Welwyn Garden City 2015 (Hertfordshire, UK)

Got back home not too long ago.

Again, it was so great to meet you all. Thanks so so much to the organisers and delegates for having me, and thank you everyone for the splendid time, and for putting up with me. My first comp was not a disappointment. I mean my shameful 3x3 performance was disappointing, yea, but the competition was ace.

Can't wait for our paths to cross again at some other comp, yeah?

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JediJupiter said:
DYK:
-I'm not dating tyler
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Pfffft, I'm totally out of your league anyway, sista. :cool:
 
OrigamiCuber1 said:
Well um goals... Yay
2x2 sub 3 nosub 4 no
3x3 sub 13 yessub15 so sad
4x4 sub 1:07 OMG I GOT 2 SUB 1s sub 1:15 annihilated it
5x5 come second last dammit, then practice like crazy after and almost half my time, then get a huachuang and beat my pb in the first three solves and not be a failure. So basically what happened with 4x4.
3BLD a sub 5 success two successes and one was a sub 4
Pyraminx sub 6 yup sub 7.5 lol
Skewb beat the world record by 3.11 seconds. Yup
OH sub 25 yup sub 30 yup
Clock maybe buy one? SOMEONE SELL ME A CLOCK :( screw clock

Adam will there be a ABHC 2015?
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So not too bad, very disappointed with 3x3 and 2x2. Thanks for the great comp Adam.
 
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I lost a white super floppy cube, and a black ShengShou Pyraminx (actually a PUZL but I think they're nearly identical). One of the plastic bags I brought some cubes in was thrown away, hopefully it was empty. :/

Goals and DYK and stuff.

quickalt said:
Goals:

  • Go. Yup
  • Don't worry about beating 3x3 PBs (4 comps is enough). Smashed them anyway
  • 5x5 avg cutoff :(
  • Sub 6 with Ortega Yes
  • Mega avg cutoff :'(
  • Feet mean cutoff (much better chance than last time) ;-;
  • Don't care about Pyra but beat PBs No.
  • 3BLD sub 10 success Not sub 10, not a success.
  • Obtain a 6x6 No. :/
  • Bigcubes hard cutoffs. 7x7 yes, by 9 seconds, probably would've made 6x6 hard cutoff if I did it.
  • Sub 37 square 1 No, but I would've have the same rank with a 36 avg.
  • 2/2 MBLD DNS
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DYK:
  • I suck at feet Xcrosses.
  • I suck at feet too.
  • In 4x4 round 2, I got a faster average than my previous PB single.
  • Which is also my overall PB by several seconds AFAIK.
  • Wanted a Skewb sub 10 single, almost got a sub 10 average.
  • The only free food I got was 3 chocolate bars and a revel, and I only ate 1 of the chocolate bars.
  • Rob lent me a clock because it was too hard for him to scramble mine.
  • I only met the clock avg cutoff (on my terrible clock) because of a 3 corner skip.
  • Ollie didn't win Lunch. :(
  • I still can't turn properly in OH.
  • Still yet to scramble.
  • I suggested replacing 3x3 final with feet round 2.
  • I barely beat my Harrow results in 3x3 round 2.
  • I beat Mollerz in Sq1. :D

I really need to stop getting so angry at bad solves. Deliberately +2ing my Sq1 solve might have cost me a sub 40 average. I deliberately pushed two of my puzzles off the table after bad solves, which probably damaged them slightly and also gave me my first 3x3 DNF. :( I guess this would be helped if I stopped failing so much though. :p
 
newtonbase said:
Goals
3x3 - not last Yay
2x2 DNSand pyraminx Not last - relearn algs Noand don't bore the judgeDoubtful
3BLD - get a solve* Complete disaster
4x4 - beat hard cut off Yes (and not last)
Skewb - hand in sheetYes
Other - don't be the oldest competitor Failed by about 10 years I think
Lists - learn to formatDNS

*This is my main goal and the only thing I've practiced but confidence is low.
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DYK
Parity should only be solved when there is parity
My first judge was young enough to be my grandchild
Tyler's hat
Went teetotal for a week so I could practice
Catching up now
My ear plugs blocked all sound apart from one high pitched parent
Ollie is a lovely fellow
Cheeky single
Nerves + 3BLD = scrambled cube
Nearly made 2nd round of 3x3
Staying for 2nd round would have resulted in divorce
I like judging
Should have done more of it
Cubers are a great bunch of lads
 
quickalt said:
I lost a white super floppy cube, and a black ShengShou Pyraminx (actually a PUZL but I think they're nearly identical). One of the plastic bags I brought some cubes in was thrown away, hopefully it was empty. :/

Goals and DYK and stuff.



