US Nationals 2009

[Anthony]

And yeah, I'm also happy I finally get to meet Clément. Anyone with a 31-solve BLD success streak has to be considered a real contender for multi.

And of course, Anthony Searle is going to be there, who also is no slouch for multi. Hopefully Rowe shows up and is still willing to give it a try. This could really be quite the multi event.

I may have the current NAR, but we're all waiting for you to break it Mike.

Friday's my last day of school so I'll finally have time to practice!
I'll try to work my way up to 7 cube Multi's within the hour time limit, before US Nationals. In the meantime, you can work your way up to 15.

 

[moogra]

I just realized one of the deadlines was:
June 31, 2009 $10 for first event + $2 for each additional event

Did you mean July 1st? That's the day after June 30th

 

[Tim Reynolds]

As I did for worlds, http://web.mit.edu/timreyn/Public/Nationals 2009/
If these are a reflection of how well people will do, we'll expect to see these approximate cutoff times:
3x3 semifinals 16s
3x3 finals 15s
4x4 finals 1:10
5x5 finals 2:00
2x2 finals 6s
3x3oh finals 27s

I'll update this in about a month when late registration closes and the qualifying deadline passes.

 

[shelley]

US Nationals T-shirts are now ready for preorder. You may purchase them now for $15 and pick them up at the competition. Online pre-orders will only be taken until July 14. T-shirts will also be sold at the competition for $20.

http://caltech.cubingusa.com/usnationals2009/registration/tshirts.php

 

[Anthony]

My brother's name is Brian Searle, he's already registered for US Nats.

He's decently fast (25-27 3x3 average), and he can blindsolve.

I have a 2:24 blindsolve in competition and I'm not preregistered because it takes a sub 2 to prequalify. However, even though my brother has DNF'd all his competition blindsolves, he's prequalified.

Is there some really wierd/stupid rule I'm overlooking that makes him qualified, or is it a mistake? lol.

It's most likely an error, but you never know so I had to ask..

 

[happa95]

I prequalified for blindsolving by less than a second.

 

[JTW2007]

I prequalified for blindsolving by less than a second.

I prequalified for nothing by a very comfortable amount of time.

 

[shelley]

If you notice mistakes in regard to pre-qualifications, please email the tournament staff directly. Thanks.

 

[Tyson]

Cash prizes for 5x5x5, 6x6x6, and 7x7x7 speed solving events have been announced at the bottom of the home page.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I love the way they're stacked in favor of the bigger cubes.

 

[blade740]

Gee, I wonder which sponsor put up those prizes >_>

 

[Tyson]

I should be picking up Rowe from the airport on 8/13. His flight lands around 10:20 AM. If you're landing around that time, let me know and I can give you a ride to Stanford or where you need to go.

 

[Bryan]

Is anyone there going to have some mini Dianshengs (sp?) for sale? My wife saw one at the MN Open and wants a cube that can fit good in her purse.

 

[joey]

My wife saw one at the MN Open and wants a cube that can fit good in her purse.

Bryan... he's one of the luckier ones.

 

[Tyson]

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tPhpnT8wYr1WLfRbvENfkcg&hl=en

Fill this out ASAP if you want to coordinate stuff.

 

[Bryan]

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tPhpnT8wYr1WLfRbvENfkcg&hl=en

Fill this out ASAP if you want to coordinate stuff.

It made me request access, so you may want to check whatever account those get sent to.

 

[Tyson]

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tPhpnT8wYr1WLfRbvENfkcg&hl=en

Fill this out ASAP if you want to coordinate stuff.

It made me request access, so you may want to check whatever account those get sent to.

How do I just make it public?

 

[Tyson]

Ugh. Try this:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tPhpnT8wYr1WLfRbvENfkcg

 

[DavidWoner]

Ugh. Try this:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tPhpnT8wYr1WLfRbvENfkcg

Link works for me.

I'm assuming you are picking Rowe up from SFO? If so, my flight lands at roughly the same time, so it would be nice if I could grab a ride as well.

 

[Dene]

Ugh. Try this:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tPhpnT8wYr1WLfRbvENfkcg

Link works for me.

I'm assuming you are picking Rowe up from SFO? If so, my flight lands at roughly the same time, so it would be nice if I could grab a ride as well.

And where have you been hiding, hmmmmmmmmmmm??????