TX competition
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dougreed
Veteran
So, I feel bad asking this, but...
Are there lots of sub-16 cubers in the Houston area that I just don't know about? Please, please, PLEASE tell me there are. I would like nothing better than to meet "Houston's greatest Rubik's cubers" and have them show me a few things.
Doug
Are there lots of sub-16 cubers in the Houston area that I just don't know about? Please, please, PLEASE tell me there are. I would like nothing better than to meet "Houston's greatest Rubik's cubers" and have them show me a few things.
Doug
Ummm...
Well the people who are in the H.C.A are near Houston,TX area.
I don't think we are that fast
R u going to come to comp.?
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Well the people who are in the H.C.A are near Houston,TX area.
I don't think we are that fast
R u going to come to comp.?
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shelley
chang
How well have you thought things through?
How many events are you planning to run? How many rounds of each event? How many solves will each competitor get in each round? How many timer stations will you have? Do you have enough judges/scramblers to have all the timer stations running at the same time, to keep things moving smoothly?
Given that you're clearly inexperienced at running competitions, four hours would probably be enough time for you to get through two or three rounds of speedsolve, but not much else. Almost every cube tournament has been at least a full day event. If you're planning to run all the events listed on your site, yours would almost certainly have to be as well.
How many events are you planning to run? How many rounds of each event? How many solves will each competitor get in each round? How many timer stations will you have? Do you have enough judges/scramblers to have all the timer stations running at the same time, to keep things moving smoothly?
Given that you're clearly inexperienced at running competitions, four hours would probably be enough time for you to get through two or three rounds of speedsolve, but not much else. Almost every cube tournament has been at least a full day event. If you're planning to run all the events listed on your site, yours would almost certainly have to be as well.
cubekid
Regular
as has been said a few times before, the website for your competition and your plan for the competition have a few things you need to fix. here's a few things that i personally noticed:
1) put the information on a separate page: as of right now you have the event information all on your home page, which isn't really a big deal, but it would be much better if it was on its own page. as interesting as information about you is, it would be much better if all the competition information was on its own page. a small thing, but doing it makes you look more professional and organized. you can take the denver competition's webpage as an example: http://pjkcubed.com/denver.html
2) allot more time for the competition: you have 5 events and have allotted 4 hours. i'm not sure how long you have the room reserved for, but you don't want to run into any problems there. especially since this is your first time hosting a competition, there is a good chance that things will run a bit behind schedule. so allot a bit more time to include things like registration, lunch, awards, and leeway in general. i'd personally suggest 9-3 or 8:30-2:30 if possible, since the competitions i've seen usually follow that general trend. it's always better to be ahead of schedule than behind schedule, so keep that in mind.
3) put up a schedule on your website: you should have some type of tentative schedule up on your site. if you look at the denver competition website (just using it as an example because it's the most recent competition i've been to), the schedule is detailed: having something like this will both help you be more organized and give others valuable information about your contest.
4) put up some pictures of the venue: if you've ever tried driving to a place in an area that you're not familiar with, you know that it's very helpful to have some type of picture of how the building looks, etc. just a small thing which will help people know they're at the right place when they get there.
i think if you do those things it will greatly help you for the competition. since you haven't been to a competition before, look around at how people have scheduled for competitions in the past. this should help you to get an idea of how much time to allot and in what order, etc. good luck on your competition.
1) put the information on a separate page: as of right now you have the event information all on your home page, which isn't really a big deal, but it would be much better if it was on its own page. as interesting as information about you is, it would be much better if all the competition information was on its own page. a small thing, but doing it makes you look more professional and organized. you can take the denver competition's webpage as an example: http://pjkcubed.com/denver.html
2) allot more time for the competition: you have 5 events and have allotted 4 hours. i'm not sure how long you have the room reserved for, but you don't want to run into any problems there. especially since this is your first time hosting a competition, there is a good chance that things will run a bit behind schedule. so allot a bit more time to include things like registration, lunch, awards, and leeway in general. i'd personally suggest 9-3 or 8:30-2:30 if possible, since the competitions i've seen usually follow that general trend. it's always better to be ahead of schedule than behind schedule, so keep that in mind.
3) put up a schedule on your website: you should have some type of tentative schedule up on your site. if you look at the denver competition website (just using it as an example because it's the most recent competition i've been to), the schedule is detailed: having something like this will both help you be more organized and give others valuable information about your contest.
4) put up some pictures of the venue: if you've ever tried driving to a place in an area that you're not familiar with, you know that it's very helpful to have some type of picture of how the building looks, etc. just a small thing which will help people know they're at the right place when they get there.
i think if you do those things it will greatly help you for the competition. since you haven't been to a competition before, look around at how people have scheduled for competitions in the past. this should help you to get an idea of how much time to allot and in what order, etc. good luck on your competition.
Bryan
Premium Member
To be fair, a detailed schedule is hard to release when you announce a competition, because you're not sure how many people will be signing up for an event.
