Welwyn Garden City Open 2014 - 5/6 April - (UK)

DYK:
I always have loads of stuff for these when I get home, then forget them by the time I write them out the next day?
I like skewb?
Megaslow??
As in, first average over 1:00 in over a year D:?
10.84 wat?
Pyra is lol?
Yet again I forgot to practice any type of BLD and totally failed?
I'm getting bad at bigcubes?
I didn't practice at all for this comp, except for skewb and a little bit of mega?
I got more medals than Daniel?
I like getting at least 1 sub-1:30 5x5 solve per comp?
We didn't stay in McDonalds for very long at all?
Laurence is an intelligent fare dodger (/s)?
Carrying that box of stuff really sucked?
Getting up early to practice feet doesn't work when you can't get into the venue?
I'm going to start properly practicing again?

Thanks for the great comp James & Billy!
 
Another great weekend, huge thanks to the oragnisers for organising, UKCubeStore for being so generous, and those that don't get mentioned enough - the people that judge long BLD attempts.

DYK:
Several times I had 3 good solves and 2 bad solves, just to ruin an almost fast average?
I still managed to get PB averages with a counting bad solve?
But not in 3x3 second round because I failed T-perm to get a counting 24?
Don't let James judge megaminx? (my slowest solve by far)
awesome 5BLD result!!
Also, 5x5 blindfolded was interesting?
-I'm now top 10 5BLD but not top 100 3BLD?
I always have a multiple of 3 cubes unsolved in multi?
I got my luckiest LL of the weekend when solving a 3x3 I mis-scrambled?
Everyone wants to know whether James gets a +2?

Plus other interesting stuff probably. Looking forward to next comp, but probably not Oxford for me.

Edit: if anyone has any videos of me solving or knows (even roughly) how fast memo was for my 5BLD success/multi, please let me know.
 
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DYKs

-after years, finally malaysian 5bld nr is broken.
-5BLD 3rd place is ranked 12th in the world. (It must be the british tea.)
-I'm on 3rd place with 3BLD success rate. 8/9
-Mcdonald thrice in Saturday give me sore throat on Sunday morning.
-5am train consist of everybody sleeping. (Was having a hard time deciding whether to cube or not, ended up didn't)
-Didn't sleep on Friday night at all
-Could've got another 5bld mean of 3 if I didn't had that pint.
-big thanks to those who took part in interviews, you know who you are Mcdonald
-adam greenwood is ossum, nick and sarah too, pretty much everyone from the london gang is.
-Sunday morning, a lot of 'wild' pro cubers appeared. ALau, Sameer.
-spent a lot of money
-new medals are nice
-Luke has his earmuff on wherever he is
-accommodation next to venue is too great
-6x6 single cr 146, 7x7 single cr 145, then both WR 413.
-can't remember anything else, dang it next time I'll have to write them up before I forget.

Edit: Thanks Billy and James for another ossum comp.

And how can I forget, country flags are swag.
 
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DYKs

Nice NR-s?
Unexpected 2x2 scramble?
I made 3x3 finals?
Some people are like what Georgia is Girl's name, state of America, country...?
Wrong old Georgian flag on my lanyard? but it is fine?
Sorry for my bad English?
Thanks to everybody it was Great competition :D
Sorry but can you give me that 2x2 scramble, on which Ben has got 0.75 single.Thanks.
 
NevinsCPH said:
DYKs
-accommodation next to venue is too great
Click to expand...

Yeah, it means you can go back for a nap inbetween rounds :P

DYK:
-Having a hotel so close is good because you can go back for naps.
-Welwyn Garden City is basically a smaller Milton Keynes.
-When I went to the other part of gosling sports park I didn't even question that there was no visible premier Inn, which should have given away I was at the wrong place.
-I improved my 3x3x3 average but still dropped a place in the rankings.
-Aosus are brilliant, and helped me get 2 4x4x4 PBs
-After 7 years of cubing, I finally know full PLL thanks to Adam :P
-Got into semi final of 4x4x4 without and average, lol.
-The venue was smaller than I expected, it seemed about right for the 65 competititors + guests.
-Me and Adam will finally get this game of pool, in Oxford :P
- "Hey Lucidcuber, I can't remember your real name"
 
