Hehe ... Im sure it was a great time there in Hungary. The norwegian press also published that a new world record was set as u might have seen from a link in earlier post here :-P It's insane the lack of knowledge and interest the norwegian press shows with cubing. They claimed they just used the text they got with a photo from a news agency. So much for press research ;-) Half a minute w google would have told them otherwise. A good thing coming from my contact with the press after reading that is that they told me to contact them again if i should go to future competitions ;-)
It seems to be the case that the "poorer" the country is hosting cubing competitions the greater the organisation actually is. Ron was very overwhelmed by the competition in Poland earlier this autumn. And now a great competition in Hungary. Well Hungary is the home of the inventor of the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube so i guess it's only expected. Dan and Jasmine, were u sponsored to go to this event? If so i'm very jealous :-o Anyway, back to my writing up my thesis :D Have fun! -Per > --- In [email protected], "Jasmine Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It was definitely a great weekend. I had so much fun and I'm sure > everyone else did too! > > I was impressed with how well organised the Hungarian competition was. > There must have been quite a lot of pre-competition publicity as there > were well over 100 competitors in total. I think I heard the number 130? > This is far more than any other competition I've been to (other than > Worlds 2005 of course). Also, as the competition and the cube show was > staged in the middle of a shopping centre it meant that there were lots > of general spectators, i.e. not just other cubers in the audience. > > BTW, my proudest moment was beating both Dan *and* Stefan in a 3x3x3 > race on stage during the cube show! ;) > > Jasmine > http://speedcuber.blogspot.com > > > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:37:38 -0000, "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > > > Hi all, > > I just got back from the Hungarian Nationals which you may or > > may not > > have seen media about. > > It was a fantastically well organised event, and the aim of the > > competition was to bring the cube back into peoples minds in > > Hungary, > > and also to try and break the old Hungarian Record. The event > > accomplished both goals, with several records broken and a best > > time > > of 18.21 (I think thats right). > > We then took part in the "Kocka Show" afterwards and showed off > > lots > > of different skills, Stefan and I did team-blindfold solving, > > and also > > blindfolded - where Stefan successfully solved followed by > > tumultuous > > applause; and Jasmine, Stefan and I took part in lots of races > > of all > > sorts with the Hungarians. I also beat Stefan by less than 0.5 > > seconds > > on the 4x4x4, bad luck mate! My proudest moment was setting the > > fastest time of the day on stage, 15.87. > > I also set an 11.24 seconds solve while being solved by a TV > > news > > crew, so I am looking forward to seeing the video of that. It > > was > > scrambled by Stefan and timed on his stopwatch, so I guess the > > time > > maybe inaccurate, but we will be able to tell from the video :) > > The city was also beautiful (Budapest), and the Hungarians were > > very friendly and welcoming to all. > > If the European Championship of 2006 will be held in Budapest, > > then I > > think it would be a superb event. Because the cube a national > > treasure, there is SO SO much more interest within the Hungarian > > public, the crowds that turned up were even bigger than at the > > World > > Champs! 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