wca competitions

Airdrie Guildford Manchester I'm going to the Guildford comp

Hey guys! I just felt like making a thread so a made this The most embarrassing thing that's happened to me: I lost my pyraminx at a competition and cried about it, and at another one I cried because I missed skewb when I was supposed to compete in it (I was like 10 or 11, ok?)

As the title suggests, this thread is for people who want to organise a WCA competition in their hometown to ask questions and get answers. Feel free to ask questions about anything related to organising. To kick discussion off, what was the most challenging/surprising thing that you dealt...