Czech Open 2008

wow Jean beat Rafal in BLD!
Two more sub 12 averages!
Now Erik is <15, 1, 3, 1 for 2-5 singles
and he is also 3, 3, 1, 2 for 2-5 avg

i think everyone can now agree that erik is the best in the world right now?

also, JEAN PONS IS BACK! i like shouting that. he is my 3rd favorite cuber( after erik and Tomasz Zolnowski[cross on left ftw!]) and i am glad to see that he is coming back strong.
 
Erik did an 11.55 avg with 1 DNF.
In the first round 3x3, 13.68 was 5th place.
Erik was 7th in OH in the first round with a 27.61 avg.
Marcin Jakubowski has some really quick magic times, and some pretty bad ones. 2 sub-1 sec.

Erik, where is the pic of the "charming girl" you're talking about?
 
The Czech Open was very awesome and I certainly will be there next year and I'll stay there for a week then, so I can also watch some landscape. :)

I am only disappointed with my last 5x5x5 solve, I first got an center-corner twist and when I finally (it takes time if it's on a V-Cube) twisted it back the wing edge twisted and it took me even more time to twist it back, but instead of twisting it finally popped...
 
Did you know ????

Joey was in 4 countries this week?
The speed record was 'only' 180?
Both Arnaud and Erik got 180 exactly?
Arnaud kept his 100% accuracy on showing up too late at Erik's place.
Joey is actually used to driving on the right hand side now?
Arnaud Joey Rama and Erik got 839 on the revolution?
Arnaud Joey Rama and Erik took 20 minutes for a 2x2 teamsolve?
Arnaud was 25 minutes late for FMC challenge?
He still almost got a very nice solve?
Czech girls are even nicer and hotter than Polish girls?
Girls are very good for getting good time because they distract you?
This helps even more if it's a nice and very beautiful girl?
Erik regrets for not living in Czech now?
Joey broke about all his PB's in competition so far? [except for BLD :(]
Erik was disturbed while making the did you knows because of some interview?
Rama shouldn't wake Joey and Erik up at 5 in the morning?
There was no ananas or no cola this time?
We did meet Gilles vd P's clone in an asian restaurant?
No parity no martini?
Erik got 7 martini's for 4x4?
All of the traveling is not enough so we continued going to Rotterdam now?
Arnaud indeed ordered about too much puzzles? (How is that possible!!)
The rainbow cube is actually quite hard to solve fast or scramble properly?
The water in the swimming pool was not THAT cold....;)
The girls on the bridge in Prague were Canadian and not Bri-ish?
Joey fancies stuff....

More did you knows will follow for sure?
 
Actually we were in a bit of a funny mood and waved and said hi to everyone, there was this bunch of students walking on a bridge and we wondered if they were British, but they replied 'we're canadian WOOHOOO' ;)

i thought only americans yelled WOOHOOO after proclaiming our nationality. i guess we've rubbed off on canada(it is america's hat after all[jk]).
 
If only I didn't pop my 4th solve in the finals....
11.68 10.71 11.88 DNF 11.08....
The DNF was a 10 for sure popped on the last 3 turns I think... would've made my avg about 11.15.... or if I didn't had at least OLL par on all of my 4x4 solves...but hey I don't complain :p
It was maybe the most amazing and fun comp I've been to so far!
It's pretty sick a 12.28 only give you a 3rd place!!! I feel a bit sorry for Rama, he's crazy! He barely practises cubing...

Ahh it was such a great time, too bad Czech open is only once a year :(

It was also very great to meet Joey again, he's such a cool guy!! :eek:
We had shiploads of fun! :)
 
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