What was your worst "If only I..." moment?

[kcl]

If only I didn't have 2 +2s in an official 2x2 average (in the finals at UIUC) I would have a state record average. Times: 5.88+, 3.11, 4.41 (LOL), (2.66), and (6.58+). The average was 4.47, and should have been 3.8. I had a bad lockup on the 4.41 which should have been sub 3.7. The average would have been 3.56 or less, which is less than 3.67. Maybe at Dixon Spring 2014...maybe I'll break the state record.

I'm still not sure why you care so much about this SR.. It's Wisconsin. You have all of 10 cubers..

 

[BrianJ]

21 cubers including me according to CubingUSA. These SR's are barriers (like sub-20) for me. I want to improve.

 

[cuboy63]

If only I didn't memorize the wrong letter and subsequently end up with 2 twisted corners.

Would have been 8:30 (WR by about 1:30)

 

[ryanj92]

First round of clock at Nottingham Open
I got super nervous on solve 1 and threw the solve with a really bad second side...
Actual average was 9.39, 7.01, 8.53, 7.45, 6.90 = 7.66, if solve 1 had been sub-8 (with the speed of the first face, it should have been) I would have NR average...

Also my 6.56 single from the final. I had just watched Mollerz and Evan both get 5's on it, so I knew it was going to be fast, and my brain went blank during inspection >.< I missed an easy skip on the first face while inspecting, and then nearly adjusted that face to 6 rather than 12... I'm lucky it was a 6.5x, really

 

[AlexMaass]

If only if I was not lazy to learn algs...

 

[Yuxuibbs]

FMC 2014
Could have gotten a 40 move FMC solution but I didn't know the optimal U perm....
Learned it right after I turned it in and used it for the next solution that ended with a U perm (IIRC 3rd attempt)

 

[EVDCubing]

Probably throwing out my old plastic Dayan 2x2 because I thought I broke it (popped) Keep in mind this was back when I didn't know that much about cubing

 

[CrzyCbzz]

If only in my Skewb solve I executed Pure Pi without locking up...
I would've had a 1.7 (I think) single.
But it's 1.98 and I'm still happy it's sub 2

 

[Hssandwich]

Never seen this thread before, I like it. If only I hadn't failed getting NR averages in both skewb and pyra a total of 6 times.
Pyraminx (NR is 3.73):
6.52 6.25+ 2.74 3.21 3.21
4.33 DNF(mid 3) 3.37 4.03 2.49
3.07 3.55 2.83 7.57 5.00 (Screwed up the last two solves)
4.18 4.74+ 3.49 3.29 5.26
Also, multiple 2.1/2.2 +2s

Skewb (NR is 3.98):
4.71 3.16 4.08 4.79 DNF(2.45, cap came off :/)
2.74 3.13 5.66+ 6.53+ 4.75

I'm good at not messing up officially.

 

[Cale S]

I probably would have gotten 5BLD WR last year on one attempt if my cube didn't pop

 

[Drad]

I avg around 27 seconds but my solve times are inconsistent i got a cstimer scramble with a 8 move x cross but I instead did a regular 12 move cross I could have gotten a pb.

 

[NewCuber000]

probably my 10.05 3x3 single at my last comp. It would've been sub-10 if I stopped the timer a bit faster xD

 

[YouCubing]

Pyra finals at Peach State Winter. 2 DNFs in a row because I didn't put my hands on the timer for long enough. I tried them at home and got a 2.9 and a 7.5, which would've put me in either 3rd or 2nd place (can't remember).
Also, if only I didn't DNF every single time I do Clock in comp (and when I don't I get awful averages)

 

[hamfaceman]

Cubing Classic 2016, 3x3 round 1.
At this time I averaged like 16.

14.77 13.73 DNF 17.90 26.29

First DNF was timer malfunction, got a corner twist on the 17, and then my friend was judging me on my last solve. Got to OLL at about 11 and was about to begin the alg. During this solve, my friend decided it was a good idea to get rid of some of the solved cubes on his station. So he tried waving his arms around to get the attention of a runner. But when this failed, he did the next logical thing to do; lean over and shout into my ear. At this point I messed up my alg and didn't know if I could talk to a delegate about it or not. And after reconstructing the solve afterwards, I saw that if I had smoothly done the alg, it would have been a PLL skip.

If only I wasn't friends with Oscar Cheung.

 

[DGCubes]

Pyra finals at Peach State Winter. 2 DNFs in a row because I didn't put my hands on the timer for long enough. I tried them at home and got a 2.9 and a 7.5, which would've put me in either 3rd or 2nd place (can't remember).
Also, if only I didn't DNF every single time I do Clock in comp (and when I don't I get awful averages)

Whaaat, the same thing happened to me at Manhasset 2015.
My average would've been like a 3.38 iirc (I got an extra solve just in case they decided my other two weren't DNFs, and it was enough to get me that average).

Also, multiblind at Manhasset 2016 was annoying. First I attempted 5 and got 1 because I ran out of time. Then I attempted 3 and got none. Then I attempted 2 and I accidentally turned one during inspection. And podium was only a 2/2.

 

[WACWCA]

Ok so 2 things happened to me
5 minutes before VA spring 3x3 r1 my friend tries to teach me u perm from back, but I say I'm fine with The M2 alg. Like second solve I get to pll at 6 and get that case, but I thought it was pll skip because I did coll and saw a done edge. Then I do U2 U perm and lock up getting 9.22 +2. at big apple 2x2. I literally knew 39/40 cll and 39/40 EG1, and I got both cases in my finals average

 

[NewCuber000]

If only I didn't +2 on my last solve in 3x3 finals at atlantic open or I would've won X'D
Also, if only I didn't +2 on my 2.69 pyraminx single making it 4.69, which was the easest scramble ever. I tried to turn the last tip at the end but failed

 

[Please Dont Ask]

If only I hadn't been to the canteen when they called out my name, I wouldn't have been disqualified in the final round 2x2.

 

[Petro Leum]

if only i wouldnt care about onehanded, i could actually have decent official results.

 

[Isaac Lai]

If only I hadn't gotten a misscramble in skewb at Singapore Open, I'd have won the event and gotten a mid-3 single.