The Glorious North 2015 (1-2 August, Manchester, England)

[Myachii]

Okay I'd say it's close enough to the competition to post my predictions. I've really been practicing 3x3 for a while now, and I've now learnt full OLL and am really ironing out my look-ahead, and have managed to get 6 sub-10s in the past two days

2x2 - Sub-5/Sub-6 - Not practiced much so idc - Yes/No, I actually got a counting 4 in the first round only to have it ruined by a counting 8
3x3 - Sub-12/Sub-14 - Quite optimistic but I can dream, hopefully make finals and not come last - No/Yes, 12.22 was best single and 13.71 ao5
4x4 - Sub-50/Sub-55 - Hopefully make finals - Yes/Yes, in fact I even got a sub-50 ao5 (49.16) and a total of six sub-50 singles
5x5 - Sub-1:45/Sub-1:50 - One of my best events, so I'm hoping for final. - Yes/Yes, I got a 1:22 single out of nowhere and a 1:37 ao5 O.O
6x6 - Sub-3:40/Sub-3:50 - Not practiced much at all so probably won't get them - Yes/Yes, fairly average solves for me though.
7x7 - Sub-6:00/ N/A - I'm not good enough to have a mean - Yes/Got a mean, I thought the cut-off for mean was 6:00 instead of 7:00 lol
Megaminx - Sub-3:00/ N/A - See above - Yes/Got an average, I was completely wrong, got a 2:13 overall PB ao5.
Pyraminx - Sub-8/Sub-10 - Hopeful and unlikely - Yes/No, not too bothered because lolpyra
Clock - Sub-12/Sub-15 - No/No, completely failed clock for the second competition in a row
Skewb - Sub-10/Sub-15 - No/No, although idc cause lolskweb
3BLD - Sub-3:00/Sub-4:00 - Hoping to continue my 100% success streak. - No/No, I got 2 successes out of the 6 solves I did :/
3OH - Sub-35/Sub-40 - Now I know full OLL hopefully my times should get better. - Yes/No, somehow got a 26 single??
With Feet - Sub-1:20/Sub-1:30 - Maybe podium? Depends if the others have been practicing xD Hoping for top 5 at least though. - No/No, I hadn't practiced in a while so bad times for me
MultiBLD - 3/3 in ~25:00 - Noope. 1/3 so DNF. I was on the last cube and near the very end when I messed up an algorithm, and I ran out of time on the last two corners

DYK -

Fell asleep at 4am Saturday morning and only had 1 and a half hours sleep before the comp?
Spent 20 minutes trying to find the venue?
So did a bunch of other people?
Failed in feet?
Charlie got pissed during feet and kicked his cube across the floor?
My camera fell off the table and nearly smashed?
For 95% of both days I was either competing or judging?
Earplugs don't stay in your ears?
I used unplugged headphones for ear defenders?
I failed MBLD?
Completely destroyed all of my goals in both 4x4 and 5x5?
Bought 4 cubes?
Tyler doesn't always wear his hat?
Decided to use a white cube for BLD instead?
Lots of chess happened?
Gonzalo thought Spanish NR for Skewb avg was 2 seconds higher than it actually was?
Lorenzo is amazing at MBLD?
I won a game of chess?
Lubix still exist???
Now I technically have a Lubix Aolong?
Billy's birthday?
I perform amazingly at competitions compared to at home?
One of my favourite competitions ever?

 

[DuffyEdge]

Completely destroyed all of my goals in both 4x4 and 5x5?

Yeah, you are improving dangerously quickly

 

[JediJupiter]

Goals
3x3: sub 14/sub 15.5 yes yes yeaaas
4x4: sub 1/sub 1:20 nope yep
2x2: sub 5 average? yes
OH: sub 25/sub 30
Bld: success? aaahahahahano
Sq1: sub 30/sub 40 ಠ╭╮ಠ

PBs in everything please

Edit: oh yeah, also don't get lost or get a wrong train or something THEY CANCELLED MY TRAIN BACK (still made it though)

Okay so best comp ever
dyk:

• Mollerz can't lock a computer
• DNF'd mega because I failed on last layer twice
• Erryone likes my cube
• Not sure if tired or drunk
• Eastsheen 2x2 got smashed
• It was actually reassembled later
• Teamblind with TDM
• 4 person square-1 final (seriously though what)
• Hipster vegetable juice is expensive
• Fastest girl in the UK (then again there's like no girls in th e UK)
• Pizza=Breakfast

