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Weekly competition 2009-17

JustinJ

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3x3: 23.71, (19.93), (30.11), 24.00, 22.19 = 23.30

I suck. I can’t believe how bad I did.

Magic: (1.47), (DNF), 1.53, 1.52, 2.16 = 1.74

Bad as well.

2x2: 5.72, 5.92, (5.97), 5.94, (5.08) = 5.86

Meh, not terrible. 0.10 SD though.

Pyraminx: 7.11, (10.69), 9.09, 9.86, (6.69) = 8.69

:)

3x3OH: (40.86), 45.34, (DNF), 53.59, 56.33 = 51.75

LOL. So bad.

4x4: (1:20.22), (DNF), 1:33.09, 1:29.56, 1:35.09 = 1:32.58

Eh, pretty bad. The 1:20 would have been my first sub 80 if I didn’t get OLL parity.
 

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2x2x2 :9.41, (7.91), 11.90, 9.71, (13.33) = 10.34

3x3x3 : 31.93, 27.41, (20.83), 27.16 , (33.80) = 28.83
third one was awesome

4x4x4 : 2:32.11, 2:39.83, (2:09.88), (2:55.40), 2:38.36 (pop) = 2:36.77

Multi BLD : 1/2 = 0 pts


not had time for much cubing this week.
 

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Noooo no no no no - I'M HERE :D

2x2: (7.57), 5.95, (4.99), 7.48, 5.19 = 6.20

3x3: 16.16, (16.03), (19.98), 18.21, 18.98 = 17.78

4x4: (1:13.89), (1:26.09), 1:15.60, 1:15.66, 1:25.63 = 1:18.96

5x5: (2:11.28), 2:07.77, (2:01.99), 2:09.11, 2:04.58 = 2:07.15

6x6: 4:49.19, (4:38.93), (4:50.64), 4:41.57, 4:48.00 = 4:46.25

7x7: 7:31.63, 7:30.13, (7:50.85), (7:29.61), 7:31.04 = 7:30.63

2 3 4 Relay: 1:44.95

2 3 4 5 Relay: 4:09.39

3x3 Blindfold: 3:04.29 DNF, 3:49.92 DNF, 2:48.68 = 2:48.69

Jeeezzz, I'm terrible at big cubes and BLD... and that's why I'll never be good at big cubes BLD. I may do some more tomorrow if this isn't closed yet (2x2 bld, OH, match the scramble? I've saved my worst for last). I dunno, I'm tired now though.
 
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MatsBergsten

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Please Arnaud, let us have comp 18 soon!

Or I'll start doing what's left of 17, like OH or worse....:D

Like feet solve!

1. Yes, F... is definitely worse. You read my mind! But I will not phrase that word
(four letter word starting with F)
2. But NO! I am not THAT bored :D

I think I start calculating scores from 2008 instead...:rolleyes:
 

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FMC: D' F B2 R' D'R' B R F2 R' B' R U' L2 U2 D' F U' L F2 L' F' D U2 F2 (25)

It was a classic FMC solution using pre-moves and insertions.
This is how I did it:
(NB. People who want to learn about pre-moves and/or insertions can learn from this)
I discovered 2 ways to build a short 2x2x3 block:
- D' .B2 R' D' F2 U' L2 (7)
- D' .B2 R' F2 D' U' L2 (7)
But after that the continuation was pretty bad.
Then I looked closely and saw that after the first move (at the dot) there was a possibility of inserting any F move.
I tried al 2x3=6 possibilities en decided that
D'.F.B2 R' D' F2 U' L2 (8)
was the best option which showed some pseudo pairs.
To undo these pseudoness I rescrambled with pre-move F2, again one more pseudo-pair showed up and I rescramble with an extra pre-move U2.
Then, after some puzzling, a really nice continuation showed up solving everything but 3 corners:
U2 D' F U' L F2 L' F' D (17)
Then I followed the standard process to find a nice insertion:
I undid the pre-scramble moves (append moves at the end!) resulting in a nice 19-moves edge frame:
D' F B2 R' D'. F2 U' L2 U2 D' F U' L F2 L' F' D U2 F2 (19)
A rescambled without premoves and applied these 19-move sequence. stickered the 3 unsolved corners, quickly solved the corners, rescrambled again (but now the corners are stickerd!) and started the corner-insertion-search:
After the fifth move (see semicolon in 19-move sequence) a found out the commutator [R' B R, F2] did the job, cancelling 2 moves (F2 F2).
Resulting in D' F B2 R' D'.R' B R F2 R' B' R F2.F2 U' L2 U2 D' F U' L F2 L' F' D U2 F2
Insertion took me about 10 minutes.
Whole solve: ±50 minutes

