US Nationals 2011 planning thread

[Tyson]

There is more cubers in the Midwest than most people think. You can't just base it off of who is on this forum and who has put there name on some map. I'm not on the cuber map and I'm from St. Louis and I also know about 15-20 people who can solve a cube, 5 of which are speedcubers that aren't on that map. I think somewhere in the Midwest would be good for everyone because it is centrally located. If we wanted to do it in St. Louis there is all kinds of places to do it at. The St Louis science center would be a great place to do it or maybe Forrest park if we wanted to do it outside.

I couldn't read this post past the fourth word.

 

[Bryan]

There is more cubers in the Midwest than most people think. You can't just base it off of who is on this forum and who has put there name on some map. I'm not on the cuber map and I'm from St. Louis and I also know about 15-20 people who can solve a cube, 5 of which are speedcubers that aren't on that map.

It doesn't matter if an area of a bunch of people that can solve, it has to have a bunch of people that compete. CubingUSA's Midwest has probably a higher percentage of cubers registered since registration for Midwest competitions have been tied to it for a while. And even before then, I was collecting information on location during registration.

St. Louis to Indianapolis - 4:22
-Indiana Winter 2010 - 4:22 - 0 competitors
-Indiana 2009 - 2 competitors
St. Louis to Chicago - 5 hours
-Chicago Open - 2 competitors
- Cat & Mouse - 0 competitors
St. Louis to Clinton, IA - 5:10
- Iowa Open - 0 competitors
St. Louis to Omaha, NE - 7:19
- Nebraska Open - 0 competitors

You could argue that those competitions people had to drive, but there are many Midwest cubers that make the same drive (or longer) to go to competitions.

 

[Evan Liu]

Bump -
The competition was announced on the WCA site today; the announcement will stay at the top of the main page as with other big competitions. The dates (Aug 12 to 14) and venue (The Ohio Union at Ohio State University) are the most important info given as of now: http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=USNationals2011
Not much to work with, but with those in mind, who's up for some more discussion?

 

[Mike Hughey]

It will really be nice to have one so close to us again!

 

[ShadenSmith]

KOII

 

[Sa967St]

OHIO?! It goes perfectly with the "YOU'RE FROM OHIO?" joke from last Nats.

 

[RyanReese09]

OHIO?! It goes perfectly with the "YOU'RE FROM OHIO?" joke from last Nats.

denny changed his middle name on facebook to "ohioguy"

same distance driving..7 hours. i will fly this time probably..glad it's not too far away

 

[Andrew Ricci]

I may be able to go again! That is, if I do good in school...

edit: @Sa967St When I saw you're avatar, I thought you were a small kitten. xD

 

[Vishal]

An idea maybe in dc? Or around there

 

[Sa967St]

An idea maybe in dc? Or around there

read a few posts above...

 

[waffle=ijm]

chances of waffo being in ohio...owait...I am from ohio.

 

[TheMachanga]

=D


And I won't have to fly there!

I'm already making plans to stop at Cedar Point.

EDIT: 85%. I might be in Mexico visiting relatives/vacation. :/

 

[Blake4512]

YES! OHIO FTW!!!!

I am like 95% sure I can go

 

[Dene]

KOII

Yes and now you have no excuse I want another KOII shirt FASTA.

 

[That70sShowDude]

Yes, it's not the same weekend as last year (when I go to the beach)

It's still kind of far, but hopefully I'll be able to go.

 

[bluecloe45]

Aw, bad date for me. Maybe ill convince my parents...

 

[nlCuber22]

NEIGHBORING STATE.

 

[RyanReese09]

i hope they have a store selling orangina up there. no stores down here sell it afaik

 

[masterofthebass]

I really hate mid August for a date for nationals, but I guess I have to deal with it again...

 

[TheMachanga]

Man, this will huge. '10 was said to be huge, and very fast (second round advancements were ridiculous). I predict sub 15 cut-off.