Weekly competition 2009-30

[ender9994]

2x2: 8.47, 10.02, 9.44, (2.38), (12.03) ... 9.31 average

3x3: (21.83), 23.75, (27.48), 22.20, 23.33 ... 23.09 average

4x4: (2:40.01), 2:39.92, 2:05.56, 2:24.86, (1:49.38) ... 2:23.44 average

2 to 4 relay: DNF

2x2 blind: DNF, 3:21.74, 2:41.48 ... 2:24.48

Quick question: Is it required to put all the times down and not just the average? It seems like it would be easier to make the final ranking lists if only the averages were given.

 

[Gurplex]

3x3
0:19.08 0:21.97 0:16.96 0:18.33 0:18.18
Average: 0:18.53
yay a good average!

4x4
1:22.97 1:00.46 1:04.34 0:55.31 1:03.96
Average: 1:02.92
34 second reduction on 55.31.

5x5
1:55.58 1:44.58 1:53.34 1:49.46 1:45.13
Average: 1:49.31
kinda bad... the counting 1:50 took out the suave from this average.

RAINBOW

 

[dannyz0r]

3x3: (33.70) 34.45 (37.03) 34.78 33.76 Avg:34.33

5x5: (5:03) 4:47 4:20 (4:16) 4:34=4:27

 

[elimescube]

2x2x2: (5.53), 5.30, 5.18, (1.93), 4.52 = 5.00
Fourth scramble was too easy! Only 8 turns.
3x3x3: 17.91, 17.38, 16.80, (19.63), (14.75) = 17.36
4x4x4: 1:08.84, 1:07.83, 1:09.84, (1:10.27), (1:06.53) = 1:08.84
Awesome!
5x5x5: 1:44.69, 1:49.08, (1:44.43), 1:48.77, (1:57.21) = 1:47.51

 

[PeterV]

PeterV:

2x2x2: 9.18, (17.69), 8.51, (2.89), 12.58 = 10.09 avg.
Comment: Blew the second and last solve, but amazing 4th scramble!

3x3x3: (32.46), 31.64, 28.26, 26.80, (25.42) = 28.90 avg.
Comment: Good.

2-4 Relay: 3:21.65
Comment: Good.

2-5 Relay: 9:37.56 (O)
Comment: Good.

Magic: 1.48, 2.14, 1.51, (3.62), (1.42) = 1.71 avg.
Comment: Pretty inconsistant.

 

[mav]

3x3x3 : 31.31, (38.12), (27.10), 29.67, 34.09 = 31.69

 

[Tim Reynolds]

Tim Reynolds:

2x2: 7.90 5.71 6.68 (2.02) (8.36) = 6.76
haha @ 4th scramble
3x3: (17.36) 15.46 16.59 (15.13) 16.59 = 16.21
surprised i can still do this well after really never doing 3x3 for a long time
4x4: 1:08.27 (1:08.08) 1:13.28 (1:36.38) 1:17.72 = 1:13.09
5x5: (2:15.27) 2:13.05 2:08.15 (2:06.96) 2:11.97 = 2:11.06
6x6: (4:17.44) 4:45.43 (4:57.75) 4:55.53 4:29.46 = 4:43.47
7x7: 7:21.41 (7:03.69) (8:45.77) 7:11.66 7:04.15 = 7:12.41
3x3 oh: 36.86 38.97 (28.77) 38.27 (39.05) = 38.03
234: 1:38.75
4x4 was about 1:08
3x3 fm: 38
Solution: D2 B D2 R2 B' D U F L F' L' F L B' D2 B U B' D2 B F2 U2 F2 U' R U2 R' U' R U R' L F R' F R F2 L'
2x2x2: D2 B D2 R2 B' D (6|6)
2x2x3: U F L F' L' F L (7|13)
F2L minus 1 pair: *U F2 U2 F2 (4|17)
F2L: U' R U2 R' U' R U R' (8|25)
Random OLL that puts some stuff together: L F R' F R F2 L' (7|32)
Insert B' D2 B U B' D2 B U' at * (6|38)

Not very nice scramble or solve for me.

