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69/501 ZBLLS argh this truly is a fate worse than death
69/501 ZBLLS argh this truly is a fate worse than death
Glad to see you are enjoying ZBLL. Lol
Also aren't there only 493 ZBLL?
http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=981
UHHHHHHHHHHHH... I really don't know whether this is an error, because since he is sub-10, one would think that such a single is perhaps(?) possible, but anyway...
EDIT: nvm it's an error
How the heck did this guy https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2013SCHM02 get his single?
I think it's extremely unlikely it's legitimate, but not much can be done without proof.
Odder was at the comp and told me it was legit. His overall PB was an 11, but he got like an easy XXcross or something and then sexysledge into PLL skip. I think that's what happened anyway.
What did you see there?
I thought that's what he was told at the comp, not that he actually witnessed it. Similarly with how the 4.41 was "XXXcross OLL skip J-perm"
Not that similar imo.
Firstly, a high 7 with a much luckier LL by a guy hovering around sub 20 seems way more plausible than a mid 4 by a similar person. Secondly, the competition itself wasn't prone to something as problematic as this like Perry Open was from what I can tell. This meaning faking a high 7 probably wasn't as easy as putting up a scrambled cube that you memorized an easy solution to (It's noteworthy that the 7 was the last solve of his average).
Basically, this guy getting a legit 7 seems more likely than him slipping a fake 7 through a well run competition.
There are definitely ways to cheat even very well organised competitions, but yes I realise the situations are a little different. At the end of the day, it's impossible to prove either way and the benefit of the doubt has to go to the competitor. For example, maybe he switched cubes after his 4th solve, the one he gave was half-scrambled, when it got to the scramble table, some runner assumed it was scrambled and took it to a table.
Anyway, the guy who asked about it got a couple of answers at least, everything I've said is pure speculation, I just don't see a 18 second solver getting an official 7 in an event like 3x3.
The thing is, the fact that it stayed as the NR of a relatively developed and prominent country (cubing wise) means that it is probably legit, because people (much like us) would probably have done an investigation on that solve, and they would have found that it was fake if he cheated.
Ok, I don't believe it now.
http://iwca.jp/competition/scrambles/competitionId/DanishOpen2014/eventId/333
Either the scramble is:
L' U' R' L U2 L B' D L' F L2 B' R2 F' D2 F' B' R2 L2 or U' L2 U2 B2 U R2 B2 D' B2 U R2 F' L2 D' B D' B L' B2 U
Neither seem easy to get a 7 on for a 18 second solver.
I played around with the scramble and got two free pairs on yellow cross. Not sure if it means anything but it could(?) be rearranged to form a XXcross.
Why can't we just trust the guy got a good solve?
L' U' R' L U2 L B' D L' F L2 B' R2 F' D2 F' B' R2 L2
There was some discussion about this a while ago, closer to when it happened:Ok, I don't believe it now.
http://iwca.jp/competition/scrambles/competitionId/DanishOpen2014/eventId/333
Either the scramble is:
L' U' R' L U2 L B' D L' F L2 B' R2 F' D2 F' B' R2 L2
or
U' L2 U2 B2 U R2 B2 D' B2 U R2 F' L2 D' B D' B L' B2 U
Neither seem easy to get a 7 on for a 18 second solver.
L' U' R' L U2 L B' D L' F L2 B' R2 F' D2 F' B' R2 L2.
but he can't reconstruct the solution.
after some minutes trying i found this solution with the descriped LL:
y2 R U D' L' B' D2 B
U F' R' F U F
R2 U R2
y U2 R U' R' U R U R'
R U R' U' R' F R F' U'