CCC3 Tournament Structure

As you know, this years CCC3 is a three-round tournament. Here's the round structure and details:

• Round One: The first round is a single, online contest. It will be held on Tuesday, August 8th, 2006 (Tuesday, Mordad 17th, 1385,) 9 AM. Round one will have no less than 7 problems.
• Round Two: The best 50 people in the online round will be invited to round two, which is an on-site round in the IAUM (in Mashhad,) on Tuesday, August 22nd (Mordad 31st.) They will compete in two groups of 25, in two matches that will be on 9 AM and 3 PM. From each group, (at least) 6 people advance directly to the final round, along with (at least) 4 wildcards (the best among the remaining of both the groups.) The contests in this round will be 3 hours long with 4 problems in each match.
  
• The Finalè: (is that the correct accent?) The best 16 (may be as many as 20, depending on your performance in the second round) will be admitted into the final round. The final round will be a 5-hour match on Wednesday, August 23rd (Shahrivar 1st,) with 6 problems. Eternal glory comes to the winner of this tournament!

There will be an online practice (and test) contest on Friday, August 4th (Friday, the 13th of Mordad!) at 9 AM. This one will be 10 hours long, and will have 8-10 problems. Everyone is invited and encouraged to participate.