... cube down before donning the blindfold. Yet, I have seen many times that people just put the blindfold on and go for it. Which way is right? Good...
33885
Dan
hatadey
Mar 1, 2007 11:20 pm
Hey Lazy Ass :) I checked the regs, and this particular rule doesn't seem to be in. But there is a regulation... # B4b) The competitor may manipulate the...
33886
Dan
hatadey
Mar 1, 2007 11:22 pm
Well, obviously because I had two good solves in the first two clocks, I had to mess up the third one. Otherwise my average would actually have been good... we...
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Koen Heltzel
koen_heltzel
Mar 1, 2007 11:29 pm
As far as I know this is common practice, at least in competitions I attended the last year. I did the same thing with a paper at the Belgian Open... I...
33889
Rory Margraf
enguarde1234
Mar 2, 2007 3:31 am
So what does a competitor do if they have no intention of cheating, but somewhere in the solve, they realize that there is a space that they don't want? If...
33890
Johannes Laire
rubiksnake
Mar 2, 2007 7:17 am
... If I wanted to cheat and was looking under the blindfold, doing this wouldn't help the judge to notice it. I would just do some T-permutations etc. while...
33891
brendantrinh2000
brendantrinh...
Mar 2, 2007 8:32 am
I need a good site that sells DIY cubes CHEAP (around 5-15 USD) and have cheap shipping or free shipping to Australia....
33892
Joël van Noort
joel_vn
Mar 2, 2007 9:15 am
Hi Koen, Did you also do it when you were judging me..? I am almost certain Ron also did it with me, while I didn't feel anything. I do remember that Mathyas...
33893
Koen Heltzel
koen_heltzel
Mar 2, 2007 9:58 am
Yes, I did this during all attempts I judged. - Koen...
33894
megafrikkie
Mar 2, 2007 10:34 am
Rama has got some vids of belgian open uploaded including 5x5 WR, http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=redSuikoden Erik ... weeks to...
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Edouard
e_chambon
Mar 2, 2007 12:28 pm
The video is now on strangepuzzle....
33896
alejandro_lamas
Mar 2, 2007 1:18 pm
... Thanks. Yes, I already did it. http://bbs.cube4you.com/thread-38-1-1.html But it seems that he thinks that a) is better :) Another question Has someone...
33897
christopher_pelley
christopher_...
Mar 2, 2007 2:53 pm
Wow, that's cool. It happens so fast, it's hard to tell if that was an OLL skip? Was that a U-perm at the end? Anyway, congratulations! Chris...
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Stephen Shores
stshores24
Mar 2, 2007 4:36 pm
I have to echo Chris's congratulations. That is amazing. Stephen...
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Gilles van den Peereb...
gillesvdp
Mar 2, 2007 4:47 pm
G Perm ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Mar 2, 2007 5:07 pm
... need to ... Well, yes I still like the idea of those goggles I suggested recently. Those weren't swimming goggles, though, but protective glasses for...
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Tobias Daneels
cubewizzard
Mar 2, 2007 6:01 pm
I don't know about u guys, but would prefer if the clock event also had 5 solves and an average dropping fastest and slowest. Otherwise small problems could...
33902
Edouard
e_chambon
Mar 2, 2007 6:44 pm
We don't see very well on the video. Gilles will try to improve the quality (and the visibility) on the video, thanks to him. OLL was a square (only a square...
33903
christopher_pelley
christopher_...
Mar 2, 2007 7:25 pm
Excellent work! So have you managed to reconstruct the solve from the scramble? I'm always fascinated to see those. Chris ... that ... 40yahoogroups.com>,...
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Gilles van den Peereb...
gillesvdp
Mar 2, 2007 7:27 pm
me ? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Arnaud van Galen
arnaudvangalen
Mar 2, 2007 7:29 pm
I agree. Especially with the clock one small misalignment (especially on the side you can't see) would cause a DNF and now this means a DNF for the average...
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Arnaud van Galen
arnaudvangalen
Mar 2, 2007 7:30 pm
Yes, I remember the judge checking Mathyas during his second solve. I also think he was touched, because his reaction was that of someone that was in full...
33907
Arnaud van Galen
arnaudvangalen
Mar 2, 2007 7:51 pm
Grada and Peter Ooms (Alexanders mother and father) have a lot on video. I will help them get it on a computer, probably someday next week. After that I could...
33908
Gilles van den Peereb...
gillesvdp
Mar 2, 2007 8:01 pm
By the way, this is the scramble : D' U L2 R2 F' D B' D' B' D U' R U B R2 D2 U' B2 F2 L' B F L2 R' B2 There was another good scramble for 2nd scramble of group...
33909
Edouard
e_chambon
Mar 2, 2007 8:21 pm
Gilles (vdp) will give me the scramble and i'll try .... That would be fun that I do 15seconds :-D...
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Mar 2, 2007 8:48 pm
You know, that happens to me? (Or at least it did when I cubed more.) I'd do like, a 12 or 13 second solve on JNetCube, try the scramble again, and get a 17...
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Gilles Roux
gogozergus
Mar 2, 2007 9:50 pm
http://grrroux.free.fr/belgique2007/SuperEd.avi Sorry, I couldn't improve it, just made it brighter. By the way, who should we thank for the original video? ...
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rubiksmaster12
Mar 2, 2007 10:42 pm
What's with the judge having no reation? ... the ... that ... congratulations! ... 40yahoogroups.com>,...
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Ron van Bruchem
ilovemycube
Mar 3, 2007 12:37 am
Hi Alejandro, Yes, I think it is indeed type a)! Check out the other Chinese site: This is type a: ...
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Gilles van den Peereb...
gillesvdp
Mar 3, 2007 12:40 am
Well, just use a bit of the income of championships to invest in goggles. Just as mush as a bit of income is now invested in stopwatches and so on ! Gilles ......