Magic: (1.31) 1.33 1.44 (DNF) 1.52 = 1.43
Master Magic: 3.66 (3.15) 3.28 (3.97) 3.97 = 3.64
Megaminx: (2:08.90) 2:00.47 (1:55.81) 1:58.93 2:02.59 = 2:00.68
Pyraminx: 12.56 (9.09) (18.83) 12.09 9.46 = 11.37
Clock: 19.58 20.88 (16.36) (DNF) 19.53 = 20.00

 

[pjk]

Patrick Kelly
2x2: 08.21, (09.17), 06.42, (01.29), 05.50 => 6.71
First 2 solves killed it.
4x4: 1:00.10, (57.87), 1:05.30, (1:09.06), 1:06.92 => 1:04.10
So out of shape on 4x4

 

[vvtopkar]

Ved T. (vvtopkar)

2x2: (8.05), 7.93, 7.03, (1.03), 5.33 => 6.76
Yay sub 7!!!

3x3: (24.06), 25.34, 27.15, 26.33, (28.15) => 26.27
Ok, I would have liked a sub-25

Magic:

 

[stray]

FMC: L U2 L' U L' D' F' L2 B2 R B2 F2 L2 D' L' D L2 B2 L F L' F U' F2 D' F U F' D B2 (30)

L U2 L' U L' D' F' L2 B2 R B2 F2 block 2x3 (12)
L2 D' L' D L2 another block 1x2x2 (17)
B2 F2L leave 1 mismatch slot (18)
L F L' F U' F2 D' F U F' D lucky with all corner done (29)
B2 correction (30)

So intersting ending. After a terrible 12 moves start, I have no idea about expanding to normal F2L, so just solve a random block, then a mismatch slot appears, it seems be a good way to finish this time.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

3x3FMC: 34 moves

Scramble: D2 L2 U2 L2 U F2 U B2 R2 B' R B2 U L' F2 U2 B U' F D F2

2x2x2 block: L R2 U' B' U2 R'
Double x-cross: R D R2 B' R B
3rd pair: R2 D' L' D R2
Solving F2L on D preserving the UFR block: B L B' L' B L' B' L
Last 5 pieces: y x' U2 F' U' L' U' L2 F' L2 U' L U F2

Moves in italic cancel.
Underlined moves become L'.

Final solution: L R2 U' B' U2 D R2 B' R B R2 D' L' D R2 B L B' L' B L' B' L' y x' F' U' L' U' L2 F' L2 U' L U F2

 

[blah]

FMC: L U2 L' U L' D' F' L2 B2 R B2 F2 L2 D' L' D L2 B2 L F L' F U' F2 D' F U F' D B2 (30)

L U2 L' U L' D' F' L2 B2 R B2 F2 block 2x3 (12)
L2 D' L' D L2 another block 1x2x2 (17)
B2 F2L leave 1 mismatch slot (18)
L F L' F U' F2 D' F U F' D lucky with all corner done (29)
B2 correction (30)

So intersting ending. After a terrible 12 moves start, I have no idea about expanding to normal F2L, so just solve a random block, then a mismatch slot appears, it seems be a good way to finish this time.

 

[stray]

don't scare me

:rolleyes: I check your solution right now, I know why I miss 10 move 2x3 block, I learned heise method and always in that way, so I don't see 1x2x3 first is better,but I can't find a nice ending too.Yours is good with more cancellation.

You always find 14 move triple x-cross, it's my next fmc target

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike Hughey
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 34 moves
Scramble: D2 L2 U2 L2 U F2 U B2 R2 B' R B2 U L' F2 U2 B U' F D F2
Solution: R2 B2 D2 B' R2 D' F' U2 F2 U L' U2 F L' F2 U2 D' F U F' U' D R U' R' L2 U' R B' R' F' R B R'

2x2x2: R2 B2 D2 B' R2 D'
2x2x3: F' U2 F2 U L' U2
3x cross: F L' F2 U . L2 U' F'
solve remaining corners: F R B' R' F' R B R'
insert at .: U D' F U F' U' D R U' R'
U U become U2 before insertion; F' F cancel after 3x cross.

I found this after just 30 minutes. I found the 3x cross after about 15 minutes. It's just too busy of a week with preparing for the Indiana Open, so I decided this was good enough and quit. But it seems like whenever you use an edges insertion, there's almost always something better, so I suspect this could be better. My first non-disaster fewest moves solve in quite a few weeks. It seemed like an easy scramble to me - lots of opportunities.

 

[blah]

I might have beaten blah (which was my primary goal ). But as it is, I guess I'm glad I escaped without a DNF.

