Spanish Championship 2013 at the Arnold Classic Europe 2013

I have pictures of Arnold ^.^ i actually happened to be 1 meter away from him when he stopped randomly in the middle of everything. (So many people following him!!!)
 
I guess it's the trade-off you get for doing competitions in a high visibility environment with a very large ammount of passing by non-cubing audience versus a smaller cuber-only competition. There are benefits and caveats in both approaches.
 
I guess it's the trade-off you get for doing competitions in a high visibility environment with a very large ammount of passing by non-cubing audience versus a smaller cuber-only competition. There are benefits and caveats in both approaches.

It was not the first time I was competing in such an environment, and that one was *by far* the noisiest one I've ever experienced. Well, at least now I'm certain that I can concentrate on BLD events even in the worst conditions :p
 
It was not the first time I was competing in such an environment, and that one was *by far* the noisiest one I've ever experienced. Well, at least now I'm certain that I can concentrate on BLD events even in the worst conditions :p
Congratulations on your successes.
From your experience over the years, do you think competitions in this kind of environments are more beneficial to cubing in general or a more private cubing-only type of comp?
 
That's a really big deal to have a celebrity like Arnold Schwarzenegger at a cube tournament, even if the tournament was really at his event it sounds like.

Very cool, loved the photo of Arnold standing by the cube mosaic of himself! I even showed one of my coworkers at work, they're sort of used to me spouting cube trivia at them, like when Eric broke the most cubes in 24 hours GWR! :)
 
Congratulations on your successes.
Thanks, but I got some DNFs too ::p What I mean is that my results would probably have been the same in a silent atmosphere.

cubizh said:
From your experience over the years, do you think competitions in this kind of environments are more beneficial to cubing in general or a more private cubing-only type of comp?
IMHO it's always beneficial to cubing to show our existence to the general public. And being part of a larger event, or competing in a public place, is definitely more efficient for that than hiding in private cubers-only atmospheres.
 
Arnold was there very, very briefly, and there was a cloud of people around him everywhere he went. I was there sitting first line in front of the mosaic to take some photos for the people and ended up surrounded by his cohort in like 2 seconds. I took a couple of photos of him placimg the last cube of the mosaic, though.

The first round of 3Bld was hell, there was a cheerleader contest on the main stage some 50 meters away from us. First group was the top noise moment of the weekend, I'd say. Multi and FM was also hard, but better.

The mosaic was certainly an attraction many non cubers stopped by to take a photo, some people talked to some cubers but very few actually watched the competition. We had the 3x3 and 3bld finals on the main stage but by then there weren't many people around.

All in all it was really fun and we might repeat the experience.

Oh, Arnold is shorter than I expected and TMOY taller :p, and Odder/carrot really knows how to pop a cube!
 
Arnold was there very, very briefly, and there was a cloud of people around him everywhere he went.

I have a Chrome extension that changes all instances of "the cloud" to "my butt", as well as "cloud" to "butt" in most contexts. It took me a bit before I realised the quote above didn't in fact say "there was a butt of people around him everywhere he went."
 
Oscar Roth Andersen - 10.88 3x3 av5 - Spanish Championship 2013

[youtubehd]WhL67oX2BFs[/youtubehd]
L2 U2 B2 D R B2 R2 D2 F' D2 F' D' U B2 L B U2 L2 U

y x2 // inspection
L' R' F R2 D L' U L' // cross
U2' L' U L U R U R' // 1st pair
U L' U L U y' R U' R' // 2nd pair
L' U' L U3 L U' L' // 3rd pair
y U2' L U L' U y' L' U' L // 4th pair
U x U R U' L U R' U' r' // OLL
U L2 u' L U' L U L' u L2' F U' F' U' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="Red"]Total	11.94	62	5.19	67	5.61	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	3.16	16	5.06	16	5.06		Cross+1/F2L	42.7%	41.0%	37.2%
F2L	7.40	39	5.27	43	5.81		F2L/Total	62.0%	62.9%	64.2%
LL	4.54	23	5.07	24	5.29		LL/Total	38.0%	37.1%	35.8%
L2 U2 B2 D R B2 R2 D2 F' D2 F' D' U B2 L B U2 L2 U

y x2 // inspection
L' R' F R2 D L' U L' // cross
U2' L' U L U R U R' // 1st pair
U L' U L U y' R U' R' // 2nd pair
L' U' L U U U L U' L' // 3rd pair
U' d' L U L' U y' L' U' L // 4th pair
U x U R U' L U R' U' r' // OLL
U L2 u' L U' L U L' u (L' r') D F' (D' x) U' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
D2 B2 L U2 R' D2 R' B2 R U2 F U2 R B R' D2 R2 F U2

x y2 // inspection
x' R L F' L' // cross
U' L' U2 L U2' R U R' // 1st pair
U2 L' U L U R' U' R // 2nd pair
U2 L' U L U2 y' R U R' // 3rd pair
U' L' U' L U L' U' L // 4th pair
F R U R' d' L' // OLL
r U' L D2' L' U L D2' L2' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="Red"]Total	8.59	51	5.94	56	6.52	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	1.95	12	6.15	14	7.18		Cross+1/F2L	34.3%	33.3%	34.1%
F2L	5.69	36	6.33	41	7.21		F2L/Total	66.2%	70.6%	73.2%
LL	2.90	15	5.17	15	5.17		LL/Total	33.8%	29.4%	26.8%
D2 B2 L U2 R' D2 R' B2 R U2 F U2 R B R' D2 R2 F U2

