Interesting official scrambles

[AlexMaass]

An obvious 2gen 5 mover and a less obvious 2gen 6 mover, yet the only person to sub 1 was someone who doesn't even do 2x2

wasn't too obvious imo

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

wasn't too obvious imo

thats cuz u dont do 2x2...

 

[Damien Porter]

I don't do 2x2x2 but I used my 4x4x4 to do that scramble. Using a beginner's layer by layer method I got a sub 2. Granted that only 1 piece in the first layer needed inserting and had a ll skip.

 

[AlexMaass]

thats cuz u dont do 2x2...

I actually do 2x2, its not obvious to see the last layer skip in inspection.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

I actually do 2x2, its not obvious to see the last layer skip in inspection.

by "do 2x2" I mean "good at 2x2". No offense, but I dont think you can be fast without one-looking, and that one was easy.

 

[AlexMaass]

by "do 2x2" I mean "good at 2x2". No offense, but I dont think you can be fast without one-looking, and that one was easy.

im sub 5 which I believe is a decent speed, don't think that one was easy to one look the ll skip imo

 

[TDM]

I actually do 2x2, its not obvious to see the last layer skip in inspection.

I thought it was very obvious, and I don't do 2x2 very often. Are you sure you're doing the same solution (the R U2 R' insert)?

 

[Damien Porter]

Are you sure you're doing the same solution (the R U2 R' insert)?

Really, my solution was. R' U R2 U' R'.

I suppose they are the same but you rotated the cube.

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

sub 5 is pretty good, sub 4 is good, sub 3 is fast, sub 2.5 is really fast, sub 2 is world class imo

 

[TheCoolMinxer]

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3rd scramble of German Nationals 2015 3x3 final. Bennet, Jong-Ho, and Sebastien all got sub 7's on this scramble. Henri got like a 7.1x and some other people got sub 8's on this too. I heard somewhere that a lot of them had fat sune PLL skip but didn't see any reconstructions available. I'm assuming they all did either one of these 2 solutions which are almost identical.

F R' L' B L B D' L U L F B2 D2 L' U2 R2 F2 B2 R2

Spoiler: Solution #1

x2
F' D R' F L2 (Cross)
U' R U' R' U' F U' F'
y U2 R U R' U R U' R'
U L' U' L U' L' U L
y R U R' U' R U R'
U Fatsune U

Notice how on the first pair you can actually preserve the pair you're going to do next. Watch what happens when you do that.

Spoiler: Solution #2

x2
F' D R' F L2 (Cross)
U' R U' R' F U2 F'
y U2 R U R'
U L' U' L U' L' U L
y R U R' U' R U R'
U Fatsune U

So basically, U' F U' F' y U2 R U R' U R U' R' does the same thing as F U2 F' y U2 R U R' I wonder how many people did the better solution.

Is did the first solution, got 7.13

Oh, and 0.71 First try on the 2x2 scramble

 

[Isaac Lai]

3rd scramble of German Nationals 2015 3x3 final. Bennet, Jong-Ho, and Sebastien all got sub 7's on this scramble. Henri got like a 7.1x and some other people got sub 8's on this too. I heard somewhere that a lot of them had fat sune PLL skip but didn't see any reconstructions available. I'm assuming they all did either one of these 2 solutions which are almost identical.

F R' L' B L B D' L U L F B2 D2 L' U2 R2 F2 B2 R2

Spoiler: Solution #1

x2
F' D R' F L2 (Cross)
U' R U' R' U' F U' F'
y U2 R U R' U R U' R'
U L' U' L U' L' U L
y R U R' U' R U R'
U Fatsune U

Notice how on the first pair you can actually preserve the pair you're going to do next. Watch what happens when you do that.

Spoiler: Solution #2

x2
F' D R' F L2 (Cross)
U' R U' R' F U2 F'
y U2 R U R'
U L' U' L U' L' U L
y R U R' U' R U R'
U Fatsune U

So basically, U' F U' F' y U2 R U R' U R U' R' does the same thing as F U2 F' y U2 R U R' I wonder how many people did the better solution.

Sebastian Weyer did not do a solution which resulted in Fatsune PLL skip.

 

[TheCoolMinxer]

Sebastian Weyer did not do a solution which resulted in Fatsune PLL skip.

Isaac is right, he had a fullstep solve, which was still sub7

 

[ottozing]

Yeah, to be honest I figured if he did that solution he would have gotten at least a low 6

 

[TDM]

Really, my solution was. R' U R2 U' R'.

I suppose they are the same but you rotated the cube.

Yeah, mine was z' y2 U' R U2 R' U'. Looks like the same solution.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

sub 5 is pretty good, sub 4 is good, sub 3 is fast, sub 2.5 is really fast, sub 2 is world class imo

I'd say sub 4 is decent, sub 3 is good, sub 2.5 is fast, sub 2.3 is really fast, and sub 2 is world class.

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

I'd say sub 4 is decent, sub 3 is good, sub 2.5 is fast, sub 2.3 is really fast, and sub 2 is world class.

agreed, sub 5 isn't "pretty good" imo

 

[AlexMaass]

agreed, sub 5 isn't "pretty good" imo

time to become sub 4 then ;-;

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

time to learn CMLL then ;-;

ftfy.

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

agreed, sub 5 isn't "pretty good" imo

so 2448th out of 22553 isn't "pretty good"? wow you are harsh
-it will get you to the finals of most small comps
-it is in the top 2500 out of over 22000 people
-you have to practice for at least a few months to achieve it
-most people on the forum have a huge bias because they are fast and everyone around them is fast
-it is just harsh lol

I'd say sub 4 is decent, sub 3 is good, sub 2.5 is fast, sub 2.3 is really fast, and sub 2 is world class.

same thing here you are saying that to even be decent at 2x2 you need to be in the top 1000 people, which compared to the total 22.5 times that, is really harsh. Try to look at it not from the perspective of someone who averages sub 3, but from the point of how much you put into it. I'm not even decent at 2x2?

 

[sqAree]

It's a subjective matter anyway. The opinions tell something about the way you see yourself and others.

For me, sub 5 on 2x2 is just totally bad, it's my personal view. But wait, I'm not even sub5. So it tells I strive after something better and consider myself not satisfied without great improvement and success.
For some people sub5 or sub6 might be ok and it's an accomplishment nevertheless, I respect that attitude.