Cubegeek, I explained time requirements in the WCA forum also. It's very similar to the advice Shelley gave. It seems like you're not even listening to the advice we give you.
cubekid
Regular
of course, i totally understand. however, maybe even just the order of the events, what the format is going to be for each (best of 3, average of 5, etc.) should be up there.
just my $.02.
alexgoldberg
Regular
Don't be discouraged by any of these posts; they may be sharp responses, but take their advice and keep going. I can help out at the competition. How many people do you know in Houston who will compete/judge/scramble? Three or more of us from Austin will definitely make it, and there are others I know in Texas as well.
Organizing a comp. is avery hard thing to do.
I am trying my best to host one with all of your advice
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I am trying my best to host one with all of your advice
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Bryan
Premium Member
OK, I'm guessing at this point, you're not going for an official WCA competition, since your event formats don't follow the possible formats listed in the WCA regulations (http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/). For the 3x3x3 bld solve, do you actually want to have an average? Remember, you may want to modify your competition in order to make it WCA official, otherwise you won't get as many competitors who will travel far. While you probably really want all those events, I would seriously consider dropping the 5x5x5 and make the 4x4x4 a combined final (if you don't get a time of less than 4 minutes in the first two solves, you don't go on). But seriously, with just 4 hours, you may want to limit to just 2x2x2, 3x3x3, and 3x3x3 OH. Do you plan on having just a single round of 3x3x3?
alexgoldberg,
Weren't you planning a competition in Austin? I think you might be able to plan it better, since you've have been to competitions before.
alexgoldberg,
Weren't you planning a competition in Austin? I think you might be able to plan it better, since you've have been to competitions before.
cubekid
Regular
yea, i gotta say i agree, the format is much different than that of most competitions. just curious, when you say avg of 3, do you include drops for highest and lowest, or just pure mean of 3? cause if i remember correctly, there aren't anymore pops because they're doing an avg of 5 (and so if there is a pop, it's counted as your highest drop, or something like that).
It says best of x on the site for WCA regulations
Ummm... What is a combined final?
I think you are right that I might have eliminate one event.
Actually, I might go for WCA official comp.
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Ummm... What is a combined final?
I think you are right that I might have eliminate one event.
Actually, I might go for WCA official comp.
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Tyson
Veteran
Texas Competition
I think a competition in Texas would be a great idea. The people here have posted some very sound advice.
I think you need to go through and study up on how WCA competitions are run. Some of the questions asked here are things you could easily figure out for yourself. People are always happy to help, but they prefer to have confidence in the person they are helping to do some of their research. No one wants to spoon feed every single little small detail and answer.
I think there are some major things you have not considered. Have you contacted Doug Reed? I believe if you are to do a WCA sanctioned competition in the Houston, you will need to work very closely with Doug Reed. Without his help, I don't see how this is possible.
Five events in four hours is probably impossible.
Your event formats are also not in line with WCA competitions.
Have you even considered where you will be getting your equipment? Is this already purchased?
And I feel the poll at the bottom of your site takes away credibility. I would remove it. After all, it's similar to me asking you if you think I'm cool, or amazing.
Anyway, I would recommend you proceed with this competition as you have planned. Take pictures, post your results, and write a report. The people here will help assist me if you would be capable of hosting a WCA competition in the future.
P.S. The competition in Utah probably consists of a much less talented field of competitors than yourself, but their organizer contacted me back in February and he and I worked together on what's necessary to run a WCA competition. The organizer will be attending and assisting with the competition in Santa Ana this Saturday. These are the types of efforts and commitments required.
I think a competition in Texas would be a great idea. The people here have posted some very sound advice.
I think you need to go through and study up on how WCA competitions are run. Some of the questions asked here are things you could easily figure out for yourself. People are always happy to help, but they prefer to have confidence in the person they are helping to do some of their research. No one wants to spoon feed every single little small detail and answer.
I think there are some major things you have not considered. Have you contacted Doug Reed? I believe if you are to do a WCA sanctioned competition in the Houston, you will need to work very closely with Doug Reed. Without his help, I don't see how this is possible.
Five events in four hours is probably impossible.
Your event formats are also not in line with WCA competitions.
Have you even considered where you will be getting your equipment? Is this already purchased?
And I feel the poll at the bottom of your site takes away credibility. I would remove it. After all, it's similar to me asking you if you think I'm cool, or amazing.
Anyway, I would recommend you proceed with this competition as you have planned. Take pictures, post your results, and write a report. The people here will help assist me if you would be capable of hosting a WCA competition in the future.
P.S. The competition in Utah probably consists of a much less talented field of competitors than yourself, but their organizer contacted me back in February and he and I worked together on what's necessary to run a WCA competition. The organizer will be attending and assisting with the competition in Santa Ana this Saturday. These are the types of efforts and commitments required.
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WCA regulations are here. Check out all the details I included to the competitors here. A couple of things:
-You need supplies, like timers, displays, blindfolds (if you do that event), tables, a solid venue w/ lighting and room.
-You need to make scorecards.
-You need to get enough interest to have one.
-You need enough judges.
-You need a WCA delegate.
I would highly recommend reading this webpage as well as re-reading this thread. Good luck.
Bryan
Premium Member
If you want to personally communicate with Tyson, asking him questions through this forum probably isn't the best bet. Like PJK said, re-read this thread. Do you have equipment even?
I am looking for a sponsor to fund the equipment cost.
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BTW: The comp. is now 8 hours instead of 4
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BTW: The comp. is now 8 hours instead of 4
