Bristol Spring 2010

[chrisness]

I remember talking to you about your old 4x4 NR
and saying "I dont think your getting that back..."

well you kind of did

Yeh I was delighted with both my 4x4 averages, and for finally getting a nice single. I think these are the times I should of got at French Open/UK Masters last year, when I was still practicing 4x4 loads

Congrats again to Simon for his square-1 single and nice averages too. I have everything on video, and I'll send them to him today, so maybe you will watch the WR soon!

 

[MichaelErskine]

I'm so tired: I arrived home at 4:15am and the journey mileage odometer reads almost exactly 666 miles! I'm waiting for the hire car to be collected before I can go back to bed for some more nightmares!

 

[TMOY]

DAMN YOU 4x4x4 BLD! Why does success continue to elude me?

Last 3 attempts in competition were
1) 2 corners out, 2) 2 edges out, 3) 2 centres out

Just go straight to 5bld. You can beat 40 mins

Trying 5^3BLD will not automatically give you a success in 4^3BLD (for me, first one off by 7 pieces, second one off by 2 edges because of a stupid memo error )

But yes, I agree that 40 minutes for 5^"BLD is slow

 

[Escher]

I'm so tired: I arrived home at 4:15am and the journey mileage odometer reads almost exactly 666 miles! I'm waiting for the hire car to be collected before I can go back to bed for some more nightmares!

Jesus Michael!
We should do/get something nice for you, because that's insane!

Thanks for the lifts though...

 

[kinch2002]

I guess it's time to start with the DYKs.

Did you know...
- I love cubing competitions!
- Charlie is my hero for organising these comps! Actually maybe that should be heroine. Michael gets a semi-hero status for his help too
- As usual, everyone made the weekend so special
- Rowan finally didn't totally fail at 2x2
- Jude finally got the NR he was after...and then got another the next day!
- Charlie came so close to getting the pyra single NR back. This list is...interesting

Spoiler

Pyraminx United Kingdom 100 Results

Rank Person Result Citizen of Competition
1 Daniel Sheppard 5.77 United Kingdom Benelux Open 2010
2 Charlie Cooper 5.83 United Kingdom Dutch Open 2008
3 Charlie Cooper 5.86 United Kingdom Bristol Spring 2010
4 Charlie Cooper 5.94 United Kingdom Bristol Open 2009
5 Charlie Cooper 6.08 United Kingdom Bristol Open 2009
6 Charlie Cooper 6.27 United Kingdom French Open 2009
7 Charlie Cooper 6.29 United Kingdom Euro 2008
8 Charlie Cooper 6.65 United Kingdom Dutch Open 2009
9 Charlie Cooper 6.66 United Kingdom World Championship 2009
10 Charlie Cooper 6.71 United Kingdom Bristol Open 2009

- Yay! WR for Simon!
- Joey predicted the WR after scrambling it
- The full moon hostel is not particularly nice
- I lost my stackmat, so if anyone has it please can they let me know - my name is scratched onto the back
- I had my best moment in cubing ever - when I took off the blindfold after 5x5x5bld
- People thought I had failed because I left 2 wings unsolved while I did midges. Of course I was just leaving the parity until the end
- I messed up the parity alg in 4bld and my first 5bld
- I now believe Sam when he says that he can't come to England without his laptop
- Edouard is a pretty cool dude
- Kolos is very strange...in a good way
- Jude lent me his 4x4x4 for bld and speed, and Thom lent me his 6x6x6 too. Thanks guys!
- I tried OHbld on my 3rd attempt but forgot to do edge orientation - oops!
- There were 12 different UK records broken (if I counted correctly)
- The weirdest result of the weekend was surely Chris Ness' 15.08 OH
- Charlie was (slightly worryingly) addicted to collecting McDonald's monopoly things

 

[Escher]

dyk?:

