Music City Winter 2016 - January 2, 2016

[Aussie]

Hey guys! Does anyone have a mat and timer, even possibly a display that could be brought to the competition tomorrow? We'd like to set up two extra stations.

 

[YouCubing]

such hype
very tomorrow
wow

 

[DavidCip86]

this is a long shot, but does anybody have a bottle of maru lube i could buy from them?

I'll also be selling my Moyu Aochuang for $15. I got the Yuxin and it was amazing out of the box so yeah

i'll buy it

 

[Dadd]

This is my plea for help... I've left my phone tripod at my house. Can I borrow someone's so I can film a few of my solves (mainly 2,3 and Squan). I really don't want to miss something nice happening >.< Please, I'm desperate

You can absolutely borrow my tripod you lended me yours at Athens Fall 2015, so I should return the favor.
Do you want one that you prop up on the table or one that comes up from the floor? I have both.

 

[Meow]

Hey guys! Does anyone have a mat and timer, even possibly a display that could be brought to the competition tomorrow? We'd like to set up two extra stations.

I have a mat and timer that I'll bring, but no display

 

[YouCubing]

I have a mat and timer that I'll bring, but no display

Likewise.

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

this is a long shot, but does anybody have a bottle of maru lube i could buy from them?



i'll buy it

alright I will try to find you

By the way, is anyone staying at the Best Western hotel? just wondering lel

 

[ElectroCuberZZ]

This is my plea for help... I've left my phone tripod at my house. Can I borrow someone's so I can film a few of my solves (mainly 2,3 and Squan). I really don't want to miss something nice happening >.< Please, I'm desperate

I gotchu fam. Unless we are in the same heat but you can definitely use if for square one since I'm not competing in that.

 

[Aussie]

I have a mat and timer that I'll bring, but no display

Great! We don't need a display. Can you turn it in to the registration desk as soon as you get to the venue?

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

40 minutes... the wait is too long!

Also, good luck everyone! (Unless you are about by speed, in which case bad luck so I can beat you >)

edit: goals?

nah m8 ima gita sub1.2 just watch lel



wtf Justin you were super pessimistic about squan xD
I'm gonna update yet again...

Status on my pre-comp goals:

Pre-comp:
2: .85 Hard to say
3: <12.15 Sort of
4: <1:10 lolno
5: <2:25 I think
6: <4:30 ye
P: <8.5 doubt it
Q: <1:00 lol ezpz

At-comp:
2: <4 average, .39 single, top 8 sticking to this
3: <12 avg, <10.5 single, top 8 sticking to this
4: <1:10 avg, <1:00 single, finals? lol sub 1:12 maybe but finals? xD
5: <2:25 avg, <2:15 single gj goal this is reasonable but not too easy
6: <4:20 avg, <4:00 single lol sub 4 would be PB, sub 4:20 lol
P: <8.25 avg, <7 single, finals??? I have no idea what I will need for finals, so not officially my goal but it's still in the realm of possibility
Q: <1:00 avg, <50 single go down 5 seconds with that

Final goals:
2: <4 average, .39 single, top 8
3: <12 avg, <10.5 single, top 8
4: <1:12 avg, <1:08 single
5: <2:25 avg, <2:15 single
6: <4:30 avg, <4:20 single
P: <8.25 avg, <7 single
Q: <55 avg, <45 single

 

[Dadd]

Where can we find you, justin?
I want to buy a cube from you

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

Where can we find you, justin?
I want to buy a cube from you

Right now I'm in the small room with the round tables, if you go out of the competitor area I am there

 

[AlexMaass]

>2:45 4x4 soft cutoff
>comp gets behind schedule
>o snap gogogogo 6 second 2x2 soft cutoff :fp

 

[Torch]

>2:45 4x4 soft cutoff
>comp gets behind schedule
>o snap gogogogo 6 second 2x2 soft cutoff :fp

Don't forget 10 second pyra soft, 1:45 5x5 soft, and 2:00 5x5 hard.

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

40 minutes... the wait is too long!

Also, good luck everyone! (Unless you are about by speed, in which case bad luck so I can beat you [noparse]>[/noparse])

edit: goals?


Final goals:
2: <4 average, .39 single, top 8 shut up about my 2x2 solves ok? gl at okcubing pls
3: <12 avg, <10.5 single, top 8 11.2 average, 9.61 single, 9th? Didn't do too well in finals tho
4: <1:12 avg, <1:08 single yup
5: <2:25 avg, <2:15 single overall pb single, no average xD
6: <4:30 avg, <4:20 single same as ^ lol
P: <8.25 avg, <7 single (former) PB average, 5 single, also I made finals and beat Noah in the first round [noparse]>[/noparse]
Q: <55 avg, <45 single 39.97 single, but 1:02.53 average so not quite

9 goals met out of 16... alright

that 2nd round of 3x3 was just op though... mid 9 = sweg

 

[Aussie]

Competitor Goals:
3x3: PB single and average. Advance to the top 20 round. (debating over what this will be.) [ X | X | X ]
6x6: PB single and mean, podium. [ O | O | X ]
Square 1: Don't DNF. Make cutoff. [ X | X ]


Organizer Goals:
1. The competition runs smooth like last time. [ X ]
2. Fit in a tentative possibly. [ X ]
3. Everyone enjoys the competition and wants to come back for the next few! [ ? ]

My Results:

3x3: 17.07 single, 18.41 average. [34th]
UGHHHHHHH.

