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

Oh yeah, I forgot I did goals:

  • 3x3: Actually get sub-50 this time, preferably a ~45 sec avg, and not completely mess up on various solves, like I did last comp.
    Yeah, yeah, yeeeeeaaaaahhhh! 41 sec average!​
  • 4x4 and Skewb: Not come last?
    No and Yes​
  • Megaminx: Try not to humilliate myself too much by how awful I am, maybe not come last (will definitely fail this one lol)
    Didn't even bother to do a second solve lol​
  • 2x2 and Pyraminx: Break pbs? Don't care much tbh.
    Yes and yes​
  • Restroom: Break pb for actually finding where it is
    It was right by the entrance!​
  • Spaghetti: Not a single noodle spilled
    THE HALLS RAN RED WITH THE SAUCE OF MY SPAGHETTI​
  • Hat: On head when I need it.
    Sure, but I didn't wear it that often on this occasion, 'cos it was bloomin' hot​

In hindsight, not all that bad I guess

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

No, thank you. T'was a pleasure to meet you!
 
DYK:

-The hotel wasn't as nice as I thought
-UK is freakin' expensive
-Adam and Zak are very good organizers and awesome people. Very awesome people.
-I ate 3 times in a spanish restaurant. I'm sorry, spanish food is better than british by far
-Some of us got a very special and unvaluable gift from a waiter
-Theo and I did a little magic show. Our only spectator was Conor. Theo learnt that you can do nice magic shows without doing lots of flourishes and skilled things.
-Blitz chess was a nice break. I found a nice opponent :D We should play a long game (30 mins), I need to get better at openings (still hate Queen's gambit)
-There's ********** parity in chess
-Nice work as a delegate, James
-Got a 13.83 3x3 average... wasn't expecting any sub15 average.
-I didn't even managed to get into the finals.
-I ended up the 18th
-UK has way higher level than Spain in cubing
-Got a 6.35 Skewb average... my pb at home is 6.34 LOL
-Missed the pyraminx average NR...
-... And I got some special flip flops for that
-DNF'd my 3 4x4x4 blindfolded attempts
-There was a little ginger head boy that was very cute. H gave me his 7x7 so I could participate. I beat my single PB for nearly 30s. Screwed up the avg thanks to a pop.
-DNF'd a 10s clock solve (awesome for me) because I placed all the clock's at 6

-Lorenzo is a beast at MBLD. 15/15 was just wow
-Jessica is he fastest girl in the UK
-Tyler hat was very nice. I'm taking a picture with it next time.
-Special prizes were a very funny idea
-Night at Zak's house was very nice. There was a moment when I fall because I couldn't stop laughing
-I have a video of Adam playing pool with a drumstick
-I'm the worst pool player ever. But I'm the best in Spain.
-Pepperoni pizza and cider. Marshmallows for dessert.
-I did't have a tea. Embarrasing.
-Adam is going to cook for me some nice food
-But he can't beat me ut push ups. ^^
-It was awesome to meet all of you. I'm not going to say names because it'll take forever but thank you all for your amability and kindness

-I'm definetely coming back, maybe to the UK Championship!
 
DYK:

-The drive from Guildford to Manchester took about 7 hours when it should have only taken about 4 or 5 I think?
-I only got about 5 hours of sleep in total for the whole weekend but I still managed to break some pbs and do sorta well in some events? :p
-I broke the 6x6x6 single NR by 0.03 seconds and Sameer broke the 7x7x7 single NR by 0.03 seconds too?
-The venue is like a cross between the regular Guildford venue and the Oxford venue.
-Jialin just can't seem to get a sub 1 feet single but makes up for it with his first sub 10 in 3x3x3: 6.92...
-Simon continued his streak of 2 decent solves, 1 ok, 2 rubbish => not sq1 ER average.
-There was a 0.04 range between 2nd and 4th place in clock.
-There was a nasty smell in Zak's living room, where I was trying to sleep. I only found out what it was on the sunday morning. After Saturday night we weren't sure if it was Zak's dog or Thom :p
-Laurence contaminated the competition with his chessery again? :)
-Nevins is back? Woo.
-Zak won 3BLD with a nice 1:01 success.
-I didn't win 3x3x3 but this was my best opportunity since Breandan and Alex weren't there? Oh well

Despite it being his first competition that he has organized, I think Zak has done a brilliant job. I'm more happy with that than his 1:01 3BLD single :p
 
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