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Hello! I am from the California bay area and I am looking for any cubing communities in this general area. If anyone can reffer me to a site or something like that, that would be awesome. Thanks!
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There are comps there a lot. Cubingusa.com.
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Hello! I live in San José, so I feel a little obligated to post.
There are WCA-official competitions around here all the time! The closest one at the moment is Bay Area Speedcubin (BASC) 2 for the 9th of February. Coolster posted the link, but here it is again: http://www.cubingusa.com/basc2/
I'm one of the organisers the competition, and I'd like to extend an invitation to you. There are also seasonal competitions at Berkeley, and perhaps Stanford (cough cough) will host competitions again someday.
Around the area there are a bunch of cubers of all ages and skill levels. Many of them are and have been very influential in the community (e.g. Lucas Garron, Vincent Sheu, Shelley Chang, Jeremy Fleischman, Lars Petrus), and many of them are ridiculously experienced (e.g. Edward Lin, Richard Apagar, Justin Adsuara, Chia-Wei Lu, Riley Woo, the Berkeley FMC crew).
There are WCA-official competitions around here all the time! The closest one at the moment is Bay Area Speedcubin (BASC) 2 for the 9th of February. Coolster posted the link, but here it is again: http://www.cubingusa.com/basc2/
I'm one of the organisers the competition, and I'd like to extend an invitation to you. There are also seasonal competitions at Berkeley, and perhaps Stanford (cough cough) will host competitions again someday.
Around the area there are a bunch of cubers of all ages and skill levels. Many of them are and have been very influential in the community (e.g. Lucas Garron, Vincent Sheu, Shelley Chang, Jeremy Fleischman, Lars Petrus), and many of them are ridiculously experienced (e.g. Edward Lin, Richard Apagar, Justin Adsuara, Chia-Wei Lu, Riley Woo, the Berkeley FMC crew).
cubingawsumness
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I live around there too 
. Although I've only been to 3 comps, I agree with everyone else that there are a lot more comps within 2 hrs of each other in this area than there are in most other parts of the country.
And like Ranzha said, BASC 2 is in February. Hope to see you there!
. Although I've only been to 3 comps, I agree with everyone else that there are a lot more comps within 2 hrs of each other in this area than there are in most other parts of the country.And like Ranzha said, BASC 2 is in February. Hope to see you there!
Das Cubing
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Cubing clubs in the Bay Area?
I am a cuber from the bay area and I am looking for cubing clubs around here so I don't feel like a loner. I have checked the Stanford cubing page and it was last updated in 2009. If anyone knows if they are still active, please tell me. Otherwise, please tell me any clubs in the bay area.
Thank you! :tu
I am a cuber from the bay area and I am looking for cubing clubs around here so I don't feel like a loner. I have checked the Stanford cubing page and it was last updated in 2009. If anyone knows if they are still active, please tell me. Otherwise, please tell me any clubs in the bay area.
Thank you! :tu
Ruben
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Unfortunately I don't know of any rubiks clubs here in the Bay Area. Here in the South Bay, i'm one of very few speedcubers, so I don't have anyone whom I can cube with.However I did get my friends into cubing but they only know the beginners method. Which region of the Bay Area do you live in?
Das Cubing
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I live almost in between San José and San Francisco
cubingawsumness
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Compared to the rest of the country, the bay area has a lot of cubers and competitions. There are comps every few months at Berkeley, and until recently, at Stanford. A group of cubers are starting to organize comps as well, and their first one was in August. Take a look at the WCA competitions feed for upcoming comps (ie. BASC 2 in February ).
Interestingly, virtually the exact same thread appeared yesterday.
).Interestingly, virtually the exact same thread appeared yesterday.
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Another Bay Area thread! I'll repost what I posted there:
Hello! I live in San José, so I feel a little obligated to post.
