I don't think this would be a proper Speedsolving competition thread without a DYK.
So here we go.
DYK...
...Ron and Hanneke are tremendous?
...Arnaud and Aki are great?
...Anders Larsson is very nice?
...I'm glad that I met Carlos and that he was able to come and raise the competitive bar, allowing everyone present to see a world class speedcuber.
...I'm also glad Jesus could make it, helping to make it more of an international competition and have some fun.
...Some of the portuguese cubers were a bit nervous?
...Didier and Nelson are superstars?
...Vasco was great and quite taller than I expected.
...Happy for Litz to be able to finally compete.
...Actually, everyone was pretty cool.
...Ron and Hanneke setting up/wrapping up the venue reminded me of a Formula 1 pitstop crew ?
...I think the venue director and staff were quite happy that we had the competition there. They were very friendly and curious about what we were doing.
...I forgot to tell Arnaud how great he was as the host of WC2011?
...Ron gave me karamelstroopwafels
...Ron and Vasco did quite the scene at the mall the night before comp, doing quick scrambles and solves, creating a line to see them larger than for some of the restaurants?
...I didn't have what it takes (yet) to have a successful 3BLD with tv cameras pointing at you, dozens of eyes ogling, random harp notes being played in the background (even with ear defenders) and the competition pressure.
...I left the competition under clear blue skies, arrived home 2 hours later, raining buckets.
...I thought it was quite appropriate to finish the day seeing a double rainbow not far from home as I was arriving.
...I had a huge ammount of fun meeting amazing people, seeing new places and competing.
...Hope to see everyone soon!
EDIT:
Oh yeah, Anders broke his 3x3 avg record. Congrats!
