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Washington DC Open 2008

watermelon

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This is extremely last minute, but it looks like I won't be able to make it afterall. I'm rather disappointed, but on the bright side, the competition is just a day away :). To all of you going tonight, it sounds like fun, and I wish I could be there!

Again, sorry for the last minute cancellation, but things just didn't seem to work out.
 

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Great contest, watermelon. Some results:
Jason Baum won 3x3, Mitchell 2nd and John Tamanas 3rd
Hardwick wr 5x5 bld (15:xx) and won FMC (32) and 3x3 bld
Dan Cohen won a lot of events, NAR singles in pyraminx (5.xx) and clock (12.75?)
I got NAR pyraminx avg (low 9 or high 8), disappointing 2/8 65:xx multi
That was a lot of fun.
 

Mike Hughey

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Great contest, watermelon. Some results:
Jason Baum won 3x3, Mitchell 2nd and John Tamanas 3rd
Hardwick wr 5x5 bld (15:xx) and won FMC (32) and 3x3 bld
Dan Cohen won a lot of events, NAR singles in pyraminx (5.xx) and clock (12.75?)
I got NAR pyraminx avg (low 9 or high 8), disappointing 2/8 65:xx multi
That was a lot of fun.

Another new world record at 5x5x5 BLD? Awesome, Chris! I can't wait to see the rest of the results! Did Jason finally get some really good times in competition?
 

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Great competition! I didn't do any great solves but it was very fun! I got to see Dan Cohen's amazing Rubik's 4x4. It's so much better than any Eastsheen. I don't see anything special about the Edison cube though. Can't tell the difference between that and a regular DIY. Tim's CRC spray was amazing. Congratulations on pyraminx and clock NARs! Chris is too amazing. another 5x5 BLD WR and 32 move FMC. (I got 48).
 

Siraj A.

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This was an awesome competition. I did horribly horrible in 2x2 and 3x3, but got a 1:30 +2 4x4 single and a 3:19 5x5 single. I used my Rubik's 5x5! I didn't do as good in pyraminx as I did the night before, but i still got 3rd place. I got to meet a lot of cubers that I've talk to before and got to see some old friends. I can't wait for the Nationals.
 
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I may have done pretty badly at every event, but it was still incredibly fun! Great competition Mitchel!
 

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I did pretty well in 3x3 and amazing (for me) in 4x4. I have no idea how I got third in 3x3, though. So does this average make me the fastest Green cross solver?
 
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I finally just got back from the competition. It was a lot of fun! Mitchell did a great job of organizing everything; we actually finished ahead of schedule. Overall, I'm pleased with how I did on 3x3x3. Well, the first round was seriously the worst round of my life (16 average), so that's all I'm going to mention about that. I averaged 13.8x in the second round and got a 10.43 single. The 10.43 felt great, and it's also the 2nd fastest solve in the US! Still, this round was a little disappointing, because my times were low 12, 10.43, mid 12, and then two 16s. I had a shot at NR, but those 16s (especially the second one) killed it. My average in the final was somewhere around 13.10. My solves were 11.09, 15.xx (+2), 13.12, 12.xx, 14.xx. Obviously, I wasn't very happy about that +2, but I did something even dumber on the 13.12. I got to PLL and saw a bar of 3 and thought it was an F perm. I did the first part of the F perm (U' R' U R U' R2) and just as I am about to do that rotation, I realize that the PLL was actually an edge cycle. So I undo that much and do the right PLL this time and get a 13.12. If I would have just done the edge cycle first, that solve would have easily been 10.xx. So if I didn't mess that up and I didn't get that +2, I could have NR again. But, it happens, and even with the dumb mistakes I still feel I had a good final round. I wasn't nearly as shaky as I usually am, so I was able to get some decent times. I just have to wait till the Da Vinci competition to have a shot at the NR again.
 

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13.10 with all these mistakes! I'm sure you'll get NAR, not just NR next time Jason! I hate those +2s and PLL recognition mistake! That's what happened to me in WC, I thought I had N perm, so I did it, half way I realized it's not, but my hands kept moving, and I had to do J perm afterwards(ended up with 15s), it could've been 12s easily, and my average would've been sub 13 (I'd be second haha).

For some reason, I just can't get 11.31--in Toronto Open Fall, I had U perm, and I over spun, so it was DNF. In C3, I had G perm, but I did the wrong AUF (U' instead of U2), so it was 11.31+2 (13.31).
 
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I agree with everyone here, the competition was amazing.

It was cool to meet some of the people that I've only heard of/talked to online before. Oh, and I owned Siraj at 3x3 and 3x3 OH...

It was cool to meet lotsofsloths, I'm proud of him for making it into the final round of 3x3.

Some other funny things: Bob Burton was hilarious, and a bit odd...

I want to congratulate Chris Hardwick on breaking the 5x5 record during my 4x4 solve (I swear that's why it was so slow!)

I think one of the most hilarious things was the final results. I was saying all day long that Jason Baum was gonna win 3x3, but I had to go home early (dad was bored from sitting around) so I didn't know who won. The results finally come up, and whadda ya know? Jason won, lol. I feel special.
 
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Jason got a 13.37 but it was a +2.

Congratz anyway, on the good average.
 

MistArts

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Great competition! I didn't do any great solves but it was very fun! I got to see Dan Cohen's amazing Rubik's 4x4. It's so much better than any Eastsheen. I don't see anything special about the Edison cube though. Can't tell the difference between that and a regular DIY. Tim's CRC spray was amazing. Congratulations on pyraminx and clock NARs! Chris is too amazing. another 5x5 BLD WR and 32 move FMC. (I got 48).

I got 43 on FMC but wrote y instead of y'.
 

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Great competition! I didn't do any great solves but it was very fun! I got to see Dan Cohen's amazing Rubik's 4x4. It's so much better than any Eastsheen. I don't see anything special about the Edison cube though. Can't tell the difference between that and a regular DIY. Tim's CRC spray was amazing. Congratulations on pyraminx and clock NARs! Chris is too amazing. another 5x5 BLD WR and 32 move FMC. (I got 48).

I got 43 on FMC but wrote y instead of y'.

You are Chinese, right?
Then you gave me the NR. :)
But next competition, I'm going to get nice at the commutators and get sub-40. I think I can do it.
 

MistArts

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Great competition! I didn't do any great solves but it was very fun! I got to see Dan Cohen's amazing Rubik's 4x4. It's so much better than any Eastsheen. I don't see anything special about the Edison cube though. Can't tell the difference between that and a regular DIY. Tim's CRC spray was amazing. Congratulations on pyraminx and clock NARs! Chris is too amazing. another 5x5 BLD WR and 32 move FMC. (I got 48).

I got 43 on FMC but wrote y instead of y'.

You are Chinese, right?
Then you gave me the NR. :)
But next competition, I'm going to get nice at the commutators and get sub-40. I think I can do it.

Don't care about NR. I might learn some extra stuff and get AsR(37). What's your best solve btw? Mine was 28. :)
 
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