EPGY Stanford Winter 2010

If you want to compete in Team BLD, just make a note of it in the comments section and include the name of your partner. As always this is just for the purposes of gauging interest in the event; we expect a certain amount of partner switching when people actually decide to show up or not show up.
 
Question:
How will Team BLD be judged?
Under this category:
Will the inspection time include putting the cube in the executor's hands?
Can you call moves before the timer is started, even if the person executing does not execute the moves?
Must the executor put the cube down to start the timer, or does the caller start it?
Et cetera.
 
Registration was unofficially exteded. Since there was never an announcement about that, I will just make a reminder announcement:

Please sign up in the next 24 hours if you'd like to compete (including team BLD), and tell me if anything appears incorrect on the registration list.

And if you're not doing team BLD yet, form a team. It's lots of fun, even if you don't have much practice. :)
 
Did you know...

…this overall was a good competition, and my second?
…I pronounce EPGY “ep-gee”?
…today is Justin (Cutie #1)’s birthday?
…I got to participate in a mystery event, again?
…I brought my camera helmet?
…I brought it to record POV solves?
…I also brought it because I didn’t want to forget to wear a helmet?
…Nathaniel and I did Team BLD and were about as good as Lucas and Shelley?
…Team BLD while wearing a jacket over your head starts to make you light-headed?
…there was no true tower solve this time?
…I brought two of my friends?
…one bought a Ghost Hand and the other bought a super floppy?
…I lost my original floppy, “Pants on the Ground”?
…even though I had a 23 average and 13.478 PB the day before, I got a 32.99 average?
…I didn’t break any magics/master magics this time?
…I recorded POV solves even in Team BLD by putting the helmet on after the jacket was over my head?
…Nathaniel called out pretty much every single move of F2L individually?
…that we still got sub-1:40 every time?
…I think that Lucas and co. needed more help?
…I was four places behind my friend, Ryan?
…he has been to ten comps, and has cubed longer than me?
…my friends got a lot of awards in magic, master magic, and pyraminx?
…Justin, Jeremy, and Edward (Lin) signed my signed cube?
…my 3x3 cross setups failed, except for one?
…my first solve was 47.xx only because I failed on PLL and had to redo the solve from two slots of F2L?
…I only had one good solve, which was 21.52?
…my friend who bought the super floppy owes me five bucks and my other friend three bucks?
…I wasn’t able to find out if there was a Team BLD final or not, because neither Nathaniel nor I did not hear the event called, nor an award given at awards?
…I got an award for wearing my helmet?
…you can see it here?
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…I got a free cube for it?
…I thought it was a type A-V, but actually it’s an A-II?
…my A-II’s a girl and has yet to be named?
…you can suggest names for her on my latest average of five video on my YouTube channel?
…this was a fun comp and now I want to go to the next SoCal one?
 
Oh yeah, our live results system epic failed. Here are Team BLD rankings and averages.

Round 1

1 David Gomes/Jeremy Fleischman - 40.02
2 Nick Young/Dan Dzoan - 54.58
3 Shelley Chang/Lucas Garron - 66.35
4 Patrick Tran/Vincent Sheu - 79.78
5 Cameron Almasi/Emerson Herrmann - 92.26
6 Brandon Harnish/Nathaniel Knopf - 93.14
7 Alyssa Parrish/Chaz Whitsell - DNF

Final Round

1 David Gomes/Jeremy Fleischman - 40.52
2 Shelley Chang/Lucas Garron - 46.95
3 Nick Young/Dan Dzoan - 50.80
4 Patrick Tran/Vincent Sheu - 80.85

Did you know...
- The organizers were half an hour late to their own competition
- ...but at least they kind of had their own staff this time (some of whom actually showed up on time)
- The F in Type F is for FAST!
- Proper cubing safety is essential. Don't forget to wear your helmet.
- Takao's daughter Aina is quite handy with a camera (she's so cute!)
- She's getting faster at Magic as well
- Leyan fell asleep and we put him on the projector
- The first time Lucas and I did Team BLD at Berkeley Summer 2009, we had no system. He just called straight notation and we still won. Berkeley's since gotten serious about Team BLD, but we've still managed to hold our own.
- We dropped 20 seconds between the first and second rounds of Team BLD once we were actually warmed up and he stopped calling algs I didn't know.
- We're still not sure why our live results system epic failed when it worked perfectly two weeks ago.
- Dan Dzoan and I had a bet on our final round averages. He gave me a 3 second handicap. I got destroyed.
- Next Stanford competitions:
Cube-A-Palooza 3: Rubik's Revolutions (fine print: competition does not involve Rubik's Revolutions)
Cube-A-Palooza 4: A New Hope
Cube-A-Palooza 5: Mostly Harmless
etc.
 
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Did you know...

-Prior to the competition Nathaniel came to my house and accidently took my master magic?
-If I decided to not do any practice solves for magic, my average would have been sub-1.2?
-That would have made me win magic?
-I got a personal best single and average on master magic?
-I didn't wear a helmet, despite the fact that I was offered one?
-Somebody wrote my chinese name on my winning results card?
-I did about 100 square-1 solves within 48 hours before the competition?
-I got 3rd, ending my streak of getting 4th and 5th?
-They had the final four (sq-1) do another round, but the results were not released?
-I got a 2:27 5x5 time, just barely making the cutoff?
-I popped on my last 5x5 solve, and "somebody" grabbed the piece, so I got a DNF?
-I got 20th in the first 3x3 round, and they let in 20 people to the next round?
-My OH times went in sequence, from high to low?
-I asked Edward to do a "foot race" with me, and we understood what to do?
-He beat me by 30 seconds?
-I finally beat Edward in pyraminx?
-I did about 200 solves in preparation, while Edward did zero?
-This was the smallest competition I have ever been to?
-I got 4th in 2x2 AGAIN?
-I was ~1/5 second away from 3rd?
-The solve that costed me a place was a 6.66?
-This was my first competition with no 4x4?
-I got 4 awards?
-I got a free white A2 for winning master magic?
-When I heard that ghost hand cubes were being sold, I bought one with 2 seconds of thought?
-This was a great competition?
-You should never open the battery part of the displays?
-All 8 batteries fall out?
-I will beat Edward at feet someday?
-I refused...to wear a helmet!


P.S. Next time: Cube-A-Palooza 3: Cubing Frenzy!
(Not my idea, Nathaniel thought of it.)
 
Did you know that...

...I finally placed?
...I actually placed in 2 events?
...I actually placed in MAGIC, the event I NEVER practice?
...I placed in 5x5, which I ALWAYS practice?
...I beat my 5x5 pb single in comp?
...I beat that single the next day?
...The statement below is false?
...The statement above is true?
...I think the next Cube-A-Palooza should be called Cube-A-Palooza 3: Frantic Cubing Frenzy? My idea, I'm Nathaniel
...Cube-A-Palooza 2 was my 7th competition?
...The audience was smaller than usual?
...I got lost more than once on my way here?
...I still have one of Ryanrex116's cubes?
...Ranzha = "someone"?
...I got an unofficial 30.08+ on magic warming up?
...I still want to know who broke my Master Magic? BOW WOW WOOF
...Ryanrex116 beat me in magic by .04 seconds, which is quite a rarity, as he usually beats me by 3.xy?

That's about it.
 
JBCM627 said:
shelley said:
Oh yeah, our live results system epic failed.
Click to expand...
I was wondering about that... what happened?
Click to expand...
Very good question. We got an error complaining about the WCA name for the competition, but couldn't even find that error message in the source code.

Before next comp, we'll just upgrade to the latest version of your system.
 
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