US Nationals and Open

[Carson]

Scrambles from the 2008 US Nationals and Open:

http://www.carsonpenticuff.com/cube/usnationals2008/

 

[alexc]

Good pix Tyson!

 

[alexc]

Scrambles from the 2008 US Nationals and Open:

http://www.carsonpenticuff.com/cube/usnationals2008/

I reviewed the second 3x3 blind scramble in the final round which I got a 54.71 DNF on and I must say, it was an execution mistake.

 

[hdskull]

yep and also winner of 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, OH, BLD, 4BLD, and 5BLD

WOW, I guess I'm gonna practice hard for next year so that I don't have to buy any v-cubes That's only if I am able to naturalize though

I'm gonna try the scrambles later, lol.

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

Scrambles from the 2008 US Nationals and Open:

http://www.carsonpenticuff.com/cube/usnationals2008/

I reviewed the second 3x3 blind scramble in the final round which I got a 54.71 DNF on and I must say, it was an execution mistake.

Wow, that really sucks. Just if you correctly executed that part, maybe it coulda been 0.5 faster and you coulda got WR. :/

 

[pjk]

I just got back from out of town, and nice to see the results of the competition. Looked like a great one.

Phil: Good work for the most part, nice 5x5 and BLD times.
Dan: Congrats on both WR's; it was going to happen sooner or later. Keep bringing some world records over to the USA.
Tyson/Shelley/other organizers: Awesome job putting it together.
Alexc: Nice 4x4 BLD time, and nice multiBLD result. Congrats.

So the winner of each event won a 5x5/6x6/7x7? Any other prizes overall, like fastest solve, or largest pop like last year?

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

Any other prizes overall, like fastest solve, or largest pop like last year?

Best pop, yeah. Ryan P. popped a piece off the stage, and while looking for it, he kicked it under the stage.

 

[hdskull]

I tried some scrambles, there were some good ones.

I got nervous just thinking it was US Open scrambles on the 3x3, lol.
I'll try the rest later.

Results here

 

[Bryan]

Try the first scramble from the 3x3x3 qualification round and the third scramble from Square-1. Those were my favorites

 

[Tyson]

Hey, I didn't make the rules on who gets the V-Cubes. That was unexpected.

I would say that V-Cubes should have been given to the winner of the "Drive Ya Nuts" puzzle.

 

[philkt731]

haha yeah.

I think it would've made more sense for 1st place to get their choice, 2nd place to choose from the other two and 3rd place to get the last one (or 1st get 7x7, 2nd get 6x6 and 3rd gets 5x5)

 

[Tyson]

Yeah, spread the wealth a bit. I agree.

 

[Lofty]

I wouldn't have minded a v-cube for getting in second lol.

 

[hdskull]

Hey, I didn't make the rules on who gets the V-Cubes. That was unexpected.

I would say that V-Cubes should have been given to the winner of the "Drive Ya Nuts" puzzle.

Lol, who did? Mr. Verdes?

What were you guys originally gonna give ?

 

[ExoCorsair]

I did the solves (for 2x2-5x5) that I suppose I would have done:

2x2_final: (5.29) 6.90 9.53 (9.82) 7.55 = 7.99 | 31st
3x3_qual: 17.09 19.09 16.92 = 16.92 | 13th
4x4_first: (1:21.47) (1:48.06) 1:25.15 1:29.54 1:33.30 = 1:29.33 | 24th
5x5_first: 1:55.05 (2:09.69) (1:54.82) 1:57.80 2:02.43 = 1:58.43 | 6th
5x5_final: (1:46.34) 1:54.07 (1:54.34) 1:50.78 1:47.58 = 1:50.81 | 4th

Aside from some personal competition bests, I wouldn't have gotten anything anyway.

I do have videos, but my camera for 5x5 was off-center, so sometimes the cube went off the screen... >.<

 

[Tyson]

Hey Sikan I got somethin' real important to give you
So just sit down and listen
Sikan you know you've been cubing such a long long time (such a long time)
And now I'm ready to lay it on the line
(Wooow) You know it's Nationals and my heart is open wide
Gonna give you something so you know what's on my mind
A gift real special, so take off the top
Take a look inside -- it's a cube in a jar!

 

[philkt731]

Only me, Tim, Jason and Dan were in the finals of 2,3,4, and 5
-----Name-----2--3--4--5--Total
1. Timothy Sun--1--4--4--6--15
2. Phil Thomas---3--9--6--5--23
3. Dan Cohen----22-8--8--1--39
4. Jason Baum---22-3--12-12-49

Jason and Tim had a solve in the finals of 6 of the 8 "major" cube events (the ones that got VCubes)
Lucas, Dan Dzoan, Dan Cohen, Jack and I had a solve in the finals of 5 of the 8
Isaac, Michael, Chris, Patrick and maybe more had a solve in the finals of 4 of the 8

 

[hdskull]

Hey Sikan I got somethin' real important to give you
So just sit down and listen
Sikan you know you've been cubing such a long long time (such a long time)
And now I'm ready to lay it on the line
(Wooow) You know it's Nationals and my heart is open wide
Gonna give you something so you know what's on my mind
A gift real special, so take off the top
Take a look inside -- it's a cube in a jar!

I'm stupid Tyson, didn't you know that? This poem is impossible for me to comprehend .

Speaking of cube in a jar, I saw Dan Dzoan's video of assembling a cube in a jar, it was funny, haha.

hmm, I can make good use of something like that...

 

[jazzthief81]

Speaking of cube in a jar, I saw Dan Dzoan's video of assembling a cube in a jar, it was funny, haha

Trying to make a checkboard pattern on the cube inside the jar is even funnier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLXOqJM2PiU

 

[hdskull]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLXOqJM2PiU

Hahaha, should've stackmat-ed it, haha. Now try a 7x7, if you can even get it in there, lol.