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Chicago Open 2010

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I got to judge the last three solves of Dan's 5x5x5 WR average?
Watching Dan do 5x5x5 is fun: it seems like he just looks at it hard, and the cube gets so scared it just starts solving itself? (It appears he stole the power from Frank Morris. :))
We actually knew Dan had already broken the WR even before he did his last solve, but we knew he didn't want to know, so we didn't tell him?
It's a good thing, since it really wouldn't have broken the WR because of the Taiwan results?
Shaden needs to practice a bit on his BLD water bottle mastery?
I got some hugs and some "heys"?
Shaden's aunt was an amazingly kind and gracious host?
My first 5x5x5 BLD solve (16:53) was almost a disaster when I got lost doing the corners, but I spent about a minute figuring them out and managed to get it anyway?
My second 5x5x5 BLD solve was fast enough for a WR (15:05), but I made one setup move turn wrong?
My second 4x4x4 BLD solve (8:21) was off by just corner parity; I had memorized that it had parity, but I just simply forgot to do it?
I still have never won a 3x3x3 BLD event, and this is the third time I've lost by only 6 seconds?
Watching Chester turn the cube makes me feel completely incompetent?
I got a 1:3x team BLD solve on my first timed attempt, thanks to Chester calling by just saying the moves?
Justin Jaffray got a 40 second solve on his second try with Chester calling?
Chester can call moves amazingly fast?
I can actually finally do M2 H perms with the Haiyan cube I won yesterday?
I really missed having my family with me?
A few other people there told me they also missed my family?
I can't wait to host the Indiana competition in 3 weeks?
 
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My 2x2 got stolen by a little kid that I had my eye on until the last 10-20 mins
I got a QJ 4x4 and will be getting a Taiyan in the mail from ispinz
I solved my first real 5x5
I achieved my goal of being sub 40 at the comp (although the nervousness ot the better of me and gave me a bad first solve :/)
I solved 10 of 12 edges on a 7x7 before getting stuck.
I got through the day on 3 hours of sleep
 
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My 2x2 got stolen by a little kid that I had my eye on until the last 10-20 mins

Sorry to hear that.... That kid did look suspicious though...

Which little kid? How did he look...

Short, brown hair, ~7-8 years old.

I think it was a white ES 2x2.
his description is pretty good, was with his dad or something, it was just a standard Japanese(Magenta instead of orange?) color scheme white ES 2x2. He'd pop by every 5-10 mins asking one of the people at the table to solve it for him. lighter tan skin tone, I want to say at least 3'6"-4' tall.
 
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