Weekly competition 2007-46 (2,3,3OH,4,5,BF,SQ1,MG,MMG,FMC,MM,PM,Relay)

[AvGalen]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relay
1. (2x2x2) D' L2 B2 U2 B2 R2 U R' U R2 D2 F' L' B' R' D L D B' U' B2 D2 R D L'
1. (3x3x3) D U2 B' F D B' F U' L' F2 L' R2 D L2 B' R D L2 R2 B2 F' L B L' R
1. (4x4x4) F' u U2 L u B2 f u r2 B2 L2 D2 u' U2 F' u2 f' u' B f F2 r' R f2 L2 D2 U' r2 R2 F' u L2 U B2 u' F' L r R2 f2
1. (5x5x5) l' D B b f' F' d' U2 b2 d' L2 D B' b' f2 F' u R' u U2 R B' b2 f' F U r B' d' u' l D2 d u' b' l' R2 B r2 u U L B2 b2 f2 F' L l' r2 R2 f2 F2 D b2 d' r2 R D' r2 F

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

Magic (Just do 5 solves)
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Master 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 ....That is why I now give you the choice between two types of scrambles. The second scrambling method was proposed by Stefan Pochmann at the WCA-site and he explains it here. Currently I will give scrambles by his scrambler, but in the future I might provide scrambles with less moves. Let me (and him) know what you think!)
1. a4 c4 F3 f4 b4 E2 a4 b4 e4 f2 a2 e2 a2 f D3 A d3 F e4 f2 a2 d2 e3 a3 b4 f3 a4 f D2 b4 D4 b2 E c2 E2 c b3 c2 F4 d3 f4 b4 d4 B2 F2 b4 f4 a4 e2 f C f a4 e4 d2 e2 f4 C4 B4 c
2. a d4 a d4 a4 d4 a2 d F2 e4 f2 b2 e3 f2 D2 F3 E3 e2 C f3 D3 f4 e C A3 C c3 e4 C2 F4 e2 f a3 e2 f2 C2 D3 c3 a3 d f e f3 D3 b3 a4 b3 a3 e f3 D E2 c a2 e3 B A e3 B4 A3
3. e2 d3 c E3 b4 D2 C3 e d4 e2 d2 e2 d2 f2 b4 E3 b D4 E2 D A e4 a3 b3 f a3 f D f3 b4 E b3 D e2 a3 c2 b3 a b4 D2 f2 e4 B4 e2 B4 E3 A3 c e2 C4 E e4 B2 a c3 f3 D2 b2 e2 a2
4. f2 a3 e2 f3 a3 e3 d2 B3 b2 d2 c4 d a e C4 e2 d2 B4 e2 a4 d4 F4 B C3 e4 C2 F2 A3 F2 A D f3 D4 F b2 d4 F3 A b e4 d3 c F A2 F3 f3 e f3 C2 c3 f e a4 d3 F2 b4 d3 c4 F2 c4
5. D2 a4 c f3 b2 f4 b3 e4 d B d4 c e4 a4 d B2 f3 D a3 f3 C3 e4 C4 c f3 e B f b4 f4 e B2 E4 f2 b3 d c3 f a e4 d2 c2 E3 c4 b3 c2 b2 c4 f e4 B3 D2 A4 c b4 c2 f D3 d3 c2
1. R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ Y--
R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- Y++
R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- Y--
R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- Y--
R++ D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R-- D++ Y--
R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ Y++
R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- Y--
2. R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ Y--
R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- Y--
R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ Y--
R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ Y--
R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- Y--
R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- Y++
R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ Y--
3. R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ Y++
R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ Y++
R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ Y--
R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- Y++
R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- Y--
R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ Y++
R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- Y--
4. R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- Y++
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D++ Y++
R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- Y++
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D++ Y++
R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- Y--
R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- Y++
R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ Y--
5. R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- Y++
R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ Y--
R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- Y--
R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- Y++
R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ Y--
R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ Y++
R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- Y++

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' B L' B U' L' U R U' B L R L' U L' B' U
2. l b' R B L' U' R' B' L' R U' R' U' B' L' U' R' B' R' U'
3. l' r b' u' L R' L B' R B L' U' R' U L U' L' B R' B'
4. l u' U' R' U B L' R' L' U' B U' R' B' U' B R U' L' B'
5. l' r b' u B' R B' L' U R B L B' L B L R U' B' R'

Fewest Moves
1. U R' D2 U' L' U L B F L R B2 L R' U2 B' F2 U' R' B L U' L2 R2 D2 U' B2 F2 R' F D2 L U2 L' R' D U' L2 R D U L R2 F' L2 (45 moves original)
B2 R2 D' L2 R U L2 F' U2 L B' L2 D' L B2 D' F D' (18 moves optimal solution, easier to apply multiple times)

Just to make sure everyone understands: We follow the official WCA rules for all events. The only exception for this is the experimental scrambling method for MegaMinx. For relay you have 15 seconds of inspection in total, you can use any order to solve the cubes and the rest of the relay-rules should be obvious.

