Competition to celebrate new ao5 World Record. 500 USD prize pool

[ProStar]

Oh SHOOT I just reread the scoring, and apparently someone with super long solves doesn't have a good shot of winning $100, so I just spent 20 minutes solving two scrambles for nothing xD

I gave up as soon as I saw someone had a solve 2x fast as my solve with a super easy fake scramble lol

 

[Hazel]

Oh SHOOT I just reread the scoring, and apparently someone with super long solves doesn't have a good shot of winning $100, so I just spent 20 minutes solving two scrambles for nothing xD

I gave up as soon as I saw someone had a solve 2x fast as my solve with a super easy fake scramble lol

To clarify: I did two solves over the course of 20 minutes, turning suuuper slowly, to intentionally get super long times because I thought one of the $100 prizes was for slow solves :/

 

[ProStar]

To clarify: I did two solves over the course of 20 minutes, turning suuuper slowly, to intentionally get super long times because I thought one of the $100 prizes was for slow solves :/

Oh rip lol

 

[icarneiro]

I'm going for the number 5) prize i guess... I didn't fake solves hahah

 

[Batman123]

Mean:7.56
Scramble 3: U' R2 B U' L' F' R D2 U L' F2 D2 R' F' D B' D' U'
Time: 7.31
Solve: B2 R L2 F L U2 R2 F U R U' R2 U' B2 D' R2 U' R2 D2 F2

Scramble 4: L B2 U2 B' R' D2 R' B L B F' U2 L D R2 B R
Time: 8.15
Solve: R U' R2 F L' U2 D' F D F2 B2 R B L2 U2 F2 U L2 U2 R2

Scramble 5: U' R F U2 F' U2 F2 D' R D' L2 R' F D B2 L' B R' U2
Time: 7.23
Solve: R D' L2 D' F B' U R U F2 D2 L' D2 R2 B2 L2 F2 U' R2 U'

 

[NykoCuber1]

2.74, 2.87, 2.88 =2.83 Mo3
Credit to tipstertrickser for the solution

2.74

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Scramble1: R2 F' U2 L D' L' D' R D2 U2 F2 L' D2 L' D' B' U'

Solution:
z2
D B U R U2 R F2 D2 U2 L' U R U R' D2 F Rw2

2.87

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Scramble2: D' L D' U2 R2 U' B L U2 B2 R U R2 F2 D' U2 B'

Solution:
z x’
U R2 L D2 B2 R' B' U2 R2 F' U' R B2 R2’ Rw U' Rw

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Scramble4: L B2 U2 B' R' D2 R' B L B F' U2 L D R2 B R

Solution:
x’
R' U' R2 B' L' F2 D U' L' U' R B2 R U F2 U2 Rw'

My PBs are (not on camera) :
2.61, 2.47, 2.56 = 2.55 Mo3

Thanks for organizing the challenge !

 

[kubesolver]

only 1 hour left!

 

[Deadloxz]

Okay I’m so excited!

 

[Deadloxz]

Scramble1: R2 F' U2 L D' L' D' R D2 U2 F2 L' D2 L' D' B' U'
Solution:
z2
D B U R U2 R F2 D2 U2 L' U R U R' D2 F Rw2
Time: 2.40
Scramble2: D' L D' U2 R2 U' B L U2 B2 R U R2 F2 D' U2 B'
Solution:
z x’
U R2 L D2 B2 R' B' U2 R2 F' U' R B2 R2’ Rw U' Rw
Time: 2.34
Scramble4: L B2 U2 B' R' D2 R' B L B F' U2 L D R2 B R
Solution:
x’
R' U' R2 B' L' F2 D U' L' U' R B2 R U F2 U2 Rw’
Time: 2.28
Mean: 2.34 mean
Score: 7.02

Okay I got the last minute solves in just to help my chances just a bit

 

[TipsterTrickster]

This is the best I could get.


