Thinking of a large Los Angeles competition soon...

[ianini]

So, for a pretty decent amount of time I've been wanting to plan a rather large scale competition in Los Angeles because the frequency in which we get them are pitiful. I've been looking for venues, but to no avail. Then at San Diego Open 2010 I was talking to the dean of a college in Los Angeles County (Rancho Palos Verdes, specifically). He was talking to me and said that he could rent me a free building at Marymount College, free of charge.

So what does this all boil down to:

Would you go to this competition if I held it?

I already talked to Adam Zamora at Nisei Week 2010 and he said he'd delegate this competition and help by supplying the timers. I have been working on a (less than before) tentative schedule for you to look at. Comments, recommendations, questions are always welcome:

Spoiler

Los Angeles Open 2010 (the name's still in the works) Oct, 9th 2010

Events:
2x2 Speedsolve (2 rounds)
3x3 Speedsolve (3 rounds)
4x4 Speedsolve (1:30 cut-off)
3x3 One-Handed (2 rounds) (1:00 cut-off)
3x3 Blindfolded (Best of three)
Square-1 (1:00 cut-off)
Rubik's Clock
Rubik's Magic

Registration fee: $15 flat rate for as many events as you want. +$1 for WCA.

Schedule:

8:00-8:30: Registration

8:30-9:00: 2x2 Speedsolve Round 1 (top 8 advance)

9:00-10:00: 3x3 Speedsolve Round 1 (top 24 advance)

10:00-11:00: 4x4 Speedsolve Combined Final

11:00-12:00: 3x3 OH Combined Finals

12:00-1:00: Lunch, Rubik's Magic, and Clock

1:00-1:30: 3x3 Speedsolve Round 2 (top 12 advance)

1:30-2:30: 3x3 Blindfolded

2:30-3:00: 2x2 Final Round

3:00-4:00: Square-1

4:00-4:30: 3x3 Speedsolve Final Round

4:30-5:00: Awards

5:00-?:??: Clean-up (all competitors should/must be able to help clean-up after the competition)

To make sure we don't run off course when keeping track to the schedule, we have set cut-offs.

EDIT: I changed the registration to a more simple flat rate and also eliminated 5x5 for a more flexible schedule.

 

[ChrisBird]

I'd come for sure if it was after September 30th.
MAYBE if it was before, but no guarantees.

If you had 6x6 and 7x7 I'd love you forever. Any possibility of making it a 2 day comp to allow for not only 6 and 7, but also more time for the other events and maybe extra rounds?

I'm no planner, so this may be impossible, but just throwing it out there with hope =p

 

[ianini]

I'd come for sure if it was after September 30th.
MAYBE if it was before, but no guarantees.

If you had 6x6 and 7x7 I'd love you forever. Any possibility of making it a 2 day comp to allow for not only 6 and 7, but also more time for the other events and maybe extra rounds?

I'm no planner, so this may be impossible, but just throwing it out there with hope =p

Since it's still very tentative as to what day I'll choose, it can be changed to an early October competition.

And for the possibility of a two-day competition seems rather unlikely. :/ Unless you'd like to pay for Adam's hotel stay, I don't think he'd like to drive up from San Diego twice in 2 days. That'd be 8 hours of driving over 2 days.

Edit: and for 6x6/7x7, those will probably not happen. there is just not enough time in one day to have it all with the amount of available timers and judges we have. I mean, if we get a lot more timers, a huge venue, and Adam has a place to stay, then we could make it 2 days and have 6x6 and 7x7 and more rounds.

 

[ChrisBird]

I don't think we'd need more timers to make it a 2 day comp right?

And like I've done at Stanford twice before, I'd be willing to scramble and judge for 6x6 and 7x7. We could pretty easily get some other people to help scramble these too.

Both those times were on one day comps as well.

 

[ThatGuy]

I would go

 

[ianini]

I don't think we'd need more timers to make it a 2 day comp right?

And like I've done at Stanford twice before, I'd be willing to scramble and judge for 6x6 and 7x7. We could pretty easily get some other people to help scramble these too.

Both those times were on one day comps as well.

if you're willing to scramble/judge for both 6x6 and 7x7 then we could have it. Also, Adam only has 6 timers/displays so we'd have to work with that. I mean we could devote 1 or 2 timers to the side events and have the rest for the main events. you can also change the schedule around to try to fit in 6x6 and 7x7. but the two day competition seems unlikely.

