Canadian Open '09

[daniel0731ex]

lol i attempted to dice stack at the afterparty but failed because the table was sticky.

 

[JustinJ]

lol i attempted to dice stack at the afterparty but failed because the table was sticky.

/because you were using cubies?

 

[daniel0731ex]

lol i attempted to dice stack at the afterparty but failed because the table was sticky.

/because you were using cubies?

i suceeded to stack cubies at home using my cup. it's just the table's problem

 

[Deleted member 4527]

The scramblers weren't familiar with square-1 and had to ask me to solve them a couple of times cuz they messed up the scramble lol it wasnt until Forte came to the rescue that everything sped up

 

[Bob]

Finally home :/

 

[Jai]

Anyone know the 5x5 winner and the fastest single and average for the event was =p

Brendon won with a 1:38 average and 1:29 single, but Derrick might have had a faster single. Derrick had a 1:21 DNF that was off by an N perm.

Being off by an N perm's pretty far off =P

He didn't realize it was off until 20-30 seconds after because of the bad light

Yep. It looked solved to the judge, Derrick, and Eric (sitting beside Derrick). It took them a while to notice.

 

[Sa967St]

more DYKs

did you know that...

- Bob has an amazing pyraminx method that works every time?
- I was trying to do my first BLD solve in the finals very carefully, but I screwed up an A perm when I suddenly heard cheering and clapping (that was when Eric got his 1:03.xx BLd solve >_>)?
- Dave had an epic 1:13.xx 3x3 solve in the finals?
- during that solve, some pieces popped out, he put them in, and when he finished F2L realized that he had a single edge flipped, he fixed it, did OLL, but then realized that he also had a single corner rotated, he fixed it, but when he was looking at his PLL, he also had to swap either 2 edges or 2 corners?
- while he was fixing it, he said "I'm not giving up!"
- Brendon had a pop during the last few moves of his PLL on a 6x6x6 solve, and he sprinted across the stage to retrieve the piece and and finish the last few moves while he was running back to the timer?
- At the restaurant, Brendon showed that his timer to Forte which showed an 11.xx and Forte said "nice solve", then Brendon pointed to his empty glass of ice tea.
- it took Forte a moment to realize that Brendon was timing how long it would take him to finish his ice tea?
- Forte discovered amazing new F2L algs?


edit: you should never eat...west?

 

[daniel0731ex]

did you know:

-that when i asked Eric what is his most priced possesion (cube), he pointed to his GF who is beside us??\
-that Peter has like, 10 cubelubes in his briefcase??
-during Dave's extremely unlucky solve, a woman sitting in front tried to pick up the piece, and the whole audiance shouted "don't touch it!" ??
-and he got the loudest appulause of the day for hat solve??
-i did not know what "NumPad notations" is, so i said random answers and ended up getting it right.
-that my magic broke 5 times during the weekend??
-i suceeded in solving the mirror blocks blindfolded, though nobody noticed??

 

[Dave Campbell]

He didn't realize it was off until 20-30 seconds after because of the bad light

Yep. It looked solved to the judge, Derrick, and Eric (sitting beside Derrick). It took them a while to notice.

No. First off, don't blame the lighting. I am a fan of Derrick, and he knows i mean nothing mean behind this, but it was the same lighting that allowed him to pair everything up in an amazing time, and get to the PLL stage at 1:21 in the first place.

It was the same lighting that let Harris hit two sub 10s in the finals. The same lighting for all the amazing times set. You can't turn around and then blame it for being the reason for one error. It was carelessness, plain and simple.

And Eric knew immediately it was wrong, that is why he asked, "What happened?". And as for the judge, they are not cubers and are more prone to assume someone like Derrick actually solved it.

It was unfortunate, but Derrick is very fast at almost all events, and one mistake hardly tarnishes an amazing performance at the competition.

 

[anderson26]

oh yes I know, thats another reason I said I wont be winning much, and looks like money wise too... grr

Derrick, don't focus so much on winning. Just come for the experience, to have a good time, see some old friends, and make some new ones. If you switch your focus to the act of enjoying the moment and not constantly worrying about how you are doing in terms of your own expectations, you might just find you surprise yourself. But if nothing else, you will have left at the end of the weekend with a smile on your face. You don't have to be the best, but you do need to enjoy yourself.

Lolzzzz!

 

[anderson26]

Alright, I'll do my first ever DYK"s.

Did you know that...
- I Got A 14.96 Single on the rubik's cube?
- I could of got sub-20 average, but I was too nervous?
- I could of had the nr single for magic, but it was a dnf?
- I really messed up on megaminx because my chinaminx popped too much?
- I'm finally getting a mefferts megaminx?
- The second scramble on pyraminx had a ll skip, making it awesome?
- I made it to the second round in 2x2, 3x3 ,and oh?
- I am already looking forward to the next canadianCubing competition?

 

[Derrick Eide17]

It looks like some people are confused about the 1:21 solve, I got to PLL before 1:21 like 1:19ish and saw I had J perm (which I guess I did) BUT I did it from the wrong part so thats why I did end up with N perm, which just so happened to be in the best U face position to make it look solved after making me stop the timer

but yeah I can't fully blame the lighting, I should have really been paying attention and making it safe when I did the J perm the first time but oh well what can you do.

Also I have one Did you know

- I suck at BLD

 

[daniel0731ex]

did you know (part 2):
-that the stokes said "Eric" Eide in stead of "Derrick" Eide at the awards??
-that Derrick won like, $500+ or something??

 

[Sa967St]

-during Dave's extremely unlucky solve, a woman sitting in front tried to pick up the piece, and the whole audiance shouted "don't touch it!" ??

that was Justin's mom
'twas actually pretty funny, everyone was completely quiet then suddenly they all shouted "don't touch it!" at the same time

-i suceeded in solving the mirror blocks blindfolded, though nobody noticed??

I noticed.

- I Got A 14.96 Single on the rubik's cube?

congrats senor French

- I'm finally getting a mefferts megaminx?

YAY! we had a bit of difficulty scrambling your chinaminx

-that the stokes said "Eric" Eide in stead of "Derrick" Eide at the awards??

I remember that btw the emcee's last name was Stokes

 

[JustinJ]

-during Dave's extremely unlucky solve, a woman sitting in front tried to pick up the piece, and the whole audiance shouted "don't touch it!" ??

that was Justin's mom

She says it wasn't.

I had to say goodbye to Forte this morning Bye again Forte!

 

[Sa967St]

-during Dave's extremely unlucky solve, a woman sitting in front tried to pick up the piece, and the whole audiance shouted "don't touch it!" ??

that was Justin's mom

She says it wasn't.

I had to say goodbye to Forte this morning Bye again Forte!

oh, then it must have been someone sitting near her. Did I mention I have bad eyesight?

bye Forte

 

[Edmund]

- The American invasion consisted of Bob winning magic?

lol, Go Bob!!

 

[masterofthebass]

I probably should've gone... Now I know not to rely on specific people.

 

[StachuK1992]

I probably should've gone... Now I know not to rely on specific people.

I really hope you're not referring to me, since it was your fault that you didn't have a car

 

[masterofthebass]

... you had nothing to do with my plans.