World Championships Experience Thread!

[prażeodym]

It was my the best copmetition ever
I broke my all square-1 records It was suprise to get 3th on Master magic
Thanks for all of you for this WC

 

[Crazycubemom]

Nice to meet you all:

Andrew Kang, who always smile and nice to me. I have more than 11 times taken a new photo ( with Andrew )to put on my avatar but all those photos I look like an idiot woman so I keep my old photo for my avatar with Andrew.

Doudou Chambon, my best friend forever. He paid my meal almost 190 euro on Friday night. He promised me after he got a job he wanted to pay my meal at WC 2009. Merci Doudou.

Did you know:

I have many presents from:

Mr Chamman Pitchenpad (Pitti's father), 1 kilogram dried chilli pepper from Thailand. He said that Rama and Maria are very famous in Thailand, and Maria happy to know that Maria is also proud of Pitty as South East Asian cuber.


Rysuko Mundo is a fan of Maria?
he gave me a void cube and his sign on it and now he is on my favorite list too, Arigato Rysuko-san.

Maria is not only Indonesian cube mom but in Poland she is also cube mom for Polska Team , and she received a T-shirt from Polska Team and Piotr Michal gave his WR SQ-1 scarf to me.
Between Adam Joks and Maria something was happen? (we met , we smile each other and hugged and we said: Let's start with Judging and scramble hihihihih) I appreciate him as the most HARDWORKER at WC 2009 (beside Ton, Ron , Clements, Christy, Dave , JL and Sylvie Mattiew, and all Jumbo's crew).

Yumu's mom is also cubemom?
she is nice to me and she gave me a nice souvenir from Japan on Friday night as a Fan of Maria? or she knew that her son would make a new WR at OH? hehehehe, congratulation Yumu and mrs Akiko Tabuchi.

Sanae and Fumiki Kosesi were happy in Maria's hotel room with Maria's coffee and they were surprised with Maria's Rice cooker and rice and noodle cups etc hihihih, we are now friend (I hope forever) They are very lovely couple.

I have to scramble multi bld?
I was stress because too many cubes, fortunately many cubers was helping me, it was the same for 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 bld (Rysuko must laughing if he read this ). Thank you friends.

I have to jugde FMC?
really boring alone and the room was silent Oliver Perge was happy when he put his paper on my table by the way I was not the person who correcting all result


I'm too tired now with typing because too many things all about fun and fun and fun at WC 2009

 

[Rama]

My personal ''OH did you know''.
Did you know:

That I started practising one handed on thursday evening?
That surprisingly (for me) everyone was happy to see me?
And they all kicked my butt a minute later when racing OH?
That despite the big stage I was super relaxed for OH? (@ the first round that is)
That I dropped my cube in the first round of OH during my 20.28 and 19.09 solve?

And furthermore did you know:
I still don't know all oll's (the ones where all the edges are flipped incorrectly).
That I started practicing two handed speedsolving right after the first round of OH?
That I didn't expected to get into the finals and thus being relaxed for the second round for 2H?
I still managed to get into the finals for 3x3x3 speedsolving with barely any practice?
And thus beating many competitors who are much faster and consistent then me.
Zaba! Zaba! Zaba! = Dobry. \o/

 

[AvGalen]

Did you know that:
-It has been several weeks (and competitions) since World and this is the first moment I found to actually finish reading this thread (I got stuck on Lucas' post before)
-Worlds was an awesome tournament for most, but yet another opportunity for me to fail at FMC?
-I did pretty well on most other events, especially blind where I broke my PB and got third place
-...untill the next groups with much better competitors came and I was kicked back all the way to place 39
-I was planning on doing the weekly competition during Worlds, but instead just kept talking and talking and talking with everyone
-I almost did 3/3 multiblind but 2 cubes had minor mistakes
-The multiblind and bigcubes blind was held in a nice seperated area with a door that could close to block outside noise
-The door was kept open and I was continuously distracted by the speaker
-Nora Christ is an awesome amazone...
-...when I am her horse
-About 20 different cubers from all over the world stayed at my place in the week before and after worlds
-The sleeping arangements were so random that I often woke up next to other people than I went to bed with resulting in comments like "Didn't you have much shorter hair yesterday"
-I think she is the one, but it might take a trilogy before she realises this?

