Connecticut Summer Open 2009

[Paul Wagner]

I'm excited. My first US comp tomorrow!

Just remember to solve all the colors, not colours. We'll DNF you for that insolence.

+1

 

[mrbiggs]

Look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.


Just got my hands on my 4x4x4 which I left at my parents house a few months ago. Now, for the practicing...

And the power went out last night so I couldn't plan the trip.

Have fun everyone...

 

[Kian]

I was, as usual, a miserable failure. The competition, however, was great! Thanks to Gavin, Bob, and other people who helped make it run smoothly and made it fun for everybody!

Oh, and if people were looking for results. Rowe came in 1st, Chris Dzoan 2nd, and John Tamanas was third. The final was very poor for everyone. I think Rowe's winning average was about 14 flat. His first round average was 11.87 though, I think. That was far and away the best 3x3 avg for anyone in the 3 rounds.

Probably the most impressive time of the day was Joey Gouly's 1:06 BLD. Also of note, Anthony Hsu became just the 29th person to solve a 4x4 BLD in competition in the world!

 

[joey]

So my first 5x5 solve was 1:50.xx
I complained to qqwref and tim ryenolds that I had done 1:50.xx three times in comp now.. and hadn't managed to get a sub-1:50 time.
My final average was 1:49.xx with a 1:39.59 single! I was really happy with the single.. cos I havn't even done sub1:40 at home!

Oh, @MikeHughey I think my bad time for BLD at UK Masters made up for now.. I got a 1:06.xx!

It was a fun day, and I met some cool people!

 

[Mike Hughey]

Probably the most impressive time of the day was Joey Gouly's 1:06 BLD. Also of note, Anthony Hsu became just the 29th person to solve a 4x4 BLD in competition in the world!

Go Joey! You've still got it! I can't wait to see you do this in person at US Nationals in a couple of weeks.

And congratulations to Anthony Hsu, too!

 

[Tim Reynolds]

Anyone find a white mefferts 4x4 with tiles, probably with 4 corners twisted (as it was after my 4x4 BLD attempt)? I seem to not have mine.

 

[waffle=ijm]

Great competition. Glad I went.
I'm just happy to make it to the second round in 3x3

 

[PCwizCube]

I had a great time. So did my friends. And for one of them it was there first competition.

Every event I competed in I got a competition record of either an average single or both (except OH). But... I still wasn't that happy, I didn't make too much improvement. 3x3 first round was depressing and 2nd round even more.... bleh Although I talked to a lot of people and saw some pretty cool solves. Again, great competition.

Sidenote:
I've filmed a lot of solves and I plan on making a montage video. The problem is, my taste of music is bad and I need a good song to put it in. Can anyway give me songs that they think are good? And make sure the song isn't that long because some people don't have a long attention span

And I always got Chris Dzoan's 16 second 3x3 OH solve on video... I'll put it into the montage video.

One last thing, I lost a black Type C DIY, standard Cubesmith stickers in very good condition. Did anyone find it? If so, please let me know, thanks.

Sounds good, I will ask around for you at the competition. If worst comes to worst, I will scream your name really loud and pray your not in the middle of a blind solve

Oh... sorry I kind of forgot about you...

 

[waffle=ijm]

WOW everyone's losing puzzles.

I'm sorry to say that I have neither your Type C nor Tim's Mefferts

 

[Feanaro]

Wow, great competition. Congrats to Anthony on the 4x4 bld! I'm glan I placed in Magic and had lots of fun!

 

[Kian]

Sidenote:
I've filmed an about an hour's worth of solves and I plan on making a montage video. The problem is, my taste of music is bad and I need a good song to put it in. Can anyway give me songs that they think are good? And make sure the song isn't that long because some people don't have a long attention span

I can't wait to see a montage! The longer the better!

I'll suggest the song "daylight" by matt and kim. it's a fun song and it's pretty quick, I think it would work well for a cube video.

 

[Feanaro]

Do something by Journey ! Yeah, the longer the better.

 

[Ethan Rosen]

Rowe Hessler wants to know if anyone happens to have his 2x2, and says he is willing to offer a reward for it.

 

[puzzlemaster]

Rowe Hessler wants to know if anyone happens to have his 2x2, and says he is willing to offer a reward for it.

O jeez.....this is terrible...

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

I'm pretty sure Kevin Flanagan's times for 5x5 are mixed up with mine, or something along those lines. His times are exactly the ones that I got.
2:09.68 2:19.88 1:59.27 2:04.06 2:09.31

 

[topballer51]

My 3x3x3 times are all screwed up.

 

[topballer51]

wait, they switched my times with the other Aarons times. How do I get That fixed?

 

[Kian]

Hmm, and my first 4x4 time was a 1:05.xx but is listed as a 1:19.40...

 

[waffle=ijm]

that's weird...all mine are ok...i think

 

[Paul Wagner]

My cousin lost his white V-cube 5x5 and we were wondering if anyone found it. Help would be greatly appreciated.