Melbourne Cube Day 2011

[RCTACameron]

I'll check out how the rubiks race is later
Ppl who got sub 10: me, Cameron, Nick, Durben, Feliks

I feel kind of guilty for getting sub-10, I'm usually not that fast. I was more in shock than happy after the solve.

Faz got no WRs which is what I assume you're interested in. So why does it matter which events he missed.

Edit: Faz 6.5~, Durben 8.81, Kirt 9.48(?), Pappas 9.48(?), Cameron 9.8(?).

And Aron 10.09.

Mine was 9.84, I think it was F R U R' U' F' for OLL and then anticlockwise A-perm.

Sorry about the crappy comp guys. I think we need a bit of a break from competitions for a while, and maybe then people will be more motivated to help out to make things happen.

Like how long do you mean? I don't think the competition was that bad, just too many events were scheduled for the time we had. Also, I think because it is the end of the year (just after exams for a lot of people), people were a lot more tired at this competition. If we have Melbourne Summer in late January, I think people will be more motivated.

No 2x2 WR for Cameron?

Nah, 2.32 average in the first round, then 2.6x and 2.90.

DYKs:
-Zane is just so insane at Multi, congrats on WR. :tu
-I was doing FMC when he got it, and the cheering gave me a fright.
-I got another DNF at FMC, I think I'll just stick to doing it in weekly competitions.
-Only 3 people competed in FMC, all using OLL and PLL, with results being 47, 49 and DNF.
-After this, I doubt we will have FMC again.
-There was a fire alarm on for a while during the break between 3x3 finals and awards.
-Usually Faz owns at 3-5 and OH, but without him Durben did.
-Aron is really quiet.
-But congrats to him on winning 3BLD.
-Good venue, lots of tables, not too public, but still not too far to get to MC and other places.

 

[Tim Major]

I was trying to help out

You could've helped out more, but it certainly wasn't your fault. When we were down on numbers you helped a lot.

I don't want to do any fingerpointing but if you've been to more than 2 comps and you're still not helping out, you don't deserve to do your solves. No one is paid, we are doing it for you.

Do you think I enjoy scrambling? No, but if I didn't help who would. It's in your own interest to help out. Any competitions from now on, won't have the glorious 2 days, 17 events and multiple rounds. We'll be cutting more and more cutoff times and dropping events.

Thanks to people such as Mal, Jono (Holmes-Brown), who were at 1st/2nd competitions and were always happy to help out. And several RMIT people who weren't competing at all, yet helped out. I've been judging/scrambling and running since my first comp, and when done with a good team it's a good experience.
Today however it was just stressful. With sometimes there's only 3-4 judges, because of many helpers being in the one group. My finals 4x4 average took at least 20 minutes from 1st solve to last. TimMc was stuck scrambling for our group, and there were few judges. Other people need to start helping more, too many people just sit back solving all day.

Now I typed this post over the course of 20 minutes so forgive for my train of thought wandering.

 

[Florian]

Was a nice Competition
DYK:
-I was awesome in 2x2 compared to at home
-Its because i was using a WitTwo and not a not-broken-in LanLan
-I got 2.61 single and 3.91 average
-I was 2nd in the final with 4.02 average same average as last final.
-Feliks left earlier
-thats why i got 2nd in 2x2 3rd in 3x3 2nd and 2nd in 4x4
-My average in 4x4 was 56.xx in the final, but it actually was 53.xx because i DNFed my first solve(52.25) because of an r
-Nick has beaten me by 0.42 seconds in 5x5 final
- I weren't staying until awards so i just grabbed my trophy and the rubik's race thing and went home.
-Feliks took my 4x4
-Nick Pappas"Your's and faz cube are turning pretty similar"
-I brought a timer to the competition and i took one home, however it's not the same timer, the timer i have now i a bit broke =(

 

[rubiksarlen]

why did Faz have to leave earlier?

 

[aronpm]

I'll post dyks when I get home tomorrow.

 

[kirtpro]

faz is staying over at a friends place for the night, in bendigo i think

 

[TimMc]

You do know I judged/ran/scrambled for every event I wasn't in except for the bld final and half a round of 3x3?

Yeah, you did help out quite a lot today. Thank you

Tim.

 

[TimMc]

Live Results

http://live.cubing.net/MelbourneCubeDay2011

Tim.

 

[kirtpro]

http://live.cubing.net/MelbourneCubeDay2011

Tim.

thank you =D

 

[andojay]

Photos! from our Professional Photographer Luke!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robotichead/sets/72157628157057839/

Even though he had to leave after 2pm/Lunchtime

Venue was good. no stairs having to climb up with heavy equipment eg. tables or timers.

I tried to get people I knew who might be able to help judge on the day.
I got Scott and Luke. Scott helped out a lot! he might complete next time aswell.
Luke helped with the stage yesterday (Friday) and scorecards and stuff

:tu Tim Major's rant


next time. Generated scorecards instead of writing them all out!

