Iowa Open

What weekend would be best for you?


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Did you know...

...60% of the female competitors came back to my hotel room? That must be a record that Kian Barry will surely break some day.
...I'm seriously considering charging much more for people who add the day of?
...it was held in a cafetorium?
...you can send out an e-mail telling people to bring exact change to speed up registration, and they'll gladly ignore it?
...I may consider charging people to make change (but probably not)?
...people from Canada carry a lot of ones and fives?
...more people talk to my wife at competitions than talk to me?
...people just assume you're going to bring in food? We weren't allowed to bring it in as a organizers, but individuals could.
...if you announce who's going to the next round, people will not listen and come up and ask you who's going to the next round?
...Cyrus and I were #11 and #12 in Round 2 of 3x3?
...and we took the top 10 to the final?
...in Lancaster, WI, the street in front of City Hall turns into a one-way for a single block?
...my whole family has WCA ID's now?
...people wished they would've won the drawings? (The fact that they wanted to win was pointed out to me multiple times, IT MUST BE TRUE!)
...my three-year-old trash talked another competitor?
...my six-year-old had a sub-2 single?
...but no average because the delegate DNF'd her for not properly starting the timer?
...the Oak Tree Inn has "free" breakfast, but they're really reluctant to tell you about it?
...but they have awesome water pressure?
...my GPS, Google Maps, and Mapquest suggest three different routes to Clinton from Rochester?
 
Did you know...?

I got a 18.15 3x3 solve?
on tape?
Clinton, Iowa is very difficult to drive through with all the one way roads you GPS doesn't know about?
On the way home I swear I saw Shane Rowland driving?
Is that legal?
I got 3rd in 2x2 with a 5.35 average?
There was a Feliks Zemdegs look-a-like?
My dad asked me if I wanted to go to Minnesota Open?
My dad is the worst camera man ever?
So I just grabbed my tripod?
Riley failed 3x3 2nd Round because he used my cube my accident?
FII=<333
Jason's mom knew F2L?
 
Chris Olson - 14.62
Alex Bailey - 15.28
Ken Yuan - 16.01

Ryan Olson got a 4.19 Pyraminx solve.

My daughter would've gotten a sub-2 average, but she DNF's twice. First time, she didn't start the timer so I gave her a DNF. The second one she forgot edge PLL and DNF's.
Is my name really that hard to spell?
Oh well, at least I placed.....
 
Did you know...?

...I tied my offical 3x3 PB average
...I'm ranked #2 in the USA at pyraminx single
...Alex Bailey hates that he got 2nd in 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4
...I got my first official sub 20 3x3 single
...Not many people came to the afterLogan
...I left my cube at the restaurant and had to drive 45 minutes to get it back
...I almost made it through the whole competition without DNFing but blew it in 3x3 finals
 
DYK...

....not many people went to the after logan, & those that did weren't staying overnight?
....the two clintonians competing won both won the first drawing?
....I missed placing in OH by 1 second if my calculations are correct?
....I did really good in 2x2x2 because I didn't practice 3x3x3 at all the past week?
....I still didn't place with the 5.49 average I got?
....even though Bryan says none of the door prizes were Haiyans, Rohan is still convinced he won a Haiyan?
....I'm really tempted to make a certificate that says I got 4th in 2x2x2 & OH?
....I scrambled for every event?
....that thanks to most of Roosevelt thinking I'd fail, or all the competitors would vandalize the school, an Iowa Open Fall wouldn't be hard.
 
MISSING

One Black Mini QJ 4x4.... original stickers. The print on the logo sticker is pretty worn, but some ink is still visible. If you somehow ended up with this cube, let me know and I will arrange for shipping back to me.
 
anyone know what mini got?
well how he did?
He did really good. It was fun racing him over and over and over. I got a video of him solving a giant cube(feet solving) and it was cool. I also get a video of him getting a 9.09(I think....) solve on pyraminx
EDIT: I don't really have any exact times though

Thank's. :D I loved racing, sooooo many sub-20's. The big cube was awesome... Pyraminx was fun, but I'm not going to get into it. DYK to come.
 
...people from Canada carry a lot of ones and fives?

HAHAHAHA.

...Cyrus and I were #11 and #12 in Round 2 of 3x3?
...and we took the top 10 to the final?

I can not believe I JUST made it.

...people wished they would've won the drawings? (The fact that they wanted to win was pointed out to me multiple times, IT MUST BE TRUE!)

'Cept me. ;)

Did You Know...
-I'm faster with a stackmat than spacebar?
-I totally FAILED 2x2, but am still ranked better in 2x2 than 3x3?
-On my second 2x2 solve, I screwed up the first layer TWICE?
-On my third 2x2 solve, I screwed up the first layer AGAIN?
-I made up a Pyraminx method intuitively and was sub-20 after a little while?
-When in doubt, J Perm it out?
-I was like sub-22 the night before the comp at the hotel?
-I had 3 unofficial sub-18 singles (17.97, 17.78, 16.56)?
-The 16.56 was non lucky, but DNF'd by an M-slice?
-I had only 1 penalty the entire competition (23.xx + 2 = 25.xx)?
-The +2 started off my second round?
-I had only official sub-22 single (18.08)?
-It was the second solve of the second round, right after the +2?
-All 3 of my 3x3 averages were 24.x7?
-It was awesome?
-I need to practice?
-ALL of my judges knew I use Roux?
-Even my 2x2 judges?
-I came in 10th place for all 3 rounds of 3x3?
-I came in 11th for 2x2 with all of my fails?
 
Did you know...

...that I got an official sub-30 average?
...that Iowa has really good waffles?
...that people from Canadia think American money is "cheap" and "papery"?
...that when you someone says that someone dropped your cube, you subconsciously think your cube sucks and do worse?
...that my average went up by >5 secs in the second round because of this? <- an excuse
...that someone can spend 10 secs looking for the orange on a lan lan 2x2?
...that I got a PB single of 21.xx in practice?
...that Carson lost a 4x4?
...that Mini was the only Canadian?
...that tower solves are fun when you have hidden crap cubes?
...that I won a drawing when I was gone?
...that Bryan scared the crap out of me when he said he drew another name since I was gone?
...that my type A II is amazing?
...so is Ryan's A V?
...that 7-11's are REALLY shady in Iowa at 3 am?
...that mini can solve pyra sub 20 with his own algs?
...when in doubt, J-perm it out?
 
Did you know...
-In all final rounds, I either placed 3rd or 6th?
-My cube exploded on my very first solve?
-I had to solve a pyraminx twice in one scramble?
-My 2x2 times are scary consistent?
-This competition is the first time I've competed with the taiyan?
-My brother would have won the competition with no trouble (sad as it may seem to reflect upon myself)?
-Although it was surprising to most that I was making 14 second solves in the finals, I had been doing them in practice all day?
-Chicago needs another competition?
-I somehow managed not to DNF a magic solve?
-I hate A-perms?
-I was shaking in the second round, but not in the finals?
 
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