Benchmark scrambles?

[Offblast!]

Are there any "popular" scrambles that cubers use to measure their methods and timings?

I've only ever randomly scrambled the cube before a solve, never used a set scramble. I'm thinking about finding a few scrambles and see how that works out, solving the same scramble over and over... so any particular scrambles I should know about, easy ones, nightmare ones?

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

uh...random scrambles are at:
http://www.worldcubeassociation.org...&num=99&len=25&col=yobwrg&subbutton=Scramble!

other than that...well you could check out the easy/weird/fun/hard scrambles thread

 

[Kian]

those scrambles are always a lot of fun to try out.

great avatar, emerson! Remember, remember the 5th of November!

 

[not_kevin]

Is there an online scrambler that can print off a large number of scrambles (say, 25?) of 4x4 and 5x5? Jaap's has pictures; printing off 25 would eat up way too much paper.

 

[shafiqdms1]

Is there an online scrambler that can print off a large number of scrambles (say, 25?) of 4x4 and 5x5? Jaap's has pictures; printing off 25 would eat up way too much paper.

I just use the one used in the weekly competitions.

 

[not_kevin]

Is there an online scrambler that can print off a large number of scrambles (say, 25?) of 4x4 and 5x5? Jaap's has pictures; printing off 25 would eat up way too much paper.

I just use the one used in the weekly competitions.

That's a good approach, but it only gives a couple (5 at a time) scrambles per week; I want to do around 10-25 solves a day.

 

[Bob]

http://www.stefan-pochmann.de/spocc/other_stuff/tools/scramble3x3/

 

[not_kevin]

Thanks, Bob, but I was looking for 4x4 and 5x5 scrambles. Does Mr. Pochmann feel like creating 4x4/5x5 scrambles like that?

 

[DavidWoner]

open CCT. select 4x4 or 5x5 scrambles. hit spacebar a lot. go to session average, copy and paste somewhere else. then print. you can get as many scrambles as you want for any puzzle this way.

 

[not_kevin]

I hadn't thought of using CCT... wow... thanks!

 

[MusicCube]

I use JNETCUBE timer, and use it's scrambles.

 

[Raltenbach]

Okay. I just made a thread on this topic after not finding it with searching. Sorry about that (Never thought to search for the word "benchmark"). Still, I want to know why so many people used these canned scrambles. It seems almost like cheating in a way. Many people could get sub 20 with a known and often used scramble, but drop them in a competition with an unknown scramble and they may not even be fast enough to qualify. So what is the benefit of using these preset scrambles?