Intrest for a competition near St. Louis this fall/winter?

Would you come?

  • Yes

    Votes: 12 63.2%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 3 15.8%

  • No

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Can has 6x6?

    Votes: 3 15.8%
  • Total voters
    19
JustinTimeCuber

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I'm looking to organize a competition sometime between November and February, but I probably won't have anything finalized for a while. However, I have been thinking about some of the events, and a rough draft of the schedule.
2x2 3 rounds
3x3 3 rounds
4x4 2 rounds
5x5 1 round
Pyra, Skewb, OH 1 round (tentative final)
Here are the cutoffs I was thinking of:
Round 2 for 2x2 and 3x3: top 1/2
2x2 and 3x3 finals: top 1/4
4x4 final: top 1/3
tentative final(s): top 6
For 2x2 there will be a hard cutoff of 2:00
For 4x4 there will be a soft cutoff of 1:45 and a hard cutoff of 3:00 (in the combined first round)
For 5x5 there will be a soft cutoff of 2:35 and a hard cutoff of 3:30
For Pyraminx there will be a soft cutoff of 0:20 and a hard cutoff of 0:40
For Skewb there will be a soft cutoff of 0:25 and a hard cutoff of 0:50
For OH there will be a soft cutoff of 0:55 and a hard cutoff of 1:15

I'm thinking of a competitor limit of 65 people because I just don't like big competitions and it would be even worse to organize one :P

Some things that I need:
Prizes
A delegate
A venue, but I have a few in mind.

Any suggestions? Does anyone want 6x6 Aussie?
 
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I was also planning on a comp around this time :P but more toward February

A 50 competitor limit is also quite small, I'd say possibly a minimum of maybe 70 is okay. I'm sure there are a lot of cubers in STL that aren't known of.
 
Pryge said:
I was also planning on a comp around this time :P but more toward February

A 50 competitor limit is also quite small, I'd say possibly a minimum of maybe 70 is okay. I'm sure there are a lot of cubers in STL that aren't known of.
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I might change it to up to 75 but I really don't want to go way behind schedule and have to drop an event.
 
Instead of having a low competitor limit, why not have no competitor limit and be properly organized for such a large competition?

Have a staff schedule and be prepared before the competition, so you don't have to learn and make decisions the day of.
 
Ninja Storm said:
Instead of having a low competitor limit, why not have no competitor limit and be properly organized for such a large competition?

Have a staff schedule and be prepared before the competition, so you don't have to learn and make decisions the day of.
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1) because what if it messes up and the competition lasts until 8 PM?
2) because I don't really like big competitions even when I'm not organizing them.
 
I am helping JustinTimeCuber organize the comp and if you guys are interested please keep on looking at this to see new updates and new information. WE REALLY NEED SOME PEOPLE TO COME.
 
JustinTimeCuber said:
Yeah we really do need some people to come but I'm a bit anxious that we will get too many.
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Assuming the roads aren't icy or anything, I'm fairly certain I could come.

BTW, 65 people is like nothing. 80+ is definitely a large comp. Lawrence Open had only 45 people and we finished with a bunch of extra time to spare. Even at Lawrence Spring with over 100 we still finished reasonably on time sacrificing Clock (which was only tentative).
 
Me and James Hildreth are trying to find a date for our competition. It will either be August 29th or sometime in October at the moment. It all depends if my school will give me the commons that day :P
 
shadowkiller168 said:
Assuming the roads aren't icy or anything, I'm fairly certain I could come.

BTW, 65 people is like nothing. 80+ is definitely a large comp. Lawrence Open had only 45 people and we finished with a bunch of extra time to spare. Even at Lawrence Spring with over 100 we still finished reasonably on time sacrificing Clock (which was only tentative).
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Well, to be honest, I may change it to a higher number. I definitely don't want more than 80 though. Depending on the size of the venue and how many people want to come I would change it between 50 and 80. 65 is what I'm thinking of right now. Halfway inbetween. It could change though.

Pryge said:
Me and James Hildreth are trying to find a date for our competition. It will either be August 29th or sometime in October at the moment. It all depends if my school will give me the commons that day :P
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Hopefully I'll be able to come. It would really suck if I couldn't.
 
I would be interested in a competition in the St. Louis area. Most competitions are really far from here in IL. I went to Dixon Summer 2015 and would love to go to another comp. :)
 
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