Weekly competition 2007-31 (2,3,3OH,4,5,BF,SQ1,MG,FMC,MM,PM)

[AvGalen]

Let's consider this the 2nd (and final) practise competition before the Polish Open:

2x2x2
1. L2 F2 D' L' B R' D' L B D2 L' U2 L2 B U L' U' F2 D' F' R2 U L U L
2. F' U2 R2 F U R' U' R' B R2 U B' R2 D2 R' U' R' U2 L B' L2 U2 L2 B2 D2
3. D2 R' U2 L' U R2 D R U' R U F U2 R U2 R F R2 D2 L B D' L2 D B'
4. R' D' B U' R2 D R' B' D' L2 D2 F R2 D' B' U' L U' B' U2 F2 L2 F L' F'
5. R' D' R' D2 L2 U B2 D' F' L' F' D B' R B D L2 B' D2 F D B' R2 F R2

3x3x3
1. R2 D2 U F U2 B2 F D U' L' B F' U' L F U' R2 U' R B' F D2 F D U'
2. B2 F2 D' U F2 D2 L2 D' L' R F2 D2 R D2 U2 L2 R B' D2 U2 R2 F' U' B2 L
3. L D' B D L2 D' B2 D U2 B F' D U' L R2 D F2 R D B' F' L' R2 B2 R'
4. L' R2 D L F' U' B' U' R D2 L' R D L R U' B' L B F2 D2 B' D2 U' L'
5. D' B F U' B' F2 R2 F' D' L R' U L' U L2 R2 D2 U' L' R D2 U' F D2 U'

3x3x3 One Handed
1. B' F2 U' R F' D2 U2 F2 L D U B2 F' U' B D B2 D' U2 B' D F D U L
2. F2 U2 L R' B' F' R2 D2 F' D2 U' F' L R2 B F' R2 U' R2 B' F R2 B' U R2
3. D' U' B F' R2 F L R' U2 B F L2 D' U B2 R U B L R2 B L U2 B F
4. D B2 D U' L D' R B' D B' D2 B' F2 L' R D F U L' F D' L U L2 U2
5. L U L' U F' U L' F D2 R' U' R2 F D U R U' L' R2 D' F' D' U' F D

4x4x4
1. u' F R' B2 F U2 F' R' F2 D L' R U' B' f2 F2 L2 F R2 B f F2 u' f2 F2 L B' L r' R2 f' F u' B f F2 R' U' f' r'
2. U2 F L' f' F2 L' r R D' u' r u2 U' r2 D2 u2 U' R' D2 B2 f D' B R f F' D' B' U2 r B2 F2 L' D u' r2 u2 U' L B'
3. L' r2 R2 D u' f' R2 u2 f' U2 r2 R U2 R D2 u2 L R D' U' f u2 B2 L2 r2 R B' r2 f R' D2 u2 F' L D2 L' r2 R2 f2 F
4. u' F2 r' D u2 U R' B F2 D' F' u' B' U' f L B' r' R2 B f' D2 B' u2 f2 L2 r2 R f' L' f' F' r2 R2 f' F2 L2 R' u2 F'
5. B' f F' D' L r2 R B2 D' U' L2 B' D' r2 B' f F2 D u2 U2 B f2 L2 D' U2 r F' R u U' L r2 R2 u' f R' B' f r2 F

