US Nationals 2012 (Las Vegas)

It appears that I have picked up someones ShengShou 4x4.

It is pretty tight, however I seem to be missing my 4x4 (Same as above) It has a red sticker that looks like it was cut with a razor, and is more on the loose side.

Is it white? If so it might be mine, I just went through all my puzzles and I'm missing it.

I also somehow ended up with a 50mm white Zhanchi and a regular black Zhanchi.

(see what happens when I don't put purple on all my cubes :fp: )
Ditto. :p



edit: I've been informed that the black Zhanchi is the new kind (different plastic), sprayed with either CRC or Jig-a-loo, and is probably from e3cube.
 
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I suppose I'll give some DYK's:

Brest's name is Rob, pronounced Rob, not Raub (and there IS a difference!) HI RAUB!
I suck more at chess than I thought (but apparently not TOO bad because I did win both games :D)?
Andrew Nelson is better at chess than he thinks (though we had a great game!).
I had an awesome wrestling match with Rowe.
Chester is a PIMP and suits up for BLD.
Bob is almost sneaky (until you hear the thump of him falling on the floor).
Chris Krueger is the ultimate regulations troll.

I most certainly had a blast, even though the total amount of sleep I received Wed night through Sunday Morning was less than 15 hours.
 
I sucked so much.
I will practice my ass off for Worlds 2013 and make sure I get results that I'm aiming for.
Still had a great time though.

I should update my siG lol
 
I'm so happy with the way this competition went, even though I could have gotten overall PB average in the megaminx final round. I'm honored to have been on staff for it, and to have been able to meet so many cool people. See everyone at Worlds!

Edit: Will post DYK's tomorrow. :P
 
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Someone get vid and make the longest "did you know" list ever.

How did I do?


Did you know that...

- AJ's first Gameboy Yellow was green?
- Breandan's L perm face is amazing?
- Justin Harder has awesome nails?
- Calvin should put his big stick away?
- Dan NARnelli?
- Thompson's favourite event is magic?
- Daniel Hayes had something for Jackson's mom?
- Jackson just learned that if you hold out your left hand it can form the letter L?
- Phillip Espinoza, Waris Ali, Chris Olson and Andy Smith were supposed to do a rap battle, but they all wussed out?
- Phillip Espinoza redeemed himself?
- AJ's mom is hilariously unsupportive of him?
- She asked him "What happened in 7x7?", when it was just a normal average for him?
- She also told him that he was embarrassing her for being so slow?
- Victor (Pestvic) stole AJ's wheelchair?
- From far away, it looked like he was riding a segway?
- Andy Smith has bigger hands than me?
- Andrea is the only cuber I've met who has smaller hands than me?
- Rowe chased me down a hallway, while finishing a 4x4x4 solve, and followed me into an elevator to give me my 4x4x4 back?
- He also forcefully made me give him a hug?
- He wasn't sure if he knew his way back?
- Anthony and Weston doing team BLD is hilarious?
- It took them over a minutes to recover from a sune screw-up?
- Drunk Chester is best Chester?
- Chester should do a cover of "I don't wanna miss a thing"?
- His drunk conversations with Sinpei were absolutely hilarious?
- Sinpei laughs at everything Chester says?
- He wasn't offended when Chester kept saying "brindford" to him?
- Or when he was doing inappropriate gestures to him?
- He absolutely loves Chester's Pikachu doll?
- Chester gave me a creepy-looking Shrek 3 Baby doll that people won at Circus Circus?
- I went around tapping people on the shoulder and putting the doll right in front of their face?
- Brest had the brest reaction?
- At a restaurant, I had the Shrek doll on the table, and a little girl who was walking past our table saw it and stared at it, then turned around and walked the other way?
- Brest put the Shrek doll in his brest pocket?
- If he were to be the next Cubecast guest, it would be the second brest episode ever?
- Brest is always either smiling, laughing, or making brest jokes?
- You should see Brest naked?
- There are infinitely many ways to play with a BattPoke?
- Jackson is BattsMan?
- BattsCave?
- Premature BattsPokulation?
- Battpoke and Master Battspoke will replace Magic and Master Magic in 2013?
- Slater and I were BattPoking through Camille's gauged ears?
- I am taking full responsibility for providing Adam Zamora the best BattPoke?
- It is totally worth it because I now have his former purple one?
- I won a teddy bear from Tyson during 5x5x5?
- I named it 25 because of 5x5?
- I didn't know where to put 25, so I wore him on my head?
- I competed in 7x7x7 wearing it?
- I still kept it on my head even when I popped a few times?
- A reporter interviewed me about it, and he wrote down word-for-word my amazing story of "I had no idea where to put it, so I just put it on my head."?
- It started a whole trend of competing and judging with objects on your heads?
- There was a drunk guy holding a beer in his hand who walked into the venue and did a face-plant as he was going through the doors?
- He had a friend who quickly tried to drag him out before any of us saw, and failed?
- Chris Olson did a really good re-enactment of what happened?
- During the 64-person head-to-head, some of us were sabotaging each other's cubes since we scrambled our opponent's cubes?
- Cameron got up and left during our head-to-head round because I scrambled his cube with 8 move crosses on all sides?
- "Mods are at Nats, post ponies!"?
- Mini Zhanchi cores are sooooooo cute?
- "I have not failed. I've just found 2000 ways that won't work. TL;DR, I am Thomas Edison."?
- If you lift up a cage with a cat in it, the cat is still in it?
- dunnololguy, dunnololguywithbrokenwrists, armsoutguy, armsinguy are perfect Team BLD OLL code names?
- During Yes/No Team Bld, Jackson asked me "Clockwise or counterclockwise?"?
- I answered "…yes".
- When Donovan and I were doing Yes/No Team BLD, he asked "Is this white or yellow?"?
- I jokingly said "yes"?
- It was exactly what he meant, since he just wanted to know if it was white/yellow, not which one is was?
- I thought I heard an announcer say into the mic "International competitors rape at American competitions?"?
- The judge gave me a strange look when I asked if I heard what I thought I heard?
- "Frontwise" and "sidewise" make complete sense?
- I didn't realize I had a DNF single in the first found of every event (except 7x7 because I was actually taking it seriously) until Slater told me?
- I have defined "casual DNFing"?
- When I DNF'd one of my solves, someone called out "the princess strikes again!"?
- Many giggles were had because I placed 69th in 2x2x2 in first round?
- Some parents burst out laughing during the OH seminar when Jeremy said to practice sexy moves?
- "He ordered 200 blacks and 200 whites from China" is very misleading to non-cubers?
- "What's a life? Isn't that a board game... or like, a cereal?"?
- I accidentally gave a Canadian quarter instead of an American quarter to someone and he was confused as to why there was a caribou on it?
- I suck at Melee?
- When I was playing as Kirby, I couldn't remember how to suck up opponents so I asked "How do I suck?"?
- I didn't immediately realize the irony?
- Elevator pranks are really fun?
- When someone came up to us and told us she used to peel off the stickers, I said "YEAH ME TOO!" and gave her a high-five?
- Trolling non-cubers in real life is much more fun that it should be?
- "Speedcubin?" is a great conversation starter?
- There was a giant cicada following Breandan around?
- I picked it up and let it crawl around on my arms?
- It didn't scare anyone?
- I asked where I should put it and someone said "on a tree", so I threw it at a tree while yelling "TREE!"?
- The British equivalent of the American expression "standing in line" is "cueing"?
- I'm apparently sort of good at Cyclone?
- I hit the jackpot 3 times?
- The lady behind the counter at the prizes desk needed a calculator to determine 1559 minus 1500?
- I won a giant blue penguin?
- It was very interesting carrying 3 carry-on bags and a giant penguin through customs?
- I have more DYKs than Andrew?



