Weekly competition 2009-23

[cmhardw]

Chris Hardwick
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3x3x3: 16.04 16.93 (12.81) (17.03) 15.93 = 16.30
3x3x3_bld: 1:39.03, 1:38.70, 1:19.05
4x4x4_bld: 7:31.05, DNF, 6:07.35

 

[tsaoenator]

Andy Tsao
4x4x4: 55.08 O, (58.24 OP), 53.40, 57.82 OP, (45.26 PLL skip) = 55.40 breaking in a new cube.

 

[marineasalia]

Marine Asalia

3x3:- (21.11), (16.94), 18.05, 18.98, 17.75 = avg. 18.26
yay!! nonlucky pb avg. (all solves were non-lucky)

 

[guusrs]

FMC: B2 L' F D' R B2 R D U F D F' U' F D2 F D F2 U L F L2 U L U2 F2 D B (28)
explanation:
turn pre-scramble moves D B to understand:
2x2x3: B2 L' F D' R B2 (6)
all but 3 corners: R D'. F D' F D F2 U L F L2 U L U2 F2 (21)
pre-moves correction: D B (23)
at dot insert U F D F' U' F D' F', 3 moves cancel
Gus

 

[cookingfat]

2x2x2 : 7.46, (9.59), 7.47, (7.27), 8.47 = 7.80
good

3x3x3 : 26.53, (25.81), (34.44), 28.38, 32.11 = 29.01

4x4x4 : 2:23.27, 2:18.46, (2:47.58), (2:13.40), 2:18.78 = 2:20.17
still using Rubik's

2x2x2 BLD : DNF (42.33), 41.58, 61.68 = 41.58
a PB

3x3x3 BLD : 3:15.94, 3:02.90, DNF = 3:02.90
two PBs, just like that.

Didn't do last weeks comp and not done much of this weeks either. I need to cube more.

 

[Kian]

Kian Barry-

2x2x2- (6.11), 6.78, 6.61, (7.73), 6.97 Average- 6.79
3x3x3- 18.40, 17.51, (18.84), 18.13, (15.25) Average- 18.01
4x4x4- (1:08.66), 1:16.76, (1:25.98), 1:19.23, 1:12.29 Average- 1:16.09
5x5x5-2:20.88, 2:18.21, (2:22.05), (2:15.20), 2:16.57 Average- 2:18.55
3x3x3 OH- (55.66), 50.95, 47.69, (45.33), 46.12 Average- 48.25
2-4 Relay- 1:49.80
2-5 Relay- 4:11.22
Square-1- 58.53, (1:15.12), 1:01.08, 1:03.08, (47.11) Average- 1:00.90

 

[Mirek]

FMC

My attempt on FMC failed. After having an interesting all-intuitive start U2 R F L F2 D U2 R2 B' R B' U' B2 D B', I just couldn't find a reasonable finish in the 1-hour time limit. :confused:

Mirek

 

[fanwuq]

My attempt on FMC failed. After having an interesting all-intuitive start U2 R F L F2 D U2 R2 B' R B' U' B2 D B', I just couldn't find a reasonable finish in the 1-hour time limit. :confused:

Mirek

This continuation:
U2 R F L F2 D U2 R2 B' R B' U' B2 D B')B'UB2U'B'UBU'B'U'
is not good enough for you?
After that additional 9 moves (-1 for cancellation and +1 for premove), there is only a 3 corner cycle left to be inserted.
24 moves leaving 3 corners would be decent for me, but I guess for your skill level, anything above 30 is as good as a DNF. Perhaps you can insert something from here and cancel 2 moves to get 30 moves.
Well, this skeleton is only 1 move worse than Guus's.

 

[DavidWoner]

sq1: 16.25, 20.27, 22.71, 16.68, 18.50 = 18.48
very nice scrambles
2x2: 4.03, 4.80, 3.81, 4.94, 4.34 = 4.39
clock: 7.83, 7.72, 7.50, 7.97, 8.52 = 7.84

 

[stray]

FMC: B2 L' F D' R B2 R D U F D F' U' F D2 F D F2 U L F L2 U L U2 F2 D B (28)
explanation:
turn pre-scramble moves D B to understand:
2x2x3: B2 L' F D' R B2 (6)
all but 3 corners: R D'. F D' F D F2 U L F L2 U L U2 F2 (21)
pre-moves correction: D B (23)
at dot insert U F D F' U' F D' F', 3 moves cancel
Gus

It's amazing!
How can you solve the last layer (leave 3 corners) just in 8 moves?