5x5x5
1. f r2 D' U2 B2 u2 L' F D2 L' l r' f l' u b D2 U r F' L F' D' u2 U l U' b2 U' F r2 f2 l2 D R' b2 f' D' B' f' D' l' r2 R B b f F d f' r U' l f' l2 R2 b2 L' b2 D'
2. U R2 D2 B2 d2 r' u' L d r2 f2 D2 d U' b2 L R u' r' u2 F' D l2 R' d u2 U R2 U2 L u B2 f u2 b' L R' B' f2 l2 B' b2 F2 D b f' F2 L' R2 D L r' R' u L' d B2 f2 F2 l
3. B U2 R2 B' d u' L2 r R B R2 D' b2 d2 l D B F2 R' D' b2 D' r R b2 F L R' u U2 L r R' D2 d2 u' U2 B b' F2 L u r' B2 b f2 F2 R u r D2 d2 u U L2 b' L' U' l U2
4. D d' u' U' L' r' U2 l2 r D r' B2 u2 F2 r f L' l B2 l2 d' u2 L2 r' R' b' U2 l b f2 F d2 B2 b' f F' l' r R' U l' r' D U r' u2 l' f' d b F2 U2 b2 u2 l' U' b' D d U
5. d' U B f r' b' d2 R u2 b' D' U' B b' f' l2 D' B' f' u' f' l' B2 b2 l r D2 d2 u2 U2 l2 b' d u' b d F2 L2 b' D' L' l r2 R B b' F2 r' R' U2 r' u' B L l2 b f R' B b'

2x2x2 Blindfolded
1. U F U' R D2 R2 D R B R2 B' D L B U' F' D2 L' B' L' B2 U2 F' R D2
2. L2 F D2 B2 U L U' L' D' B' U B' D2 B R B2 R2 F' L2 D' B2 R' B2 D2 L2

3x3x3 Blindfolded
1. L2 R U' L R2 U2 B' U2 R B2 F' U B2 F D2 B U' L2 R' B D' U2 B' L R2
2. L U' R2 D U2 F L' D' U2 B2 F U' F' L2 R2 B' F2 D B' U2 F L' R' F2 R2

4x4x4 Blindfolded
1. R B2 f F2 U' f' r' R' D F' r2 R2 U2 r2 B' r2 u2 U L R2 f r D B R B2 f F' u U' B' D B2 U' R2 D' u U' R' f
2. f2 r' R B F u U R2 U f L2 f L' r' D' L' r2 R' B' f2 R' B r' U L2 r' R2 u2 U f' D L r' R' u2 B f2 F R u

5x5x5 Blindfolded
1. B b2 L' l2 r2 R2 B' L2 U l2 D' R' D U2 b' d2 b L2 R b' L l D2 f2 l' F2 L D d' b f2 F L' B r D2 u' U B F U2 b' r' B2 b' f' F r2 b2 f' R B b2 l2 r R' B2 u2 B' U'
2. U l d B u r' B b' D' L2 R' b2 f' F d' u' U2 b' D2 u l2 D' l F L' D' B L' l' r D f2 L2 R' U L2 R' D d R U2 L l' r2 D2 d u2 U2 b' F2 u2 l F' d2 r B2 F2 R U L

Square-1
1. / 0,6 / 3,3 / 0,3 / -3,2 / -2,4 / -1,4 / 0,4 / -3,0 / 6,5 / 0,1 / -4,0 / 3,0 / 0,1 / 0,4 / -2,0 / 3,4 / -4,0
2. 0,5 / -2,3 / 3,3 / 0,1 / 2,4 / 2,0 / 4,0 / 5,0 / 6,0 / 0,1 / 0,3 / 0,2 / 0,4 / -2,0 / -4,0 / -2,2 / -2,4 / -1,0
3. / 0,3 / -5,3 / 0,3 / 0,3 / 0,2 / -2,0 / 0,3 / 0,5 / -2,3 / 0,4 / 0,4 / 0,3 / -2,2 / -2,4 / 3,0 / -4,0 / 2,2 /
4. 0,-3 / 6,0 / -3,3 / 1,0 / -2,4 / 0,2 / 4,2 / 0,2 / 0,2 / 0,2 / 0,4 / 6,0 / 0,4 / -4,0 / 5,2 / 0,4 / 6,2 / -2,0
5. -3,3 / 3,0 / -5,2 / 2,4 / 0,2 / -2,2 / 6,2 / 6,0 / 6,4 / -4,0 / 2,0 / -2,2 / 6,3 / 2,3 / 4,0 / 6,0

