Liberty Science Center Open 2012

That awkward moment I don't practice for a year and I smash my single PB by .5+ and average by a bit.

I should have probably done a few blind practice solves. They were all extremely awkward.


Had 1:40 DNF because I switched up two sentences (I had AB CD and I executed as AD CB. Switched the ends).
 
Fun comp, but I was frustrated with the judging. I had 4 judges that messed up (either not saying 8 and 12, or writing down a normal solve, and me having to point out that it was a +2, etc).
Also, I scrambled 4x4 and 3BLD, and we had ~3 judges the whole time.
 
I was due for a bad BLD comp, but I had a sub-30 OH average nevertheless. I think OH will become my new main non-BLD event that I practice (as opposed to 4x4/5x5).
 
rubixwiz031 said:
Fun comp, but I was frustrated with the judging. I had 4 judges that messed up (either not saying 8 and 12, or writing down a normal solve, and me having to point out that it was a +2, etc).
Also, I scrambled 4x4 and 3BLD, and we had ~3 judges the whole time.
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3BLD was during lunch, so you shouldn't expect many people to be there to judge.
 
Ollie said:
What happened?
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3BLD: DNF, DNF, 46.11

4BLD:
DNF(5:11) off by two centers and a twisted corner.
DNF(5:xy) off by two centers and wings
DNF(5:4x) did my fourth to last and third to last cycles in the wrong order.

5BLD:
DNF(18:11) forgot four letters for wings, tried to fill them in but got it wrong.
DNF (14:10) on one of my last few +-center cycles I correctly remembered GR, but executed it as HR, so H and R were switched at the end. (video to come soon)
 
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Noahaha said:
3BLD: DNF, DNF, 46.11

4BLD:
DNF(5:11) off by two centers and a twisted corner.
DNF(5:xy) off by two centers and wings
DNF(5:4x) did my fourth to last and third to last Wong cycles in the wrong order.

5BLD:
DNF(18:11) forgot four letters for wings, tried to fill them in but got it wrong.
DNF (14:10) on one of my last few +-center cycles I correctly remembered GR, but executed it as HR, so H and R were switched at the end. (video to come soon)
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Ahh, I see. IMO, memo seemed like the issue - twas harder for me at UKO. I felt like I had to memorize differently because I was in an 'exam' like environment. You were still close though - congrats on the 3BLD 46.11 too!
 
Ollie said:
Ahh, I see. IMO, memo seemed like the issue - twas harder for me at UKO. I felt like I had to memorize differently because I was in an 'exam' like environment. You were still close though - congrats on the 3BLD 46.11 too!
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I was very relaxed for my 5BLDs and my last 4BLD. I count the last of each as bad luck that they were DNFs since I really memorized well on both.
 
I did terribly today. My memo was garbage in competition and the more I tried to make them safety memos, the worse they got. I need to start practicing under pressure. It felt completely different than at home. With that said, I still had Alot of fun.

To sum it all up, I was really nervous at my first competition and made some mistakes. It was fun meeting everyone and I plan to come to competitions again. Next time, I plan to be much more prepared.
 
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