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Weekly competition 2009-17

ThatGuy

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3x3
5: 00:38.18 x
4: 00:33.54 x
3: 00:42.65 x
2: 00:41.87 x
1: 00:34.59 x

00:38.17
sad face not very good. oh well, i was in class.
 

yukiwerts

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3x3x3
1: 00:43.94
2: 00:45.02
3: 00:37.29
4: 00:44.07
5: 00:44.29
Av:00:44.10
Hi guys, this is my first time competiting!
 

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3x3x3: 13.47
(12.70), 13.25, (15.10), 13.51, 13.66

3x3x3 OH: 31.60
(28.09), (33.65), 32.41, 29.13, 33.26

3x3x3 BLD: 2:13.81
2:13.81, DNF [2:33.50], DNF [2:19.41]

4x4x4: 1:17.20
1:14.30, (1:20.86), (1:06.48), 1:16.63, 1:20.68

5x5x5: 2:09.49
(2:02.96), 2:10.42, 2:07.15, (2:17.06), 2:10.91

Square-1: 56.81

(49.42), 56.49, (1:02.84), 57.94, 56.01

I forgot to compete last week :(
 
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Lord Voldemort

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3x3x3
19.47
20.96
19.51
24.66
22.72
Average: 21.06
Can you spell fail?
I had my first LL skip ever, and it wasn't even my best time in this average.

2x2x2
5: 00:08.01 x
4: 00:08.51 x
3: 00:06.04 x
2: 00:06.86 x
1: 00:06.62 x
Average: 7.16
Yay!
 
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3x3x3 Fewest Moves
1. F2 R2 U F2 L2 B2 U B2 U2 F' R D2 B D R U' F2 L B R2

2x2 block and setup 2x2x1: L F L’ R U D’ F’ D U’ R U
Finish F2L: R U R B’ U’ L U L’ U L U L’ B U2 B’
OLL: r U R’ U’ r’ F R F’
PLL: L2 U F’ B L2 F B’ U L2 U

44 moves
 

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2x2x2: 5.23, (5.73), (3.79), 5.37, 5.09 = 5.23
3x3x3: (19.08), (24.87), 20.30, 20.45, 19.45 = 20.07
4x4x4: 1:40.11, 1:39.14, (1:42.35), 1:37.95, (1:21.31) = 1:39.07
Double parity on all of them except the last. I suck at executing parities.
 

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2x2 - 17.81, 13.68, 16.06, (11.13), (19.65) = 15.85
3x3 - (28.83), 23.61, 28.41, (22.02), 27.84 = 26.62
some really bad times in there,

4x4 - 2:12.43, (DNF), 2:22.27, 2:18.46, (2:00.71) = 2:17.72
5x5 - 3:02.09, (2:51.84), 3:26.33, (2:28.71), 2:56.80 = 3:08.41
6x6 - 8:06.75, 7:35.52, (7:10.09), 8:01.64, (8:29.47) = 7:54.64
not bad considering i only got this yesterday. still working out a nice way to do centres.last solve would have easily been the best but i messed up a parity fix and then had a minor (thankfully) pop.

7x7 - (9:06.52), 9:32.76, 9:14.89, 9:41.50, (DNF) = 9:29.72

3x3OH - (1:24.35), 1:20.79, 1:22.87,(1:03.77), 1:21.81 = 1:21.83
new pb single and average!
pminx - 16.27, 16.15, 13.61, (21.61), (13.41) = 15.34
mminx - (6:11.33), 5:09.05, 4:52.88, (4:20.88), 5:13.59 = 5:05.17
magic - 5.77, (DNF), 4.15, 4.02, (3.33) = 4.65



relays:
234 - 3:43.97
awful 4x4
2345 - 7:29.41
awful.. could do much better
 
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3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 47 moves
Solution: L2 D2 L2 U R2 D R' D2 U L' D F' U' F2 U L' U2 L U L' U' L F2 L F' D F' D' L' F L' U' L D' L' U L D B2 R2 B' L2 B R2 B' L2 B'

Explanation:
1x2x3: L2 D2 L2 U R2
2x2x3: D R' D2 U L' D
F2L minus 1 corner: F' U' F2 U L' U2 L
ELL: U L' U' L F2 L F' D F' D' L' F
Corner 3-cycle: L' U' L D' L' U L D
Another corner 3-cycle: B2 (R2 B' L2 B R2 B' L2 B) B2
 

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3.58, 3.49, (4.88), (2.40), 3.08 = 3.38
Good, I'm really getting into the swing of CLL (plus some pretty easy cases helped). I'll need to start keeping check on my inspection times though, I have a feeling that one or two were sup 15.


In an attempt to reduce my cubing, I've put away everything apart from my 2x2 until exams are over. I'll do a few virtual 3x3s to keep my brain 'in gear' for 3x3, but everything else will just have to wait...
Hopefully it will also mean that I'll become epically good at 2x2 :p

EDIT
Come on woner, I want you to beat that :)
 
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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
 
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2x2: 4.44, 3.47, 3.69, 3.19, 5.58 = 3.87
3 OLL skips :p

3x3: 15.00, 15.05, 12.02, 16.09, 16.27 = 15.38
Decent.

