Welcome Back to Guildford 2015 - (11th - 12th April)

Never done this before but...
DYK?
I kinda failed Skewb and Pyra?
I plus 6ed?
My best 3x3 Ao5 was 1 second better than my previous PB single at comp?
I got a success in 3BLD?
Harry could only make it for one day?
Eli cant stop a timer?
My tooth fell out?
I got a quid from my tooth?
Eli's to good at Skewb?
I did a massive cube relay with some friends?
On Saturday the first timed solve I did on 3x3 was 10.84 PB plus 2?
But I beat my PB today to 11.04?
My new t-shirts awesome?
I act like a little kid?
Cus I am one?
Cant go to WGC?
Sold a magic?
Cus I had 4?

That's all I can think of, Thanks for a great comp Rob and Ollie:)
 
Standout performances go to:

Eli - skewb NR avg (first of many hopefully)
Ollie - 5BLD WR
Alex - 3x3 ER avg
Ciaran - 2 sub30 4x4 singles (NR), 5x5 NRs, sub2 6x6 single and 4th best avg in the world, sub10 on 3x3 and many more NRs I'm sure.

World class performances. Well done.
 
just got back home guys, thanks for a great comp Ollie, Rob and James!

DYK:
I got food poisoning almost as soon as the comp started and almost missed sq-1 and pyra?
I done crap on 4x4 first round?
nr pyra avg second round?
4x4 round 2 I get a 30 single with pll parity?
3.44 pyra avg in final?
that's 11th in the world?
7x7 was a fail?
6x6, got a sub 2 single?
mean is 4th in the world and 2nd in Europe?
two sub 30 4x4 singles in a row?
1:00.5 5x5 single?
finally get sub 10 3x3 avg?!
5 avg in skewb?
13 single in OH?
failed oh avg but still podiumed?

again thanks for a great comp! won't be back to England most likely maybe till Cuthbert's. feel free to come to Irish champs :D
vids will hopefully be up soon.







oh, and 1 more thing...........................I'M 4TH IN THE WORLD B****ES! CATCH ME NOW, HAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Thank you to everyone that came! I'm happy with how the competition went and people seemed to enjoy it :) I'm especially knackered this time (as some of you attending may have noticed) so full DYKs in due course.

scottishcuber said:
Standout performances go to:

Eli - skewb NR avg (first of many hopefully)
Ollie - 5BLD WR
Alex - 3x3 ER avg
Ciaran - 2 sub30 4x4 singles (NR), 5x5 NRs, sub2 6x6 single and 4th best avg in the world, sub10 on 3x3 and many more NRs I'm sure.

World class performances. Well done.
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Thanks Sameer :) Especially Ciaran, possibly his best comp so far? So many significant barriers broken in one weekend.
 
scottishcuber said:
probably too late for goals so expectations it is...

2x2: low-mid 2s once, but i didnt win :(
3x3: sup10/a few 8s called it
4x4: sub37.44 surely / 33 yes/many 33s or less :)
5x5: 1:13 avg nah, 1:02 single though
6x6: dunno very!
7x7: 3:40 avg who
OH: 16s cares

so i have no special expectations...great.
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I'm mostly pleased with 5x5 single and 6x6 single + mean. I'm sure if i practice big cubes next time I'll be more competitive with Rob.
 
Randomno said:
More specific goals:

3x3: Beat 17.00 single, 20.xx average. 18.xx average wat
4x4: Sub-Bertie. Yes
5x5 and feet: Meet cutoffs. (way too slow at the moment) No for both. :(
2x2: Know CLL. (18 algs in 8 days D:[noparse][/noparse]) hahahahahano
3BLD: No idea. Yup
OH: Sub 40 if my 50mm Dayan arrives. It didn't so no
Megaminx: I'm not even averaging my current official times. Wait this isn't a goal
Pyraminx: Get another average way below my average at home. Hmm.
Square 1: Sub 30. Nope
Skewb: Sub 10. I got a 9.994 single...
7x7: Sub 10. Wasn't even halfway through edges
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:(
 
Ollie said:
Some new goals:

333: PB avg twice, plus single PB
3BLD: NR Mean yep, nearly twice
Feet: Soft cut nah
Sq1: PBs yah
Clock: Any average yah
Skewb: PBs yah
4BLD: Sub-2:30 Mo3 nah, but close
5BLD: WR yah
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Not too shabby.

DYK?

Neither me or Rob slept on Friday night?
Harry Savage is pretty good at pyra?
But he only ever comes for one day = boo?
Ciaran pulled our pants down events wise?
Jessica is pro at tearing?
Deep conversations with Adam and Zak about infinite multiverses expanding into infinite space?
Adam has lungs of steel?
Spooning with Zak is beaut?
Zak snores?
Eli destroyed Skewb average and helped our UK Sum of Averages?
I suck at keeping together when I'm super tired?
Bernard is getting fast at lots of stuff?
Nice BLD scrambles?
Guildford pubs have great food?
On reflection, I was happier for CHJ's sub-10 5BLD than I was for my WR?
Dan, Zak and Justin are super comfy to lie on?
"Does anyone have a biscuit?" - Zak Walters
Adam is a smooth mofo with (cute) barmaids?
Andy pops a lot?
Chris pops a lot?
MultiBLD sucks?
Justin's last comp in the UK? :(
Andy does perfect nature commentaries?

