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I was sooo shakey! I almost dropped the cube!
What was your first competition like?
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it was awesomesauce.
down where i live, im a god, cuz no one can solve the thing faster than i do, or do it in any other way than with 2 hands. I avg bout 17 18ish.
I knew i wasnt any big deal for top cubers, and had no chances at winning, but i drove 7 hours to toronto last week-end for the toronto open. And i spent the best day of my life, surrounded by people who dont spam Ipeelthestickers at me. I felt great, met lots of cool people, Micheal Shao and Anthony Hua walked me through alot ;P and i am most likely coming back in november for TOF10. My avg was disapointing, but it was because i had the shakes, due to my 14.68 from 2nd solve... it triped me out for some reason. but i still had lots o fun.
Long live speedcubing!
down where i live, im a god, cuz no one can solve the thing faster than i do, or do it in any other way than with 2 hands. I avg bout 17 18ish.
I knew i wasnt any big deal for top cubers, and had no chances at winning, but i drove 7 hours to toronto last week-end for the toronto open. And i spent the best day of my life, surrounded by people who dont spam Ipeelthestickers at me. I felt great, met lots of cool people, Micheal Shao and Anthony Hua walked me through alot ;P and i am most likely coming back in november for TOF10. My avg was disapointing, but it was because i had the shakes, due to my 14.68 from 2nd solve... it triped me out for some reason. but i still had lots o fun.
Long live speedcubing!
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washington dc 2010 spring
nervous as hell though as fun ^_^
nervous as hell though as fun ^_^
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My first competition was Cornell's 2007 one. Only participated in one event, and it wasn't 3x3. 
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i had cold shakey hands. Average shot up by about 4 seconds.
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Competition: Netherlands 2008
I knew absolutely nobody there, but I started talking to some nice guys (including Arnaud) to leanr about a competition. He learnt me a lot about cubing
I didn't know there was a winners ceremony, so I left earlier 
But, overall, it was a lot of fun!
I knew absolutely nobody there, but I started talking to some nice guys (including Arnaud) to leanr about a competition. He learnt me a lot about cubing
I didn't know there was a winners ceremony, so I left earlier But, overall, it was a lot of fun!
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Competition: Toronto Open Summer 2010
Pretty awesome, as soon as I walked in I met a friend that I had known from 2 years ago, we both recognized each other. So there was someone I knew at the comp which made things slightly better.
My solves for 3x3x3 were better than normal which was really awesome. I got 25th in the first round, so I just made it into the second round. If my average was just 0.03 seconds slower I wouldn't have made it to the second round.
But my OH solves were all slower than normal... there are only 4 OLL cases that I cannot remember how to do for OH (two of which are mirrors of the other 2). And all 5 solves had one of those 4 cases, so I had to make them all 3 look LL instead... well actually the very first solve was a 4look LL because I don't know how to do N-perms OH. So unlucky....
Pretty awesome, as soon as I walked in I met a friend that I had known from 2 years ago, we both recognized each other. So there was someone I knew at the comp which made things slightly better.
My solves for 3x3x3 were better than normal which was really awesome. I got 25th in the first round, so I just made it into the second round. If my average was just 0.03 seconds slower I wouldn't have made it to the second round.
But my OH solves were all slower than normal... there are only 4 OLL cases that I cannot remember how to do for OH (two of which are mirrors of the other 2). And all 5 solves had one of those 4 cases, so I had to make them all 3 look LL instead... well actually the very first solve was a 4look LL because I don't know how to do N-perms OH. So unlucky....
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my first comp was pretty fun. i had only been cubing for a month then and was avg about 38sec. and i made it to finals for 3x3. 16 people moved onto finals i was number 16 lol. i got a dnf avg i got 2 bad pops and a nice 31 for me then. now i avg like 35 and do 2x2 4x4 magic and master magic and pyraminx. my first comp was really really fun though. lots of friendly people and cool cubes. met some people that gave me some tips on how to get faster. like learn 1L pll which i still havent gotten to lol. and use look ahead. hope another one is near me soon.
the comp was a minnesota comp in rochester 2010.
the comp was a minnesota comp in rochester 2010.
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Toronto Summer 2010.
I was extremely nervous and I failed 2x2(did the wrong OLL at least 8 times between my 5 solves.) but for 3x3 I beat my average by about 12 seconds, except for the one solve where I popped in the middle of the PLL, making me forget where I was, so I had to start from f2l again. I then popped again in the middle of the OLL, and the judge guy went and got my piece, even though i think im supposed to, (yay little asian kid). That solve was 45 over my average.
After all my events I pretty much sat at a table with other cubers that were really nice and played with a bunch of puzzles Ive never seen before.
I was extremely nervous and I failed 2x2(did the wrong OLL at least 8 times between my 5 solves.) but for 3x3 I beat my average by about 12 seconds, except for the one solve where I popped in the middle of the PLL, making me forget where I was, so I had to start from f2l again. I then popped again in the middle of the OLL, and the judge guy went and got my piece, even though i think im supposed to, (yay little asian kid). That solve was 45 over my average.
After all my events I pretty much sat at a table with other cubers that were really nice and played with a bunch of puzzles Ive never seen before.
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Carnegie Mellon Spring 2009:
Walked in, met Ethan, (nlCuber22) who happened to live in West Virginia o_o I was shocked. (So was he) Hung out with him most of the day. At the time I wasn't even a member here, and was extremely slow. (I still am slow. o_o) Left after I finished my events, because my siblings were there, and they wanted to leave. -___- Apparently I missed alot that happened during the time I was gone. I wasn't really nervous at all, and.... Yeah.
Walked in, met Ethan, (nlCuber22) who happened to live in West Virginia o_o I was shocked. (So was he) Hung out with him most of the day. At the time I wasn't even a member here, and was extremely slow. (I still am slow. o_o) Left after I finished my events, because my siblings were there, and they wanted to leave. -___- Apparently I missed alot that happened during the time I was gone. I wasn't really nervous at all, and.... Yeah.
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I'm not sure if I posted here or not, but W/E.
It was Cubetcha 2009, when I first walked in I was greeted by my soon to be really good cubing friend, Christopher Olson. Then I met Kevin Kapinos and hung out with him most of the day. I was sooo slow back then though, like 40ish if I remember. I was the last person to make the second round and ended up beating like 7 people in 3x3 and like 5 in magic. I was severly disappointed but it was a lot of fun. I rarely have missed a comp since.
It was Cubetcha 2009, when I first walked in I was greeted by my soon to be really good cubing friend, Christopher Olson. Then I met Kevin Kapinos and hung out with him most of the day. I was sooo slow back then though, like 40ish if I remember. I was the last person to make the second round and ended up beating like 7 people in 3x3 and like 5 in magic. I was severly disappointed but it was a lot of fun. I rarely have missed a comp since.
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