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Sam Nave - 9.70 Square-1 Single

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Wow, he's pretty good at 3x3x3, considering. His fingertricks are so weird :p 14.66 average on Square-1 is crazy impressive though, congrats.

When I used to be in California for college, there was a local guy with a hand deformity, Emerson Herrmann. His left hand was normal, though, so he would place noticeably better in OH than in 2h.
 

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I am making this reply to show the reconstructions for my average at the Indiana 2015 competition.


Times: (21.11), 16.03, (9.70), 15.56, 12.39

Reconstructions

Scramble 1 - (1,0) / (-1,5) / (0,-3) / (-5,-2) / (6,0) / (-1,-3) / (6,-3) / (2,0) / (1,0) / (2,0) / (-1,0) / (4,0) / (4,0) /

Cube-shape: (2,0) / (4,0) / (4,-3) / (-3,0) / (-2,3) / (-1,-2) / (-3,0) /

Corner Orientation: (-5,0) / (3,6) /

Edge Orientation: (3,-3) / (-3,0) / (-1,-1) / (4,1) /

Corner Permutation: (6,0) / (3,0) / (-3,0) / (-3,3) / (-3,0) / (3,0) /

Edge Permutation: (-3,0) / (3,0) / (-1,-1) / (-2,1) / (0,-3) / (3,0) / (-1,-1) / (-2,1) (0,-3) / (3,0) / (-1,-1) / (-2,1)

AUF: (-1,-3)

Thoughts on Solve 1: While this may not have been the nicest cube-shape case, I was still able to avoid running into parity during the solve. There wasn't anything out of the ordinary during the solve other than the algorithm that I used for CP. It's a variation of the algorithm that is used to solve the 3x3x2 T-perm case. While I haven't seen anyone else use the algorithm, I doubt that I am the first to come up with the idea on my own.


Scramble 2- (-3,-4) / (1,-2) / (0,-3) / (2,-1) / (3,-3) / (6,-5) / (0,-3) / (0,-1) / (-3,-4) / (0,-2) / (3,0) / (0,-4) /

Cube-shape: (1,-2) / (-2,3) / (-1,-2) / (-3,0) /

Corner Orientation: (-5,0) / (3,0) /

Edge Orientation: (0,6) / (-3,0) / (-1,-1) / (4,1) /

Corner Permutation: (5,6) / (-3,0) / (3,3) / (0,-3)

Edge Permutation: (1,0) / (-1,-1) / (6,0) / (1,1) / (6,-3) / (0,-3) / (-1,0) / (3,0) / (1,0) / (0,3) / (-1,0) / (-3,0) /

AUF (3,0)

Thoughts on Solve 2: I definitely did not solve this scramble to it's full potential. This was mostly due to nerves, however the biggest mistake was during CP. I should have misaligned the top layer (1,0) to force a better EP case. This would have reduced my time during the EP step dramatically.

Better solution:

Corner permutation: (6,6) / (-3,0) / (3,3) / (0,-3) /
Edge Permutation: this should be self explanatory.


Scramble 3- (-2,0) / (3,0) / (-4,2) / (3,0) / (-5,-5) / (3,-3) / (2,0) / (-3,-3) / (4,-5) / (0,-2) / (-4,0) / (6,0) / (-4,0)

Cube-shape: (-2,0) / (-2,0) / (-1,-2) / (-3,-3) /

Corner Orientation: (1,3) / (-3,0) /

Edge Orientation: (-1,-1) / (3,0) / (3,0) / (1,1) / (-3,0) / (-3,0) /

Corner Permutation: (2,0) / (-3,0) / (3,3) / (0,-3) /

Edge Permutation: (1,3) / (-1,-1) / (-3,0) / (1,1) / (6,0) / (-1,-1) / (-3,0) / (1,1) /

AUF: (-1,0) (part of the AUF was done in the EP step as seen in the move (1,3))

Thoughts on Solve 3: I was in shock that I finally broke the sub-10 barrier. Despite it not being NAR, I am very happy that I was able to get 9.70 officially. This was a very nice scramble in the sense that it allowed for easy transitions between steps.

Scramble 4- (0,-1) / (3,0) / (-5,1) / (5,-1) / (-5,-2) / (3,0) / (5,0) / (3,0) / (1,0) / (-2,-3) / (2,-1) / (2,-2)

Inspection: z2

Cube-shape: (0,-2) / (0,-1) / (0,2) / (-1,-2) / (0,-3) /

Corner Orientation: (1,-3) / (-3,0) /

Edge Orientation: (-6,0) / (-1,-1) / (1,1) / (3,0) / (3,0) / (-1,-1) / (-2,1) / (-3,0) /

Corner permutation: (2,-3) / (-3,0) / (3,3) / (0,-3) /

Edge Orientation: (-2,3) / (3,0) / (-1,-1) / (-2,1) / (3,-3) / (-1,-1) / (3,0) / (1,1) / (-3,0) / (-1,-1) /

AUF: (0,1)

Thoughts on Solve 4: This was a decent scramble. I didn't find anything out of the ordinary other than a few lockups. Everything in the solve felt pretty standard.


Scramble 5- (0,2) / (3,3) / (0,3) / (-2,-2) / (3,-3) / (-3,0) / (0,-4) / (-3,-3) / (5,-3) / (-5,0) / (-2,0) / (6,-3)

Cube-shape: / (-3,0) / (-4,0) / (-1,-2) / (-3,0) /

Corner Orientation: (-2,0) / (3,0) / (this solves Corner Permutation as well)

Edge Orientation: (-3,-3) / (3,0) / (3,0) / (-1,-1) / (-2,1) / (-3,0) /

Edge permutation: (3,3) / (3,0) / (-1,-1) / (-2, 1) / (-3,6) / (3,0) / (-1,-1) / (-2,1) /

AUF: (2,-3)

Thoughts on solve 5: This was a really nice scramble. It should have been faster, but I am happy with the 12.39 I got. If memory serves me, the slower time could be attributed to the pause I took to recognize the EP case.


Overall Thoughts: I am very happy with the single and average that I got at Indiana 2015. Despite some errors on my part, I am satisfied with the overall times. The average was really lucky in the sense that it had no parity, which was one of the biggest highlights that I took away from the round. I would like to thank the staff and judges for helping with the competition. In addition, I would like to thank the fellow competitors at the competition for creating a fun and welcoming environment. I hope the reconstructions helped, and if you have any other questions please feel free to ask me.

- Sam Nave
 

Sam N

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Wait, why isn't this NAR?

This is because there was a 9.43 that was achieved at another competition, Alliance for Education, on the same day by Micheal Young. Since both competitions ended on Saturday, he would receive NAR single. If Alliance for Education was a 2 day competition and ended on Sunday, We would both get recognition for having NAR single.
 

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This is because there was a 9.43 that was achieved at another competition, Alliance for Education, on the same day by Micheal Young. Since both competitions ended on Saturday, he would receive NAR single. If Alliance for Education was a 2 day competition and ended on Sunday, We would both get recognition for having NAR single.

Ah. Thank you.
 
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