University of Leicester Open 2013

Multis were horrific today lul
Lol ben came third with a 5 min 1/2 or something
Also i got a +4 on my 12, which was first +4 i think

Also, Morten is amazingly fast and can hold up in comp
 
dno, prus14 is posiburr but notsure abau +16

Inspection between 15-17: +2
Start timer holding cube: +4
Start timer not using fingertips: +6
Start timer with cube on timer: +8
Finish without letting go of the cube: +10
Finish not using hands face down: +12
Finish 1 HTM away: +14
Touch cube before the judge inspects to see if it is solved: +16
 
The comp has been absolutely awesome, amazing people and an amazing time, i have a ton of DYK's in the morning but for now................. Mollerz, you say sw*g to me one more i'll buy more scissors!
 
DYK:
...This comp was my most stressful ever?
...I had to do so much data entry?
...Mega NR was very unexpected?
...It wasn't on video, and the PLL was done terribly?
...Rob beat me to sub-1 Mega avg :(
...My last 7x7 solve had about 50s worth of lost time in pops, and without them I would have been very close to NR average?
...I did well in clock? Lolwat?
...I only managed to fit in 1 5BLD attempt, and it was actually not that far off, missed 2 items in memo though.
...I did do all of the 4BLDs, and my closest was off by a flipped UB edge. Still not sure how that ended up happening, even with the scramble.
...And nevins had the same cause of DNF on that scramble?
...I'm currently on the longest BLD DNF streak in the UK?
...I cannot be bothered to find nice FMC solutions.
...I still hate 3x3?
...Room on saturday was so small?
...Sunday pizza is good pizza?
...I managed to survive sunday on about 3 hours sleep, which is very low for me?
...Daniel really is scary at table football.
...I eat so little in comps?
...And I felt pretty bad saturday afternoon because of it?
...Even though we sent out 3 emails with the new venue, some people still went to the wrong place?
...Adam is very generous?
...We only just managed to keep to schedule?
...Although it was stressful and busy, it was still a great weekend?
...Can't wait to do it all again? (Maybe without the organising next time :b )

All in all, this comp was just really busy for me. It was a shame because I didn't really get a chance to practice for anything. Thanks to all of the people who did data entry for me at different points during the comp. Without you I think I would have burned out completely by the end of the weekend. Still looking forward to organising another though, maybe at some point later this year :)
 
DYK:
It was a shame because I didn't really get a chance to practice for anything.

You and me both... no practice for anything on Saturday cus picked on to judge so much.

DYK:

-h8 comps in cold weather
-forgot that Walk to MCd's is longest evar in world
-I unluckiest person in the world. Didnt make 2x2 2nd round by 0.30s.... then didnt make 3x3 2nd round by 0.01s....
-I got slower at mega.. and also kinda forgot how to solve it :p
-Remembered by 2nd solv PHEW
-First official 3BLD success
-Cubing whilst judging should not be allowed and is muchly disrespectful. grr.
-Timer stolen on saturday... mysteriously returned to my seat on sunday.... hm
-Hacktually wasnt terrible at pyra considering I only learned 1 week ago. 13 single.
-MultiFEIL :(
-Searching the table for a cap during multi is even more frustrating than solving. oh yoou.. hiding in front of timerrr...
-It takes me twice as long to solve 7x7 than it does 6x6... weird/awful.
-Never listenin to anyone who ses "If you can solv the puzzle you should enter event"... no longer appry. Just end up disheartened.
-Adam is streamly generous and a legend.
-Me and Dan beat supposed "pro" at darts.
-Rileyz 3:30am sozzleBLD.
-Regs a little loose.. some cubes with stickers less than 50% and was able to carry out 3 minute inspection on pyra (IF I WANTED TO).... did not... sum pepl were.
-7pm.... "Hello Nevins".... Nev: "Good Morning"
-Lawrence flat no coob zone
-I need to find more time to practice (Im sure you did kno this awredy)
-Dat is all.
 
