Rubik's Cube World Championship 2017 - Paris, France (13-16 July 2017)

[mark49152]

The competitor list seems to take exponentially longer to load the longer it gets, at least that's how it appears to me, and maybe these queries are adversely loading the server. The number of registrations has slowed down and ~700 in 1.5 days is hardly enough to kill a server anyway.

 

[Lars Petrus]

Yeah, we've been fighting to keep it up all day.

It will work better now. If it's good enough, time will tell

 

[newtonbase]

It's never done alphabetically at majors, it's just how we do it in the UK for ease of organisation.

Does that mean I don't get to say "Which one?" every time I hear my name called? That'll be a hard habit to break.

 

[Tyler Comfy Hat]

Does that mean I don't get to say "Which one?" every time I hear my name called? That'll be a hard habit to break.

Welp, there's still five or six Marks signed up, so there's still a fair chance of not needing to break the habit just yet...

 

[newtonbase]

Welp, there's still five or six Marks signed up, so there's still a fair chance of not needing to break the habit just yet...

A few Marcos too. Add in the Matts and I should be fine.

 

[biscuit]

A few Marcos too. Add in the Matts and I should be fine.

And this is why Alphabetically sorted heats are a bad idea. hopefully the organizers are sensible enough to sort for similar names

 

[newtonbase]

And this is why Alphabetically sorted heats are a bad idea. hopefully the organizers are sensible enough to sort for similar names

Or runners could say the full name.

 

[Joel2274]

Or runners could say the full name.

That would be a good idea even at small comps. I went to a comp with only 80 competitors and there was another Joel in the same heat as me and it was quite confusing lol.

 

[newtonbase]

That would be a good idea even at small comps. I went to a comp with only 80 competitors and there was another Joel in the same heat as me and it was quite confusing lol.

Yes, my cube has ended up with the wrong competitor more than once. In 3BLD at the UKs it got to the execution phase before it was noticed.

 

[Tyler Comfy Hat]

Yes, my cube has ended up with the wrong competitor more than once. In 3BLD at the UKs it got to the execution phase before it was noticed.

This is why I use my own apparently bizarre sticker scheme and logos. Nobody ever confuses one of my cubes for theirs, and vice versa.

...Except those who have brought one of my own previous mains. Which is becoming a rapidly increasing number of UK cubers. Hmmmmmmm. Change in sticker scheme time?

I really should have taken the logos off of all the cubes I have sold.

 

[mark49152]

Will there be cutoffs in events that already have qualification times?

 

[newtonbase]

This is why I use my own apparently bizarre sticker scheme and logos. Nobody ever confuses one of my cubes for theirs, and vice versa.

...Except those who have brought one of my own previous mains. Which is becoming a rapidly increasing number of UK cubers. Hmmmmmmm. Change in sticker scheme time?

I really should have taken the logos off of all the cubes I have sold.

Apparently?

 

[biscuit]

At small comps it's not to hard for organizers to make a list of competitors who have similar names that could be an issue and make sure they're in different heats

 

[newtonbase]

Only 18 spots left.

 

[Scruggsy13]

65 countries, wow. That's somewhat close to double the previous World's.

 

[newtonbase]

1 spot left.

 

[Tesla]

I've paid and I'm 30th on the waiting list. Any idea of the likelihood of me making it on?

 

[Joel2274]

I've paid and I'm 30th on the waiting list. Any idea of the likelihood of me making it on?

I'm not sure. It says there are 1000 competitors registered.

Actually there's 1 thing I don't understand, how are there 39 first timers if the requirement for 3x3 is an official time in 3x3? Are they planning on going to another competition before worlds? If so, and they happen to not make it then I guess they could clear those 39 spots up.

 

[Kit Clement]

Actually there's 1 thing I don't understand, how are there 39 first timers if the requirement for 3x3 is an official time in 3x3? Are they planning on going to another competition before worlds? If so, and they happen to not make it then I guess they could clear those 39 spots up.

I would imagine that many of those competitors are indeed planning on attending another event before June 18th, but it's likely that many did not read the qualification requirements.

 

[FJT97]

I would imagine that many of those competitors are indeed planning on attending another event before June 18th, but it's likely that many did not read the qualification requirements.

And there are some which dont want to compete in 3x3 which is extra weird...