 

[ChrisBird]

Hrm. I'll try a little later when I'm no so swamped with hw

 

[ianini]

Hrm. I'll try a little later when I'm no so swamped with hw

Sounds good. I mean if you can fit those events in the schedule successfully then I'd be happy to have them in my comp. But if we run behind on schedule, then those events would most likely be cut. that, or the magic events

 

[ChrisBird]

Ewww magic.

Let 6 and 7 take president over Magics.

Throw the magics out please. OR move them to the side events and let 6 and 7 be main =p

 

[ianini]

Ewww magic.

Let 6 and 7 take president over Magics.

Throw the magics out please. OR move them to the side events and let 6 and 7 be main =p

Well I just talked to Adam and he said he has 8 timers/displays so we could use all of those; and the side events: 6x6/7x7, clock, magic, and mm could all be solved on maybe 2 timers/displays throughout the day along the side of the main events. kinda like at nats when there was several events running at the same. so during the main events, we could also run the side events on the 2 timers designated for side events.

EDIT: 6x6 and 7x7 will only become main events if i get good at them

 

[ChrisBird]

Ewww magic.

Let 6 and 7 take president over Magics.

Throw the magics out please. OR move them to the side events and let 6 and 7 be main =p

Well I just talked to Adam and he said he has 8 timers/displays so we could use all of those; and the side events: 6x6/7x7, clock, magic, and mm could all be solved on maybe 2 timers/displays throughout the day along the side of the main events. kinda like at nats when there was several events running at the same. so during the main events, we could also run the side events on the 2 timers designated for side events.

EDIT: 6x6 and 7x7 will only become main events if i get good at them

Lame, I guess they'll never be main events.

 

[ianini]

Ewww magic.

Let 6 and 7 take president over Magics.

Throw the magics out please. OR move them to the side events and let 6 and 7 be main =p

Well I just talked to Adam and he said he has 8 timers/displays so we could use all of those; and the side events: 6x6/7x7, clock, magic, and mm could all be solved on maybe 2 timers/displays throughout the day along the side of the main events. kinda like at nats when there was several events running at the same. so during the main events, we could also run the side events on the 2 timers designated for side events.

EDIT: 6x6 and 7x7 will only become main events if i get good at them

Lame, I guess they'll never be main events.

I would make them main events but there isn't enough time to give them that name. it's just going to go on during the main events, but on the side. (i.e. 3x3 speed, oh, bld etc.)

 

[Ranzha]

@Chris: Do you know how many locals I know who take magic megaseriously? xD

 

[ChrisBird]

@Chris: Do you know how many locals I know who take magic megaseriously? xD

More than there should be =p

Patrick Jameson just pwns at magic, leave him be and go practice 3x3 or something =p

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Too far.

 

[oprah62]

Chris, I know HOW MUCH you love big cubes and all, but think of it this way: Other people have their events, in this case magic. No matter how "lame" their event may be, your event has no major reason of why it should be added in over theirs. I understand where you are coming from but just thinking if a bunch of magic-ers wanted to kick 6x6 out so they could do their event... Plus, magic is very quick and shouldn't take long to do the event for all anyway.

anyway, I won't be there because I live in NorCal but I think you should do a megaminx round. Jus' Sayin'.

 

[ianini]

I won't be there because I live in NorCal but I think you should do a megaminx round. Jus' Sayin'.

>_>

 

[ChrisBird]

Chris, I know HOW MUCH you love big cubes and all, but think of it this way: Other people have their events, in this case magic. No matter how "lame" their event may be, your event has no major reason of why it should be added in over theirs. I understand where you are coming from but just thinking if a bunch of magic-ers wanted to kick 6x6 out so they could do their event... Plus, magic is very quick and shouldn't take long to do the event for all anyway.

anyway, I won't be there because I live in NorCal but I think you should do a megaminx round. Jus' Sayin'.

See it's funny because you took my joke as if it were serious.

~Chris

 

[Anthony]

Chris, I know HOW MUCH you love big cubes and all, but think of it this way: Other people have their events, in this case magic. No matter how "lame" their event may be, your event has no major reason of why it should be added in over theirs. I understand where you are coming from but just thinking if a bunch of magic-ers wanted to kick 6x6 out so they could do their event... Plus, magic is very quick and shouldn't take long to do the event for all anyway.

LOL
He's defending magic.
;D

 

[MrData]

I'd be there.
You should triple the number of 2x2 rounds and add feet.
:3