This competition is way bigger than our last, and Benjamin’s already gotten to freak out while meeting a YouCuber (YouTube Cuber … this isn’t actually a term, I’m just trying it out) he knew. Big thanks to @brodythecuber (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmRrNhvw9kDgvLmBCcQRzJA) for being awesome.
Greetings from another cubing competition with @benvannoy. This time the CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship in beautiful downtown Fort Wayne, IN. www.worldcubeassociation.org/competiti…
As an aside: 15 years has been at once a blink of an eye and a lifetime.
It’s a milestone, sure, but we’ve been generally having enough fun that it kinda snuck up on us.
Going to have to plan a bit more five years from now I suspect.
Took the day off to spend with my wife on our 15th wedding anniversary.
No real plans. We went out for lunch. Grabbed some ice cream. Just low-key hanging out otherwise.
Just like we love to do.
It’s been a good day.
Mindlessly formatting bad data, listening to Weezer for the first time in years and having to work very, very hard not to start belting it out in the middle of a quiet office.
On a long enough timeline, every whittler makes a shiv.
New outpost.
My outpost for the next few hours.
Here’s the full layout of today’s tournament. There were about 60 participants in total.
Next one we’re planning to hit up has ~300 and lasts three days (more events).
Home now, and forgot to update y’all.
Finished with an even better not-last! 50th our of 57! And his fastest time was actually significantly higher.
Benjamin’s finished his first event (the Pyraminx) and finished not-last! Woohoo!
(We set a very high bar in the Vannoy family … also, he’s likely the youngest competitor here)
The first competition of the day is Megaminx (a ball/hexagon shaped puzzle with solve times in minutes rather than seconds).
The other competitors here are being really nice so far, letting Benjamin try out the timing mats/equipment (like this one: www.amazon.com/SPEED-STA…)
The event also promises live results. If you’re wanting to follow along, he starts with the 3x3x3 Cube First Round after lunch.
Of note: I don’t expect him to make it far. He’s fast for mortals, but way off competition times.
Today’s event is being held in a high school cafeteria. Ben’s off nerding out with other cubers right now, but I captured his excitement when we got here this morning.
This is his first competition, and goodness, there’s a lot of rules:
He’s hoping to do two events: The standard 3x3 and a Pyraminx (pictured here).
I’m at a Rubik’s Cube solving competition in Findlay, OH, today with @benvannoy. This one: www.worldcubeassociation.org/competiti…
This is a subculture I wasn’t aware of until he got excited about it, so I might share some stuff as the day goes on
Feed Wrangler. Pinboard. Fastmail. Ngrok. Honeybadger. More Mac/iOS apps than can fit here.
And Micro.blog.
Slowly dawning on the realization that I could really use a Gantt chart right now …
Braces day for Benjamin.