FMC: 34 moves
see later post.

clock: 7.67, 8.25, 9.84, 7.34, 8.20 = 8.04
meh

square-1: 25.42, 18.38, 19.73, 18.66, 17.64 = 18.92
pwnt
 
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Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 8.78, 9.78, 11.36, 10.52, 8.91 = 9.74
3x3x3: 27.11, 23.93, 33.36, 30.00, 21.93 = 27.01
4x4x4: 1:46.86 (O), 1:32.75, 1:33.19 (P), 1:42.30 (O), 1:39.11 = 1:38.20
5x5x5: 2:38.15, 2:38.52, 2:30.58, 2:52.96, 2:20.53 = 2:35.75
6x6x6: 4:40.21 (P), 5:21.20, 4:48.58 (P), 4:47.71 (OP), DNF (36:55.00, 18:46) = 4:59.16
Comment: Woot - sub-5! BLD solve was off by 2 obliques and 3 outer wings – bad memorization on wings, shot to wrong place on obliques.
7x7x7: 7:53.52, 7:45.03, 7:08.60, 7:31.55, DNF (59:52.20, 25:00) = 7:43.37
Comment: I apparently messed up a slice move on the BLD solve, leaving a bunch of pieces wrong.
2x2x2 BLD: 42.69, 1:40.97+, 53.21 = 42.69
Comment: First one was 3OP, the other two were commutators/BH.
3x3x3 BLD: 2:30.35, DNF, 3:19.29 = 2:30.35
Comment: Again, first one’s corners were 3OP, the other two were commutators/BH for corners.
4x4x4 BLD: DNF (9:14.34, 4:30), 12:05.84 (5:53), DNF (9:31.44, 4:25) = 12:05.84
Comment: First one was off by 3 corners – I memorized them wrong. Third one was off by 4 corners due to incorrect execution. First two were commutators/BH for corners; third one was pure BH for corners (but apparently not very well done BH :)).
5x5x5 BLD: 20:12.13 (11:04), DNF (17:51.83, 8:30), DNF (20:50.72, 10:30) = 20:12.13
Comment: Second one was off by just 3 X centers. Again corners were commutators/BH. Third one was also off by just 3 X centers. I think they were so slow because the corner stickers memorization throws me off. Hopefully that will start to get better next week.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 5/6 = 4 points, 45:29.64 (30:54)
Comment: Second cube was off by 3 edges. All corners were done with BH except when I couldn’t remember the BH algorithm, when I made up a commutator. I think that happened only 3 times – I’ve almost got them all. I think I’ll probably try 8 next week. Hopefully soon I’ll be back to 10 cubes! :D
3x3x3 OH: 47.30, 49.03, 56.28, 52.50, 52.77 = 51.43
3x3x3 WF: 2:42.90, 2:12.18, 2:00.96, 1:54.97, 1:24.09 = 2:02.70
Comment: Fifth solve was a PLL skip.
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:49.76, 2:13.51, 1:46.62, 1:36.37, 1:32.53 = 1:44.25
2-4 relay: 2:10.53 (no parity)
2-5 relay: 5:15.34 (no parity)
Magic: 2.38, 2.28, 4.38, 3.21, 2:25 = 2.62
Master Magic: 4.44, 4.05, 5.05, 4.05, 5.52 = 4.51
Clock: 22.93, 27.75, 26.68, 18.25, 20.78 = 23.46
MegaMinx: 3:20.74, 3:01.11, 2:50.35, 3:24.86, 3:13.56 = 3:11.80
Pyraminx: 12.50, 33.08, 30.55, 23.09, 17.03 = 23.56
Square-1: 43.25, 1:04.94 (P), 47.77, 43.02, 54.11 = 48.38
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 36 moves
Comment: See solution earlier in thread.
 
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2x2: 33.55 21.08 32.54 17.41 28.38 = 27.33
3x3: 44.72 57.13 48.52 51.30 54.14 = 51.32
Actually improving. I got 51 in comp Saturday too.
4x4: 3:37.48 4:39.99 3:45.22 3:11.54 3:51.96 = 3:44.89
5x5: 11:56.96 10:48.54 10:28.35 10:30.95 10:52.02 = 10:43.84
(do I have to do these :()
2x2BLD: 44.65 DNF 50.98 = 44.65
3x3BLD: DNF 2:37.98 2:51.48 = 2:37.98
4x4BLD: DNF 16:19 DNF = 16:19
5x5BLD: DNF DNF DNF = DNF
The first was 2 centers & 2 edges off. The last only two centers off.
In both cases these centers were on opposing sides. Two centers
on opposing sides is the only commutator I really cannot "see"
(where the three pieces travel) while doing it blind.
Multi: 3/4= 2 33:03
2-4Rel: 5:25.73 messed up the 4x4
2-5Rel: 18:15.27 messed up the 5x5
MTS: DNF 12:46.64 DNF 4:00.35 DNF = DNF
First two looking, last three bld.
 
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