Eindhoven Open 2012

[Sebastien]

couldn't you just register everyone for clock who has already done it in competition please?

[hcfong]

Sebastien - OK, sounds like a good idea. So, I'm going to assume that everybody who has done clock before in a competition will want to register for it at the Eindhoven Open.

If you have done clock before but don't want to do it at Eindhoven Open, or you haven't done it before but would like to do it now, please e-mail or PM me.

[Kattenvriendin]

I have registered myself but I have one big request to ask from everyone, and that is that my real name and results page will be kept off the forums and I'll be addressed nickname only.

I DO owe you a proper explanation, and I hope I can do this here

It took me a long time to consider whether I should register because of the above. Reason being there was a privacy issue in the past involving my family and my real name. Some dimwit used family info and posted it online on a genealogy site for the world to see, along with all sorts of private info like where people worked, which made it even worse. It almost became a lawsuit (it is illegal for other people to do this, deceased is ok, but living no way) and I had to contact search engines to get rid of the info they had crawled. Tedious and very stressful.

I was shocked to see this at the time as I am pretty much completely off the grid with my real name and value to keep it that way. However I did register with my real name of course, I don't mind it as long as it doesn't get cross-referenced with me here, hence my request of please not mentioning it anywhere online.

I hope you can understand. And I am sorry to bother you all with this, but you have a right to know.


Back to competition time!!

[hcfong]

Just a random fact about this competition:

I think this will be the first regular competition (not being a world, continental or national championship) with 2 WCA board members attending.

So, if you want to be part of this historic event, please do register ;-)

[TMOY]

Sorry to disappont you but this is not the first French Open 2008 was attended by botn Ron and Gilles Roux, who was still a WCA board member at that time.

[hcfong]

Oops. Didn't search well enough. Oh well, at least itś the first competition in more than 4 years to have 2 board members, which is more than at the last World's

[hcfong]

The competition is starting in just a few hours. Live results can be found here: http://live.cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=63

[Kattenvriendin]

YAY!! See you tomorrow guys! (body decided to get sick today, thank goodness I only do the Rubik's which is on Sunday ).

[Cubenovice]

Too bad I couldn't stay longer...

FMC result:
My first official sub 30 and second podium: 28 HTM in true FMC style.

1 Sébastien Auroux 27
2 Ralph Eikelenberg 28
3 Jan Bentlage 29

Scramble
B U2 F D2 L2 F U2 L2 F2 R' B2 U' B2 D2 R' B F U2 L2

My solution (warning; contains premoves, NISS and an insertion)

Spoiler:

L2 - Square (1)
B - pseudo 2x2x2 requires premove B2 (3)
U F2 U' - 2x2x3 requires extra premoves U2 L' (8)
L2 F' L' F L2 F' - F2L-1 (14)

Switch to inverse
B2 L U2 - F2L-1
U L2 B L B' L' U' L U L' U' - leaves 3 corners

gives skeleton for normal scramble:
L2 B U F2 U' L2 F' L' F L2 F' U L U' L' U . L B L' B' L2 U L' B2

At . insert U' L' D' L U L' D L to cancel 4 moves

final solution:
L2 B U F2 U' L2 F' L' F L2 F' U L U' L2 D' L U L' D L2 B L' B' L2 U L' B2 - 28 HTM
Insertion finder confirms the insertion is optimal

See you again tomorrow!

[hcfong]

Too bad I couldn't stay longer...

FMC result:
My first official sub 30 and second podium: 28 HTM in true FMC style.

You do know you need to attend the winners ceremony in order to be eligible for a podium place, don' t you? :-)