Do you try a lot of finish in one hour?

I always do this in about 15 moves because edge orientation will take some moves,then edge permutation。

Can you give me some tips?

 

[AvGalen]

My results will be added here tonight

(nights later:

2: 8.28 6.75 7.65 9.83 8.11
3: 28.61 25.16 25.19 24.05 22.94
4: 1:42.68 1:38.19 1:28.36 1:36.52 1:20.88
5: 2:13.41 2:17.21 2:07.58 2:17.21 2:04.58
6: 4:36.78 4:20.96 4:21.81 4:31.96 4:12.46
7: 7:16.88 6:59.11 6:20.19 7:11.15 6:56.30
2bf: 1:12.21 1:08.31 DNF
3bf: DNF DNF DNF
3oh: 46.08 40.52 59.03 45.53 42.80
3match: 1:05.77 1:25.80 1:04.59 1:04.38 1:15.90
234: 2:02.77
2345: 4:24.38
magic: 4:09 1.69 1.59 DNF 3.97
master magic: 5.05 5.78 5.22 6.11 6.02
clock: 15.18 16.71 18.18 14.38 16.75
megaminx: 3:15.83 2:58.77 2:36.61 2:44.27 3:10.33
pyraminx: 15.59 17.18 12.08 11.69 10.81
square-1: 39.18 1:11.11 1:01.56 1:04.06 1:39.27
)

 

[fanwuq]

FMC: B2 L' F D' R B2 R D U F D F' U' F D2 F D F2 U L F L2 U L U2 F2 D B (28)
explanation:
turn pre-scramble moves D B to understand:
2x2x3: B2 L' F D' R B2 (6)
all but 3 corners: R D'. F D' F D F2 U L F L2 U L U2 F2 (21)
pre-moves correction: D B (23)
at dot insert U F D F' U' F D' F', 3 moves cancel
Gus

It's amazing!
How can you solve the last layer (leave 3 corners) just in 8 moves?

Do you try a lot of finish in one hour?

I always do this in about 15 moves because edge orientation will take some moves,then edge permutation。

Can you give me some tips?

Learn all LL algs that are 10 moves or less. Learn exactly what they do.
Also try Heise method: ryanheise.com

 

[stray]

FMC: B2 L' F D' R B2 R D U F D F' U' F D2 F D F2 U L F L2 U L U2 F2 D B (28)
explanation:
turn pre-scramble moves D B to understand:
2x2x3: B2 L' F D' R B2 (6)
all but 3 corners: R D'. F D' F D F2 U L F L2 U L U2 F2 (21)
pre-moves correction: D B (23)
at dot insert U F D F' U' F D' F', 3 moves cancel
Gus

It's amazing!
How can you solve the last layer (leave 3 corners) just in 8 moves?

Do you try a lot of finish in one hour?

I always do this in about 15 moves because edge orientation will take some moves,then edge permutation。

Can you give me some tips?

Learn all LL algs that are 10 moves or less. Learn exactly what they do.
Also try Heise method: ryanheise.com

to fanwuq:

thanks a lot for your reply

I have learn Heise method,it's all done intuitively.

LL algs that are 10 moves or less? Can you give me some web link? I have

no idea about LL algs. Do you mean oll and pll in cfop? But in fewest move,

we always leave one slot in f2l, maybe some oll help? Am I right?