I will try to get 1 weeks results posted every night. 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. Because this competition started a bit later, I will accept results for this competition untill tuesday. That means that next monday and tuesday you will be able to post results for this weeks competition as well as next weeks competition

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

 

[ExoCorsair]

2x2x2: 8.73
8.48 (9.57) 9.55 8.17 (7.27)

3x3x3: 23.33
(24.86) 23.83 (22.32) 23.40 22.78

4x4x4: 1:38.45
1:36.81 (1:46.11) 1:37.61 1:40.93 (1:32.34)

5x5x5: 1:59.40
1:53.23 2:02.97 2:02.01 (1:45.40) (2:06.02)

Magic: 1.53
1.76 (2.02) 1.45 (1.39) 1.40

Master Magic: 3.03
2.98 3.29 2.84 (2.71) (3.31)

2x2x2 BLD: 17.90
17.90 DNF

Relay: 4:52.00 (0:07, 0:25, 1:40, 2:20)


Not a very good competition for me this week...

Fewest Moves: 32
Scramble: B2 R2 D' L2 R U L2 F' U2 L B' L2 D' L B2 D' F D'
2x2x3: R D2 R' D L' U2 F' L B' L' x U2 (11)
3rd pair: D' R D R' D' R x2 (6)
4th pair (pairing): F' U2 F (3)
Insert+LL: R' F2* R F' R U' R' F' L' U2 L U2 (12)

I thought that a 17 move start for 2x2x3+3rd pair was great, but I ended up with no edges oriented afterward when trying to continue CFOP solve. I ended up just spending a good 40 minutes just playing around with F2L insertions and I came up with this (probably never going to get this lucky again)!
* done as F F

 

[alltooamorous]

3x3x3
1. 37.02
2. 39.30
3. (41.48)
4. (33.83)
5. 41.24

Average: 39.19
>.<

 

[ThePizzaGuy92]

Alex Seidler

3x3x3
1. 16.53
2. (14.12) [pll skip]
3. (23.43)
4. 19.64
5. 18.00
>>18.06, all over the place. Not bad, why can't I do this with 12 solves?

Magic
1. (1.45)
2. 1.45
3. 1.84
4. 1.45
5. (2.13)
>>1.58

three 1.45s in a 5 solve average was a little odd, no? haha

I obviously didn't have much time, these were the only averages of the competition that I took

 

[Erik]

Erik:
Merry Christmas!
2: 3.86, 3.91, (3.43), (5.05), 4.38=>4.05 started good.
3: (15.71), 14.46, 13.08, 11.75, (11.41)=>13.10 it got better and better
oh: (32.88), 31.86, (28.81), 31.38, 31.25=>31.50 tried this one with left
4: 57.68, (51.31), (1:12.19), 58.40, 52.72=>56.27 ok
5: 1:41.53, (1:49.63), 1:49.55, 1:47.19, (1:39.28)=>1:46.09 no 5x5 for a week plus new edge pairing method = bad idea
relay: 3:07.25
s1: 38.00, 44.88, (50.53), 50.30, (25.40)=>44.39
m: 1.61, (2.09), 1.78, 1.75, (1.52)=>1.71 since my normal magic is unwired (again) I used my experimental backwards stringed magic
mm: 3.15, 2.80, (4.40), 3.13, (2.61)=>3.03
mega: 1:19.84, 1:18.77, (1:16.00), (1:26.44), 1:16.53=>1:18.38 minx is lame

--BLD--
2x2a: 39.83
2x2b: 31.19
3x3a: DNF
3x3b: DNF

 

[AvGalen]

Erik:
5: 1:41.53, (1:49.63), 1:49.55, 1:47.19, (1:39.28)=>1:46.09 no 5x5 for a week plus new edge pairing method = bad idea
m: 1.61, (2.09), 1.78, 1.75, (1.52)=>1.71 since my normal magic is unwired (again) I used my experimental backwards stringed magic
mega: 1:19.84, 1:18.77, (1:16.00), (1:26.44), 1:16.53=>1:18.38 minx is lame

A new edge pairing method? I feel so betrayed right now
You seem to be experimenting a lot Erik, but it doesn't really seem to work. Just restring your Magic, I know you can do it (and so can I, thanks to you)
And Minx is NOT lame, you just need some serious competition.

