Possibility for a WCA Competition in Perth, Western Australia

We're (Andrea, Josh, Tim, Tim) just a short walk away from Hays Street in Perth if anyone wants to catch up this evening.

It's currently 4 pm here... writing up scorecards in the motel. :-)

Tim.
 
DYK
-Nathan Woo future Perth delegate?
-Andojay DOTs WR!
-Awesome prizes supplied/gotten by Pantazis?
-Amazing venue? Best at any Australian competition imo.
-Was it a Melbourne comp? Only Melbourne winners... (sorry :p)
-Josh pro'd up at 5x5 and 6x6?
-His pb with my cube?
-Michael got a 5:40 6x6 average, and at home he averages 8? (counting 6:18, so good yet, so bad... cost him first place by 5s
-Benjamin had the most epic 5x5 pop ever?
-Michael popped 6x6, one of his favourite events so he missed the cutoff? :(
-omg OH?
-4x4 and 2x2 were really close?
-In fact, all events were really close, in some part of the ranking? (take a look at 4x4 o.O
-Counting 27 in OH,, 21 with 9 F2L, 19 with 14 F2L, no skips?
-Did I mention the amazing venue?
-"Next up is Pyraminx, and in first place is Feliks Zem- sorry, I'm so used to saying that, Tim Major". -TimMc
-"I don't know how to commutate." -Josh
-Pantazis' inventions are fun.

I had a lot of fun, thanks for all the people who helped out at their first competition, I hope you guys can organise some regular public meetups.

Edit: Results of the competition have been posted.
 
LOL thanks for the kind words Tim!


To continue, DYK

- Aussie speedsolvers are the coolest?
- Anders and me cycled 5km to arrive at the venue?
- Melbourne is surely one of the coolest places in the world?
- "Tim" has become my favourite Australian name?
- Andrea ownz at DoTS? (what was that, like two seconds???)
- I finally got an average(!!!) at the 3x3x3 event?
- Thanks to the new V-2 I also got a new personal record at the 2x2x2 event?
- Tim McMahon was chasing the plane? (he got a taxi just an hour before his flight!)
- Tim Major was the event's gingerbread man and got the "Screw Loose award"?
- Thanks to Josh we had more than one first-place winners?
- The Cubedrons and DoTS had invaded an official WCA competition stopping the scramblers from doing their job?
- People were playing with the Astrolabacus, Rubik's Chesse and an original Dino Cube?
- Anders and me cycled 10km through King's Park on the way back?
- The weather was fantastic?
- We are already planning for the next Perth event?
- there was no food, but we were so sucked in the competition we did not care?
(regarding the last one, the event lasted five hours, and some of us were in a hurry,
so fair enough - next time it will be at least two days, and I will make sure that
we will go to the riverside picnic!)

I want to thank everyone who made the huge effort to join us at the
city of far far away (i.e Perth) and make this competition a reality.

It was fun, it was a pleasure, it was GEE WIZ and FAR OUT put together!

:tu :cool:


Pantazis
 
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@ Tim and kastellorizo, Thank you both for making this competition possible. It was without a doubt up there with the best days of my life.

DYK:

-Pantazis has the most awesome 3x3x3 method?
-Andrea took to the 1x1x1s?
-there are more than three cubers from WA?
-Some memes take on very strange meanings in cubing contexts (@ sheldon)
-I somehow suck at 3x3x3, 4x4x4 in comp. but suddenly get pb avgs and singles for 5x5x5 and 6x6x6 on comp.

Oh, and how does one go about becoming a WCA delegate?


It was awesome meeting you guys.
 
Ahhh yes that was a very cool comp, thanks Pantazis and the Tims and everyone. I just wish more people had competed in the later events!

More DYK!

-3 seconds makes all the difference in 5x5x5?
-V2s make awesome prizes?
-First competitions aren't too bad after all?
-Multicoloured lanyards immediately identify you as a cuber?
-You can get really sore legs from all the pressure at your first competition?
-Orange bags make really good cube holders?
-Next time the Perth cubers WILL HAVE THEIR REVENGE?
-The names Mitchell and Michael look very similar?
 
The Second Cuber said:
Oh, and how does one go about becoming a WCA delegate?
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There's a thread about it over at the WCA forum here.

Perth is further away than Wellington, New Zealand, so with an increased demand and more cubers it'll definitely be worth looking into nominating a candidate to become a delegate.

I'm happy to come along to a couple more competitions in Perth occasionally but not nearly as frequently as competitions in Melbourne for obvious reasons (travel cost).

The venue at UWA was great! And there were some unexpectedly fast cubers performing well at their first competition. As others have pointed out, I'd strongly recommend having some meetups in public places (e.g. Perth Central food court) potentially with parental supervision. You'll find that you'll learn a lot from each other and your times will improve if you discuss algorithms and take the time to go through OLLs/PLLs that you use.

Tim.
 
Hi guys, sorry for the bump, but it will be good to keep this on the same thread,
while ensuring that the previous posts confirm that the event *did* happen last time!

Anyway, to the point. How about a second Perth Open in early December 2011?
Same venue, new prizes and even more crazy puzzles from my collection!

:-)


Pantazis
 
kastellorizo said:
Hi guys, sorry for the bump, but it will be good to keep this on the same thread,
while ensuring that the previous posts confirm that the event *did* happen last time!

Anyway, to the point. How about a second Perth Open in early December 2011?
Same venue, new prizes and even more crazy puzzles from my collection!

:-)


Pantazis
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Hmmm... I'd love to make it, not sure if I'll have the money, guess I'll have to rely on my sales :D
I'll be more inclined to come if we have 2 rounds of 3x3, 2x2, OH and Pyraminx :D
 
TimMc said:
I'll definitely* be over for it. Which events do people want?

*unless there's volcanic ash...

Tim.
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I'll suggest some we could work off, but it's really up to the Perth cubers;
2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, Magic, Pyraminx, 3x3 One Handed, 3x3 Blindfolded.
And if we have more comp time, as 5 hours last comp wasn't ideal, we might be able to even have more! I didn't put 7x7, because, who will scramble? If I recall, I did the majority of scrambling, including all 6x6s last time :P
 
Hi again guys, this should be a two day competition, and this time we have
enough planning time to ensure that we also get apartments near the Uni.

Tim, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, Magic, Pyraminx, 3x3 One Handed, 3x3
Blindfolded, should all be in, I agree. we could even have Rubik's Clock!

In any case, I am already excited about it!

:)


Pantazis
 
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Could it run 9am to 5pm the first day and then 9am to 2-3pm the second day? o.O

This would allow for a pretty laid back schedule without rushing around too much... :-)

Tim.
 
OOH yes all this sounds really good. do let me know! a very interested speedcuber here!

p.s., i'm looking for WA speedcubers to meet up with, btw! (:
 
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