Czech Open 2008

Erik said:
If only I didn't pop my 4th solve in the finals....
11.68 10.71 11.88 DNF 11.08....
The DNF was a 10 for sure popped on the last 3 turns I think... would've made my avg about 11.15.... or if I didn't had at least OLL par on all of my 4x4 solves...but hey I don't complain :p
It was maybe the most amazing and fun comp I've been to so far!
It's pretty sick a 12.28 only give you a 3rd place!!! I feel a bit sorry for Rama, he's crazy! He barely practises cubing...

Ahh it was such a great time, too bad Czech open is only once a year :(

It was also very great to meet Joey again, he's such a cool guy!! :eek:
We had shiploads of fun! :)
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Yip, it was a shame of your pop, and about the 4x4x4, well at least you have a year supply martini's now.

You also deserved it to win the comp... you at least practise the cube on a normal level (not too much, nor barely). :p

The only sad thing was that there was no time to talk with everyone for a long time. :(
 
Did you know?
Erik had a pop on pyraminx in inspection already?
His 5x5 is interracial?
Rama thinks this shows I'm white but my soul is black?
Jean Pons is back?
He's cooler than ever?
He apparently adores D moves?
He decided to practise 2x2 untill he was faster on 2x2 than on 3x3 again?
The time limit on sq-1 was very hard? (45 sec!)
The limit on 5x5 equally hard was? (2:30!)
Ton has the best impressions ever?
Oliver Perge had the most briliant commercial idea?
The bartender looked a bit weird when we asked for a martini bottle but promised not to drink it?
He wanted to make sure we didn't and marked how full the bottle was at that moment?
Erik doesn't even like Martini really?
He would've done better at 5x5 with a L of beer before?
This was because the night before he did a 1:20.00 at the pizza place with that?
This apparently shows that 1:20 is really the barrier?
Arnaud thinks he shouldn't complain about not getting sub-1:20?
He is pretty much right about that?
There was an article about the 7.08 somewhere in a Czech newspaper?
My lucky girl (Misa) was so sweet to go to town, scan it and send it to me?
I actually have the picture here and you can watch it http://erikku.110mb.com/beznazvu.jpg
Bezn%C3%83%C2%A1zvu.jpg
Here?
(this link apparently only works for me when I copy paste it? :( )
She's just irresistable? :)
There will be more did you knows hopefully from other cubers too?
 
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Did you know?
Joey had 6 martinis during the 4x4 round?
Joey agrees that Ton does the best impressions?
We like waving to people out of the car window?
During 3x3 semi-final for Joey, the cube cover for inspection was lifted, but there was just another cube cover underneath it?
Joey couldn't help laughing for a long time?
Causing him to do an 18.xx because he wasn't focused? :P
Erik's white ES5x5's core broke when it fell onto carpet? :(
During the prize ceremony, Joey knocked his 5x5 onto the hard floor, but it didn't break?

Joey can't think of more things right now, but is sure there are some things he missed out?
 
Did you know?
That I covered someone's 2x2x2 after he inspected it.
That I let Joël van Noort cover my 3x3x3 after inspecting it, just to get the old feeling back of the old regulations.
That after meeting clone Gilles that I miss the real Gilles.
That clone Gilles calls cubes ''stuff''.
That we ate standard cube food wich is Chinese food.
That Jean Pons finally decided not to take a ride with Rafal Guzewicz to Poland because my mom told him that Rafal will drive blindfolded.
 
Erik said:
Erik had a pop on pyraminx in inspection already?

My lucky girl (Misa) was so sweet to go to town, scan it and send it to me?
I actually have the picture here and you can watch it http://erikku.110mb.com/beznazvu.jpg
Bezn%C3%83%C2%A1zvu.jpg
Here?
(this link apparently only works for me when I copy paste it? :( )
She's just irresistable? :)
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LOL xDDDDD Pop in inspection xDDD
Oh , the newspaper article is good but i don't understand anything, and that photo is quite good :D is Misel holding a V-cube or your ES 5x5 (i heard it broke)
 
When I first looked at the results for 4x4x4 BLD, I thought, "Oh, that's nice, Rafal has finally gotten what he deserved and moved into the top 3 in the world." And I was sufficiently impressed by his 14/18 multiBLD that I didn't think any more of it.

But now that I think about it, how on earth did Rafal manage to get a time on 4x4x4 BLD as slow as 10:32? I realize it was an outrageously scary best of 1 situation, so it makes sense for him to have gone really slow to be careful. But I would expect that really slow and careful for Rafal would still be faster than my at-home personal best! (In other words, sub-8.)

Rafal, if you see this, what happened? I'm wondering if you had a temporary memory failure, or had to backtrack a mistake, or something like that. Or maybe you were really just that slow and careful?

Anyway, much congratulations to Rafal for his 4x4x4 BLD and multiBLD results!
 
Yeah, Rafal was awesome. :) I watched him solve those 18 cubes, he was really careful with that, I suppose it must have been the same with the 4x4. And on the 4 cubes he didn't manage to solve successfully, there were only little mistakes, annoying ones, like undone parity, 2edges and corners unoriented, 3 edges changed and such.
 