 

[Goosly]

DYK:
- This is my first DYK, I'm just joining because this seems to be a thing in UK?
- People driving on the left side of the road is confusing?
- On Saturday we actually found a bar which did not sell Stella? It was a Belgian bar.
- Sam is an excellent roommate?
- I walked ~15 miles around London today, not including the distances in musea and I only got one blister and one shin splint?
- Greg speaks some Afrikaans/Dutch?
- Everybody loved the free tea at the comp, but I loved the free coffee?
- People just park their racing bikes on the street in London? Some advice: don't do that in Belgium.
- The Big Ben is small?
- I love the way Adam talks? I'm pretty sure he can even talk passionately about knitting?
- I got some awesome pb's/nr's, but failed at MBLD (3 cubes with 2 flipped edges) and 5BLD (3 wrong centers on first and 3 wrong edges on second attempt)?
- Ronald helped out sooooooo much, even though it was his first comp?
- This was the best comp in the UK I've been to ever?

 

[MTGjumper]

Super fun comp. Made me realise that if I practiced I might improve a bit. Thanks Zak and Adam for organising, and Zak for putting me up.

What were some of the bonus awards that I missed?

 

[matty]

dyn:
- I get way to nervous before events?
- Somehow got a sub 10 3x3 solve?
- Won a game of chess?
- Bought a cube?
- Chris can't stop talking during official big cube solves?
- The cube I bought ****ing corner twisted in an official solve... twice?
- Lost a skewb?
- Joe's insane cube explosion?
- Judging is very fun?
- Chris overlubed my HuaLong?
- No one has good writing? (the scorecards)
- Got a good single in every event?
- Got a bad average in every event?
- Spent lunch judging chris at mbld and got a dnf?
- Chris has faster tps than rob?
- Alex should host a comp in Leeds?

 

[TheOneOnTheLeft]

I'm very flattered that people enjoyed the comp so much. Many thanks should go to James and Adam too, without whom I'd have been totally clueless.

DYK:

- I got IDed at my local for the first time in 3 years?
- Adam got IDed too and the bartender did a double-take when she saw his birthday?
- Gonzalo came from Spain to England, and then ate at a Spanish restaurant 3 times?
- A Spaniard, an Italian and a Belgian walk into a comp... And they're all lovely?
- Simon loves Atomic Kitten?
- Thom won't keep his pants on?
- Adam nearly beat James at pool using a drumstick instead of a cue?
- I did a BJ with helping people find the venue? (sorry)
- I met all my goals thanks to one really good BLD solve?
- I finally gained one place in UK BLD ranks after a year?
- I overtook Daniel for 3BLD mean?
- That's what you get for missing my comp?
- All the first-timers I got to talk to were really nice?
- Lorenzo was definitely covertly dispatched by the WCA to make sure James delegated well enough on his own?
- Bonus awards were fun?
- They all started when Adam and I found a minions blindfold and thought it would be funny to look for other things?
- The He-Man feature-length film sadly didn't make the cut?
- Sleep is not a thing?
- Manu is the king of checked clothing?
- Sameer loves three fat ladies?
- Mayonnaise sandwiches?
- Giving out bubble wrap when people pop is fun?
- Especially when Andy appears out of nowhere looking sad holding a huge piece of bubble wrap?
- Billy's 4BLD is even more impressive if you saw how wrecked he looked beforehand?

Thanks to everyone for coming!

 

[Mollerz]

Results
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[~Adam~]

DYK I got 1 DYK into my list and realised I REALLY need to sleep?

Shocker, I'm not actually tired yet.
Running on roughly 11 hours over 4 nights.

I'll do them tomorrow maybe.

