An Irrational Chain of Events

As many of us may know, March 14, 2015 was the most momentous occasion of the century. Most especially at 9:26 (both AM and PM). It is also known by the name of 3.1415926 . . .

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Pi Day. We did many momentous things for this occasion. To start off, I created a pi chain.

This photo courtesy of my Dad!

This chain has 314 links. Each link represents a digit of pi, and each color stands for a number. Red=1, Orange=2, Yellow=3, and so on. We hung it up at my family's house, for all to see and admire. This wasn't even the nerdiest part of Pi Day!

The reason we went to visit my family this weekend was because of Spencer my brother. Somehow, in the past year or two he has gotten ridiculously into Rubik's Cubes. And what do you know. For the first time in four years, there's a Rubik's Cube competition in Utah! This is a WCA (World Cubing Association) official competition. Best of all it was right at the University of Utah, about 30 minutes away. James and I an my brother Josh only went for part of it, but my parents stayed all day.

Spencer Specs:

"How fast can you solve a Rubik's Cube?" (A seemingly simple question.)

"Well, that depends . . ."
3x3				4x4
Two Hands			One Hand	1 min 32.26 sec
Fastest		Average	24.68 sec
Overall	Official	18.97 sec
What we really wanted to know ↓	15.71 sec
12.54 sec

He got to compete with about 80 other cubers. And as we all knew, Spencer is a cuber to be reckoned with. I gave him the nickname "Cubert."

I'm super glad I got this picture RIGHT as he finished a solve.

Here's a video of how fast he REALLY goes.

So that was a very fun day. To end it all with a bang we went back to Provo for our friend Taylor's birthday party. But that's next. And if you're thinking, "What?! The Pi Day of the century and no Pie?!" Don't be alarmed. I didn't actually make pie on Pi Day (okay, be alarmed), but I did make it the very next day. Which counts because it's pie. More about that later.

Hope everyone had a grand March 14th!