Cubing FML

So today was the first day of the U.S. Nationals. It felt weird because they did the 3x3 first round today, even though today was supposed to be mainly qualification rounds. I just shrugged it off. I've been practicing a lot, and I wasn't too surprised at my first solve being 11.34. However, I was surprised when it was followed by another 3 11's and a 10. I was so surprised, and I actually won the first round.

I thought it was a fluke, but I also won the second round with an average of 11.71. After this, I wasn't as surprised that I also won the finals with an 11.06 average! Just when things couldn't possibly get any better...

I wake up.
 
Yesterday, I was cubing kinda fast with my crappy storebought, then someone threw a tennis ball at me, making me drop my cube on the concrete floor and sending it splintering into what... 21 pieces? i told him to pay me but I got a **** OFF! fmcl
 
I'd forgotten about this thread:
Right, I've been sitting there for about 2 or 3 hours, trying to record a sub 12 avg of 12 on vid. I start getting pretty close, one or two 12.0x averages.
Suddenly, I get a 9.72 non lucky with a mistake at the end, right after an 11. I think "awesome", and carry on. After, another 11, so it's going well.
The cross on the next solve aint too bad, f2l is as fast as normal and I get a good OLL (wide sune from BR), I get a PLL skip and slam the cube down @ 9.74s.
Shame I forgot to AUF.
FMCL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQepfe37mXQ

If I hadn't made both of those mistakes I would definitely have had a 10.xx avg of 5 on tape...
 
Today, I wasted over 3 hours doing FMC solves. Not one good solution. I DNFed everything that didn't look like it can be sub-30, then finally I just completed one with ZZ for fun and got 44.
FMCL? That means Fewest moves cubing - lucky. This is not FMCL. This is DNF.
 
Today, I was at a cube meet, doing some team solving. We wanted to get a good solve on video, but weren't doing so well. After several bad solves, we had one solve that was going well, and the last F2L slot case was a WV case that we both happen to know. Right before we finished the alg, the camera batteries died. All that was left was a U2. We had an LL skip, but we don't have video evidence. FMCL.


^ true story, and idk if I should upload the video or not since it only has the first 30 seconds of the solve (the time was 38.xx) :(
 
Today I made a trip all the way into town (Wal Mart is 20+ minutes away) to get a can of CRC silicone to replace my 3-in-1 that I regret getting. They sold it at the Wal Mart I went to. But it was all out. FML
 
A couple here that happened in the last 2 weeks.

1) I was doing great on a solve on the squircle modded 4x4 I bought from Thrawst. Then the top layer vomited all over the dresser. My sister asked from the other room, "Did it fall apart?" I replied, "It exploded." FML

2) I'd disassembled my V5 and was getting ready to reassemble when the black center cap popped off. I saw the screw head, was intrigued, and started popping center caps off with my 3 inch locking blade Gerber. The knife slipped and some strange red liquid started pouring from my left index finger. FML

3) Those aren't actually screws. FML
 
Today, a friend asked to see my 3x3. I gave it to him, and he never gave it back. That's my competition 3x3. Boulder '09 is next weekend. FMCL.
 
Sa967St said:
Today, I was at a cube meet, doing some team solving. We wanted to get a good solve on video, but weren't doing so well. After several bad solves, we had one solve that was going well, and the last F2L slot case was a WV case that we both happen to know. Right before we finished the alg, the camera batteries died. All that was left was a U2. We had an LL skip, but we don't have video evidence. FMCL.


^ true story, and idk if I should upload the video or not since it only has the first 30 seconds of the solve (the time was 38.xx) :(
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upload it. with a extra bit of video, showing the same case, confirming it would have been a ll skip
 
today, I was reading these F my life things and the guy above me double posted instead of editing his post. I got so mad that I threw a cube at the wall...now I have a ES 5x5 with a snapped core and a hole in the wall. FMCL.

seriously though, when was it ok to double post on this site...?
Yeah off-topic...but still
 
JTW2007 said:
Today, a friend asked to see my 3x3. I gave it to him, and he never gave it back. That's my competition 3x3. Boulder '09 is next weekend. FMCL.
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Just like at summer camp. I let a guy borrow my cube and didn't say he could let anybody else see it. It disappeared for a while, and one of my tiles was bent at the corner. Next time I'm bringing a crappy 3x3 for other people to play with and keeping my main speed cube under lock and key.
 
edd5190 said:
JTW2007 said:
Today, a friend asked to see my 3x3. I gave it to him, and he never gave it back. That's my competition 3x3. Boulder '09 is next weekend. FMCL.
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That's a problem for a lot of people. I do what Chris Hardwick does - only take your SECOND best cube out with you, so that nothing happens to your best cube.
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That's exactly the way to do it, and that's normally what I do. The universe conspired against me though, because I gave my second best one to a friend who didn't have one so she could practice. My 3rd best has the Japanese color scheme, which I'm not used to, 4th best was lost at Nationals, 5th best pops too much, 6th best locks too much, and 7th best is a terrible storebought. FMCL.
 
Today I was doing a solve with my (slightly loose) Edison cube. i got a really fast x-cross and a really fast f2l (for me) and an OLL skip with a T-Perm. On the verge of beating my PB by 3 seconds, i get recognition fail on a T-Perm :fp
then when i finally recognize it, i start my T-perm...on the first R, the cube pops. DNF+Recog Fail+PB Fail+T-Perm Fail+Lucky solve Fail. FML. Although IDI.
 
ZB_FTW!!! said:
Sa967St said:
Today, I was at a cube meet, doing some team solving. We wanted to get a good solve on video, but weren't doing so well. After several bad solves, we had one solve that was going well, and the last F2L slot case was a WV case that we both happen to know. Right before we finished the alg, the camera batteries died. All that was left was a U2. We had an LL skip, but we don't have video evidence. FMCL.


^ true story, and idk if I should upload the video or not since it only has the first 30 seconds of the solve (the time was 38.xx) :(
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upload it. with a extra bit of video, showing the same case, confirming it would have been a ll skip
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I ended up uploaded it anyway.
It gets cut off in the middle of the F2LL alg, so if you don't believe us that it had an LL skip, you can just recreate that case yourself.
 
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