Asians 2022 in Kazakhstan

[abunickabhi]

Let's go.

I will be attending an Asians after 6 long years.

Registrations open in 46 hours!
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/RubiksWCAAsianChampionship2022

 

[abunickabhi]

Only 15 people registered till now out of the possible 700.

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/RubiksWCAAsianChampionship2022/registrations

Looks like it is going to take a long time to fill 700 spots.

 

[Eli Apperson]

Only 15 people registered till now out of the possible 700.

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/RubiksWCAAsianChampionship2022/registrations

Looks like it is going to take a long time to fill 700 spots.

How long has it been open?

 

[abunickabhi]

How long has it been open?

2 days

 

[Eli Apperson]

2 days

Ya'll are in trouble...

 

[gsingh]

i know ruihang might not be able to go im surprised leo or sean haven't signed up yet
and im pretty sure seung hyuk nahm comes back from his time in the army before this so im surprised he hasnt signed up either
fahmi also hasnt signed up

 

[Eli Apperson]

i know ruihang might not be able to go im surprised leo or sean haven't signed up yet
and im pretty sure seung hyuk nahm comes back from his time in the army before this so im surprised he hasnt signed up either
fahmi also hasnt signed up

I was wrong

 

[abunickabhi]

Fahmi doesn't live in Asia...

He lives in Indonesia which is a part of Asia, iirc.

 

[Eli Apperson]

He lives in Indonesia which is a part of Asia, iirc.

LOL I thought he was in Nigeria for some reason

 

[xyzzy]

Looks like it is going to take a long time to fill 700 spots.

Isn't it filling up unnaturally slowly? 30 registered in 4 days? (Though it was 19 when I checked earlier today, so maybe they're just handling the registrations in batches rather than one at a time.)

 

[SpeedCubing RDJ]

I live in Singapore so probably not gonna travel all the way to kazakstan to compet… although i wanna go

 

[abunickabhi]

Isn't it filling up unnaturally slowly? 30 registered in 4 days? (Though it was 19 when I checked earlier today, so maybe they're just handling the registrations in batches rather than one at a time.)

Yes it is strange. One reason is that the guy accepting the regs is not doing a good job. The other reason could be no one wants to travel to kazakh.

 

[SpeedCubing RDJ]

Yes it is strange. One reason is that the guy accepting the regs is not doing a good job. The other reason could be no one wants to travel to kazakh.

Yes, im not sure why they chose kazakhstan but this increases your chances of winning or podiuming!

 

[abunickabhi]

Pictures of the Asians venue released today on their official Instagram page's story.

 

[abunickabhi]

Day 7 and only 33 people registered for Asians 2022. Something seems fishy here yo.

 

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[qwr]

I would expect most competitors to be Chinese or Russian but I think China still has strict air travel limits

 

[Imsoosm]

I would expect most competitors to be Chinese or Russian but I think China still has strict air travel limits

Can Russians still go? I thought a few months ago WCA post something about Russians not competing or something, might have misread it. Or it might just be comps in Russia, the people can still go.

 

[abunickabhi]

Can Russians still go? I thought a few months ago WCA post something about Russians not competing or something, might have misread it. Or it might just be comps in Russia, the people can still go.

The Russians have registered. I guess they can go. They cannot win podiums though, since it is reserved only for Asian nationalities.

 

[NigelTheCuber]

i dont think i can go as it is so far away