Zone 1 2010 : Rules & Registration
Posted: 27 Feb 2010, 12:21
Note: As of the 15th of May 2010 Geoff is no longer a member of this forum. He is also no longer organising this year's Zone 1 challenge. I will ask Geoff if he can supply me a list of those who have already entered, and I can then pass that on to whoever takes up the mantle as organiser. If he has not kept a list of people then I'm afraid you'll either have to do it again or just turn up. The new organiser will have to decide on that. Tubeguru.
THE RULES! (Updated for 2010)
1) The goal of the competition is to visit all 64 Zone 1 London Underground stations in the shortest time possible - the record currently stands at 2 hours, 42 minutes and 22 seconds.
2) Visiting a station is defined as arriving at or departing from or passing through the station on a LU trainn. You are allowed to leave the Underground system and move between stations on foot or by bus.
3) Paricipants are trusted to provide basic evidence of their time and start/finish points.
4) Participants can compete individually, or preferably in teams of 2-4 people. Give your team a name - there will be a prize for the best one.
5) A random start station out of the 64 will be drawn on the day before the start. Stations that we have started from in previous years are: Vauxhall (2004), St. James's Park (2005), Sloane Square (2006), Westminster (2007), King's Cross (2008) and Angel (2009) and will not be in the hat for stations used. As Blackfriars is also currently closed (a 'pass through' in terms of the challenge) that will not be the start either.
7) You must start on the first train in your chosen direction after 1pm GMT. You cannot wait for a second train to the same destination to come along and take that instead.
Send me an email [see note above] to register. Nearer the time, I'll let everyone know where the meeting point is, which will be at midday on the Friday. We'll then pick a starting station and go there to start for 1pm.
USUAL COMMENTS APPLY:
- Paddington (Hammersmith & City / Circle) is one station, Paddington (District / Circle / Bakerloo) is another. Edgware Road (Bakerloo) is a seperate station to Edgware Road (Circle/District/Hammersmith & City) which makes a total of 64 Zone 1 stations.
- Your overall time is measured from the moment the first train finally closes its door for departure until the doors open at (or close for departure) at the last station visit. Each team must measure their own time down to seconds. This means you CAN visit your last zone 1 station by departing from a station, and the time is the moment that the doors close and the train pulls away.
- Should multiple teams start and finish on the same trains (at the same station) they are ranked equal, regardless of the exact measured time.
- Train numbers and witness statements (that would be expected on a full network challenge) are not required. This isn't a world record, it's just a bit of fun. Exact log of each intermediate times is not required either, but we know that some of you liked to do that anyway ...
- When the start station has been drawn all participants will go there and regroup as soon as possible.
- The interpretation for a Baker Street Start is that a team wishing to go east along the Circle, must try to catch the first train, either a Met train or a Circle/H&C train, even though these depart from different platforms.
- The interpretation for a High Street Kensington start is that a team wishing to go to Earl´s Court, must try to catch the first train regardless of whether this is a Kensington (Olympia) train or a Wimbledon train, even though these depart from different platforms.
- This also means e.g. at a Moorgate start, a team may decide to wait (say) for an eastbound Hammersmith & City train (for Aldgate East), a clockwise Circle for travel beyond Aldgate or any SSL train for Liverpool Street.
- However a team MUST NOT wait for the correct sequence (like H&C-Met-Circle and expect to make the Aldgate run to catch that Circle train!)
- Care should be taken when overtaking people in passageways. Doors should also NOT be held for any extensive time period
- In the event of any dispute the organisers ruling (that's me - Geoff! - is final)
- By participating in the challenge, you agree to these rules!
- I'll be taking part myself, but probably not trying too hard to win, i'll be more worried about the video of it all that I'll be making again on the day.
TO REGISTER!
email me - geoff@geofftech.co.uk and tell me who you are and who's in your team. i'll then email you all in the week leading up to the Friday where the meeting point is. I would go back to Cafe Fred on Argyle Street at Oxford Circus, but it's currently close and being renovated ...
Let the squabbling & questions (below) commence!