Australian Nationals 2014 in Sydney!

[David Zemdegs]

Yes

I'll just bring a laptop to the venue without a power cable.

Tim.

Brave man relying on an old man's memory

 

[andojay]

96 so far at Nationals! It's going to be one hell of a data entry weekend!

aww i wish i could make it 97

Good luck to everyone going and have fun!

 

[TimMc]

100 competitors have registered!

Registration has closed.

Tim.

 

[rock1313]

57 new competitors! this is amazing!

 

[Cube Equation]

Damn. Thought the deadline for registration was Friday. Looks like I can't read these days. But to everyone going, have fun!

 

[ottozing]

Damn. Thought the deadline for registration was Friday. Looks like I can't read these days. But to everyone going, have fun!

Perhaps try emailing Tim Mc. He could probably make an acception, but I'm not sure. Try anyway.

 

[Dene]

Damn. Thought the deadline for registration was Friday. Looks like I can't read these days. But to everyone going, have fun!

It was, then we brought it forward. I'm sure Tim will let you register if you e-mail him.

Perhaps try emailing Tim Mc. He could probably make an acception, but I'm not sure. Try anyway.

"exception"

 

[Tim Major]

101 in 3x3, at least 2 people won't show probably, but maybe next year we could have 4 3x3 rounds! (Not that I like 3x3)

Anyway
101 3x3
73 2x2
55 4x4
43 Pyra
41 OH
31 5x5
28 Skewb
26 Mega

Wonder how many rounds we can fit for each event... 4x4 and Megaminx will probably take ages, even with 1:30 4x4 soft and 2:30 Mega soft, or whatever is decided on.

Really hoping Skewb gets 2 rounds in your schedule Tim/Dene

 

[megaminxwin]

Is a schedule going to be up soon? Parents need to know, you know how it is.

 

[ottozing]

Really hoping Skewb gets 2 rounds in your schedule Tim/Dene

Well, they had 2 rounds for 6x6 and 7x7 last year, and those events both take way longer, AND have less people competing in them.

 

[Dene]

We'll have the schedule done in the next couple of hours, but I doubt we'll be having more than one round of many events.

 

[cubecraze1]

Does anyone have some MoYu 4x4 stickers I could buy off them? Mine have gone lol.

 

[Dene]

It took a bit longer than we wanted (I put all the blame on Tim) but the schedule is up. Bear in mind the high competitor numbers and strict open hours for the museum. I think we've done a good job of getting in everything we can, even with a good set of finals.

If anyone has any major concerns, or suggestions for how it might be improved, please feel free to say something. But personally I doubt anyone could come up with any better ideas.

 

[Daryl]

I found something weird in schedule: it says only 1 round for skewb (which is final) and it said the competitor is only 8, while the total competitor for skewb is 28.

 

[Faz]

I'm not sure Bryson/Brock will be particularly happy with 30m total for 4bld and 5bld combined. Perhaps they can do some more attempts during FMC?

 

[rock1313]

FMC in the morning? and you put down first of 3bld when it should be final cause there's only one round.

Other than that, good effort considering that there's so many people!!

Edit

I'm not sure Bryson/Brock will be particularly happy with 30m total for 4bld and 5bld combined. Perhaps they can do some more attempts during FMC?

The reason why I didn't choose FMC .

 

[TimMc]

I found something weird in schedule: it says only 1 round for skewb (which is final) and it said the competitor is only 8, while the total competitor for skewb is 28.

Thanks Daryl. Skewb (First) was missing. I was shuffling it around earlier.

FMC in the morning? and you put down first of 3bld when it should be final cause there's only one round.

Thanks Brock. I've renamed "First" to "Final".

The museum is open from 9:30am until 5pm each day. However, we'll run the competition from 9am until 6pm.

A decision was made to host a less popular event, FMC, at the start of the competition. FMC competitors must use the entrance via William Street at 9am. Everyone may enter at 9:30am.

General admission fees apply for spectators, friends and family. A ticket purchased on Saturday may be used on Sunday to watch the competition:
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Admission/

Tim.

 

[Dene]

We won't be doing 4bld and 5bld in the morning. We might be prepared to press it on into 3bld for those who want to do every attempt.

 

[Tim Major]

101 3x3 3 rounds
73 2x2 3 rounds
55 4x4 2 rounds
43 Pyra 2 rounds
41 OH 2 rounds
31 5x5 2 rounds
28 Skewb 2 rounds
Everything with less than 28 competitors 1 round

I think it's a good schedule. One hour for first round of 4x4 might be a little ambitious but other events may run ahead of schedule. Only real problem to me is 4/5bld in 30 minute max. I can understand forcing people to choose between the two, but right now choosing 5x5 basically means only one attempt.

And then 3bld straight after = straining on bld. Still, overall the schedule is good considering we have roughly 90 competitors over just 2 days with most events.

I found something weird in schedule: it says only 1 round for skewb (which is final) and it said the competitor is only 8, while the total competitor for skewb is 28.

Has two rounds, maybe they fixed it after your comment but it's definitely correct at the moment.

 

[tomatotrucks]

My first comp! Also, three of my friends are coming along and we're all waiting to see Faz