featsofalex Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 NOVACE OF O-1 Contest is Live!!! Following up on the massive success of ACE of O-1, I’m excited to announce a new amateur level steel bending contest with the hopes of creating a pipeline of benders for the bigger contests! Over half of our competitors are active on The GripBoard so hopefully this thread will be popping with bend updates, commentary and more!!! Even if you aren’t competing make sure to join in and cheer on your favorites! I’ll post an updated scoresheet and witty commentary each week as well! Contest Dates: August 1 - September 28 Format: Same format as ACE of O-1. There’ll be 5 levels of difficulty with two bars of each level. One point per level bent for a maximum of 5 points. The second bar is either for a second chance or to improve bend time. Overall bend time will break ties. Bars: All bars will be 7” O-1 drill rod and only the exact bars mailed to you can be used. 9/32 (.2813”) red 19/64 (.2969”) orange 5/16 (.3125”) yellow O (.3160”) green P (.3230”) blue Style: Unbraced and crushed to under 2”. It’s allowed to kink the bar DU or Reverse but the bend isn’t complete until the ends are 2” or less apart from the inside edges. Wraps, and Filming: Horrido main cert rules for wrapping and filming. Prizes: First place will receive guaranteed entry into this January’s King of Cold Rolled Steel 2!!!! Top 3 will receive two Feats of Steel challenge bars for each point scored! Top 5 will receive Digital Certificates courtesy of Jan!!! Entrants: Delan Halmat Ben Helms Toby Merrill Chaz Strange Dana Mesick Ryan Grabarczyk Ben Porter Phil McMahon Devin Hoover Zach Mullins Cassidy Barnes Mike McNeil Zachary Staniewicz Charlie Taylor Mike Ferris Zach Gleason 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stranger Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Finger is almost healed which mean it's time to destroy it again. Goodluck, everyone. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usemystronghand95 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Let the games begin! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featsofalex Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 Hell yeah Charlie, way to kick it off with a 5 second bend!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Seitter Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Lightning fast man! lol love how you displayed the bar at the beginning too 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usemystronghand95 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 2 bars remaining, surely some time shavers as well. I hope you all are having as much fun as I am 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gripineer Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Fantastic work Charlie! You make it look effortless! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featsofalex Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 Killin it Charlie!!! You reclaimed first place and became the first to graduate the fractions! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Seitter Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Daaaaaang! So far all of these bends are super fast! Y’all are killin it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Helms Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I just love how a red nail equivalent being bent under a minute is considered novice…..NOT. Great job to all the “novice” benders! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featsofalex Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 10 minutes ago, Ben Helms said: I just love how a red nail equivalent being bent under a minute is considered novice…..NOT. Great job to all the “novice” benders! They’re “novices” the way that the guys at the Arnold Amateur are “amateur” Not to bolster your argument even more, but 5/16 drill rod is harder than a red nail despite being same diameter 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gripineer Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 28 minutes ago, featsofalex said: They’re “novices” the way that the guys at the Arnold Amateur are “amateur” Not to bolster your argument even more, but 5/16 drill rod is harder than a red nail despite being same diameter Since Horrido certs may be stretch goals for us "novices"... looking mostly at the crush of 7" bars, what would you consider to be roughly equivalent O-1 drill rods to the Horrido 8.8, 10.9, and 12.9? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usemystronghand95 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 51 minutes ago, Ben Helms said: I just love how a red nail equivalent being bent under a minute is considered novice…..NOT. Great job to all the “novice” benders! I consider myself a novice till I bend the 8.8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featsofalex Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 16 minutes ago, Gripineer said: Since Horrido certs may be stretch goals for us "novices"... looking mostly at the crush of 7" bars, what would you consider to be roughly equivalent O-1 drill rods to the Horrido 8.8, 10.9, and 12.9? I think the closest equivalent for 8.8 is Q drill rod, but horrido 8.8 is probably between P and Q. I’ve gotten lots of Q that’s definitely harder! There’s a 21/64 drill rod between P and Q that may be the right answer but I’ve never had a chance to bend it! Horrido 10.9 is probably closest to 11/32 O1, or maybe S but I don’t have much experience with S. I’m starting on 12.9 in September so I’ll know better then but i think it’ll be around U, 3/8, or V … @Viking may know better from his DU exploits!!! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featsofalex Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 We’ve had a wild first week with flash bends galore!!! 8 people (half the participants) are on the scoreboard and 5 have registered sub 10 second bends! The top of the leaderboard already has two competitors with 3 points and Dana Mesick @Grizz_Zillaholding the lead over Charlie Taylor @usemystronghand95based on overall time! I can’t wait to see what Week 2 has in store!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Seitter Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 These are some crazy fast bends guys! Y'all are killing it! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devinhoo Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Gonna be tough to beat the 9 second 5/16"!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featsofalex Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 12 hours ago, devinhoo said: Gonna be tough to beat the 9 second 5/16"!! Guaranteed entry into King of Cold Rolled Steel 2 has everyone on their A game!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usemystronghand95 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) I'd be heartbroken if this gets scratched because I forgot the damn caliper Edited August 20 by usemystronghand95 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featsofalex Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 Great bend @usemystronghand95 You showed the sticker in the video clearly so post bend calipering can slide. Congrats on being the first to bend a letter bar and taking over the lead!!! Updated leaderboard: 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devinhoo Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 (edited) This was fun!! Already looking forward to a rematch with P x 7 from last time! [9/32"] [19/64"] [5/16"] [O] Edited August 27 by devinhoo 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featsofalex Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 Great session Devin!!! Way to make your leaderboard debut all the way up at Second Place! Since last update we’ve also had @strangerget in on the action with two lightning fast bends, Ryan Grabarczyk go back to back to back to debut with 3 points and Ben Porter take a 9 second break from the rockstar life to get on the leaderboard as well! Great job guys!!! We’ve also had two big non-contest certs by our participants with Dana dominating the Horrido 8.8 and Ryan going big game hunting with a legendary BendSport Canada Ogopogo bend!!! I love to see it 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizz_Zilla Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 It's been so fun competing with these bending animals 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usemystronghand95 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Really want dem feats bars 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featsofalex Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 1 hour ago, usemystronghand95 said: Really want dem feats bars Great bend Charlie!!! You’re going to be hard to knock off the podium! I’m glad you’re psyched about the possibility of winning Feats of Steel challenge bars! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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