Did you know?
- Olentangy.
- We made some
adjustments to our Do Not Disturb sign.
- There was a Greek gyro place across the street from the venue. A delicious $3 gyro for lunch beats the hell out of Subway and Chipotle.
- Our new registration process is made of win. Did anyone notice that we didn't have a line going out the door like last year?
- The "Rubik's cube" gelato in the coffee shop had a disgusting amount of artificial coloring.
- People who fell/jumped off the stage never cubed again.
- I never cubed again.
- If you keep your cube in a turtle, it makes you fast. Like a turtle.
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This happened.
- The first crossword clue is wrong.
- The answer to 65 across on the crossword was the 2012 venue. So if you were paying attention, you could have known the 2012 venue before it was announced.
- Olentangy juice is the breakfast of champions.
- Timbits are also part of the breakfast of champions. Also the pre-bedtime snack of champions.
- The banner Chris was making everyone sign read "Chinese cubers wish everyone a good time".
- If you stand directly below one of the projector screens and look up while live results are scrolling, it looks like the Star Wars opening crawl.
- Breandan joined Sam, Clancy, Lars V., Chris H. (and myself?) in the cubers rendered unrecognizable due to extreme haircuts club.
- Bob received a Certificate of Achievement for Olentangy.
- Daiki (Takao's 2 year old son) is good at giving high fives.
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This is
Daniel's scrambling
face.
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This is roughly what the 7x7 scrambling experience is like.
- The Olentangy River is a 97-mile-long tributary of the Scioto River in Ohio. It was originally called keenhongsheconsepung, but that doesn't roll off the tongue quite the same way.
- There are giant spiders all over the bridge over the Olentangy River.
- Not practicing 5BLD for a year and then doing three attempts in a row is not the best idea. On my third attempt, I did corners, midges and centers correctly, then realized halfway through my wing cycles that my brain was fried and had forgotten most of them.
- My first solve on the main stage occurred at 4pm on Sunday.
- Someone's Magic solve landed on the edge instead of flat on the mat. It was DNFed for not being flat, even though a lot of us are of the opinion that if your solve ends that way, you automatically win Magic.
- Try the new Olentangy diet: attend/run a large competition and lose weight despite eating like crap for a week.
- You should not request spicy snacks from Tyson.
- You should not accept candy from Stefan.
- You should always accept chips from the Riggenbach girls.
- Nationals 2011 is brought to you by Olentangy.
- Some photos can be found at
http://usnationals2011.shutterfly.com
