Oxford Winter 2014 (UK)

[Myachii]

No, he has to beat 40. He said that he tried FMC before, but didn't beat 40 so didn't hand in the solution.

Fair enough. But I'm still very surprised by the clock statistic...

 

[Hssandwich]

Before TVN, the Irish NR was 31.xx, tom hasn't managed to not fail in a single clock average

 

[DuffyEdge]

I don't think anyone's ever held all 33 NR's. Ciaran I'll race you to it

 

[Randomno]

I'm gonna change my nationality to Monaco and beat you all.

 

[Randomno]

DYK:

• My dad's friend came to Oxford too.
• Came to the comp via Park and Ride on the first day.
• I've only been to UKC other than this, the venue was surprisingly small compared to that.
• Square 1 was hard to explain to my dad.
• I did so many 2x2 solves before the round.
• I still did pretty badly at 2x2. Much better than UKC though.
• 4BLD during lunch is a pretty good idea.
• I probably could have done decently in Megaminx, but it wouldn't have been worth it.
• I screwed up Skewb a lot.
  
• I said I was going to learn it at the comp. I went to Sarah's site but the notation made no sense. It seemed to show the left layer being moved for R, and vice versa. FCN didn't make much sense either.
• I still went up to try, maybe I'd get a corners and centers skip (yeah right). Ollie was judging me, I made the white layer in a bit over a minute, but just DNFed myself after that. Ollie said I could try the second solve, but I had to solve it first, which I couldn't do, so I just gave up.
  
• Someone asked if they could borrow my Skewb right after I gave up.
• Later, I had the idea of deliberately breaking my Skewb after doing the first layer, and putting it back in the solved state (since you just need to twist corners and switch centers).
• I've never learned French and couldn't pronounce François' name.
• François seemed to use the same method for all the NxNxN puzzles. Opposite layers then solve the rest with comms/conjs. He even seemed to do it for 3x3 OH. :/
• Ollie should have done of his 4x4 solves blindfolded.
• Thomas Stock is a pro at Clock.
• Sub-5 needed for 2x2 finals...
• Didn't use Park and Ride for second day.
• I arrived when Pyraminx was about to start. I hadn't learned Pyraminx LL.
• I learned two while going there, but I didn't understand the rotation on the third.
• My recognition for R' (left sexy) R and L (right sexy) L' was to hold one corner in bottom left, and check the one in the bottom right. It worked alright, but I'll have to get better at recognising them.
• Like I said, I didn't understand one of the LL algs. While judging, I saw someone using it (I think it was one of the Sams) and asked about it. They explained the rotation.
• IIRC I got that case on my last Pyra solve. Saved about 10 seconds compared to using the solve another layer method.
• How can Ollie be that bad at Pyraminx?
• My first 3x3 solve was decent.
• My second solve was pretty good, but I got a +2.
• My third solve wasn't too good, and I got a +2.
• My fourth solve was horrible.
• My fifth solve was very good.
• My average was sub-28, which is pretty good.
• When I checked cubecomps during the comp, I was #26. When I checked it just now, I'm #33. :/
• I got excited when Pyraminx was having a semi added. I was 17th though when the top 16 went through.
• Callum won't be setting any MBLD NRs any time soon.
• Neither will Ollie though.
• Thaynara's surname was spelt wrong in one round.
• I heard someone do the "21" thing.
• In 3x3 final, the first scramble was the best for 5/6 of the top 6 competitors. It was Robert's second worst though.
• Bertie is a bae for putting my shengshou 4x4 back together
• Twice.
• I just want to finish this, I will edit if I remember more.

 

[Berd]

DYK:

• My dad's friend came to Oxford too.
• Came to the comp via Park and Ride on the first day.
• I've only been to UKC other than this, the venue was surprisingly small compared to that.
• Square 1 was hard to explain to my dad.
• I did so many 2x2 solves before the round.
• I still did pretty badly at 2x2. Much better than UKC though.
• 4BLD during lunch is a pretty good idea.
• I probably could have done decently in Megaminx, but it wouldn't have been worth it.
• I screwed up Skewb a lot.
• I said I was going to learn it at the comp. I went to Sarah's site but the notation made no sense. It seemed to show the left layer being moved for R, and vice versa. FCN didn't make much sense either.
• I still went up to try, maybe I'd get a corners and centers skip (yeah right). Ollie was judging me, I made the white layer in a bit over a minute, but just DNFed myself after that. Ollie said I could try the second solve, but I had to solve it first, which I couldn't do, so I just gave up.
• Someone asked if they could borrow my Skewb right after I gave up.
• Later, I had the idea of deliberately breaking my Skewb after doing the first layer, and putting it back in the solved state (since you just need to twist corners and switch centers).
• I've never learned French and couldn't pronounce François' name.
• François seemed to use the same method for all the NxNxN puzzles. Opposite layers then solve the rest with comms/conjs. He even seemed to do it for 3x3 OH. :/
• Ollie should have done of his 4x4 solves blindfolded.
• Thomas Stock is a pro at Clock.
• Sub-5 needed for 2x2 finals...
• Didn't use Park and Ride for second day.
• I arrived when Pyraminx was about to start. I hadn't learned Pyraminx LL.
• I learned two while going there, but I didn't understand the rotation on the third.
• My recognition for R' (left sexy) R and L (right sexy) L' was to hold one corner in bottom left, and check the one in the bottom right. It worked alright, but I'll have to get better at recognising them.
• Like I said, I didn't understand one of the LL algs. While judging, I saw someone using it (I think it was one of the Sams) and asked about it. They explained the rotation.
• IIRC I got that case on my last Pyra solve. Saved about 10 seconds compared to using the solve another layer method.
• How can Ollie be that bad at Pyraminx?
• My first 3x3 solve was decent.
• My second solve was pretty good, but I got a +2.
• My third solve wasn't too good, and I got a +2.
• My fourth solve was horrible.
• My fifth solve was very good.
• My average was sub-28, which is pretty good.
• When I checked cubecomps during the comp, I was #26. When I checked it just now, I'm #33. :/
• I got excited when Pyraminx was having a semi added. I was 17th though when the top 16 went through.
• Callum won't be setting any MBLD NRs any time soon.
• Neither will Ollie though.
• Thaynara's surname was spelt wrong in one round.
• I heard someone do the "21" thing.
• In 3x3 final, the first scramble was the best for 5/6 of the top 6 competitors. It was Robert's second worst though.
• I just want to finish this, I will edit if I remember more.

*cough* Bertie is a bae for putting my shengshou 4x4 back together *cough*

 

[Randomno]

*cough* Bertie is a bae for putting my shengshou 4x4 back together *cough*

o yea almost forgot thx bb

 

[Berd]

o yea almost forgot thx bb

Anytime [emoji8]