Rapid Dash Open 2012. Guildford, UK!

[Zoé]

This was definitely a super great week-end !

DYK
- Lube is the ultimate solution to everything.
- I should have spray painted the shop called "Moffats" with an extra R
- 15 puzzles team blind with Odder YAY ! (we sucked at this ^^)
- Michael was awesome for staying up so late to let us in on Friday night and sharing his room with us ! (but he would have been awesome without that anyway)
- Zo indeed
- If you cube any number between 1 and 1000 and give the result to Odder he will find out what was the original number (and he's super fast at it if the first number is between 1 and 100)
- Who is Luke ? It's Him ! Wait... there are two Lukes in the pyra final ! (total confusion)
- I somehow became super fast at 4x4 all of a sudden and even did a sub-50 \O/
- Walking in the streets and finding some pretty cheap promotion for an around the world ticket. Arnaud : "Must be a flight where you just fly around the world and don't stop anywhere". Me : "Really ? O.O" => I need a sarcasm sign.
- Steal all the sugar from Subway
- We got stuck in a traffic jam at 3am on the way to the comp (seriously... 3am ?!?)
- I was like... super lazy for judging (sorry about that).
- I probably did more than 10 PLL in my OH average x)
- 2 times lol-scrambles on 3x3 (super easy 2x2 block. Should have used those for FM)
- First time that I beat Arnaud with all our overall results (good that I didn't do FM)
- I now have 23 blind DNF and still no success :/
- My pyraminx popped for no reason in the finals. Without that I would have gotten 3rd place
- Arnie was totally awesome for still trying to get into the train Sunday night, even though the "computer" said we were too late to board on it. Saved us 1H of Traveling
- and finally : IT NEEDS LUBE !

[TMOY]

- I now have 23 blind DNF and still no success :/

I had 32 DNFs before my first official success. You will beat me soon

[Mollerz]

I had 32 DNFs before my first official success. You will beat me soon

I've almost beaten you on 4BLD! You had 14 DNFs before a success, I'm at 10 so far.

[Cubenovice]

My nominees for most awesome results of this comp:

5 BLD WR
Kir getting official sub 10
5BLD sub 9
And although very*last but definitely not least: 25 minute 3BLD by Mukunth Suresh!

I'm dead serious if I say that I find this is a very inspiring result. Who cares that it was not fast, you DID it!
Sorry Zoé

* last on world ranking

[Kirjava]

Kir getting official sub 10

thanky, I was so relieved that it had finally happened, but it kinda messed up the rest of my average. oh well, there's always next time ^_^

[kinch2002]

My nominees for most awesome results of this comp:

Kir getting official sub 10 twice
5BLD sub 9
25 minute 3BLD by Mukunth Suresh!

These were all awesome, although we all expected 5bld to be sub9
More: Thom 13.90 OH
Breandan 1:05/1:11 5x5
Chris Ness official sub-10 after not competing for years
Spef 7x7 fail
My personal solve of the comp goes to: DJ Yau feet pop, repair with edge flipped wrong, solve, flip edge
I'll upload the viedo sometime

[Erik]

DYK...

[*]Special mention to Hannah with her 15.xx 3x3 solve -- she arrived on crutches - full props to Hannah's mum for bringing all the kids - we have a proper family event here

http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/...pidashOpen2012

Just a check: if that 15.xx solve was great, why is there a 11.36 as well? I don't know her, but by reading your post I get the feeling this is a mistake in the results? (or skippy? )

[MichaelErskine]

Just a check: if that 15.xx solve was great, why is there a 11.36 as well? I don't know her, but by reading your post I get the feeling this is a mistake in the results? (or skippy? )

Whoa! I didn't even see that! I was talking to Hannah's mum in a brief excursion to the shops and she was so pleased that Hannah got a 15.xx - I obviously didn't watch her in round 2! Well done Hannah.

[scotzbhoy]

If you could send me all/any of these that would be really nice

Send me a PM on youtube and I can give you my password if that's easiest, cheers.

I'll send them to you, though I should say that in the 9.21 the cube isn't actually in view for a large part of the solve. Looks like I was too busy watching you and didn't bother watching the viewfinder, so the camera is angled a bit far down :S
But I'll send you the videos and you can decide Can you PM me your email address?

[kinch2002]

Just a check: if that 15.xx solve was great, why is there a 11.36 as well? I don't know her, but by reading your post I get the feeling this is a mistake in the results? (or skippy? )

I just checked the scorecard, and there is absolutely no doubt it says 11.36. Indeed it is weird because that was round 1, whereas 15.19 was round 2. I shall email her