There are WCA-official competitions around here all the time! The closest one at the moment is Bay Area Speedcubin (BASC) 2 for the 9th of February. Coolster posted the link, but here it is again: http://www.cubingusa.com/basc2/
I'm one of the organisers the competition, and I'd like to extend an invitation to you. There are also seasonal competitions at Berkeley, and perhaps Stanford (cough cough) will host competitions again someday.
Around the area there are a bunch of cubers of all ages and skill levels. Many of them are and have been very influential in the community (e.g. Lucas Garron, Vincent Sheu, Shelley Chang, Jeremy Fleischman, Lars Petrus), and many of them are ridiculously experienced (e.g. Edward Lin, Richard Apagar, Justin Adsuara, Chia-Wei Lu, Riley Woo, the Berkeley FMC crew).
Hello! I live in San José, so I feel a little obligated to post.
There are WCA-official competitions around here all the time! The closest one at the moment is Bay Area Speedcubin (BASC) 2 for the 9th of February. Coolster posted the link, but here it is again: http://www.cubingusa.com/basc2/
I'm one of the organisers the competition, and I'd like to extend an invitation to you. There are also seasonal competitions at Berkeley, and perhaps Stanford (cough cough) will host competitions again someday.
Around the area there are a bunch of cubers of all ages and skill levels. Many of them are and have been very influential in the community (e.g. Lucas Garron, Vincent Sheu, Shelley Chang, Jeremy Fleischman, Lars Petrus), and many of them are ridiculously experienced (e.g. Edward Lin, Richard Apagar, Justin Adsuara, Chia-Wei Lu, Riley Woo, the Berkeley FMC crew).
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I can't wait for the Feb. 9th competition, it'll be my first and I'll be bringing my novice-cuber friends, who are also looking forword to participating.
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So BASC 5 just happened. It was huge; I just finished the scorecard checking last night.
What would you like to see from Bay Area Speedcubin' competitions? I will not be able to attend any BASC competitions from June through mid-August, so I'm not certain about the other organisers' plans for a possible summer competition.
Personally, I'd like to have more opportunities to get FMC means. This past competition was a true struggle to schedule, and we'll never do it that way again. However, it is very difficult to fit three super-quiet FMC attempts into a one-day comp while still holding the ever-chaotic 3x3.
Questions for BASC 5 competitors:
- What do you think of the heat system we used?
- What do you think of the schedule?
- Should we run a demonstration of how to compete at each competition? Should we make a video (or video series) to send to competitors regarding the basics of competing?
- How should we go about capping registration? Should we employ a waitlist? How do we keep it fair for all competitors?
- What events would you like to see at BASC 6?
- How do we get more competitors involved with helping out without risking the integrity and efficiency of our competitions?
So BASC 5 just happened. It was huge; I just finished the scorecard checking last night.
What would you like to see from Bay Area Speedcubin' competitions? I will not be able to attend any BASC competitions from June through mid-August, so I'm not certain about the other organisers' plans for a possible summer competition.
Personally, I'd like to have more opportunities to get FMC means. This past competition was a true struggle to schedule, and we'll never do it that way again. However, it is very difficult to fit three super-quiet FMC attempts into a one-day comp while still holding the ever-chaotic 3x3.
Questions for BASC 5 competitors:
- What do you think of the heat system we used?
- What do you think of the schedule?
- Should we run a demonstration of how to compete at each competition? Should we make a video (or video series) to send to competitors regarding the basics of competing?
- How should we go about capping registration? Should we employ a waitlist? How do we keep it fair for all competitors?
- What events would you like to see at BASC 6?
- How do we get more competitors involved with helping out without risking the integrity and efficiency of our competitions?
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Questions for BASC 5 competitors:
- What do you think of the heat system we used? It was great, I was glad I didn't have to be listening one-hundred percent of the time as long as I knew which heat was going on.
- What do you think of the schedule? ON a two-day comp like this, It was definitely a good idea to have some of the lesser-practiced events on one day and the more popular events on the other, so that most people only had to attend one day.
- Should we run a demonstration of how to compete at each competition? Yes, that would help a lot of first-time competitors.
