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Some disappointing results this week, I'm afraid. Worst is that I DNFed 5x5x5 BLD.
Mike Hughey:
My non-BLD event of the week:
3x3x3 With Feet: 4:52.59, 3:34.27, 2:16.21, 1:36.15, 2:24.47 = 2:44.98
Comment: I think that 3x3x3 OH and 3x3x3 with feet have been hurt the most by my cutting down on weekly competition participation. It's just too easy to forget the algorithms when you don't do at least some of them every week. I was generally worse than usual, but the main problem this week was the PLLs. On the first one, I forgot the V perm and had to start over with the F2L. On the second one, I forgot the R perm and had to start over with the F2L. On the fifth one, I forgot the E perm, but I got close and it left me with a 3-corner commutator which I was able to do that kept me from having another disaster solve. Obviously I should practice my 2-look OLLs and PLLs before Nationals.
The BLD events:
2x2x2 BLD: 24.34, 22.55, 25.36 = 22.55
Comment: Wow, that was a nice set of scrambles! First one was just 3 8-movers and should have been sub-20, but I went too slow. The second one was harder than the first one, and I still got a 22.55 on it!
3x3x3 BLD: 2:16.15, DNF [1:54.40], 1:48.68 = 1:48.68
Comment: I mismemorized the first one, but realized it during the solve and fixed it after solving it. On the second one I stopped in the middle of an algorithm and got confused as to where I was; it was off by 5 edges and 4 corners.
4x4x4 BLD: 7:48.08 [3:48], DNF [8:46.38, 3:53], 7:17.91 [4:06] = 7:17.91
Comment: With 5x5x5 BLD being a disaster this week, at least it was nice that 4x4x4 BLD wasn't too bad. Second one was off by 3 centers due to my shooting to the wrong piece as an execution mistake. Third one was areally fast execution - I was thinking ahead well enough to be constantly turning almost the whole way. It's a pity the memorization was so slow.
5x5x5 BLD: DNF [14:29.09, 8:04], DNF [16:23.99, 7:55], DNF [17:52.74, 10:49] = DNF
Comment: Depressing. The first one was off by 7 wings because in my hurry, I skipped one whole location; I reoriented 6->12. The second one was off by 2 + centers - I forgot to do them; it was a very easy scramble, but I couldn't remember the centrals for a while, which cost me several minutes; no reorientation on this one. The third one was off by 2 X centers - I memorized TG instead of TK (very stupid); I didn't reorient this one either. At least they were all kind of close.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 9/12 = 6 points, 60:00.00 [38:00]
Comment: Second one was off by 3 edges (skipped an image), third one was off by 3 corners (memorized DV instead of DW by accident), eleventh one had 2 edges flipped and 2 corners twisted (I got confused when solving and applied my corner twist memo to flip edges instead - silly). I actually finished turning about a minute early, but I sat until the 60 minutes because I sort of knew I had skipped an image on the second cube, and I was trying to remember what it was so I could go back and fix it. I couldn't figure it out in time - another minute and I probably would have had it. These did not seem like easy scrambles to me, so I'm still pretty happy with this attempt.
And non-BLD events done BLD (so sad - no time for really big cubes BLD this week ):
Magic: 25.56, 23.13, 19.13, 16.27, 20.91 = 21.06
Comment: Done OHITABLD. A little better this week.
Master Magic: 4.41, 4.43, 10.25, 6.56, 4.58 = 5.19
Comment: I was trying to go too fast, and got tangled up.
Pyraminx: DNF [1:15.56], 1:39.02, 1:02.31, DNF [54.02], DNF [1:12.03] = DNF
Comment: Bad week. First one had 2 edges flipped, fourth one had 2 centers twisted (I twisted them the wrong direction), fifth one had 3 edges wrong (mismemorized them).
Mike Hughey:
My non-BLD event of the week:
3x3x3 With Feet: 4:52.59, 3:34.27, 2:16.21, 1:36.15, 2:24.47 = 2:44.98
Comment: I think that 3x3x3 OH and 3x3x3 with feet have been hurt the most by my cutting down on weekly competition participation. It's just too easy to forget the algorithms when you don't do at least some of them every week. I was generally worse than usual, but the main problem this week was the PLLs. On the first one, I forgot the V perm and had to start over with the F2L. On the second one, I forgot the R perm and had to start over with the F2L. On the fifth one, I forgot the E perm, but I got close and it left me with a 3-corner commutator which I was able to do that kept me from having another disaster solve. Obviously I should practice my 2-look OLLs and PLLs before Nationals.
The BLD events:
2x2x2 BLD: 24.34, 22.55, 25.36 = 22.55
Comment: Wow, that was a nice set of scrambles! First one was just 3 8-movers and should have been sub-20, but I went too slow. The second one was harder than the first one, and I still got a 22.55 on it!
3x3x3 BLD: 2:16.15, DNF [1:54.40], 1:48.68 = 1:48.68
Comment: I mismemorized the first one, but realized it during the solve and fixed it after solving it. On the second one I stopped in the middle of an algorithm and got confused as to where I was; it was off by 5 edges and 4 corners.
4x4x4 BLD: 7:48.08 [3:48], DNF [8:46.38, 3:53], 7:17.91 [4:06] = 7:17.91
Comment: With 5x5x5 BLD being a disaster this week, at least it was nice that 4x4x4 BLD wasn't too bad. Second one was off by 3 centers due to my shooting to the wrong piece as an execution mistake. Third one was areally fast execution - I was thinking ahead well enough to be constantly turning almost the whole way. It's a pity the memorization was so slow.
5x5x5 BLD: DNF [14:29.09, 8:04], DNF [16:23.99, 7:55], DNF [17:52.74, 10:49] = DNF
Comment: Depressing. The first one was off by 7 wings because in my hurry, I skipped one whole location; I reoriented 6->12. The second one was off by 2 + centers - I forgot to do them; it was a very easy scramble, but I couldn't remember the centrals for a while, which cost me several minutes; no reorientation on this one. The third one was off by 2 X centers - I memorized TG instead of TK (very stupid); I didn't reorient this one either. At least they were all kind of close.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 9/12 = 6 points, 60:00.00 [38:00]
Comment: Second one was off by 3 edges (skipped an image), third one was off by 3 corners (memorized DV instead of DW by accident), eleventh one had 2 edges flipped and 2 corners twisted (I got confused when solving and applied my corner twist memo to flip edges instead - silly). I actually finished turning about a minute early, but I sat until the 60 minutes because I sort of knew I had skipped an image on the second cube, and I was trying to remember what it was so I could go back and fix it. I couldn't figure it out in time - another minute and I probably would have had it. These did not seem like easy scrambles to me, so I'm still pretty happy with this attempt.
And non-BLD events done BLD (so sad - no time for really big cubes BLD this week ):
Magic: 25.56, 23.13, 19.13, 16.27, 20.91 = 21.06
Comment: Done OHITABLD. A little better this week.
Master Magic: 4.41, 4.43, 10.25, 6.56, 4.58 = 5.19
Comment: I was trying to go too fast, and got tangled up.
Pyraminx: DNF [1:15.56], 1:39.02, 1:02.31, DNF [54.02], DNF [1:12.03] = DNF
Comment: Bad week. First one had 2 edges flipped, fourth one had 2 centers twisted (I twisted them the wrong direction), fifth one had 3 edges wrong (mismemorized them).