 

[fanwuq]

The algs:
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showpost.php?p=163166&postcount=12
I have not learned all of them yet. It would be too much work to know how all these algs affect pieces, but it would be worth it. They are much more useful for FMC than OLL or PLL. (a few algs overlap of course.)
There are many different approaches to FMC, most of them start with an efficient 2x2x3 block.
From there, you can
1. Petrus--orient edges and complete 1 more 1x2x2 block
a) solve all edge; insert corner cycle(s).
b) solve all edges and a few more corners leaving 1 corner cycle. This is the method I use the most.
c) solve all corners and insert edges.
d) Get lucky (skips or nice cancellations.)
2. Heise-- solve 1 more 2x2x1 block, then put the blocks together while orienting edges.
a) solve all edges
b) 2 pair method
c) 1 pair method
See ryanheise.com
3. Just solve all edges intuitively and insert corners.
4. Reduce to R2L2F2B2UD.
These are a few "commonly" used approaches. There there are many other approaches that I have not tried yet and it really depends on the scramble.

 

[MistArts]

Wuquiong, the link you have provided does not work.

EDIT: I just noticed your NR was beaten.

 

[stray]

So nice for your reply! I'll try them later.

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/sh...6&postcount=12

It don't work, can you update a new link?

4. Reduce to R2L2F2B2UD.

THe last step? I don't get it.

 

[fanwuq]

Sorry, fixed.

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showpost.php?p=163166&postcount=12

Stray,

the numbers are different approaches.

See this for the method that reduces to R2L2F2B2UD http://www.ryanheise.com/cube/human_thistlethwaite_algorithm.html

Mistarts,
I found out that a few days ago. I'm still waiting for your AsR. ...or are you going to DNF until you get the WR?

 

[stray]

fanwuq,

Thanks,it really help me!


See this for the method that reduces to R2L2F2B2UD http://www.ryanheise.com/cube/human_thistlethwaite_algorithm.html

It's an interesting method,as the permutation was confined to smaller groop step by step.

 

[MatsBergsten]

Marine Asalia

3x3:- (21.11), (16.94), 18.05, 18.98, 17.75 = avg. 18.26
yay!! nonlucky pb avg. (all solves were non-lucky)

Should this perhaps be posted in week 24? As you have already a 3x3 post in this thread for week 23.

 

[MatsBergsten]

Results week 23

2x2x2(28)

1. 4.14 Escher
2. 4.39 Vault312
3. 4.80 MTGjumper
4. 4.84 SimonWestlund
5. 4.93 fazrulz
6. 4.93 Edmund
7. 5.13 Jai
8. 5.50 Yalow
9. 5.56 elimescube
10. 5.62 waffle = ijm
11. 6.72 trying-to-speedcube...
12. 6.79 Kian
13. 7.30 rickcube
14. 7.80 cookingfat
15. 8.16 rwcinoto
16. 8.52 Lord Voldemort
17. 9.03 alifiantoadinugroho
18. 9.81 Mike Hughey
19. 10.46 maxcube
20. 10.80 Stachuk1992
21. 11.49 anderson26
22. 14.31 ThatGuy
23. 14.43 PeterV
24. 14.46 ender9994
25. 22.07 msemtd
26. 23.25 Edam
27. 23.33 Kev43
28. 23.63 MatsBergsten

3x3x3 (38)

1. 12.57 Escher
2. 12.64 Jai
3. 13.18 fazrulz
4. 13.36 MTGjumper
5. 13.59 Sa967St
6. 14.13 SimonWestlund
7. 16.20 Tortin
8. 16.30 cmhardw
9. 16.68 waffle = ijm
10. 16.83 elimescube
11. 17.21 trying-to-speedcube...
12. 17.29 Ellis
13. 17.87 fanwuq
14. 18.01 Kian
15. 18.04 gavnasty
16. 18.06 byu
17. 18.73 rickcube
18. 19.09 Edmund
19. 19.48 Yalow
20. 19.88 maxcube
21. 20.40 marineasalia
22. 20.49 Lord Voldemort
23. 20.59 qazefth
24. 21.25 Max Neitzel
25. 21.85 alifiantoadinugroho
26. 22.50 mcciff2112
27. 23.78 Edam
28. 24.79 anderson26
29. 25.10 Streetcuber
30. 25.88 kickinwing2112
31. 27.14 Mike Hughey
32. 29.01 cookingfat
33. 29.61 ender9994
34. 32.82 ThatGuy
35. 34.19 PeterV
36. 49.32 msemtd
37. 51.70 Kev43
38. 51.79 MatsBergsten

