Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 10.12, 11.28, (7.31), (11.78), 10.83 = 10.74
3x3x3: 36.45, 33.19, (30.19), (37.84), 31.14 = 33.59
3x3x3 OH: (1:09.33), (54.84), 1:00.36, 1:01.27, 1:02.36 = 1:01.33
4x4x4: 1:57.83 P, (1:53.84), 2:09.22 P, 2:10.90 O, (2:23.98) = 2:05.98
5x5x5: 3:58.28, (4:03.76), (3:28.78), 3:41.60, 3:47.85 = 3:49.24
The 2x2x2 scrambles were really easy this week (but I’m still no good). For 3x3x3 OH, 54.84 is my new PB. Good times on 3x3x3 and 4x4x4 for me, bad on 5x5x5.
2x2x2 BLD: 1:00.56, 57.20 = 57.20
3x3x3 BLD: 3:25.29, DNF (3:30.14) = 3:25.29
4x4x4 BLD: DNF (21:05.70), DNF (28:00.03) = DNF
5x5x5 BLD: DNF (53:08.64), DNF (50:15.40) = DNF
For 2x2x2 BLD, 57.20 is my new PB. The big cubes BLD were depressing – it’s the first time I’ve ever tried and missed all 4.
And the times were pretty mediocre as well. 4x4x4 memorization: 10:00, 11:40; 5x5x5 memorization: 26:30, 24:30.
PyraMinx: (31.49), (50.48), 46.93, 41.50, 33.59 = 40.67
I’m not actually this bad at this (bad, maybe, but not this bad). Right before this I was averaging 20-25 seconds per solve. But just before I started, my brand new PyraMinx that I bought at cube4you (
http://www.cube4you.com/218_Pyraminx-with-Fluorescent-labels.html) had one tip pop out about half an inch, so now it practically falls apart in your hands when you turn it. Very depressing, since it was so expensive. Anyway, I couldn’t bring myself to not compete after that, so I just went really slowly and managed to mostly avoid pops.
MegaMinx: (22:14:19.61), 22:59.69, 15:49.59, 16:00.73, (14:20.44) = 18:16.67
Yes, the first time there is 22 *hours*, not 22 minutes. I thought it would be fun to have my first experience with a MegaMinx be a competition solve. (And I’ve been careful to not read any instructions for solving it before now, so it wouldn’t spoil the attempt. All I knew was that people said, “you can use a lot of the things on the 3x3x3 to solve it.” But I didn’t really start trying those even until a couple of hours into it.) So, as soon as I got my $5 MegaMinx from cube4you, I applied the first competition scramble. Unfortunately, it was late at night, so I needed to go to bed, and then get up the next morning and go to work, so I had to wait until that night to finish it. So I just let the timer run until I was done. I really spent about 4 hours total on it. The second one was a little easier – surely this is the biggest improvement ever in a set of 5 solves in a competition, isn’t it? (Almost 60x from first attempt to second, almost 100x from first to last!) Since it wasn’t done all in one sitting, I’ll be okay with it if it counts as a DNF – it doesn’t affect my average anyway.
Relay: 7:14.32 (2x2x2: ~0:12, 3x3x3: ~0:38, 4x4x4: ~2:25, 5x5x5: ~4:00)
Square-1: still working on the first scramble
Fewest moves: 44 moves
2x2x2: D2 U’ F2 D’ R F2 R’
2x2x3: D2 B’ D’ L2 D2 L’
3rd pair without cross: x’ y2 L’ U’ L U L’ U’ L
4th pair: U2 R2 U R2 U R2 U2 R
fix edges: L F2 L’ R U2
PLL: R L U2 R’ U’ R U2 L’ U R’ U’
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Marie Hughey:
3x3x3: 2:57.77, 2:34.01, 2:53.94, (4:24.47), (2:23.50) = 2:48.57
A bad week for my daughter, I'm afraid. She was averaging under 2 minutes a couple of days ago, but she wasn't concentrating very well on these, I think.
