Aachen Open 2010

This was such a fun competition! It was great meeting so many new people. Big thanks to Erik for driving me a long way and to Joey for borrowing his awesome blindfold and 3x3. And of course to all the organisers for running the comp so well.

The 4x4BLD WR scramble had really nice edges, but I tried to memorise them too fast and had to memo them like 3 times :/. 5x5BLD is just hard to do in competition, maybe I will succeed one day. I was too nervous during 3x3BLD and the scrambles were a bit confusing, the last solve could've been sub40 if I didn't pause for almost 10 seconds. I'm really happy about my sub14 avg in the 2nd round of 3x3.

ps. I have lost my type C cube which I won from the tournament, I think I left it at the venue. Does anyone know where it is?
 
Erik said:
If someone still has the FMC scramble I can post my (boring) solution.
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Hi Erik,

Congratz for all your victories in Aachen.
You could still post your FMC-solution and we can backtrace the scramble from it...........

I"ll need some extra training for Benelux Open.

Gus
 
AACHEN OPEN 2010 = AWESOME!


My results:

Magic: 0.88 single
10th in the world :D and German NR (my 2nd). I am happy, that I got my NR back (it was broken 5 minutes before with 0.93)

2x2: 3.41 single, 4.78 avg
3rd place!! I could have done a NR though, but oh well :p

3x3: everything was bad, but a 11.90 single in the finals :D

4x4: 57.02 single with OLL parity, really nice 1:01.80 avg

5x5: 2:10 single, 2:19 avg
I suck with 5x5

Master Magic: 4.93 single
Not bad, considering, that I don't have a master magic.

Onehanded: 27.16 single, 35.13 avg
Cool single solve!

Megaminx: 1:40 single, 1:56 avg
Really nice, but I had a 2:17 solve :(

Pyraminx: 7.46 single, 9.28 avg
really good, but I had 2 6.XY+2s. The last scramble was sooooooooo easy!!

3x3 Blindfolded: DNF, 4:02, 3:24
Really awesome! I only learned BLD a few weeks ago, and now I have 2 successes in competition!

Multiple Blindfolded: 2/2 in 15:45
I can't believe it. My dream came true. I won a certificate in a BLD event!!!
And I was not only 3rd, I was second!!!!! Behind Istvan Kocza with 9/9 :D
It was my first successfull multi BLD attempt ever, and it was also my fastet, even with checking everythin 3 times =D.
This is just my best result in a competition ever!

All in all, it was my favourite competition so far!
Thanks to all organizers of the Aachen Open!
It was a great weekend!

After being upset, that I got no podium ranking on saturday events, I am overwhelmed that I now have 2!!

Also, the BLD achievements by Ville Seppänen and Istvan Kocza were great!
I filmed the 4x4 BLD WR, the 3x3 BLD ER, and the 9/9! Congratulations!

Cornelius (happy - but also a bit sad, that it is over)
 
Slash said:
awesome!
thanx for the blindfold, Axel! there's nothing nicer than this blindfold but you!:D:D:D

I'll write some "did you know" sentences here and will upload photos.
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UUh.. now I know, who you are =D
The guy, who freaked out after his 4x4 BLD! :D
Congratulations man! Amazing!


Jan: pretty good? PRETTY GOOD? your previous PB avg at home was like 1.04 xD though.... Thanks for not beating my single :P
 
Did you know...
- In my FMC, I used an 18 move alg where I could have used a 15 move alg?
- That would've gotten me 1st place?
- Later I found out I had counted wrong, and it was 16 moves instead of 18?
- That would've gotten me 1st place as well?
- Later I found out the 15 move alg needed an AUF, where the 16 move alg didn't?
- It wasn't a problem after all?
- I got second in Master Magic with a counting +2?
- At first it wasn't counted at a +2, but then it was changed?
- I'm still really sorry for not telling Cornelius it was? :(
- I couldn't compete in 5x5BLD because I didn't have time?
- That was probably due to my poor planning skills?
- Team(blind) solves with drunk Germans is funny as hell?
- Axel (solving) and me (calling) got a 1:44 with a 40 second U-perm because he seems to use a U-perm with the solved edge in L?
- Olivér's Clock is divine?
- I got a NR in Square-1?
- But I wasn't happy with it because it wasn't sub-20?
- I still don't have the single NR? :mad:
- I got 3rd in Pyraminx with the worst Pyraminx ever?
- I popped in Megaminx?
- That caused my 1:40 average?
- That caused me getting 4th?
- I failed at anything BLD this weekend?
- Erik and me both got a 11.38 on the 4th scramble in Clock with probably the same solution?
- When we were testing if he was drunk enough at the party (If he couldn't get sub-20 he'd be drunk) he got a 11.38?
- Somebody scrambled all my cubes?
- Including my Magic and Master Magic?
- I finally found out how to do Magic fast?
- I'm still slow?
- Magic/Master Magic only flips is fun?
- Teamsolving Magic/Master Magic only flips is hard?
 
As some people requested it, I write down the FMC-Scramble:

F' R' F L' F2 U' L B U' L2 U' F' B' U' B2 R U2 R' L2 (19f)

If you need scrambles of another event, no problem.

By the way, concerning FMC:

Did you know I did not use the scrambler, but the solver of Cube Explorer for the FMC Scramble, so the picture was no use and lead to some confusion in the beginning?
 
trying-to-speedcube... said:
- I got a NR in Square-1?
- But I wasn't happy with it because it wasn't sub-20?
- I still don't have the single NR? :mad:
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I missed both Square-1 NRs by less than a second... But at least I already hold the single NR :p
(and the current French Square-1 NRs stink anyway. I know about half a dozen people (including me and I'm definitely not the fastest) who can beat them quite easily. The Square-1 event at French Open will be really interesting.)

