The Glorious North 2015 (1-2 August, Manchester, England)

Myachii said:
For some reason I perform amazingly in competition. It's ridiculous how fast my solves get, idek how.

4x4 - I had only just gotten a sub-50 average of 5 at home. It took months to get but I finally got it. In comp, I got a 49.16 average and a 45.08 single.
5x5 - I had only just gotten a sub-1:40 ao5 and a sub-1:30 single at home. In comp, 1:37.93 ao5 (pb is 1:37.52) and a ridiculous 1:22.73 single (overall pb)

Very very good day, I am over the moon with my results (even if I did DNF MBLD :( )

Hope everyone had fun, can't wait for tomorrow :D
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You did VGJ apart form feet. But well done Jialin for winning!
 
DYK:

-The Hotel was probably the worst I've ever stayed in, toilet and light didn't work, got moved to another room and the door didn't even shut properly.
-Adam is a troll
-Manu was surprised to hear me start randomly talking Dutch
-If you take a nap at 8:30pm, don't expect to wake up 30 minutes later like a normal nap.
-The place I parked for the Hotel was closer to the venue than the Hotel
-Random picked up a cuber who was lost at the other st peters hale down the road.
-I'm finally not responsible for equipment any more :P
-6 Batteries needed changing on timers over the weekend.
-I didn't get the Square-1 PB I was expecting
-But got 11 others....
-I beat my goal for 5x5 single (1:45) in my average (1:44.83), and got a 1:32 single as well.
-I did a Ciarán on 7x7.... (beating your home PB in comp by miles)
-Not surprisingly given my superior method, I beat Adam at 4x4
-BLD SUCESS :D :D :D :D :D
-Got quite a few +2's this comp :/ , stopped me from getting sub-13 average on 3x3, sub-6 on 2x2, and sub-10 on Pyraminx
-Also stopped me from making 3x3 final.
-I found a secret sleeping spot again
-Unlimited Free Tea made this comp amazing.
-It was Billy's birthday today
-And Nevins'
-Drive home was a constant monotonous 50mph for 90 miles of the Journey.
-The North is Glorious.
 
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DuffyEdge said:
Goals:
2x2 - sub 3.5 average (but I don't mind if I don't get it)
3x3 - sub 14 average (I average low 13, but can't seem to do well in comp)
4x4 - sub 50 average (been trying to get this for over a year)
7x7 - sub 5:00 mean
OH - use pinky and get a sup 30 average
SQ1 - sub 20 single
Mega - sub 1:50 average
MBLD - 5/5
idrc about the rest
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2x2 - no
3x3 - lol no
4x4 - no :(
7x7 - no
OH - no and no
SQ1 - yes
Mega - almost
MBLD - no

DYK...
...I beat both Adam and James at pool?
...They also both beat me?
...1:17 unofficial 5x5 single whilst not sober?
...Theo is a really good magician?
...Tyler only sometimes wears his hat?
...Joey is really really incredible at drums?
...Gonzalo is a really nice guy?
...Although he still owes me a pint?
...I'm still unsure who would win between Ricky and Ethan in a sumo wrestle?
...Laurence beat me at chess?
...A time with an ifinitely recurring number after the decimal point is possible?????
...James snores like a chainsaw?
...I had to sandwich my head in between two pillows to muffle out the sound?
...It was still eardrum shatteringly loud?
...Thom did an enormous **** on Zak's carpet?
...But there's a 10% chance it was the dog?
...This may have been my favourite comp ever?
...Either this or WGC 2015?
...(because Katie was there)?
...10 OLL paritys in a row?
...and 8 consecutive double parities?
...Messed up my chance of getting sub 50?
...Even though I have a 47 ao100?
...Otherwise this comp was quite good for me PB-wise?
...16 SQ1 single especially?
...So now Daniel and Evan are my only nemeses?
...But soon I will have none ;)
I thought Zak said he had a pool, not a pool table
I brought a swimming costume

Thanks Zak :)
 
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ronaldm said:
As goals seem to be a thing:

2x2: sub-10 avg, hopefully a sub-8 single
3x3: sub-60 avg, sub-50 single
general: have fun, drink beer, make my first comp one to remember :)
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2x2: nopes, not even close... 14.14/11.67
3x3: yes and almost: 55.29/50.40
general: Loads of fun, had beer, and certainly a comp to remember :D

Thanks all for making my first comp a great one!
 
Jialin is sending me the video, that'll be up this week on my channel. Hopefully Chris will send me my 5.75 clock single which I will also get up. Results will happen next few days, I'll put the scrambles on here soon as well.

Hope you all had a good competition and will get some nice, well-earned rest!

