3 rounds), 6x6 (1 round), Megaminx (1 round), Clock (2 rounds), Square-1 (2 rounds), Kilominx (1 round, unofficial)

Tentatives: More rounds of some of the above listed events

WCA: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/AthensFallLateNight2016
CubingUSA: https://www.cubingusa.com/AthensFallLateNights2016/index.php

Delegate: Jambrose Happy first competition as delegate! get rekt
Organizers: Katie Hull and Jacob Ambrose

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

People competing at midnight will be bad
but I like the kilominx lol, not that I'm going or anything there's a comp much closer on the same day

 

[cuberkid10]

People competing at midnight will be bad

Most competitions pander to those who are early morning people. Jacob and I for one are late night people, so getting up super early for comps really takes a toll on us throughout the day and for some people, competing early in the morning is bad. So we thought it would be cool to have a comp that works well for the late night people for once. We also put the common events towards the early part of the day, so that people can leave afterwards if they wish.

 

[Genius4Jesus]

Sounds like a cool idea! I get my best times late at night. There should totally be more comps like this one.

 

[4Chan]

I'm gonna miss you southern cubists

REALLY WISH I COULD GO TO THIS ONE

 

[Kit Clement]

3pm-midnight? Sounds like college. Feeling much regret for never doing this at UMich.

 

[Jaysammey777]

3pm-midnight? Sounds like college. Feeling much regret for never doing this at UMich.

Originally 6pm-3am but venues are pretty hard to get at that time.

 

[Torch]

Fun fact: this comp marks more GA comps in the new era (2015-present) than the old (2006-2011).

 

[ducttapecuber]

Can't believe y'all are doing this... Good luck! Can't wait to hear how it goes.
Maybe I can come to the next one! (Not during marching season)

 

[Jaysammey777]

Can't believe y'all are doing this... Good luck! Can't wait to hear how it goes.
Maybe I can come to the next one! (Not during marching season)

Yaaa, I'm in marching band too, and fall comps are hard.

 

[Matt11111]

Since this competition is in Georgia, I'm not gonna go, but I just wanted to share a few thoughts of mine.

Awesome idea. My dad hates waking up early to go to regular comps. Maybe this can kickstart a movement of afternoon-evening competitions.

 

[YouCubing]

the only reason I'm considering going is because of Squan; I'm really slow after 10. And how will you deal with lighting?

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

i cant go because i live in s.t louis but you should do an eralier time. just a suggestion

 

[Jaysammey777]

i cant go because i live in s.t louis but you should do an eralier time. just a suggestion

Thanks for the suggestion. The idea of the comp is to give people a chance to compete later than normal. Just a cool idea that some people might like, if they don't then they don't have to go to it, there will be plenty of comps in the future.

But you should really keep an open mind about this new ideas, just a suggestion.

 

[biscuit]

i can't go because i live in missouri but you should do an earlier sic round. just a suggestion.

Am confused. Are you saying something about Justin living in MO? If so, then that made no sense.

 

[4Chan]

Am confused. Are you saying something about Justin living in MO? If so, then that made no sense.

It's a joke from the olden days, kekek

 

[Aussie]

This sounds like such a great idea! I'm a night person too. I doubt I'll be able to come, my family is going to Atlanta just a week before the competition and I don't think they're willing to come back again just a few days later. I'll still try to come, though.

 

[DGCubes]

Oh man, that's a pretty cool idea. As someone who's not a nighttime person at all (I go to bed around 9:30 to 10 and get up around 6 to 7), I'd probably do pretty badly if I went. I'd probably drop to the floor once it hit 11:30, lol.

Still, sounds awesome for nighttime people. Hope it goes well!

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Everyone has been commenting on the time of the competition, but what stood out to me is that there are more rounds of 4x4 than 3x3. That's just me though.

Either way, I also think evening competitions are better. Then I can cry myself to sleep the moment I get home.

 

[Matt11111]

We should really do more evening comps. Or better yet, we should have short comps that last.. i'unno, 2-4 hours and has like 2-4 events? Then there can be multiple comps over the course of a few weeks or months with the same staff and many of the same competitors. If people can find the venues to have these short comps, maybe people can register for the first one, and they get a pass to attend all the rest with one payment (or if the events included in any of them don't interest them, they can pay for just the ones they want to go to). Perhaps there could be a 9-week series where they have one main event and one side event per weekend on Saturday afternoons?

I don't know. Just a thought. This evening comp could open up a lot of ideas for scheduling.