well??????? we're still here??
for the noobs who dont know **** about LHC,
it takes aprox 1 month to accelerate the protons (and later heavy ions) successively close to the speed of light.
Ask your question in a month or so, until then LHC is increasing their energy on a daily note...
..and then they will let them collide with aprox 1150 teraelectron volts... BANG