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Selkie said:
Yes indeed the UKCA does a great job and it is not big deal to be fair. It is not like I am having to wait a year for a comp to come round again like a few years ago there is another comp in the same month :) being 3rd on the list there is every chance I will still attend. The UKCA has given a lot of great structure to cubing in the UK and I am currently writing an article on them and UK cubing for the Speedsolving front page, having joined the content team.

Well following a slight delay my Cubicle order finally arrived and I did an unboxing video. Not completely rich in content I have to confess and I have no clue how but it is half hour long. Going to try and upload to Youtube now but I may need to split into two parts. Will post it here asap :)
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Cool that you are writing for the front page! Sounds like a good video for me to have a cigar and watch. :)
 
EvilGnome6 said:
I made that mistake at my first comp. I had a room for 100 people with a 50 competitor limit and 150 people showed up.

Your best bet is to get through 3x3 early on. You'll be fine after that.

Getting the numbers to work with so many spectators is difficult. Big venues are costly. I barely broke even after selling as much in t-shirts and mats as I collected in registration fees.
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First round 3x3 is after lunch :) Maybe too late. How much did you charge for registration btw? I am charging 5 euro. I am not in it to make money. If I come close to brake even that will be great.
 
Today I've practiced megaminx LL the way Isaac Lai recommended, I'm probably still a bit slower (it takes me around 60 seconds on average) but in a couple of days I see myself being faster than I was before. Thanks Isaac!
 
MarcelP said:
First round 3x3 is after lunch :) Maybe too late. How much did you charge for registration btw? I am charging 5 euro. I am not in it to make money. If I come close to brake even that will be great.
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It was $12 base (including 3x3) + $2 per additional event.

I collected about $1,100 in fees and paid $1,200 for the venue. I also paid $333 for the delegate's flight.

Then there's in the cost of 8 timers and displays, cube covers, pens, stopwatches, etc.

I'm a long, long way from breaking even on this.
 
Excuse my waffling, my inability to recoognise that Mo Fen Ge is a division of Qiyi and a lack of useful info on the cubes. Split into two parts :)


 
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1st day of practice for North London is 2x2. I hadn't realised that I've not done a single timed solve since Manchester. The last time showing on the timer app was my 3.29s PB single set the morning of the comp.
The lack of practice showed in my lunchtime AO50 where I scraped under 15s which 3s off my normal pace with only 2 sub 10s. I got annoyed by this so learned 2 sided PBL recognition which turns out to be incredibly simple. 2 more days to get up to speed.
 
newtonbase said:
1st day of practice for North London is 2x2. I hadn't realised that I've not done a single timed solve since Manchester. The last time showing on the timer app was my 3.29s PB single set the morning of the comp.
The lack of practice showed in my lunchtime AO50 where I scraped under 15s which 3s off my normal pace with only 2 sub 10s. I got annoyed by this so learned 2 sided PBL recognition which turns out to be incredibly simple. 2 more days to get up to speed.
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Cool. In addition to 2 sided recognition, try to figure out which permutation will be in the bottom layer during inspection.

This makes a big difference to your times and will reduce your PBL recognition to a third imho.
 
Logiqx said:
Cool. In addition to 2 sided recognition, try to figure out which permutation will be in the bottom layer during inspection.

This makes a big difference to your times and will reduce your PBL recognition to a third imho.
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Thanks to both of you, I'll definitely check out two sided recognition if its easy. I still have not practiced very much 2x2 and it is the least I care about doing any good right now. :)
 
newtonbase said:
Thanks. I'll give that a try.
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It's a really easy thing to do during inspection and you just apply your 2-sided recognition skills after planning your face.

Another thing I do prior to starting my solve is remind myself what to expect; "bar at back, green on top", "bar on left, red on top", whatever.

It really, really helps during the solve and minimises the risk of a senior moment! ;)

Jason Green said:
Thanks to both of you, I'll definitely check out two sided recognition if its easy. I still have not practiced very much 2x2 and it is the least I care about doing any good right now. :)
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2 sided recognition is just a case of looking at the 2 stickers on each side:

- 2 matching stickers (bar / headlights) on one side and 2 adjacent stickers on the other side = adjacent swap
- 2 opposite stickers on one side and 2 adjacent stickers on the other side = adjacent swap (*)
- 2 matching stickers (bar / headlights) on both sides = no swap (**)
- 2 opposite stickers on both sides = diagonal swap

(*) If you think of the bar as "headlights" you might also think of the stickers on the opposite side as "tail lights".
(**) Added for completeness, lol
 
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Thanks for watching guys and apologies it was very long. I will do a more in depth round up of the 3x3s this weekend but some extra info having spent some time solving

  • I can't solve on stickerless cubes no matter what the shades :)
  • Whilst the AoFu is lovely and I have a sub 7min Mo3 now on it I think I need cubic rather than pillowed since the corners are too small and I cannot execute my edge flip alg very quickly. Think I will order a cubic one from UK Cube Store
  • The pick of the bunch at this stage ... the X-Man Tornado ... Wow, what a cube, already had a sub 10 on it. Blisteringly fast like the Gans 356 with the forgivness of the YueXiou. Will keep you posted
  • Will try and get a few averages on the best cubes tomorrow on film
 
@Jason Green

That t shirt is awesome! I want one. Did you come up with the design?

Forget who mentioned it but I'm feeling overwhelmed by the amount of practice needed to improve. I've challenged myself to improve my sum of events so for next comp I'm learning Pyra, Skewb, Mega, and ortega for 2x2.

I feel like I have too many events that I need to work on and in the end my progress is very slow lately. Actually I've lost ground in 3x3 since (I am coming off of a 2 year hiatus but still)

Whoever mentioned having focus events. That's a great idea. I'd rather have good progress in a few events then none for all.

Sorry about forgetting who wrote what. Read alot of pages and didn't have much time to write myself. Lol Many things I wanted to comment on.
 
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