Michigan May Madness 2014

[PeaceLuvCubing]

cubes i will be selling:

white 56mm gans III 3x3 $10
white dayan panshi $8
white shengshou 8x8 $50
black C4Y 3x3x4 $8
lingao clock $5
stickerless cyclone boys $5
white yj shensu 4x4 $5

I'll buy the C4Y 3x3x4

 

[Coolster01]

Yup. Once again reinforcing why I am king of the nubs.

lol, I forgot that, too. I am first, so yay. Keep in touch during Saturday so I can get the news before cubecomps!

 

[Kit Clement]

One last announcement to make after finalizing my budget sheet - the winner of the Head-to-Head tournament will win $100 in two dollar bills.

 

[Coolster01]

One last announcement to make after finalizing my budget sheet - the winner of the Head-to-Head tournament will win $100 in two dollar bills.

o.O

 

[Kit Clement]

Bracket has been posted - make your predictions before 2PM to enter the contest!

 

[Sa967St]

The livestream has started!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTK5xPlvtt8

 

[Sa967St]

Head to Head Results.

Spoiler: Results

Round 1

Thompson - 10.950
Jeremy - 26.046


Jason - 17.577
Ryan - 18.616


Michael - 15.860
Kit - 20.381


Shreyas - 13.250
Zachary - 23.720


Phillip - 13.716
Kevin - 27.272


Mason - 16.781
Stefan - DNF


Jack - 17.536
Raymond - 25.760


Blake - 10.080
Andrew - 23.901


Rami - 11.591
Drew - 21.347


Ben - 16.671
Brennan - 34.433


James - 14.089
Sebastian - 18.301


Daniel - 12.457
Hunter - 23.297


Steven - 12.024
David - DNF


Yuxuan - 18.847
Tyler - 22.775


Justin - 15.287
Mark - 20.708


Nathan - 14.482
Tyler - 24.831


Round 2


Thompson - 10.814
Jason - 18.370


Michael - 17.162
Shreyas - 13.626


Phillip - 13.011
Mason - 12.328


Blake - 13.754
Jack - 23.272


Rami - 9.410
Ben - 17.811


James - 16.728
Daniel - 12.150


Steven - 17.925
Yuxuan - 15.144


Justin - 18.520
Nathan - 15.097


Round 3


Thompson - 9.050
Michael - 17.081


Mason - 15.538
Blake - 12.276


Rami - 9.663
Daniel - 15.103


Yuxuan - 14.891
Nathan - 13.690

Round 4


Thompson - 7.192
Blake - 11.646


Rami - 11.526
Nathan - 10.315


Final Round


Thompson - 9.157
Nathan - 13.463

Winner - Thompson Clarke

 

[Coolster01]

woooo! go thompson!

 

[newtonbase]

I enjoyed watching that.

 

[steven123505]

can we has scrambles plz

 

[Yuxuibbs]

Round 3
Yuxuan - 13.690
Nathan - 14.891

Nathan won, not me (kind of obvious from round 4 results)

I want to see the scrambles for 3x3 finals

 

[kubisto]

Was a great competition. Thanks organizers! Can't wait until July.

 

[Coolster01]

Such a fun comp! Kit got this thing down now, this was so well organized!

Gotta reflect:

Goals:

2x2: sub 1.5 single, sub-10 average (.......)
3x3: sub 8.93 single again, sub 10 average
4x4: sub 45 average again, sub 38.25 single
BLD: CAN I FREAKING SUB 2 NOW
Mega: Sub 1:06 Single, Sub 1:13 Average
Square-1: Sub 20 Single, Sub 28 Average
Clock: Sub 10 single, sub 13 average

2x2: YES (TWICE), YES
3x3: NO, YES (WOOT)
4x4: YEAH, BUT DAT SINGLE STILL FAILS SO NO
BLD: NOPE, 2:01.
Mega: HOLY CRAP MY AVERAGE WAS BETTER THAN MY SINGLE GOAL SO YES YES!
Square-1: YES, YES!
Clock: NO, YES!