TL:DR; Stuff asap from comp
 
LucidCuber said:
Goals:

Square-1: Make cut, get an average after almost a year of waiting
6x6 - sub 3:30 single sub 3:45 mean
5x5 - Get a new cube, and sub1:50 average
OH - sub-30 average
7x7 single/mean would be nice, but haven't practised that much.

3 PBs
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Square-1: 2 pops and parity stopped that :/
6x6: Got a sub-3:30 mean, let alone single.
5x5: Technically I failed in my goal of getting a new cube, but I got a sub-1:45 mean where my single goal was sub-1:45.
OH: failed due to mis-recognising alg, but got a single PB by 0.02
7x7: Yeah, that was just unbelievably good :/

Got my 3 PBs and 8 more :D
 
DYKs
-I wasn't expecting to break my pbs when I know how much behind I was when I do practice at home.
-But then I got some single pbs.
-google map bring me to the building across the road, I walked around it, detect no cubers.
-Saw Adam in the car park, realised google trolled me.
-lighting wasn't the best, but the coffee and tea compensates.
-its been a long time I join a comp, it was tiring.
-I am basically using a straw to my big bottle of water throughout my driving journey home, for 10miles, to keep myself hydrated and awake.
-Signal was bad
-still stuck on 6 points on MBLD
-BJ did a VGJ
-because me and billy were using the same blindfold, i thought it would be weird if we happen to share the same birthday.
-so I wasn't in a situation where everybody sing for me.
-practiced megaminx on saturday night, I got 2:10 Ao50.
-got sub 1:50 average on megaminx the next day, officially.
-which beaten my previous official pb by less than one second, both average and single.
-3BLD final was a joke for me, my brain blanked.
-Jialin has gotten really good since I last saw him. (Somewhere in 2014)
-Zak's convincingly won 3BLD
-First and second podium for 4BLD is only 3 seconds difference.
-My brain is in hibernate mode after those bigblds
-I can only do a decent single.
-very well organised comp
-Gonzalo and Lorenzo are very friendly and helpful throughout the event.
-I would like to make it to next comp, but no promises :(
 
scottishcuber said:
3x3 sub8/sub9.61 no/yes
4x4 dont care/sub36 got a 31 with op/36 avg not bad
5x5 dont care/ sub1:15 1:03/yes 1:12
6x6 annoy rob not really
7x7 really annoy rob i beat his NRs but he was nice
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dyk

- its funny that I had no goals for 2x2 - I didn't even compete in the end.
- free tea
- this probably was one the best UK comps ever.
- If I didn't get a bit ill I would have enjoyed it even more.
- 3x3 finals was really fun
- Simon and I were alternating using the same timer and were each getting really good solves back-to-back
- #sub10buddies #twins.
- there was tea
- It was was also a really good 3x3 podium (28.30) considering there was no alex and bv.
- I'm really happy I won
- stayed with Laurence and played with his dog
- turns out i'm allergic to dogs...who knew?
- played lots of chess too
- his blitz games with Gonzalo were a nice break from cubing
- i think i beat Laurence once this weekend
- mollerz needs to recognise an ensuing knight fork when he sees it
- note to self: must visit Chorley
- 'i always buy the blue milk me' - Andrew Gardner 2015
 
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TDM said:
Goals (all sub-xx, single/average):

3x3: 10/13.5 yes/yes! Fullstep sub-10, only one to sub-10 on that scramble. Low 12 average too :D
4x4: won't beat PBs no/no in the first round but then my second round average was 9 seconds slower
5x5: 1:55/2:05 no/no but still PB/PB
2x2: 2/3.33 no/no, should've got a 2 but I did a stupid solution to one scramble in the final. Also had a possible sub-2 where I AUFed the wrong way and almost stopped the timer, then AUFed wrong and almost stopped the timer again, and then finally got a high 4
3BLD: 1:20/1:40 no/no, didn't podium either
3OH: PB/PB yes/yes, PB single in both rounds and a sub-22 average!
3FT: forgot I registered, will have to practise now to see what I actually average corner twist
Mega: cutoff not even close
Pyra: 6/9 no/no but sub-10 average
Square-1: PB/PB yes/yes
Skewb: won't beat PBs yes/yes, did badly in both rounds
6x6: cutoff yes, surprisingly, and a 4:04 single, PB by 45 seconds
Multi: 5-7 points no, only got one point :( I tried to be as safe as possible, but still had 12 minutes left - I might try 10-12 next comp (12 if I get in some practise)
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Didn't get a lot of my goals except for in my main events, which I'm happy about. 3x3 especially. I'm hoping to get more green next comp! Though I don't think I'll beat most of my PBs for a long time.
 
I went through the personal results on cubecomps yesterday, and it's amazing how many PB's were set by people :D

GJ everyone!
 
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