Dutch Open Rubik's Cube 2009

guusrs said:
For those who want to give a try to the FMC scramble of this competition:

R2 D B2 U B2 D B' D' R' U' F' D2 B2 R D L' B' F

I really hard one!
Winning solution was 35 moves bij Erik and me
(posting on request)

Gus
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F' R2 F L2 U' F2 L' U' 2x2 block + preparation
z2
R' F2 R U L2 U' F to finish F2L minus 1 pair
U' L U L' d R L' U' L U (last pair plus skip preparation)
R2 F' R L' U' L U R' F R LL

Took me a while to finally get a skip, but all in all it was a mediocre FMC. I think I'm the most constant FMC cuber overall ^^

Dutch Open 2009 35
32
39
31
38
39
34
36
33
The Hague Open 2008 37

No DNF's and no 40+ in more than a year ^^
 
Erik said:
guusrs said:
For those who want to give a try to the FMC scramble of this competition:

R2 D B2 U B2 D B' D' R' U' F' D2 B2 R D L' B' F

I really hard one!
Winning solution was 35 moves bij Erik and me
(posting on request)

Gus
Click to expand...

F' R2 F L2 U' F2 L' U' 2x2 block + preparation
z2
R' F2 R U L2 U' F to finish F2L minus 1 pair
U' L U L' d R L' U' L U (last pair plus skip preparation)
R2 F' R L' U' L U R' F R LL

Took me a while to finally get a skip, but all in all it was a mediocre FMC. I think I'm the most constant FMC cuber overall ^^

Dutch Open 2009 35
32
39
31
38
39
34
36
33
The Hague Open 2008 37

No DNF's and no 40+ in more than a year ^^
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Eh, Netherlands 2008 42 moves. That was 15 november 2008. Almost more than a year :p
 
I am quite pleased with my results, and as expected this was one of my top 3 competitions.

Personal bests were flowing... got a new 3x3 average, which still doesn't show my ability very well, but it was over 2 seconds better than my previous one and made me 15th in the UK which is better than what it was. I got two new clock NRs after a week of practise, which I am also very happy about even though the average could have been better. The scrambles were nice. I sucked at pyraminx, which really wasn't good. I practised hard for that so I am disappointed.

I got some nice new puzzles, met Meffert and Rubik and saw some old friends as well as making some new ones. One thing I will say is the the new QUBAMI puzzle for which there was a thread in the video gallery, is bloody awesome and only 24 euros. It is a unique challenge and is also really great to turn. I am completely in love with it. I will bring mine to the UK Open if anybody wants to play with it.

Did you know?
Arnaud's house was really at nearly full capacity with 2 french, 1 british, 1 belgian, 1 dutch and 4 americans.
I didn't even get a seat driving to the competition and had to sit on someone else :P
Joel Spang is as awesome as everybody says.
Mats is also pretty good, let's be honest.
Lars brought THREE MASSIVE cakes to Arnaud's for his birthday.
There is a big difference between s*** hot and hot s*** according to the americans.
Somebody staying at Arnaud's was a mystery "head squeezer".
Arnaud and I went to Amsterdam today and terrorised the canals with our badass boating skillz.
I wrote a comment in the Anne Frank museum guestbook entirely in Dutch...
Robin's uncle's flat held a LOT of cubers for dinner last night and that dominoes pizza tastes real different in the Netherlands.
Charlie Sachi and Arnaud all went to the airport twice today, and that despite getting my plane 9 hours AFTER Adam, I am at home writing this and he's probably still hanging out in the sky.
I have a lot of television to catch up on following my absence from the country over past weeks. I have only slept in my bed maybe 4 times since before WC.
Mats mum is awesome also.
Maria is awesome also.
I am actually dutch, I even have an orange "nederlands" t-shirt....
I am sad I won't get to see Sachi again for a long time because she is amazingly cool and does a great mermaid impression.
Lars is actually totally ripped.
We went to the restaurant with the tree. Dan dzoan loves sour cream.
I did TWO SUCCESSFUL blind solves??! Terrible times due to no practice and poor memo but still, two in one comp is amazingly good for me.
I am suffering badly from the "post competition" blues, and will need to wait at least three weeks for my next fix.
Who wants to come to Sweeden Cube Day?
Simon Crawford has a square-1 loving dutch clone.
 
