Are we supposed to memorize the rules?

[11douglash]

No... Don't memorize the rules... There's 133 pages of them, plus the unwritten ones the inspectors like to throw in.

What my team does is we appoint one or two people to go and know backwards and forwards the rules. They don't nessisarily have to have them all memorized, just know when to look at the rule book (ie, if there is an applicable rule). This person is also in charge of doing a mock inspection near the end of build so we don't get suprised at the real inspection at competition.