US Nationals 2012 (Las Vegas)

**PhillipEspinoza** · 08-06-2012

Did you know...?

-I podium-ed and placed 2nd in every Nationals competition I ever went to?
-I didn't make OH Finals :'(
-I didn't have any main cubes going into the competition.
-You don't have to be good all the time, just when it counts.
-I sucked pretty much the whole weekend except for Final Round
-Phil Yu's personal Silk cube is probably the only reason I did so well in Final Round. IT'S AMAZING.
-Your name is on the back of the shirt.
-I was nervous the whole competition when competing, EXCEPT Final Round when all eyes were literally on me. wtf.
-The small (50mm) but not mini Zhan Chi's are awesome for OH.
-I'm working on a new master method that will allow me to force an N-perm after doing anti-ZBF2L which gives you no edge OLL's with Dan Chan and Marco Mendoza, also working on learning anti-ZBLL
-In Vegas, they don't ask "How are you?", they ask "T*****s in your face?"
-I didn't practice Feet until competition but was avg-ing 1:30 with Steven Turner then night before I failed in comp.
-Steven Turner is gonna be pro at Feet, you watch.
-During an official Feet solve, I accidentally popped the cube, had to put 3 pieces back in with my feet, realized I put an edge piece in the wrong way, so I had to pop it back out with my big toe, pick it up with feet, and wedge it back in to avoid a ruined mean, ALL IN 4:xx minutes!
-$10 Footlongs? WTF?
-The prizes were all in $2 bills!
-They should've had an unofficial sim competition!
-There was actually another Native cuber at the competition!
-I still might go into professional body building even though I made finals.
-6 people in the final round were not US citizens!
-Austin Reed beat me.
-Devin NARdavari pwn'd the weekend with a bunch of NAR's, and 14.86 OH NAR WITHOUT KNOWING FULL OLL lol
-My car is awesome on gas.
-****IN VEGAS IS TOO HOT

**Andreaillest** · 08-06-2012

Did you know...

Brest is really an old Australian guy?
He is actually brest to meet in person?
You should see Breandan's finger tricks in person?
I hate Slater(Tall5001) for pressing all the buttons on the elevator and making me endure 11 floors of mini headaches?
I got a PLL skip for my very first comp solve ever, but epically failed the other solves?
William(IAmWeb) is the only person who made fun of my height? Rude.
I have the smallest hands?
Kevin Hays favorite event is 2x2?
Thompson has the fastest Q permutation in all of Canada?
AJ Blair's first gameboy yellow was green?
People still want Sarah to do the malt liquor challenge?
I bit on a silver fork really hard on accident and chipped a small portion of my tooth?
Laser bunneh?
Phillip sucks at OH, but is really good?
Mike Hughey is now changing his "O" code for blind because of the creepy shrek baby doll?
The Riviera has terrible wi-fi?
It was actually better to use 3g/4g in the hotel than the wi-fi?
Covinsa is actually 26 and married?
There is no point in solving Sarah's cube if white isn't on bottom?
10 "M,U" H perms in a row is a test of endurance?
Thom(Kirjava) is much more pleasant to meet in person?
Sesame seed?

I'm sure I have more to list, but this will do for now. Thanks to everyone at the competition and the staff for making such a fun comp! It was a blast and I will try my best to make it to worlds next year. I'll also practice harder so I won't fail as hard.