Weekly competition 2009-01

[DavidWoner]

I thought this deserved its own post

Clock: 8.72, 9.69, (11.61), 9.44, 7.98
avg: 9.28
comment: yay! On video too. I started practicing again, I'm going to try to keep it up this time. NAR will be mine!!!(WR is Koen's lol)

 

[Mike Hughey]

Most ridiculous fewest moves solve ever.

Mike Hughey:
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 28 moves
Scramble: D2 L' D2 R' F2 L2 D2 B2 L D2 L F D B2 L' R2 B R B2 R U2 (21f)
2x2x3: D' F2 R D2 F' L F2 L2 B
finish F2L: D' R B' D2 B D2 R
OLL (PLL skip): F D L D' L' F' L B D B' D' L'
Comment: So can you get any luckier than that? I finished writing it up in 21:30. I quit because honestly, how can I expect to top something that lucky? Just ridiculous.

 

[DavidWoner]

Most ridiculous fewest moves solve ever.

Mike Hughey:
3x3x3 Fewest Moves 28 moves
2x2x3: D' F2 R D2 F' L F2 L2 B
finish F2L: D' R B' D2 B D2 R
OLL (PLL skip): F D L D' L' F' L B D B' D' L'
Comment: So can you get any luckier than that? I finished writing it up in 21:30. I quit because honestly, how can I expect to top something that lucky? Just ridiculous.

I thought the same thing with my 23 mover, but I was clearly mistaken! although perhaps you may be right here, finishing after OLL has less freedom than finishing after F2L. well done Mike!

 

[Mike Hughey]

Most ridiculous fewest moves solve ever.

Mike Hughey:
3x3x3 Fewest Moves 28 moves
2x2x3: D' F2 R D2 F' L F2 L2 B
finish F2L: D' R B' D2 B D2 R
OLL (PLL skip): F D L D' L' F' L B D B' D' L'
Comment: So can you get any luckier than that? I finished writing it up in 21:30. I quit because honestly, how can I expect to top something that lucky? Just ridiculous.

I thought the same thing with my 23 mover, but I was clearly mistaken! although perhaps you may be right here, finishing after OLL has less freedom than finishing after F2L. well done Mike!

Yeah, I figured I didn't have much room to work with to improve it when I had such bad orientation on the last layer but the OLL just happened to solve it. Your 23 mover was lucky too, but it was also a bit more skillful than this one, I think. It's interesting that the same thing happened to me that happened to you on that one: I had resolved that I would do better this week - I was shooting for 30 moves or so. So I think I tried harder to get a really good start. Obviously that can pay off, at least sometimes!

 

[MistArts]

Most ridiculous fewest moves solve ever.

Mike Hughey:
3x3x3 Fewest Moves 28 moves
2x2x3: D' F2 R D2 F' L F2 L2 B
finish F2L: D' R B' D2 B D2 R
OLL (PLL skip): F D L D' L' F' L B D B' D' L'
Comment: So can you get any luckier than that? I finished writing it up in 21:30. I quit because honestly, how can I expect to top something that lucky? Just ridiculous.

I thought the same thing with my 23 mover, but I was clearly mistaken! although perhaps you may be right here, finishing after OLL has less freedom than finishing after F2L. well done Mike!

Yeah, I figured I didn't have much room to work with to improve it when I had such bad orientation on the last layer but the OLL just happened to solve it. Your 23 mover was lucky too, but it was also a bit more skillful than this one, I think. It's interesting that the same thing happened to me that happened to you on that one: I had resolved that I would do better this week - I was shooting for 30 moves or so. So I think I tried harder to get a really good start. Obviously that can pay off, at least sometimes!

D' F2 R as a start looks like something Arnuad had some time ago (making many pairs with 3 moves). And that OLL is ugly.

 

[Mike Hughey]

D' F2 R as a start looks like something Arnuad had some time ago (making many pairs with 3 moves).

That was totally lucky, too - I was only trying to build the 2x2x1 block that's created by those 3 moves - the rest came for free. First I tried U' R2 U R, but that took an extra move, and D' F2 R made it easier to build the UFL 2x2x2 block.

And that OLL is ugly.

Agreed - one of the worst. I looked at it and almost didn't even try it because I figured it would be too many moves. But I decided I could probably reverse it without writing it down, so I just tried it, and nearly fell over when it was solved.

 

[byu]

3x3x3
50.51
50.74
59.33
56.01
50.04

Comment: I was aiming for at least one sub-50 second solve, but I got close at least.

4x4x4
Not done yet.

3x3x3 BLD
Not done yet.

