UK Championship 2014

[LucidCuber]

Oh to add to my DYK trivia. I saw someone in Leicester Sunday night wearing a tshirt with cubes on, that didn't attend the competition.

 

[mark49152]

Yes. If I can get permission off the wife I'll do a comp next year I think.

Well yes that's the reason I will probably never actually get to one! But I can dream...

 

[newtonbase]

The prospect of competition has inspired me. Just got my 1st sub 3 min 4x4 solve. Or it might have been that I told myself I couldn't open the vodka until I'd done it.

Sub 10 min 5x5 next! (After the vodka)

 

[Randomno]

I'll need a significant improvement to get "not last" in 4x4 or anything bigger though despite them being my favourite events at the moment.

I dunno, if I did 4x4 at UK Champs I'd come last by a couple of minutes.

 

[CHJ]

DYK...

Jessica had to deal with being too close to feet than for comfort...
i won 4BLD finally...
UK champ and Euro champ...
still 4th in UK...
ben's room is really hot...
and far from the venue...
probably the worst comp this year for me both statistically and how it felt...
sameers intro song for 3x3 final destroyed ben's bugatti on the funny-o-meter...
the press loved me...
then they loved rob when i popped...
killed my 21 3BLD success streak...
1:16 all time PB single GJ...
breandans broken aochuang is brokener...
thom smells like poo...
i actually spoke about maths but already forgot everything...
only 2 beers this comp for me...

 

[Hssandwich]

DYK:
Managed to get a 2x2 average worse than my 2x2 average at my first comp?
Ben was adamant that CHJ would come back during feet?
DNFd 5x5 by an outer slice in my first solve and somehow missed the cut by 0.69 seconds?
Tom V-N got the clock NR single despite coming last?
I did GJ in skewb?
I got my first (two) podiums?
Thank you Ciarán for not being British?
Zak should be the next Bond Girl?
Took 3 hours to drive up on Saturday morning?
Had a horrible cold and headache all the way through Saturday?
Still got second in Skewb and 4th in pyra?
Failed horribly in most things but the ones I wanted to do well in?
I got a 9.7 TPS 2x2 solve during practise and my first non-lucky one look?
Another great comp!

 

[kinch2002]

DYK...
- Thanks everyone for turning up and generally being pleasant etc
- 4x4 PB but not even sub 40? 6 sub-41 averages now?
- I'm really happy to have finally beaten my 7.51 clock average? Thanks Ryan and James for waiting so long for me to do that. You now have permission to get an average between 7.25 and 7.51.
- Ciarán should organise Irish Championship?
- Zak became rich by finishing his drink?
- He 'gave' all the money back to me?
- It's easy to get Thom to buy you a drink?
- I enjoyed the room I booked very much?
- I talked to Andrew about how he was due his first sub-10?
- He got one?
- 3.03 2x2 average is my best since Berkeley last year?
- My second best average this year is 4.36? Oops.
- I nearly got a good bld mean?!
- Have to wait another year to give it another go?
- Adam should have left the box of trophies at Rob's house?

I already thanked people who helped with specific aspects of the competition at the award ceremony, but would also like to say thank you to Simon, Agassi and Ryan, none of whom ever seemed to leave the stage. People who truly care about the competition running on time

I've heard many times from several people this year that it isn't fair to have to judge for events they aren't competing in, so this time we called for everyone in the other groups of the event to come and judge. Obviously it made things worse for the organisation, but perhaps it could work if the next paragraph wasn't true...

It's quite disappointing when I call twice or three times for everyone in a specific different group to come up and help, and the only 3 people sitting ready to judge several minutes later are first-time competitors, who weren't really even meant to be helping. It's not as if people can't hear, because when it's their turn to compete they are up there straight away. Some experienced competitors disappoint me, but at least it looks like we have a more helpful group coming through

I feel that we have exhausted all options, aside from actually cracking down on people in the form of disqualification. A first time offence won't result in that, but there are some people who haven't been putting their shift in all year, and hopefully you know who you are.

We could have much more relaxed schedules, but then all that happens is that the hard-working people will do their work and because we're not in a rush the lazy people who usually turn up to judge half way through a group after being asked 3 times won't have to be asked.

I'll probably write something similar to this again in an email to everyone sometime to collect people's thoughts.

To end on a more positive note, the competition was overall a success, in that people seemed to have fun, there were some good results, we got through everything etc etc.

 

[Mollerz]

Scrambles are available here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9DjDvnrnKaRWVpkS21WZnp3dHM&usp=sharing

I hope everyone takes Daniel's post very seriously. I too was extremely disappointed with the lack of help and the amount we had to ask for judges/scramblers. Big thanks to those who did help out a lot, especially the newer cubers!

Just to add to it as well. The reason the current cutoffs are as they are is because he have a rough idea of how long groups and rounds will take to complete in their current iteration. This includes to 5-10 minutes it takes for us to call up judges and actually begin rounds running at full speed. If we had people scrambling/running/judging without prompting and on time, we could reduce cutoffs, or add larger finals, or add more rounds. We have a lot more flexibility when everyone helps as they should do.

