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Re: [FVC]: Longer competitions

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Originally Posted by 1885.Blake View Post
35 teams x 7 matches / 4 teams per match x 6 minutes per match = Approx 360 minutes = 6 Hours.

This is 6 hours if everything runs like clockwork. This doesn't include a lunch break, opening/closing ceremonies, etc. Also, only a single field is implicit in the time per match.

I agree that this can be done, but you can safely bet that many events that attempt to stick to a schedule like this will run long.

Of course I'm in the camp that likes longer (multi-day) FVC events....

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6 hours a day isn't too bad. If opening ceremonies are 9, then the 6 hours takes us into 4oclock with a full hour off for lunch, finals and awards wraps up the last hour and a half.

After working at the NJ Vex event, Hartford, Delaware, and the championship events, I really think that that schedule works.

You mention a second field increasing costs: a second day of a venue also increases costs, probably a lot more than a second field would cost. A field costs 1300 dollars, and different groups borrowing each other's fields makes a lot of sense to negate that cost.
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