DYK:
  • I suck at feet Xcrosses.
  • I suck at feet too.
  • In 4x4 round 2, I got a faster average than my previous PB single.
  • Which is also my overall PB by several seconds AFAIK.
  • Wanted a Skewb sub 10 single, almost got a sub 10 average.
  • The only free food I got was 3 chocolate bars and a revel, and I only ate 1 of the chocolate bars.
  • Rob lent me a clock because it was too hard for him to scramble mine.
  • I only met the clock avg cutoff (on my terrible clock) because of a 3 corner skip.
  • Ollie didn't win Lunch. :(
  • I still can't turn properly in OH.
  • Still yet to scramble.
  • I suggested replacing 3x3 final with feet round 2.
  • I barely beat my Harrow results in 3x3 round 2.
  • I beat Mollerz in Sq1. :D

I really need to stop getting so angry at bad solves. Deliberately +2ing my Sq1 solve might have cost me a sub 40 average. I deliberately pushed two of my puzzles off the table after bad solves, which probably damaged them slightly and also gave me my first 3x3 DNF. :( I guess this would be helped if I stopped failing so much though. :p
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Hehehe I know who you are.
 
Oh yea, I forgot I did this.

Tyler Comfy Hat said:
-Go As if I wouldn't have
-Average around 50 secs on 3x3 Nooooo
-Meet some cool people Yeeeee
-Come to terms w/ the fact that I'll probably come in last place in all the events I do, and face it with dignity I didn't come last in anything, if I recall, so yeeee
-Try not to get lost when I walk back to the hotel* I am a navigational master
-Try not to get mugged when I walk back to the hotel* No, tho I totally could've kicked their butts anyway
-Have a good time indeed
-Keep spaghetti leakage to a minimum Debatable
-Don't lose my hat anywhere The hat remains safe
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DYK??-
-There are people who go to comps who have really really tight tensions, at least in comparison to the floppy Gans I use.
-When I take off my hat, my face shapeshifts entirely, and nobody recognises me
-Aolong v1s are overrated, I say
-I was worthy enough to hand-shake Harry Savage at one point
-The bar man was very irresponsible and didn't ask me for ID even tho I have the babyface of a 14 year old, tsk tsk tsk. (I am of age though, don't worry.)
-I spent a fruitless amount of time looking around at my surrounding Cubers, wondering "Wait, which one of these people is supposed to be Alex Lau?"
-I should consider going for a WR in "Most Toilet breaks taken during an offical WCA competition". GBOWR, here I come!
-Newtonbase doesn't look quite as old as he says he is.
-Jessica smiles a lot. And we aren't dating, we swear!
-Connor is a real nice bloke, and his girfriend convinced me to give all my puzzles formal pet-names.
 
-I should consider going for a WR in "Most Toilet breaks taken during an offical WCA competition". GBOWR, here I come!
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Once you had found them!
-Newtonbase doesn't look quite as old as he says he is.
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Bane of my life for the first 30 years but it's a good thing now.
-Jessica smiles a lot.
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She does doesn't she.
 
DYK:

-6 PBs, the 3 expected ones(6 single/avg, 7 single), and 3 unexpected (OH, 4 avg, 5, single)
-Best sleep of any competition I've ever been to
-I drove in each day despite a 65 mile drive
-I left my bag at the venue, so another 130 mile round trip soon :/
-Tyler turned out to actually be a mentally stable normal human being.
-Yet again I could have got a new 3x3 average dependant on a good final solve, which I failed.
-I'm starting to feel about blind how I feel about FMC
-Ethan is starting to get fast
-I broke my 7x7 single by 2 minutes, by simply buying a better cube.
-A bottle of Maru I bought went missing :/
-This was in my top 3 comps of all time.
-Best venue I've been to also, hopefully there'll be more Welwyn Garden City comps.
-Least consistent 5x5 average ever :/
-Just made it into the final again
-11th out of 71 is my best performance in a while.
 
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