World Championship 2015 - São Paulo, Brazil - July 17-19, 2015

I compiled a list of Gold, Silver and Bronzes by country. Here it comes (hopefully it'll keeptable format):
Country G S B T
AUS 5 4 1 10
USA 3 3 1 7
BRA 3 1 0 4
GER 2 2 3 7
SWE 1 3 0 4
FRA 1 1 0 2
IND 1 0 0 1
DEN 1 0 0 1
FIN 1 0 0 1
POL 0 3 1 4
JAP 0 1 2 3
NED 0 1 0 1
PER 0 0 4 4
KOR 0 0 1 1
UK 0 0 1 1
CAN 0 0 1 1
COL 0 0 1 1
SUI 0 0 1 1
 
Did you know

  • Brazil is a blast?
  • Our hearts were entertained in July?
  • I went straight to the airport after my weekly team meeting on Wednesday?
  • The venue was underground, and was actually really great?
  • The venue had a big cube table in the center for the competitors to place their puzzles?
  • The cube table actually had a solvable cube state?
  • Daniel and I raced to match the scramble, but the (hidden) bottom layer was actually quite tricky?
  • There was a long-lasting soccer game between cubers in the floor above the main stage on Thursday?
  • Natan looks awesome as goalie?
  • Worlds had an awesome competition logo?
  • Apparently there's often a contest for competition logos, and the same guy always wins? (I forgot his name; does anyone know?)
  • There were 75 people on staff?
  • A lot of the staff were awesome South American cubers at their first Worlds?
  • I met my South American doppelgänger, Jose Garrido?
  • Daniel and Thaynara are adorable together?
  • Pedro is the calmest, coolest guy in person?
  • I've known Pedro online for years, but this was my first time meeting him?
  • I had practiced Pyraminx but not Skewb... yet I set single and average PBs in Skewb but not Pyraminx?
  • Jasmine, Chris, Lars, and Ron have been to more World Championships than everybody else (and took a celebratory photo together)?
  • I think that my WeiSu 4x4x4 has been on all 4 continents I've ever been on... and despite lots of popping it still has all its internal pieces?
  • I learned Yau from Yau at last Worlds, and have actually gotten faster at 4x4x4 using Yau by now?
  • Most of the places near the venue didn't speak English, but everyone still had lots of fun?
  • There was a place called "Esfiha Chic" that had a great open atmosphere?
  • We ordered by pointing at the menu, and hoped for the best?
  • They came with full pizzas, and moved slices to our plate one at a time... by using forks to clamp the slice as if they were large chopsticks?
  • Feliks thinks R U R' U R2 U2' R' U' R U' R' U R' looks cool?
  • I *almost* brought a magic to Worlds... but Kevin Hays *actually* did?
  • Helmut Heilig cares a lot about digital security?
  • Anthony is working on magic tricks that try to show off real cubing skills?
  • Feliks, Joey, Andrea, and I discovered that the "24-hour" supermarket ("supermercado"!) wasn't actually open late at night, so we went to a convenience store?
  • It's winter in Brazil?
  • I roomed with Lars Vandenbergh all 4 nights?
  • On the first night, I walked up and down the stairs 6 times to try to to get our hotel cards properly rekeyed... but no matter what we did, only one of them would ever work at a time?
  • The first FMC scramble had a lot of options for a green-red-yellow 2x2x2?
  • Due to my CLS super-powers, I found lots of PLL skips during the first FMC attempt, and ended up turning a 30-move solution I found very early on?
  • My second FMC attempt was my first DNF in a long time? :-(
  • I learned that it's always worth writing down (and double-checking) a sub-40 safety solve early on, even if you think you can find a better one?
  • Trying to do a 2-corner-twist insertion with 5 minutes remaining is nerve-wracking?
  • I used to think "Median of 3" would be a better measure for FMC, 6x6x6, and 7x7x7, but now I *definitely* do?
  • Staff wore purple vests on Friday, and green shirts on Saturday/Sunday?
  • I taught Jeremy Fleischman the pseudo-sexy chameleon CLS case?
  • Kevin Hays set a world record for 7x7x7, only to have it broken by Feliks?
  • Lots of us went to the same place for dinner on Friday night as Thursday night?
  • Noah Arthurs had to try to order his Calabrese pizza about 5 times?
  • 3x3x3 first round was scheduled for 2.5 hours?
  • The audience was so crowded that Pedro actually had to *pause the entire competition* to get them to disperse?
  • For dinner on Saturday night, Jeremy convinced me to come along to a place with "meat on sticks"?
  • Tim Reynolds, Vandenbergh Lars, Jeremy Fleischman, and I found something that didn't quite appear to the right place, but were going to eat there anyhow, until we found out they weren't serving dinner anymore?
  • We just barely found the right place (down the street from where the map said), and it turned out to be a delicious Brazilian steakhouse?
  • Our waiter took my and Lars' backpacks, put them each on a chair and covered them with white cloths, and we still don't know why?
  • Tim, Jeremy and I weren't going to order dessert, but Lars wanted to... so we all did?
  • Brazilians really like passionfruit?
  • A group of cubers were waiting outside the hotel for pizza on Saturday night?
  • Tim Reynolds can do a great celebrity fan greeting?
  • There was a gathering of delegates on Saturday night, and many of them have done amazing things in their country?
  • According to Joey, Natán's voice sounds a little like Tyson?
  • In order to win the supersolve event, I wrote a Javascript LL skip F2L solver the week before Worlds?
  • I wrote a *second* version of my LL skip solver in C++ on the plane (and Thursday/Friday night)?
  • In the end, the inverse scramble was still better than any LL skip I could find?
  • An "LL skip" button will be coming to alg.cubing.net?
  • Rubik's speedcubes are terrible?
  • I lubed my Rubik's speedcube with Maru lube and loosened it a bit, and it turned... about as well as a Maru cube (i.e. still catches a lot)?
  • I then wore it down it sand, washed it, lubed it with Helmut's silicone spray, added more Maru lube... and it barely turned out any better?
  • After unsuccessfully asking lots of people for a flathead screwdriver (and even eating lunch at a place that didn't have knives), I eventually found a skewer tool in the staff area kitchen to remove the Rubik's speedcube center caps and tension it?
  • In the end, I didn't even enter the supersolve event (even if I could do the inverse scramble in under 5 seconds)?
  • The shipment of dragon eggs was intercepted by Brazilian customs?
  • People still bought and practiced on the eggs and got sub-3 solves?
  • The egg has a straightforward cheating solution, but it requires flexing the wand (sorry, Odder)?
  • Magic is dead; long live silly dexterity events!
  • I had lunch with the Swedes (+ Chris, Joey, Andrea) on Saturday, and we stumbled on a remarkably good place that served "Cheeseburger Cheddar"?
  • Odder passed us while heading towards the supermarket, so I joined him and bought lots of Brazilian candy to try?
  • I didn't participate in 3x3x3 OH second round, because I had had such a terrible average that I didn't think I made it?
  • I got to scramble for the 5x5x5, 2x2x2, and 4x4x4 finals?
  • Despite being in charge of the whole stage, Pedro still insisted on sitting at the scrambling table, and still scrambled lots of cubes himself?
  • We had a scramble checker for 2x2x2 finals?
  • There was a crazy (but controlled) period where I think we scrambled, checked, and sent out about 10 cubes in 60 seconds?
  • Scrambling 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 correctly is not hard, but takes lots of focus?
  • Many of the last few finals (including the 3x3x3 final) were actually held in the side stage?
  • Running different finals upstairs and downstairs at the same time is a bad idea, because the fast competitors (*cough* Feliks, *cough* Kevin, *cough* Rob) are in all of them?
  • Auditorium seating is terrible for mingling, but great for a large 3x3x3 final?
  • Feliks had a +2 in the final?
  • The auditorium was packed, and the atmosphere was incredible?
  • I asked Pedro to sit at the finalist's table for a camera test, and the crowd started chanting "Pedro! Pedro! Pedro!"?
  • I had to catch a taxi instead of the awards ceremony, but it took 15 minutes to arrive and we spent 20 minutes figuring out if I could pay?
  • However, the taxi ride was twice as fast as expected, and I made my flight?
  • The South American speedcubing community is very friendly and fun?
  • Pedro, Rafael, and everyone else did a wonderful job organizing this competition?
  • The side stage was a bit behind at times, but most of the competition ran ship-shape?
  • This was the right time for Brazil to host Worlds?
 
