Melbourne Cube Day 2011

[kirtpro]

Blind events be more exciting to watch?

 

[aronpm]

Or there's the possibility of WRs for bld. (but not 4bld, no point holding it)

 

[TimMc]

Hmm, maybe a limit 10 people for FMC?

Tim.

 

[kirtpro]

Tim, can you add me to 3x3 Blind?

 

[TimMc]

Tim, can you add me to 3x3 Blind?

Done.

Tim.

 

[kirtpro]

thanks for that

 

[hic0057]

Hmm, maybe a limit 10 people for FMC?

Tim.

Just wondering, how would that help? It would still be a waste of an hour IMO no matter how many competitors are in it

 

[TimMc]

Just wondering, how would that help? It would still be a waste of an hour IMO no matter how many competitors are in it

To avoid having two groups taking up 2 hours... but yeah.... -1 hour :-/

Tim.

 

[Florian]

You should drop 7x7 i think

 

[Tim Major]

I was under the impression this was an one day comp. Can't have that many events.

More people volunteer this time kk. We need a bigger team.

 

[Tim Major]

Events:
2x2 Cube
Rubik's Cube
4x4 Cube
5x5 Cube
6x6 Cube
Rubik's Cube: One-handed
Rubik's Cube: Blindfolded
Rubik's Cube Multiple Blindfolded

7x7 if we have time and interest (in reality we will have 7x7 if Dene wants it <_<)

 

[Dene]

7x7 if we have time and interest (in reality we will have 7x7 if Dene wants it <_<)

Damn straight we'll have 7x7. At least we have someone that is potential WR for it, unlike FMC, which no one in Australia even seriously practises. If someone can show that they put in the effort and hard work to deserve a shot at it then we'll do it for them. Otherwise I don't want to have to deal with slowly going over and over another 10 pages of stupid FMC solves that don't even work.

 

[Tim Major]

Who seriously practices, who has world record potential. Seriously Faz ain't that great (in comparison) at 7x7.
We've had FMC at 2 comps, 7x7 at way more, but a similar amount of competitors and time used.
I'm sick off being assigned 7x7 scrambler, if it was that or FMC checking I'd certainly pick the latter.
The only person I know who seriously practices is Braden Helmer. Do you do more than a solve a day? I think the answer to this is no.

 

[TimMc]

You should drop 7x7 i think

7x7 wont take up much time with a cut-off of 6 minutes, 10 stations running, and 6 competitors registered... ~ 30 minutes?

Given that FMC would take an hour, would it be worth running it in parallel with another event(s)?

Tim.

 

[Tim Major]

Tim, we rarely have 5 stations fully running, for 10 stations you need 10 judges, runners and 2 scramblers.
13/35~ people.
And FMC only needs 1 judge, and it can be whoever is entering data.

Edit: Dene, the world record FMCers wouldn't be considered the best, scramble and luck matters.

 

[TimMc]

Tim, we rarely have 5 stations fully running, for 10 stations you need 10 judges, runners and 2 scramblers.

Yeah, we may need to split some groups up so that experienced cubers may help out:
Dene 21
Feliks 11
TimMc 11
TimMajor 9
Alastair 8
Andrea 8
CameronS 8
Jake 8
Jeremy 8
Zane 8
Nick 7
Robert 6
Florian 5
Kirt 4
Andy 3
CameronD 3
Michael 3
...

Tim.

 

[Mal]

The venue looks great. And I would prefer no FMC.

 

[Petezorzz]

@TimMc,
When will you the schedule up? ;]

 

[Florian]

I'd like to propose the following changes to the events being held:

• Add 4x4 Cube: Blindfolded
• Add Rubik's Cube: Multiple Blindfolded
• Drop Rubik's Cube: Fewest Moves

A schedule will be posted in the coming weeks (probably drafted up while in Thailand).

Tim.

Read the thread before replying to it!!!

 

[Petezorzz]

Sorry