Gus, it looks like you can shave off some minutes if you switch to my recipe for doing insertions. Just replace your step [stickered the 3 unsolved corners, quickly solved the corners, rescrambled again] with only [stickered the 3 unsolved corners] and then search for such commutator that solves your 3 corners and cancel some moves as you redo you skeleton step-by-step, i.e. doing moves F2 U2 D' F L ... I always go backwards when searching for insertions because it is easier (or faster) to see possible cancellations.
BTW, not sure if I'll have time for FMC this week.
 

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FMC: 34 moves

scramble: F2 R2 U F2 L2 B2 U B2 U2 F' R D2 B D R U' F2 L B R2

solution: D' B2 R' D' F2 U' L U2 L U F2 U' F U' L' U' L U R U R' U F' U2 F' L2 R2 B2 D' F2 L2 R2 B2 U'


explanation

2x2x3: D' B2 R' D' F2 U' L U2 L

3xcross: U F2 U' F U' L' U' L

F2L+OLL: U R U R' U F' U2

PLL: F' L2 R2 B2 D' F2 L2 R2 B2 U'

Very disappointing fewest moves this week. I of course found the 7 move 2x2x3 fairly quickly, but was unable to find any good continuations, even with various premoves and inserted single moves. I didn't want to DNF this week so I just used this *ok* safety solution.


@Guus: Wow, thats amazing. I too played around with inserting those F moves into both 7 move blocks, and with premove F2. Though it seems that you certainly saw a lot more (and certainly found a lot more) potential to that start. Well done, a classic FMC solve indeed.

@Mirek: I have have missed seeing your solutions these past months! Have you been DNFing in secret or are you just too busy?
 
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Gus, it looks like you can shave off some minutes if you switch to my recipe for doing insertions. Just replace your step [stickered the 3 unsolved corners, quickly solved the corners, rescrambled again] with only [stickered the 3 unsolved corners] and then search for such commutator that solves your 3 corners and cancel some moves as you redo you skeleton step-by-step, i.e. doing moves F2 U2 D' F L ... I always go backwards when searching for insertions because it is easier (or faster) to see possible cancellations.
BTW, not sure if I'll have time for FMC this week.

Mirek,

This step only costs me about 30 seconds extra and mostly I like forward-searching instead of backward searching. Too often I make mistakes when goning backward. To see cancellations it doesn't matter to go forward or backward, it's the same for me.

Gus
 

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FMC:

Scramble: F2 R2 U F2 L2 B2 U B2 U2 F' R D2 B D R U' F2 L B R2

Solution: D' B2 R' D' F2 U' L2 F' L F2 L2 U2 L F' U' F2 R' F' R F2 R' F U L' U' R U L U' F2 R' F' R (33)

Code:
2x2x3 Block: D' B2 R' D' F2 U' L2 (7)
Triple-X Cross + EO: F' L F2 L2 U2 L F' U' (15)
Leave 3 Corners: F2 R' F' R F2 R' F R * F2 R' F' R (27)
Insert at *: R' U L' U' R U L U' (35-2)
 

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Where's this weeks comp?

