Harrow Spring 2015 (February 28th-March 1st)

Thanks for a great competition everyone :D
Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it tomorrow, because it was a 2.5 hour drive :/
I had loads of fun today, and set some great PB's :D

DYK:
I got up at 5:15 this morning? :(
The parking ticket machine was broken and there was a steady stream of people walking up to it to discover that?
The timer reset on two of my clock solves so I got two extra scrambles?
I got a DNF Clock Average? :(
Skewb was surprisingly good for me, considering I never ever practice it?
I got a sub-4 6x6 Mo3 with just 1 sub-4 solve?
I only got one solve >6 seconds in the entire of 2x2?
I got a 3.87 single in 2x2? :D
My phone died halfway through the recording of a 54 second 4x4 solve?
It didn't matter because all the other solves were god awful?
I was .78 seconds away from a sub-1 4x4 average?
I got 100% success rate at 3BLD (Only two solves though, because I didn't have enough time for a third)?
I missed the Megaminx cut by 11 seconds?
I missed chocolate for an .xxx solve by a few milliseconds multiple times?
3 OLL skips in 2x2 out of 10 solves?
One of them with a 4 move first layer?
My 4x4 popped during the last solve so I got a 1:48 in my 1:04 average?
Berd's cube oil is amazing?
Harry managed to go from 1st in the 1st round of Skewb to 5th in the final?
Younger kids are insanely fast at Skewb?
I technically made the 3BLD final but I'm not there tomorrow so I can't compete?
Everyone loved my YueYing?
Ollie just missed 4BLD WR?
Rob Yau got a 11 second Megaminx solve? (lol)

And a final piece of advice: ALWAYS check if the Clock is facing with 12 ^ before you start to inspect (Both DNF's happened because I solve at 6 o'clock and 3 o'clock respectively)

Thanks all of you for a great competition :D

(P.S James, for my fourth solve of Clock, the time was entered as 16.47 when it was actually 18.47. If you can change that, that'd be great :D)
 
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Thanks to Ollie for a great comp!

DYK:
I don't like handshakes
3.33 2x2 average (2.86 without the +2)
4.40 pyra average (4.0x without the +2)
I made the 3x3 final
I deliberately failed 6x6 so I didn't have to do the mean
Bernard was amazed at Tom and mine's team BLD skills
Skewb...
There was a skewb scramble with a face solved and corners oriented
TCLL, not an LL skip
Odder = GJ
5x5 sub 2!!!!
4x4 K4 hands only is fun
Especially when it is official
Sweaty hands ruin OH
I had more BLD successes in MBLD than in normal BLD
My accuracy is awful
1/12 official successes...
 
Thank you to everyone that came, helped out, judged, spectated - the turnout was fantastic! It was exhausting, but everything ran pretty smoothly and I learnt a lot from Daniel/James/first-hand experience :)

DYK?

- We had 11 nationalities at our competition, including some Vikings?
- Security had no idea what was going on on Saturday morning?
- Rob Yau brought the UK back into a new streak of NRs?
- I tagged along with a niceish 3BLD mean and 5BLD NR?
- The 3rd 3BLD scramble had 8 edge targets, 3 solved edges and 8 corner targets = Maskow sub-20 scramble?
- There are lots of awesome new generation UK cubers in the making atm?
- I'm ranked 1st for Lunch?
- Daniel is pro at Excel? (or whatever the equivalent is on Mollerz's laptop)
- 2:06 4BLD DNF off by 2 centers? The video is heartbreaking?
- 2:07 4BLD off by undoing a setup move incorrectly? DNFs will always equal DNFs no matter how close, but potential for an official sub-2 before WC2015 is there...
- No Skewb NRs? :(
- I did alright in 2x2x2, but the final was super competitive?
- Adam goes hard in the game of drink?
- I forgot which rooms I was using during Multi BLD, and therefore couldn't recall any of my memo and failed? (it's been a while.)
- Zak "Jack" Walters finally got a multi result?
- Zak did OH?
- I called Lara "Laura" by mistake because I was super tired?
- Amongst other countless brain farts?
- There was an awesome rainbow?
- Adam won our 5x5x5 bet?
- Ethan loves it when English people that take the **** out of the Welsh?
- Rob got a fleek pyra average?
- If a sheep poos in front of an audience, its value increases?
- High pressure in the countryside means pluck all to 99% of people?
- Jan knows his stuff (especially for Sq1 when we got home?)

Looking forward to helping to organize more UK stuff in the future - expect a post-comp email regarding lost property and stuff soon
 
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DYK...

I didn't have to drive? =)
I got an 'at home' pb single on 6x6 by 10 seconds?
the timer reset so extra attempt?
I don't blame the messenger, James?
I came last in 2x2 after a DNF and a 2BLD on the 5th solve?
I did better than I expected in 4x4 since I haven't practiced and switch to full Hoya instead of my 'inferior' variant?
DNFed all 3 3BLDs cos went for speed and even my 'safety' solve would've been pb?
Alex missed his train?
Andy makes a great case for steak?
Ben wasn't having any of it?
Ollie joined in with shots by the end of the night?
human eggs?
chips to dip?
my bed room was spinning?
Rob woke me up for breakfast 2 and 1/2 hours before I needed to wake up?
I'm glad he did?
I got some very strange looks at breakfast in my 'blood' stained zombie killing yellow shirt?
Lara is allergic to air?
my judge insulted my turn speed on my 1st 3x3 solve?
not the 1st time and unlikely to be the last?
Ben 'likes' my A perm?
DNFed a 1:40ish 5x5 solve cos I messed up a L4E alg?
it cost me a sub 2 average but I still won the bet?
failed at my speed blind and did 21 corner targets on my other fail because I realised I hadn't done the parity alg?
that cube ended up with a 3 cycle out on corners but I only found 3/4 of the flipped edges anyway?
5/7 got me 2nd place?
Zak finally got a MBLD success and received his 1st medal as a result?
I started 3x3 2nd round with 2 fails so went all out for pb single?
I got it but +2ed by a few degs?
don't arm wrestle Ricky?
I stopped Zak's timer at a badly chosen moment and cost him a OH pb in practice?
Harry is Savage?
that look on Daniel's face?
We could've got Chinese food before getting our train since Zak just made it with his?
I was almost twice the average age of the others cubes on the train?

Fantastic weekend and extremely well run comp. Thanks Ollie and of course our delegate duo.
 
CiaranBeahan said:
what were the 4x4 scrambles like? and 6x6 for that matter, just curious :D
Click to expand...

6x6 were about average, some easy white bars at the start and edges weren't too difficult.
A couple of the 4x4 solves had really easy F2C and some had white edge bars already made.
 
DYK:

I had takeaway for dinner Friday, Saturday and Sunday?
The friend I was staying with forgot I was coming?
I went all the way to Harrow to meet people on Friday, no one was there, so I went all the way to Greenwich to meet friends (zone 4 NW to zone 3 SE)?
Bright green drinks and 4 hours sleep meant I failed 3x3?
Missed OH because I was racing Justin Jaffray?
So James is a bad friend?
But Justin is cool?
My cube is actually kind of nice now that Adam lubed it?
5x5 PBs without noticing (probably thanks to CHJ's cube)?
Medal in multi with 2/2?
Jan overtook me in second round of BLD to take my chance at a second medal?
Rob has a mysterious lady friend?
Ollie didn't use my banner, and I don't know why?
If you joke about Lara being allergic to something, she probably is (including water)?
Sub-10 OH ZZF2L and Adam stopped the timer?
I hope he feels bad?
How fast are you at lunch? Are you Sub-Way?

Thanks to all who helped organise. Except James.
 
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