World Championships 2013 - Las Vegas

[Divineskulls]

Is there anyone who would be able to pick up 4 of us UK Cubers from the Airport on the 24th (Wed before worlds)? If not, how should we get to the hotel.

There's a $7+tip shuttle to all of the major hotels, including the riviera. (I think it was 7)

 

[Mikel]

Is there anyone who would be able to pick up 4 of us UK Cubers from the Airport on the 24th (Wed before worlds)? If not, how should we get to the hotel.

Taxi?

 

[Tyson]

There's a $7+tip shuttle to all of the major hotels, including the riviera. (I think it was 7)

4 people splitting a taxi should be cheaper... about $20 total for that taxi ride.

And skill required is not correlated with prize money. Prize money is a function of who wants to put up the money. Dan Dzoan recently won $15,000 solving a cube in San Francisco Union Square for a Smart Food marketing event...

 

[Robert-Y]

Thanks Tyson!

 

[shelley]

Nice, but this warning makes me wonder if we shouldn't withhold our prizes to award them privately. I know there are some among the organizers (cough*Bob*cough) who would do anything they can to prevent feet from getting awards.

That's really just to cover our ass, considering how an irate parent threatened to sue us over our awarding of certain unofficial prizes last year. We don't want to commit ourselves to potentially unreasonable demands. If it's something reasonable like podium prize for an official event, we're fine with that.

 

[Julian]

Will the American who finishes highest in each event be considered American champion?

 

[cubernya]

Will the American who finishes highest in each event be considered American champion?

I would assume so, just like at Nats

 

[Veerexx]

Is cubecast hosting this? Has it been confirmed?

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

Is cubecast hosting this? Has it been confirmed?

Yep. See this thread for more information: http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/s...ive-Cubecast-And-Or-Video-Feed-at-Worlds-2013

 

[Veerexx]

Yep. See this thread for more information: http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/s...ive-Cubecast-And-Or-Video-Feed-at-Worlds-2013

Awesome!

 

[Robocopter87]

This question may have been asked a dozen times, but which events can be generally assumed to be available at the door?

I am planning on going, but I apparently missed the online cut off date. So it would really suck to go all the way to Las Vegas and not be able to compete at all. Though just seeing some people compete would be an awesome experience.

Thanks

 

[yoshinator]

There are some events that I didn't register for online, can I still sign up for them at the door? (Namely 6x6 and 7x7)

 

[shelley]

This question may have been asked a dozen times, but which events can be generally assumed to be available at the door?

I am planning on going, but I apparently missed the online cut off date. So it would really suck to go all the way to Las Vegas and not be able to compete at all. Though just seeing some people compete would be an awesome experience.

Thanks

3x3 speedsolve will be available for everyone.

We have not had to turn people away at previous US Nationals, though as this will be a much bigger competition we can't guarantee anything besides 3x3. Expect limited spaces for events that require more overhead to run, e.g. FMC, long blind events and the bigger cubes. Register early to make sure you have better chances at getting into everything you want.

 

[Robocopter87]

Thank you muchness.

 

[cuBerBruce]

Will the American who finishes highest in each event be considered American champion?

I would assume so, just like at Nats

I don't see anywhere on the Worlds web site or on CubingUSA saying this competition will be determining any U.S. championship titles. So I would think the only thing that one can assume is that it is NOT. It should have been announced if it were.

 

[Carrot]

Why is it so hot in Las Vegas? (just checked the weather forecast...)

 

[Tyson]

I don't see anywhere on the Worlds web site or on CubingUSA saying this competition will be determining any U.S. championship titles. So I would think the only thing that one can assume is that it is NOT. It should have been announced if it were.

Might as well... we could announce this. But I don't really think anyone is organizing US 2013 this year and I don't want to skip it.

We're trying to order plaques for top US competitors, but I don't know if we were successful.

 

[AvGalen]

Why is it so hot in Las Vegas? (just checked the weather forecast...)

Las Vegas is in the desert. Deserts don't have any trees to hold moisture in the soil and allow evaporation. The soil just absorbs the heat and reflects it back up. The lack of vegetation is caused by sparse rain
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101107064856AASCfbD

 

[MarcelP]

Las Vegas is in the desert. Deserts don't have any trees ...

LOL..

 

[AlexMaass]

I'm a bit sad and angry at myself.

I was asked by my mom if I wanted to go to Worlds months.

I said nah because I was into Minecraft (a video game) instead of cubing.

Now I have made a hobby change back into cubing I feel left out.

Oh well I guess I'm going to England instead at least which partially makes up for it.