Magic (Just do 5 solves)
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MegaMinx (If you don't know notation, learn it from the WCA! Scrambling MegaMinx is a pain in the ....)
1. A E b4 c2 a2 e d2 a2 e3 C2 e2 f2 b3 a2 d3 a3 f2 D e f4 D4 d4 f b3 c2 e2 C2 D4 b4 a4 b E e4 B C4 f4 e2 f4 a3 c2 e B3 D A c4 b e3 C2 F4 f2 a2 c3 E a4 e4 a b3 D3 b2 f2
2. a2 e4 d2 c f e4 d2 e2 B4 F c3 a f3 b4 c f4 D4 b2 c3 d f4 b3 d4 F4 E4 a4 e3 C f2 D4 b4 E4 c4 b2 c4 E F4 E c2 f4 D3 E4 a2 f3 C b e B2 d2 f D C3 e f2 e f2 a4 d4 e B3
3. C B2 b4 e2 a b3 d4 B4 F4 f4 C2 c3 e4 a2 e f a b D d c3 b4 e3 B F f2 e2 B4 A3 c F3 B2 f4 b3 f4 C2 f3 b3 a3 b3 a2 c2 a2 b3 E A4 b2 E c3 b a2 f4 b2 c a4 d4 F3 A4 b e4
4. E c4 d B4 f3 C2 e f4 b4 e B e4 B F2 a4 d3 a2 c a3 c F2 b2 c4 d f b f4 D4 A3 a c2 d2 c3 d2 f4 C4 d2 F3 E2 F4 b3 f3 C4 E3 D C3 e3 d f3 D3 d4 e2 B b a3 b2 e3 C4 F3 d
5. A3 e3 a e2 C4 F A3 B3 A3 C3 c E f D3 b2 D A3 d4 e3 C3 e C2 a4 b D2 F f2 C3 b2 f2 e4 C3 e2 B3 F e2 B3 C d4 f b3 d3 c3 d2 B3 b4 c3 F e3 C4 F2 c2 E3 a4 c F4 d2 B f2 b4

PyraMinx (If you don't know notation, learn it from the WCA! It's really easy. The first (small) letters are for the tips, then come the normal moves)
1. l r' b u' U' L' B L B' R' U' R' L B R L U' B U R
2. u' U L' R' L R B R U B' R' L' R' B' R' L' R B U' B'
3. l r' R U' R U L U R' L' B R' U' R' B U' L' U L' R'
4. u B' U' R' L R B L' R' U L U' B U R L' U L' R' L
5. r' R B L R L' B' R U' B' U' R U B U' B' L' U R L'

Fewest Moves
1. B2 F2 L2 B F2 L' B2 D' U F2 R' D U' B R D U2 L2 R' U B' L' R' F' L B2 F2 U' L' R2 U F2 L R2 B2 L' R' U F L' R' B' L' B2 U (45 moves original)
B F L2 B D' R' B' D' U' R U' L D F2 R' D B' R (18 moves optimal solution, easier to apply multiple times)

All results sofar are online and I will try to get last weeks results done tomorrow. They will become available at http://www.speedsolving.com/showthread.php?t=607

As always: Competition starts now and ends sunday/monday nightchange (officialy), but I will only close a competition after the new one is on-line. That will probably be on monday/tuesday nightchange because I will be driving back from the Polish Open on Monday and won't have internet in the car.

This weeks competition still doesn't include some Other events for competition yet because they haven't gotten 10 or more votes yet. If you want more events, please vote in that topic! Some puzzles ALMOST have the 10 votes, so you can make the difference!

 

[AvGalen]

Fewest Moves Analysis

Reserved for Fewest Moves analysis. I will update this frequently. If you particpate in Fewest Moves, check this post to see if your results are valid!