Arnaud is probably busy and doesn't have time for this weeks comp right now. But don't worry, he's never usually VERY late.
Arnaud wasn't very busy, but his internet wasn't working...again :mad:

Anyway:
Only the 5 real solves
2x2x2: 8.86 5.46 8.59 4.05 11.06 = 7.64
3x3x3: 22.88 24.16 22.09 30.28 19.63 = 23.04
4x4x4: 1:47.68 1:16.46 1:33.05 1:35.34 1:34.41 = 1:34.27
5x5x5: 2:15.36 2:19.69 2:15.63 2:12.28 2:18.72 = 2:16.57
6x6x6: 4:17.94 4:46.59 4:26.38 4:30.43 4:03.88 = 4:24.92
7x7x7: 7:07.38 7:34.46 6:43.90 6:46.05 6:40.50 = 6:52.44
2x2x2_bf: 1:02.46 1:02.34 1:41.90 = 1:02.34
3x3x3_bf: DNF DNF 5:29.86 = 5:29.86
3x3x3_oh: 42.25 29.63 45.93 44.31 44.58 = 43.71
3x3x3_match: 1:06.47 DNF 1:15.47 1:23.65 1:01.09 = 1:15.20
234-Relay: 2:23.21
2345-Relay: 4:42.41
Magic: 1.78 1.66 3.09 2.34 2.05 = 2.06
Master Magic: 5.58 6.03 4.27 4.56 4.52 = 4.89
Clock: 15.19 16.72 18.13 13.44 14.13 = 15.35
MegaMinx: 3:02.38 3:01.31 2:42.83 3:21.84 2:53.59 = 2:59.09
PyraMinx: 11.15 12.00 13.36 11.99 14.00 = 12.45
Square-1: 1:04.78 1:10.43 48.66 1:03.65 1:16.28 = 1:06.29
 

