UK Open 2010

[joey]

I COUNT I WAS THERE IN 2006

 

[MTGjumper]

Eugh. I really need to practice. Socialising is compulsory at uni, not that I'm complaining

 

[jazzthief81]

I COUNT I WAS THERE IN 2006

I remember chatting with some random Leeds guys who walked in. Where you one of them?

 

[amostay2004]

Oh crap I just remember I owe Daniel 52 (or was it 53?) pounds for Budapest. If you can't find your account details by UK Open I'll just pay you cash there

edit: Would I need to bring a sleeping bag or something along that line, Charlie?

 

[Cride5]

yaybooked!

YHA was full, so went for the Travelodge instead ... not cheap though at £60 per night!

See y'all in Bristol..

 

[Toad]

I am so pumped for finally going to another competition... I hope it's not a year til my next one again though, me want regular comps nao.

 

[kinch2002]

Oh crap I just remember I owe Daniel 52 (or was it 53?) pounds for Budapest. If you can't find your account details by UK Open I'll just pay you cash there

Yeah I forgot too. I'll never find my account details now that I'm back at uni. Just pay me in cash, minus whatever the Dayan costs of course

 

[Toad]

You owe me money too.

 

[Tim Reynolds]

This is my 5th - anyone else a mega-veteran?

Greg Austin 2006AUST01 4
Joe Wallace 2006WALL01 4
Lars Vandenbergh 2003VAND01 4
Thom Barlow 2006BARL01 4
Chieh Lee 2007CHIE01 3
Kang Lee 2007KANG03 3
Breandan Vallance 2007VALL01 3
David Pemberton 2006PEMB01 3
Sean Connolly 2004CONN01 3
Martin Berger 2006BERG01 3
Chris Lennon 2007LENN01 3
Joey Gouly 2007GOUL01 3
Dan Harris 2003HARR01 3
Ron van Bruchem 2003BRUC01 3
Charlie Cooper 2007COOP01 3

From the registered competitors list, it looks like Greg Austin, Lars, and Thom will be the only people to compete at each of the first 5.

 

[joey]

SO UNFAIR I WAS THERE.

 

[CharlieCooper]

- The 2009 UK Open featured people hiding in hotel room closets and doing weird things with hand dryers in the toilet. (there's photo/video evidence somewhere)

The hotel room closets were really the least of the cupboard fun last year... there was THAT cupboard, the *secret* cupboard in some cold concrete staircase or something. I have few memories from that night other than drinking some odd cocktails very quickly with the bad influence Thom Barlow then going to somebody's flat (can anybody tell me whose this was, I still don't know) and Arnaud for once being very drunk and doing the 2 multi BLD successfully to prove to me he was okay to drive back to the hotel... That day was actually insane, Arnaud and Lars arrived at mine at 3am Friday night and we left for Manchester at 6am Saturday morning, then didn't go to sleep until 7am Sunday morning. Not sure how we managed that one. I miss Arnaud adventures :'(

Amos - Yes, I'm sorry to say that my floor is all wooden and you will probably have spinal injuries after the weekend. A sleeping bag is a must and some kind of sleeping mat is a really good idea, but some people say it's fine without.

Joey - You didn't compete, it doesn't count THE DATABASE DOESN'T LIE.

 

[scotzbhoy]

Might as well list my goals:
2x2: Sub 5 single, sub 7 avg
3x3: Sub 17 single, sub 20 avg
4x4: Sub 1:35 single, any avg
5x5: Sub 4 single, any avg
Magic: Sub 1 single, sub 1.1 avg
Master magic: Sub 5 single, sub 6 avg
Pyraminx: Sub 8 single, sub 11 avg
OH: Sub 50 single, sub minute avg
Megaminx: Sub 6 single (lol), doubt I'll ever get an avg
Sq 1: Sub 30 single, sub 35 avg.

 

[MTGjumper]

Sq1: Sub Faz

 

[James Ludlow]

Might as well list my goals:

2x2 - Sub10avg, failing that, sub what I have already
3x3 - An ambitious sub20 avg, and sub18pll skip.
4x4 - sub1.15avg, a nice sub1.10 single
5x5 - sub2.30avg
Megaminx - any avg.
OH - sub45single, and sub60avg
Magic - sub1.6avg
Master Magic - NR and/or podium
Sq1 - any avg.
Clock - sub15avg
Pyraminx - haha.

 

[kinch2002]

Not DNF clock average
Not DNF 3bld
Sub-5 magic single
Sub-10 master magic single (if someone fixes mine!)

 

[James Ludlow]

Sub-10 master magic single (if someone fixes mine!)

Do you know how to restring it?

Also - your sub2 magic?

 

[r_517]

my goals:
2x2: Not DNF
3x3: sub20/sub22
4x4: sub 1:45 (= Not DNF avg)
OH: sub40/sub45
Magic: sub1.3 avg
Master: sub4 avg
Clock: sub Kuti/sub8

 

[Zyrb]

My goals:

2x2 - Sub 20 avg
3x3 - sub 35 avg/ sub 30 single
OH - solve the cube
Magic - sub 2 avg/ sub 1.6 single
Pyraminx - sub 45 avg

and besides that, make more friends that like cubes

 

[kinch2002]

Do you know how to restring it?

Also - your sub2 magic?

I don't have the foggiest how to restring it. The master magic has one string all over the place, and my magic has a broken string. I have no spare strings. Yes I can still sub-2 magic but I just want to improve my 5.30 single for now

 

[CharlieCooper]

My goals:

Most importantly, make sure everything runs smoothly and cubers don't destroy my house

I won't have time to warm up for things probably, so I'll be lucky to do well in more than one event.

Maybe get a good (sub 19) 3x3 avg, I won't say anything else because it won't happen. I'm totally capable of sub 17 if I am well warmed up with a good cube. Actually, if I sat and did an avg of 12 now, I guarantee it would be sub 18.

Square-1 - sub 30 average is all I care about really, even though it's totally do-able to get sub 25. A sub 20 single would be nice, too. Maybe podium, but that's really wishful thinking.

Clock - won't even bother trying, I won't have time to warm up so I'll DNF.

5x5x5 - Sub 2 bloody single. Every competition I get painstakingly closer.

4x4x4 - Sub 1 single (will never happen, but I'm close enough if I'm warmed up/have no parities)

Pyraminx - podium would be nice, but I don't really care any more. Think I'm the fastest official pyraminxer going though? So perhaps!

Master magic - Borrow James' (PWEASE?) and beat my official PB if possible.