Mike Hughey said:
When I first looked at the results for 4x4x4 BLD, I thought, "Oh, that's nice, Rafal has finally gotten what he deserved and moved into the top 3 in the world." And I was sufficiently impressed by his 14/18 multiBLD that I didn't think any more of it.

But now that I think about it, how on earth did Rafal manage to get a time on 4x4x4 BLD as slow as 10:32? I realize it was an outrageously scary best of 1 situation, so it makes sense for him to have gone really slow to be careful. But I would expect that really slow and careful for Rafal would still be faster than my at-home personal best! (In other words, sub-8.)

Rafal, if you see this, what happened? I'm wondering if you had a temporary memory failure, or had to backtrack a mistake, or something like that. Or maybe you were really just that slow and careful?

Anyway, much congratulations to Rafal for his 4x4x4 BLD and multiBLD results!
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Well, what can I say… All my blindfold results at Czech Open were horrible. The common reason was that I couldn’t concentrate at all. I wasn’t disturbed or something, I just couldn’t think. It is strange, because this wasn’t my first competition.

As for 4x4 blind: how on earth did Rafal manage to get a time on 4x4x4 BLD as slow as 10:32? – is a very good summary of that solve. Because it is true, that my very slow and careful solves are always sub-8. And few days before Czech Open I averaged around 5:30 at home with 80% accuracy. But on my 10:32 solve I was memorizing around 5:30 and still forgot corner permutation! It would have been at least sub-10 if I didn’t.

14/18 wasn’t much better. But, on the other hand, my best is 16. And sitting there over two hours was way too much for me. At least I’m happy that I forced myself to try those 18 cubes.
 
Interesting - thanks Rafal for responding. I sort of thought you'd feel that way about those. I felt the same at Chattahoochee (except that my times were much greater, and I DNFed everything except one little 3x3x3 BLD solve) - it was like my mind was moving through molasses all day.

5:30 at home with 80% accuracy!?!?! Wow!!!! It will be amazing the day you have a good day at a competition on 4x4x4 BLD. A pity you can't come to the US Open (with 2 chances each at 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 BLD).
 
joey said:
We were actually meant to have 2 attempts, but the schedule had to change :/
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Ton put people in several groups:
1 2 3
Group 1 goes first whilst group 3 does the judging and scrambling.
Group 2 then goes and group 1 does the judging and scrambling.
Group 3 is then last and group 2 does the judging and scrambling.

Ton yelled out several times that group X should scramble and judge for group X but still barely anyone came, so Ton had to go to each person personally to ask in wich group they are and point them out to their places.

Or what's up with people going three times whilst some cubers are still waiting for their first cube.
In the second round I saw several cubers go three times in a row judged by the same guy, whilst I was still waiting for my cube to be scrambled.

Or some judge just grabbed the scramble sheet and judged his friend 5 times, then he quits judging and let the scramble sheet lay on the table...

Next time I'll just be an organizer, wether Ton likes it or not, just to feel how it's like to be Ron.
 
I wouldn't have liked to be in Tons shoes at the Czech open either. IMHO people picking their friends or not judging at all even they were supposed to do so really sucked. Some even picked the faster cubers cuz they wanted some attention by them.
I judged some events I didn't even attend myself and the other two 3x3 groups and it was really fun, so I can't really understand why people are so chary when it comes to scrambling or judging.

Kind Regards
Martin
 
joey said:
We were actually meant to have 2 attempts, but the schedule had to change :/
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I informed about a month ago, if we good start at 8:00, only at saterday of the first competion day I was informed that we could start at 8:00 on sunday but the light we be switch on at 9:00......... Because there where so many request for FM and there where not that much volunteers at 9:00 I could not manange two attempt for 4x4bf in parralel with FM. All depend on how many volunteer I have

So next competion I have to annouce 'volunteer' for judging 4x4bf, 5x5bf 3x3mbf , since these events requires the most resources for juding. Then the 4x4bf and 5x5bf will be parrallel to other events. e.g.FM , clock , magic etc are a good option.

Ton
 
Ton said:
joey said:
We were actually meant to have 2 attempts, but the schedule had to change :/
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I informed about a month ago, if we good start at 8:00, only at saterday of the first competion day I was informed that we could start at 8:00 on sunday but the light we be switch on at 9:00......... Because there where so many request for FM and there where not that much volunteers at 9:00 I could not manange two attempt for 4x4bf in parralel with FM. All depend on how many volunteer I have

So next competion I have to annouce 'volunteer' for judging 4x4bf, 5x5bf 3x3mbf , since these events requires the most resources for juding. Then the 4x4bf and 5x5bf will be parrallel to other events. e.g.FM , clock , magic etc are a good option.

Ton
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At the upcoming Swedish Open, 4x4x4 bf and 3x3x3mbf will be the side events. I will split the competitors of these events into two groups and all of them have to be judges (and some of them, scramblers). They will only be allowed to compete in the main events if there are no judging tasks left in the side events.

/Anders
 
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