US Nationals 2011

[jms_gears1]

Also I learned the G perm during FMC >.> So it took me like the entire hour to translate the freaking Gperm >.>

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

Also I learned the G perm during FMC >.> So it took me like the entire hour to translate the freaking Gperm >.>

And after all of that, it was still a DNF. Tehe.

 

[jms_gears1]

And after all of that, it was still a DNF. Tehe.

yea was like fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

and my OH sucks so bad now D:

 

[Bob]

Those FMC results were a pain in the ass to grade. There was one solution that had things like z x z in them. Poor Jaclyn was getting really confused.

 

[Sa967St]

Do rotations count as turns?

 

[Kian]

Do rotations count as turns?

No.

 

[vcuber13]

but they counted towards the 72 max turns didnt they?

 

[Bob]

but they counted towards the 72 max turns didnt they?

Yes but no solutions actually used all 80 spaces.

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

Hah, I didn't know you were filming me. I used a bit of a noob method for that solve. Do you have one of my 9s or the 8 by any chance?

No, sorry. I only got one solve on camera.

I refuse to believe you got the UWR D:< I have the UWR

And what would your UWR be? I don't think I will hold the record for long.

 

[jms_gears1]

No, sorry. I only got one solve on camera.

And what would your UWR be? I don't think I will hold the record for long.

I got somewhere between 6 and 7 seconds lol. Everyone else took so long before I tried too, nubs.

 

[JTW2007]

Did you know...

-Breandan really is a cat?
-And he's very good at juggling?
-Minh Thai was there?
-SKEEEEEEWB?
-Seriously. Skewb.
-Sarah and I did skewb team-BLD in 3x.xx?
-Skewb team-BLD with Sarah is basically her solving the skewb blind with no inspection?
-Dan Dzoan may or may not have convinced me to learn OLL?
-I am the real man of slice? (If I ever get the opportunity to change my Member status to something else, this is undoubtedly what it will be.)
-AJ Blair finally had brind successu?
-Not funny is not a crime?
-Master magic is the hardest puzzle?
-AJ Blair are freeFOP like baus?
-Jeremy thinks "spin right" means y?
-He's wrong?
-All the juggling made me realize how important it really is to wear your helmet?
-Nick is very, very good at Settlers of Catan?
-It also helped that I'm not great at it and happened to play a terrible game?
-I am apparently not at all caught up with current speedcubing news?
-Seriously people, WTF is Lucas parity?
-There's a cubing memes page?
-I won the hand-washing award?
-Yet another Nationals has come and passed without anyone sneaking into Andrew Kang's room while he's asleep and covering every horizontal surface with skewbs?
-No waffo :C
-I have no idea how to end questions with emoticons?
-Sarah ninja'd about 25 of my did you knows?
-Plushies are not only good for you, they're also perfect gifts for your fast-approaching holiday or special event of choice?
-I finally found a new cube that I don't hate (it's a ZhanChi)?
-It's pretty good, but it still might not replace my A-III?
-Solving with Sarah's color scheme doesn't throw me off at all for some reason?
-I continued the my tradition of losing exactly two cubes at Nationals every year?
-My first 5x5 solve in round two would have missed first-round cutoffs by 22.75 seconds?
-It was my worst 5x5 solve, in comp, or at home, since Nationals 2009?
-I used one of the Lubix stations' screwdrivers to retension my 4x4 20 seconds before competing with it and setting a new comp PB single and average?
-I was inspired to finally add something to my signature?
-I had no less than three people ask me how I could possibly average sub-13 (obviously I can't in comp ) if I used a bad cube, turned slowly, and didn't know OLL?
-I don't really know?
-New favorite method name: Layer, gogogodone Method
-I got a new magic from Sarah, broke it while walking up to the side-event area to compete, then restrung it incorrectly (by two flipped corner tiles), disassembled it, and restrung it again?
- that magic?
-I really should just give up on master magic?
-Anyone want to buy a master magic?
-I asked Dancone about 5x5 L4E, and for once he didn't have some sort of amazing, easy to learn, "I can't believe I didn't think of that before!" inducing trick to show me?
-I'm off to go solve a skewb?

Maybe more later.

Thanks to everyone for an absolutely wonderful competition; I look forward to seeing you all next year!

 

[AJ Blair]

Did you know...

How did you, Sarah, and I forget about the most important thing? RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW-OOOHKS!

But in all seriousness, great job this year guys! Lighting was awesome, venue was awesome, and plushies were awesome!

 

[shelley]

-Master magic is the hardest puzzle?

It is. Despite the results listed on the official website, everybody DNFed. I didn't see a single helmet all weekend.

-Jeremy thinks "spin right" means y?

I've done teamBLD with a couple of people. Approximately half of them take "spin right" to mean "turn the cube to the right", while the remainder use "spin right" as a shortcut for "spin the cube so the right side is now facing you", i.e. spin left. It's very confusing. In the end, I just do what I feel like (I prefer the former definition) and my caller just has to readjust his calls accordingly.

 

[Escher]

I've done teamBLD with a couple of people. Approximately half of them take "spin right" to mean "turn the cube to the right", while the remainder use "spin right" as a shortcut for "spin the cube so the right side is now facing you", i.e. spin left. It's very confusing. In the end, I just do what I feel like (I prefer the former definition) and my caller just has to readjust his calls accordingly.

Why nobody like y or y' ;_;

 

[DavidWoner]

Do rotations count as turns?

I think they should though. Or just be disallowed.

anyway does anyone have the second FMC scramble? I misplaced my notes and since we never got that little slip with the scramble on it I don't have the scramble anywhere any more.

 

[Sa967St]

Do rotations count as turns?

No.

Thanks, it's not very clear in the WCA regs.

E1a) The maximum length of a solution is 80 (moves and rotations).
E2d) The metric to measure the length of the solution, is Half Turn Metric.

anyway does anyone have the second FMC scramble? I misplaced my notes and since we never got that little slip with the scramble on it I don't have the scramble anywhere any more.

Post #616.

 

[DavidWoner]

Thanks, it's not very clear in the WCA regs.

Post #616.

See section 12a, specifically the part where Half Turn Metric is defined. Since rotations are not within that definition of the metric, they are not counted as moves.

And thank you for the scramble, I seem to have missed many more pages of this thread than I thought.

 

[AJ Blair]

Lol Organizer for Nationals next year!

 

[RyanReese09]

Lol Organizer for Nationals next year!

Old news.

 

[masterofthebass]

I found a good video of the finals and was able to reconstruct my 7.93

Scramble: L2 F2 L' D2 U2 F2 R' U2 F2 R U' R B2 D' U B' U2 F2 (18f)

z2 y' R' F R D'
U' R U' R' U' L U L'
y' U' R U' R' U2 R U' R'
y U2 R' U R U' R U R'
U R' U' R
U' U2 r' U r2 U' r2 U' r2 U r'
y' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'

56 turns (canceled) / 7.93s = 7.06 tps

Video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PQJb6t3S-o (solve is at 4:26)