US Nationals 2014 - Jersey City, New Jersey - August 1-3, 2014

[Carrot]

Damn, seems like my 488 days old pyra avg has been broken by ~0.1

 

[FailCuber]

Congrats to feliks who broke the WR!

 

[PeelingStickers]

The second WR of the day goes to Drew Brads with a 2.90 pyraminx average

congrats Drew!

 

[Mr Cubism]

Congrats to feliks who broke the WR!

Yeah… and with almost 4 seconds. Demolition-WR

 

[Iggy]

Finally, well done Drew!!

Also gj Evan Brown for the 5BLD NAR and cool Rowe finally broke his 2.45 2x2 average

 

[FailCuber]

Yay! Steve Cho got AsR and NR for skewb.

 

[SolveThatCube]

1.07 NR 2x2 single

Nice! How many moves?

Nice!

The second WR of the day goes to Drew Brads with a 2.90 pyraminx average

congrats Drew!

Finally. Congrats.

Yay! Steve Cho got AsR and NR for skewb.

Was just about to post this. Good on him.

 

[XTowncuber]

I don't think anyone has said yet, rami got a .85+2 official 2x2 sniggle :/. ty everyone!

 

[Pro94]

I don't think anyone has said yet, rami got a .85+2 official 2x2 sniggle :/. ty everyone!

Whoa :/

3rd sub1 2x2 single with +2.

 

[antoineccantin]

Antoine Cantin 7.98 clock average, 6.68 single (both NR's)
welcome to the sub-8 club!

Nice clock times Antoine

That we did. But I must say, it was as cool to see that Feliks got a sub-2 mean as it was sad to see Kevin's last time in the average.

Also congrats Antoine on clock NR!

I see Antoine got the NR for clock.

Dang it.

Ninjad by many.


I see that the Israeli NR for 6x6 has been broken!

Damn it, everyone's beating me :O I really need a decent official average lol. gj Antoine

Also, lol Evan failed

yay


Also 4.80 Skewb average. The scrambles were Ultra-Easy though, and I might've got NR without the mega lockup on the last solve. I'm surpised nobody got WR.

 

[Tim Reynolds]

FMC attempt 1 results are posted: http://www.cubingusa.com/usnationals2014/results/live.php?cid=575&cat=15&rnd=1. Scramble: L2 F L2 R2 B2 R2 B' R2 F U2 L2 D B2 U' F' L' B2 R' U2 L2

8 people got the same 27-move solution (modulo moving AUF before/after the antisune)

 

[goodatthis]

That FMC scramble was really nice, I had an 11 or 12 move F2L-1 but I just couldn't finish and didn't have time for NISS.

 

[10461394944000]

rami got a .85+2 official 2x2 sniggle

lololo video pls

 

[Genius4Jesus]

lololo video pls

Yes, I'm sure the reaction will be most entertaining.

 

[Genius4Jesus]

Antoine Cantin 5BLD success.

Complete WCA profile?

 

[Riley]

Antoine Cantin 5BLD success.

Complete WCA profile?

He just needs FMC mo3, just like me.

 

[Mollerz]

I highly suspect that the following is Vincent Sheu's solution (Found in about 10 minutes):

SCRAMBLE: L2 F L2 R2 B2 R2 B' R2 F U2 L2 D B2 U' F' L' B2 R' U2 L2

L R B' D' B2 D2 F' // 2x2x3 (7)
R U' // Setup pair (9)
R' U' R' // XXCross setup to EO (12)
F' U F // EO (15)
R' U2 R // Insert pair and do ALL THE BLOCKS FROM NOWHERE (18)
U' R U2 R' // Last pair + LL skip (22)

If I was unaware of there being a 22-move solution then I highly doubt I would done the XXCross like that, I was just experimenting to see what random things I could find, lo and behold!

EDIT: Found the 27 as well, since Tim kindly let us know it finished with antisune and an AUF it became much easier.

L R B' D' B2 D2 F' // 2x2x3 (7)
R2 // Make F2L Pair (8)
U' R' U2 R' // F2L-1 (12)
B U' B' U' B U B' // F2L (19)
F' U2 F U F' U F // ZBLL (duh) (26)
U // AUF (27)

 

[Deleted member 19792]

Does anyone want to play Capture The Flag after FMC tomorrow?

 

[SolveThatCube]

lololo video pls

Yes, I'm sure the reaction will be most entertaining.

Definitely.

 

[Vincents]

I highly suspect that the following is Vincent Sheu's solution (Found in about 10 minutes):

SCRAMBLE: L2 F L2 R2 B2 R2 B' R2 F U2 L2 D B2 U' F' L' B2 R' U2 L2

L R B' D' B2 D2 F' // 2x2x3 (7)
R U' // Setup pair (9)
R' U' R' // XXCross setup to EO (12)
F' U F // EO (15)
R' U2 R // Insert pair and do ALL THE BLOCKS FROM NOWHERE (18)
U' R U2 R' // Last pair + LL skip (22)

If I was unaware of there being a 22-move solution then I highly doubt I would done the XXCross like that, I was just experimenting to see what random things I could find, lo and behold!

EDIT: Found the 27 as well, since Tim kindly let us know it finished with antisune and an AUF it became much easier.

L R B' D' B2 D2 F' // 2x2x3 (7)
R2 // Make F2L Pair (8)
U' R' U2 R' // F2L-1 (12)
B U' B' U' B U B' // F2L (19)
F' U2 F U F' U F // ZBLL (duh) (26)
U // AUF (27)

Correct! After the 2x2x3, I experimented with different ways of putting the last cross edge in. My strategy was essentially Blockbuilding DFS looking for skips. Usually results in 0 or >40 (if I fail). There's a lot of great FMCers here though; I bet someone will have tied or beaten it by the end of the weekend.