Euro 2012 - Poland

In that case I wonder why the mail wasn't resent with a different title. Did one of you tell Remigiusz about it?
 
In that case I wonder why the mail wasn't resent with a different title. Did one of you tell Remigiusz about it?

Yeah I posted on the Facebook page to notify him and he just said to give everyone a reminder on here. About 1/3 of the people had responded so they obviously received it absolutely fine. I wouldn't be surprised if the e-mail got re-sent again at a slightly later date.
 
Dear competitors!

It seams that my newsletter to all competitors got stopped by spam filters.

1) That's why we stop gathering data about the size of competitor t-shirts and just extrapolate from present status:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjSunS8HRVh4dFJla0VlUTBqYVVSVlBqTXF6WENzSFE . We will be giving t-shirts at the registration so there you will choose the one you need.

2) We still would like to ask you to became judges during competitions, and help with organisation stuff (typing results into computer, registration, etc.) Ask your quests as well, and sign here http://goo.gl/HOHH2 (here, however, specify size of the t-shirt).

We want to organize things in such a way, that people who want to help will be the first ones on the starting list in each competition. Only after completing their solves they will be able to join the organizing staff, judges, scramblers, etc.). That's why we gathering such list of people. We understand priorities and don't want to disturb in anybody's preparations before competition, and during competition in any possible way. If you will have time during the event you are welcome to come and help, and we think that's how things will be running. We don't treat our list as a contract where person is obliged to do nothing else from 9:00 am till 8 p.m. but be at our commands. We won't pressure anybody because of the primary declaration they will make now, and won't be able to contribute in organization later. We're doing what we can to gather enough men power to run things smoothly, but it's hard to find volunteers outside speedcubing community. In the main hall we have 28 timers, and parallel to this we have 2 other rooms with FM, multiblind, etc.) We need even up to 50 people at each time.

3) Don't miss our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/eurocube2012 . I'm posting there some data, statistics and updates concerning Euro 2012.

4) We remind you that registration closes on the 1st October 2012 at 23:59. Our hostels still offer rooms, so tell your friends!

See you in Wrocław in 478 hours.

Remigiusz Durka
in the behalf of Organization Team of 5th European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012 in Wroclaw
 
My who will win what list:

3x3:
Mats Valk
Michał Pleskowicz
Cornelius Dieckmann

4x4:
Mats Valk
Erik Akkersdijk (experience counts!!!)
Giovanni Contardi

5x5:
Michał Halczuk
Breandan Vallance
Erik Akkersdijk

2x2:
I almost don't want to guess here, but oh well:

Mats Valk
Bence Barát
Simon Westlund

3x3BLD:
Marcell Endrey
Marcin Zalewski
Marcin Kowalczyk

3x3: OH
Michał Pleskowicz
Mats Valk
Kanetti Sae Han

FMC:
Sébastien Auroux
A Hungarian
A Swede (go Gunnar)

3x3Feet:
Henrik Buus Aagaard (Yes myself!)
Erik Akkersdijk
Peter Pozsgai
(Go the "old" and experienced cubers!!)

Megaminx:
Simon Westlund
Bálint Bodor
Oscar Roth Andersen
(Why change the WC11 rank?)

Pyraminx:
Oscar Roth Andersen (Go Denmark!)
Jules Desjardin
Brúnó Bereczki

Sq1:
Simon Crawford
Piotr Michał Padlewski
Tomas Kristiansson (GO tomatsu!)

Clock:
Javier Tirado Ortiz
Daniel Sheppard
Gaël Dusser

6x6:
Michał Halczuk
Bence Barát
Breandan Vallance

7x7:
Michał Halczuk
Bence Barát
Milán Baticz

Magic:
Why guess, I have no idea!
But as always:
Joey Gouly!!!

Master Magic:
Two from Hungary
Sanio Kas!

4x4BLD:
Marcell Endrey
Daniel Sheppard
Jakob Kogler

5x5BLD:
Marcell Endrey
Daniel Sheppard
Lars Vennike Nielsson (Go Denmark)

MultiBLD:
Marcin Kowalczyk (Go Go WR)
Marcell Endrey
Jakob Kogler

(Sweden 3, Denmark 4, lets see!)
 
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A lot of updates!!!

1) New list for judges! Use old link: http://goo.gl/HOHH2 and fill 'x' (read FAQ). Be sure to check BLIND tab below as well.