Only 4 "no"s out of 14 possible (usually it's 50/50). Very good day for me!

EDIT: Holy crap, my first comp without a single +2! xD

EDIT2: Accidentally took a black weisu that isnt mine. Ill send it to whoever's it is if they tell me.

 

[Kit Clement]

Scrambles: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fx2slhrsmkmv7bj/AADHIY9NeqwqjFMp3OEEq8J_a

 

[Torch]

I'll buy the clock.

Also, goals:

2x2: sub-8 average
3x3: sub-18 single, sub-20 average, make it to the second round
4x4: beat the soft cutoff
BLD: success

2x2: I actually got a sub-6 average, thank you malfunctioning timer for the 3.59 resolve
3x3: Just barely yes on the time goals, but I hugely failed in the head to head
4x4: Almost overall PB 1:07 single
BLD: Nope

Thanks to everyone for making my first competition so great! Time to convince my parents to let me come back in July...

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

Dang... this competition was so nostalgic for me. I guess this means I'm back into cubing once my tendinitis heals! Thanks to Kit for great organization and friendliness throughout the day!

 

[10461394944000]

ok

 

[Kit Clement]

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. Results have been posted, however, I have some bad news about the results to report.

In the final round of 3x3, Blake Thompson was given a repeat scramble on his fourth attempt. Unfortunately, the scrambler did not scramble in the correct orientation, making it difficult for Blake to realize it was indeed a repeat scramble. Blake went on to solve the cube in 7.33 seconds. The day after the competition, Blake reported to me himself that it was a repeat scramble, which he noticed in his video, and told me that it should be a DNF. After further review by the board and myself, we agreed. This is an unfortunate consequence for someone who was incredibly honest and did the right thing in this situation, and I don't want that act to go totally punished. For this reason, I have sent Blake a $15 gift card to the cubicle.

This was the only case of being given the wrong scramble in the 3x3 final that we are aware of, but after watching other videos, there were several instances of incorrect scrambles (did not appear on the scrambling sheet). No action will be taken against those, as determining whether a competitor gained an advantage from these is unclear, and these instances happen all the time and go unnoticed. To all future volunteers at any competiton - please be vigilant about providing the correct scrambles, as the consequences for other competitors could be very large, just as it was for Blake in this instance. We thank Blake and all other competitors for their honesty, and hope that others in similar situations will follow Blake's example in the future.

 

[Torch]

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. Results have been posted, however, I have some bad news about the results to report.

In the final round of 3x3, Blake Thompson was given a repeat scramble on his fourth attempt. Unfortunately, the scrambler did not scramble in the correct orientation, making it difficult for Blake to realize it was indeed a repeat scramble. Blake went on to solve the cube in 7.33 seconds. The day after the competition, Blake reported to me himself that it was a repeat scramble, which he noticed in his video, and told me that it should be a DNF. After further review by the board and myself, we agreed. This is an unfortunate consequence for someone who was incredibly honest and did the right thing in this situation, and I don't want that act to go totally punished. For this reason, I have sent Blake a $15 gift card to the cubicle.

This was the only case of being given the wrong scramble in the 3x3 final that we are aware of, but after watching other videos, there were several instances of incorrect scrambles (did not appear on the scrambling sheet). No action will be taken against those, as determining whether a competitor gained an advantage from these is unclear, and these instances happen all the time and go unnoticed. To all future volunteers at any competiton - please be vigilant about providing the correct scrambles, as the consequences for other competitors could be very large, just as it was for Blake in this instance. We thank Blake and all other competitors for their honesty, and hope that others in similar situations will follow Blake's example in the future.

Sorry to say something completely unrelated, but did you get my PM, Kit?

 

[Mike Hughey]

Sorry to say something completely unrelated, but did you get my PM, Kit?

You have a truly great last name for a cuber. Awesome.