World Championships 2013 - Las Vegas

[Clarkeeyyy]

Spoiler

And this, kids, is why we solve cubes, not stack them.

That was hilarious. Half of my cubes were in that tower xD.

 

[AustinReed]

That was hilarious.

Debatable

 

[ben1996123]

"oh god no oh no why the 11 on top oh no catch it oh god oh no oooh noooooooo!"
(approximately my thoughts while watching)

it was probably fine

 

[shelley]

Guys, could you post all mosaic pictures to somewhere?!

I put them up at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.573370613566.1073741825.3500051&type=1&l=7aeb3c7b52 until we can get a more formal gallery set up.

 

[Rubiks560]

I know it's way late, but did anyone end up with an extra white SS modded 5x5?

 

[amostay2004]

Not sure if anyone noticed, but Feliks is the first world champion with short hair since 2005

edit: also, is he the youngest world champion ever?

 

[cmhardw]

Not sure if anyone noticed, but Feliks is the first world champion with short hair since 2005

Cool!

also, is he the youngest world champion ever?

Minh Thai was 16 when he won. Isn't Feliks 17?

 

[Michael Womack]

Who was the youngest and oldest world winners in the past?

 

[Stefan]

Who was the youngest and oldest world winners in the past?

Also, who was the youngest and oldest world winners in the future?

 

[cuBerBruce]

From Wikipedia:

"Minh Thai (1963) was a sixteen-year-old Vietnamese-American high school student from Los Angeles when he won the first world championship on June 5, 1982 ..."

If 1963 was Minh Thai's birth year, then he could not have been 16 when he won the WC in 1982. There seems to be some discrepancy here.

In any case, I imagine Minh Thai holds the record for oldest reigning world champion.

 

[AvGalen]

Also, who was the youngest and oldest world winners in the future?

Youngest in the past: Bernett Orlando, 555blind as I am sure you remember.
Youngest in the future: AvG 3-7?
Oldest in the future: AvG 1!
(you can tell me I was wrong after I die)

 

[A Leman]

Does anyone have the list of walk in music that the 3x3 finalists used?

 

[keyan]

There's a first time for everything.

Did you know:

Boston is where you might find Daniel Hayes?
All the staff did a fantastic job? Go us!
That guy in back with the crazy hair?
The Berkeley room party can be heard halfway down the hall?
Preview of WCA regulations 2014: at the request of several European delegates feet solving is dropped, replaced by meter solving.
Only telling the 3x3 finalists of the change of rules after they were segregated in the other room?
Kenneth is the true mosaic winner?
Everyone just went to look up what "acrostic" means?

 

[Vincents]

There's a first time for everything.

Did you know:

Boston is where you might find Daniel Hayes?
All the staff did a fantastic job? Go us!
That guy in back with the crazy hair?
The Berkeley room party can be heard halfway down the hall?
Preview of WCA regulations 2014: at the request of several European delegates feet solving is dropped, replaced by meter solving.
Only telling the 3x3 finalists of the change of rules after they were segregated in the other room?
Kenneth is the true mosaic winner?
Everyone just went to look up what "acrostic" means?

Battproke? Go home Chris, you're drunk...

 

[lunchmaster]

Did anyone record the seminars ?

 

[Edward_Lin]

"oh god no oh no why the 11 on top oh no catch it oh god oh no oooh noooooooo!"
(approximately my thoughts while watching)

(their thoughts)
*we aren't very good at cubing, better stack cubes on top of one another so that we look cool and get attention*

 

[Robocopter87]

Where can the scrambles be found?

I've searched and searched, but cannot find them. I expect them to end up right in my face.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Clarkeeyyy]

(their thoughts)
*we aren't very good at cubing, better stack cubes on top of one another so that we look cool and get attention*

It wasn't for attention, although everyone at that table did suck.

 

[Coolster01]

Where can the scrambles be found?

I've searched and searched, but cannot find them. I expect them to end up right in my face.

Thanks in advance.

Bump.

Wondering the same thing.

 

[brandbest1]

Since everyone can't find the scrambles, and for some reason the link was down for several days before (I can't seem to find it either), here it is in dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/atpfiicycu72zbj/Scrambles - World Championship 2013.zip

DYK...

- 波波 is a thing, now
- The scrambles can be found here: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~vsheu/Scrambles - World Championship 2013.zip
- The password is "smartcar" (no quotes)
- I got 9 hours of sleep over 4 nights
- I will never ever PB in 3x3 ever again (14.02>>>11.60 average)
- Sebastien Auroux ruined a 1-2-3 Berkeley FMC sweep (1. Steven Xu (25), T-2. Sebastien Auroux/Devin Corr-Robinett (26), 4. ME (27))
- Ajay built a cube throne
- PLEASE, NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY
- STAY IN THE COMPETITOR AREA, NOT IN FRONT OF THE SCRAMBLING TABLE
- Somebody reported a stolen laptop out of a locked briefcase, and was going to file a police report. He later found his laptop
- Our apparel vendor sold out
- Tyson was awesome as an announcer
- Our organization team blew away the rest of the world - many international delegates asked about how to replicate our model

EDIT: The original scrambles used to be here but the link doesn't work.