Solve 1 (2.32)

Spoiler: Solve 1

Scramble 1: R2 F' U2 L D' L' D' R D2 U2 F2 L' D2 L' D' B' U'
Solution:
z2
D B U R U2 R F2 D2 U2 L' U R U R' D2 F Rw2
Time: 2.32
Video:

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Solve 2 (2.44)

Spoiler: Solve 2

Scramble 2: D' L D' U2 R2 U' B L U2 B2 R U R2 F2 D' U2 B'

Solution:
z x’
U R2 L D2 B2 R' B' U2 R2 F' U' R B2 R2’ Rw U' Rw

Time 2.44
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Solve 3 (2.42)

Spoiler: Solve 3

Scramble 4: L B2 U2 B' R' D2 R' B L B F' U2 L D R2 B R
Solution:
x’
R' U' R2 B' L' F2 D U' L' U' R B2 R U F2 U2 Rw’

Time: 2.42
Video:

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Mean: 2.32, 2.44, 2.42 = 2.39
Score: 7.18

Edit: lol I was 1 minute late submitting this, oh well.

 

[brododragon]

I did it only to realize it’s gmt time...

 

[Batman123]

only 1 hour left!

Did you mean day?

 

[brododragon]

Did you mean day?

He's right

 

[kubesolver]

Did you mean day?

No, I meant 1 hour.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Congrats to @CuberStache for winning Prize 2. Please contact me for your voucher.

I will count the scores and do the lottery later this week for the remaining 3 prizes.

 

[cubeshepherd]

No, I meant 1 hour.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Congrats to @CuberStache for winning Prize 2. Please contact me for your voucher.

I will count the scores and do the lottery later this week for the remaining 3 prizes.

More importenly then you thanking others, thank you so very much for hosting this thread and for you generosity with the prizes. We all sincerely appreciate it, and I had a wonderful time participating (despite my bad times) : )

 

[asacuber]

whoops i thought it was midday GMT and waited until today to prepare my solutions xD

 

[kubesolver]

Ok, So now the lottery.

I suggest that someone select 1 coupon from each category. We start with prize 3) then 4) then 5). If someone who already won a prize is selected we draw again.

Anyone is welcome to draw. If two people draw at the same time then whichever post shows here first counts.

Spoiler: boring technical details

I have calculated probability of winning for each particpant for each prize based on the rules from the post 1.

Then I gave each person a number of tickets proportional to their probability of winning a given prize. Ticket might look like "kubesolver, you won a prize 3. Ticket 3/12" or something similar. For example AbsoRuud has 18 tickets for the lottery in prize 3, while deadlolxz has 70.

Then I applied sha1 to each of those tickets and here is a list of those hashes.

When someone selects a hash I reveal who is the winner and everyone can verify that it's the right person by checking the hash. I will publish the list of all tickets after competition if there is a need to.

Spoiler: Prize 3 tickets

0093e 02103 02b78 02dcd 03461 034dd 051ab 05587 05ba1 06153 06498 065b7 09b71 0c62c 0d746 0de98 101e3 109a0 109b9 116c8 11d48 122bb 12828 1289a 12900 1432c 16473 166c2 17aed 1803b 188f8 19c6f 19e17 1a1b3 1a286 1bdd7 1d56c 1e0da 1e17c 1eedc 224a7 2296a 23e24 278ad 27e8e 2814a 2b01f 2c7c1 2cb4e 2fcbb 30b4a 30db7 3171d 31ff4 3426c 34eca 351d6 35422 358cd 35fa3 36255 38507 385dc 38f24 3942e 39dcb 3b2e8 3be52 3bee7 3eeed 3f05f 3f701 40539 40ec7 435b4 43f8d 44843 46da7 4a64e 4a8ba 4c005 4c64c 4d1c2 4d651 4f664 4f8ae 4f94a 51d66 53e03 54fb6 557cd 57c61 592ba 59756 59b68 5a503 5a554 5ac79 5af79 5b12d 5b347 5b79b 5b802 5b828 5ba2d 5bb49 5cc75 5dd08 5de84 5e096 5f802 600c1 61393 61f65 62096 6376c 63cb7 63e5f 6432a 64eee 6523e 65c17 66341 67075 6903f 69c41 6b188 6b653 7043e 70b1a 7156e 71baa 7379d 74b36 755bc 75e2c 767b3 77ded 77f21 78d01 7950b 79d16 79f41 7a8f9 7af67 7b184 7c4b7 7cb5a 7de3d 7f809 81ec9 821dd 823b8 84606 85f89 860af 87a28 88ec8 8961f 8992a 8bf6f 8c6d5 8d7da 8d943 8e5ea 8e7f9 8e81f 8e92d 8e9ef 8f4a2 8f4cd 90147 90273 923a1 92f3d 93945 949d9 995c7 999cd 9abe7 9c676 9d27a 9ebef 9f547 a02de a0a8f a0f56 a15b2 a1661 a2be5 a35ae a3f1d a5f17 a6b5d a7f4d a88d4 a9a89 aa923 aaa6b ab573 ad382 ad401 afc14 b05ae b06f8 b0e77 b12b1 b16ed b1b60 b2e9b b38dd b3f66 b4cbc b5ff3 b6167 b67de b8b86 b9ffb bb4e7 bf924 c078c c12ba c1cc1 c214b c2757 c2d13 c4c66 c67dc c700d c713a c7436 c772f c7750 c7753 c88c8 c89d6 c8b4f cbada cc6b0 cdb1b cdca8 ce04a cecac cf07b d059e d0825 d0d04 d1cef d2852 d2e41 d4e01 d4f55 d8162 d958e da3f5 db622 dbe8c df76a dfc2a e094c e1bd2 e4c01 e558b e6a80 e8325 e8832 e8cc0 e950a e98c0 e9d4d e9f52 ed102 edf15 ee87b ef17a ef8ea efa35 f0452 f0aa7 f1331 f154e f32aa f35fe f38c1 f3df8 f415e f486b f523c f593a f5a2b f6246 f6613 f6eac f96c7 fb2b5 fb5c7 fb832 fc98b fcd18 fe5a6