2) Updated list of hostels in Wrocław: http://goo.gl/TMuuX

3) Registration closes on 5th October 2012 23:59. With 308 people it is so close to make it bigger than every World Championships so far!

4) Fun fact: Doors to venue turned out to be too small for our big LED screen (3x4 m) we have ordered few month ago! We had to repalce it by some module one :) Uffff.

5) Please follow us also on facebook. Soon there will be competitions in which you can win the Rubik's Cubes.

Any questions?
Remigiusz Durka
 
Here are the answers from Stefan Łapicki.

Any chance that the number of mosaic teams can be increased?
-There its no chance to increase number of teams in mosaic. We can't handle more then 20 teams.

Can a competitor make a little (5 minutes, e.g.) pauses between his attempts in mbld, 4x4 & 5x5 bld?:

-Only first attempt in multi and 4x4 bld will be all competitors at once. Second attempt in multi and 4x4 and 5x5 will depend on competitor. But you have to fit in time limits for those events, eg. you have to finish your second attempt in multi before 12:00.
 
Is it possible to change my mind and not show up in some of the events that i've registered in early on friday, and still compete in the other events that i've registered in?
 
Is it possible to change my mind and not show up in some of the events that i've registered in early on friday, and still compete in the other events that i've registered in?
Yes, please let us know which via [email protected].

Any chance that the number of mosaic teams can be increased?
We ordered 600 cubes for the Mosaic Building, so the answer is no.

Can a competitor make a little (5 minutes, e.g.) pauses between his attempts in mbld, 4x4 & 5x5 bld?
As Stefan wrote: the first solve will be done all at once. After that you have until the end time to do your other solve(s).
 
Is it possible to change my mind and not show up in some of the events that i've registered in early on friday, and still compete in the other events that i've registered in?

Yes! But contact Ron as soon as possible about it! He said about it http://www.speedcubing.com/events/euro2012/registration (look directely above the registration form). I will put bold font there.

Any other questions?

+Some time ago on our webpage I've published photo how to get form Avantgarde hostel to the venue.
+Weather is not so bad now in Wrocław. Some long term broadcast looks also nice http://pogoda.onet.pl/prognoza-pogody/dzis/europa,polska,wroclaw,9203.html
 
Friday's schedule is similar to the one at the World Championship last year (from multi-blind & big blind perspective) which is quite ok - theoretically.
9:00-12:00 - 3 hours for 2 attempts in multi-blind is quite ok. It means 1 hour break.
I tried it at home. 1 hour break is quite enough, 30 minutes is too few.
But...
Last year in Bangkok SCRAMBLING started at 9:00, solving started at around 9:30. After the first attempt I had to fight with the main judge to get 1 hour break (as the room was free.)
So my question is: Could we get a guaranteed 1 hour break between the 2 multi-blind attempts?
 
On the topic of fridays blind events: can I do my 5x5x5bld solve(s) before my 4x4x4bld solve(s)?
Ron allowed me this at Euro 2010, but I would like to make sure.
 
I downloaded the pdf that gives the prices for the bus and tram (the second link on this page) but I don't understand what is the difference between "BILETY IMIENNE 7-dniowy" and "BILETY CZASOWE 168-godzinny (7-dobowy)". Aren't they both tickets for 7 days ?

We have in Wrocław this stupid system of URBAN cards, which is some personal ID card, on which you can buy and code your tickets. To get the urbancard you need at least one week to get it - with standing in lines, filling a lot of papers, giving a photo of you, etc. "Imienne" means in this case "attached to a name" so means having urbancard.

Buy 168 hours (7 days) ticket an be happy you can do it (geniuses from city for a long time set the maximum "long time ticket" only for 72h. Not very helpful for foreigners, don't you think?)

If you are going to spend whole days at the competition you really need just 2 x 3 PLN ticket ("one way ticket" without transitions between trams/buses, or "half hour tickets" (with as many transition you can do in this time). To make this system more complicated there are some fast buses (which are... pretty slow, i.e. Bus "K" is the third slowest line in the whole city! :) To have a ride on them you need 30 min. ticket or... buy "one way ticket" being slightly more expensive that usual one. Oh, for all night buses, if you don't have timelike tickets, you also have to pay more...

I recommend using page www.jakdojade.pl. Use tram 9 and 17 to get to venue from Avantgarde Hostel (see direct link http://goo.gl/xzB4n)!
 
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