- Rob Yau's PLL skip 6.0x while we were racing was awesome
- Erik doesn't get applause. Except when he gets an 11, where everybody does it sarcastically.
- I don't bother with pretending to kiss people
- Clocks going back really ****s up the TV schedule
- All programmes become boring eventually
- Charlie, Lars and Michael are an awesome organisational team
- KOLOS
- Jude finally didn't have a disaster of a competition, and his multi NR made me happy
- livid
- Chris Ness is a beast, even when he hasn't practiced since September...
- Simon is literally amazing to watch at SQ-1, and his O-perm makes me go weak at the knees.
- I got about 15 8s on Saturday, and 2 on Sunday. Maybe I shouldn't burn myself out...
- I am hungry for beer most of the time
- The standard at that competition in every event was mental.
- I like cubing again
- While judging I saw Simon's PLL skip before he started a 6 move OLL. My loud gasp probably put him off a bit xD
- Richard's 9 made him so happy
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING
- I am Simon's personal scrambler and judge
- Edouard is a cool guy
- No brawl in McDonalds this time, unfortunately
- Oliver is the life and soul of every competition
- I want another one next week!
- Everybody is awesome
- Getting 2x2 NR felt good
- I got frustratingly close to a sub 12 average...
- 2nd rounds of events are good for me.
- Congrats to everybody for the amazing results at the competition, there are too many to describe.

 

[Olivér Perge]

Did you know, that:

- I achived my goals: I had 100% fun.
- I went to England without an umbrella or a jacket. Bad move...
- we had a Lars sign made for him while waiting at the airport.
- Bence cannot do a single PLL sub-2, but he can do a sub-12 average officially?
- my new sleeping schedule is not working for competitions: I'm going to sleep before midnight...
- the competition was awesome, obviously.
- Charlie, Lars and Michael did an amazing job again.
- James is my hero!
- I am so happy for Simon, it was really good to see him doing the WR and reactions afterwards.
- Edouard still rocks!
- not just in cubing.
- Bence missed 4/4 multi by an M2...
- Milán missed a NR average by an M2...
- he had 2 non lucky sub10s in the final, and his DNF was around 11.5...
- Erik finally competed in the UK!
- I jesus'd up 3x3x3 again!
- Blö!
- I love you all!

Totally shattered the old WR!

Really, that's all you can say? (If it was a joke, a smile would have done it...)

is Olivér jesusin' up?

You know he is.

- Clocks going back really ****s up the TV schedule

And sub-10 averages...

- Oliver is the life and soul of every competition

You guys are family!

 

[MichaelErskine]

I'm so tired: I arrived home at 4:15am and the journey mileage odometer reads almost exactly 666 miles! I'm waiting for the hire car to be collected before I can go back to bed for some more nightmares!

Jesus Michael!
We should do/get something nice for you, because that's insane!

Thanks for the lifts though...

I'm awake again! After I dropped AndyT off at 2am somewhere near Wigan I had the second of the Red Bull shots that Charlie gave me but by the time I was heading over the Pennines on the M62 I was starting to drift off and see things! I pulled into a service to shut my eyes for a bit but dreamed I was still driving but unable to wake up and trying to hammer the brake pedal with my foot but the car wouldn't stop. Then I woke up screaming and continued the drive home. When I was on the last stretch home I could see the mileometer roll onto "666" miles - I was tempted to abandon the vehicle and walk the last few hundred yards so it didn't go onto "666.1" but that was just too much to face as I'd just have to wake up earlier to walk back and get the car eventually anyway!

Its now about 4:30pm and they still haven't come to collect the car!

 

[James Ludlow]

