UK Nationals 2010

Did you know:
- Joey was wearing some awesome shorts?
- Michael has a massive beard?
- I showed up to the competition 30 minutes late?
- I broke pretty much every competition PB even though I didn't sleep the night before?
- I got a 10.69 3x3 Single in the final round, but the average was horrible?
- I had a 55.xx DP 4x4 solve, and was executing O-parity at 40.xx?
- Rowan DNF'ed his OH avg by the 3rd solve of the avg, but got a 19.36 single on his 4th solve?
- Rowan is very fast?
- I expect Rowan to sub-11 avg at US Nats in August?
- I DNF'ed the easiest BLD solve I've ever had in a comp, simply because I messed up a commutator at the very beginning?
- Conrad Rider is a cool guy?
- Tom Dooley is also a cool guy?
- Conrad found a 37 move FMC solution, but wrote down the last sequence incorrectly, costing him 1st place?
- Charlie set a new NR on pyraminx (congrats!)?
- it was hilarious when Amos memo'ed for BLD, but forgot a blindfold, so had to grab one before starting his solve...?
- ... only to pop about 5 seconds into solving?
- Charlie, Dan, and Michael did a fantastic job running/organizing the competition?

Thanks guys, fun times!
 
DYK:

- I walked more than 1 hour to find the place?
- Bristol has guide maps on the street EXACTLY when you need them?
- I dropped my camera pouch (with an SD card inside) while snapping the Bristol Cathedral and had to backtrack later to find it?
- I found it?
- Rowan is a gentleman?
- Kirjava really likes explaining and demonstrating things?
- He's really friendly too?
- I can't count how many times I've said 'Pardon?' when talking to people?
- My solves were really bad until I broke 2x2 and 3x3 NR at the end of the day?
- Conrad is Scottish and I asked if he was Australian? :fp
- I think people don't get what I'm saying sometimes cos I mix Malaysian and English accent terribly?
- The noisiest race was 3x3 between me, Rowan and Joey when all of us were using A5s?
- pjk is really nice?
- and has a British girlfriend? :D
- I didn't eat anything from 5am to end of comp?
- BLD was LOL?
- Charlie, Dan, and Michael did a fantastic job running/organizing the competition?

edit more DYKs:
- All my solves in the final was filmed except the 9.41?
- Cos little Sophie brought my cube and I didn't wanna trouble her to film it? :p
- Sophie's really cute and her mom's really nice?
 
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FUN!
Obvious highlights of my results:
9.88 PLL skip
10.81 non lucky.

Everything else was pretty much average.

2x2 sucked, I think I managed to do CLL successfully 2 times.
3x3 was annoying, my average would have been 12.75 without the +2 on a 11.61

Everyone is awesome, at least, those who know I think they're awesome is awesome.

edit:
My 9.88 was on film. Hoping Michael will be able to send that to me, so I can upload it to my channel.
 
DYK

- I like cubing again?
- I fail at getting sub 11 averages?
- My cube fails?
- This is the first competition where I have done remotely well compared to unofficial times?
- The comp was really nice, a few new faces and some cool people, but many not present who were sorely missed? (You know who you are) :(
- Dressed down fridays?
- Amos is awesome, I want to learn his mad bld skillz, and he got a tasty 9.41?
- Kir sucks in comp?
- So does Joey (single times notwithstanding)?
- They both love stupidly complicated commutators?
- The meaning of 'melba' still eludes us (google searches not allowed)?
- I can't wait til UK Masters?
- Though it won't be half as good without Pjk? :(
 
DYK -

- Frank rules?
- Sophie rules?
- Michael's Gear cube is a strange little contraption?
- but i might get one?
- Adam's teraminx is quite simply the greatest twisty puzzle i have ever tried?
- Amos' Maru is the second greatest?
- Conor is TALL?
- Conrad is not so tall?
- I am destined to have crap avgs for Master Magic
- even my single was only ok.
- Between me and Dan, we had the only fully competition legal Tiled Meffert's in the room?
- Michael's YJ instantly dropped 10secs off my 4x4avg
- 2.05.86?
- 14.40!?
- Almost felt inspired to juggle watching Jeff?
- Tom Dooley - peace?
- Andy Coghilled - my super master magic, dan's megaminx, my fII, his fII, his mini qj, his square1?
- there may have been more?
- Brett hadn't practised Magic sincle Bristol spring?
- Charlie only just scraped the Pyraminx win?
- Daniel Hunter is colour neutral, and I saw him get a PLL skip with beginners?
- Joey rocks at CLL?
- Michael's beard is epic?
- Patrick's is not so epic?
- Me and Robby have a fair bit in common?
- Rowan is probably the most unlucky cuber I have met?
- Thom is so good at Master Magic he can solve with less than half the strings you need to make functional?
- Charlie is a legend?
- I can't wait for Masters?
 
DYK -

- Frank rules?
- Sophie rules?
- Michael's Gear cube is a strange little contraption?
- but i might get one?
- Adam's teraminx is quite simply the greatest twisty puzzle i have ever tried?
- Amos' Maru is the second greatest?
- Conor is TALL?
- Conrad is not so tall?
- I am destined to have crap avgs for Master Magic
- even my single was only ok.
- Between me and Dan, we had the only fully competition legal Tiled Meffert's in the room?
- Michael's YJ instantly dropped 10secs off my 4x4avg
- 2.05.86?
- 14.40!?
- Almost felt inspired to juggle watching Jeff?
- Tom Dooley - peace?
- Andy Coghilled - my super master magic, dan's megaminx, my fII, his fII, his mini qj, his square1?
- there may have been more?
- Brett hadn't practised Magic sincle Bristol spring?
- Charlie only just scraped the Pyraminx win?
- Daniel Hunter is colour neutral, and I saw him get a PLL skip with beginners?
- Joey rocks at CLL?
- Michael's beard is epic?
- Patrick's is not so epic?
- Me and Robby have a fair bit in common?
- Rowan is probably the most unlucky cuber I have met?
- Thom is so good at Master Magic he can solve with less than half the strings you need to make functional?
- Charlie is a legend?
- I can't wait for Masters?
Elaborate on the peace thing? :P hahaha
 
FMC: L2 U' F2 U' R2 B2 U' B2 L2 D2 B2 R D2 L' D2 U B D' L R F

my solution (40)
x' y2 B' L B' U B U' D' F2 (x-cross, 8)
L2 U' L2 B U2 L B' F U' F' (rest of F2L, 10)
L F' L2 B L2 F L2 B' L U (OLL+AUF, 10)
B U B' R2 Uw' R U' R' U R' D B2 (PLL 12)
F2L = 18, LL = 22
 
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