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Results week 17

2x2x2
(25)
  1. 3.38 Escher
  2. 3.87 Vault312
  3. 3.96 Erik
  4. 4.00 Jai
  5. 4.21 fazrulz
  6. 4.67 MTGjumper
  7. 4.85 Edmund
  8. 5.23 MistArts
  9. 5.86 Yalow
  10. 5.88 SimonWestlund
  11. 6.21 Ellis
  12. 6.35 Kian
  13. 6.47 trying-to-speedcube...
  14. 6.91 Laetitia
  15. 7.16 Lord Voldemort
  16. 7.64 AvGalen
  17. 7.80 byu
  18. 8.04 Yes, We Can!
  19. 9.34 vvtopkar
  20. 9.74 Mike Hughey
  21. 10.34 cookingfat
  22. 11.23 PeterV
  23. 15.85 Edam
  24. 21.76 msemtd
  25. 27.33 MatsBergsten
3x3x3
(30)
  1. 13.03 fazrulz
  2. 13.47 Sa967St
  3. 13.76 MTGjumper
  4. 13.84 Jai
  5. 15.38 Vault312
  6. 16.84 Edmund
  7. 16.90 byu
  8. 17.36 Kian
  9. 17.46 trying-to-speedcube...
  10. 17.73 SimonWestlund
  11. 17.78 Ellis
  12. 20.07 MistArts
  13. 20.22 Laetitia
  14. 21.06 Lord Voldemort
  15. 22.43 jsh33
  16. 23.04 AvGalen
  17. 23.30 Yalow
  18. 24.20 Pietersmieters
  19. 26.62 Edam
  20. 27.01 Mike Hughey
  21. 28.83 cookingfat
  22. 29.10 PeterV
  23. 29.38 vvtopkar
  24. 30.14 Yes, We Can!
  25. 38.21 ThatGuy
  26. 41.40 Odin
  27. 44.10 yukiwerts
  28. 45.13 msemtd
  29. 48.78 Lorn
  30. 51.32 MatsBergsten
4x4x4
(18)
  1. 53.78 fazrulz
  2. 1:05.91 trying-to-speedcube...
  3. 1:06.45 SimonWestlund
  4. 1:11.44 MTGjumper
  5. 1:17.20 Sa967St
  6. 1:18.96 Ellis
  7. 1:19.83 Kian
  8. 1:29.97 byu
  9. 1:32.58 Yalow
  10. 1:34.27 AvGalen
  11. 1:38.20 Mike Hughey
  12. 1:39.07 MistArts
  13. 2:17.72 Edam
  14. 2:36.77 cookingfat
  15. 3:02.40 PeterV
  16. 3:09.08 alifiantoadinugroho
  17. 3:44.89 MatsBergsten
  18. 3:51.57 msemtd
5x5x5
(12)
  1. 1:42.87 tsaoenator
  2. 1:47.86 fazrulz
  3. 1:58.19 trying-to-speedcube...
  4. 2:07.15 Ellis
  5. 2:09.49 Sa967St
  6. 2:16.57 AvGalen
  7. 2:19.54 MTGjumper
  8. 2:22.93 Kian
  9. 2:35.75 Mike Hughey
  10. 2:42.58 Laetitia
  11. 2:56.91 Edam
  12. 10:43.84 MatsBergsten
6x6x6
(5)
  1. 4:24.92 AvGalen
  2. 4:46.25 Ellis
  3. 4:53.36 trying-to-speedcube...
  4. 4:59.16 Mike Hughey
  5. 7:54.64 Edam
7x7x7
(5)
  1. 6:52.44 AvGalen
  2. 7:30.93 Ellis
  3. 7:43.37 Mike Hughey
  4. 9:29.72 Edam
  5. 16:16.01 msemtd
3x3 one handed
(13)
  1. 21.22 Jai
  2. 26.78 fazrulz
  3. 31.60 Sa967St
  4. 32.58 trying-to-speedcube...
  5. 41.34 SimonWestlund
  6. 43.71 AvGalen
  7. 46.20 byu
  8. 48.08 Kian
  9. 51.43 Mike Hughey
  10. 51.75 Yalow
  11. 1:21.82 Edam
  12. 1:24.32 Yes, We Can!
  13. 2:28.90 msemtd
3x3 with feet
(3)
  1. 2:02.70 Mike Hughey
  2. 6:16.05 Kian
  3. 8:29.13 byu
2x2x2 Blindfolded
(7)
  1. 20.33 fazrulz
  2. 35.29 byu
  3. 42.69 Mike Hughey
  4. 44.50 SimonWestlund
  5. 44.65 MatsBergsten
  6. 52.02 trying-to-speedcube...
  7. 1:02.34 AvGalen
3x3x3 Blindfolded
(9)
  1. 1:19.15 byu
  2. 2:07.19 fazrulz
  3. 2:13.81 Sa967St
  4. 2:30.35 Mike Hughey
  5. 2:37.98 MatsBergsten
  6. 2:48.68 Ellis
  7. 3:39.91 SimonWestlund
  8. 5:23.22 Kian
  9. 5:29.86 AvGalen
4x4x4 Blindfolded
(3)
  1. 12:05.84 Mike Hughey
  2. 16:19.00 MatsBergsten
  3. 16:35.22 byu
5x5x5 Blindfolded
(2)
  1. 20:12.13 Mike Hughey
  2. DNF MatsBergsten
3x3 Multi blind
(5)
  1. 5/6 Mike Hughey
  2. 2/2 byu
  3. 3/4 MatsBergsten
  4. 5/9 tim
  5. 1/2 cookingfat
3x3 Match the scramble
(8)
  1. 1:09.63 trying-to-speedcube...
  2. 1:15.20 AvGalen
  3. 1:34.48 fazrulz
  4. 1:44.25 Mike Hughey
  5. 1:45.38 byu
  6. 2:03.71 SimonWestlund
  7. 3:48.25 Kian
  8. DNF MatsBergsten
2-3-4 Relay
(13)
  1. 1:18.04 fazrulz
  2. 1:30.28 MTGjumper
  3. 1:31.72 trying-to-speedcube...
  4. 1:39.97 SimonWestlund
  5. 1:44.95 Ellis
  6. 1:58.23 byu
  7. 1:58.49 Kian
  8. 2:10.53 Mike Hughey
  9. 2:23.21 AvGalen
  10. 3:43.97 Edam
  11. 4:32.61 PeterV
  12. 5:25.73 MatsBergsten
  13. 5:28.33 msemtd
2-3-4-5 Relay
(10)
  1. 3:15.03 fazrulz
  2. 3:50.64 trying-to-speedcube...
  3. 4:09.39 Ellis
  4. 4:09.47 Kian
  5. 4:41.56 SimonWestlund
  6. 4:42.41 AvGalen
  7. 5:15.34 Mike Hughey
  8. 7:29.41 Edam
  9. 11:24.33 Yes, We Can!
  10. 18:15.27 MatsBergsten
Magic
(8)
  1. 1.13 Henrik
  2. 1.46 fazrulz
  3. 1.47 PeterV
  4. 1.74 Yalow
  5. 2.06 AvGalen
  6. 2.54 Kian
  7. 3.32 Mike Hughey
  8. 4.65 Edam
Master Magic
(3)
  1. 3.71 Henrik
  2. 4.51 Mike Hughey
  3. 4.89 AvGalen
Clock
(3)
  1. 8.04 Vault312
  2. 15.35 AvGalen
  3. 23.46 Mike Hughey
Pyraminx
(8)
  1. 6.60 Jai
  2. 7.14 SimonWestlund
  3. 8.69 Yalow
  4. 12.45 AvGalen
  5. 15.34 Edam
  6. 20.42 msemtd
  7. 23.56 Mike Hughey
  8. 25.89 Yes, We Can!
Megaminx
(9)
  1. 1:22.05 Bogyo
  2. 1:32.56 fazrulz
  3. 1:33.05 Laetitia
  4. 1:45.42 SimonWestlund
  5. 1:56.64 trying-to-speedcube...
  6. 2:59.09 AvGalen
  7. 3:11.80 Mike Hughey
  8. 5:05.17 Edam
  9. 6:28.24 msemtd
Square-1
(9)
  1. 18.92 Vault312
  2. 27.44 MTGjumper
  3. 45.80 fazrulz
  4. 48.38 Mike Hughey
  5. 48.39 SimonWestlund
  6. 56.81 Sa967St
  7. 58.59 byu
  8. 1:06.29 AvGalen
  9. 1:52.09 Kian
3x3x3 fewest moves
(12)
  1. 25 guusrs
  2. 30 MTGjumper
  3. 33 MistArts
  4. 34 Vault312
  5. 35 SimonWestlund
  6. 36 Mike Hughey
  7. 39 Kian
  8. 44 fazrulz
  9. 44 trying-to-speedcube...
  10. 47 cuBerBruce
  11. 48 PeterV
  12. 58 byu

