Lawrence, Kansas competition

[RjFx2]

Thanks Kit Clement for coming to make the competition official, I had a great time, also thanks for raising the soft cutoff for 4x4 to 1:40. My brother absolutely loved judging. Thanks.

 

[RjFx2]

I have a SS Megaminx you can use, it's pretty good for a shengshou.

I did not realize it was you I saw at the competition, wow. You are really good at skewb, and really all of the events. I hope I can see you compete in another competition soon.

 

[Rocky0701]

I did not realize it was you I saw at the competition, wow. You are really good at skewb, and really all of the events. I hope I can see you compete in another competition soon.

Darn, I forgot that you were going, we should have met.

 

[RjFx2]

Darn, I forgot that you were going, we should have met.

yeah

 

[Rocky0701]

Thanks Kit Clement for coming to make the competition official, I had a great time, also thanks for raising the soft cutoff for 4x4 to 1:40. My brother absolutely loved judging. Thanks.

Yes, thank you very much Kit for coming! I enjoyed meeting you, I guess you didn't really know who I was, but I recognized you from some of the cubing world videos.

 

[shadowkiller168]

I hope Kansas' next competition will be much sooner than the 2+ years wait for this one!

It shouldn't be longer than 6 months from now

 

[Rocky0701]

It shouldn't be longer than 6 months from now

Awesome! Any idea what events?

 

[Kit Clement]

Yes, thank you very much Kit for coming! I enjoyed meeting you, I guess you didn't really know who I was, but I recognized you from some of the cubing world videos.

Glad to meet you as well -- I remember meeting you there, just never connected your speedsolving account to the name.

Also, if anyone was curious to see how lucky my 9.43 was, here is the reconstruction:

http://alg.cubing.net/?setup=F-_L2_...45;4 U3_f_R_U_R-_U-_f-_U-_F_R_U_R-_U-_F-_//LL

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

I did really well at this competition, I almost made the finals and was off by around 0.61 seconds. Out of my 10 3x3 solves:
10 were sub-24
9 were sub-23
7 were sub-22
7 were sub-21
7 were sub-20
7 were sub-19
7 were sub-18
4 were sub-17
3 were sub-16
In the first round I averaged 18.76
Then I beat it in the second round with an average of 16.98
In my last round of each event I placed:
3x3x3- 11/41
2x2x2- 8/35
4x4x4- 11/17
OH- 15/19 (wow how did I manage to even make the soft cutoff)
Megaminx- 7/8 (lol at least I wasn't last)
Pyraminx- 16/27 (decent)
I did well in 2x2 and 3x3 and sorta pyraminx but in pyraminx I wasn't quite sub-10

 

[shadowkiller168]

Awesome! Any idea what events?

I'm still trying to figure that out. The events that are locked into place (as in, no matter what anyone says, these events WILL be in the next comp.) are 3 round of 2x2, 3 rounds of 3x3, Megaminx, and 5x5. Skewb and Pyraminx are likely as well just because of how quick they typically go by. Square-1 is a possibility, same with OH and BLD. The rest are up for grabs... Except 4BLD, I'm not having that one. MBLD is one that is basically out of the question (unless I get a lot of people saying they want it), and 7x7/6x6 are highly unlikely. (Maybe 6x6 to get the attention of Kevin Hays, but that's not very likely either)

 

[Rocky0701]

Glad to meet you as well -- I remember meeting you there, just never connected your speedsolving account to the name.

Also, if anyone was curious to see how lucky my 9.43 was, here is the reconstruction:

http://alg.cubing.net/?setup=F-_L2_...45;4 U3_f_R_U_R-_U-_f-_U-_F_R_U_R-_U-_F-_//LL

Jeez! Also your comp. PB by over 3 seconds! What's your PB at home, like 8 something?

I'm still trying to figure that out. The events that are locked into place (as in, no matter what anyone says, these events WILL be in the next comp.) are 3 round of 2x2, 3 rounds of 3x3, Megaminx, and 5x5. Skewb and Pyraminx are likely as well just because of how quick they typically go by. Square-1 is a possibility, same with OH and BLD. The rest are up for grabs... Except 4BLD, I'm not having that one. MBLD is one that is basically out of the question (unless I get a lot of people saying they want it), and 7x7/6x6 are highly unlikely. (Maybe 6x6 to get the attention of Kevin Hays, but that's not very likely either)

Awesome! I am excited about 5x5. We should all bug Kevin to come haha.

 

[Mikel]

Jeez! Also your comp. PB by over 3 seconds! What's your PB at home, like 8 something?

I asked him and he said the official 9.43 beats his PB at home.

 

[Rocky0701]

I asked him and he said the official 9.43 beats his PB at home.

That's awesome! I was suspecting that, because I average 18 and my PB is 11.94, and he seems to average 15-16, so it would make sense that that was his PB. I can't imagine how pumped I would've been if I would've gotten my PB there.