On Jun 5, 18:02, Kristin Looney wrote:
> Subject: fastest hands in the midwest...
> > By the way, I can do the cube in 1 minute 26 seconds.
> > How does that compare with everyone else!
>
> 37.72 won me the midwest championship, my best official time was
> 35.30 seconds which placed me 5th in the country. I think it was 1981.
> Now? I don't get timed very often, but it's still usually under a minute.
>
> I guess it is like riding a bicycle.
>
> Anyone else on this list from those contest days? Minh Thai - are you
> out there? How about Jeff Verasono? or David P. Conrady? I've often
> wondered what that crazy guy with the bright maroon hair ended up
> doing with his life...

I was in two different contests; one was at Six Flags Magic Mountain in
southern California, the other was at some mall in L.A. I was never fast
enough to get to any of the finalist rounds, but it was fun all the same.

Minh Thai was at the contest at the mall; Ideal had him there to promote it. I
happened to have a Revenge on me at the time, and he thought he'd demonstrate
to the crowd his solution for it. He managed not to solve it, but rather
shatter it in about 10 seconds flat. Not bad, eh? :)

-Jason

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