Contest results
  1. 217 fazrulz
  2. 204 Mike Hughey
  3. 165 trying-to-speedcube...
  4. 164 SimonWestlund
  5. 158 AvGalen
  6. 147 byu
  7. 141 Kian
  8. 130 MTGjumper
  9. 123 Ellis
  10. 98 Sa967St
  11. 92 Vault312
  12. 86 Edam
  13. 81 Jai
  14. 77 MatsBergsten
  15. 73 MistArts
  16. 72 Yalow
  17. 54 Laetitia
  18. 50 PeterV
  19. 49 Edmund
  20. 41 msemtd
  21. 34 Yes, We Can!
  22. 33 Lord Voldemort
  23. 33 cookingfat
  24. 27 Escher
  25. 25 Erik
  26. 22 guusrs
  27. 20 vvtopkar
  28. 19 jsh33
  29. 17 tsaoenator
  30. 16 Pietersmieters
  31. 13 Henrik
  32. 13 cuBerBruce
  33. 13 Bogyo
  34. 9 ThatGuy
  35. 8 Odin
  36. 7 tim
  37. 7 yukiwerts
  38. 7 alifiantoadinugroho
  39. 5 Lorn
 
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2x2 = pwnt :)

Yeah, it seems good to concentrate on only one event :)

@Chris or Mike, where do I find the guide to BH corners?
I remember Chris talking about finishing the guide, but then nothing?
Or did I miss it?

I've tried the Search function, but I only get links to an interview with Chris
and then Mike's centers commutator guide.

Am I right that it contains a full 3-cycle guide, algs for all combinations of corners?
Because then I can add those 3-cycles I find hardest or slowest in TurBo.

______________________

And another thing totally, many of you Quote multiple posts in one post. How do
you do that? Open several windows and use "cut and paste" or...?
 
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