Lifestyle Seasons Cubing (Australia)

[god of rubic 2]

1v1 me baron/roshan scrub (if you play LoL/DotA2, PM me Jarvis!)

Anyway Raza is lying, I saw him completely averaging sub 10 at the meetup with my own eyes and Jason can confirm.

I used to play dota 1/dota 2 and LoL, quit all.

How could you Raza :O

 

[TimMc]

There are 4 places remaining!

You'll go onto a waiting list (i.e. pending approval) if you're not one of the first thirty to register.

Tim.

 

[ottozing]

Gonna miss this one. Best of luck to everyone who will be competing :tu

 

[god of rubic 2]

Gonna miss this one. Best of luck to everyone who will be competing :tu

NOOOOO!!! YESSSS!!!

 

[TimMc]

26/40 competitors!

Registration closes on the 01/01/2014.

I have raised the limit to 40 competitors. The first 30 competitors will receive a Moyu WeiLong.

Tim.

 

[CJF2L 1]

Gonna miss this one. Best of luck to everyone who will be competing :tu

YESSSSS JAY ISN'T COMING
NOOOOO IM NOT EITHER


edit: haha now i am

 

[Tim Major]

TimMc has added a "psych sheet" akin to cubingusa here: http://speedcubing.com.au/LifestyleSeasonsSummer2014/wca/

Thanks TimMc!

 

[Tim Major]

Screw 5x5 we have that every comp.

SKEWB PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

 

[Faz]

Screw 5x5 we have that every comp.

SKEWB PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

yeah 2 rounds of skewb please.

 

[Tim Major]

I just noticed there's 5-7 on competitors sheet.

Screw that, can easily fit Skewb instead kk

 

[TimMc]

Something from this schedule would need to be dropped to have time for Skewb: http://www.speedcubing.com.au/LifestyleSeasonsSummer2014/schedule/

Tim.

 

[Tim Major]

Don't need 3 rounds Pyra lol.
2 is plenty.

 

[TimMc]

Don't need 3 rounds Pyra lol.
2 is plenty.

We could drop the 2nd round of Pyra and 2x2 to free up 30 minutes for Skewb.

14:30 - 14:50 Skewb (Combined First) with 8 competitors?
Push other events forward 10 min.
15:40 - 15:50 Skewb (Final) with 4 competitors.

To figure out whether it's feasible to host two rounds in 20 minutes and 10 minutes I'd need to know:

• how long it will take to scramble a Skewb
• how long it will take to solve a Skewb on average
• how many competitors will compete

35 competitors have already signed up. The limit is 40 and I'm anticipating that some people might not show up at the last minute.

Tim.

 

[Tim Major]

I think we only need one round of Pyra dropped for Skewb. Set a 30s cutoff. Probably 10 competitors max.

If we really need more time, drop 2 of the Pyra rounds I guess.

A Skewb round would take less time that a Pyra round for two reasons. Less competitors, easier running, and I can scramble Skewb faster than a Pyra.

 

[Tim Major]

Can't edit my post because of my ****ty browser. Not sure if you edited your post or I just skimmed.

If you rush me through I can scramble all Skewbs by the time they get back to me. I will hopefully average 8~ by the comp. I got to 15 seconds with about 20 solves practise so I'd be surprised to see anyone take over 30 seconds.

5-10 competitors, 35~ solve+inspection on average.

 

[TimMc]

Set a 30s cutoff. Probably 10 competitors max.

Dropped 2nd round of 2x2 and Pyra. Added Skewb with 50s cut-off, 2m hard:
http://www.speedcubing.com.au/LifestyleSeasonsSummer2014/schedule/

I've added yourself and Feliks to Skewb. Anyone else?

I'll send out an e-mail some time...

Tim.

 

[Tim Major]

Thanks Tim, I've done 130 solves today, I was expecting a single round. This is awesome :tu
Dene messaged me about buying one so I assume he'll compete.

 

[TimMc]

Dene messaged me about buying one so I assume he'll compete.

I'll see if I still have the one I bought off you. If so, he can have it tomorrow lol... have there been any improvements in the design?

Tim.

 

[RCTACameron]

Wait, so we're sacrificing a round of pyraminx and 2x2 for 2 rounds of skewb?

There wouldn't be many competitors for skewb, and it's a fast event, couldn't we just have 1 round of it cutting into lunch and keep 3 rounds for 2x2 (and possibly pyraminx, not as important though. )? Or could we cut setup down - is it really going to take an hour?

Obviously I'm very biased and just want as many chances to get a good 2x2 average when Jay isn't there as possible, but I just think it's silly to have the same number of rounds of Skewb, an event we've never done before that's unlikely to be popular, as we do of the popular, competitive events 2x2 and pyraminx.

Edit: Could you add me to skewb though?

 

[Dene]

Thanks Tim, I've done 130 solves today, I was expecting a single round. This is awesome :tu
Dene messaged me about buying one so I assume he'll compete.

No way in hell I'm competing >.< I hope that was a joke on your part

Unfortunately, as delegate, technically I need to know how to scramble one of these things (and it would be helpful to know how to solve one). Can't learn without an actual puzzle >.<