US Nationals 2010

Did you know?

-I wanna be [Poképause] the very best?
-Like noone ever was?
-To catch them is my real test?
-To train them is my cause?
-I will travel across the land?
-Searching far and wide?
-Each Pokemon to understand?
-The power that's insiiiiide?
-I'm gonna go get me some KFC.
 
Did you know...

-I lost 250$ by doing the white center around the black side in the illusion contest
-Every counting solve in Dan's 4x4 average had Oll parity
-I tied for the fastest single 3x3 solve with Phillip at 8.78
-I still don't have a 9 second solve
-I blew getting a sub 1:20 avg 5 on 5x5 by couting a 1:28 (1:30.88) 1:16.53 1:11.34 (1:28.65) 1:19.19
-Dan would've lost his first 5x5 round in 3 years had I not done parity twice on my last solve in round 2
-I got a 2:24 MO3 on 6x6 right before round 1 where I got a 2:46
-I messed up cross, popped, and plus 2'd all in the second round of 3x3 causing me to get a 15 and not advance
-My best 5x5 single I locked up on F perm and I had to fix it after I put it down ruining what would've been a sub 1:10
-I popped on my last 6x6 solve almost taking away my 2nd in the world ranking
-I had 2 full step sub 3.3 2x2 solves with Ortega
-The lobster bib was actually David (Adams') Idea
-If I had worn the lobster bib during 6x6 I would have set a world record
-I had a 1:08 pop in the first 7x7 solve of finals
-Nationals was awesome
-Hopefully I'll be back next year
 
Did you know:

- I lost $250 by not checking that the Illusion was solved, because I didn't think 2:11 would be enough to place anyway?
- I got last in feet?
- It was my 3rd sub-10 solve ever?
- I now have a 46.72 rolling avg12 of 4x4 solves in comp?
- This is over 4 seconds better than my best real cube average in practice?
- My mystery team lost the jigsaw puzzle event mostly because I mistakenly concluded that the numbers on the back didn't mean anything?
- I used four different 5x5s on my official solves, none of which were mine?
- I have never seen more megaminxes in my life than when I and Daniel Hayes were failing to scramble fast enough for demand?
- I went from an 8.06 Pyraminx single to a 6.76 average in one competition?
- One of my first round Clock solves was going to be a DNF, but it fixed itself when it landed?
- A different person won every round of OH?
- I might go to MIT?
- Morley Davidson knows a ridiculous number of algs?
- I helped clean up the broken glass in the lobby?
 
Did you know:

Less people hate me than I thought?
Sarah Strong used my 5x5?
I most likely would have made the 5x5 cutoff if I didn't fail on my first solve?
I skipped 6x6 and megaminx?
The orangina races were really cool, until waffle had a 48 second solve?
He later threw up, giving him a +2, making it sup-50?
Lubix really isn't that bad?
I took a DNF on the V-cube 7 illusion comp?
If I did magic, I might have made it to the finals?
Team blind is a lot of fun, but only if you have a good caller?
I am addicted to 4x4 now?
About that?
 
cubeninjaIV said:
Sa967St said:
Who was the person who broke my FII with his face?
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LOL
Oops, I forgot it was you. For some reason I was thinking it was someone else. :D Thanks for the new core btw :)

fatboyxpc said:
What was the money deal with the illusion? I see a lot of people posting about losing money from it.
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There was a V-Cube 7 Illusion contest for cash prizes.

1) Stefan Pochmann 2:31? $250
2) DanKoen 2:32 $200
3) Sela 2:52 $100

lots of people DNF'd :p
 
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That's like saying, "He later scrambled the cube, giving him +2".

That's stupid.


EDIT: And John Tamanas is much more BAMF than I am.
 
I don't know how I haven't done this yet, but a huge thank you needs to be said to Tim Reynolds and the rest of the organizing committee. The competition went incredibly smoothly and it was a pleasure to be a part of.
 
Did you know...?