 

[Erik]

Arnaud, don't worry it's sort of an extention to your method, but it doesn't really work for me
Oh and I restringed the magic already

merry christmas

 

[llamapuzzle]

If I can lube my cube today and get my times down to a number where they aren't completely laughed at,maybe I'll enter this competition.

 

[Kristoffer]

3x3x3
average:
22.31
Times:
23.62 21.09 (25.56) (30.24) 22.24

Bad times

 

[AvGalen]

If I can lube my cube today and get my times down to a number where they aren't completely laughed at,maybe I'll enter this competition.

On this forum, times are not laughed at. Just start enjoying the competition this week and improve a little every week

 

[aznblur]

2: 9.27, 7.77, (5.38), 9.22, (12.09) --> 8.73
3: (17.98), 20.89, 21.02, (21.48), 18.77 --> 19.93 Same average as last time.
4: (1:18.12), 1:33.52, (1:41.28), 1:20.23, 1:22.94 --> 1:27.86 I hate my eastsheen and rubiks. Lock up so much T_T
5: 2:21.31, 2:28.49, (2:08.62), (2:30.24), 2:23.51 --> 2:22.43
2+3+4+5: 4:10.94 OMG 5x5 done in 2:04.xx! 4x4 in 1:3x.xx.

 

[joey]

3x3: (12.37) 15.05 (20.73) 16.64 16.23 Average: 15.97
Very happy with this! all non-lucky!

2x2: 7.07 7.03 6.64 4.92 4.09 Average: 6.19
The last two were lucky.

2x2 BLD: 32.49 19.92
Good.

 

[Pedro]

2x2 - 7.21
7.34, 7.16, (6.18), 7,14, (9.17)

3x3 - 14.76
14.61, 14.66, (18.73), 15.01, (13.80)

3x3 OH - 25.77
(27.80), 23.87, (21.31), 26.56, 26.88

4x4 - 1:19.10
1:23.54, 1:25.06, 1:08.69, (1:37.88), (1:07.46)
yay! the 1:07 had a OLL skip o.O will post the video at youtube

5x5 - 3:00.83
(3:50.05), 2:56.70, (2:46.36), 3:12.54, 2:53.25

3x3 bld - 1:27.89
1. DNF
2. 1:27.89

Relay - 5:24.93
was 5:22, but I had a +2 penalty on the 2x2 ¬¬
5x5 - 3:20
4x4 - 4:5x
3x3 - 5:10
2x2 - 5:22

FM
y R D' L U' F' R' B (7) - 2X2X2 and a pair
L' U' L R' F2 (5) - 2X2X3
y R U2 R2 F2 R2 U R' U F' U' F (11) - finish F2L
r' U' R U' x' R U' R' U x R' U2 r (11) - OLL
y R2 U F B' R2 F' B U R2 U (10) - PLL

Total - 44

my first try at this (at the week contest)

not that bad, I think

 

[masterofthebass]

Dan Cohen

2: 6.05, 6.13, 6.59, 6.30, 9.55 --> 6.34 good
3: 14.03, 19.03, 15.72, 17.03, 16.53 --> 16.42 needs consistency
O: 32.11, 30.77, 28.96, 37.46, 30.65 --> 31.17
4: 1:25.25, 1:24.31, 1:23.33, 1:24.61, 1:09.02 --> 1:24.08 horrible w/ a capital H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E
5: 1:59.08, 2:09.91, 2:12.68, 2:09.30, 2:05.68 --> 2:08.29

Relay: 3:52.65
2+3=27, 4=1:15, 5=2:10

S-1: 1:05.84, 59.11, 45.78, 48.81, 48.11 --> 52.01
MG: 1.25, 1.33, DNF, 1.16, 1.28 --> 1.28
Py: 13.86, 9.28, 9.22, 10.34, 8.47 --> 9.61

---BLD---

2x2x2
DNF, 35.41

3x3x3
1:59.69, 1:54.83

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

4x4: 66.45 () 61.35 67.68 (53.88) (86.63) 70.31
2x2: 4.95 () (5.87) 5.15 4.49 5.22 (4.11)

I'll live. I'm not in the mood for the other 23852070 events.

