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WAIT WHAT?! Erik you had a chance at 4x4 WR but just threw the cube resulting in a penalty costing you the WR? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 

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Thanks, guys!

Kai is right, i was too lazy to create more journeys, so i had to reuse them, which worked quite well on my first 4x4 bld attempt (3:30 memo) until the cube popped. After that i couldn't really focus, made many mistakes and got some horrible memo times (>9 minutes 2nd 4x4 attempt, >12 minutes 5x5 bld).
(some statistics: i had to memorize about 580 images on Sunday morning, but i just got the first 450 right)
The multi bld attempt itself wasn't as exciting for me as it might sound, since during my last cube i already knew, that i got all other cubes right (stupid audience ;)).

btw. i tried to solve a 6x6 blindfolded on Friday evening (big thanks to Ron!). I memorized in about 30 minutes, but screwed up one of my first commutators for the centers. But i continued the solve until i finished all centers (after about 1h) and after the first two or three edges i popped and couldn't fix it :(. About 60-70% of the centers were solved on each face. What a horrible attempt... I better would've choosen the 7x7, that cube was so much better.

Lucas: FU! :p
 

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Amazing performance by Tim.
I just want to say that although Dennis was beaten yesterday, he (too) still has my full respect. Tim and Dennis are both amazing cubers.
This time Tim was the winner, I am sure Dennis will be back.

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HEY!

Congrats Tim!!!

Did you know:

-that i lost ALL my cubes in a bag on saturday evening
-that i didnt feel good about that (of course) and didnt want to do multi at all
-that i decided to do 20 cubes cause Tim was like: oh, you have to!
-that this was my worst result in multi EVER!
-that i finally got all my cubes back and this is more important than the FU****G result of my multi
-that erik isnt homosexuell ;)
-that i will get my WR back :p (sorry Tim)
-that i finally can practise Speed (especially Megaminx)
-that i will also practise multi, but not yet
-that Erik, Arnuad and Lars slept at my place
-that Alonski (Nils) and me were sitting in the car as if an earthquake would start, when Erik puked
-that Alonski (Nils) studied all of us and can beat us all (in every event...and that one-handed) also he can beat us in teamsolve...ALLONE!:p

Greetings...Dennis;):)
 

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phew, great that you got your cubes back dennis, you were realy upset about it (ofc I understand that)
Big gratz to tim again, but by the way you memorized 5x5 exactly 11 mins, I looked at the stopwatch, because you pulled down blindfold and seemed to fall asleep, nothing happened for like 20 seconds.
 

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How am I going to beat that!!! I feel like giving up on multi bld. :p Nice job, Tim, you are crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) (There better be a video!)

Here's the first video. I've filmed a few seconds of Tim's world record:

www.rubiks-zauberwuerfel.de/videos/multiBLD24_part1.mpg memorizing

www.rubiks-zauberwuerfel.de/videos/multiBLD24_part2.mpg still memorizing...

www.rubiks-zauberwuerfel.de/videos/multiBLD24_part3.mpg solving. Tim was holding the cube far under the table. In this position he had absolute no chance to cheat, even if he wouldn't wear a blindfold.

www.rubiks-zauberwuerfel.de/videos/multiBLD24_part4.mpg solving the last cube

www.rubiks-zauberwuerfel.de/videos/multiBLD24_part5.mpg
 

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Why didn't someone hold the paper?

Do you want to hold a paper for 40 minutes?

Amazing performance by Tim.
I just want to say that although Dennis was beaten yesterday, he (too) still has my full respect. Tim and Dennis are both amazing cubers.
This time Tim was the winner, I am sure Dennis will be back.

Ron

Thanks, Ron. I'm sure too, that Dennis will get the world record back very soon. He just had a very bad day yesterday. (I'll probably sell him my 10 cubes, so he can practice very hard ;))
 
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Why didn't someone hold the paper?

Do you want to hold a paper for 40 minutes?

Amazing performance by Tim.
I just want to say that although Dennis was beaten yesterday, he (too) still has my full respect. Tim and Dennis are both amazing cubers.
This time Tim was the winner, I am sure Dennis will be back.

Ron

Thanks, Ron. I'm sure too, that Dennis will get the world record back very soon. He just had a very bad day yesterday. (I'll probably sell him my 10 cubes, so he can practice very hard ;))


Very good point.

I bet you and Dennis will just keeping trading records back and forth.
 

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1.Congrats, Tim! You are super crazy! 24 successful BLD in a row with one memo!!!!
2.Ron is crazy too! 3 second pyraminx, how?:eek:
3.I should start practicing BLD and pyraminx again.
 

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Congratulations to Tim for this amazing new multi-BLD record! I also have much respect for Dennis, you guys are both incredible at this event! I too think that we might see you guys trading records for a while ;-)

Congratulations again, that was incredible!

Chris
 

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Congratulations to Tim for this amazing new multi-BLD record! I also have much respect for Dennis, you guys are both incredible at this event! I too think that we might see you guys trading records for a while ;-)

Congratulations again, that was incredible!

Chris

I agree it was incredible!

If they're going to trade records, it's a little scary how things might go from here. Will we see a 50 cube attempt before the end of the year?
 
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