Blah thinks you can easily beat him in the forum competitions in a week or two. Blah sucks miserably when there's a one-hour time limit His (relatively) nice solutions have a weird yet consistent tendency of popping up in the 1:10 to 1:30 interval. He just got very lucky in his first two FMCs in the forum competition, that's all

C'mon Mike!

Edit: 1000th post! It's such an honor to have this symbolic post be a response to my BLD hero

Edit:

Wow, I sure have had a bunch of bad solves in a row.

I don't feel very comfortable saying this, but... the streak seemed to have started when I started FMC eh? Maybe the powers that be want me to quit FMC too!

Mike Hughey
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 34 moves
Scramble: D2 L2 U2 L2 U F2 U B2 R2 B' R B2 U L' F2 U2 B U' F D F2
Solution: R2 B2 D2 B' R2 D' F' U2 F2 U L' U2 F L' F2 U2 D' F U F' U' D R U' R' L2 U' R B' R' F' R B R'

2x2x2: R2 B2 D2 B' R2 D'
2x2x3: F' U2 F2 U L' U2
3x cross: F L' F2 U . L2 U' F'
solve remaining corners: F R B' R' F' R B R'
insert at .: U D' F U F' U' D R U' R'
U U become U2 before insertion; F' F cancel after 3x cross.

I found this after just 30 minutes. I found the 3x cross after about 15 minutes. It's just too busy of a week with preparing for the Indiana Open, so I decided this was good enough and quit. But it seems like whenever you use an edges insertion, there's almost always something better, so I suspect this could be better. My first non-disaster fewest moves solve in quite a few weeks. It seemed like an easy scramble to me - lots of opportunities.

Told you so!

(Apologies for the large chunks of quotes )

 

[Mike Hughey]

Told you so!

Thanks - it was nice to finally get a semi-decent one again. I suspect we're currently fairly evenly matched, but that's only because you have so little experience. In a few more months, you'll probably be way past me and be consistently around 30 moves in under an hour. Unless you get bored again and quit this too.

 

[blah]

In a few more months, you'll probably be way past me and be consistently around 30 moves in under an hour.

I vividly recall you saying something similar about BLD... :rolleyes:

Mike's a false prophet!

 

[Mike Hughey]

In a few more months, you'll probably be way past me and be consistently around 30 moves in under an hour.

I vividly recall you saying something similar about BLD... :rolleyes:

Mike's a false prophet!

Oh no, I am - I got one wrong! But that's just because you quit. If you hadn't quit, you would have been better than me long ago. And if you notice, I did put that caveat this time. So this time I won't be wrong, I'm sure. Either you'll get better than me soon, or you'll quit. Again.

You could still pick back up on BLD and get better than me pretty quickly, I'm sure...

 

[fanwuq]

FMC: 33 moves.
Solution 1:
U'RFU'L'R2)BD'RF2D2F')DRD'RDR2DRDR'D')DR'UR2D'RU'F'B'R2FBR)
33 moves cancelling 3 moves.
This is a tough one. The beginning blocks were hard, but it turned out interesting.
Skeleton 2:
U'RFU'L'R2)DF'L'F2LBF2R2F2R'F'RFR2FD2F'R2D'RDR)
28 moves leaving 3 edges.

 

[James Ludlow]

2x2 - 13.95 12.39 (7.50) (15.30) 12.28 12.87avg. Slightly better than normal average I think. Don't know where the third come from.

3x3 - 35.55 (36.98) 33.09 36.95 (31.61) 35.20avg Starting to get a little consistency now.

4x4 - (2.20.34) 2.09.52 2.14.40 (2.01.96) 2.11.65 2.12.52avg Could have got my first sub 2, but OLL parity on 4th, put shot to that. Hurry Deal Extreme with my Meffert's Clone!

5x5 - 4.04.96 (4.00.45) 4.17.80 4.45.55 (DNF). 4.22.77avg It was going really well untill 4th solve. A repeat of my explosion at UK Masters on 5th solve. V5 is next on my shopping list.

Magic - 2.97 (3.38) (2.68) 3.00 2.97 2.98avg Sub 3 average!

Clock - (30.28) 30.00 24.93 (20.53) 26.71 27.21avg Only just changed method to Pochman after Charlie noted how inefficient my method was. Expect improvement.

Square1 - 56.80 1.04.77 (50.58) 1.09.34 (1.10.93) 1.03.64avg Parity on last solve. Pop on 4th. How do I stop my square1 popping???

2-4 Relay - 3.47.88 Double parity.

2-5 Relay - 6.52.06. Four really good solves for me.