http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog Competiton News from the West Coast Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:17:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Photos from Day 3 are up here. Also, you can view Lars Vandenbergh's great photos here. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="3x3x3 Podium"][/caption] http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog/2009/08/17/more-photos/ All the scrambles from US Nationals 2009 (except multi BLD #2) can be downloaded as a 2.3MB zip file here. http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog/2009/08/17/scrambles/ Nationals 2009 has concluded, and we're packing up. 1st, 3x3x3) Rowe Hessler 2nd, 3x3x3) Mitchell Stern 3rd, 3x3x3)  Ravi Fernando Results can still be viewed here. [caption id="attachment_113" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="US Nationals Organization Team"][/caption] http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog/2009/08/16/its-over/ Dan Cohen set a 6x6x6 WR average of 2:32.00 in the 6x6x6 Finals. Also, Andy Tsao got very close to the 4x4x4 WR, with a single solve of 39.36 seconds (NAR). [caption id="attachment_97" align="alignnone" width="461" caption="Andy Tsao with his cube after his 39.36 solve"][/caption] http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog/2009/08/16/really-fast-stuff/ 10:00 AM - Mystery Puzzle #11 - 6x6x6 Scrambling Eric Johnson, Miles Casanas 1st) Eric Johnson, DNF 1st) Miles Casanas, DNF 12:00 PM - Mystery Puzzle #12 - Lars Poker 10 competitors played a betting game using serial numbers on $2 bills. 1st) Nick Young 12:35 PM - Mystery Puzzle #13 - Chopsticks/Fork & Spoon Solving Asian cubers ... http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog/2009/08/16/mystery-puzzles-day-3/ There are more photos from Nationals posted here. http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog/2009/08/16/photos-from-day-2/ In Round 1 of US Nationals, the number of official sub-10 solves ever done in California was tripled (from 1 to 3). The two sub-10s were: Darren Kwong (9.65) Andy Tsao (9.81, on tape) (Philip Espinoza has done 9.73. Lucas Garron has also done a 10.00.) [caption id="attachment_82" align="alignnone" width="538" caption="Andy Tsao with his ... http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog/2009/08/15/sub-10/ FMC had two rounds. Here are the scrambles: Round 1 (PDF of the sheet given to competitors) (You can view the 27-move winning solution, found both by Michael Young and David Woner, posted here by David.) Round 2 PDF You can view the full results here. http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog/2009/08/15/fmc-scrambles/ Local journalist Diana Samuels came yesterday, and wrote a nice article that was published in a few papers. You can read it at http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13101952 . http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog/2009/08/15/were-in-the-newspaper/ If anyone has recorded more detailed results, please tell us! 11:30 PM - Mystery Puzzle #4 - Rubik's Icon 1st) Jameson O'Connor 2:00 PM - Mystery Puzzle #5 - Shed a Tear Competitors had to shed a tear onto a scorecard. 1st) Devin Corr-Robinett, 5:31 4:00 PM - Mystery Puzzle #6 - 3D Glasses Solving Solving a ... http://caltech.cubingusa.com/blog/2009/08/15/mystery-puzzles-day-2/