Sorry for sometimes being a bit grumpy.
Dutch Open is difficult to organise with a cube market downstairs.
It has become a habit of some people to always arrive late and hard to find when they need to compete.
We need more discipline!

On the other hand, everyone performed their judging duties very well. So thank you all for making Dutch Open 2009 possible!

Next weekend: Essen Open 2009. That is the HARDEST competition to organise during the day.

Have fun,

Ron
PS 1: I now have a certificate for fastest solve of Dutch Open, with signatures of Mr Rubik (3x3), Mr Meffert (Pyraminx) and Mr. Sebesteny (4x4).
PS 2: Ton is a machine. He never takes a break during a competition. He is also someone you can really build on. Ton rocks!
 
CharlieCooper said:
I am quite pleased with my results, and as expected this was one of my top 3 competitions.

Personal bests were flowing... got a new 3x3 average, which still doesn't show my ability very well, but it was over 2 seconds better than my previous one and made me 15th in the UK which is better than what it was. I got two new clock NRs after a week of practise, which I am also very happy about even though the average could have been better. The scrambles were nice. I sucked at pyraminx, which really wasn't good. I practised hard for that so I am disappointed.

I got some nice new puzzles, met Meffert and Rubik and saw some old friends as well as making some new ones. One thing I will say is the the new QUBAMI puzzle for which there was a thread in the video gallery, is bloody awesome and only 24 euros. It is a unique challenge and is also really great to turn. I am completely in love with it. I will bring mine to the UK Open if anybody wants to play with it.

Did you know?
Arnaud's house was really at nearly full capacity with 2 french, 1 british, 1 belgian, 1 dutch and 4 americans.
I didn't even get a seat driving to the competition and had to sit on someone else :P
Joel Spang is as awesome as everybody says.
Mats is also pretty good, let's be honest.
Lars brought THREE MASSIVE cakes to Arnaud's for his birthday.
There is a big difference between s*** hot and hot s*** according to the americans.
Somebody staying at Arnaud's was a mystery "head squeezer".
Arnaud and I went to Amsterdam today and terrorised the canals with our badass boating skillz.
I wrote a comment in the Anne Frank museum guestbook entirely in Dutch...
Robin's uncle's flat held a LOT of cubers for dinner last night and that dominoes pizza tastes real different in the Netherlands.
Charlie Sachi and Arnaud all went to the airport twice today, and that despite getting my plane 9 hours AFTER Adam, I am at home writing this and he's probably still hanging out in the sky.
I have a lot of television to catch up on following my absence from the country over past weeks. I have only slept in my bed maybe 4 times since before WC.
Mats mum is awesome also.
Maria is awesome also.
I am actually dutch, I even have an orange "nederlands" t-shirt....
I am sad I won't get to see Sachi again for a long time because she is amazingly cool and does a great mermaid impression.
Lars is actually totally ripped.
We went to the restaurant with the tree. Dan dzoan loves sour cream.
I did TWO SUCCESSFUL blind solves??! Terrible times due to no practice and poor memo but still, two in one comp is amazingly good for me.
I am suffering badly from the "post competition" blues, and will need to wait at least three weeks for my next fix.
Who wants to come to Sweeden Cube Day?
Simon Crawford has a square-1 loving dutch clone.
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Hahaha, a square-1 loving Dutch clone, who would that be... (no, it's not Maarten.)
Are you sure Simon is not a clone of me instead of me being a clone of Simon?
However, could you send me a picture of him?
 
trying-to-speedcube... said:
Joris, I kept my promise! I beat your 6x6 average with my 7x7 average! :p

How can you be a clone of Simon? You're not even fast! :D
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**** you with your average!

Buw I have a nice challenge for you:
At next competition (with big cubes) are you going to try to beat my 4x4 avg with 5x5, hmm?

btw have just ordered BLACK Mefferts Megaminx and WHITE Fisher Cube :)
 
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