UK Open 2009

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Fantastic first comp, really friendly atmosphere, nice meet up so many fellow cubers! Watching some of the really fast folk was unbelievable, how they turn so fast is beyond me! A big thanks to everyone for making the day what it was. I had a lot of fun :)

-I left my comp cube on the table, so if anyone found a completely unidentifiable Puzl.com cube (easily popped)...it's mine

Yup, I do remember seeing an un-claimed puzl speedcube at the end. I think Ramadan (MrMoney) might have it..

- The morph egg is annoying but addictive?

-The Morph-egg makes me want to cry?

Lol, you gotta love the egg :cool:
.. did anyone manage to solve it in the end?
 
Did you know...
- Dan and Lisa are super friendly?
- Seven Towns are really nice - I even received a gift of the Rubik's World Wii game?
- as well as organising cubing competitions, Dan can organise restaurant bills to ten decimal places?
- cubers born as recently as 1992 and 10000km from home should probably be tucked up in bed rather than out partying with irresponsible adults?
- "messing" must stop temporarily when crossing the road?
- Arnaud cannot be beaten at any form of chicken game, tempting as it may be?
- Thom Barlow is teh Roux awsomes?
- Pete Harpham is teh snake awesomes?
- Martin Smith is teh 360 awesomes?
- the E2 car park at the venue was locked?
- Lars is the coolest with any hairstyle?
- James' beard cannot compete but hey weren't handing out medals for that event?
- I was going to shave off my beard after the competition but my wife now wants it to stay?
- Joey immediately altered all my future spare time by giving me a Rubik's 360?
- the Golden Cube is huge?
- Harrison was very happy that he achieved his 3x3x3 goal - you must all see his amazing stage show though?
- somebody left me cash for StackMat timer batteries - but they're free?
- Pat Kelly is super friendly?
- I scrambled for 2x2x2 and 5x5x5 but should have scrambled 4x4x4 as I need to try out more speedcubers' 4s?
- I broke Harrison's QJ 4x4x4: an entire quadrant of the core broke off when I was solving it and it just crumbled in my hands?
- it _ALWAYS_ rains on the M62?
- the farm in the middle of the M62 is Stott Hill Farm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stott_Hall_Farm#Stott_Hall_Farm) and apparently it wasn't because they wouldn't sell?
- everybody liked the T-shirt I spent so long on: RESULT! ?
- the 360 is Satan's own design?
- my cross is so poor that it haunts my dreams?
- my puzzle travel case was full already then I had to cram a 360 into it?
- there were a bunch of boxed puzzles I meant to bring in for sale but were left in the boot of my car?
- I should be physically restrained when free food is made available?
- puzzle, baby-toy or sex-toy? Depends: at the very least try to solve it _first_, then chew it, then...?
- my satnav doesn't do U-turns - which does not instil confidence in its users?
- I was unlucky in my 3x3x3 event and couldn't memo in BLD?
- if the vacuum ice cream machine fails, it will try again?
- a lamp made out of Chinese Finger Traps should have a warning sign?
- a two day event for 2010 means more events, better formats and more fun?
- I will get no work done today?
 
Did you know.. ?
I missed out on all the after comp fun because I wasn't feeling great and went home to sleep?
My first official sub20 solve was a non-lucky 13.61s?
It's only my 2nd nonlucky sub-14 ever?
I didnt do so well in the semi-final for 3x3 as I did in the 1st round... but I didn't care ?
Occasionally during 4x4 I completely forget how to solve edges?
I'm going to finally start telling people I'm sub20?
Martin is unbelieveable at 360?
I saw breandan get 2 non-lucky sub8's during practise?
He STILL hasn't had a PLL skip in comp?
I didn't see everyone as much as I'd like to, 2 days to see everyone properly at Bristol will be great?
Ben is lucky?
But he didn't look happy when he was on the 'podium' ?
Even though it wasn't an event I still re-strung a magic?
The food was even better than last year?
I can't wait for Bristol now?
 
Did you know?

- Ben's winning 2x2 average where solve #1 was an LL skip and the following 3 were PLL skips has a chance of 1 in 21781872?

WTF2L!?!?!?!

You are a lucky guy Ben, but getting lucky isn't a crime, so enjoy the NRs while you have them!

Also, I noticed you changed your sig. That was a good move. :)
 
Hi everyone,

As the results haven't appeared on speedcubing.com or wca.org I have uploaded them to my site - www.cubestation.co.uk - as a temporary measure. Just follow the link from the home page, and open as read only.

It was really great to see everyone!

