Australian Nationals 2012

[ottozing]

Yeah. It's pretty safe to assume that Tim was exadurating a wee bit And as far as the judging went, you did the right thing by calling over the delegate as it was indeed a really close call that even I myself couldn't figure out. Good luck with your future speedcubing endevours

 

[TimMc]

After the verdict was reached I apologised profusely to both Jayden and Tim Mc because I thought I had wasted their time in calling Tim over to deliberate.

It's perfectly ok to get a second opinion for misalignments, especially in a final.

Your help throughout the weekend really helped the competition run smoothly.

Tim.

 

[David Zemdegs]

0.88 2x2 solve?

Yep got that on video too. Just takes time to extract and upload...we'll get there

 

[Przemek Kaleta]

0/25

 

[TimMc]

0/25

The amount solved and the time weren't written down (other than "DNF").

Tim.

 

[Faz]

0/25

Zane had solved about 3 or 4 out of 6 (something like that), before he stopped.

 

[kirtpro]

Congrats to Kirt for beating Faz on 2 333 solves (Assuming they were the same scramble)

Haha, thanks Rob
Gonna assume you're talking about 3rd solve in 2nd round and 4th solve in finals.
Faz got a pop in second round, so that doesn't really count (and I think we were in different groups too)
On final round, we were doing two competitors at a time. That one counts lol


Back in Sydney now, had a great time
Hope to be back in Melbourne soon for the next comp.

 

[Tim Major]

Respecfully; that's a pretty disappointing comment. I am the judge in question. I called over the first WCA delegate I saw. After the verdict was reached I apologised profusely to both Jayden and Tim Mc because I thought I had wasted their time in calling Tim over to deliberate. I felt silly doing so, but I wanted to be sure. It was nice that Jayden said, "That's okay. You were only doing your job." I don't judge too many 2.63 second solves and hadn't judged in a final before. This makes me not want to do so again. Anyway, well done to both Jayden and Tim Major- hopefully one day I will be as good at cubing as you two.

Sorry Jono, just from my (biased) point of view it basically went down like this (you weren't in the wrong and I kind of wanted to keep it unnamed so specific people wouldn't be blamed)

"hmm, +2? TimMc?"
TimMc picked it up, then just went: "eh, looks about 45 degrees, whatever".

MAYBE I'm wrong here, and the delegate's decision IS final, but to be it was definitely over 45 degrees, and Tim just did it quickly. Tim said it's right on 45 degrees (IMO it was slightly over) and quickly flicked it. I exaggerated yes, but for a final it seemed to be done very fast especially as it seemed Tim wasn't sure.

I apologize for stirring all this up, I should've stayed quiet with my complaint.

 

[rubiksarlen]

Faz got a pop in second round

20.83 is now his official worst (used to be a 15.00+)

 

[cubecraze1]

20.83 is now his official worst (used to be a 15.00+)

lol it was pretty funny everyone was laughing but me and dene were sitting back scrambling lol i miss everything. . .

 

[Robert-Y]

TimMc picked it up, then just went: "eh, looks about 45 degrees, whatever".

wat

The first thing you don't do is pick up the puzzle to inspect the alignment...

It's especially risky with mf8 sq1s.

 

[Tim Major]

wat

The first thing you don't do is pick up the puzzle to inspect the alignment...

It's especially risky with mf8 sq1s.

I know this, and that was another reason for my annoyance. However it didn't beat Jayden's competition pb average or single, so just let it rest

 

[rock1313]

• Never met someone who could solve a rubiks cube except for the people I’ve taught until I went to this competition
• “YOU ARE JUDGED!”
• My first 3x3 solve in competition had a H perm and got 11.75
• Kirt and Feliks had amazing 4x4 singles
• Zane already had 2 attempts at 3x3 blindfolded while I was still memorizing in my first attempt. (Great single btw)
• I broke my 7x7 pb single
• Feliks won Multi bld with 1 point
• The last scramble of 5x5 in finals had a 2x3 done on the yellow centre, too bad the timer was being stupid and stopped at 0.02
• Somehow in my replacement solve I managed to pull off a 1:16.06 which is 8 seconds faster than my PB AT HOME! (hopefully a video soon)
• The 4th 2x2 scramble in the finals
• No one could pronounce my last name
• Alexandra is amazing at non cubic events

thanks to everyone who helped out and hopefully I will come back next year

 

[Tim Major]

Nice to meet you Brock, and you had a ridiculously good first competition, so I think your bad times in the final were deserved! (it's no fair, we took years to get sub 15 averages, and we got them when we actually averaged sub 15 )

• Alexandra is amazing at non cubic events

Yep, but she goes by Daryl.

• Somehow in my replacement solve I managed to pull off a 1:16.06 which is 8 seconds faster than my PB AT HOME! (hopefully a video soon)

Nice job, and just putting this here: http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/s...012-Video-Thread-(non-WR)&p=778369#post778369

 

[TimMc]

The first thing you don't do is pick up the puzzle to inspect the alignment...

I looked at it from a birds eye view and saw that it was on 45 degrees.

To confirm my initial thought I then decided to perform half an x rotation to clearly see the alignment from the side.

Tim.

 

[JasonK]

DYK:

- You are judged?
- My dad's comment when I mentioned Faz's WRs: "He is so predictable, why don't they just give him all the records to save time?"
- Dene sucks at scrambling Clock?
- The best way to get decent official results in an event is to stop caring about it? (I'm looking at you, Cameron)
- I failed at everything except Pyra?
- I got 1:05.25 for BOTH my official 4x4 averages?
- Winning Multi: 1 point in 30 mins?
- Florian now knows how Feliks feels when he solves in comp?
- Isabella's prize for judging so much = WRjudge?
- The raffle was rigged?

Awesome comp everyone, thanks to everyone who helped out for making it run smoothly, and congrats to everyone who competed

 

[rubiksarlen]

Hmm.... I've been wondering, what's all this "You Are Judged" thing everyone's been mentioning esp. in DYKs?

 

[ottozing]

Hansen -______-

 

[Tim Major]

Hmm.... I've been wondering, what's all this "You Are Judged" thing everyone's been mentioning esp. in DYKs?

I've been wondering, why do you, someone who has never been to Australian competitions or meetups, constantly post/ask about inside jokes such as these.

Sorry for the seemingly ******bag post, but seriously.

Anyway, I don't want to explain, may hurt a certain individual's feelings

 

[Dene]

Big Kiss to Alexandra Daryl Ariawan, you are hot babe AWESOME! you've beaten all the guy's @ Megaminx, Sq-1 and Magic hahahahahahahahahahaha. I'm so proud on you!

Rawr . She beat me at the two events I wanted to do well in . Sq1 was my own fault, but minx I got a PB average and she smashed me XD

I've been wondering, why do you, someone who has never been to Australian competitions or meetups, constantly post/ask about inside jokes such as these.

LMAO