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Great DYKs, Lucas! Those were very fun to read!

To anyone who was on a podium, Katie and I got good shots from up close. I am posting them on Facebook and need help tagging everyone. I should have most everyone so far, but some still need tags because I am still friend requesting new people :) Also, check out your photo if you made a podium! Congrats again to all the medal winners!
 
Tim Major said:
Like Dene said, no source. Just the fact 2015 SA, 2013 NA, 2011 Asia, 2009 Europe. Europe is probably most likely, potentially Asia, and potentially anywhere (NA again, Oceania, Africa, etc)
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But then 2007 was also held in Europe right? I hope it is held in Asia or Oceania, but that's just me being selfish:)

Also, who won the supersolve?
 
Isaac Lai said:
But then 2007 was also held in Europe right? I hope it is held in Asia or Oceania, but that's just me being selfish:)

Also, who won the supersolve?
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It was in NA 2005 and 2003, eight years later it was in NA again for 2013
so it is rather reasonable to have 2017 in NA, eight years after 2009

or just don't try to find any pattern as there is really none

or should we have it in Singapore instead? :p
I would love to have it in Asia or Oceania as well :p
 
Random question: Did a delegate (probably Pedro) go over to Justin Mallari during the finals and tell him not to watch the other competitor?

Because it looked like something like that happened.
 
Goddammit Lucas, now I'm really pissed that I couldn't go.

Chris you'd better go to Worlds 2017 so I can gush at you
 
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