US Nationals 2010

coinman said:
It's funny to se how the 3x3 results deteriorates from round to round, the 16 place time in the final would only have been sufficient for the 62 spot in the first round. Maybe people got tired :)
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I don't know about the second round, but the 3rd round was bad because it was the absolute first thing in the morning (so people weren't warmed up), and the finals was even worse because it was at the end of a long hectic day and with everyone doing their 5 solves alone in a quiet auditorium filled with literally hundreds of people. I'm not surprised that times deteriorated after the second round :p

jms_gears1 said:
would it be feasible for next time to let the competitor pick out 2/3 songs and play them while the person is solving? Instead of the silence.
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Feasible? Yes. But the effect would be ruined without better speakers.
 
qqwref said:
I don't know about the second round, but the 3rd round was bad because it was the absolute first thing in the morning (so people weren't warmed up), and the finals was even worse because it was at the end of a long hectic day and with everyone doing their 5 solves alone in a quiet auditorium filled with literally hundreds of people. I'm not surprised that times deteriorated after the second round :p
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Yes, as i wrote in the thread "2010 U.S. Nationals Final - Rowe Hessler 10.93 "
coinman said:
Interesting way to handle the final with only one cuber on stage at a tim. Good for the spectators but i guess it put a lot of pressure on the competitor. The scramblers was working quickly :)

Why did he sign all of his results? I newer seen this other then on DNF and +2 solves.
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Bryan said:
coinman said:
Why did he sign all of his results? I newer seen this other then on DNF and +2 solves.
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I think a lot of the US competitions have been having people sign all results just so that the competitor acknowledges that the time written down is correct.
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ya, its the first time ive ever seen that before, but i liked it. they should put that in the 2011 regulations along with adding skewb :P
 
HelpCube said:
Bryan said:
coinman said:
Why did he sign all of his results? I newer seen this other then on DNF and +2 solves.
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I think a lot of the US competitions have been having people sign all results just so that the competitor acknowledges that the time written down is correct.
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ya, its the first time ive ever seen that before, but i liked it. they should put that in the 2011 regulations along with adding skewb :P
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Ive always signed for my times.
Its just to make sure the competitor agrees with the time, and assures there can be no legitimate arguments about the time later.
 
Bryan said:
coinman said:
Why did he sign all of his results? I newer seen this other then on DNF and +2 solves.
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I think a lot of the US competitions have been having people sign all results just so that the competitor acknowledges that the time written down is correct.
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Yeah, it was sort of strange. I kept walking away right after my solves, and then I always had to walk back. :p
 
jms_gears1 said:
Sa967St said:
Morten said:
coinman said:
It's funny to se how the 3x3 results deteriorates from round to round, the 16 place time in the final would only have been sufficient for the 62 spot in the first round.
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And maybe they got nervous 'cause it's friggin nats!!! :D
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Yeah, if you watch videos of the finals, you'd understand why lots of people failed :D
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am want see more final vids.

would it be feasible for next time to let the competitor pick out 2/3 songs and play them while the person is solving? Instead of the silence.
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Yeah.. 16th place was just me being a nervous idiot. It was SOOOOOO nervewracking to cube in dead silence and hear the cube echo throughout the auditorium. Actually, during my 4th solve I said "Why's it so quiet in here?" just to liven up the mood a bit. Then, Tim actually offered to play my entrance song during my final solve, which I agreed to, and it actually helped me a bit. I got a 19 on that solve though because I decided to do the end of it one handed. :p

But yes, I would second the proposal to possibly play music during a competitor's solves in next year's final if the competitor requests it. When 300 people are watching you silently, the pressure is o_O.
 
Anthony said:
jms_gears1 said:
Sa967St said:
Morten said:
coinman said:
It's funny to se how the 3x3 results deteriorates from round to round, the 16 place time in the final would only have been sufficient for the 62 spot in the first round.
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And maybe they got nervous 'cause it's friggin nats!!! :D
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Yeah, if you watch videos of the finals, you'd understand why lots of people failed :D
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am want see more final vids.

would it be feasible for next time to let the competitor pick out 2/3 songs and play them while the person is solving? Instead of the silence.
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Yeah.. 16th place was just me being a nervous idiot. It was SOOOOOO nervewracking to cube in dead silence and hear the cube echo throughout the auditorium. Actually, during my 4th solve I said "Why's it so quiet in here?" just to liven up the mood a bit. Then, Tim actually offered to play my entrance song during my final solve, which I agreed to, and it actually helped me a bit. I got a 19 on that solve though because I decided to do the end of it one handed. :p

But yes, I would second the proposal to possibly play music during a competitor's solves in next year's final if the competitor requests it. When 300 people are watching you silently, the pressure is o_O.
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Yeah, music would've been a lot nicer. :p The silence was so distracting.
 
Tortin said:
Yeah, music would've been a lot nicer. :p The silence was so distracting.
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What would the rules for this be though? Are there limits to what the competitor may request? Not that I would ever make it to a final round, but if I did I would want to listen to some kind of metal like Killswitch Engage or Lost Eden. This would probably not be very audience friendly, but it would certainly help me in my cubing. Would a competitor be within their rights to request something like hard core death metal?

Chris
 
Did you know:
Waffle solves big cubes with Roux using M turns (read as M in booming voice)
OH on a giant 3x3 may not be such a good idea
Master Curvycopters may squeak. A lot.
My 3x3 average's standard deviation was over 10 (I think)
I predicted that Rowe would break the 2x2 WR...he sort of did
I used a weird F-perm (according to Statue, who told me a better one)
Opinions are varied on whether a person smelling like bacon would be good or bad
 
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