 

[Kian]

2x2x2: 7.56, 7.28, (5.05), 6.98, (11.59 +2) Average= 7.27
3x3x3: 21.17, 21.27, (22.08), 19.08, (19.03) Average= 20.51
4x4x4: 1:43.40, 1:38.69, 1:44.77, (1:58.23), (1:28.42) Average=1:42.29
5x5x5: (2:49.62), 3:14.55, DNF, 3:23.27, 3:13.17 Average= 3:17.00
3x3x3_bf:
3x3x3 OH:
2-4 Relay: 2:08.08
2-5 Relay: 5:34.19
Square-1:
Magic:

 

[AvGalen]

Most ridiculous fewest moves solve ever.

Mike Hughey:
3x3x3 Fewest Moves 28 moves
2x2x3: D' F2 R D2 F' L F2 L2 B
finish F2L: D' R B' D2 B D2 R
OLL (PLL skip): F D L D' L' F' L B D B' D' L'
Comment: So can you get any luckier than that? I finished writing it up in 21:30. I quit because honestly, how can I expect to top something that lucky? Just ridiculous.

I thought the same thing with my 23 mover, but I was clearly mistaken! although perhaps you may be right here, finishing after OLL has less freedom than finishing after F2L. well done Mike!

Yeah, I figured I didn't have much room to work with to improve it when I had such bad orientation on the last layer but the OLL just happened to solve it. Your 23 mover was lucky too, but it was also a bit more skillful than this one, I think. It's interesting that the same thing happened to me that happened to you on that one: I had resolved that I would do better this week - I was shooting for 30 moves or so. So I think I tried harder to get a really good start. Obviously that can pay off, at least sometimes!

D' F2 R as a start looks like something Arnuad had some time ago (making many pairs with 3 moves). And that OLL is ugly.

I can't decide which is weirder:
a) That you see a resemblance between one of Mike's and mine solutions (seriously, good work on analysing others solutions)
b) That I remember which solution you are talking about just because you wrote down "many pairs with 3 moves"

And good job on inversing an OLL you know Mike!

 

[Jude]

Jude Wright

2x2x2: 5.39, 4.45, 5.58, 6.77, 9.76 = 5.91 --> I'm learning CLL, and as you can see my times are still quite eratic. My recognition was poor on the last 2 solves, and they spoiled the average

3x3x3: 19.44, 21.95, 19.74, 21.69, 20.38 = 20.60 --> Meh, not good, but not particularly bad either.. Consistent at least.

3x3x3 BLD: DNF, 2:43.86, DNS= --> Was happy with 2:43, (seeing as I'm so out of practice at BLD) so I didn't bother starting the last.

3x3x3 OH: 28.02, 31.84, 29.36, 32.64, 32.73= 31.28 --> I haven't done OH in weeks, and I didn't warm up at all, so it's not really a surprise this was so bad.

4x4x4: 1:34.11 (O), 1:41.78 (O), 1:32.26, 1:37.52 (OP), 1:43.34 (O) = 1:37.80 --> Good, but could be better if it wasn't for damn OLL parities! (takes me like 6 seconds to execute). Last week I said "1:38 - Not bad, 4x4x4 is one of the few events I’m actually still improving at.." which is evidently true!

2x2x2 - 4x4x4 Relay = 2:10.70 --> , ever since I got that 1:40 I consider anything sup 2 bad

Megaminx: 7:05.30, 6:26.41, 5:38.09, 6:08.72 (POP), 5:19.52 = 6:04.39 --> Got this earlier today Other than these 5 I've done 1 full solve ever, it was about 7 and a half minutes. My improvement is so noticable it's awsome

Pyraminx: 9.52, 10.11, 11.69, 12.62, 7.62 = 10.44 --> Good, perhaps a PB? It's hard to keep track of records when you start a new event and beat them every week

EDIT:

Square 1: 1:50.38, 2:37.97, 1:26.50, 1:47.34, 56.98 = 1:41.41 --> Shoddy average but awesome single solve - my first sub minute! The difference between the 2 sub 90s and the rest? No parity!! Parity alg still takes me like 30 seconds to execute

5x5x5: 4:26.00, 3:41.91, 3:37.58, 4:31.11 4:01.28 = 4:03.36 --> Heh, well I just borrowed this of Edavies and I'm not too good yet My first 5 timed solves with it

 

[cuBerBruce]

Bruce Norskog

3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 49 moves
Solution: F' U R' B R' F2 U' D2 B2 D R2 D' R2 D' R' B' R D L B2 L' D2 R D' R' B' D B D' B2 L' F L B2 L' F' U2 L F U2 F' D2 F U2 F' L' U2 L D2
Explanation:
2x2x2: F' U R' B R' F2 U'
2x2x3: D2 B2 D R2 D' R2
F2L minus 1 slot: D' R' B' R D L B2 L'
Edges: D2 R D' R' B' D B D'
Corner 3-cycle: B2 L' F L B2 L' F' (L)
Orient 2 corners: (L') U2 L F U2 F' D2 F U2 F' L' U2 L D2

4x4x4 Fewest Moves: DNF
Comment: My first time trying this - used too much time. Too late too, I believe.

