What's the most embarrassing thing that's happened to you at a WCA competition?

[randomcuber14]

i ended up getting a 6 second solve in 2x2 by messing up an algorithm and the solve was a +4. missed out on the finals because of that

 

[abunickabhi]

I've done that too except I actually took it home by mistake

Did you have to ship it to your cuber friend, or you brought the cube to him at your next common competition / cube meet-up?

 

[TheSpeedSkewber]

Really stupid but I had a cup of tea in like a takeaway cup, and I rested it on the floor under where I was judging.

Anyway, midway through the comptetitor's 5x5 solve i accidentally knocked it over, however he was absolutely locked in and kept commenting on how well the solve was going so i decided to not tell him about it for fear that i would ruin his PB.

However instead of being responsible and owning up, I walked away after that solve, tea still on floor, and said nothing (which i would never do if that sort of thing happened again)

Subsequently a delegate noticed the literal light brown puddle and mopped it up but i felt like such a horrible person and i'm sure they knew it was me

 

[bldcuber314]

Did you have to ship it to your cuber friend, or you brought the cube to him at your next common competition / cube meet-up?

Had to ship it

 

[bldcuber314]

I DNFed a low 7 on the first solve of a Clock round(for context PR single is 8.08, I had a 7.71 that got DQed bc forgot to sign, and I've never gotten an official Clock average). Then on the next solve I made a bunch of mistakes and at 14 seconds I carelessly stopped the timer one move off meaning it was another DNF. Forgot about cutoff

 

[arbivara]

In the 2018 South American championship, I forgot my water bottle when I went to the side room to serve as a judge in the MBLD competition. The competitor I was serving as a judge to took his whole hour to do his solve. When he finished his solve I was hurried to the main room for the last group of an event (I can't recall if it was the 3x3x3 or the OH). I started not to feel so well during my solve due to dehidration (it was quite hot as well). In my last solve my vision even darkned and I nearly passed out.

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

I've done that too except I actually took it home by mistake

Ive done this
Good thing the guy was chill, we good friends. He knew I wasnt in a good headspace so he dmed me and just asked nicely and I mailed it back to him shortly after

 

[precompsubwr]

First comp thought my name had been called. Went up and made a fuss about it not being my cube. Looking down and realizing that my name isn’t Darren.

Hi dennis

I have:
DNFed from turning too early in OH (comp 1)

Missed a 6 mover and sub 1 2x2 single (comp 2)

Messed up CLL failing out of sub 2 2x2 avg (comp 3)

Missed one turn in multi giving me 3/4 and missed podium (comp 4)

Too slow to get a sub 7 3x3 avg (I forgot to lock in) (comp 5)

Double DNFed the first 3x3 avg of the comp (comp 6)

My clock's cover came off and I DNFed out of finals (I switched to a different clock at solve 4) (comp 7)

I +2ed out of 2x2 win (comp 8)
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Well I'll be.

 

[MrCubert]

At my 2nd comp I forgot to write my signature on the 2nd oh solve and got a DNF average (First solve was >2:00.00)

 

[bldcuber314]

I had one turn left in Squan at 28 seconds and ended up with a 32(still PR). In the same round I DNFed a solve by two moves which made my average 7 seconds slower. Same comp I got my first official sub 8 Clock single and forgot to sign

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

Stealing a cube of my friend by mistake

I have done this once in a 2016 competition where I kept a Meiying cube in my bag unknowingly and made my friend anxious for an hour before I decided to use my brain and check my bag and spot his cube.

I had to apologise a lot of times for my brainfart yo.

I think I almost did that with some dudes slim pyra

 

[CubeLite]

I think mines would be that at my last comp, I wanted to do 8 cubes in multi and the delegate was surprised to see doing these many, being my first comp with blind, but my best attempt was of 5/8, not even podium

 

[bldcuber314]

I think mines would be that at my last comp, I wanted to do 8 cubes in multi and the delegate was surprised to see doing these many, being my first comp with blind, but my best attempt was of 5/8, not even podium

Still not bad, even though the points are the same 5/8 is way more impressive than 2/2. Great result for first comp with bld

 

[CubeLite]

Still not bad, even though the points are the same 5/8 is way more impressive than 2/2. Great result for first comp with bld

Yea, but that is still bad compared to what I can do, not even podium when I went to the comp with the goal of getting NR

 

[bldcuber314]

Yea, but that is still bad compared to what I can do, not even podium when I went to the comp with the goal of getting NR

Happens, I have a sub 3 4BLD single but don't have an official success so can't compete at Great Lakes or UKC

 

[Idkcuber]

I have 2
i accidentally chucked the cover when i was judging
i accidentally dropped a guys clock and he saw it so he had to get an extra but when i brought the extra to him, i dropped it again. He didnt see it so it was all fine

 

[SpeedCubingLord]

I have 2
i accidentally chucked the cover when i was judging
i accidentally dropped a guys clock and he saw it so he had to get an extra but when i brought the extra to him, i dropped it again. He didnt see it so it was all fine

maybe this is why the wca got rid of clock...

Dear clock solvers, the statement i just stated is just a mere suggestion of the potentially possible reason why the governing organization of speedcubing, known as the WCA. Has gotten rid of the event. I am not stating that clock should have been removed. @eeeeeeeee may I please request that you will not kill me?

 

[eeeeeeeee]

maybe this is why the wca got rid of clock...

Dear clock solvers, the statement i just stated is just a mere suggestion of the potentially possible reason why the governing organization of speedcubing, known as the WCA. Has gotten rid of the event. I am not stating that clock should have been removed. @eeeeeeeee may I please request that you will not kill me?

couldnt this have happened with any other event?

 

[acrystal]

OK THIS ACTUALLY EMBARASSING

In my first comp, I participated in 5x5, knowing that the cutoff was 3:00 while i was averaging 4:00. So I literally got (DNF,DNF) and you can see on my WCA profile. So there was this little girl who was judging me, so after those 2 solves were completed, we both went to our paces (keep in mind I sat a little close to her and her mother). So her mother asked her "Your judging ended that fast?", and she replied "He did all DNFs". There was very interesting stoires I could say, but this by far, is the worst and torments me 8 moths later

 

[Sub 20 Cuber]

I don’t have a backup main for clock so I had my morfs egg as my backup main and everyone looked at me(got 2 DNF’s and didn’t make the cutoff)