What was your first competition like?

[Parity]

No comps near me.

 

[stinkocheeze]

Melbourne Summer Open 2010.

how do you go to a summer open when summer hasn't started yet??? LOL

EDIT: my bad, it's in australia and i'm in canada... i get it...

 

[shelley]

Back when I was a frosh... (Caltech Spring 2004)
3x3 rounds were all best of 3 until the final round. If you popped during a solve, you were awarded an extra one. And I witnessed the 12.11 WR by Macky, who was light years ahead of everyone else at the time.
Also, even though I knew Leyan from orchestra for the past half year, that competition was the first time I really talked to him. He placed third in the final round after Macky and Lars Petrus with a 31 second average.

 

[guusrs]

V&D (toy department), Twente-prelims, Enschede, september 1981
Bring-your-own cube comp, no inspection time, 2 attemps, ±40 competitors.
My cube was prepared with vaseline, I still got it (with that same vaseline).
Only 3 people within a minute, me 38 seconds (first in 16- category), my classmate 36 seconds (1st in 17+ category).
Self-developed system, layer by layer, but LL-corners already in 1 alg.

Three weeks later Twente-finals, again in in V&D Enschede.
Me 40 seconds, 1st in 16- category. Marc Waterman 36 seconds, 1st in 17+ category.
That's were I met Marc and after that day we had a lot of meetings together, Daan Krammer also joining us. They were very inspiring for me.

Gus

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

What was my first competition like? CUBER'S PARADISE!

 

[ardi4nto]

Indonesian Open 2009:
I got a 25.88 single and that was my best for 3x3x3 at that time (my average is 35-s). Then I saw Chuck doing incredible 11/11 multiple blindfolded attempt.

But my second competition is more awesome than first one, Jakarta Open 2010.
I saw Iril got a world record with his 16/16 attempt and I brought home an Indonesian National Record for FMC

 

[riffz]

My first comp was The Toronto Open, Winter 2009. I had been cubing for 4 months and was aiming for a sub-30 average. My first solve was 26s, which was a pretty good time for me, but the rest of the average didn't go so well and I ended up with a 31.17 average. I also entered BLD but I had only just learned it and DNFed all 3 solves.

It was a really cool experience for me, my girlfriend, and my parents, who also came. It was hosted in that tiny room at Seneca though so it was rather crowded.

 

[miniGOINGS]

I can finally post in this thread!

Awesome.

 

[That70sShowDude]

@miniGOINGS - SAME HERE!

First competition was 10 days ago.
- 17.99 and 17.02 3x3 averages. 17.31 is my average of 100, so my solves were very good.
- Made it to the finals of 3x3, but had to leave to go to my girlfriend's prom. Poop.
- 2x2 sucked. I did the wrong alg 3 times on one solve.
- For 4x4, got an average that is basically the same as my at home avg12. Good.
- For OH, had f2l done at 16 seconds (my fastest ever at the time), but messed up the OLL.
- Missed a BLD solve my 2 moves. Would have been 3:36, which is not a bad time for me, let alone at a competition. (Undid my last set-up move incorrectly)
- Got to try some cubes I've never even touched before (magic, mirror blocks, giant 3x3, mini ds)

 

[miniGOINGS]

- 2x2 sucked. I did the wrong alg 3 times on one solve.

Exact same thing happened to me. Twice in a row. Vid's here.

 

[cincyaviation]

- 2x2 sucked. I did the wrong alg 3 times on one solve.

Exact same thing happened to me. Twice in a row. Vid's here.

your not allowed to look like that, you look different than that

 

[miniGOINGS]

your not allowed to look like that, you look different than that

Hmm?

 

[TheMachanga]

i barely sub 50... should i go to a competition?

EDIT: and are there 13 year olds at a competition?

There are 4-79 year olds.

 

[Feryll]

your not allowed to look like that, you look different than that

Hmm?

Mini your catchphrase should be 'Hmm' It seems like you say it a lot, or is it just me? :rolleyes:

i barely sub 50... should i go to a competition?

EDIT: and are there 13 year olds at a competition?

There are 4-79 year olds.

There are 13 year olds hosting competitions and great stores.

Also, I'm going to Ohio Open in June! Yay! Too bad it's the day after my Middle School Graduation Lock-in Party, so I'll have to skip that. I don't care what my whiny friends say!

 

[Cyrus C.]

your not allowed to look like that, you look different than that

Hmm?

I think he means you should be wearing a chicken mask.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Mini your catchphrase should be 'Hmm' It seems like you say it a lot, or is it just me? :rolleyes:

Haha, good idea! I try to cycle through 'Hmm', 'Yea', and 'Mhm'.

Like, I actually think about which one I've used the least to try to decide...

 

[cuberkid10]

- 2x2 sucked. I did the wrong alg 3 times on one solve.

Exact same thing happened to me. Twice in a row. Vid's here.

Was that ThePuzzler96 next to you?

 

[TheMachanga]

- 2x2 sucked. I did the wrong alg 3 times on one solve.

Exact same thing happened to me. Twice in a row. Vid's here.

Was that ThePuzzler96 next to you?

yes. That is him.

 

[That70sShowDude]

- 2x2 sucked. I did the wrong alg 3 times on one solve.

Exact same thing happened to me. Twice in a row. Vid's here.

Was that ThePuzzler96 next to you?

Did you see that kid in the green and white striped shirt, that went where ThePuzzler96 was at? Look at where he puts his 2x2 when he starts...

 

[cincyaviation]

- 2x2 sucked. I did the wrong alg 3 times on one solve.

Exact same thing happened to me. Twice in a row. Vid's here.

Was that ThePuzzler96 next to you?

Did you see that kid in the green and white striped shirt, that went where ThePuzzler96 was at? Look at where he puts his 2x2 when he starts...

WTF? Either OCD or extreme left-handed-ness.