 

[ronaldm]

DYK:

- It was great talking Dutch to Manu (I haven't been back home since Xmas)
- He is indeed the king of chequered clothing
- I'm not surprised Thom got naked during the weekend
- I haven't seen any free tea (c'mon guys, make me british!)
- I can't wait till ABHC
- I was disappointed with my times, but over the moon I didn't get last in 2x2 and 3x3
- Sameer taught me 1435745437825783492 things on the train back to London
- There is no way I'll remember all the things he taught me
- I don't want people telling me how much I helped out, I'd rather be useful than sitting around (Yes, get used to it, that will happen any comp)
- As a drunk foreigner I'm not sure if it's than or then (Gimme a break, they sound the same!)
- Despite the lack of sleep I wish there was a comp every week
- I got a Rubik's wristband because Mollerz is a great guy
- The North is *****ing cheap when you live in London
- I'm actually considering moving there
- My pizza almost got cold because I was flabbergasted by the prizes of houses in Hale
- I was quite proud wearing an orange shirt to represent the country I was born in
- I can't wait to see you all in Welwyn! (Yes, I will talk to more of you)

 

[Tyler Comfy Hat]

DYK

• The 3x3 average I did is my absolute personal best, better than any average I've got at home
• I came last-place in 4/6 of the events I competed in hahahah oh wow
• Greg is a total BRO4LYEF, and I probably wouldn't have been able to come to this comp if he hadn't given me a lift half the distance + split the room costs with me. Thank you based Greg.
• Although, all the expenses of this comp have left made me very penniless now, I've no money to buy stuff
• Zak has a very nice house
• And he exclusively only has songs by New Order on his phone, apparently
• I spent a good portion of the comp being a living replacement for Jess' camera tripod, because she forgot to bring it
• Conversely, I forgot to bring my own camera, but I brought my tripod
• Angus really likes my choice in cubes, and he borrowed my 4x4 and 5x5 to compete with, even though my 5x5 is brand new, unlubed, and barely broken in.
• He also threw in a fresh set of stickers with the 7x7 I brought off him, 'cos the existing ones were pretty tattered. What a lovely thing to do!
• I brought my very first clock and 7x7
• Adam and Greg don't actually hate eachother
• That lil' ginger boy who was running around was hella' adorable. Dunno his name.
• "Hey Tyler, where's your hat/ why aren't you wearing it!?" is dangerously close to becoming my own personal "lol I can only solve the cube by peeling the stickers off!"

 

[LucidCuber]

Thank you based Greg.

I don't get that specific compliment often, so I savour these moments when they come along.

Which has reminded me, thank you based Zak for letting me borrow your 5x5 (which I set 2 PBs with) and Thank you based Nevins for giving me like half a set of 7x7 stickers, allowing me to get the most absurd PB I've ever had.

 

[LucidCuber]

Results are up

www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=TheGloriousNorth2015

 

[Hssandwich]

Results
Scrambles

Password?

 

[DuffyEdge]

Scrambles

It doesn't work for me :/

 

[NevinsCPH]

[*]That lil' ginger boy who was running around was hella' adorable. Dunno his name.

Elijah Williiams is the name of the one you're looking for, I think.

I don't get that specific compliment often, so I savour these moments when they come along.

Which has reminded me, thank you based Zak for letting me borrow your 5x5 (which I set 2 PBs with) and Thank you based Nevins for giving me like half a set of 7x7 stickers, allowing me to get the most absurd PB I've ever had.

It doesn't hurt sharing stickers, I remember back in the days when my stickers just got ruined by putting them into the bag. That doesn't felt nice. You're welcome.

 

[JediJupiter]

Super fun comp. Made me realise that if I practiced I might improve a bit. Thanks Zak and Adam for organising, and Zak for putting me up.

What were some of the bonus awards that I missed?

Best dressed, most unfortunate +2, luckiest single, best blind achievement... There were a couple more.

 

[TheOneOnTheLeft]

James Molloy award for most devastating +2 (pair of flop flops to Gonzalo for missing Spanish NR by +2) AKA the Gouly-Molloy-Beahan award

Simon Crawford award for most helpful (Atomic Kitten's Greatest Hits to Simon)

Super Cereal award for luckiest single (tub of Lucky Charms to Jialin for sub-Erik as his first official sub-10)

Best blind achievement (Minions blindfold to Lorenzo for 15/15 multi)

Least in need of a pick-me-up (can of Monster to Bernard)

Thom Barlow award for best dressed (pink feather boa to Ricky)

Also Sameer got a Happy 3rd Birthday Frozen rosette for winning 3x3

Think that's all the bonus awards.

 

[Mollerz]

Password?

There is a text file titled "Password".

 

[BboyArchon]

I will post my DYK at night. Just came here to say THANK YOU