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DYK:

-Norwegian chocolate is the best
-2 slowest solves in 3x3 final and didn't come last (some how I maed it?), 59.87 was best solve and counting 19.05
-feet went better than expected and somewhat same in 3BLD and 4BLD, screw you 5BLD (non-arex kind)
-judged first UK sub 7, gained a hug
-Breandan's 3 slices of bread = bread sandwich, genius!
-premier in parking is awful, wrestling Ollie and doing handstands maed up for it
-Rileyz till 3:30am, good move, great pool games, Dan the table football master, and sozzleBLD
-no event did I not break a PB in minus multi coz multi is pfft!
-hugging Ollie is dangerous, you end up damaging yourself before even getting the hug
-smallest competing area ever on first day
-£10 in Mcdonald's everyday is not a lot, well... for my standards, though I didn't eat for 24 hours bar the nice chocolate (1 piece)
-Simon spat on Laurence's Christmas present and it was my fault kinda.................... good! it was maffs DX
-Mollerz has a death wish....................... say no more
-6x6 I can make the cut no problem and 5x5 is a no-no, what happened was the complete opposite thanks to a 6x6 pop and Alex's 5x5, Laurence why you overlube your cube?
-Ryan I want your clock, gave me PB's and tis awesome, I'll pay £0.01 more than Dan
-all my puzzles are rubbish, tis why I'm the only one who likes them
-managed 2 NL sub 15s OH's both Friday and Sunday but none on Saturday when it mattered, DAG NABBEHT!!!

other than that its been the best comp ever, cheers to the organisers and all who helped! see you next time!
 
DYK's

it is cold in leicester atm
having people staying at yours is fun
kevin the hamster doesn't perform well under pressure
for an organiser I am not very organised
the venue on saturday was tiny
I forgot to do most of my roles on saturday
I got a bunch of pbs on saturday
we went to mcdonalds on each day of comp
we went to rileys
adam was too generous to us and the waitress
i suck at table football, but playing my gf makes me look pro
daniel on the other hand is even crazier at it than i remember
I had what felt like most of the competitors back at my flat on saturday
simon read a dictionary of maths i got for christmas and then when he was done he spat on it
simon likes my cubes
mlstrm get's tired
sunday went far smoother
i failed hard at 333, some of my oh solves were better
i have good 555 progression nov2012: 4:53 jan2013 3:08 Feb2013 2:12
dan has a good 555
We did award ceremony in UWR time
rob yau got sq1 wr
5bld sub 7s
morten was fast too
comp was great
and my sunday night was hell when i got home
can't wait to do it again.
 
I forgot to do most of my roles on saturday
I got a bunch of pbs on saturday
From my experience, the latter pretty much implies that the former is true

We did award ceremony in UWR time
No. You weren't at Irish Open. We even did medals there and it was faster

just been through my videos and found 5 errors in my results... makes me wonder how many people have an official PB that's faster than what it should be, since one of my 5x5 solves is listed as 1:34.55, but my fastest official solve is 1:36.
Fancy listing any of them so that they can be corrected?
 
DYK...

Taxi drivers do not believe you when you say 'not the Richard Attenborough centre'?
Cubing is easier on Saturdays even if you can't move in the competing area?
Waitresses are generous with table time?
There are jealous smells on Sundays?
Judging multi blind is kinda awkward when you know how many DNFs are all around you?
There are 8 move crosses in Leicester?
This cube looks remarkably similar to the last one?
Everyone I meet at cubing competitions are awesome?

Many thanks to Chris, Laurence and Dan.
 
Taxi drivers do not believe you when you say 'not the Richard Attenborough centre'?

True, true... They also don't believe you when you say "not De Montfort University" :/

Fancy listing any of them so that they can be corrected?

I thought I PMd you with them... maybe I didn't click send :3

megaminx combined first, solve 5: 1:50.97
3x3 OH final, solve 2: 32.80
5x5 combined first, solve 3: 1:38.90
3x3 second, solve 1: 14.40
5x5 final, solve 2: 1:39.55
 
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