Registration is now closed. 88 people!
I've added the following notes to the competition webpage. Please read them; I hope they will make this huge competition a little more manageable.
Notes:
Walkins will be accepted, but will not be allowed to compete in 4x4x4 BLD, 5x5x5 BLD, Pyraminx, Square-1, Clock, 3x3x3 with feet, or 6x6x6. (Basically, all the side events plus 6x6x6.) If this disappoints you, let it be a lesson for the future - if you want to attend a competition, you should always preregister!
If you are not competing in either fewest moves, 4x4x4 BLD, or 5x5x5 BLD, it would probably be best for you to wait until 10:00 or so to arrive at the competition. If you enter the competition room before 10:30, please try to be as quiet as possible to respect the people doing fewest moves (and also those doing 4x4x4 BLD and 5x5x5 BLD), until fewest moves is complete. We will then try to begin 3x3x3 speedsolve immediately after fewest moves is complete.
At 9:00, we will have 2 registration lines. The line closest to the door will be for people who are doing fewest moves. The other line will be for all other competitors. We will give priority to the fewest moves line until 9:30. We plan to begin fewest moves promptly as soon as possible after 9:30. Once the fewest moves round has begun, we will focus on the other line, so please be patient. Registration will be open at least until 10:30.
Note that at the beginning, all tables in the competition room will be reserved for fewest moves competitors. Please do not take a seat at a table at the beginning, since we will have to ask you to move. After fewest moves is over, the tables will become available. Sorry that there are not very many tables - the venue is simply too small to allow tables for most competitors with so many competitors.
This competition is very large for the venue, so I am sorry in advance for the lack of spectator space. There are seats in the hall outside the room, and of course parents and other visitors are welcome to peruse the library when they are not actively watching a competitor.
Please respect the venue! This is a public library, and they are being very generous providing the space. And the room really is fantastically nice. Please take good care of it; try to be quiet and respectful when outside the competition space (it is a library), and try to leave the room as nice as you found it. The library staff have been pretty impressed with our behavior at past competitions; let's try to keep them happy so we can use this wonderful space again. Thank you!
Since the competition is so large, we will really need to be efficient. Please do not do solves at any of the stations, even if we are not currently using them; we may need them soon and it will take time to clear you away from the tables. The 12 front stations are reserved for competing only.
