Hi Irontwig, again we have an identical start ("only" 9 moves this time) and again you finished it better than me!
I think the R2 F'... after the 9th move wasn't too bad as it left me with 5 corners after 22 moves.
But I had to rush the insertions and didn't find any good ones.
Could you check my solution and compare how you continued after the R2 F' and when / how you decided to abandon these moves?
X-cross + blocks : F' R' F' D' L U' R2 (7)
2 pairs : D2 U R U' R' F' U2 F D2 (9, 16)
Leave 4 corners : U L' U B' U2 . B L (7-1, 22)
Insert . = B2 U' F' U B U' F U (8, 30)
AUF : U' (1, 30)
L3C on F : R' D R U' R' D' R U (8, 38)
The time was out after the insert so I had do the last com as it was, luckily a 8-mover.
Scramble: L2 D2 B2 D L' F2 L' U' F2 R D2 L' B R' F2 D2 R2 U
Solution: D2 R' F' D' F2 R2 F' R F2 D' B D2 B' F D2 F' D R D R F D F' B' L2 F L F' L B R2 D R D R' D' R' D' R' D R'
2x2x3 Block: D2 R' F' D' F2 R2 F' R F2 D' B D2 B' (13)
Last Cross Arm + F2L #3: F D2 F' D R D R (7/20)
F2L #4: F D F' (3/23)
OLL: B' L2 F L F' L B (7/30)
PLL: R2 D R D R' D' R' D' R' D R' (11/41)
2x2x3 Block: D2 R' F' D' F2 R2 F' R F2 D' B D2 B' (13)
Last Cross Arm + F2L #3: F D2 F' D R D R (7/20)
F2L #4: F D F' (3/23)
OLL: B' L2 F L F' L B (7/30)
PLL: B2 D R L' B2 R' L D B2 (9/39)
B B2 = B' (-1/38)
So if just you used the optimal U-perm, you would have got 38 instead of 41 lol...
3x3 Feet: (1:27.94), 1:20.05, 1:21.71, 1:11.90, (59.15) => 1:17.89 min
Had to get into shape, and finally another sub-1 in weekly, when was the last one? Never mind I had one in weekly-4-2011.
2x2x2BLD: 27.48 32.48 23.99 3x3x3BLD: DNF DNF DNF 4x4x4BLD: DNF 6:37.90 DNF 5x5x5BLD: DNF 14:27.85 13:57.24
comment: Mike, congrats on the nice solve on the 3rd one! I agree that it was a fairly nice scramble 6x6x6BLD: 26:21.40
comment: Yay! From what Mike says this is the UWR, until Ville attempts this anyway. Memo was about 15:50ish. 7x7x7BLD: DNF Fewest Moves: 37 moves
Scramble: L2 D2 B2 D L' F2 L' U' F2 R D2 L' B R' F2 D2 R2 U
Solution: R' F R' D2 B D' B2 D' B U F2 U' R2 F R2 F R F' R' F2 D2 L' D R2 D' L D R U' B2 U F U' B2 U F' R
NISS Solve. I found a 21 move skeleton leaving a 5 corner cycle using some NISS and pre-move tricks, but it took me 57 minutes to find it Instead of doing insertions I just did some comms to solve the corners at the very end.
Pseudo-2x2x3 (Use pre-move D' to see it) : R' F R' D2 B D' B2 D' B
Pseudo-F2L minus 1 block (Do pre-move F2 D' to see this full block) : U F2 U' R2 F
Now NISS to the inverse scramble.
Solve all remaining edges (skeleton) : R F R' F' R2
NISS again back to the regular scramble.
Solve 2 corners and cancel 1 move : D' L' D R2 D' L D R2
Solve last 3 corners and cancel 1 move : R' U' B2 U F U' B2 U F' R
Done BLD
2x2x2: 26.29 (20.04) (DNF) 36.75 31.21 = 31.42 3x3x3: DNF DNF 1:38.20 DNF DNF = DNF 4x4x4: 6:28.03 5:11.66 5:18.44 DNF DNF = DNF 5x5x5: DNF 11:29.47 13:36.73 DNF DNF = DNF
comment: Did all 5 solves back to back. My brain feels like jello :s
B R' B R2 U2 L2 U' F' U R F' U F2 U' R' U' R' U' B2 D B D' B U' R U B2 (27)
NISS:
start on inverse scramble: B2 U' R' U2
switch to regular scramble with pre-moves [U2 R U B2]
F2L: B R' B R2 U2 L2 U' F' U R F' U F2 U' R' U' (16+4)
LL: R' U' B2 D B D' B U (24+4)
premove-correction: U2 R U B2 (27)
Scramble: L2 D2 B2 D L' F2 L' U' F2 R D2 L' B R' F2 D2 R2 U
Solution: R2 L' B2 L' U' R' U B U B' R2 U F U D2 B D' F D B' D2 F' D' L D L' F' U2 F B2
Pre-scramble: U2 F B2
2x2x2 block: R2 L' B2 L'
More 2x2x1 block: U' R'
More 2x2x1 block: U B U B'
Finish F2L: R2 U F U
Pair 3-cycle: D F * D' F' D' L D L'
All but 3 corners: F'
Correction: U2 F B2
2x2x2: 6.96, 9.49, 6.41, 10.14, 9.45 = 8.63 3x3x3:21.61, 23.91, 22.61, 23.42, 24.99 = 23.31 4x4x4: 1:27.02 [O], 1:23.57, 1:33.43 [P], 1:31.47 [OP], 1:48.48 [OP] = 1:30.64 5x5x5: 2:28.47, 2:43.36, 2:41.84, 2:31.97, 2:23.64 = 2:34.09 6x6x6: 5:29.63 [P], 4:50.03 [OP], 5:27.63 [OP], 5:32.26 [OP], 4:58.94 [O] = 5:18.73 7x7x7:8:20.50, 8:01.50, 7:48.16, 7:29.69, 7:47.10 = 7:52.25 2x2x2 BLD: 24.53, 30.11, 32.32 = 24.53 3x3x3 BLD: 2:04.94, 2:03.05, 2:43.51 = 2:03.05
