Toronto Open Summer '09

[Dave Campbell]

Canadian competitions are gunna get epically saturated with American competitors

Okay, I'll bite. Why?

I would actually guess the opposite. As of today the border changes are in effect. You now need a passport to even drive across, which will hinder chances of cross border competitors on either side for a while.

Add to that healthy cube communities such as KOII, and a lot of cubers have enough competitions in their own areas that the need to come up seems less and less every month. Which is unfortunate as it is always nice to have a mix of cubers to make a competition more enjoyable.

 

[Kian]

Hmmm...there's a small, like 10% chance that I'll be able to make it...

TAKE ME WITH YOU!!! jk

I can go if my parents don't mind me going. But they already agreed to nationals so I'm not sure if they'll let me.

I'd like to go to this more than nationals.
a) so I can actually qualify
b) Canada's just an awesome place
c) It's closer
d) Did I mention that Canada's an awesome place?

agreed (to canada being awesome). but there might be competition this summer in north NJ, so I can try to qualify there. if not, TOS is another option

I still need to prequalify for MM, 3x3, 2x2, 4x4, 5x5. the only thing I qualify for at the moment is magic

The only things I qualify for are Magic and 3x3OH; ha
I'll probably be going to TOS, def not nats.

you're a long way from qualifying for OH. where did you get that? A standard is 30, B is 40, you're over a minute in competition.

on topic: I would like to go make it to a Canadian competition sometime, but this probably won't be it with Safe Haven being the week before. We shall see.

 

[StachuK1992]

Hmmm...there's a small, like 10% chance that I'll be able to make it...

TAKE ME WITH YOU!!! jk

I can go if my parents don't mind me going. But they already agreed to nationals so I'm not sure if they'll let me.

I'd like to go to this more than nationals.
a) so I can actually qualify
b) Canada's just an awesome place
c) It's closer
d) Did I mention that Canada's an awesome place?

agreed (to canada being awesome). but there might be competition this summer in north NJ, so I can try to qualify there. if not, TOS is another option

I still need to prequalify for MM, 3x3, 2x2, 4x4, 5x5. the only thing I qualify for at the moment is magic

The only things I qualify for are Magic and 3x3OH; ha
I'll probably be going to TOS, def not nats.

you're a long way from qualifying for OH. where did you get that? A standard is 30, B is 40, you're over a minute in competition.

on topic: I would like to go make it to a Canadian competition sometime, but this probably won't be it with Safe Haven being the week before. We shall see.

My thoughts exactly, on both matters.
I though the qualifying time for OH was 50s, which I could easily pull off.
Saturday, my competition, I did horridly in all events; don't pay attention to that. I didn't even use my cube for OH.

As for TOS, I'm thinking the same thing; SafeHaven should be enough to last me a while.

 

[Dave Campbell]

There will be another competition at the end of July in the Toronto area, too. I encourage you both (and any others) to come up for that, since you can't make it to June's comp. We always treat our US guests well.

 

[StachuK1992]

There will be another competition at the end of July in the Toronto area, too. I encourage you both (and any others) to come up for that, since you can't make it to June's comp. We always treat our US guests well.

That works a lot better. I'll be there. Like a 50% chance as of now.

 

[waffle=ijm]

july = better = me coming

 

[StachuK1992]

july = better = me coming

wanna pick me up? ;p

 

[pixelguy]

My son is already excited to attend....(7-year old Christian) He's an addict now...His 3x3 avg is in the 30's with a pb of 24sec....he wore out the battery on his stackmat timer

I've youtubed one of his solves (35 seconds)... See you guys there....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9an3MGaEw0

 

[zumax]

^^great, i'm gonna get beat by a 7 year old^^
just getting into serious cubing, but this should be a nice experience for me.

 

[abr71310]

Dave is there a way people can pay you in advance to reserve cubes? -- I wanted a Rubik's DIY but I don't want to have to pay the site + stuff because I'm lazy and can't get a hold of a credit / debit card (lol).

I can pick it up at TOS and whatnot, it's just a matter of definitively reserving a black DIY-kit so that I can finally build my DIY-B hybrid >< xD

 

[Dave Campbell]

Dave is there a way people can pay you in advance to reserve cubes? -- I wanted a Rubik's DIY but I don't want to have to pay the site...

I think i told you this before, but i can't find where i did so. If all you want is a Rubik's DIY, as long as they are available in Canada, we will have them at the competition. But i don't have any in right now, so i can't say i can reserve it for you with 100% accuracy. I usually pick up a dozen when i get the prizes, which is closer to the competition date. But i am sure you won't have a problem getting one if we get them in, so no need to pay for that in advance. I have yet to experience a problem getting them, so the odds are in your favour.

 

[abr71310]

Thanks for the info dave, and sorry, I'm just paranoid since I got my Type B in and now want to make Erik's epic hybrid...

17 days to TOS!!!
uh...
47 days to C3!!!

 

[Sa967St]

~bump~

TOS is in 3 days!!
registration closes today before 5pm

 

[JustinJ]

~bump~

TOS is in 3 days!!
registration closes today before 5pm

Yup, yay!

We're going to need a bigger room...

74 people... Wow...

Edited.

 

[Sa967St]

LOL Canadian competitions are gunna get epically saturated with American competitors (not that it's a bad thing, I just find that pretty funny).

so far there are just 3 competitors from the US that have registered for TOS

We're going to need a bigger room...

74 people... Wow...

Edited.

We need more chairs, waaaay more chairs. At TOW, most of the kids were sitting on the floor, taking up a lot of space. TOS is definitely going to be crowded

 

[Dave Campbell]

We need more chairs, waaaay more chairs. At TOW, most of the kids were sitting on the floor, taking up a lot of space. TOS is definitely going to be crowded

That is a good idea, Sarah. I just contacted them to see if we can get more chairs. The problem i see, though, is that we don't have much more room to put chairs and still be able to maneuver. I guess we can look to put more in the atrium area. If we get that number (or more!) it will definitely be an interesting competition.

All you experienced cubers, i will need your help in maintaining order. Lead by example.

 

[Anthony]

LOL Canadian competitions are gunna get epically saturated with American competitors (not that it's a bad thing, I just find that pretty funny).

so far there are just 3 competitors from the US that have registered for TOS

I don't compete under US nationality, but I'm still from Texas. So make that 4.

 

[Sa967St]

LOL Canadian competitions are gunna get epically saturated with American competitors (not that it's a bad thing, I just find that pretty funny).

so far there are just 3 competitors from the US that have registered for TOS

I don't compete under US nationality, but I'm still from Texas. So make that 4.

oops, :$ I knew you were coming. I went through the registration list and counted how many times "US" appeared. eek.

 

[nitrocan]

I just registered, so sorry all you people

I will be visiting my aunt who lives in Canada and will be staying there for a while. So I thought why not break my previous sucky NRs? Lol

I still made it in time right?

 

[abr71310]

Nitrocan!! -- I'm bringing my cypriot friend (if his dad gives him permission!!!) to the competition; seeing that you registered, I wonder if you guys could speak the same language!!

Ah well, see y'all at the competition... gotta go early to get a sexy table.