 

[Tim Major]

Results are up: http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=MelbourneCubeDay2011

Next time Tim, assuming I'm not as busy as I have been recently, we should print out/email everyone their judging/scrambling/running duties.
More fair for current helpers like me because as Jasmine pointed out then we don't feel guilty taking breaks, and also we can plan it so there's always enough judges. It worked well at MSO2010.

Edit:

 

[kirtpro]

3x3 1st, 7th
3x3 2nd, 5th
3x3 finals, 2nd lol

i now has 3 official sub 10s xD

 

[andojay]

Results are up: http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=MelbourneCubeDay2011

Next time Tim, assuming I'm not as busy as I have been recently, we should print out/email everyone their judging/scrambling/running duties.
More fair for current helpers like me because as Jasmine pointed out then we don't feel guilty taking breaks, and also we can plan it so there's always enough judges. It worked well at MSO2010.

Edit:

nice photo of zane-y

By next time, I'll be able to scramble stuff...
I did well doing Aron's 2x2! YAY for coloured scrambles

 

[pappas]

1st round of 3x3: 10th 14.xy avg
2nd round of 3x3: 3rd 11.6x avg
Final 3x3: 8th (last) solves were 17,9,25,13,13
So inconsistent.

 

[Petezorzz]

I broke my PB - 1st solve ever at my 1st comp ;]
And then I broke it afterwards, unofficial though.

 

[TimMc]

...we should print out/email everyone their judging/scrambling/running duties...

Yeah, it worked well with 4 dedicated helpers at MSO2010. We tried it again at MWO2011 but several helpers didn't show up and the plan was ruined.

I'm thinking of doing registration with online payment so that competitors commit to showing up. About 9 people dropped out at the last minute or didn't show up for MCD2011. Either way, it'd be easier to assign these roles when we know for certain who'll be showing up. It can easily be included in the schedule online.

I broke my PB - 1st solve ever at my 1st comp ;]

Nice

Tim.

 

[Florian]

The guy who is making the school's newspaper asked me if i could write an article about the competition.
Can somebody help me i have no idea what to write.

 

[aronpm]

DYKs:
- I got to Melbourne Central for the meetup at about 9:30am, and left RMIT at 7pm. Very long Friday.
- Despite being told to by Emily (in IRC), I didn't purr in Dene's ear
- Kirtpro - he got a few sub10 avg5s during practice on Friday.
- I judged his 9.93 and signed the scorecard with "Apm ツ"
- Zane's 23/25 WR one of the most intense things I've watched
- I clapped so hard when he finished that my hands hurt
- It's also the first non-100% mbld WR since Clement's 4/5 in 2007 (the first WR under the new mbld regulations)
- My 57 in the first round of bld was really nerve-racking and very slow memo+turning for safety
- I got an 11.18+2
- But I got a 10.09 nl judged by Jasmine Lee
- toastman is super cool and should do bld chess
- my 35.59 bld had like a 5 second pause
- and might be the fastest memo in comp maybe? (around 9 I think)
- Andy is really nice (sending me a memory stick with the video of my 35)
- my 5x5 solves were done during group 2 even though I was in group 1 (my cube+scorecard went missing for a little while after my first solve)
- Tim Major's 4x4 is impossible to scramble correctly (it had to be solved about 4 times during scrambling on one scramble)
- Josh- "I want to scramble this cube but I don't even know if he [petezorzz] is here" (Peter, you're quieter than me... XD)
- Bryson has an awesome surname (Azzopardi sounds kinda like Azza Puddy)

 

[Faz]

DYKs:
- Zane's 23/25 WR one of the most intense things I've watched

- My 57 in the first round of bld was really nerve-racking and very slow memo+turning for safety

- Bryson has an awesome surname (Azzopardi sounds kinda like Azza Puddy)

- yessu
- that was also intense
- "has a party"

Nice job on all the sub 10's guys
DYK
-Luke Bruce did his trademark "finally" after Zane's WR
-Florian's 5x5 is still insane - except for the lockup which probably cost a WR :s
-I'm forever doomed to only get 3 points in multi
-On the last cube, I simply didn't memo 3 edges :fp

And with the competition problems, I think the main things were:
-TimMc getting up late (forgivable)
-Lazy people being lazy, especially during setup.
-Lack of judges

 

[kirtpro]

The guy who is making the school's newspaper asked me if i could write an article about the competition.
Can somebody help me i have no idea what to write.

i wrote about worlds a while ago for school lol

write bout.....
goals for melbourne cube day
if you achieved it
write about how you went, eg, results, nervousness, tired, practicing, that sorta thing
feliks left early, more chance of winning
durben flew to melbourne from philippines, less chance lol
what you won