Athens Winter Mystery - December 12, 2015 - Athens, GA

[cuberkid10]

Jacob, Chris, and I are excited to announce this unique competition! The focus will primarily be on the 4 mystery events (non-WCA official). Clues as to what these events could be will be updated on the website and other platforms over time, so check back often! Along with the mystery events, we will have 3 rounds of 3x3 and a round of Megaminx (held concurrent with lunch). We hope that this competition will be laid back and a lot of fun for everyone!

PLEASE NOTE: The competitor limit is 35, so register early!

Date: December 12, 2015

Location:
Reed Programming Room
Reed Hall at the University of Georgia
102 Hooper Street, Athens, GA, 30609

Registration Fee: $20

Events:
3x3 (3 rounds)
Megaminx
4 Mystery Events

Delegate: Chris Tran
Organizers: Jacob Ambrose and Katie Hull

WCA: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=AthensWinterMystery2015
CubingUSA: http://www.cubingusa.com/athenswintermystery/index.php

Note: The judging video mentioned on the homepage is currently in production. Any suggestions about what NOT to do as a judge would be greatly appreciated (based on what you have experienced or seen)!

We are sponsored by theCubicle.us!

 

[SirWaffle]

yes just yes. Will find out soon if i can make it

 

[MoyuFTW]

That will be interesting. For the mystery puzzles, do you need to bring other puzzles?

 

[Deleted member 19792]

Maybe.

Just saying.

 

[Torch]

Cool, I'll probably be able to come.

A couple things for judges to know:

How to write down +2's

+2 boundaries for Pyra (60 degrees), Skewb (60 degrees), and Mega (36 degrees). Especially skewb.

Know the cutoffs, if there are any

 

[DanpHan]

I have a feeling I won't be able to go, but we'll see!

For judges: I feel like this is fairly obvious after the last comp, but don't talk to the competitors while they're solving.

 

[Jaysammey777]

That will be interesting. For the mystery puzzles, do you need to bring other puzzles?

Once we finalize what each mystery event will be, we will specify if so(probably not). We will try to provide everything. So 3x3 is really all you'd need, but feel free to bring anything you want to like any other comp to have fun with everyone

 

[YouCubing]

Once we finalize what each mystery event will be, we will specify if so(probably not). We will try to provide everything. So 3x3 is really all you'd need, but feel free to bring anything you want to like any other comp to have fun with everyone

And a Mega

You two are officially my favorite organizers. Sorry Ray
It's like Mystery Events at Nats, but better.
For judgies:
3, 2, 1, go is really annoying to me
I'm like "I SAID I'M READY!" but in my head.
idk about everyone else tho

 

[Dadd]

I might come depending on the mystery events.
For judges: Know what counts as a +2 and what counts as a DNF.

 

[ElectroCuberZZ]

What not to do as a judge:
1. Talk to me while solving
2. Having the cube box turned up so I can see the cube
3. Failing at flipping over the box so the cube is out on the table
4. Not being able to know what a +2 is on a skewb and even when I tell you its a +2 you say that its not and won't change it. -_-
5. (This is just personal preference) Please don't ask me to take off my noise isolating headphones when they are obviously not bluetooth.

 

[Jaysammey777]

2. Having the cube box turned up so I can see the cube

This is mainly the runners fault in events that run fast and In a hurry, although the judge should flip it over right when they get it, those boxes can be damn frustrating. anyway, sorry I'll do better at that next time!

 

[YouCubing]

Any idea on when the riddles will be posted? I'm so hyped up

 

[Jaysammey777]

Registration is 1/3rd full! Mystery riddles will be announced soon!

 

[b0ssGuy23]

Registration is 1/3rd full! Mystery riddles will be announced soon!

Cool, any idea on when the judging video is releasing? No rush.

 

[Jaysammey777]

Cool, any idea on when the judging video is releasing? No rush.

Quite possibly the night before with the way this semesters been XD. Me and Katie just need to find the time to sit down and do it.

 

[YouCubing]

Huh. Still haven't signed up. I need to do that. Oh well, even if I can't go, I can still try to figure out the clues xD
e: more judgy things:
Write down the full time, please. Even if it's just the third digit (which won't count towards the time), I still prefer the xx.xxx to the xx.xx format. And, at the last Athens comp, I heard that someone was only recording xx.x format, so basically record in xx.xxx.

 

[b0ssGuy23]

Write down the full time, please. Even if it's just the third digit (which won't count towards the time), I still prefer the xx.xxx to the xx.xx format. And, at the last Athens comp, I heard that someone was only recording xx.x format, so basically record in xx.xxx.

Even if there is a 0 as a last digit?

 

[Dadd]

Even if there is a 0 as a last digit?

WCA regulations say that if it is recorded as xxx.x then it will be the worst possible time. For example, 1.9 would mathematically be 1.90 but with WCA regs it would count as 1.99.

 

[YouCubing]

Even if there is a 0 as a last digit?

yeah, if my time is, for example, 15.460 (which would be a good 3x3 time for me ), then I would prefer to have it written as 15.460 rather than 15.46. It's just a pet peeve of mine :/

 

[b0ssGuy23]

yeah, if my time is, for example, 15.460 (which would be a good 3x3 time for me ), then I would prefer to have it written as 15.460 rather than 15.46. It's just a pet peeve of mine :/

Alright. In case I'm judging you, i'll be sure to write it that way

Also, what are the round advancements for 3x3? I'm wondering if I can make round 2, since there are less people and not as many people will be able to advance rounds :/

Judges: If there is a borderline +2, don't be afraid to ask the delegate about it, and don't make random assumptions about whats a solved cube and what's not.