River Hill Summer 2012

Mike Hughey said:
If you had had it on a weekend that I wasn't already scheduled to be a delegate, we might have come. :( The competition is only 47 minutes away from my sister's house.
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Like Bob, I also thought that your post might have been saying "I'm coming!". I was going to be very disappointed, though, because this is the only northeast competition I'm missing this year so it's just as well for me. :P
 
I will be attending. Seems like it will be a fun competition. I was hoping that there was going to be 3x3 and 4x4 blind since that is all I have been practicing for a while now. I guess this just gives me a great reason to finally start practicing something else. Two rounds of pyraminx you say, guess I know what I will be spending my next few weeks on.
 
Reading the home page wouldn't have been a bad idea. :P
I'm registering later, cause I'm 90% positive my parents will take me, since RHW got snowed out for us.

We have to pay with PayPal? I don't have a paypal account. Can we not just pay when we get to the venue? I guess I can use my mom's paypal, but it'd be easier to pay at the venue.
 
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Ickathu said:
Reading the home page wouldn't have been a bad idea. :P
I'm registering later, cause I'm 90% positive my parents will take me, since RHW got snowed out for us.

We have to pay with PayPal? I don't have a paypal account. Can we not just pay when we get to the venue? I guess I can use my mom's paypal, but it'd be easier to pay at the venue.
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Prepayment is a way of committing to attend. Without such a commitment, people sign up and then don't come. Last time, the competition was actually a loss--more money was spent than what was taken in. A lot of that has to do with people committing to the event and then changing their plans without notice.
 
Bob said:
Prepayment is a way of committing to attend. Without such a commitment, people sign up and then don't come. Last time, the competition was actually a loss--more money was spent than what was taken in. A lot of that has to do with people committing to the event and then changing their plans without notice.
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Okay, but last competition was different. There was ice (black ice) and snow all up the NC-VA-MD-PA area.
 
Ickathu said:
Okay, but last competition was different. There was ice (black ice) and snow all up the NC-VA-MD-PA area.
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I provided that competition merely as an example. There have been plenty of others without such circumstances. At a SJC competition last year, there were enough no-shows that Rowe could not pay the WCA dues and actually had to pay for some of the pizza out of his own pocket. It's not fair to an organizer who puts in a lot of work to do a volunteer service for the cubing community by hosting a competition to have to PAY to run a competition.

Pros of prepayment:
- Allows organizer to plan a more efficient schedule (too many competitors shows that events may need to be cut or cutoffs may need to be strict, while too few competitors shows that you can prepare to add events or have more lenient cutoffs)
- Gives a better idea of how much food to order
- You do not waste paper/ink by printing scorecards for no-shows
- You do not waste time at the competition looking for people who did not bother to come
- The registration process is more efficient because most people will just check-in, you will not need to have an abundance of change for people paying because they have already done so, and you can start the competition on time

Most people have PayPal accounts today and they're free for the customer. Those who show their commitment and make the organizer's life easier by prepaying can reap the benefit of a lower registration cost. Those who sign-up but don't show are properly penalized for wasting our time, and those who choose to show up on the day of the competition without pre-paying pay a higher premium. From an organizer's standpoint, it's freaking awesome.
 
River Hill Winter did not have significantly more no-shows than other competitions, so I'm not sure that very many people didn't show up because of the weather.

At MIT we've come to expect about 25% no-shows. Assuming that we'll get 25% no-shows is pretty disastrous if we're wrong, so we're taking a pretty big risk at every competition. Competitions with pay-pal have had much more accurate pre-registrations.
 
Ok I signed up, not sure how much time I'll have to practice (working full-time, going to school full-time, and teaching part-time). My times are not as much of a concern, I enjoy watching the fast cubers do their thing. Of course, it is always good to see everyone. I will be happy to help out however, this time I am going to do some warm up solves because last time I messed up nearly every solve because I did not warm up at all.

My goal now is to see if I can improve my 7x7 enough to actually compete...doubtful but I will try.
 
I also signed up. I only signed up for 3x3 and 4x4 because I'm new and my 2x2 broke :(. I hope that my first competition will be a great experience!
 
It's probably a bit too early to tell, but what do you guys think the cutoff (?) average will be to make it to round 2 of pyraminx? I want to know how much I'm going to need to improve if I want that to happen. I know I'm not gonna beat Felix. (or even come that close)
 
Ickathu said:
It's probably a bit too early to tell, but what do you guys think the cutoff (?) average will be to make it to round 2 of pyraminx? I want to know how much I'm going to need to improve if I want that to happen. I know I'm not gonna beat Felix. (or even come that close)
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I know this doesn't really answer your question, but if you didn't know already, I always have the top 12 from the last round move on. That being said, at the Fall 2010 competition that was 17.89, at the Spring 2011 competition that was 17.02, and at the Winter 2012 competition that was 12.53.
 
flee135 said:
I know this doesn't really answer your question, but if you didn't know already, I always have the top 12 from the last round move on. That being said, at the Fall 2010 competition that was 17.89, at the Spring 2011 competition that was 17.02, and at the Winter 2012 competition that was 12.53.
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So if I can get sub10 (or even sub11) then I have a chance at round 2? That's good, because I average right around 11-12.
Thanks.
 
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