Andy Tran?!

[n00bcubix]

Apparently, he has not noticed that.

 

[anderson26]

Actually there is a guy who goes to my school who supposedly has sub 15 averages and does not compete. To tell you the truth I do not believe it's true and will not believe it until i see it with my own eyes. Just to throw that out there.

 

[JLarsen]

Actually there is a guy who goes to my school who supposedly has sub 15 averages and does not compete. To tell you the truth I do not believe it's true and will not believe it until i see it with my own eyes. Just to throw that out there.

Anderson your WCA ID isn't right.

 

[anderson26]

Oh yeah I know, I was just testing things out. I haven't really gotten around to deleting it. I'll delete it right now.

 

[Robert-Y]

Ok I admit, it's a stupid question, I meant are there any not very well known fast cubers which only some members of the forum know about? e.g. I was one, until some people made some thread about me a few months ago.

 

[abr71310]

Ok I admit, it's a stupid question, I meant are there any not very well known fast cubers which only some members of the forum know about? e.g. I was one, until some people made some thread about me a few months ago.

"Few months" meaning December of 2008, right (I was around when they first posted about you... ;P)??

anyway, yeah, I will try and answer this as best I can...
I think there probably are cubers we don't know about partially because they're too modest / humble to come forward and compete (namely that one guy who knows Roux who keeps getting 13s... MAN that guy is fast), especially since I know this guy at UWO (Western Ontario, university in London) who can solve in ~15 seconds but has never got a chance to go to a competition (he started in 2003 when the world championships were on!)... he's sort of the guy who inspired me to break sub-15 too...

And weren't people like Nakajima totally secluded from competitions too until they showed up out of nowhere to break sub-15 averages the first time they compete?? (World Class first try?!?!?!)

Maybe it's just how fast they're able to catch on... I dunno.

 

[AvGalen]

What about Marc van Beest?
and Michael Pohl?

 

[mazei]

I know Micheal Pohl.

 

[AvGalen]

I know Micheal Pohl.

I had heard about Marc van Beest before I met him at the competition where he did a 48 second 4x4x4 solve

I hadn't heard about Michael Pohl but he had come up to my table asking me when it was going to be his turn for 3x3x3 about 10 times. When it finally was he looked extremely nervous and started with a (fast) DNF. He continued with 11.93 14.69 15.71 14.27 and got the NR.
I really liked that he was just so happy with his performance, even after he DNF'ed twice in the final

And Mats Valk surprised me when he jumped from a best average of 14.38 to 12.26

 

[mazei]

Well actually not know as in KNOW but I heard of him.

 

[mazei]

Sorry, it double posted.

 

[Faz]

Yes Mats Valk is a superstar - sub 12 averages.

What about Junhyuk-Kim? He has done sub 11 averages of 12.

So has John Tamanas

Hiroyuki Take- sub 11 average of 100.

And Feliks Zemdegs http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9541

 

[maxcube]

Yes Mats Valk is a superstar - sub 12 averages.

What about Junhyuk-Kim? He has done sub 11 averages of 12.

So has John Tamanas

Hiroyuki Take- sub 11 average of 100.

And Feliks Zemdegs http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9541

Jun rocks. And so do you.

 

[Faz]

John Tamanas isn't very well known - sub 11 averages.

Raise your hand if you have heard of him.

 

[MistArts]

John Tamanas isn't very well known - sub 11 averages.

Raise your hand if you have heard of him.

*Raises hand*

I'm not well known either.

 

[Faz]

Derr.... - you're from antarctica

 

[rahulkadukar]

Well has anyone seen a video of this guy actually solving

 

[Faz]

I think we already came to a conlusion a few pages ago.

 

[Odin]

I think we already came to a conlusion a few pages ago.

So now were just off topic? :confused:

 

[AvGalen]

John Tamanas isn't very well known - sub 11 averages.

Raise your hand if you have heard of him.

*Raises hand*

I'm not well known either.

Keeps hands down