Lucas:
...now both Noras have judged at least one of my official BLD solves?
better meet Nora 3 soon:

http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2009SZEP01
...starting with solved cubes for a largely-red-background mosaic is terrible?
why?????

...I thought I did badly, and not even nearly sub-13?
All those math lessons....but still no simple calculation skills is such a waste

...when I offered Julianne some replacement stickers for her cube that I would have to get from my room, Florian noted that this could sound particularly awkward?
...I plan accidental innuendo about as often as I do multi BLD solves right now (never), but Arnaud, feel free to to use the idea?
I prefer innuendo's that involve the words "Magic", "String" and "her room" (since I never have a room myself)

...Tyson's idea of having iterative "introduce yourself to someone new and race" racing in the audience was pretty cool?
I thought I would actually win this mystery event because you were only allowed to race people you didn't know (and most fast people would know me). I was beaten in round 4 by an Italian guy who did a 13 second solve (Worlds was his first competition)

...at the airport, Lufthansa had automatic chick-in machines?
Chick machines???? Pics or it didn't happen

Charlie:
Breandan's mum is awesome but swears a lot when something exciting happens, i.e. when Breandan gets into the final... then... wins.
I told her "Now your son can pay for your ticket to the next competition". Her answer was "**** YEAH!" without even blinking

Shelley:
- Chris Dzoan is way too obsessed with learning inappropriate phrases in different languages. As well as teaching David Calvo Vivas the same in English.
You only think those phrases are inappropriate because...
- The bus on the way back to the hostel on the last day was too crowded. I ended up sitting on someone's lap.
...you prefer action over talking

We should have Worlds every year, but untill then I will just keep travelling so I can keep meeting everyone. I'll try to reach >50 competitions this year and promise to know and use full PLL (and pairs for F2L) before I reach 100 competitions

If anyone already knows something about Asian competitions in the March-May period, please let me know because I am planning on travelling around for those 3 months

 

[shelley]

-The multiblind and bigcubes blind was held in a nice seperated area with a door that could close to block outside noise
-The door was kept open and I was continuously distracted by the speaker

I know! Almost as annoying as the announcer going "SHHHH!" into the microphone during the BLD event in 2007. The problem with quiet rooms is that any noise becomes that much more distracting. I actually prefer the usual buzz of activity over a room where everyone tries to be quiet (and with people coming and going, absolute quiet is impossible). Maybe I should take a page from the BLD pros and look into noise cancelling equipment.

Shelley:
- Chris Dzoan is way too obsessed with learning inappropriate phrases in different languages. As well as teaching David Calvo Vivas the same in English.
You only think those phrases are inappropriate because...
- The bus on the way back to the hostel on the last day was too crowded. I ended up sitting on someone's lap.
...you prefer action over talking

Haha, touché.

 

[CharlieCooper]

The bus on the way back to the hostel on the last day was too crowded. I ended up sitting on someone's lap.

Yeah, that's totally annoying. ESPECIALLY IN CARS WHERE YOU DON'T EVEN GET HEAD ROOM.

 

[AvGalen]

The bus on the way back to the hostel on the last day was too crowded. I ended up sitting on someone's lap.

Yeah, that's totally annoying. ESPECIALLY IN CARS WHERE YOU DON'T EVEN GET HEAD ROOM.

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I prefer cars where you get head over cars where you get room. But if you plan on getting head, why not get a room?

Some last ones: Did you know that
- Gael had a DNF average on 3x3x3, ending last
- Ron VB., Ton D. an Bob B. are top 3 for snorring (Adam Z. is next on the list)
- I know this from personal experience
- Mats actually placed 3rd in the first round (11.67), 3rd again in the semi final (11.65) and that Tomasz stole his 3rd place in the final (11.64).
- that basically means that to get 3rd place (podium) you need a 11.6x average. (Mats ended up 9th with 12.37)
- Japan was the most succesful country with 4 people in the finals. But none of them did very well individually.
- USA and the Netherlands both had 3
- On Nov 21 there will be another cube-tournament in the same venue

 

[Tyson]

Wow, you are brilliant.

 

[Tim Major]

I'm a n00b who can't be screwed finding infomation for himself, so... has the venue of the next WC been announced? Where? If not, when will it be announced? And what year will it be in.

