Suggestion: Organzing Rubik's Competition Regularly

Subukan po kaya natin magorganize ng rubik's competition regaualrly in different places in our country.?? Para po maitrain ang nga cubers natin, sumikat ang sport na ito sa ating bansa at para maiiwas ang mga kabataan natin sa masasamang bisyo. What do you think??

Although the suggestion is great, the reality of the situation is far more difficult than one might expect. We can hold many events, that is no problem, but getting the proper sponsors, encouraging real speedcubers to participate (not just those who know and are satisfied with it), and the ability and availability of the people who can make it happen are just few of the many things that are needed to ensure a successful event.

And I haven't started on getting a WCA approval as well as a delegate. The Philippines only has two, Mateus de Almeida and JB Canares, and while JB can indeed hold/delegate events, it will be mostly in the South, and that is if he's available.

Madaming bagay, pero for now, there isn't enough capability to hold, say, Japan-regular events (which held three events already, if I'm correct, since 2008 started).

Still, that doesn't mean that I wouldn't want this. After Diliman Open, I found out how difficult it is to actually pull of an event like this. That's why I admired the Cebu Open organizers for organizing a really great event. It's far from other competitions, but it's a start.

magoorganize nga

may mga nagpaplan na poh nyan alam q eh.

maganda yan

problem is

financial support

kung cno man magoorganize.

dapat talga may kaya ung magoorganize db

yeah... maganda sana kung regular and competitions dito sa phils but like what kuya jome said... mahirap ang process

@tungkel_08
i think that's what the registration fee is for:))

Kaya lets try to find sponsors,
People who wants to join the event,
People who are willing to support the event.

it's not easy to find sponsors.....
as one of the organizer of Cebu Open, i find it very hard to organize.... believe it or not "Luge kami sa Tournament" even though na luge kami..... it is still fine as long as it is successful... and Cebu Open has only 2 sponsors, but only for goods, not 'cash'..... ^^,

and also, there are 62 people who pre-registered in online but on the actual tournament there only 32 of us who join.... tsk,

It's easy to say but hard to do........... ^^

seirrah wrote:it's not easy to find sponsors.....
as one of the organizer of Cebu Open, i find it very hard to organize.... believe it or not "Luge kami sa Tournament" even though na luge kami..... it is still fine as long as it is successful... and Cebu Open has only 2 sponsors, but only for goods, not 'cash'..... ^^,

and also, there are 62 people who pre-registered in online but on the actual tournament there only 32 of us who join.... tsk,

It's easy to say but hard to do........... ^^

Ask ko lang po, kailan po kayo nagstart magplano??
Meron po ba kayong prizes??

but if you ask me... the number of philippine competitions are reasonable naman.
this upcoming july is the RCPO2k8 (register na kayo)
pero sana there will be more to look forward to:) yan yung importante

hndi pa ba deligate si kuya Jonathan papa para may deligate tau d2 sa luzon area?? heheehe wla lng tanong wla hndi ba sia nkapasok?

supercuber wrote:

seirrah wrote:it's not easy to find sponsors.....
as one of the organizer of Cebu Open, i find it very hard to organize.... believe it or not "Luge kami sa Tournament" even though na luge kami..... it is still fine as long as it is successful... and Cebu Open has only 2 sponsors, but only for goods, not 'cash'..... ^^,

and also, there are 62 people who pre-registered in online but on the actual tournament there only 32 of us who join.... tsk,

It's easy to say but hard to do........... ^^

Ask ko lang po, kailan po kayo nagstart magplano??
Meron po ba kayong prizes??

as of now.... wala pa, bumabawi pa kami sa losses namin.... ^^, but if there is,,, i popost naman namin as soon as possible

no no no.. what i mean is bago nagsimula cebu open, kailan kayo nagplan?
tsaka meron bang prizes yung cebu open??

@supercuber,

2 months, I can say, would already be rushing it. Given the tasks to find sponsors that would actually be willing to sponsor such a "different" sport, a sport that is hard to match with any products the to-be sponsors are selling, yes it is very hard to organize a competition.

You will also be needing to secure a venue good enough to hold multiple people. And, if you intend to publicize cubing, you will need a very popular place to begin with.

You will need volunteers for the judges, scramblers, etc. They will need to be knowledgeable at least in basic notations in the first place. The more competitors, the more of these you need.

You will need to organize your events, plan ahead if all events will fit the time limit, set plan B's if something happens.

You will need a delegate.

I'd say 3-5 months should do it.

If you can find individuals who have nothing to do for that amount of time a year, then you have one more competition to attend to.



And there are no prizes. The WCA does not require organizers to provide them, although they are free to do so. The cost of the competition usually eats up much of the funds already.

only medels are the prizes.... and the planning of Cebu Open was before Dec 2007 if i'm not misteken....

As they say, you don't have to give winners medal. You can give them something.
You can give them Ice cream, food, whatever as long there is prize.

Easier said than done, magstestress kayo diyan kapag magregular competitions kayo. Take note, speedcubing isn't just your life, meron pang iba na mabibusy kayo na maka stress rin. Imagine, every month tayo magheld ng competitions, imagine the rush and stresses you have to face. It's no joke to organize, trust me, been there.

I'm not against your proposal, in fact go ako diyan. Pero starting pa ang speedcubing dito sa pinas eh, magdadalawang isip pa diyan ang kukunin nyong sponsors. Kunti lang ang magbabasakali na magsposponsor sa unfamiliar grounds. Lets just wait a little till meron ng trust ang mga companies sa atin na in time magwholeheartedly sponsor sa atin.

im planning to have an official competition here in iligan. and im willing to take all the sacrifices and to do what i need to do to seek sponsors. tama si benjediman, di talaga madali yung pagoorganize ng tournament and marami dapat aasikasohin. though na-witness ko yung struggle ng Cebu Open organizers, im not discourage to put up the first competition here in iligan.

at this time im still finding where the event will take place here. and by june i will form the organizing team for the event. i hope many will cooperate and will sponsor us in this event.

Siguro nga kailangan pa nating maghintay...