My eventual Solution: 97 twists

Rw L Fw Lw B2 Dw' Bw' D2 Bw Uw' L F Dw' L' B2 Dw R2 F Dw
U D' B' D U B' U' Fw F U' F' U D F D' B R' B' R Fw' U R Dw L U2 L' Dw'
U L2 U F2 B R' U2 R D L2 D' B2 L F' D F B D B' D B R D2 R' D' B D2 B' D2
B D F D' B' D F' B' D F D' B D F' D R' U R D2 R' U' R

Centers:
Rw L Fw Lw B2 Dw' Bw' D2 Bw Uw' L F Dw' L' B2 Dw R2 F Dw (19)
Edge Pairs:
U D' B' D U B' U' Fw F U' F' U D F D' B R' B' R Fw' U R Dw L U2 L' Dw' (27)
3x3x3:
U L2 U F2 B R' U2 R (8)
3x3x4:
D L2 D' B2 L F' D F (8)
F3L minus 1 slot:
B D B' D B R D2 R' (8)
Edges:
D' B D2 B' D' (5)
Corner 3-cycles:
D' B D F D' B' D F' (8-1)
B' D F D' B D F' D' (8)
D2 R' U R D2 R' U' R (8-1)

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike Hughey:

2x2x2: 10.06, 11.15, 10.93, 10.93, 11.31 = 11.00
3x3x3: 28.02, 25.81, 35.91, 27.91, 29.66 = 28.53
4x4x4: 1:51.58 (O), 1:45.18, 2:07.00 (OP), 1:48.27 (O), 1:43.08 = 1:48.34
5x5x5: 2:55.72, 2:53.09, 2:41.28, 2:41.78, 2:28.71 = 2:45.38
6x6x6: 5:16.64 (O), 6:01.74, 5:57.34 (P), 6:20.48 (POP), 5:27.07 (O) = 5:48.72
7x7x7: 9:02.52, 8:39.24, 7:43.20, 7:59.98, 7:45.75 = 8:08.32
2x2x2 BLD: 56.02, 37.81, 58.02 = 37.81
3x3x3 BLD: 2:30.00, 2:34.55, DNF = 2:30.00
4x4x4 BLD: 8:52.28 (4:01), 8:14.46 (3:58), 9:11.41 (4:11) = 8:14.46
Comment: Very nice! My best non-lucky solve ever. (No, I STILL haven’t ever beaten 8 minutes, not even with a lucky scramble. )
5x5x5 BLD: 21:21.19 (11:35), 15:41.10 (8:03), DNF (16:52.17, 8:30) = 15:41.10
Comment: Second one was my second-best ever. Third one was very scrambled – the cube was misoriented when I finished.
6x6x6 BLD: DNF (39:29.09, 18:18), DNS, DNS = DNF
Comment: Off by 6 obliques.
7x7x7 BLD: DNF (1:01:23.46, 32:00), DNS, DNS = DNF
Comment: Off by 3 inner wings. I memorized two images out of order.
3x3x3 OH: 46.22, 53.30, 56.77, 50.53, 53.00 = 52.28
Magic: 2.71, 2.47, 2.44, 2.47, 2.25 = 2.46
Master Magic: 4.47, 4.56, 4.68, 5.11, 4.72 = 4.65
Clock: 23.59, 23.16, DNF, 20.22, 18.08 = 22.32
MegaMinx: DNF (55:19.32, 32:13), 48:11.31 (24.30), 2:37.69, 2:57.83, 2:54.71 = 18:01.28
Comment: First one had 3 twisted corners, 3 cycled corners, and 9 edges wrong. Second one would have been UWR if it weren’t for the one little tiny fact that Ryosuke Mondo got one twice as fast a week earlier. (Mondo is awesome!) It’s all Arnaud’s fault for making that extra competition at the end of the year. I love my average time.
Pyraminx: 15.08, 24.34, 30.28, 31.46, 19.18 = 24.60
Square-1: 47.75, 48.91, 58.46 (P), 53.84, 1:08.80 (P) = 53.74
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 28 moves!
Comment: See solution earlier in thread.