x y2 // inspection
x' R L F' L' // cross
U' L' U U L U2' R U R' // 1st pair
U U L' U L U R' U' R // 2nd pair
U U L' U L U d R U R' // 3rd pair
U' L' U' L U L' U' L // 4th pair
F R U R' d' L' // OLL
r U' L D2' L' U L D2' L2' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
R2 U2 B2 U2 R D2 R' D' L B F2 U2 F2 D F' U' B U2 L

y x' // inspection
U2' L U' x' R2 // cross
U' L' U' L d' R' U' R // 1st pair
U L U L' // 2nd pair
y L' U L U' L U L' // 3rd pair
U L' U' L U2' L' U' L // 4th pair
U3 L U L' y' R' F R U' R' F' R // OLL
(y x') L' U L D' L' U' L D L' U' L D' L' U L D x U // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="Red"]Total	10.15	59	5.81	68	6.70	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	2.49	12	4.82	13	5.22		Cross+1/F2L	45.3%	38.7%	37.1%
F2L	5.50	31	5.64	35	6.36		F2L/Total	54.2%	52.5%	51.5%
LL	4.65	28	6.02	33	7.10		LL/Total	45.8%	47.5%	48.5%
R2 U2 B2 U2 R D2 R' D' L B F2 U2 F2 D F' U' B U2 L

y x' // inspection
U2' L U' x' R2 // cross
U' L' U' L d' R' U' R // 1st pair
U L U L' // 2nd pair
y L' U L U' L U L' // 3rd pair
U y y' L' U' L U2' L' U' L // 4th pair
U U U L U L' y' R' F R U' R' F' R // OLL
(y x') L' U L D' L' U' L D L' U' L D' L' U L D x U // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
L B2 L2 R D2 U' B' U2 R B' F' D' B' F' L D2 R2 D B'

y' x // inspection
L R U R' x' D' R // cross
U L U' L' y U L U L' // 1st pair
U L' U L d' L U' L' // 2nd pair
L' U L U R U R' // 3rd pair
U L' U2 L U2' y L U' L' // 4th pair
U2 L' U' L U L' U L F U F' L' U' L // OLL(CP)
M2' U' M2' U2' M2' U' M2' U' // EPLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="Red"]Total	11.90	63	5.29	68	5.71	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	3.28	14	4.27	16	4.88		Cross+1/F2L	45.6%	35.9%	37.2%
F2L	7.19	39	5.42	43	5.98		F2L/Total	60.4%	61.9%	63.2%
LL	4.71	24	5.10	25	5.31		LL/Total	39.6%	38.1%	36.8%
L B2 L2 R D2 U' B' U2 R B' F' D' B' F' L D2 R2 D B'

y' x // inspection
L R U R' x' D' R // cross
U L U' L' y U L U L' // 1st pair
U L' U L d' L U' L' // 2nd pair
L' U L U R U R' // 3rd pair
U L' L L' U U L U' d' L U' L' // 4th pair
U U L' U' L U L' U L F U F' L' L L' U' L // OLL(CP)
M2' U' M2' U2' M2' U' M2' U' // EPLL
View at alg.garron.us
D U' R2 U' B2 R U' B2 R' U' B U2 L2 B2 R' F R F'

x R' r' U' L' // pseudo cross
d' L' U L D' // Xcross
y' L' U' L // 2nd pair
y' U L U L' // 3rd pair
U' L' U2 L U2' L' U L // 4th pair
U2 L U L' U L U' L' U' r' U r B' // OLL(CP)
U L' U L' U' L' U' L' U L U L2' U // EPLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="Red"]Total	10.58	57	5.39	62	5.86	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	2.06	9	4.37	10	4.85		Cross+1/F2L	33.2%	32.1%	31.3%
F2L	6.20	28	4.52	32	5.16		F2L/Total	58.6%	49.1%	51.6%
LL	4.38	29	6.62	30	6.85		LL/Total	41.4%	50.9%	48.4%
D U' R2 U' B2 R U' B2 R' U' B U2 L2 B2 R' F R F'

x R' r' U' L' // pseudo cross
d' L' U L D' // Xcross
y2 U d' L' L L' U' L // 2nd pair
U y' L U L' // 3rd pair
U' L' U U L U2' L' U L // 4th pair
U U L U L' U L U' L' U' r' U r B' // OLL(CP)
U L' U L2' L U' L' L' L U' L' U L U L2' U // EPLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
Average (removing fastest and slowest solve)

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	10.88	59.67	5.49	66.00	6.07	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	2.61	11.67	4.47	13.00	4.98		Cross+1/F2L	41.5%	35.7%	35.5%
F2L	6.30	32.67	5.19	36.67	5.82		F2L/Total	57.9%	54.7%	55.6%
LL	4.58	27.00	5.90	29.33	6.40		LL/Total	42.1%	45.3%	44.4%

Code:
Mean (5/5)

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	10.63	58.40	5.49	64.20	6.04	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	2.59	12.60	4.87	13.80	5.33		Cross+1/F2L	40.5%	36.4%	35.6%
F2L	6.40	34.60	5.41	38.80	6.07		F2L/Total	60.2%	59.2%	60.4%
LL	4.24	23.80	5.62	25.40	6.00		LL/Total	39.8%	40.8%	39.6%

Code:
Best from each field

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	8.59	51	5.94	56	6.70[/COLOR]

Cross+1	1.95	9	6.15	10	7.18
F2L	5.50	28	6.33	32	7.21
LL	2.90	15	6.62	15	7.10
 
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