Who's going to Us open= qualification is tough

[cubekid57]

The qualification for this tournnament is tough. In order to make it past the 3x3 prelims you have to get 1n 18 sec. solve or less. Last year'
s us open wasn't even this tough to get past. I was just wondering who is going. I know it is early, but I want to get an idea of who will be there. I know I will. Also, to the organisers, are there going to be puzzles or tshirts on sale?

 

[masterofthebass]

cubekid, the 18s qualification isn't that bad. already, 73 people have pre-qualified, compared to only 45 in 2007 (not taking into account that the US Open was held in june. There are only 23 people who got sub 18 averages before 2007.)


Personally, I've finally qualified for everything, since I'm horrible at BLD in competition. I'm actually buying my plane tickets either today or tomorrow, before they get too expensive.

 

[ajmorgan25]

I'm going. Hopefully, I'll be able to qualify by then.

 

[PatrickJameson]

i'm going, i've qualified for everything except bld. I got a freaken 2:30.86!!! .86 seconds away from qualifying...

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

cubekid, the 18s qualification isn't that bad. already, 73 people have pre-qualified, compared to only 45 in 2007 (not taking into account that the US Open was held in june. There are only 23 people who got sub 18 averages before 2007.)


Personally, I've finally qualified for everything, since I'm horrible at BLD in competition. I'm actually buying my plane tickets either today or tomorrow, before they get too expensive.

Not to mention 4x4 and 5x5 qualification times are identical to last year's...

 

[Bryan]

I'm going. I figured I wouldn't make it past the first round, but I was hoping to at least be able to get an average. However, my practicing time this summer might be a lot or a little (beyond my control). But anyway, I figure I'll go and have fun hanging out with people, and maybe I'll focus more on the side events.

 

[cuBerBruce]

i'm going, i've qualified for everything except bld. I got a freaken 2:30.86!!! .86 seconds away from qualifying...

According to the WCA database, there are zero people with an average in 3x3x3 BLD. So if the US Nationals web site is accurate, nobody currently pre-qualifies for 3x3x3 BLD.

 

[Durben]

I was suppose to be going.... But my VISA was denied.
All my times were already qualified....

 

[pjk]

I won't be able to make it this year. Good luck guys.

 

[Lofty]

I have no plans set in stone but it is "only" a 5 hour drive so I want to go so bad. Its a bit upsetting that I will barely qualify for anything bu OH and speedsolving and speedsolving I wont even get probably past the first round. idk OH and hanging out is all I really care about i suppose... but it would be fun to qualify to at least do an average on all the 2x2-5x5 cubes.

 

[Hadley4000]

I won't qualify for anything, but I am going considering it's 10 minutes from me

I actually have a good shot at pyraminx, and to a lesser extent, clock.

 

[Mike Hughey]

i'm going, i've qualified for everything except bld. I got a freaken 2:30.86!!! .86 seconds away from qualifying...

According to the WCA database, there are zero people with an average in 3x3x3 BLD. So if the US Nationals web site is accurate, nobody currently pre-qualifies for 3x3x3 BLD.

I'm betting the US Nationals website is not accurate here. Last year prequalification was based on your best time beating the qualification time (which was 3:30). (But I understand, Bruce, that you were probably either joking or quietly trying to nudge the US Nationals organizers to adjust their website for qualification requirements.)

 

[philkt731]

I need to qualify for OH and BLD, hopefully I can get my OH at MN, but BLD, I'll have to do there. And if I don't get sub 2:30, let's hope I'm in the top 5 (or more, depending)

EDIT: Now that I see its avg, I need to qualify for 4x4 and 5x5, but I think I will get 4x4 at MN, and since there is no 5x5 at MN, I may be one of the best in the qualifying for the 5x5, seeing as I avg about 45 seconds under the qualifying time

 

[HelloiamChow]

I should be there.

Wow, a 2:30 BLD to qualify? Man thats tough. I hope I can make it out of the first round in 3x3 and 4x4, anything else from there is just gravy.

 

[Mike Hughey]

EDIT: Now that I see its avg, I need to qualify for 4x4 and 5x5, but I think I will get 4x4 at MN, and since there is no 5x5 at MN, I may be one of the best in the qualifying for the 5x5, seeing as I avg about 45 seconds under the qualifying time

I was about to mention that, Phil, but then I decided you weren't worried about 4x4x4 and 5x5x5, since you're almost certain to make it through the qualifying rounds for those.

I hope I get to meet you at the US Open - it's funny that you live 60 miles away from me, but the first time I'll probably meet you is in Atlanta.

 

[Stefan]

I registered a moment ago. Don't have flight/hotel yet. The "official" hotel looks expensive to me, at least for a single person. Where will you be staying, what's the price, will you be sharing rooms?

 

[Bryan]

I registered a moment ago. Don't have flight/hotel yet. The "official" hotel looks expensive to me, at least for a single person. Where will you be staying, what's the price, will you be sharing rooms?

I'm staying at the Red Roof Inn, which is about 70/night and looks to be within walking distance. I do have one person I'm splitting with, but I'd be willing to take in more to get the cost down, since I do have to stay three nights.

Phil, there's a strong strong chance more events will be held at the Minnesota Open, I just can't commit to them now as I would much rather not hold an event than to have someone come and drop "their" event. But yes, bring your 5x5x5 and blindfold.

 

[ExoCorsair]

Same boat as Pat. Have fun all, I want to see some NARs broken (again).

 

[alexc]

Same boat as Pat. Have fun all, I want to see some NARs broken (again).

I'll go for the multi NAR, as long as Rowe won't do like 40. Still a while away from 14, but I think I can make it.

I'm qualified for 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, and 3x3 bld. I got a 30.71 OH single at CC, so I'm .72 away from qualifying for that.

 

[masterofthebass]

alex, for pre-qualifying, you need to have official averages faster than the qualification time. That means that you are 1.09s away from qualifying.