Dan H
 
Did you know?
-- Dan Harris had biiig problems pronounciating my name, and giggled every time he failed to do so? (My name is Ramadan Sulejman) and that I did not mind, seeing as it was Dan? :)
-- That all my OH solves containted OLLs I know twohanded, but could not execute 1handed?
-- And that I could have had a sub 35 OH solve, if I just executed the damn Fperm instead of being afraid of messing it up and doing R then U ?
-- That Emily is a really pretty girl, but solves a Sune-orientation (7moves)with a 26move algorith instead?
-- That people actually held their breath while Joey was BLD solving a cube?
-- That I look like retardation while solving the cube (really bad photos...)?
 
Hi everyone,

As the results haven't appeared on speedcubing.com or wca.org I have uploaded them to my site - www.cubestation.co.uk - as a temporary measure. Just follow the link from the home page, and open as read only.

It was really great to see everyone!

Dan H

The results are on the wca site. They were just not announced on the front page.
 
Did you know...

-The 3x3x3 Final was terrifying
-I got the first sub1 PureK4 solve in comp <3
-I'm a bastard, I didn't scramble or judge this year XD
-Some judges were a bit sucky
-Joey didn't do as well as he should have
-This was my best comp ever
-My times were 'ok'
-Martin is elite at the 360, I got him to show me how to solve it. I still kinda suck at it
-Michael had some brilliant puzzles, it was immense fun playing around with the different ones, and really nice to meet him. Also, he lent me a sticker for my love cube!
-His T-Shirt is awesome
-PJK has the best accent ever. We ended up inventing new notation for 4x4x4 TeamBLD
-CFOP and Roux are about the same for my OH XD
-100% BLD Success! Hurrah!
-Brendan's slow times are like my fast times
-Basically set a PB in every event I entered
-Not going to be doing 5x5x5 again :P
-Queuing for food is for chumps
-I got this fụ̣cking huge burger afterwards, it proved difficult to eat
-I finally saw one of the vending machine vaccum cleaner things
-Lars likes snooker
-Dan and Lisa got married! Congrats.
-I slept for like 4 hours this weekend. joey's floor was a little harsh.
-I was in no way expecting that level of hilarity from Arnaud.
-My geography is horrifically bad
-Dude9 is cute
-I managed a Roux teamsolve with Jude.. I have no idea how
-The cocktail bar closed way too early :(
-Maybe I overcompensated for that a little too much
-Rowan is super-friendly. Yeah. In that way
-I gave Charlie too much information o.o
-It was the right thing to do ;)
-She needs to learn F2U'M'U2MU'F2
-I thought we had a lot of people in that cupboard, then I realised that rowan was hiding in what looked like a cubic foot of space.
-Lack of light is handy in the event that you want to grope people
-You have to be quiet so you don't wake people up O_O
-Arnaud critiqued my rolling skills
-I was in no state to visit a 6am party
-My friend Rik is bad at estimating periods of time...
-There is nothing to do in Manchester
-I hate kids

-I'll see you all at bristol!
 
Everyone, is there something wrong with wca page displaying results of this competition? I can´t get it to open, and no scores are registered :o

Say w00t. Just say it.
 
Everyone, is there something wrong with wca page displaying results of this competition? I can´t get it to open, and no scores are registered :o

Say w00t. Just say it.

Well...
First, they arrived in the database (but no individual times/rankings on the top 'records' bit of each persons profile).
Then, the next day the personal records were updated, as were rankings, yet it still wasn't announced.
A couple of days later, it was announced on the front page...
And then it was removed from the front page and all the results were removed :confused:
 
Everyone, is there something wrong with wca page displaying results of this competition? I can´t get it to open, and no scores are registered :o

Say w00t. Just say it.

Well...
First, they arrived in the database (but no individual times/rankings on the top 'records' bit of each persons profile).
Then, the next day the personal records were updated, as were rankings, yet it still wasn't announced.
A couple of days later, it was announced on the front page...
And then it was removed from the front page and all the results were removed :confused:

WTF?? my profile is now gone too :(
 
Everyone, is there something wrong with wca page displaying results of this competition? I can´t get it to open, and no scores are registered :o

Say w00t. Just say it.

Well...
First, they arrived in the database (but no individual times/rankings on the top 'records' bit of each persons profile).
Then, the next day the personal records were updated, as were rankings, yet it still wasn't announced.
A couple of days later, it was announced on the front page...
And then it was removed from the front page and all the results were removed :confused:

Is it only me that can´t stand such flashing avatars?

WTF?? my profile is now gone too :(
 
ASIDE:

Have any of the videos from the final surfaced yet? There is definitely more than one video of every solve, and it would be good to see everyone's averages.

Chris
 
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