UK Open 2008?

[CharlieCooper]

mmmm should probably book my train ticket.

 

[Ron]

OK, finally my hotel room is booked. Thanks to Sean!

I will be staying at the:
Trafford Centre South Premier Inn Hotel.
Wilderspool Wood
Trafford Centre
Manchester
M17 8WW
http://www.premierinn.com/pti/hotelInformation.do?hotelId=23897

It is close to the venue.

On Friday I am sharing with Sean, on Saturday with Anders.

See you soon!

Ron

 

[Escher]

wow... it is ridiculously close now. so i have about 7 days in which to learn(/relearn) maybe 20 OLLs... and to get A LOT better at 2x2 & 3x3 OH.
ive decided i dont really care how well i do. i just want a WCA profile and to meet loads of new cubers and get awesome advice

 

[CharlieCooper]

OK, finally my hotel room is booked. Thanks to Sean!

I will be staying at the:
Trafford Centre South Premier Inn Hotel.
Wilderspool Wood
Trafford Centre
Manchester
M17 8WW
http://www.premierinn.com/pti/hotelInformation.do?hotelId=23897

It is close to the venue.

On Friday I am sharing with Sean, on Saturday with Anders.

See you soon!

Ron

interesting.... lars and i are staying in this one: http://www.premierinn.com/pti/hotelInformation.do?hotelId=26851&CMP=KNC-Google

which is a lot closer to the venue?

 

[gasmus]

Is anyone staying here http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/mchea?_requestid=196584 ?

Its not particularly ideal but for some reason thats where im staying

Its an Express By Holiday Inn

 

[joey]

Who's coming with you this time?

 

[gasmus]

just my mum, my grandpa and Frankie this time

 

[MichaelErskine]

Only a week to go and my 3x3x3 averages aren't improving enough to break into the top 2500 of the WCA world rankings

 

[joey]

just my mum, my grandpa and Frankie this time

Yay! I like your grandpa! I like Frankie too! (your mum is nice too!)

 

[Sebastien]

Due to Ryanairs stupid time policy (they changed my flight back time from Saturday 20:55 to Saturday 15:55!!) I'll finally not come

Hope to see you guys at another competition soon, maybe in Zwolle or in Denn Haag?

 

[AvGalen]

Due to Ryanairs stupid time policy (they changed my flight back time from Saturday 20:55 to Saturday 15:55!!) I'll finally not come

Hope to see you guys at another competition soon, maybe in Zwolle or in Denn Haag?

or.... just go to Geneva instead

 

[Sebastien]

I'd surley like that, but how to go there?

If you plan to go there by car I'd love to join you

 

[AvGalen]

I'd surley like that, but how to go there?

If you plan to go there by car I'd love to join you

The plan is not entirely final yet, but it looks like:
Ton and I will be leaving on friday morning by car, driving to Lausanne, staying at Svens place, driving from there to the competition, staying at Svens place again, drive back on sunday.

 

[Tomarse]

I have to bloody leave early otherwise its £120 for a train ticket back to Eastbourne, I've got a ticket, its only available for the 17:58 from Manchester... =[

 

[Garmon]

wow... it is ridiculously close now. so i have about 7 days in which to learn(/relearn) maybe 20 OLLs... and to get A LOT better at 2x2 & 3x3 OH.
ive decided i dont really care how well i do. i just want a WCA profile and to meet loads of new cubers and get awesome advice

Me too, I don't care I just want one good happy solve.

 

[Sebastien]

I'd surley like that, but how to go there?

If you plan to go there by car I'd love to join you

The plan is not entirely final yet, but it looks like:
Ton and I will be leaving on friday morning by car, driving to Lausanne, staying at Svens place, driving from there to the competition, staying at Svens place again, drive back on sunday.

i sent you a PM

 

[Ron]

Hi Charlie,

interesting.... lars and i are staying in this one: http://www.premierinn.com/pti/hotelI...CMP=KNC-Google

Thanks for notifying me. You were absolutely right.
We booked the wrong hotel. It was so confusing: there are many Premier Inns in the area and the online booking did not work for us. So we had to call but called the wrong hotel.
Now we (Sean, Anders, Ron) are staying in the same hotel.

See you soon!

Have fun,

Ron

 

[MTGjumper]

Early start then Saturday morning, although my afternoon should be free because I know I won't make any finals (potentially 3x3x3, but I doubt it).

Also, I hope the venue is warm. Cold hands seriously affect my averages, but make my ES cubes turn better =/

 

[Escher]

yeah if you get at least a sub 18 avg you have a chance of making the finals
i am DEFINITELY not gonna get a sub 20 avg at this rate anyway. i get shaky and pop & lock at the best of times so... maybe i should resort to LBL and 3 look and see what happens?
its annoying actually. i dont have an event that im 'really' good at. like chukk right now gets better than the current UKNR in 2x2 and 3x3 OH...
although, im sure there are plenty of people going that are just as good (or better), but havent competed for a year.
anyway you should stick around just to watch vallance, gouly, bruchem and vandenberg
thom barlow got v. good results last year so maybe hes the dark horse of the comp...?

btw, this is an invitation for speculation on who's going to win each event

 

[jay123]

what time are people taking the train?
like 6? see you there


2x2-10 3x3-25 4x4-2.00 5x5-3.00