Erik: 37 moves
Solution: R'U x'y2 DF2RU'R2U2R y' U2 L'U2LD2y F2 uR'FRu'F2 R'D'RUR'DR zy FR2FL'F'R2FLF2
Simplified solution: R' U F D2 L B' L2 B2 L B2 U' B2 U F2 D2 F U' L U F' D2 L' F' L B L' F L B U2 B D' B' U2 B D B2
Explanation:
Cross + 1 corner: R'U x'y2 DF2
2 edges: RU'R2U2R y'
1 edge: U2L'U2LD2 y
Pair + LL edges: F2 u R'FR u' F2
2 corners: R'D'RUR'DR zy
3 corners: FR2FL'F'R2FLF2

Jack: 33 moves
Solution: x2 F' B' R U2 R' U2 x y' L F L' R2 F2 z' y' U' L F' L' F' L' U L U2 L' x' U' L F' U' D R F' U R' F U D'
Simplified solution: B' F' R D2 R' D2 D L D' U2 L2 U' R B' R' B' R' U R U2 R' F' R U' F' B L U' F L' U F B'
Explanation:
2x2x2: x2 F' B' R U2 R' U2
2x2x3: x y' L F L' R2 F2
F2L: z' y' U' L F' L' F' L' U L U2 L'
Orient edges: x' U' L F' U' D R F' U R' F U D'

vlarsen: 38 moves
Solution: RF2L2FR'F'L2S'(z)R B2LU'L'UL2 U'B'LUL'BUBU2B'U'BU2B' R'F2LFL'FRU
Simplified solution: R F2 L2 F R' F' L2 B' F R B2 L U' L' U L2 U' B' L U L' B U B U2 B' U' B U2 B' R' F2 L F L' F R U
Explanation:
2x2x2: RF2L2FR'F'L2S'(z)R
2x2x3: B2LU'L'UL2
F2L: U'B'LUL'BUBU2B'U'BU2B'
OLL: R'F2LFL'FRU

ExoCorsair: 45 moves
Solution: F' B2 R' B R y2 D R D' U2 R F R U L' U2 L U' L' R U' R' L F U F' U2 y' R' F R F' U' y2 L F R' F' L' F' D2 B' L' B D2 F' R F2
Simplified solution: F' B2 R' B R D L D' U2 L B L U R' U2 R U' R' L U' L' R B U B' U2 B' R B R' U' B L F' L' B' L' D2 R' B' R D2 L' F L2
Explanation:
2x2x2 Block: F' B2 R' B R y2
Extending block: D R D' U2
X-cross, F2L pairs: R F R U L' U2 L U' L' R U' R' L
Set-up: F U F' U2 y'
Insert last pair: R' F R F' U' y2
PLL, F perm, OLL skipped: L F R' F' L' F' D2 B' L' B D2 F' R F2

hait2: 42 moves
Solution: B2 F' R' B R2 x' B U2 L B' l' L' U2 L2 B L U B' U B U' B U B' y2 L' d' R d L U' L' B' L U' L' B L' F2 L B' L' F2 L2
Simplified solution: B2 F' R' B R2 D B2 L D' R' L' U2 L2 B L U B' U B U' B U B' R' U' F U R U' R' F' R U' R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2
Explanation:
2x2x2: B2 F' R' B R2
2x2x3: x' B U2 L B' l' L'
3rd pair: U2 L2 B L U B' U B
4th pair: U' B U B'
OLL: y2 L' d' R d L U' L' B' L
PLL: U' L' B L' F2 L B' L' F2 L2

masterofthebass: 46 moves (after small correction)
Solution: U' R' U' R U2 L' F' L' B L' E2 R2 y' R U2 R2 U' R F' U F R' U R r U r' R U R' U' r U' r' U y' L' U2 L U L' U2 R U' L U R'
Simplified solution: U' R' U' R U2 L' F' L' B L' U2 D2 L2 B U2 B2 U' B R' U R B' U B F R F' B U B' U' F R' F' U L' U2 L U L' U2 R U' L U R'
Explanation:
Double x-cross: U' R' U' R U2 L' F' L' B L' E2 R2
3rd Pair: y' R U2 R2 U' R F' U F
4th Pair: R' U R
OLL: r U r' R U R' U' r U' r (this is where the error is. the last r should be r')
PLL: U y' L' U2 L U L' U2 R U' L U R'