Spoiler: Prize 4 tickets

009c3 02ca7 068b4 0793e 07a1f 08ee7 0a91d 0b02a 0beb8 0cf65 0f2e2 0f374 11a73 11c2f 13d7c 14783 148ea 17277 17a6e 1a014 1b280 1beff 1c9fc 1d194 1e160 1e425 1ed88 20894 2276c 23d05 23da4 242ed 25296 25357 26b6e 26da5 27e92 280f5 287b1 28d1d 2a6e8 2b36c 2bda7 2be08 2c8f3 2e137 2ec73 2fa2a 3053e 307bd 30842 3142c 327a3 32cc6 33366 344b7 35d4b 386c6 38992 38c71 39b9f 3a4bc 3b715 3d07e 3ebcc 3fff3 40e4b 42d5a 43a87 44328 44521 45397 45505 4735c 4872a 49111 49ac7 49d74 4a58b 4a9b6 4b6f9 4e97b 4f5ab 515c1 52c81 53550 535b8 53eb6 54540 54b03 561cf 568a7 57c9f 583cb 58e50 591aa 5928a 5a148 5b93a 5c85f 5e569 5f721 61a7f 62c60 64d2f 6710d 69936 6c4d1 6c676 6e368 726b0 7356c 73585 73df0 74561 761ec 7944a 7a28e 7d095 7e157 7ea59 7ee06 7f14d 7fc33 802e5 8110f 83eb5 8556d 87fb3 89175 89219 8a60a 8a677 8ed79 8f27d 8f969 959ae 9668d 967e1 986b0 98e59 99e27 9b8fb 9bd2d 9bd52 9f384 a0a3f a0fac a2b79 a3d27 a48ed a54dc a5b0b a6467 a64d7 a84af a92b9 aca2a afa2c b0152 b21c4 b3093 b4060 b4e05 b60cb b626a b63b3 b7a98 b973f ba30b baddd bb752 bbb1b bdc91 bf19c bf234 c06ce c2767 c40e0 c4fd1 c6ba2 c7507 c8745 c911c c9381 c9679 c9dae caec0 cc04e ce016 cea69 ced07 cede8 d06da d0ae3 d22a1 d3cce d578e d5cca d60b2 d6594 d69f7 d7b57 d9172 da025 da871 dae6c daf50 dbbd2 dd6e4 de887 dec81 dec8c df0c1 e143e e5247 e6ee5 e7ce9 e8036 e91f4 e9d4c ebd8a ec475 ec9c7 ed579 ee54a f0457 f54f8 f933c f97ac fa73b fb2cd fb825 fda18 fdca6 ff6a2

Spoiler: Prize 5 tickets

1380f 29375 42056 67043 6f075 730da 8799a 9d278 b1e3e b2727 b2a90 c7c08 e8268

 

[TipsterTrickster]

Prize 3! I pick 3f05f

 

[kubesolver]

3f05f - the winner is @fun at the joy ! Congrats

 

[Cuberstache]

Oh, now I see what you were doing. I pick 38992 for prize 4!