Did you know -

Simon got the WR....finally. Well done that man?
Richard went sub10, shortly after I asked if he was sub 15 yet, and he replied not quite?
Erik's 10.06 wasn't anything special?
Bence's multiBLD, I felt for him?
Jude, Daniel and Sebastien are beast. Really?
Kolos(without H but with I'm told) is P-I-M-P?
Erik's hair smells nice?
I suck at Magic's?
Brett almost got a sub25 NL using LBL method?
And almost a sup25 2x2.
Daniel Mucklow starts with orange cross?
And is beast at Megaminx?
So is Chris?
A "Coghilled" U perm cost me my 7x7 mean?
I inadvertantly invented a new Pyra method - 3/5 Last layer skip method?
My second 6x6 was PB. EVER - by over ten secs?
The avg was also PB by nearly 10 secs too?
I missed out on OH avg by 0.75secs?
I got a counting 21 in the final?
The avg was my second best ever?
I was using a cube I had only taken out the box about 5mins before in the first round of 3x3?
Leon should have a national record in magic - he practised till his fingers bled - literally?
Jesus has a beautiful clock?
Rowan - at last!?
I alone made AndyTs journey profitable?
Thom S has an amazing Gigaminx?
Thom P doesn't have his cast anymore?
Thom B owns Roux?
And uses the best OH technique?
Too many Thom's?
Francois's SQ1 is a lot looser than I expected?
Sebastien's 4x4 is stunning?
Michael is a sharp dressed man? (a bit cryptic this one).
and....
Charlie shares her name with my child which is due in September. Coincidence?

 

[chrisness]

- The weirdest result of the weekend was surely Chris Ness' 15.08 OH

Yeh it was a bit of a joke, but it wasn't THAT crazy. I average mid to high twenties, and anyone who watched my solves knows that my PLL is awful compared to the rest of the solve, so all I needed was a nice F2L and PLL skip to get sub 20. Having said that, it is my pb by ~3 seconds.

Did you know?

-Charlie and the gang did an awesome job yet again
-Kris deserves a big thanks for letting his flat be taken over by cubers
-Watching Simon's solves has inspired me to start practicing square-1
-Rowan is "pretty' fast and finally got a nice 2x2 average and is well on his way to sub12 (hopefully sub11) 3x3 average
-I insulted him by asking it he'd ever had a sub12 avg 5 at home. It was a joke
-He also pushed me out of the 3x3 top 100
-Joey got a nice 3x3 average and now we are next to each other in the rankings
-What method and cube Erik uses? If you message him on facebook he'll be happy to reply He can also tell you the best time to switch to full PLL
-Oliver is hilarious
-The standard of blind was awesome
-Fisher cube kept us up till 3am, and that's still the earliest Jude's ever gone to bed
-Rob is as amazing as ever and got a 38.xx the first time he solved my 4x4
-He got a 6.06 PLL skip right before the final
-Joey and I can't get sub 50 on 4x4 to save ourselves
-Thom is fast becoming one of my favourite 4x4 solvers
-We all missed Breandan and his hair
-It was cool to see everyone again and meet lots of new people too!

 

[scotzbhoy]

Did you know...
-I appear to have a reputation for popping/dropping cubes?
-Mucklow is a megaminx legend?
-Simon could well have cried after his sq-1 WR?
-James buys way too many cubes?
-F2s are amazing but apparently get dropped a lot?
-I forgot a sq-1 parity alg which cost me a place in the sq-1 final?
-This was the first time Celtic have won on a weekend when I've been to a competition?
-The reaction to Jude & Dan's multi-BLDs and Dan's 5x5 BLD was just beautiful?
-Kolos is one of the funniest people ever?
-We missed AVG (and his duck shower cap)?
-The 007 hostel sucks?
-On the wa back we stopped at a burger king which had RUN OUT OF BURGERS??
-Charlie is seriously awesome for organising this?
-Michael is awesome for helping, and for his beard?
-Lars is awesome for helping as well, and because his name forms the start of the surname of the legendary Henrik Larsson?

 

[amostay2004]

Grats to Robert Yau for his sub-11 average! And Erik's 10.49 too

 

[Brettludlow]

Did You Know?