AvGalen: 39 moves
Solution: F' B R' B2 R D L U2 D' L B L U2 L U' L' R' U2 R U2 B' R B R' F U R U' R' F2 L F' R2 F L' F' R2 F2 U'
Simplified solution: F' B R' B2 R D L U2 D' L B L U2 L U' L' R' U2 R U2 B' R B R' F U R U' R' F2 L F' R2 F L' F' R2 F2 U'
Explanation:
2x2x2 (5): F' B R' B2 R
2x2x3 (4): D L U2 D'
Cross (3): L B L
3rd pair (4): U2 L U' L'
4th pair (8): R' U2 R U2 B' R B R'
OLL (5): F U R U' R'
PLL (10): F2 L F' R2 F L' F' R2 F2 U'

 

[Sin-H]

2x2x2
Average: 8.03
Times: 8.15 7.29 (7.25) (9.13) 8.64

3x3x3
Average: 15.70
Times: (15.06) 15.80 16.07 15.23 (16.74)

3x3x3 OH
Average: 32.75
Times: 34.88 31.85 31.53 (39.63) (28.70)

...
All the 3 went INCREDIBLY GOOD!

A Sub-35 OH average!
...

 

[Erik]

Erik Akkersdijk:

pyra: 13.68, 12.03, (7.15), 9.84, (14.34)=> 11.85
sq-1: 48.96, (32.75), 35.33, 43.8, (57.63) => 42.70
2x2: (7.44), (3.72), 4.63, 4.77, 4.65 => 4.68
3x3: 13.09, 13.18, (14.15), 13.25, (11.91)=>13.17 decent
OH: 26.81, (24.71), (29.41), 25.19, 26.16=> 26.05
4x4: 57.67 (P), (53.18), 54.40 (O), (61.61) (O), 58.27 (O)=>56.78
5x5: 1:52.36, 1:54.69, 1:48.28, (1:55.78), (1:39.78)=> 1:51.78
--BLD--
2x2a: 35.52
2x2b: DNF I have no idea what went wrong :S 6 sec memo
3x3a: 4:31.05 First FULL TuRBo solve!!!
3x3b: 2:42.71 just wanted to see how fast I was still with oldschool
pochmann
--FMC--
R'U x'y2 DF2RU'R2U2R y' U2 L'U2LD2y F2 uR'FRu'F2 R'D'RUR'DR zy FR2FL'F'R2FLF2 = 37
Explanation:
After doing CF last week I decided to do EF this week
(1)I first went for the easiest cross which was orange and I could solve one corner with it too which was nice.
R'U x'y2 DF2
(2)solve 2 edges with
RU'R2U2R y'
(3) now I puzzled a bit I wanted to keep that pair in the LF slot but I could find a good way to continute after LF'L'F so I tried
U2L'U2LD2 y
(4) again I puzzled a bit here but surprisingly the edge orientation alg I know for this case also solves the edges
F2 u R'FR u' F2
(5) now I could nicely solve 3 corners with:
R'D'RUR'DR zy
(6) and finally I found a nice commutator like thing to solve the last 3 corners quite fast. After F the right 2 corners are interchangable with R2:
FR2FL'F'R2FLF2
I have to say I was quite surprised with the result of a great 37 moves!

 

[masterofthebass]

Dan Cohen

2x2x2
Average: 7.73
8.18, 7.56, (5.69), (8.31), 7.44

3x3x3
Average: 18.60
16.21, 20.40, (16.02), (24.16), 19.18

yes... finally. The first one was a PLL skip, but everything else wa normal.

3x3x3 OH
Average: 57.39
54.58, (46.25), (1:09.69), 52.42, 1:05.16

ow... my hand still hurts even though I did this second.

4x4x4
Average: 1:25.81
(1:09.75), (1:35.60 O), 1:34.80 O, 1:14.15 P, 1:28.47 P

my new PB... It would have been 1:08 but my stackmat's acting up and I used my keyboard. Those middle 2 were just off.

5x5x5
Average: 2:15.46
(2:29.09), (2:04.55), 2:11.63, 2:08.50, 2:26.26

first ant last were not good, all the others were done sub 1:40 edges+centers.

