Berkeley Spring 2010: 04.25.2010

Did you know that
- I suck at running tournaments?
- I'm really sorry we had to cut Sq-1 round 1 and team BLD?
- We got screwed over on rooms? Because they didn't give us the room we requested?
- I regressed by like a year in 3x3?
- I lost my ID today?
- The entire line at Jamba Juice was filled with couples?
 
Live Results have been up all day.

Did you know...

  • ... I hacked together the live results in 20 minutes by borrowing a computer?
  • ... Ronnel is FAST?
  • ... I started off the day badly, beginning with 3 DNFs in BLD?
  • ... there were a lot of nice OH scrambles?
  • ... I failed on all of them?
  • ... the second round of 3x3x3 was the first round in about three years where I haven't used a old type A with Cubesmith tiles?
  • ... my self-modded AV awesomed, 12.10?
  • ... it was a PB but not an NR?
  • ... even Justin did faster that round (12.03 avg)?
  • ... I tried speed BLD and got close?
  • ... Takao got sub-20 for Square-1 BLD?
  • ... I got three parities on Square-1, but still NR?
  • ... it's about time?
  • ... the NR other than 3x3x3 I wanted back was 4x4x4, but my cube was terrible?
  • ... Chris Bird helped lubed it with Maru lube, and that helped, but not enough?
  • ... the Maru lube comes with the Maru 2x2x2 on popbuying?
  • ... I drank Jamba Juice twice today (cubers need fuel)?
  • ... I washed my hands a lot again?
  • ... Justin and I went head-to-head-ish in the finals.
  • ... Dan and Chris did all their final round solves after I was done?
  • ... I was so nervous I left the room and took a walk?
  • ... I came back to find out I'd broken my streak by 0.04?
  • ... that's the second competition I've placed 2nd this weekend?
  • ... that's okay?
  • ... this was also the second competition this weekend with a few leftover prizes, and I was again too slow to grab the prize I wanted?
  • ... that's not okay? :p
  • ... Justin Adsuara didn't place, but got a 13.37 average?
  • ... Shelley and I still have it for Team BLD; we tried a solve at the end of dinner and got 42.27?
 
Did you know pt 2
- I continued my streak of tournaments in which I get a PB in some event? And that that streak started with my very first tournament? I think people could bet on when that streak will stop.
- I have finally switched 4x4 methods?
- Joshua Adsuara is the new Cutie #2, but we ran out of certificates so we couldn't complete the set?
- Stephanie can't spell Justin's last name?
- I was hoping for more drama in finals with the MGLS cubers going head to head, and the Dzoan brothers doing head to head, but it didn't really work out?
 
Edward, you beat my pyra average by a hundreth of a second! :(
I've got to train harder to get it back. At least I tied your single this weekend.

EDIT*

Arg! I didn't realize Ryan Jew beat my pyraminx average too! I've got a lot of work to do.
 
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Did you know:

That I set new comp pb's in everything but 4x4?
That I got a PLL skip in OH?
That I got the same G-perm 3 solves in a row and failed recog. each time?
That a qj 5x5 explodes... a lot?
That the Games of Berkley store sells V-Cubes in the cool new box?
And I bought a 5x5?
and the V-Cube makes me feel a lot better than the qj? =)
 
Did you know:
-Edward and I were the last two who had to do pyraminx?
-I had gotten 4th place 3 times, 3rd place once, 2nd place once, but I never won?
-I ended up winning, and I got a domino as a bonus?
-Now I have 3 dominoes?
-They took me to another room for one of my megaminx solves?
-It doesn't feel right doing an official solve in a silent room?
-I didn't think I was very good, but I got 3rd in megaminx?
-My friend had to use a different megaminx, since the scramblers kept popping his Meffert's?
-They were fine (i think) with my Chinaminx?
-I sold my QJ 5x5, and it exploded within minutes?
-I did okay at OH, but I missed the finals by one spot?
-I got 5th at Sq-1 yet again?
-I got a 17.88 average for 3x3, which is amazing for me, even at home?
-Then I got a 17.83 in the 2nd round, and I was really happy?
-I brought a lot of puzzles to trade, but I still had an amazingly heavy bag at the end of the competition?
-I can't wait for Stanford?
 