 

[Pedro]

added 3x3 bld and Fewest Moves to my results

 

[cmhardw]

Chris Hardwick
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2x2x2 BLD: 26.17 ; DNF
3x3x3 BLD: 2:38.25 ; 1:38.92

All of these were done using my newly completed 1 syllable word letter pair list for corner memo ;-) I literally finished learning all the pairs tonight, and I can't wait until I've had the chance to practice it for a month or so. I'm also going to expand this method to edges, but first I want some practice with the corner words, as I still have delays in remembering which word goes with which letter pair sometimes.

Chris

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 12.21, (13.37), 12.18, 13.21, (11.01) = 12.53
3x3x3: (44.28), 32.94, 33.11, 33.41, (30.67) = 33.15
3x3x3 OH: (50.44), 54.30, (1:10.64), 55.47, 1:00.73 = 56.83
4x4x4: 1:58.14 OP, 2:25.07 OP, 1:56.58, (2:28.51 OP), (1:53.51) = 2:06.60
5x5x5: 3:17.20, (3:02.46), (3:38.18), 3:32.24, 3:11.54 = 3:20.33
A lot of inconsistency here. The OH times are my best in a while. I had a couple of my best 4x4x4 times here, and the 5x5x5 best time is my new personal best. I also used these 5 5x5x5 solves as part of an average of 10 that was also my new personal best - 3:27.53.

2x2x2 BLD: 1:10.64, 1:17.60 = 1:10.64
3x3x3 BLD: 2:54.17, 3:08.87 = 2:54.17
4x4x4 BLD: DNF (18:15.71), DNF (19:52.94) = DNF
5x5x5 BLD: DNF (40:16.13), 41:12.46 = 41:12.46
The two 4x4x4 DNFs in a row were depressing, and I did the 5x5x5 DNF in between them, so I was pretty shaken up about my accuracy after those. After getting a bunch of 4x4x4s in a row a week ago, it was pretty hard to take all these DNFs. But in compensation, getting that second 5x5x5 this morning felt pretty great. I memorized extra-carefully on the second 5x5x5, which is why it was slower than I'd like. The execution on that one was actually pretty fast. Memorization times - 4x4x4: 8:59, 9:50; 5x5x5: 22:10, 23:45.

Relay: 6:36.11

Square-1: 1:51.39, (3:01.11 P), 2:01.83 P, 1:29.13, (1:13.21) = 1:47.45
Magic: (2.60), 3.15, (4.39), 3.14, 3.44 = 3.24
Master Magic: 8.12, 6.73, 9.26, (1:00.16), (6.47) = 8.04
MegaMinx: 3:35.14, 3:23.43, (3:13.52), 3:22.56, (3:47.39) = 3:27.04
Pyraminx: 32.15, 28.44, 28.80, (36.89), (22.07) = 29.80
I'm really happy with my improvement on the square-1 and the megaminx! The best times on both of them here are new personal bests for me. On the master magic, I had a string come loose and put it back and then finished solving it. It was nice to be able to do that.

Fewest moves: 47 moves
2x2x2: F2 R' U B' D F'
2x2x3: U2 B2 R B' R2 B2
3rd pair + cross: F D R' D' F' U' R U'
4th pair: R' U R' U' R' B' R' B
OLL: D' R' F R D R' D' F' D
PLL: R U' B U' F2 U B' U' F2 U2
So disappointing. I've been trying Ryan Heise's linear FMC lately, and I can't believe I'm managing about 50 moves with a linear solve (not being able to take back moves) every week there, but I can only do a few moves better here when I can try it over and over again. What's wrong with me? I'll just keep at it - someday I'll start to get this. I think I'm hurt most by the fact that (a) I can't ever seem to see a non-CFOP last layer solution (the one exception was my best ever attempt - 36 moves), and (b) I'm pretty rotten at efficiently doing an F2L; I haven't ever tried to optimize it yet (probably also one reason I'm still over 30 seconds on 3x3x3 speedsolve).

Oh, and Chris - good job with your new memorization method on the little cubes! Pretty great times for a new method, I'd say - it looks like it's going to be successful for you!

 

[philkt731]

Oh, and Chris - good job with your new memorization method on the little cubes! Pretty great times for a new method, I'd say - it looks like it's going to be successful for you!

You can use this memo method not only on little cubes but also for big cubes, like the edges of a 4x4, the wings of a 5x5, or the middle edges of a 5x5. It's pretty versatile