4x4x4(21)

1. 55.43 tsaoenator
2. 57.11 fazrulz
3. 1:04.83 trying-to-speedcube...
4. 1:05.06 MTGjumper
5. 1:06.95 SimonWestlund
6. 1:10.03 Sa967St
7. 1:12.74 Ellis
8. 1:15.54 waffle = ijm
9. 1:16.09 Kian
10. 1:19.18 elimescube
11. 1:36.95 rickcube
12. 1:40.14 mcciff2112
13. 1:41.03 Mike Hughey
14. 1:48.04 maxcube
15. 2:13.67 Lord Voldemort
16. 2:20.17 cookingfat
17. 2:28.49 Max Neitzel
18. 2:29.55 Edam
19. 3:25.58 MatsBergsten
20. 3:52.05 Kev43
21. 4:02.09 msemtd

5x5x5(16)

1. 1:40.87 fazrulz
2. 1:51.39 elimescube
3. 1:54.08 Ellis
4. 2:02.23 MTGjumper
5. 2:03.14 trying-to-speedcube...
6. 2:05.76 Sa967St
7. 2:08.33 SimonWestlund
8. 2:18.94 Kian
9. 2:39.27 Mike Hughey
10. 2:43.75 waffle = ijm
11. 3:09.95 Edam
12. 3:16.84 mcciff2112
13. 3:24.17 rickcube
14. 4:07.12 Lord Voldemort
15. 6:13.95 msemtd
16. 9:36.29 MatsBergsten

6x6x6(4)

1. 3:50.63 elimescube
2. 4:52.65 SimonWestlund
3. 5:51.50 Mike Hughey
4. 11:58.81 msemtd

7x7x7(5)

1. 5:57.26 elimescube
2. 7:01.67 Ellis
3. 7:58.75 Mike Hughey
4. 8:34.86 SimonWestlund
5. 15:07.69 msemtd

3x3 one handed(15)

1. 20.20 Jai
2. 27.76 fazrulz
3. 29.57 elimescube
4. 31.94 Sa967St
5. 34.36 gavnasty
6. 34.88 SimonWestlund
7. 38.25 Tortin
8. 42.27 rwcinoto
9. 42.64 rickcube
10. 46.46 alifiantoadinugroho
11. 48.25 Kian
12. 48.53 Mike Hughey
13. 52.51 Lord Voldemort
14. 58.13 anderson26
15. 2:25.46 msemtd

3x3 with feet(2)

1. 56.77 rwcinoto
2. 1:57.73 Mike Hughey

2x2x2 Blindfolded(5)

1. 25.40 happa95
2. 31.55 trying-to-speedcube...
3. 36.00 Mike Hughey
4. 41.58 cookingfat
5. 1:02.44 MatsBergsten

3x3x3 Blindfolded(10)

1. 1:09.72 happa95
2. 1:19.05 cmhardw
3. 1:30.47 Mike Hughey
4. 2:38.72 trying-to-speedcube...
5. 2:47.40 MatsBergsten
6. 2:51.64 maxcube
7. 3:02.90 cookingfat
8. 4:29.73 elimescube
9. 35:00.00 Lord Voldemort
10. DNF Sa967St

4x4x4 Blindfolded(3)

1. 6:07.35 cmhardw
2. 9:05.81 Mike Hughey
3. 12:47.94 MatsBergsten

5x5x5 Blindfolded(2)

1. 18:36.03 Mike Hughey
2. DNF MatsBergsten

3x3 Multi blind(4)

1. 3/3 elimescube
2. 2/3 alifiantoadinugroho
3. 2/6 Mike Hughey
4. 2/6 MatsBergsten

3x3 Match the scramble(3)

1. 1:25.85 gavnasty
2. 1:33.84 Mike Hughey
3. 5:23.70 msemtd

2-3-4 Relay(16)