 

[joey]

3x3bld:1:11.31 1:01.13 46.88DNF
Off by 6 edges (I fogot them)

 

[guusrs]

FMC: D2 L' F' B U' F2 B' D B L2 B B' D2 B2 D B2 L B' L' B D B D L2 U U B' D B U' B' D' B (30)

explanation:
turn pre-scramble moves L2 U to understand:
2x2x3: D2 L' F' B U' F2 (6)
F2L minus pair B' D B L2 B (11)
last pair+ edges LL: B' D2 B2 D B2 L B' L' B D B D (23)
correction: L2 U (25)
last 3 corners: U B' D B U' B' D' B (31)
No good/better insertion found

Congratz Mike, Truly an amazing solve. Couldn't see a trivial shorter F2L/LL combination in your solution

Gus

 

[AvGalen]

grrrrr time limit for FMC

Inverse scramble: U2 R' B2 R' B' R2 L B2 D' F' L' D2 L' B2 D2 L2 F2 R D2 L D2

2X2X2 (5): U' L D2 F R'
2X2X3(7): (B) U' (B2) L D2 F R' (finding those extra B-moves made me lose a lot of time)
Everything except 5 edges (13): (B) U' (B2) L D2 F R', L' F2 D F' D' F

That's all I had when time ran out. Cube Explorer has a beautiful solution for those 5 edges: F2 L' (U D R2 D2) B' (D2 R2 D' U') F2 L2 (13f*)


2x2x2: 7.25 6.00 6.97 8.16 4.91 = 6.74
3x3x3: 27.46 24.53 27.94 24.13 20.94 = 25.37
4x4x4: 1:30.78 1:31.86 1:26.21 1:18.96 1:30.13 = 1:29.04
5x5x5: 2:19.34 2:18.46 2:19.02 2:14.41 2:10.69 = 2:17.30
6x6x6: 4:30.57 4:24.02 4:56.36 5:39.97 4:50.21 = 4:45.71
7x7x7: 7:00.33 6:14.15 6:52.15 8:12.81 6:57.77 = 6:56.75
2x2x2_bf: 56.13 46.41 DNF = 46.41
3x3x3_bf: 4:39.81 5:17.28 DNF = 4:39.81
3x3x3_fmc: DNF
3x3x3_oh: 39.96 44.11 49.02 46.31 38.71 = 43.46
3x3x3_match: 3:03.80 58.84 1:11.16 56.93 1:17.36 = 1:09.12
234-Relay: 2:03.77
2345-Relay: 4:21.78
23456-Relay: 8:55.30
234567-Relay: 17:39.27
Magic: 2.28 1.84 1.68 2.13 1.69 = 1.89
Master Magic: 5.08 7.38 4.78 5.30 4.96 = 5.11
Clock: 16.71 19.03 18.00 21.83 17.88 = 18.30
MegaMinx: 3:20.58 3:13.63 3:09.55 4:11.06 3:17.91 = 3:17.37
PyraMinx: 12.41 DNF 13.52 15.16 7.97 = 13.70
Square-1: 1:06.69 1:34.19 1:28.83 45.06 53.11 = 1:09.54

 

[MatsBergsten]

Results

Ok, so far not so good.

I've made a result parser. It still requires a lot of manual editing, but that can be improved. Next step is to add the scoring points.

I had to start somewhere, I choose the beginning of this year. I'll work forwards first, then perhaps backwards to 2008 and 2007, no promise however. We'll see if I can catch up with Arnaud presenting the competitions.

Then I am dissatisfied with the presentation. I made some tables but this forum presentation destroyed them. Does anyone know if you can insert e.g html-code or something else to make nice tables. :confused:

Or if this is possible in this presentation environment (what is it called, there must exist a specification?!).

Most important though is if the results are wrong. Then please tell me so I can fix the program.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Ok, so far not so good.

I've made a result parser. It still requires a lot of manual editing, but that can be improved. Next step is to add the scoring points.

I had to start somewhere, I choose the beginning of this year. I'll work forwards first, then perhaps backwards to 2008 and 2007, no promise however. We'll see if I can catch up with Arnaud presenting the competitions.

Then I am dissatisfied with the presentation. I made some tables but this forum presentation destroyed them. Does anyone know if you can insert e.g html-code or something else to make nice tables. :confused:

Or if this is possible in this presentation environment (what is it called, there must exist a specification?!).

Most important though is if the results are wrong. Then please tell me so I can fix the program.

Sorry if I somehow misled you by saying you'd have to do them yourself; Arnaud might not like this - Arnaud was supposed to be the one to do it. Although Arnaud, it looks like you have a very willing helper here! Mats, maybe you doing this will get him to finally get it done?

 

[AvGalen]

Arnaud might not like this

Are you kidding me? Arnaud is liking this a lot!

Arnaud is working forwards from "Worlds 2007". I am curious how good Mats automatic process is. I hope he only takes the results of the solves. In the past I have noticed a lot of errors with people calculating their own averages.

Formatting on this forum sucks. tabs or multiples spaces don't work and HTML doesn't work.

The only thing that works the forum codes like ,

, etc

 

[ExoCorsair]

Ehmm, I did 2x2x2 blindfolded, not 2x2x2 speedsolve in this competition...

Human error or bug, I wonder. >.>

 

[DavidWoner]

yes, that layout is excellent. Great work Mats!