-Should we make a video (or video series) to send to competitors regarding the basics of competing? I think a few videos like that already exist, maybe you could just send those?
- How should we go about capping registration? Should we employ a waitlist? How do we keep it fair for all competitors? The idea of paying to secure your spot is good. Maybe set up a way of being able to register for separate days (for 2+ day comps). Limiting it to 150 on day 1 and 150 on day 2 would be good, because even though 150 people registered, there were other people who wanted to register for maybe just day 1, which was not very crowded. Sorry if I rambled there, just an idea...
- What events would you like to see at BASC 6? Pyraminx, 3x3 (of course), PLEASE 2x2 THIS TIME PLEASE!!
- How do we get more competitors involved with helping out without risking the integrity and efficiency of our competitions? Maybe offer a prize for the most helpful volunteer, but make it not a very big prize, so that people who feel it's not worth it won't help out, but people who are willing to take the chance will be dedicated and working as hard as they can. Again. just an idea, hope that made sense.
- What do you think of the heat system we used? It was great, I was glad I didn't have to be listening one-hundred percent of the time as long as I knew which heat was going on.
- What do you think of the schedule? ON a two-day comp like this, It was definitely a good idea to have some of the lesser-practiced events on one day and the more popular events on the other, so that most people only had to attend one day.
- Should we run a demonstration of how to compete at each competition? Yes, that would help a lot of first-time competitors.
-Should we make a video (or video series) to send to competitors regarding the basics of competing? I think a few videos like that already exist, maybe you could just send those?
- How should we go about capping registration? Should we employ a waitlist? How do we keep it fair for all competitors? The idea of paying to secure your spot is good. Maybe set up a way of being able to register for separate days (for 2+ day comps). Limiting it to 150 on day 1 and 150 on day 2 would be good, because even though 150 people registered, there were other people who wanted to register for maybe just day 1, which was not very crowded. Sorry if I rambled there, just an idea...
- What events would you like to see at BASC 6? Pyraminx, 3x3 (of course), PLEASE 2x2 THIS TIME PLEASE!!
- How do we get more competitors involved with helping out without risking the integrity and efficiency of our competitions? Maybe offer a prize for the most helpful volunteer, but make it not a very big prize, so that people who feel it's not worth it won't help out, but people who are willing to take the chance will be dedicated and working as hard as they can. Again. just an idea, hope that made sense.
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Thanks for your responses; we try so hard to keep on schedule that we feel we need to make our cutoffs super strict. What do you think of our cutoffs?
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The heat system worked great, u know its great when were over an hour ahead of schedule on 3x3 
I think the 2-day thing worked well
I think the video might work well, and then maybe loop it a couple times on the projector
NO 3x3 FOR BASC 6 please, how about just side events, no cubic puzzles? and try for 3 rounds of skewb
I think the 2-day thing worked well
I think the video might work well, and then maybe loop it a couple times on the projector
NO 3x3 FOR BASC 6 please, how about just side events, no cubic puzzles? and try for 3 rounds of skewb
AlGoreRhythm
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Cutoffs were good. Maybe bump it up to 20 seconds for Pyraminx? A lot of people had trouble with it, and I know that's kinda the point, but still.
Loved having clock at this competition, although trying out the Rubik's Brands made me realize how bad the LingAo is...
Loved having clock at this competition, although trying out the Rubik's Brands made me realize how bad the LingAo is...
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We agree about raising pyra cutoffs; it would've let 13 of the 17 people who didn't get an average to get one.
The only hard part to holding clock is getting people to scramble it quickly and accurately, especially after the scrambling notation change, though the new scrambling notation is more intuitive.
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I live in the Hillsborough-Burlingame-San Mateo Area, and I started a Rubik's Cube Club (with me as the president) at San Mateo High School. We are thinking of hosting a cube competition, but we can't do it until 1) we get timers and displays, 2) we know there will be enough participants, 3) we get a WCA delegate. Any ideas, help, suggestions, etc.?
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