Question about competions
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Sebastien
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oh come on, I think you just think too much about that topic. Just take part at a competition once an stay relaxed.
I took part last month at my first and only competition as well and did that way and it worked quite well. I'm sure you habituate automatically with increasing number of visited competitions.
I took part last month at my first and only competition as well and did that way and it worked quite well. I'm sure you habituate automatically with increasing number of visited competitions.
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Ethan Rosen
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Steps:
1. Go to a competition
2. Watch what's being done
3. Go to another competition
4. Repeat steps 1-3 until you think you know what your doing
5. host
1. Go to a competition
2. Watch what's being done
3. Go to another competition
4. Repeat steps 1-3 until you think you know what your doing
5. host
PCwizCube
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For CubeGeek, going to a competition is his problem.... he lives in Texas, and theree are no competitions there.... Obviously, he can't go to one like 2+ states away, so he wants to host his own...
How to run a competition... well I hope you know you need a delegate, approval from the WCA, and all that stuff. It would help that you have a big voice, and be able to have other people hear you. Remember that you're in charge, and YOU are there person who make sure everything is okay. Have lots of judges and more than one scrambler so the competition doesn't go on for hours...
That's the basic idea... but going to competition would help a lot... maybe watch a video showing a competition, or ask a person who has organized a competition before? (like Ethan Rosen
)
How to run a competition... well I hope you know you need a delegate, approval from the WCA, and all that stuff. It would help that you have a big voice, and be able to have other people hear you. Remember that you're in charge, and YOU are there person who make sure everything is okay. Have lots of judges and more than one scrambler so the competition doesn't go on for hours...
That's the basic idea... but going to competition would help a lot... maybe watch a video showing a competition, or ask a person who has organized a competition before? (like Ethan Rosen
)
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Bryan
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Prepare your first round timesheets in advance.
Other than that, a lot about being a good organizer is being able to handle the unexpected situations. It's a lot like getting a venue and advertising. We aren't able to anticipate your situations or what you have, so it's difficult to answer questions.
Other than that, a lot about being a good organizer is being able to handle the unexpected situations. It's a lot like getting a venue and advertising. We aren't able to anticipate your situations or what you have, so it's difficult to answer questions.
Thank you all for replying,
When you get called up to compete you solve all of your solves once you are called up right ?
So if there are 5 solves I do 1 solve after another until all 5 are complete?
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When you get called up to compete you solve all of your solves once you are called up right ?
So if there are 5 solves I do 1 solve after another until all 5 are complete?
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no cause you have to have the cube scrambled away from them between each solve. So the competitor would be hogging the time station as the judge runs away to the scrambler table, scrambles checks if it is right, then runs back with the cube.
At Stetson they took a group of ours cubes at once then called as up as our cubes were ready. We would then wait in the competitors area between solves while our cubes were scrambled and watched other people do their solves.
But I mean I suppose you can do it however you want. As far as I know there are no rules saying how it must be done.
At Stetson they took a group of ours cubes at once then called as up as our cubes were ready. We would then wait in the competitors area between solves while our cubes were scrambled and watched other people do their solves.
But I mean I suppose you can do it however you want. As far as I know there are no rules saying how it must be done.
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Wasn't Arnaud gonna do a video on this ?
linkmaster03
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If it is your first time hosting a competition, you shouldn't have such strict registration policies as I saw on your site.
So I Should use WCA regulations , but not be that strict ?
What does it mean by random scrambling in the WCA regulations about scrambling for the 3x3x3 cube ?
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What does it mean by random scrambling in the WCA regulations about scrambling for the 3x3x3 cube ?
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Bryan
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Cube Explorer will do the equivilant of taking the cube apart, put it back together (without parity errors), and determine a sequence of moves that achieves that. The older scrambler would just do 25 random turns.
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Hi 
There's nothing difficult and tricky about hosting a competition. The trickiest part mey be to get a (cheap) suitable venue. Hosting at a school or university may be completely free ...
As for the competition results they should be inserted into a standard format excel spreadsheet. (Ron van Bruchem may supply you this.) Then you need judges and scramblers for each event. And not to forget, a main judge for each event. This main judge will solve every dispute and can NOT compete. Bring a copy of current WCA regulations to the venue. Besides this, do not make an overly optimistic time schedule. With a high number of competitors some preround(s) should be arranged. Otherwise a simple (combined) final may be used.
You may contact Seventowns (Dave H Jones) if you want to borrow timers and displays. Be prepared that this will take some time and may involve paperwork with tax etc. For Norwegian open we had to pay import tax, but we got it returned because we export it again to a swedish company (partner of seventowns).
And don't forget to have fun. Despite lots of work it's also a ton of fun !! One more advice, do not hold events with 2 or fewer participants. It will be less fun and wastes time from other events.
Go for it !!
-Per
There's nothing difficult and tricky about hosting a competition. The trickiest part mey be to get a (cheap) suitable venue. Hosting at a school or university may be completely free ...
As for the competition results they should be inserted into a standard format excel spreadsheet. (Ron van Bruchem may supply you this.) Then you need judges and scramblers for each event. And not to forget, a main judge for each event. This main judge will solve every dispute and can NOT compete. Bring a copy of current WCA regulations to the venue. Besides this, do not make an overly optimistic time schedule. With a high number of competitors some preround(s) should be arranged. Otherwise a simple (combined) final may be used.
You may contact Seventowns (Dave H Jones) if you want to borrow timers and displays. Be prepared that this will take some time and may involve paperwork with tax etc. For Norwegian open we had to pay import tax, but we got it returned because we export it again to a swedish company (partner of seventowns).
And don't forget to have fun. Despite lots of work it's also a ton of fun !! One more advice, do not hold events with 2 or fewer participants. It will be less fun and wastes time from other events.
Go for it !!
-Per
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You must use WCA regulations, but you should not have such strict registration deadlines.
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