Cincinnati Open 2008

[pcharles93]

One more day until the competition. I'll probably try to get there at 8:30 to get a lot of practice and hang around and help with setup maybe?

 

[linkmaster03]

Chillin' in the hotel. 5-6 hour drive from Michigan, little traffic jam. I'll get there probably around 8:20 and help setup.

 

[ShadenSmith]

I'm gonna get there as early as possible to help out as well. Luckily I'm only 1.5 hours away, so I don't have to leave until tomorrow. I'll see you all there!

 

[pcharles93]

I don't think Jim will need that much help setting up now that I think about it. I mean, you can only fit so many tables on that stage. The stackmats and displays shouldn't need that much manpower to set up either.

 

[linkmaster03]

I'm going to put a montage of the competition on Youtube.

 

[CAT13]

quick question, I see that in the official rulebook thing that competetors need to have an ID to identify themeselves, and I was just wondering if a school ID would do?

 

[pcharles93]

That only applies for non-US citizens who want to compete in the US. That's to prevent one person from taking all the NR's for a single country.

 

[CAT13]

ok, thanks. I didn't see that in the rulebook thing.

 

[Bryan]

That only applies for non-US citizens who want to compete in the US. That's to prevent one person from taking all the NR's for a single country.

Not necessarily. If you try to compete under the name "Barney Rubble" they could ask you for ID. Also, at Nationals they're going to check for ID's to make sure the person isn't trying to pretend to be someone else who paid their registration.

 

[CAT13]

It's over now and congrats to Eric Limeback for the 9.55 solve! I didn't get to see it because I was in the middle of a solve, but I finished at about the same time. and also for the 1:22.22 BLD solve. It was fun.

 

[linkmaster03]

Yeah congrats Eric on the nice solve! And thanks for the Magic.

Unfortunately I didn't meet Dakota or Charles...

 

[ShadenSmith]

Just got home. Wow, had lots of fun. That was my first competition, and I got a successful BLD! That was my main goal...success

 

[Harris Chan]

Oh god, Eric is catching up! Man, congrats Eric! Was it lucky?

 

[pcharles93]

It was a PLL skip. Brad, we didn't meet in person but Dakota was the guy who who was the fastest first time competitor. I would've gotten first or second first time competitor. If you bought a Magic from Eric Limeback, then I'm positive we talked. I borrowed a timer from you right before the 3x3 finals.

 

[Harris Chan]

Wow, so that tied with Ron's 9.55 from last November ;-) Congrats again, and I'm sure you guys had fun.

 

[JBCM627]

Results

Results from the Cincinnati Open are available on the website. They should be up on the WCA site soon as well.

Pictures and scrambles are also up. Congrats to everyone who competed!

 

[SD14]

i wish i could have gone but we got a flat on the way there and couldnt drive all the way to cinci on a dough nut sucks

 

[linkmaster03]

OHH you borrowed the timer from me! Yeah I remember. I knew who Dakota was but I didn't talk to him.

 

[bichettereds]

Anyone know if theres gonna be another one in Cincy this year?

 

[JBCM627]

Nothing is being planned for Cincinnati at the moment, but look for some in Lexington, Indiana(polis?), and Columbus.