Wohooo!

Gustav · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:47 am

As a speedcuber and twistypuzzler I just had the encounter of my life. Got to meet him this weekend and now I'm a happy happy boy. Got a little souvenir out of it too.

I making a stupid face on the picture since the darned cameraman had me speaking with him . I don't usually look that retarded

pelley · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:18 pm

Very cool! Where was this?

Gustav · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:47 am

In Gothenburg, Sweden. It was some sort of IT-conference and I just happened to be there together with the swedish distributor of the cube.

pHeTe · **Joined:** Fri Aug 06, 2004 10:42 am **Location:** Sweden

gustav, do you know if he´s going to be somewhere else in sweden in the near future?

i live in borås and i heard that he was in sweden... too bad i didn´t hear about it earlier

Mr.Twisty · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:51 pm

I didn't see the pictures, therefore, I have no idea who you got to meet. Anyways, congratulations.

Jake · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:01 pm

WOW!!! That is awesome!!! DId you scream? hehe just kidding. But yeah, that is too cool!

jake

Mr.Twisty · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:13 pm

Different Computer, Now I See.

Very Nice!!!!

Gustav · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:47 am

pHeTe: I have no clue. This came as quite a surprise to me.

Thanks everyone. I'll keep this one fresh in my memory for as long as I can

Gustav · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:47 am

A couple of funny notes about the event:

The first that he did was to come up to the table I was standing by and inspect my cubes. He twisted them and murmured something in Hungarian to his collegue. The collegue then asked why there where no logotypes on the cubes. I replied with the truth, that I had replaced all the stickers because I wore them out (new stickers thanks to Adam Zamora). He in turn said that Mr. Rubik instantly felt that they were "real" cubes but he was puzzled about the missing logo.

Mr. Rubik asked me about my times to which I replied: "In the 30:s". He just shook his head, gestured and said something like: "Lower, lower... you have to get lower"

Mr. Rubik was interviewed by the radio and was asked to solve the cube getting timed by the reporter, but he didn't want to do it. I was then interviewed separately and did a horrible time of 47s (the nerves got to me). Mr. Rubik did solve the Rubik's Magic though in a few seconds with the same solution as the speedier one from Jaap's site.

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:04 am

Cool!
I am sure, I wouldn't have recognized him, if this had happened to me. :oops:

Now a trivial question: How tall are you? Or more directly: Since you stood beside him, can you tell us, how tall ist HE?

Andreas

Ton · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:21 am

Very Cool!!!!

I wish I could meet him someday, as I am a collecter, speedcuber and a puzzle builder of twisty/Rubik's puzzles.

Next time practise on speedcubing

Ton

Gustav · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:47 am

entor_perdia wrote:

Now a trivial question: How tall are you? Or more directly: Since you stood beside him, can you tell us, how tall ist HE?

Hehe.. I look pretty tall in that picture. I'm 187 cm, or about 6'3", which makes him pretty short. I had somewhat envisioned him taller but as you've all heard before: "size doesn't matter" :lol:

Ton wrote:

Next time practise on speedcubing

I sure will... 20s here I come!

As for meeting him, I think we should organize some sort of championship in Budapest and then we might get him to come. I'm sure many speedcubers and twistypuzzlers would like a chance to meet him. A european championship in Budapest 2005 perhaps?

Gustav · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:47 am

Oh, by the way. I got that studio cube he signed from you Ton, so you're part of it in a small way

Ton · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:16 am

as for the logo sticker.. I will send you some...

At championships the logo is required...

Ton

Gustav · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:47 am

You don't have to send me any. I'll probably get some anyway, but thanks a lot for the offer. I think it looks nicer with a logo and I like the new "2005 - 25 year anniversary" logo.

BillT · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:27 am

Is there any way someone could contact him to get him to come to the RWC2005? That would be so cool! No doubt he would be smothered by people trying to get their cubes signed. Btw, Congratulations.

Gustav · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:47 am

Thanks. I think the best way to try to get him there is to contact Dave Hedley Jones at SevenTowns.

Darren Grewe · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:19 pm

insanity_cubed wrote:

Is there any way someone could contact him to get him to come to the RWC2005? That would be so cool! No doubt he would be smothered by people trying to get their cubes signed. Btw, Congratulations.

Don't you mean OWC2005? and not RWC2005. Orlando starts with a O not a R or is it some where else that I haven't now heard about yet? Just checking thats all!!!

Mr.Twisty · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:01 pm

I believe he meant Rubik's World Championships 2005 or RWC2005

BillT · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:21 pm

Yes, I did mean Rubik's World Championships 2005. Though I think it should be WRGC2005 because speedcubing.com calls it the World Rubik's Games Championship 2005.

Wohooo!

Who is online