Square-1: Forgot parity, withdrew/chickened out.

6x6 Round 1: 3:01.37 single, 3:11.87 mean. [5th]
Had awful luck this round... almost had an internal explosion on my first solve.

6x6 Finals: 2:49.70 single, 2:54.54 mean. [4th]
Despite having bad luck with parity, all of them were under three minutes!

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

What I think threw off the schedule was the 2:45 soft cutoff for 4x4. I counted, and 27 more people would be cut, times 3 solves per person, times 2 minutes per solve, is 162 minutes worth of solving, which although of course that wouldn't really save 162 minutes it would probably keep the competition at least almost on schedule. I of course haven't organized a competition, so I am not sure if I would still do that as organizer, but in hindsight I think that's what the problem was. Also, a few comments about my solves:
2x2: :fp pls gl at okcubing or else
3x3: what is this... so in the first round I got a high 11 avg and a low 11 single, which was good, but then in the second round... holy... 9.61!? 11.20 avg!? gjgjgj
4x4: almost sub 1:10 but my cube popped a little bit on my last solve and ruined it, but still alright avg
5x5: I needed a PB single to make the hard cut... and I got one, by 10 seconds.
6x6: Broke my PB single by 5 seconds, but no soft cut
Sq1: kinda bad average but good single, sub 40 (39.97)
Pyr: Okay wtf is this I got a PB avg in the first round (7.21) with a 5.22 single... and then a low 8 average in the finals, which is average for me
17BLD: I won :O

 

[YouCubing]

Highlights of the comp: Chris making a speech about how he's pissed off (his sig is quite correct), Justin Barker 0x0 UWR of 0.001, Noah Joiner 3x3 "WR" single of 4.12.

Anywho, let's see my goals.

okso updates after last comp
2x2: sub-5 avg, sub-2.5 single? NO NO NO NO I SUCKED SO BAD
3x3: sub-17 avg, 13 single wtf was I thinking? I barely made 17 single -_-
4x4: Find someone's 4x4 to use (mine's center piece is broken D: ) dun wry u did it and got 1:07 and 1:13
5x5: 2:20 avg, sub2:10 single ugh cutoffs... but 2:02 and 1:57 so yeah
6x6: make cutoff COUGHmcs15COUGH wow you guys were running behind. accurate representation of the solve below this quote
Pyra: I'd say I want to podium, but I've said that for every comp since Atlanta Open 2015, and it hasn't happened xD sooooo uh sub-7 avg and a 5 single noice I got it
SQ1: JUST PODIUM BWAGHHHH but if not, sub25 avg and sub20 single 5th place -_- and NO on time goals, barely got sub-25 single
okden I'm done

6x6 single reenactment:
Me: Starts solve
Random kid: “words that don’t matter because he’s annoying af”
Me: Quotes WCA Regulation 2k4
Kid: Stays around and keeps talking
Judge: “Go away, Aiden.”
Aiden: Goes away
Me: (finally) looks down at timer ooh, 1:32 centers
a few moments later
Me: (wow, 3:27 and I’m already at F2L!) hands start shaking (fuuuuuu)
Aoshi: pop
Me: "FML FML FML FML FML FML FML"
Aiden: Comes back and starts talking again
Judge: Quotes WCA Regulation 2k4
Aiden: “But I’m not distracting him.”
Me: “Yes you are. Go away.” (salty affffff)

 

[shadowslice e]

6x6 single reenactment:
Me: Starts solve
Random kid: “words that don’t matter because he’s annoying af”
Me: Quotes WCA Regulation 2k4
Kid: Stays around and keeps talking
Judge: “Go away, Aiden.”
Aiden: Goes away
Me: (finally) looks down at timer ooh, 1:32 centers
a few moments later
Me: (wow, 3:27 and I’m already at F2L!) hands start shaking (fuuuuuu)
Aoshi: pop
Me: "FML FML FML FML FML FML FML"
Aiden: Comes back and starts talking again
Judge: Quotes WCA Regulation 2k4
Aiden: “But I’m not distracting him.”
Me: “Yes you are. Go away.” (salty affffff)

Surely this should be in cubing FML

 

[YouCubing]

Surely this should be in cubing FML

Yee, but it was at this comp so yeah

Also, I wanted to report him but there were three people with that first name competing :/
Aidan Austin, Aidan Jacob and Ayden Hancotte, all of whom are new competitors so I can't check their WCA profiles for a picture.