Pyraminx
Average: 12.36
11.97, (15.61), (11.60), 12.49, 12.63

Square-1
Average: 1:25.61
1:00.57, (59.88), 1:31.24, 1:25.01, (1:44.48)

w/e

---BLD---

2x2x2:
1. 46.27
2. DNF

3x3x3:
1. 2:23.29
2. DNF

 

[AvGalen]

Congrats on the sub-20 Dan!

 

[masterofthebass]

Thanks Arnaud. I've been doing it in avgs of 12 just not for the comp. i would like to be the first to congradulate jon on the sub-2. He beat me to it. I was pretty close too.

 

[ExoCorsair]

2x2x2: 9.58
(11.76) 10.70 (7.02) 7.18 10.87

WOW, BRUNO/PI OLL EVERYTIME. T_T

3x3x3: 23.10
24.04 20.84 23.43 (17.27) (24.13)

Sub-13 F2L every time, yay. 4th solve was an OLL skip, yay.

3x3x3 OH: 1:05.59
1:08.22 (57.19) 1:10.33 (DNF) 58.22

Woot, two sub-1's.

4x4x4: 1:43.16
1:45.08 1:42.45 1:41.95 (1:28.09) (1:50.71)

4th solve had sub-45 centers + edges.

5x5x5: 2:14.41
2:16.72 2:09.43 2:17.08 (1:55.76) (2:19.49)

WHOO, FIRST SUB-2!!!

2x2x2 BLD: 1:06.83
DNF 1:06.83

 

[AvGalen]

Dan, It seems you have improved more on 3x3x3 and Jon has improved more on 5x5x5. If you get your edge-pairing faster and Jon gets his 3x3x3 faster you can probably both do sub-2. I still have a lot of catching up to do on 5x5x5. My centers are just to slow. If I do a 50+60+50 solve I am happy lately.

 

[Jack]

Jack Moseley

2x2x2
Average: 8.66
Times: (7.55), 9.18, 8.11, 8.69, (9.66)

On the permuting part, I am really slow when you just have to switch two in the same layer, and I got that case on all solves but the first...

3x3x3
Average: 19.45
Times: 19.68, (17.06), 17.33, 21.33, (24.13)

Could have been better, but I had bad crosses and several N perms...

3x3x3 OH
Average: 31.98
Times: 31.22, (23.19), (39.31), 33.58, 31.13

Awesome! New PB on the second solve, and sub 32 average!

4x4x4
Average: 1:25.53
Times: 1:25.13 P, 1:24.63 OP, (1:33.22 OP), (1:21.52), 1:26.83 P

5x5x5
Average: 3:00.07
Times: 2:38.61, (4:29.90), (2:30.31), 3:15.53, 3:06.06

Two really good solves, two okay solves, and one horrible solve! I screwed up on the last move for the edges and had to redo a bunch of centers and most of the edges.

Square-1
Average: 1:06.91
Times: 1:14.53, (47.09), (1:42.02), 57.22, 1:08.97

Parities on the first, third and fifth solves.

Megaminx
Average: 2:49.08
Times: 2:54.40, (3:12.72), (2:36.47), 2:45.09, 2:47.75

This average is better than my old PB!

Fewest Moves
33 moves
2x2x2: x2 F' B' R U2 R' U2
2x2x3: x y' L F L' R2 F2
F2L: z' y' U' L F' L' F' L' U L U2 L'
Orient edges: x' U' L F' U' D R F' U R' F U D'

Done in about 25 minutes. I found a pretty good 2x2x3, then when I was finishing the F2L I saw a lot of LL blocks floating around, but since I didn't know what to do with them I just finished the F2L, and amazingly they arranged themselves into a solved LL except for 2 edges oriented wrong! I oriented them using an easy commutator, cancelling out two moves.

BLD

2x2x2: 1:18.02
2x2x2: 49.86

3x3x3: DNF (4:51.36)
3x3x3: DNF (5:14.68)

I think both 3x3s were off by parity algs.

I am skipping magic this week, because mine nearly broke and is feeling pretty fragile right now.