 

[Faz]

We should have Worlds every year, but untill then I will just keep travelling so I can keep meeting everyone. I'll try to reach >50 competitions this year and promise to know and use full PLL (and pairs for F2L) before I reach 100 competitions

If anyone already knows something about Asian competitions in the March-May period, please let me know because I am planning on travelling around for those 3 months

Australia/New Zealand July competition combo? Do eet.

The bus on the way back to the hostel on the last day was too crowded. I ended up sitting on someone's lap.

Yeah, that's totally annoying. ESPECIALLY IN CARS WHERE YOU DON'T EVEN GET HEAD ROOM.

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Inappropiate comment in here

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I prefer cars where you get head over cars where you get room. But if you plan on getting head, why not get a room?

HAHAHAHAHA

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seriously don't look!

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How can charlie get head?

EDIT: @ ZBFTW: It will probably be announced in 2011 :fp

 

[Tim Major]

EDIT: @ ZBFTW: It will probably be announced in 2011 :fp

I'm going on holiday 2011. My Dad said if I'm under 15 seconds by then, and I still like cubing, we'll make sure the holiday includes where ever the WC is.

They were hoping we could find out at least a year in advance. I'm guessing if it's in America I won't be able to go, as my Mum hates America.:fp

Edit: BTW Feliks, you won't like this thread http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16491&page=4

 

[Faz]

Erm, well WC 09 was only announced a few months prior to the competition, which would certainly be enough time to organise a trip. I doubt it will even be announced half a year in advance. If only WC was annual

Also, by then, everyone will be sub 15 xD

 

[GermanCube]

Is there by the way any interest in "random videos" from WC like that one?

I'm interested! (too bad, I couldn't come )

 

[Lumej]

Is there by the way any interest in "random videos" from WC like that one?

I'm interested! (too bad, I couldn't come )

Me too!

A few somewhat belated Did you knows:
Did you know that…

… it was my first competition and it was unbeatable awesome?
… I missed my piano lesson on Wednesday because my head was already in Düsseldorf?
… it took some time until I stopped grinning like crazy after entering the venue?
… I recognised a lot of people
… I was quite excited at my first solve and at the second, too?
… I relaxed after I knew my times were as good as at home and really enjoyed the rest of the solves?
… my friend Jana filmed my solves, but missed my best time?
… the same happened when I filmed Lucas in the semi-finale?
… Lucas and Florian talked about something cube related on Saturday evening in the youth hostel, and they both switched between English and German every other sentence without really noticing?
… everyone was really nice?
… we got up extra early on Sunday to arrive on time to still get two seats at a table?
… there were two other cubers on our train who got off earlier, and we wondered why?
… they were probably right because we landed in the middle of nowhere?
… after two hours we finally got fed up and bought a city plan at a gas station?
… in the end it took us 2.5 hours to get to the venue instead of 1?
… we managed to get seats at a table after all?
… I wanted to try all kinds of cubes and people were kind enough to let me try?
… racing Julian is fun?
… mystery events were cool and Laetitia beat me?
… I can't pronounce Laetitia's name?
… it was so quiet during the 3x3x3 final that you could hear the cubes of the competitors?
… two days are waaaaaay to short?
… it's been three weeks now, and I still have post-competition-blues?

Thanks to the organizers for organizing such a great competition!

 

[AvGalen]

We should have Worlds every year, but untill then I will just keep travelling so I can keep meeting everyone. I'll try to reach >50 competitions this year and promise to know and use full PLL (and pairs for F2L) before I reach 100 competitions

If anyone already knows something about Asian competitions in the March-May period, please let me know because I am planning on travelling around for those 3 months

Australia/New Zealand July competition combo? Do eet.

The bus on the way back to the hostel on the last day was too crowded. I ended up sitting on someone's lap.

Yeah, that's totally annoying. ESPECIALLY IN CARS WHERE YOU DON'T EVEN GET HEAD ROOM.

Spoiler

Inappropiate comment in here

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I prefer cars where you get head over cars where you get room. But if you plan on getting head, why not get a room?

HAHAHAHAHA

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Inappropriate comment here

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seriously don't look!

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How can charlie get head?

Answer by AVG: Maybe it is a translation error, but this is a gender-neutral expression for me. The actual execution differs slightly on the gender but let's not get into that much detail

EDIT: @ ZBFTW: It will probably be announced in 2011 :fp

Australia/New Zealand in July isn't really Asia in March-May now is it?
That doesn't mean I won't be there, it just makes it less likely