Cincinnati Open 2008

[JBCM627]

yep, remind me at the competition

 

[pcharles93]

Ok, if I can find you. How long is our lunch break? I can meet up with everyone if it's an hour or so.

 

[ShadenSmith]

wow, a lot of posts in here since I last checked it!

Shaden, I also have an eastsheen 5x5, standard color scheme I can offer in addition to Mike's. Stickers are a bit worn, but it still works well.

PCharles, I think my dad will actually be there and take a few pictures (and possibly videos). I'll put any pictures/videos/materials from the competition online along with results within a week or so after the competition.

If anyone else has pictures or plans on taking videos, I'll be happy to link to those or post those as well!

That would be excellent, thank you very much!! If you can, keep an eye out for me and try and meet me in the morning, I'll look for you as well. Thank you

 

[JBCM627]

I'll be sitting at the scramble table most of the day, so I'll be easy to find

 

[linkmaster03]

I'll almost definitely be getting pictures. I could email them to you that night as well.

 

[ShadenSmith]

JBCM, what is your real name? I'll use that to find you.

 

[linkmaster03]

If you click on his WCA profile, he is Jim Mertens, the WCA delegate.

 

[pcharles93]

What's the qualifying time for 3x3?

 

[linkmaster03]

You are allowed in the competition if you can solve a cube under 10 minutes.

 

[pcharles93]

I'm talking about the prelims, what's the the qualifying time to advance to the finals?

 

[JBCM627]

TBD based on time. If we are rushed, we may take as few as 8, but I am hoping everyone will be able to go twice

 

[linkmaster03]

Yay, 10 more days! Can't wait. I was wondering if I can use my cube even though it has some rips in the corners of the stickers. I ordered Cubesmith tiles in April but they haven't come yet due to a shipping error and stuff.

 

[JBCM627]

I'll have some extra stickers if yours are too bad. Tyson gave me a bunch at EPGY 08 cause mine were so bad

Only if you really need them though, cause I don't have too many...

 

[linkmaster03]

Mine aren't horrible, but they are a bit ripped. The regulations say things about the stickers being uniform without any "markings", so I was wondering about this:

 

[JBCM627]

These will be fine. The markings regulation I believe primarily tries to deter references to the color on other sides of a piece; as in, if you had an orange/green edge, and could tell that one side of it was orange by looking at only the green side.

These look pretty uniform and unintentional, so unless you seriously attempt to memorize individual chips on each sticker, I think its fine

 

[pcharles93]

Only one more week, I'm so excited. I've even picked out an outfit and everything. I just need to find a spare backpack for my puzzles and what not. I also need to access my funds and get the money needed.

 

[linkmaster03]

Haha picked out an outfit. Nice. I'll just bring 5 puzzles probably. 2x2, 2 3x3s (one to warm up with), 4x4, and Pyraminx to play with in the hotel. I'm Brad, for those who missed that.

 

[pcharles93]

What do you guys average? I just want to know what I'm up against when it comes time for the competition. I average 22-23. If I'm lucky I can get an average of 21. I plan on doing all slow solves to get consistent times in the prelims. But, in the finals, I will unleash my inner speed demon. My look ahead won't be completely useless then, so there will probably be half a second difference between my two averages.

5x5 will be completely different. That's just for fun.

Post your "battle" plans if you thought of it as much as I did.
You should know what I'm talking about Shaden.

 

[linkmaster03]

I average like, 40 on 3x3, 15ish on 2x2, 4 minutes on 4x4 (lol).

 

[ShadenSmith]

hahaha...My battle plans are to warm up as much as possible, look ahead, and most importantly, have fun