North London Open 2016 (UK)

[Selkie]

That's a shame. I was looking forward to meeting you. Next time.

And you too Mark.

Sorry to hear that Chris. Let me know if you want to share transport to a future comp.

Thanks Andy. Hopefully issue will be resolved soon enough. Unfortunately my wife also needs her car this weekend.

 

[bobthegiraffemonkey]

I'm at the hotel now. Anyone here or nearby?

 

[Shaky Hands]

Yeah, just checked in. Anyone for beer? Room 111 if so.

 

[Iggy]

Good luck everyone! See you tomorrow

Btw, does anyone have an extra clock that I could borrow on Sunday? Mine kinda sucks. I might be able to make do with it, but it would be great if someone has a decent one I could borrow (sorry for the late notice lol)

 

[Berd]

Good luck to everyone today!

 

[Hssandwich]

2.6x pyra solve +2, 2.27 pyra solve DNF by a slice move (tried to solve the tip), 2.2x 2x2 solve +2. Hey, I did well in 3BLD and 4x4.

 

[twinearth]

Hi there. Anybody find Gans 356 with half brights today? If so it will be mine. I'll be there tomorrow for 3x3.
Cheers.
Andy

 

[Berd]

Does the venue have WiFi?

 

[newtonbase]

Does the venue have WiFi?

There was no obvious free Wi-Fi and the hotel says it has free broadband in the rooms which suggests a wired connection. Mobile broadband signal was dodgy.

 

[lejitcuber]

Hi there. Anybody find Gans 356 with half brights today? If so it will be mine. I'll be there tomorrow for 3x3.
Cheers.
Andy

I am pretty sure I saw it after most people left. When I arrive I will find it and just ask me for it when you arrive

 

[Hssandwich]

There is WiFi, I can't remember the name of it, but it ended in 'recap' and the password was 'aa11bb22'.

 

[ryanj92]

Seeing '5.57 NR' in the clock results was scary... GJ Iggy xD

 

[Ollie]

Iggy's kicking ass at this comp! GJ Eli for maintaining the UK NR streak

 

[newtonbase]

Goals
2x2 - sub 12s average No but PB
3x3 - sub 30s single and sub 35s average Sub 30s single and average!
4x4 - sub 2mins single Nope. Missed PB by 1s (edit: actually got PB by 8s, must learn to read)
5x5 - sub 4:30 single Yes
3BLD - success (4th time lucky) YES
Multi - compete Yes (1/3)
Pyraminx - sub 20s average (I don't plan to enter this event again) Yes
OH - get there in time to compete and don't get cramps Yes

Really happy with my results especially 3BLD. Glad to finally join the club.
The venue was quite small but thanks to the organisers hard work it all seemed to run smoothly. Great comp.

 

[DJ4Y]

Thank you to everyone who helped make this comp a fantastic experience, especially Eli, the other organizers and of course James, Daniel and Evan for delegating. I had an amazing time, see you all at the next comp! (Hopefully)

 

[Shaky Hands]

Another thoroughly enjoyable comp. Well done to everyone on their successes and special kudos to the organisers and delegates for the smooth running.

Will look forward to the next UK comp (can't make Ireland or Euros but good luck to everyone going to either of them too.)

 

[bobthegiraffemonkey]

Fun weekend, thanks to everyone that made it happen. Not happy with sq1, failed 3bld mean, but at least I never have to do clock again. Also nice to meet some of the newer guys since I've missed so many comps.

Got a train from king's cross at 6pm tomorrow though, which is a lot of time to kill.

 

[newtonbase]

Got a train from king's cross at 6pm tomorrow though, which is a lot of time to kill.

An excellent opportunity to start practicing for the next comp.

 

[Hssandwich]

Ok, looking back at my goals, I didn't get many, but yeah...

3x3: sub 10 average please nope
2x2: sub Fabio average nope, not even close lol
BLD: sub 1:20 (maybe a mean?) YEEEEEEEE, very happy with my 1:11.13
Pyra: Sub 3.7 average nope, naturally
Square-fun: sub 12? Sub 15 (also steal someone's square-1) nope, but successfully borrowed square-1s
Skewb: sub 4 average, sub fabdabulous single NR average without the +2, naturally, congrats to Eli for finally beating the 'Unbeatable average'
MBLD: 5/5 (might feel adventurous and do 6 on the day) 4/5, I'm still pretty happy with it though, I need to try the scrambles to check where I went wrong.

Also, I noted down my MultiBLD memo in the car on the way back, I got it all

Spoiler

Multiblind memo 1/5/16: 4/5
Order is edges, corners.
DXMCVAIQTJLRT // DeXter eats a bigMaC. VAin's IQ is equal to TJ's LuRe T
CGWSKBF( B ) // CoG WaS KoBe's FiB
MWTADALGSLGJRJ // MoW. TADAh LeG SteaLs the GaJet that belongs to RaJ
CPFHBWGP // put a CaP on FarHad. he takes a BoW and falls into a GaP
GAJQDTIVERSHLFMB // GAh! JaQues! Don'T I'Ve ERadicated SHhhhhhh. there's a Mob of people fighting over a LoaF of bread.
TVLJXBIG // there is a TaVern full of LeJends who are using X-Bows. IGgy (Ainesh) is also there.
RWTVWAPXADLME // there is a RoW in the TaVern, they are shouting "WAh, PiXels ADd LaME!"
KOJIXLB( B ) // KOJI eXceLls
EAMFRXPWTOWI // EA is MiFfed because ReX has PoWer TO WIi
IPGMNTXK // IPsa's GaMe, NoT XaK's.

 

[fabdabs1234]

Goals

2x2: sub 2 sub 2.7 podium nope nope yep
3x3: sub 9 sub 10.5 nope nope
4x4: sub 42 sub 47 yep yep
5x5: sub 1:22 sub 1:28 nope nope
OH: sub 17 sub 20 nope nope
BLD: succeed nope
MBLD: don't fail epicly didnt fail too epicly
Skewb: sub 3 sub 4 podium nope, 3.9 avg without +2 ,and yep
Pyra:
Mega: sub 1:50 sub 2 ye
Square 1:sub 25 sub 32 ye
Clock: sub 11 sub 12.5 ye

did decently well and as always another great comp!