1. 1:06.36 fazrulz
2. 1:28.33 SimonWestlund
3. 1:28.68 Sa967St
4. 1:32.64 trying-to-speedcube...
5. 1:34.31 Ellis
6. 1:47.26 rickcube
7. 1:49.80 Kian
8. 2:11.87 mcciff2112
9. 2:12.25 Mike Hughey
10. 2:30.00 Lord Voldemort
11. 3:03.66 Edam
12. 3:13.96 alifiantoadinugroho
13. 3:23.37 maxcube
14. 5:18.72 Kev43
15. 5:21.99 MatsBergsten
16. 6:20.11 msemtd

2-3-4-5 Relay(13)

1. 2:51.69 fazrulz
2. 3:34.73 Sa967St
3. 3:36.36 elimescube
4. 3:43.36 trying-to-speedcube...
5. 3:46.93 SimonWestlund
6. 3:54.52 Ellis
7. 4:11.22 Kian
8. 5:36.52 Mike Hughey
9. 5:54.17 rickcube
10. 6:33.90 Edam
11. 8:50.41 Lord Voldemort
12. 12:01.72 msemtd
13. 13:18.37 MatsBergsten

Magic(7)

1. 1.23 waffle = ijm
2. 1.31 Edam
3. 1.43 PeterV
4. 1.59 Jai
5. 1.75 mcciff2112
6. 1.78 SimonWestlund
7. 1.86 Mike Hughey

Master Magic(3)

1. 4.25 waffle = ijm
2. 4.38 Jai
3. 4.86 Mike Hughey

Clock(3)

1. 7.84 Vault312
2. 21.52 Mike Hughey
3. 38.64 rwcinoto

Pyraminx(9)

1. 7.06 SimonWestlund
2. 7.88 Jai
3. 8.52 trying-to-speedcube...
4. 8.63 Yalow
5. 14.60 waffle = ijm
6. 15.01 rwcinoto
7. 16.23 Yes, We Can!
8. 23.53 Mike Hughey
9. 26.28 msemtd

Megaminx(7)

1. 1:35.06 SimonWestlund
2. 1:37.73 trying-to-speedcube...
3. 2:22.17 elimescube
4. 2:28.57 Sa967St
5. 2:30.84 Tortin
6. 3:13.99 Mike Hughey
7. 6:05.43 msemtd

Square-1(10)

1. 18.48 Vault312
2. 22.28 MTGjumper
3. 34.23 SimonWestlund
4. 39.62 elimescube
5. 40.89 fazrulz
6. 41.65 Sa967St
7. 44.37 trying-to-speedcube...
8. 52.25 rwcinoto
9. 57.08 Mike Hughey
10. 1:00.90 Kian

3x3x3 fewest moves(10)

1. 28 guusrs
2. 35 Mike Hughey
3. 36 fanwuq
4. 37 MistArts
5. 37 stray
6. 38 cuBerBruce
7. 39 elimescube
8. 43 trying-to-speedcube...
9. 45 Lord Voldemort
10. 46 alifiantoadinugroho

Contest results

1. 198 elimescube
2. 197 SimonWestlund
3. 191 Mike Hughey
4. 178 trying-to-speedcube...
5. 172 fazrulz
6. 143 Sa967St
7. 119 MTGjumper
8. 114 Kian
9. 104 Ellis
10. 103 waffle = ijm
11. 101 Jai
12. 99 rickcube
13. 95 Lord Voldemort
14. 71 Escher
15. 67 alifiantoadinugroho
16. 65 msemtd
17. 63 MatsBergsten
18. 62 maxcube
19. 61 Edam
20. 58 cmhardw
21. 55 Tortin
22. 55 mcciff2112
23. 54 Yalow
24. 51 cookingfat
25. 50 Edmund
26. 50 rwcinoto
27. 49 gavnasty
28. 48 Vault312
29. 47 fanwuq
30. 30 anderson26
31. 27 Max Neitzel
32. 26 byu
33. 25 tsaoenator
34. 23 happa95
35. 21 marineasalia
36. 21 PeterV
37. 20 Kev43
38. 20 guusrs
39. 19 qazefth
40. 17 stray
41. 17 ThatGuy
42. 17 MistArts
43. 16 ender9994
44. 15 cuBerBruce
45. 13 Streetcuber
46. 12 kickinwing2112
47. 11 Stachuk1992
48. 5 Yes, We Can!