DYK...
I just spent an hour on my DYKs then my phone died?
it didn't bother me as much as I would've expected?
no Tim?
only 1 train?
Nick's house is infested with puzzles and half finished mods?
he made me an Illusion?
apparently we got through an entire bottle of Jägermeister on the Friday night?
is that the royal we?
we got pulled over by the cops?
Sam was sober and they never did respond to the question 'Why did you pull me over?'?
I was staring at Yau's hands in awe?
from what I can remember it looked like Superman was spamming algs but it was probably enhanced slightly by my blood alcohol level?
Sarah woke me up with a phone call but all she got in response were expletives?
I felt suitably horrible on Saturday?
I ran registration with Maria?
t'was nice greeting everyone and having mini chats with so many people?
DNFed my 1st round 2x2 average?
I shouldn't physically make references to previous escaping cubes by throwing my cube on the floor when I already have a DNF in the average on my 5th solve just because I think it'll be funny if I want to make 2nd round of 2x2 in the future and go on to write a longer sentence than this one?
I got comp pb 4x4 single with Hoya a month since I switched from reduction?
I solved my 3rd attempt of 3BLD for my 1st comp success even though it was 50% slower than at home avg?
considering I haven't done a blind solve in 3 weeks I was pretty happy?
I spent a great deal of time judging big blind and loved it?
François is great fun to watch solve and could see he succeeded at 4BLD even though he still had 3 entire centres cycled?
Matthew's silent 5BLD celebration was epic?
Ollie should've used the Florian on the 1st 2 as well?
Conor seems to be playing touchy feely team blind with the StackMat on his way to successful 4BLD?
I guess Callum's God awful memo method can't be that bad?
Billy makes my heart ache when he get's so close to solved every time?
I judged LOLben's LOL scramble and my ears are still bleeding from the almighty roar he gave out just after the footage finishes?
Saturday night was sedate and just what I needed?
Nevins and I have close 3x3 races even though he lies about how fast he is? =P
Zak rating my social interactions?
I do believe that is a lady of the night?
those two are only linked chronologically?
I woke up Saturday feeling funky fresh and well rested which is a 1st at a comp since I drove to Cambridge for just 1 day?
sitting down to breakfast is a strange but wonderful experience for a comp weekend?
I was stuffed and Nick had about 4 times as much food as me? He wins at buffet.
Alex and I agree that being religious would be comforting?
I nearly missed the cut off for 5x5 average?
0.15 seconds over on the 1st and under by less than 2 seconds on my 2nd?
I made 2nd round but DNFed one because I cocked up a parity when Ollie whispered to my judge to avoid distracting me when I normally chat during my 5x5 solves?
DNFed the average because a slice was off by mere minuets?
James, it's OK, I can clearly see it's DNF?
just like you knew yours was +2?
3x3 was terrible but if I don't practice I can't really be displeased with sub 16 average in round 2?
Lara kept breaking her at home PB single and will be ones of those fast Roux solvers if she's not careful?
Daniel let me finish my MBLD attempt because as I went over the time I only had a couple of targets left?
which resulted in me pulling off my blindfold and from my POV it looked like 3/3?
3rd was off by a J perm so was always going to be 2/3 but I'm very content with that result?
going into the 3rd I thought I only had a 50/50 chance of it being solvable because I stupidly placed it down at a ridiculous angle?
Sarah made 5x5 final because of her MBLD success adrenaline?
sharing easy to learn algs is fun even if I do fail hard when trying to set up cases?
Andy asleep with someone else's ear defenders on in an homage to Tim?
awesome medals and prizes?
I spent a lot more time in the venue than ever before?

Big thank you to Billy, James, Daniel and Maria.
Also Kong for providing such awesome prizes.

Always great to see everyone.
 
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I have taken home a black Skewb by accident, if anyone is missing one from the comp let me know and we can arrange for a delivery.
 
DYK:

I was dying literally the entire weekend.. if I was working I would have called in sick on Sunday.
For the first time I didn't stay out on the Saturday night due to imminent death.
Bar in venue is such a convenience.
Think we will be using the collingwood again in the future..
Was more terrified in days leading up to WGC than I was for Cuthberts?
Panic bought too many extension leads?
People like sweets on tables.
My results were all over the place?
UKCubeStore are amazing.
Tommy loves his ZhanChi.
Tommy practiced using stackmat timer during MBLD.
I am | | <-- that close to throwing in the BBLD towel........ fed up with tiny mistakes and that feel.
Would have been almost impossible without Maria?
Totally impossible without James + Dan?
Very disappointed about the 24 no shows... around 18 of which didn't even take the time to inform us and now we technically could be at a financial loss for this comp? Extremely disappointed.
However one of these no shows restored my faith in humanity by a good percentage?
I am still relieved my comp didn't fail.
Miss you all already.
 
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