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ACE of O-1 Recap  We had 21 participants from 6 countries including multiple all-time greats competing in an all 7” O-1 drill rod contest taking place from 1/7/24 to 4/13/24. The difficulties were P Q R 11/32 23/64 with 2 attempts per bar, one point scored for each difficulty bent, and overall time used to break ties! Without further ado…   Congratulations to THE ACE of O-1 DEREK GRAYBILL!!! Derek bent all five bars in one session and further strengthens his grasp on GOAT status by dominating the strongest field ever assembled! Alex D and Sergey also bent all 5 bars, coming second and third based on time and each had brilliant competitions as well. Alex D bent all 3 letter bars in cordura singles in a majestic display of power and skill and Sergey dramatically conquered the Final Boss on his second and last try after running out of time with one hit to go on his first attempt. They were the only 3 to successfully bend all 5 bars and deserve to be distinguished with podium finishes! Alex G and Andrey rounded out the Top 5 with four points each after successful 11/32 bends!   Thank you to everyone who participated, there was amazing performances throughout the competition! Some that jump to mind are Austin scoring the first point of the contest with a 9 second bend of P and that going wire to wire as the fastest bend of the contest! Robert Miller defeating all 3 letter bends and getting faster as he went while being 36 years older than our youngest competitor Andrey who scored a Top 5 finish at only 21 years old!!! Dmitriy Anisimov reducing his wraps from his first two second P bend and then bending it twice as fast! Juha and Carl-August, one of the all-time greatest Double Overhand and Braced Benders respectively, smashing bends and giving the newer benders a chance to compete against greatness!!!   HUGE THANKS to Jan who had an excellent competition as well and without whose help this contest wouldn’t have been anywhere near as awesome! Also Huge Thanks to Todd for judging all my bends, love you dawg! Personal Recap: I almost can’t believe it’s over! All it took was buying the drill rod then cutting, grinding, cleaning, labeling, recruiting, packaging, shipping, judging, updating oh yeah AND BENDING!!!!! Including the most important single bend I’ve ever attempted. This was likely the most competitive lineup ever assembled for a single contest and I was in 8th place with 3 points and out of 23/64 (blue) and only had one 11/32 (green) chance remaining … fortunately Derek spent the week teaching me how to bend and I came through in my last chance to move me all the way from 8th to 4th Place Overall! What a contest if I may say so myself 🎉🎉🎉  

RH - grippers  20mm block set - 5x2 Standard Adjustable Ti, RGC 122, 2-sec hold on each rep 20mm block hold  - 3x8 sec Standard Cobalt, RGC 165   No WD2 this week, left elbow needs one more week +60min stationary bike in the morning, 23.78km, resistance 15-20

I plan to do a little axle and saxon practice tomorrow so the comp won't be my first time touching either in 7 weeks.  Main thing is just making sure I can at least lift the starting weight so I don't zero out.  The Sorinex saxon's rounded corners make it deceptively hard compared to my bar.  🙄 That's cool you're within the realm of possibility for prize money.  I either need to lose 95lbs this week or add 190lbs to my deadlift to pull a double.  Saxon I'd have to pull 318lb which is just laughable... 🤪

Thanks Joe!  My wife said I should stick with sandpaper at next year's pinewood derby workshops...NO power tools!!!  😂🤣😅

I have a GSI Weekly Newsletter that goes out every Thursday at 3pm.  That's the easiest way.  Just email me at jedd.diesel@gmail.com I have gotten back control of the GSI website, and plan to add events to the calendar there, but with Nationals and my various businesses, I have not done so yet.  But it will happen down the line.