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Ryanrex116 said:
Did you know:
-Edward and I were the last two who had to do pyraminx?
-I had gotten 4th place 3 times, 3rd place once, 2nd place once, but I never won?
-I ended up winning, and I got a domino as a bonus?
-Now I have 3 dominoes?
-They took me to another room for one of my megaminx solves?
-It doesn't feel right doing an official solve in a silent room?
-I didn't think I was very good, but I got 3rd in megaminx?
-My friend had to use a different megaminx, since the scramblers kept popping his Meffert's?
-They were fine (i think) with my Chinaminx?
-I sold my QJ 5x5, and it exploded within minutes?
-I did okay at OH, but I missed the finals by one spot?
-I got 5th at Sq-1 yet again?
-I got a 17.88 average for 3x3, which is amazing for me, even at home?
-Then I got a 17.83 in the 2nd round, and I was really happy?
-I brought a lot of puzzles to trade, but I still had an amazingly heavy bag at the end of the competition?
-I can't wait for Stanford?
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Did you know that that megaminx popped during scramble, then popped when I was solving it to start the scramble over again?
Did you know that you shouldn't loosen a meffert's megaminx?
 
Did you know...

- I couldn't use my pink girly blindfold for my first solve because Brett borrowed it, leaving me to awkwardly throw my fleece jacket over my head?
- Dan Dzoan's blindfold is pinker and girlier than mine?
- Speaking of pink, Darren Kwong Day was a huge success?
- Ronnel won the Darren Kwong award even though he wasn't wearing a pink shirt?
- 1:53 should not be a winning BLD time?
- Chris Dzoan and I forgot to do our customary certificate trade after the competition?
- You shouldn't write scorecards with highlighters?
- Chalk is even worse?
- What's wrong with you?
- That one megaminx popped and had to be re-solved twice during the first scramble. Luckily its owner didn't get to do the full average of five. Does anyone know a good way to determine the proper orientation of popped pieces on a scrambled megaminx that's faster than just solving the whole thing?
- I started out the day well with the best competition average I've ever done (not a single solve over 17), but then sucked it up second round due to the Attack of the N-perms?
- The Northern California market has been saturated with mini-C's?
- Contact! 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!
 
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DavidWoner said:
J-FLY SO HIGH

17.78 OH avg in the finals. Congrats!
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Thanks!

Did you know...
... Chris got a sub 10 non-lucky (two handed), which means that I owe him dinner?
... 4 of Chris's solves in his final round 18.25 oh ave were R perms?
... That is if they had been U perms, he probably would have set WR?
... I was the one scrambling and popping that Mefferts megaminx?
... The chinaminx was WAY better than it?
... I won a pink scarf?
... Nobody made Dan give a speech when he graduated?
... If I don't go back to studying, I may not graduate?
 
Hot damn, how are j-fly and Chris so fast without using the pinky flick? The consensus in Europe is that the pinky flick is definitely faster (except, and even then maybe, for RU' for a lefty), and that index flick can be awesome, even though most people still only use index push.
 
macky said:
Hot damn, how are j-fly and Chris so fast without using the pinky flick?
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But I do use the pinky flick! I switched after meeting Brian Loftus at US Nationals 2008.

macky said:
The consensus in Europe is that the pinky flick is definitely faster (except, and even then maybe, for RU' for a lefty), and that index flick can be awesome, even though most people still only use index push.
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How could you do R U' with a pinky flick left handed? That sounds impossible.

As for Chris, he's just fast. Here's more proof that pinky push apparently isn't all that bad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JHBK8GxaiY
 
Did you know?

-I did terrible?
-I suck anyway?
-People thought my cubes were the loosest ever?
-In one of the class rooms used for the events "Butt secks is bestt" was written on the chalkboard?
-That I'm 12?
 
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