CubingUSA Nationals 2017 - Fort Wayne, Indiana (July 7-9)

[Gomorrite]

Now the livestream "will begin broadcasting at time TBD".

 

[YouCubing]

woah i podiumed in clock
also 1.63 pyra single probably

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

woah i podiumed in clock
also 1.63 pyra single probably

Noice

I got an 8.63 comp PB single on 3x3 but a kinda bad average. Made 2nd round though.

@DGCubes, I noticed no times are entered for you on 3x3, did you not compete?

 

[FastCubeMaster]

@DGCubes, I noticed no times are entered for you on 3x3, did you not compete?

I somehow noticed that too

 

[DGCubes]

Noice

I got an 8.63 comp PB single on 3x3 but a kinda bad average. Made 2nd round though.

@DGCubes, I noticed no times are entered for you on 3x3, did you not compete?

I competed, but a bunch of people's results aren't up yet for some reason. I didn't do well though, besides an 8.60 single.

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

I competed, but a bunch of people's results aren't up yet for some reason. I didn't do well though, besides an 8.60 single.

What'd you get? And dang, you beat my sniggle by .03

 

[xyzzy]

Will good recordings of the seminars be uploaded later? There's a recording of Gianfranco's talk, but the audio is almost unintelligible.

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

YUSSSSS

3x3x3 Round 2
(8.64), 9.43, 9.81, (12.74), 9.84 = 9.69

!

 

[ToastyKen]

CubingUSA Nationals 2017 Livestream will be up for 3x3 Finals at approximately 5pm EDT at this link:

(We were unable to stream the rest of the competition due to technical difficulties.)

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

18th place in 2x2.

I would have been in finals except I got a +2 on the 2nd solve.

They also made a typo while entering my first time. If the typo had been my actual time, I would have been 14th (my 2.80 was entered as 2.08) but I caught it

 

[Ordway Persyn]

Max Park won with a 7.06 average!

 

[aybuck37]

Mains and Goals for US nationals
3x3: Meiying
2x2: yupo
lol
Congrats max and everyone who got pb's!!

 

[Mike Hughey]

It was so fun to be back!

I want to give special thanks to Brandon and Sydney for convincing me to try again to switch to solving edges first BLD instead of corners, and also special thanks to Mark for helping me understand the method for doing it. I just tried my first 5 attempts with it and got an average of 5 of 2:11.10 [1:45.75, 1:44.43, DNF(1:25.60), 2:07.96, 2:39.58], which is only 20 seconds slower than my normal average, and was dragged down by very slow memo recall for the corners on the last one. This is going to work for me - I've officially switched, finally! Thank you!

 

[obelisk477]

Will good recordings of the seminars be uploaded later? There's a recording of Gianfranco's talk, but the audio is almost unintelligible.

From an English speaker's point of view, I was there at the talk and it was still almost unintelligible. That's not to say anything against Gianfranco -- he just has a very thick accent. Unless the audio was being recorded at the mixing board, you're probably not going to find anything (listenable?) usable.

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

Updated goals:
italics = top 5 goals

3x3:
Sub 9.8 average been there, done that (9.69 average)
Sub 8.5 single also got that, 8.36, and it was kinda funny because that was the last solve in my horribly inconsistent (and just straight up horrible) semifinals average.
Make semifinals got it, 37th place in 2nd round
Top 40 (very unlikely but could happen) I should have been but I flopped horribly in the semifinals, 62nd place lmao
2x2:
Sub 2.6 average (state record, not very likely) Nope, but 2.81 was okay
Make semifinals made the semifinals with a 2.81 average in the 2nd round. I was 18th place in semifinals, and only 0.06 away from making finals.
Pyraminx:
Make second round Stupid scrambles, so yes somewhat easily
Sub 7 average 2 of them lmao
4x4:
Sub 1 average got em, 52.15 average
Sub 53 single well I got 2 sub-50 singles so...
5x5:
Sub 1:50 average yes
Sub 1:40 single yes
6x6:
Sub 3:30 mean (idk whether that's possible because I haven't practiced much) yes
Sub 3:20 single (again, idk if I can get that) yes
7x7:
Sub 6:00 mean yes
Sub 5:45 single yes
Megaminx:
Sub 2:00 average no *creys*
Sub 1:50 single again no, megamnix is bad
Skewb:
Sub 9 average no, 10.03
Sub 8 single not quite, 8.28
OH:
Comp PB average and single easily, 23.64/20.45

 

[Kit Clement]

It was so fun to be back!

I want to give special thanks to Brandon and Sydney for convincing me to try again to switch to solving edges first BLD instead of corners, and also special thanks to Mark for helping me understand the method for doing it. I just tried my first 5 attempts with it and got an average of 5 of 2:11.10 [1:45.75, 1:44.43, DNF(1:25.60), 2:07.96, 2:39.58], which is only 20 seconds slower than my normal average, and was dragged down by very slow memo recall for the corners on the last one. This is going to work for me - I've officially switched, finally! Thank you!

Really bummed that I missed my chance to see you again -- glad to hear you had a great time!

 

[mark49152]

I want to give special thanks to Brandon and Sydney for convincing me to try again to switch to solving edges first BLD instead of corners, and also special thanks to Mark for helping me understand the method for doing it.

Just curious, but what was the case they made for solving edges first?

 

[Mike Hughey]

Just curious, but what was the case they made for solving edges first?

There are certainly a few who disagree, but most agree that it's best to memorize edges last and solve them first because then you can put a larger amount of the cube in audio memory, which can greatly speed things up. I knew a bunch of people who made this switch a few years ago, and I tried to as well, but I had great trouble with it and gave up. But this time it's going much better!

 

[tx789]

From an English speaker's point of view, I was there at the talk and it was still almost unintelligible. That's not to say anything against Gianfranco -- he just has a very thick accent. Unless the audio was being recorded at the mixing board, you're probably not going to find anything (listenable?) usable.

All the seminars were had to watch on the video. The echo makes it harder to understand.

 

[DGCubes]

Time to see how I did!

Cubing goals:
2x2: Get a really good single so people will think I'm cool. Daaaang, it happened! 1.44 single with a stupid scramble.
3x3: Get a sub-10 average with sheer luck, make semis. Nope.
4x4: Sub-45 average, sub-40 single. Lol, I missed 4x4 because I forgot it was happening.
5x5: Sub-1:35 average, sub-1:25 single. No, but kinda close with the average.
6x6: Sub-3:10 mean, sub-3:00 single. Got the single but not the mean.
7x7: Sub-5:00 mean, sub-4:50 single. Not even close.
Pyraminx: Sub-2.95 average, sub-2 single, podium in finals. Ooooh very close. 2.98 average and 2.02 single, and 8th in finals because of shaky/numb hands.
Megaminx: Sub-1:10 average, sub-1:00 single. Got the average, not the single.
Skewb: Get a good single for once, beat Daniel Karnaukh. Both of these!
Square-1: Hope for lucky scrambles. I hoped, but I didn't exactly get them.
Clock: Sub-16 average, sub-14 single. Both of these (by a long shot)!
OH: Solve the Rubik's Cube with one hand. Did it!
3BLD: Any mean whatsoever. No... Messed up the last solve.
FMC: Some decent single, PB mean. Nope.

Non-cubing goals:
Complete all summer homework on the plane ride. About half of it.
Get there on time. Did it!
Hang out with friends a lot. Yes sir.
Ride the elevator frequently. You bet!

Overall, I'm really happy with how Nats went. I'm still kind of annoyed about my results in Pyra finals, but there's always next year.