Annoying fails?

Once I was doing 4x4 in the car and it was gonna be a sub 1:30 Ao5 (my first EVER) But then on my second to last solve I SNEEZED! AKJFHEJTGWEOUHRJBNW,HugrkjtehGRE UKVJYG! I already had a bad ish solve so that just ****** it up!
 
Ao5 yesterday:
1. 9.46
2. 9.83
3. 8.47 (ok lets go I can do this!)
4. 14.55 (ok thats alright, this isnt counting)
5. 16.72 (wtfomg!!!)
Wtf sup 11 with 2 9s and an 8 I couldnt have failed harder
 
I average 1 min and I almost had a 30 sec time that a messed up by forgetting a CCW edge cycle *facepalms* It was a 45 sec time. BUT STILL A PB :D

Full OLL skip
 
This solve:

11.95
scramble: F2 D2 F2 U R2 F2 D' B2 U2 B2 L2 F L B U' L' B2 F' R2 F L2 U
inspection: z2 y2
cross: F L F2 R'
1st pair: R U R' y' U R U' R'
2nd pair: L U2 L2 U' L
3rd pair: y R U R2 U' R
4th pair: U' R' F R F' U R U' R'
OLL: skip
PLL: U2 y' x R' U R' D2 2-second lockup R U' R' D2 R2

I started the A-perm around 8.7ish, this could easily have been my first sub-10. This is why I have a love-hate relationship with my Gans 356... so much smoother than my Weilong but lockups like this just kill me.
 
This solve:

11.95
scramble: F2 D2 F2 U R2 F2 D' B2 U2 B2 L2 F L B U' L' B2 F' R2 F L2 U
inspection: z2 y2
cross: F L F2 R'
1st pair: R U R' y' U R U' R'
2nd pair: L U2 L2 U' L
3rd pair: y R U R2 U' R
4th pair: U' R' F R F' U R U' R'
OLL: skip
PLL: U2 y' x R' U R' D2 2-second lockup R U' R' D2 R2

I started the A-perm around 8.7ish, this could easily have been my first sub-10. This is why I have a love-hate relationship with my Gans 356... so much smoother than my Weilong but lockups like this just kill me.

mod it!
 
At Philips Exeter, I DNFed last solve of 3x3 and of 2x2. SAME ******* TIMER TOO!

I hate PRO timers soo much. We need more gen 2s in this world. Not Glow timers, because those take like 20s to start.
 
This is going to be split up into a few categories:

Pyraminx podium fails:
3rd in first round, 6th in finals at Starlight 2014.
4th at Red Cross 2014.
4th at Yale Spring 2014.

Making next round fails:
41st in 3x3 first round at Princeton Winter 2014 - top 40 make round 2.
17th in 3x3 second round at Norwich 2015 - top 16 make finals; Tim Wong left early though, so I still got a spot. :)
2:00.09 5x5 solve at Norwich 2015 - cutoff was 2:00.

Other fails:
3 BLD DNFs at 2 different comps.
Getting last of the non-DNFers in OH at Starlight 2014.
3/7 MBLD total fail (at home; PB is a 4/4 and I've gotten 5/6).
 
This is going to be split up into a few categories:

Pyraminx podium fails:
3rd in first round, 6th in finals at Starlight 2014.
4th at Red Cross 2014.
4th at Yale Spring 2014.

Making next round fails:
41st in 3x3 first round at Princeton Winter 2014 - top 40 make round 2.
17th in 3x3 second round at Norwich 2015 - top 16 make finals; Tim Wong left early though, so I still got a spot. :)
2:00.09 5x5 solve at Norwich 2015 - cutoff was 2:00.

Other fails:
3 BLD DNFs at 2 different comps.
Getting last of the non-DNFers in OH at Starlight 2014.
3/7 MBLD total fail (at home; PB is a 4/4 and I've gotten 5/6).

On the other hand, you seem to be the fastest 5x5 solver in the world without an official average, so you do have that to brag about :P
 
At Music City 2015, I would've had a sub 20 average if I hadn't gotten a 36. That 36 would've been a sub 20 if I hadn't messed up a U perm. Ikr.

At Atlanta Open 2015, I would've made finals if I didn't get a DNF average.

I would've made 2x2 finals if they didn't reduce 20 finalists to 15 finalists. Even then, I made 18 place -_-
 
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Dropping your cube mid-solve. Especially in 2x2.

Pyra at Atlanta Open 2015, had a 4.xx DNF because I sledgehammered the wrong way. Gave me a counting 13 which bumped my average from 6.xx to 9.xx.
 
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Music City Speedsolving:

13.52 average for 1st round of 3x3 when I average in the 10's. Every competition I've been to, my 1st round 3x3 results have been significantly worse than what I usually average.

Missed Pyraminx podium by .4. But 1-4 were only .7 apart, so I don't feel too bad.

My sub-9 single fail (see my thread for video).
 
Have to say, DNF average in nats semifinals is definitely my #1 ;_;

12.37 average in first round at Slow n' Steady is up there. Counting 15 (was a +2). My second worst average at that competition was 9.08. In fact, my worst solve for the rest of the competition was 10.07. Not too upset since I did well after that fail.

Also had a round of 2x2 at nats with counting solves: 2.01, 2.10, 4.something -_-
 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_03Y7zMEs9OVzhnVndhSDhfcDA
2x2 R1 1 Lawrence Open 2014- DNF(19.56)
(My dad was wrong; the timer did work. The display didn't work. Nor did my brain for some reason. I kept doing the same thing over and over.)
I remained calm, got super lucky, and somehow ended up with my comp best 5.15 average with a counting 3.99 (that was actually 3.94 but the judge messed up the 4 and I didn't notice) and ended up in 8th place for the first round.
 
At Music City 2015, I would've had a sub 20 average if I hadn't gotten a 36. That 36 would've been a sub 20 if I hadn't messed up a U perm. Ikr.

At Atlanta Open 2015, I would've made finals if I didn't get a DNF average.

I would've made 2x2 finals if they didn't reduce 20 finalists to 15 finalists. Even then, I made 18 place -_-

lolno, they had to cut off the number of finalists.

Anyway, at Music City 2015, my 6x6's stickers were so bad that I had to go running around for someone else's 6x6.
And then I missed cutoff by 1.14 seconds ;-;
I also had 2 +2s in Pyra (10 and 12), and a 12 single when I globally averaged 7.

4x4 at Atlanta Open
Clock at US Nats 2015

Twice today I was doing OH, and I accidentally did 2H ;-;
 
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