US Nationals 2012 (Las Vegas)

Vincents said:
I do have a couple of questions I'm looking for serious answers to:
- There were a couple of new things we tried this year. Some worked, some didn't. What was your opinion on these changes? (e.g. T-shirt vendor, seminars, unofficial competition, etc. Especially the T-shirt vendor because that's a project I'm in charge of and I want to know your thoughts!)
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The prizes in $2 bills was a hilarious/awesome idea, kudos to whoever thought of this idea, I almost didn't believe it when someone told me.

Shirts were awesome, a bit pricey but I'd say worth it. Glad I was able to get one after the comp haha.

Some of the seminars seemed like a good idea on paper, but then in reality, I think it was hard to implement in a large group setting. Despite this, I think it went well and some relatively new cubers might have gotten some things from the seminars.

Oh and if you DO do a Berkeley comp this September, I will go this time

Words cannot express the sincere appreciation and gratitude felt towards all those who took time and lost sleep/money/sanity to make something like this competition happen, all for the greater good of fostering the cubing community. So many improvements and awesome additions to this Nationals, I can only imagine what the future will bring. Thank you.

EDIT: Also @Rob, cool thanks, frikkin awesome to say I was part of the Podium NAR
 
I remembered some more...

Did You know...

... Macky and I have the same Initials (SM) so when he was judging me it just looked like i was signing my own initials 2 times in a row.
... Brenden Vallence cant do his really cool L perm on a 42mm cube because his fingers are too big
... Justin Harder has the biggest hands i have ever seen
... Premature BattPokeulation is funny no matter how many times its said
... During finals Sarah, Jackson, and I would BattPoke eachother everything time a finalist got a 11.xy solve
... Thom walked around during the competitions scratching peoples heads as he walked by them
... Justin Harders fingernails were really impressive
... I have never been asked so much about my Rubiks Cube earrings ever
... IamWEB is hillarious to talk to in person
... If you dont imediatly leave for dinner after the competiton ends for the day you almost always stay up till about 10 cubing until you realize no one has eaten and everyone is REALLY hungry
... A double team blind is really funny to watch. Especially when its Chester calling for Sarah and Jackson calling for AJ (video coming soon)
... Brest taught me 3 OLLCP algs and i only remember 1 of them....
... I just used the one i remember and got a PLL skip! 17.03 on a 42mm zhanchi

thats all for now im sure i will remember more later
 
Back-to-Back US National Champions:
Mike Hughey, 3x3 Multi Blind (5 years)
Felix Lee, Pyraminx (4 years)
Jonathan Cookmeyer, Megaminx (3 years)
Andrew Nelson, Square-1 (3 years)
Kevin Hays, 7x7 (2 years)
Mike Hughey, 3x3 BLD (2 years)
Mike Hughey, 4x4 BLD (2 years)

Broken streaks:
Dan Cohen, 5x5 (4 years)
Mike Hughey, 5x5 BLD (4 years)
David Woner, Clock (3 years)
Dan Cohen, 4x4 (2 years)

Special mention goes to Myles Casanas, who has been on the podium of both 6x6 and 7x7 every year they have been held.
 
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