DYK....
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-Sarah played mother when a 9 year old came to our table?
-She doesn't know this?
I've actually been told this many times before. :p
I used to babysit a lot, so I'm used to being super nice and mature around kids.
 
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Did you know...?

-I podium-ed and placed 2nd in every Nationals competition I ever went to?
-I didn't make OH Finals :'(
-I didn't have any main cubes going into the competition.
-You don't have to be good all the time, just when it counts.
-I sucked pretty much the whole weekend except for Final Round
-Phil Yu's personal Silk cube is probably the only reason I did so well in Final Round. IT'S AMAZING.
-Your name is on the back of the shirt.
-I was nervous the whole competition when competing, EXCEPT Final Round when all eyes were literally on me. wtf.
-The small (50mm) but not mini Zhan Chi's are awesome for OH.
-I'm working on a new master method that will allow me to force an N-perm after doing anti-ZBF2L which gives you no edge OLL's with Dan Chan and Marco Mendoza, also working on learning anti-ZBLL
-In Vegas, they don't ask "How are you?", they ask "T*****s in your face?"
-I didn't practice Feet until competition but was avg-ing 1:30 with Steven Turner then night before I failed in comp.
-Steven Turner is gonna be pro at Feet, you watch.
-During an official Feet solve, I accidentally popped the cube, had to put 3 pieces back in with my feet, realized I put an edge piece in the wrong way, so I had to pop it back out with my big toe, pick it up with feet, and wedge it back in to avoid a ruined mean, ALL IN 4:xx minutes!
-$10 Footlongs? WTF?
-The prizes were all in $2 bills!
-They should've had an unofficial sim competition!
-There was actually another Native cuber at the competition!
-I still might go into professional body building even though I made finals.
-6 people in the final round were not US citizens!
-Austin Reed beat me.
-Devin NARdavari pwn'd the weekend with a bunch of NAR's, and 14.86 OH NAR WITHOUT KNOWING FULL OLL lol
-My car is awesome on gas.
-****IN VEGAS IS TOO HOT
 
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Did you know...

Brest is really an old Australian guy?
He is actually brest to meet in person?
You should see Breandan's finger tricks in person?
I hate Slater(Tall5001) for pressing all the buttons on the elevator and making me endure 11 floors of mini headaches?
I got a PLL skip for my very first comp solve ever, but epically failed the other solves?
William(IAmWeb) is the only person who made fun of my height? Rude.
I have the smallest hands?
Kevin Hays favorite event is 2x2?
Thompson has the fastest Q permutation in all of Canada?
AJ Blair's first gameboy yellow was green?
People still want Sarah to do the malt liquor challenge?
I bit on a silver fork really hard on accident and chipped a small portion of my tooth?
Laser bunneh?
Phillip sucks at OH, but is really good?
Mike Hughey is now changing his "O" code for blind because of the creepy shrek baby doll?
The Riviera has terrible wi-fi?
It was actually better to use 3g/4g in the hotel than the wi-fi?
Covinsa is actually 26 and married?
There is no point in solving Sarah's cube if white isn't on bottom?
10 "M,U" H perms in a row is a test of endurance?
Thom(Kirjava) is much more pleasant to meet in person?
Sesame seed?

I'm sure I have more to list, but this will do for now. Thanks to everyone at the competition and the staff for making such a fun comp! It was a blast and I will try my best to make it to worlds next year. I'll also practice harder so I won't fail as hard. :fp
 
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