CubingUSA Nationals 2018 - Salt Lake City, Utah (July 27-29)

[greentgoatgal]

Here's the updated doc. There are currently 72 cities in the running, quite a few of which are a bit ambiguous for one or two of the clues.

EDIT: 68, now. I was able to eliminate a couple of the ambiguous ones.

What does italics mean?

 

[CarterK]

Keaton said on his stream last night that you could fly directly into the city from DC, but I don't know if that should be trusted. Keep your list just to make sure and mine is down to 16 cities.

 

[teboecubes]

Keaton said on his stream last night that you could fly directly into the city from DC, but I don't know if that should be trusted. Keep your list just to make sure and mine is down to 16 cities.

Which 16 though

 

[greentgoatgal]

Keaton said on his stream last night that you could fly directly into the city from DC, but I don't know if that should be trusted. Keep your list just to make sure and mine is down to 16 cities.

Can you share your list please?

 

[Competition Cuber]

What does italics mean?

Italics mean the text is indented like this

 

[teboecubes]

Hmm... the likelihood score thing is interesting. How’d you calculate it?

 

[CarterK]

Which 16 though

Can you share your list please?

Here is the list. It is made so you can edit it but if you want to change something please make a comment.

Hmm... the likelihood score thing is interesting. How’d you calculate it?

AP statistics @schapel

EDIT: just found it

sigma(sqrt(distance in km to last 5 nats locations))*log(population)

 

[One Wheel]

LA is listed as the most likely city, but it was founded in the 18th century.

 

[CarterK]

LA is listed as the most likely city, but it was founded in the 18th century.

It's not updated automatically.

 

[greentgoatgal]

Italics mean the text is indented like this

No, like why are certain cities italicized and others aren't?

 

[CarterK]

No, like why are certain cities italicized and others aren't?

It says it at the top: unsure if it was founded in the 19th century.

 

[greentgoatgal]

It says it at the top: unsure if it was founded in the 19th century.

Ah, ok.

 

[One Wheel]

Since this is a guessing game, I'm going to expand it:
I'm guessing that the next clue will have to do with the population of the host city.

Spoiler: Other possible clue categories

- State politics (Democrat/Republican governor/state legislature)
- federal politics (R/D/split House/Senate, electoral college, etc.)
- Climate (rainfall, temp., etc)
- Professional sports franchises or lack thereof, or the win/loss/championship records of professional or college sports teams
- Proximity to or position relative to major bodies of water
- Height of the tallest building in town

 

[schapel]

AP statistics @schapel

EDIT: just found it

sigma(sqrt(distance in km to last 5 nats locations))*log(population)

BS (more of what this is) >>>> AP stats

 

[AidanNoogie]

Clue #5- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 will take place in a state with at least one National Park.

 

[Charles Jerome]

Clue #5- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 will take place in a state with at least one National Park.

florida, seattle, texas, and akron is still in

 

[AidanNoogie]

florida, seattle, texas, and akron is still in

Unfortunately it will probably be in Texas or Florida

 

[One Wheel]

That eliminates:
Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Nowhere near me then.

 

[teboecubes]

Odds:

Spoiler

Top 4:
Michigan>Texas>(Florida and Ohio tie)

 

[AidanNoogie]

That eliminates:
Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Nowhere near me then.

Same