Mall of America 2011

[Jokerman5656]

Could anyone lend me a 4x4 on the Competition too? I have doubts that my QJ will survive a solve without a big pop :/

Once again. If you need i can lend you one. I have a few actually, x-cube and a shengshou that i wont use. If anyone wants to buy one let me know.

And David if your reading this, are you coming?

 

[masterofthebass]

if you are referring to woner, he is highly doubtful.

 

[Jokerman5656]

if you are referring to woner, he is highly doubtful.

Why is that?

 

[musicninja17]

Is he going to let someone else win at this one? ^o^

edit: I really hope my 3x3 times weren't so much fail like last time.

BTW Brian...what's going to be the cutoff for 4/5/6/7?
I know i can sub 4 my 5x5....i should be good, right?

 

[DavidWoner]

Why is that?

I have no way to get there.

 

[Bryan]

BTW Brian...what's going to be the cutoff for 4/5/6/7?
I know i can sub 4 my 5x5....i should be good, right?

I'll know once registration closes so that we know how many competitors there are. We want to keep on time, but more importantly, keep it interesting.

 

[cuber952]

Would anybody like to meet up at Mall of America the saturday before the comp?

 

[JackJ]

I most likely could.

 

[Jacube]

Wow. A lot of people registered at the last second. Like 11 in less than a day.

 

[Cyrus C.]

Just registered, I'm going for sure.

 

[musicninja17]

I'm all registered and ready to go...And my little brother is going to do 3x3.
By the way how exactly does the combined limit work?

 

[Jacube]

I'm all registered and ready to go...And my little brother is going to do 3x3.
By the way how exactly does the combined limit work?

Whatever the combined limit is, you have to get at least that time in one of your first two solves of the average in order to finish the average.

 

[musicninja17]

Oh. Jeezus. Iiiiiiiidk if i can make it...i'm going to practice like a beast, and i really hope i can...but....wow

 

[Jacube]

haha. Which one are you talking about?

 

[Jacube]

Oh also I think Bryan said the limits might change depending on the people going or the number of people. Not sure

 

[musicninja17]

Well im so close to being sub 2 on 4x4. And i'm pushing sub 3:20ish on 5x5. I love both of the puzzles to death, but i can't compete fully in them despite the practice i've put in. * sigh * ah well. I'll just hope the combined limits will be a little less harsh. I mostly go for the sittin around and talking. And buyin cubes. Which reminds me....anybody got anything they know they want to sell off? I'm willing to look at anything really.....need a skewb for sure. Maybe try out some 4x4s
....which reminds me is Pixel going to be there?

 

[Bryan]

I'll just hope the combined limits will be a little less harsh.

Probably not. In the "old days", I had really lenient cutoff times. But competitions started getting larger and larger. At some point you just have to finally say enough is enough and establish a limit so we're not taking two hours for the event.

And even for this, I may have to adjust the cutoffs because of the large number of unknowns. 20 people are signed up for 5x5. 9 of them have never competed before. I know the though process for some is "Well, maybe people will mess up and I can get the cash prize" and others is "It's a flat fee, so I don't care what I sign up for."

Also, with a great audience exposure like this, what would you rather display:

2 hours of people going slow on 7x7, or 45 minutes of people being fast on 7x7, 45 minutes of OH, and 30 minutes of another round of 2x2? Obviously the latter is going to be better for the large majority of the competitors and the spectators.

 

[Tobs]

Whatever the combined limit is, you have to get at least that time in one of your first two solves of the average in order to finish the average.

But the average can be over 1:30, or did I miss something?

 

[Bryan]

But the average can be over 1:30, or did I miss something?

If you get 2:00 on the first solve, and 1:30 on the second solve, you would get to go on, and if you got more 2:00, then you'd be fine.

But if you got two 2:00 in the first two, then you'd be done.

 

[Tobs]

Ok thanks, should be possible for me.

Can't wait til Sunday, gonna be an awesome "international" competition.