Rubik's World Championships 2003

Pre-competition gathering at the Crowne Plaza

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At the online speeding group we'd organised to meet up at the hotel on Thursday and Friday night. This was a great opportunity for everyone to meet each other before the official competition began.


Jaap Scherphuis, Lars Vandenbergh, Jasmine Lee - pre-competition gathering

Jaap Scherphuis, Lars Vandenbergh and me. Dan Harris is sitting on my right. It's a bit hard to see who's on Lars' immediate left (is it Jess Bonde?). Further to Lars' left we see Jon and Jean Morris.

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Getting to know each other at the pre-competition gathering

Everyone getting to know each other at the pre-competition gathering. At the foreground table are Jean Morris and Doug Li. At the next table are Jaap Scherphuis, Lars Vandenbergh, Dan Harris and me.

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Jasmine Lee testing the stack mat timers

We were able to test out the stack mat timers on Friday night at the hotel. Here's me having a go, with Heath Litton looking on. We all found that it took some practice to get used to the timers, but the general consensus was that they were a good choice for the competition. These timers were developed by Speed Stacks. If you think speedcubing is geeky, you should check out the competitive sport of cup stacking!.

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Jasmine Lee testing the stack mat timers

I didn't get a very good time on my first attempt to use the timer.

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Lars Vandenbergh explaining the timer to David Wesley

David Wesley testing out the stack mat timers, with instruction from Lars Vandenbergh.

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Dan Harris teaching Jasmine Lee a new algorithm

Dan Harris teaching me a new algorithm.

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Jasmine Lee attempting to remember the algorithm Dan Harris just demonstrated

Me attempting to remember the algorithm Dan Harris just demonstrated.

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Photography by Peter Still | Page last modified Saturday 2 October 2004 by Jasmine Lee.

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