- I put Daves Insanity Sauce in my eye
- Me and James sold out Spar of Rockstar Energy.
- I had 8 PLL skips
- 2 OLL skips
- 1 LL skip
- None of which were officially timed
- F
- M
- L
- James fails at magic
- I fail at 2x2
- I got a 25.xx 3x3 single with LBL
- but a 22.xx 2x2 :S
- Coghill is pop master
- Mucklow is megaminx master
- Oliver lost his clock WR D:
- But Simon gain his Square-1 WR
- Kolos is so funny
- HELL YEAH !
- Michaels beard
- Erik has a 2x2 and a ****ing 2x2
- Slept in a car for about 2 hours
- Worst place to sleep ever
- Apart from 007
- Egg McMuffins are very unhealthy
- I overheard a guy in Mcdonalds saying how he got mugged by a prostitute the night before
- Brilliant Comp by Charlie
- Again

More to come once i remember

 

[CharlieCooper]

Did you knows to come from Charlie, Joey and Thom but we are still doing stuff that we might want to include.

Thanks for all the "thank you" comments to everybody, but also a great big thanks to Michael and Lars, couldn't do it without them (at least without having a stress-induced heart attack).

 

[andyt1992]

Did you know:
- Charlie lars and michael are great organisers.
- michael is the most genuine nice guy ever - thanks for the lift!
- erik should just get one big platinum medal just for being called erik
- I am a ninja according to kolos "dayyym"
- the security guard in mcdonalds was a woman and built like a mountain
- I should of competed
- FII's explode... a lot!
- I need to learn bld
- clock scrambles are confusing to look at - well done James
- sq-1 is a "cool" puzzle
- I suck at cubing

Thanks everyone that made it happen and run so smoothly. Thanks for accomodation and lifts home. Just thanks

 

[Olivér Perge]

Did you know that:

- Rowan is amazing in 2x2x2... officially too...
- James lost his beard
- we made a fake picture with Lars of my clock WR... ohhmmm... it's not a WR anymore...
- well Bristol gave it, Bristol took it
- I lost magic WR by 0.01 and clock by 0.03, I'm not good at keeping WRs
- Bence skipped the official 12.xy average and went from 13.xy straight to 11.xy
- we missed Breandan a lot
- it was great to meet Kolos in abroad
- McDonald's is still decent
- I did the last two moves of the A perm backwards in 6x6x6 and didn't even noticed: DNF
- beer makes me tired... (sorry Doudou)
- Edouard is the best judge ever for clock: he picked my clock, laid it down on the table and when I told him that it moves the pins he asked: Is that important?
- Blö!
- "rice bag" is still confortable
- Jude doesn't know how to use the shower...
- but at least he had some blindfolded success
- I still love you all!

P.S. - Everyone can learn to scramble the clock from here.

 

[Rick73]

Hi everyone, thanks for a great weekend!

At the request of Joey and for all those who are interested, here is the scramble for my lucky 9.47 and my solution:

R2 B L2 B2 D2 L2 F U2 B U B L2 D R' U' F R U' R

Solution (green cross):

x' y2 R2 F L D' L2 D' (cross) U' R U R2 U' R U2 y' L' U L U2 R U' R' U2 y R U2 R' U' R U R' (F2L) U R U R' U' R' F R2 U R' U' F' (40)

 

[sutty17]

Did you know:

-I am very grateful to Charlie, Lars and Michael for yet another AWESOME competition?
-I got my sub-20 3x3x3 average?
-And a 17.63 single?
-I missed out on magic NR due to 2 rubbish solves?
-And didn't fail at OH?
-I now suck at pyraminx?
-Simon is awesome at square-1?
-James should not retire from master magic until he has the NR?
-Mucklow is awesome at megaminx?
-Leon owns magic?
-My new FII and mini QJ are amazing?
-I am already looking forward to Charlie's next comp?
-I am apparently bad luck as a judge?
-James buys too many cubes?
-The Apple is awesome, but the lighting isn't ideal for cubing?
-Unless you have an electronic cube?
-We saved a lot of money on pizza?
-I can't think of anything else to put on here right now?

 

[r_517]

- I now believe Sam when he says that he can't come to England without his laptop

U get it!

- Edouard is a pretty cool dude

YEEEEEEEEEES! "djude"!

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Totally shattered the old WR!

Really, that's all you can say? (If it was a joke, a smile would have done it...)

I'm sorry if it offended you in any way. Now I can imagine that when your WR gets broken by such a small margin it feels bad. Sorry about that.

You better take it back then