Great competition anyway, very well organized despite the huge number of competitors (the 3^3 speed and 2^3 events were a little messy but that's all). Congratulations to all the Aachen cbing team !
 
Great competition, great organization, great people, amazing BLD records... but I need to catch up some sleep, I'm still so tired.

And something funny after my 3rd place in Rubik's Clock: after being called for 3x3 event someone came to me and asked me to solve his Clock. He said he bought it in the 80s and never succeeded in solving it. I did so and told him he should come to me after 3x3 so I could explain him the way to do this... but he seemed to be quite happy with his solved clock. :D
 
Oh Robin, thanks for the scramble :D

Scramble: F' R' F L' F2 U' L B U' L2 U' F' B' U' B2 R U2 R' L2

Block on normal scramble: R D' L U2 F' D B2 L F L2 U2
Inverse of block as premove on inverse scramble: U2 L2 F' L' B2 D' F U2 L' D R'
Rest of F2L: L' F' L D' L' D U L U'
ZBLL (yay): L U' L' U L U' L U L2 U' L U L2 U' L' U
(Could also have been U L U' L U L2 U' L U L2 U' L' U L' U' L, also 16 moves, but doesn't cancel out with the premove, so would have been 36 then)
Undo premove: U2 L2 F' L' B2 D' F U2 L' D R'

Solution: R D' L U2 F' D B2 L F L2 U L U L2 U' L' U L2 U' L' U L' U' L U L' U L' U' D' L D L' F L (35 HTM)

I'm sooooooo happy I could use ZBLL :D It wasn't even a good result, but just because it was ZBLL I used it :p

EDIT: S*IT!!!!! I DIDN'T SEE THE CANCELLATION! IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 32! :mad:
 
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Awesome competition! Very nice venue with an almost perfect organisation! High five! ;)

I also have Ville's 4x4 blind WR on tape, probably useless now. :P (I'm gonna upload, at least another angle. :)) Also have: 47, 49 blind from Ville, 9/9 last 3-4 cubes István and Mats' 8.13 with the average. I will upload them probably tomorrow.

trying-to-speedcube... said:
- I got second in Master Magic with a counting +2?
- At first it wasn't counted at a +2, but then it was changed?
- I'm still really sorry for not telling Cornelius it was? :(
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Hmmm... That happened like: You have a master magic which gets +2 in ALL the solves. Yeah, that sucks, must be some stringing problem but that doesn't make your +2 solves penalty free!

I arrived at your 2-3 solve (I'm not sure) and Cornelius was your judge. I noticed the +2 and asked: shouldn't it be a penalty? You grabbed another magic puzzle to see if it is +2 and it was. You told me that it's a +2 but it does it all the time so you can not do anything. Cornelius didn't give a crap. You finished the average like this and had a huge +2 on the last solve and said: Yeah, that's a +2.

Later i asked Cornelius why he didn't give you the penalty(ies) and he said he didn't notice. Then somehow he gave you one +2. (I don't know how many of your solves were with a +2 actually, I didn't see all of them.)

It's ok if your buddy is judging you until you keep it legal. You came 2nd with the one penalty Cornelius gave you after all. You would have been first without that extra +2. Would that make you feel happy?

trying-to-speedcube... said:
- Olivér's Clock is divine?
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Which you thanked me with laughing at my face when you realized you got first. :) Congrats on your average you were at least faster then me.

Nice moves and fair play! ;)


I know you are a good all around cuber and you are rashing after the good results. Speedcubing competitions are not just about the results, you will realize that soon, I hope.

Other then that you are a nice guy, and a good cuber in my opinion.


Sorry for sounding rude or mean.
 
Olivér Perge said:
trying-to-speedcube... said:
- I got second in Master Magic with a counting +2?
- At first it wasn't counted at a +2, but then it was changed?
- I'm still really sorry for not telling Cornelius it was? :(
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Hmmm... That happened like: You have a master magic which gets +2 in ALL the solves. Yeah, that sucks, must be some stringing problem but that doesn't make your +2 solves penalty free!

I arrived at your 2-3 solve (I'm not sure) and Cornelius was your judge. I noticed the +2 and asked: shouldn't it be a penalty? You grabbed another magic puzzle to see if it is +2 and it was. You told me that it's a +2 but it does it all the time so you can not do anything. Cornelius didn't give a crap. You finished the average like this and had a huge +2 on the last solve and said: Yeah, that's a +2.

Later i asked Cornelius why he didn't give you the penalty(ies) and he said he didn't notice. Then somehow he gave you one +2. (I don't know how many of your solves were with a +2 actually, I didn't see all of them.)

It's ok if your buddy is judging you until you keep it legal. You came 2nd with the one penalty Cornelius gave you after all. You would have been first without that extra +2. Would that make you feel happy?
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I am sorry.
I was used to his master magic (since I used it before), and in the solves before, it was actually flat enough, to be legit.
When he did his 3rd solve, I didn't take a closer glimpse to it. :(

I did learn from that situation and next time I will make the right dicision.
 
You didn't sound rude. You didn't sound mean. You're just wrong. I realize competitions are not just about good times. I can get good times at home too. I go to competitions to have fun, learn new stuff and make new friends. For example, I was so busy at the competition because I was competing in every event, that I skipped 360 and 5x5BLD, just to be able to have fun with other cubers. I don't want cubing to be a non-social sport. But good results are always good. And I am always happy with good times, in competition or not.

About the Master Magic, it was indeed +2. It is the judge's task to decide on +2s. If I do a +2, Cornelius has to decide what he does with my time. I do realize I didn't deserve to win because of those +2s. I will fix my Master Magic as soon as possible to avoid this kind of situations in the future.
 
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