Oh, and another comp in just over a month's time? UK <3

Ty delegates for your help this weekend :)
 
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DYK?

-This was my cheapest comp ever. Even cheaper than Oxford Winter.
-Also best nights sleep at a comp ever, due to James comfy bed.
-3x3x3 is the only event I get nervous at, even though I don't really care that much about it.
-Finally had a successful Blindfolded solve in competition
-But it was my 1/2 in MBLD, and I failed the other 2 actual BLD solves -.-
-I no longer have that embarrassing 11 minute 7x7 solve as a PB
-Managed to get my skewb average down from 17.5 to 12.9
-got my 2nd ever parking fine :/
-I managed to get a 6x6 mean also.
-Ciaran has the best reactions
-Every comp I say to him "you can't get 10NR's per comp forever" but he still did it this comp.
-Bernard finally got a Sub-10 single :D
-The street James lives on has probably never been resurfaced.

4 PB's, and moved from 25 in rank of singles to 23, so I'm happy, despite not getting sub-13 average.
 
Berd said:
What was your dnf in MBLD result?
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Iirc, 2/5

TDM said:
goals for comp:
2x2: sub-3/sub-4 no/no, 3.00 with a +2 and definitely no for average, got a 5.34 average with four +2s though, one of which took me 2 seconds to "correct"
3x3: sub-11/sub-13 no/no, did VERY badly
4x4: sub-50/sub-54 yes/yes, sub-44 single!
5x5: sub-2:20?/sub-2:30? yes/yes, the average was .04 from sub-2:20 :)
3BLD: sub-2/sub-2:30 yes/no, DNFed a 1:39 because I can't TuRBo, but .25 from PB single
3OH: sub-20/sub-24 no/no
Mega: sub-2:30/sub-2:45 no/no
Pyra: idc yes
Square-1: sub-45/sub-55? yes/yes
Skewb: sub-6/sub-8 yes/yes, sub-5/sub-7(!)
6x6: sub-5?/sub-6? no/no
4BLD: success, hopefully not last in the UK no
Multi: get more than 3 points for the first time ever, 7/7 would be good no, definitely no

Making the finals of something would be nice too. Made 4 finals of events that weren't 1 round. Would have made a 5th final if an extra round of Skewb wasn't added
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Not bad overall, but I did badly in my main events.
 
LucidCuber said:
DYK?

-This was my cheapest comp ever. Even cheaper than Oxford Winter.
-got my 2nd ever parking fine :/
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Does that mean it's still your cheapest comp?

DYK:

  • This should hopefully be my last comp where I don't meet cutoffs in stuff (except BLD).
  • I suck at Sq1 cubeshape.
  • And CO, and EO, and CP, and EP, and layer fixing.
  • I should have just stuck with V first for Pyra.
  • Because it really messed up my Pyra PB streak.
  • I'm pretty sure I got a 5x5 PB but I don't keep track of them.
  • Still 18 secs from cutoff. :(
  • I don't get why I'm so slow at 5x5.
  • Bakery bags for Clock. :D
  • My 7x7 sucks, but at 1 TPS it doesn't really matter.
  • I had 2GLL for feet.
  • I messed it up a lot.
  • I still don't know the standard RU U perms.
  • Bernard had a timer malfunction on his first feet solve. :(
  • I'm still faster at Mega in comps than at home.
  • I tied my PB average for 2x2.
  • First 3BLD scramble was so easy.
  • I wasn't sure if I would beat 17.00 3x3 single, but then I did it with a V perm.
  • Rob managed to avoid my cube for scrambling at least 4 times.
  • I didn't practise OH so I sucked.
  • Skewb sub 10 single. :D
  • I didn't do as well in 3x3 round 2 but still better than I expected pre-comp.
  • I judged Alex's two slowest solves in the final.
  • Alex with a Mini AoSu seems strange.
  • Thomas Patterson will get a WR next comp.
  • But he'll probably get a +16 with it.
  • Nathan Armour bought my SS Skewb for more than I did when it was new.
  • So I now have a bunch of spare ball bearings.
  • Eli got a Skewb scramble during practice that was a U perm.
  • CHJ's 14/16 was really interesting to watch.
  • Adam didn't arrive for Mega so I couldn't borrow his Dayan. :(
  • I still haven't scrambled at all.
 
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CiaranBeahan said:
oh, and 1 more thing...........................I'M 4TH IN THE WORLD B****ES! CATCH ME NOW, HAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Out of all of the *small* nations where one person holds most of the National Records, you are probably the only one who's speed is worthy of NR status (all of the other small countries where like two people have ever competed have NR's of ~40s)

You and Maria, I would say :)
 
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Randomno said:
Antonie.
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I mean really small countries, like Ireland for Ciaran and Cyprus for Maria.
Canada is pretty big, there are 1240 WCA cubers there, where for Ireland there are 23, and Cyprus 2.

EDIT: Just realised what I wrote in the original post, changed it :P
 
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