 

[Randomno]

I should've helped judge on day 1... I was pretty bored after my two events in the morning anyway.

 

[Hssandwich]

Just tried the Skewb scrambles again, got exactly the same solutions for each one.

 

[Escher]

Looking through the results and a couple of peoples WCA pages (haven't done this in ages)... Holy crap Ciarán has gotten fast. Last comp I went to he was like, 16s 3x3 and 1:00+ 4x4.

Also Thom y no defend ur title u suk

 

[Yes We Can!]

I miss UK comps. Reading all the post-comp post made me wish I had been there.

 

[~Adam~]

I miss UK comps. Reading all the post-comp post made me wish I had been there.

Move here permanently =D

 

[BillyRain]

DYKT:

..Agassi likes to soak his cubes in a bag full of Maru before a major competition?
..I was confused as to why Maskow had traveled this far for a competition with no MBLD... but then Adam with beard?
..Ciaran is very fast now?
..paying breandan £5 to resticker my mini 7 was the best decision I made all weekend?
..also florian cut stickers on any cube whether florian modded or not are awesome?
..me + hangover + AM + radio + forced to solve = FAIL?
..press is cool... until they edit and get everything wrong or misinterpret what we are about?
..MOSH?
..RAIN?
..I'm good at making big cube cut offs on the first solve only?
..Chrisi is awesome?
..I was too hungover for most of the weekend to get nervous?
..this helps alot?
..Cubestormer is more impressive than I thought?
..girl from radio cannot operate a stopwatch?
..missed 3x3 average PB by .02?
.."where's my 2x2x2x2x2?"
..watching Alex give evils to photographers is so much fun?
..especially feet obsessed ones?
..Jess loves feet?
..not many people in the world do clock?
..everyone wears comp shirt on 2nd day?
..i'm happy that I identified a few people from the forum?
..Thom and I are both portal fans on Saturdays?
..why can I no longer see my cube that I am solving..... oh.... hi thom....?

Will think of more. Forgot everything I thought up earlier today.

Great weekend. Love you all

 

[Randomno]

..I was confused as to why Maskow had traveled this far for a competition with no MBLD... but then Adam with beard?

Thought it looked like him... I was pretty sure it wouldn't be, and I know he said he didn't have a comp till next month.

DYK: I finally figured out what "Maskow" means?

..everyone wears comp shirt on 2nd day?

I was wearing it, but kept my jacket zipped up the whole day because the shirt was way too big. Worth it.

 

[CiaranBeahan]

..paying breandan £5 to resticker my mini 7 was the best decision I made all weekend?

No it wasn't, it was the worst decision you made all weekend, you didn't pick me and I was offering cheaper!

DYK:

It was my first time on public transport in Britain?
Nobody is able to make eye contact on a train in England?
Adam thought my goals before the comp were insanely high?
The venue was packed when I arrives Saturday morning?
third time in this venue?
fourth time in this city for a comp?
I destroy the UK in 6x6?
It's all Callum's fault? Thank you for letting me borrow your 6x6
Destroyed mega single even though I didn't practice?
Almost lost 2x2 and skewb NR's to Thomas
Didn't though
Failed at pyra?
Got a 32 4x4 single?
Daniel, James and Thom when drunk laugh so hard at something that should remain secret?
Everyone wanted me to go to Mosh?
Me and Thom talked for the first time?
Greg couldn't make it Saturday
Andrew isn't good at swallowing coke while laughing?
Going to sleep Saturday night proved difficult?
STILL NO SUB 10 AVERAGE?
Seeing Chris point at me while everybody breathes down my neck makes it difficult to finish a 7x7 solve?
Beat unofficial 7x7 PB by 16 seconds?
Top 10 in the world like a BOSS?
I won 3 events but got no prizes?
Fire alarm didn't go off?
This isn't the last UK comp this year?
The flight attendant on the way home was on his last flight before turning a professional golfer?
My 7x7 video is doing surprisingly good?

Great weekend! Thanks to all the organisers! Can't wait for next year!

 

[BillyRain]

No it wasn't, it was the worst decision you made all weekend, you didn't pick me and I was offering cheaper!

"When can you have it done by?"

"Hmm.. by tomorrow morning?"

"In like an hour???"

Hmmmmm

 

[CiaranBeahan]

"When can you have it done by?"

"Hmm.. by tomorrow morning?"

"In like an hour???"

Hmmmmm

"How much do you want for it?"

"Hmmmmm..... A fiver"

" I'll do it for 4!"

Hmmmmmmmmm

 

[Randomno]

"When can you have it done by?"

"Hmm.. by tomorrow morning?"

"In like an hour???"

Hmmmmm

Oh yeah, I think I remember hearing something about a 5x5 being restickered really fast... Probably that.

 

[BillyRain]

"How much do you want for it?"

"Hmmmmm..... A fiver"

" I'll do it for 4!"

Hmmmmmmmmm

£1 for an ~95% increase on turnaround is worth it anyday