 

[AvGalen]

Switching 2 adjacent is easy and reasonably fast (T-Perm or corner 3-cycle), but 2 opposites is bad. If you use Ortega you can avoid 2 opposites by building exactly 1 horizontal bar on the D-Layer. I used that tactic at the Lyon Open and it worked out great!

 

[tim]

Tim Habermaas

2x2x2
Average: 17.27
(12.25) (21.35) 17.79 17.13 16.88

3x3x3
Average: 23.50
(27.29) 24.31 (22.31) 22.55 23.62

3x3x3 OH
Average: 2:01.88
1:59.21 (2:17.06) 2.13.73 (1:20.16) 1:52.65
It hurts like hell...

4x4x4
Average: 3:58.79
(4:37.80) (3:43.31) 3:59.20 3:46.19 4:10.99

2x2x2 BLD
Best: 1:04.79
1:04.79 DNF

3x3x3 BLD
Best: 2:46.33
2:46.33 3:57.58
I went slow at my first solve and fast at my last one. Unfortunately i had to rememorize the entire cube :/.
The corners slows me down a lot. These were the last solves at which i used 3-cycle for corners .

 

[masterofthebass]

actually arnaud, my 3x3 on my 5x5 is not too great. I can avg like low 30s-35 during solves. My edges do end up being done under 1:40, which meas i need to be around 20 seconds for a sub-2... but I just can't get it done. Sometimes my 3x3 even gets up to the 40s. My centers have gotten better, almost always low or sub 40. My edges just need to get sub 60 and I'm set. And again, I have been practicing the 3x3 the most. Especially with all my big cubes broken. My next thing is probably to learn Guimond.

 

[Jack]

Switching 2 adjacent is easy and reasonably fast (T-Perm or corner 3-cycle), but 2 opposites is bad. If you use Ortega you can avoid 2 opposites by building exactly 1 horizontal bar on the D-Layer. I used that tactic at the Lyon Open and it worked out great!

I only had the one where you switch two adjacent, but for me that is much slower than switching two in each layer, and probably most of those solves could have been around 7 seconds. I just timed myself on both and the two adjacent switch move usually took about 2.5 seconds, whereas one adjacent switch took about 3.5-4. By the way, I use Guimond so I can't avoid that case very well.

 

[hdskull]

Sikan Li

3x3x3: (20.80), 21.66, (24.88), 23.30, 21.44 => 22.13

finally got my 3x3 back, okay considering 1 week of no cubing.

 

[ExoCorsair]

my 3x3 on my 5x5 is not too great. I can avg like low 30s-35 during solves.

That is enough to sub-2, apparently.

My edges do end up being done under 1:40, which meas i need to be around 20 seconds for a sub-2... but I just can't get it done.

So work on centers and edge pairing.

My edges just need to get sub 60 and I'm set.

Bingo.
Although a sub-35 center would help too.

 

[masterofthebass]

... If I was at 35/60 would put me at 1:45, which is where I'm at now. So therefore, I would get a 2:10ish avg, which is still respectable. (top 15 in the world )

 

[ExoCorsair]

... If I was at 35/60 would put me at 1:45, which is where I'm at now. So therefore, I would get a 2:10ish avg, which is still respectable. (top 15 in the world )

Actually, it'll put you at 1:35.

So, um, what's up with the 2:2x.xx solves you had? :confused:
Maybe you should work on consistency first...?

 

[FrankMorris]

Frank Morris

2x2 - (10.08), (5.83), 6.53, 5.84, 6.00 = 6.12 avg
3x3 - (17.31), 14.75, 14.72, 16.11, (13.69) = 15.19 avg
4x4 - (50.34), 56.86, (60.50), 52.33, 50.61 = 53.27 avg
5x5 - (1:55.18), 1:49.15, 1:41.44, 1:50.90, (1:40.08) = 1:47.16 avg

I couldn't really be much happier with my results. My 3x3 was a little iffy. Looking forward to meeting you all in a couple of weeks!

 

[ExoCorsair]

Wow, those are some really awesome times, Frank. Going for the 4x4x4 WR in addition to reclaiming the 5x5x5 one?