- This was by far the largest competition in the US and the second largest in the world to date.
- I wasn't scheduled to scramble anything bigger than 3x3. I ended up scrambling 2-7, megaminx and some sq-1.
- I actually got three 7x7 scrambles correct.
- I should have trusted my feet.
I use r2 for big cube BLD and use my feet to keep track of the state of the r slice. Halfway through the wing edges of my first 5x5 BLD solve, I second guessed myself, counted through the cycle and concluded my feet were wrong. They weren't. I could have had a 27 minute success if I had trusted my feet.
- Holy crap earplugs are awesome. I knew people used them for big BLD events, but somehow never thought to try them myself. Thanks Shaden for helping me see the light.
- BATTPOKE
- Adam Zamora + Daniel Hayes + Shelley Chang = the BattTrio. BattTrio + matching temporary cube tattoos = BattTattTrio.
- Chicken is denser than air.
- It is now under the umbrella and I still don't know why.
- Cape Running Michael is now a vacation destination in Smerbia.
- We're still not sure if Eating Michael is a Michael who is eating, or a Michael that is for eating.
- Runners are basically playing Diner Dash with cubes and scoresheets. We just need one of those big trays that waiters use.
- That makes the scramblers the cooks in the kitchen...
- [bad Chinese accent] When customer order number 5, they never come back [/bad Chinese accent]
- The cooks were very annoyed when Jason Baum arrived at closing time and ordered a number 1. Everyone else was on number 5.
- I would have been very disappointed if no one chose Final Countdown for their entrance music. Yay for Justin.
- I scrambled 81 cubes for the final round. I messed up one of Weston's and had to solve and rescramble.
- The offspring of a unicorn and a zebra would be called a zebricorn or a unibra, depending on which species is the father and which is the mother.
- Similarly, if you cross a giraffe with a buffalo you would get a giraffalo or a buffalaffe.
- Also, sledgehammer, hedgeslammer, slamhedger and hamsledger.
- Dan Dzoan had awesome hair for the final round.
- Dan Lo won the duel for the one true Dan Lo.
- Stanley Wong was awarded the third place Dan Lo prize and shall now be referred to as Dan Lo 2.
- Everybody loves Joey.
- Takao and Aina had the cutest podium moment EVAR. Takao put his medal on Aina and ascended the first place podium holding her. As the audience applauded, Aina took the medal off and put it over her father's head, causing the auditorium to melt over the cuteness.
 
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Did you know that...?

- Massachusetts is a name for the Algonquian native people who lived around the bay, from Algonquian Massachusett "at the large hill," in reference to Great Blue Hill, southwest of Boston.
-The 8.78 was a COLL alg (F' L F R' F' L' F R) but was done after a second of realizing it could be a PLL skip and then a y cube rotation.
-I had a counting 13 in the Final round which ruined my average.
-I brought only 3x3's to this competition.
-I pretty much sucked in every event I competed in besides 3x3 Speed. And even then I sucked.
-I liked the format of the final round, especially theme music aspect.
-I liked Lucas' original theme song for the final round better.
-David Wonder is taller than I imagined him to be.
-Justin Jaffray is too cool, but he has a weird AUF for 2x2.
-Rowan and Jude are also too cool.
-Rowan should've won.
-Chris Tran is too cool of a person. Him and his ZB trip me out.
-Chris Tran has cool reactions to things.
-Sarah Strong looks different than what I imagined her to look like.
-Sarah Strong is too cool and should've made it to the next round.
-There are too many Chris', Davids, Dans, Andys/Andrews, Tims.
-I thought I was master of the 3x3 sim until I talked to that Plescowicz guy and he told me he got a sub-9 avg of 12. I'll get him soon though with a significantly sub-9 avg of 12.
-Weston Mizumoto plays some crazy piano.
-That Waffle guy is nuts.
-Ian Jones helped me out a lot and I thank him for that.
-Someone cusses too much...
-I mean, I understanding the urge to cuss every now and then, but there's a limit goddamnit!
-The Italians think we eat too much junk food.
-Filipo is crazy at Magic.
-I missed my flight at 6am (after staying up the whole night) and had to wait until 5pm for the next flight to LAX (stopping at Salt Lake City).
-I ran into Michael Young on that flight.
-Something about Ohio...
-Oh oh! I talked with that Davidson guy and Chris Tran and sat in on their conversation about ZB and anti-ZB. Davidson is a trip and a half.
-Having a round of 3x3 first thing in the morning is a horrible idea.
-I still hold my title of 2nd in the Nation.
-Dan's hair grown out looks cool.
-Shoutout to Marco Mendoza, Data, Anthony Brooks, and Joey Gouly, and Big Bird.
 
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