Comment: I was very slow memorizing these – averaging close to a minute each. That was yesterday; today I’ve been memorizing sub-30 consistently (but with lots of DNFs). It’s funny how much it varies from day to day. 4x4x4 BLD: 7:34.30 [3:53], 10:13.21 [4:39], 8:01.96 [4:14] = 7:34.30
Comment: First one was really easy, but I was very slow at memorizing it. 5x5x5 BLD: 16:09.09 [8:49], DNF [14:14.14, 7:00], 12:49.03 [6:13] = 12.49.03
Comment: Second one off by 2 X centers – I memorized MV when it should have been NV, simply because I saw piece N and thought it was piece M. Third one was just amazing – it was not as easy as last week’s – just a normal solve – and yet it was really fast, due primarily to the super fast memo. Wow, I can't believe I actually beat Chris with this one! And less than double Ville's time is always good! (That's always been one of my goals - to try to be less than double Ville's time on anything BLD. ) 6x6x6 BLD:36:59.34 [21:10]
Comment: Really easy scramble, but I got confused on the outer wings and took nearly 10 minutes just memorizing those. If it hadn’t been for that, I probably wouldn’t have matched Chris’s excellent UWR time, but I would have been sub-30, anyway. 7x7x7 BLD:DNF [45:43.02, 25:30]
Comment: Off by just 2 inner wings – I didn’t see them when memorizing. If I had taken the time to properly count, I would have known this, but it felt like I had them all already, so I went on. Stupid way to DNF. I’m now 0/5 this year for 7x7x7 BLD. (But I’m trying to remember that since my accuracy rate is about 25%, it’s really not that out of line to have missed 5 in a row.) 3x3x3 multiBLD:8/9 = 7 points, 39:04.03 [25:33]
Comment: Ugh. This is going just as badly as 7x7x7 BLD. This time it was just 3 edges on the third cube - I recalled the memorization correctly, but I cycled the pieces the wrong way. 3x3x3 OH: 51.93, 39.69, 42.97, 40.78, 1:15.43 = 45.23
Comment: On the fifth one, I forgot how to do a Z perm one-handed. 3x3x3 WF: 1:39.59, 1:40.08, 1:37.66, 1:37.90, 1:33.00 = 1:38.38
Comment: Wow – that was amazing! They all felt like lucky solves, though. 3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:21.88, 1:39.65, 1:31.47, DNF, 1:16.08 = 1:31.00 3x3x3 Fewest Moves:33 moves
R’ L U L U’ L2 D R U F2 U’ R F R D R’ D’ F R D R2 U’ R D’ R’ U R F’ R D R F2 R’
premoves: D R F2 R’
2x2x3: R’ L U L U’ L2 D
3x cross: R U F2 U’ R F
4th pair: R D R’ D’
pseudo OLL: F R D R’ D’ . F’
AUF: R
insert at .: D R’ U’ R D’ R’ U R
R’ D’ D R’ become R2 before insertion.
Comment: I found the premoves while trying NISS; they were a solution for a pair for the inverse scramble, but then when I went back and tried them as premoves, I realized they created the fairly nice 2x2x3 (which didn’t use the making of that pair), so I just used them as premoves to make that. Lucky. It took me about 22 minutes to find this; then I wasted the rest of the time finding nothing else of value.
2-4 relay:1:58.67 2-5 relay:5:00.12
Comment: Horrible this week. Poetic justice for my bragging that I'm good at relays in another thread. Magic:12.43, 8.56, 8.81, 9.21, 11.71 = 9.91
Comment: OHITABLD, of course. Some nice singles, but not consistent enough. Master Magic:4.43, 3.61, 3.91, 3.65, 3.72 = 3.76 Clock:2:22.05 [0:37], 20.86, 18.18, 21.03, 14.66 = 20.02
Comment: Getting out of practice for BLD. MegaMinx:3:02.05, 2:52.63, 2:31.71, 2:37.73, 2:45.74 = 2:45.37
Comment: I did a few solves trying to minimize move count before starting this, and got my best average in ages. I’m not sure if it’s because of the practice or just luck, but it is a nice result for me. Pyraminx:DNF [1:30.09], 17.59, 17.21, 12.61, 13.65 = 16.15
Comment: Bad BLD solve – one center-corner twisted and two edges flipped. Square-1:4:46.49 [2:41], 45.57 [P], 1:01.28 [P], 49.54 [P], 38.47 [P] = 52.13
Comment: BLD solve was easy, but I’m out of practice; case SV. Other solves were just terrible. I did much better in warmup. Skewb:4:56 [2:45], 17.15, 22.21, 15.50, 12.88 = 18.29
Comment: For the BLD solve, I forgot the algorithm for the case with 2 pairs of swapped corners, so I had to do two moves speedBLD, so it was really slow.
Instead of doing insertions I just did some comms to solve the corners at the very end.
