Accomplishment Thread

[shafiqdms1]

My accomplishment: When I first started the off-topic failure thread today, everyone else started making their own "accomplishments" and "failures" thread in every category. lol

 

[McWizzle94]

My accomplishment: When I first started the off-topic failure thread today, everyone else started making their own "accomplishments" and "failures" thread in every category. lol

Mine: I started this thread before any of the other people that made those other threads besides the speedcubing and blindfolded sections.

 

[shafiqdms1]

My accomplishment: When I first started the off-topic failure thread today, everyone else started making their own "accomplishments" and "failures" thread in every category. lol

Mine: I started this thread before any of the other people that made those other threads besides the speedcubing and blindfolded sections.

yeah. I think I take that back now, and it should go in the failure thread because after I started the off-topic failure this forum turned into a disaster, and most of the ones don't even make sense (such as the accomplished accomplishment thread)

 

[DavidWoner]

for 4x4:

[23:00] -micro501- DWoner's 12 Individual Times: 1:08.36, (1:03.91), 1:15.86, 1:17.10, 1:15.27, 1:09.34, 1:07.00, 1:08.51, 1:13.70, 1:09.40, (1:18.08), 1:07.87
[23:00] -micro501- DWoner's Average: 1:11.24, Best Time: 1:03.91 Worst Time: 1:18.08
[23:00] <DWoner> wtf 1:11.24 avg?
[23:00] <DWoner> PB by more than 2 sec

 

[qqwref]

I solved the 20x20 supercube!

Total time: 4:47:51.18
Approximate # of moves: 10,800
Method: Centers last
Why: Much better recognition/lookahead for centers!
# of centers solved (with commutators): 1,944
Total # of pieces: 2,168
UWR?: I think so! The best other time I have seen is 10:54:54.
Would I solve a physical one: NO

Okay, so, for the past few weeks I've been spending 15 minutes here and there solving the 20x20 supercube on Gabbasoft. (The save-on-quit feature was helpful.) I don't like my turnspeed on it too much (I got to 10000 moves in about 4h25, so approximately ~0.62 moves/sec, whereas on Iso I did ~1.5 for the 20x20x20), but it's the only one I know of that does huge supercubes. Anyway, I finally solved it today. I experienced the infamous Gabbasoft supercube bug where the cube doesn't explode (I wonder why...?), but I did take proof-screenshots of all six sides just to make sure it was solved. Anyway, I beat the last level of Gabba, and now I never have to play with it again ;-)

By the way, the solve time is the program's time, i.e. the sum total time of all sessions I spent solving this cube. The timer didn't stop, but that is the time when I took the first proof screenshot. I'm happy it was so fast, because I really had no idea how long it would take, so this was a pleasant surprise.

Oh yeah, and I solved it one-handed (i.e. using only the mouse) I think there are some Gabbasoft shortcuts involving keyboard keys, but I haven't bothered to take a look at them.

 

[DavidWoner]

wow qq thats amazing! so few people can even do that on a non-super 20x20x20. The only keyboard shortcuts I know of on gabbasoft are just to make half turns in one movement or make rotations more accurate.

My accomplishment:

23 moves HTM FMC, see weekly comp 51 for details, too lazy to copy and paste.

 

[qqwref]

The only keyboard shortcuts I know of on gabbasoft are just to make half turns in one movement or make rotations more accurate.

Exactly, I didn't think that was worth giving up the one-handedness

 

[coinman]

Pyraminx Crystal singel 5:36.80.

 

[McWizzle94]

Insane 3x3x3 average of 5:

Statistics for 12-19-2008 10:57:11

Average: 14.28
Standard Deviation: 1.59
Best Time: 11.97
Worst Time: 16.61
Individual Times:
1. (11.97) R' D B2 F D2 U' B D U' L2 B D2 U2 L R B2 F2 L R' B2 D L' D' L U'

2. (16.61) L R' B' L' B R B' F2 U2 L D2 U2 L F' U2 R2 B2 F2 R B U2 R F U' L

3. 16.39 L2 D' F2 U' B2 F U' L R' B U2 B2 F2 L2 D U' L2 B2 F' L U L2 R2 D' U2

4. 13.89 B' L' D' U2 R' D2 U2 B' F2 D B' F R' B' L' F2 L2 R' U2 B F2 L' R D U2

5. 12.56 D2 U' F L R2 B' R' U L R2 U' R' F2 L' D R' U2 B2 F' U R B2 F2 D2 U

All Non-lucky

 

[yurivish]

Sub-20 with ZZ. ^_^

Average: 19.53

Solves:

00:19.53

00:20.88

00:21.08

00:18.35

00:20.28

00:20.05

00:16.28

00:19.78

(00:16.23)

(00:22.12)

00:22.07

00:21.40

 

[MTGjumper]

I'm getting a lot better at 4x4:

Average: 1:18.07
Individual Times: 1:15.17, 1:15.41, 1:24.84, 1:14.86, 1:21.81, 1:17.78, 1:15.97, (1:26.69), 1:25.36, 1:16.00, 1:13.52, (1:06.19)

The last solve was a PB by ~ 3 seconds, and was non-lucky.

I my new cube.

 

[d4m4s74]

I finally did a sub-10 on 6x6x6 (gabbasoft)
my IRL cube locks and pops a lot, so I don't even get sub 20

(frank's mod here I come)

 

[Odin]

I memorized all of my 4lll algorithms!

 

[MTGjumper]

Wow, awesome day for speedsolving:

Sq-1 PB: 1:02.80
4x4 PB: 1:09.89 => 1:06.19 => 1:03.62

 

[fanwuq]

The only keyboard shortcuts I know of on gabbasoft are just to make half turns in one movement or make rotations more accurate.

Exactly, I didn't think that was worth giving up the one-handedness

Nice solve, QQ!
I didn't know that you didn't know the short cuts on gabbasoft! I thought you knew it and you hated it so much that you had to reverse the buttons for half turn and rotation.

 

[qqwref]

I thought you knew it and you hated it so much that you had to reverse the buttons for half turn and rotation.

Well, I knew it at one point. But when I chose the Iso shortcuts I picked what felt comfortable to me, without worrying about what other programs did.

 

[That70sShowDude]

4 days ago - first sub 1:50 4x4 solve (1:48) I NEED LUBE ON IT
2 days ago - first sub 3:00 5x5 solve (2:53)
today - put canola oil on my 3yr old (actually started cubing around 3.5 months ago) rubiks cube and beat my PB like 10 times ... the first lube ive ever used ... got sub 25 seconds (24.60) ... shouldve had a 23 but i didnt turn one side ........ I CANT WAIT TO GET MY FIRST DIY AND CRC LUBE W/ IT FOR XMAS, 5 DAYS!

 

[*LukeMayn*]

did a 15.94 solve using:
3CFCEP

 

[Mike Hughey]

4:31 PLL time attack. On square-1! Using Jason Baum's method. I know the time is terrible, but I'm just happy that I can actually get through all 21 PLLs now.

I used images to memorize the few I was still having trouble remembering - it's a nice strategy that I think I'll use more in the future when trying to memorize confusing algorithms. Hopefully eventually I'll get where they're in muscle memory and I can forget the images - it seems like it's already starting to happen.

 

[Sa967St]

3x3x3 in 32.07 on the Heise Sim
my PB before was 45.xx and I've only been using it for 2 days

You are a slow learner.
I was averaging 45 on the real cube when I started using Heise sim. I broke my PB with a 28s solve the 3rd day. And my typing speed was only 35wpm.

nyeh, I use weird controls
oh and my new PB is 23.xx, I usually get between 25 and 35, not too consistent