Virginia Open 2010

[kzhou]

9.68 single, OLL skip
He told me to mention he did two OLLs on the next solve to make up for it

Yeah, I did the wrong OLL on the next solve; the average probably would've been sub-13 :/

 

[teller]

Good times! I made some new friends and scored some official PB's. What more could a guy ask for? Well...maybe BLD success. SIGH...

Thanks so much to Adam Zamora for a fine competition with a fun atmosphere, for encouraging me to put my ridiculous homemade blindfold on for a 2nd try--almost got it that time! I had a blast.

I got to race nlCuber on the sidelines...he spotted me an x-cross and I still could not beat him! Sick!!! This guy has some fast reflexes and impressive raw TPS. One to watch.

Hung out with Sir E Brum and his gal, very cool people. Forced them to eat Taco Bell. Brilliant guy, and he beat me at pretty much everything except maybe OH? Hey Sam, this is what I was talking about:

Watch out for Sesi Cadmus...that girl can crank. Serious speed. 2nd place this comp, hitting around the 13's, already a couple of seconds off from her D.C. appearance. Scary TPS and accuracy.

Something I had never heard of before was the head-to-head side event. This was really cool--ya know, the whole room is always only sort of only half paying attention to whatever event is going on, but when the head-to-head came up, everyone stood up and moved to the front to watch. And when Kevin and Sesi tied for 13.93, the room exploded. Adam, this is an exciting format, and I hope it spreads!

Best wishes to everyone--see you at the next one!

 

[Evan Liu]

And when Evan and Sesi tied for 13.93, the room exploded.

That was Kevin Zhou (user kzhou, post above) who tied with Sesi. I'm not that fast :/
Don't worry, our teachers still get us confused sometimes

 

[teller]

That was Kevin Zhou (user kzhou, post above) who tied with Sesi. I'm not that fast :/
Don't worry, our teachers still get us confused sometimes

Oh, darn it! I apologize! That makes sense anyway...Kevin was smokin' the cube.

 

[dimwmuni]

The head to head really was a fun event.
I almost won but (sigh) I got an N perm. (Kevin was better anyway)
Head to head should become an official event but I don't know how records would work for that.
There were a lot of great people at the competition and it was a very entertaining and fun day.

 

[bluecloe45]

i want head to head to be official (adam didnt tell us to sapam this on the forums )

 

[chris410]

Thanks Adam, Evan, Bob, and everyone else involveld. I improved my best time by nearly 10 seconds which surprised me since I have not been able to cube much lately. I recently learned 4x4 so my best was 3:06 which is slow but a good start form me. My best on 3x3 was 34 seconds however, I started with a 39, 35, then got the 34 and blew my average when I placed an f2l pair incorrectly then could not find an edge so I did not sub 40. Last solve I had a pop which is disaster since I am not fast to begin with. That being said, I am happy with a 34 since the prior comp I was stuck in high 40's.

I agree with Teller, Sesi and nlcuber look to have a lot of potential. Nice meeting new people and learning a few things. Whoever baked those brownies...thank you! They were excellent!

 

[teller]

hehe

 

[Anthony]

hehe

Your name should be Penn, not Teller. ;D

 

[teller]

Your name should be Penn, not Teller. ;D

Why, because I talk too much?

 

[Sir E Brum]

Had a great time at the competition.
Head-to-Head should be considered as something that should take place at every comp, even if it is just for fun.

 

[nlCuber22]

Head-to-Head should be considered as something that should take place at every comp, even if it is just for fun.

Agreed.
When should results be up?

 

[Tim Reynolds]

Uh...yeah I'll get on that soon. By the end of the night hopefully. They're open on my computer.

 

[Baian Liu]

Tim, I think clock results are missing.

 

[Tim Reynolds]

I was waiting for Adam to correct one of the times (it was listed as 4.77). I'll post them now.