Weekly competition 2010-01

[Mats Valk]

2x2 : 3.43, (2.53), 4.34, 3.75, (4.28) = 3.84
3x3 : (10.31), 9.88, 9.16, 10.02, (9.05) = 9.69
4x4 : 49.08, 49.69, (51.84), (48.30), 49.18 = 49.32
5x5 : 1:30.83, (1:35.15), 1:25.44, 1:30.96, (1:28.03) = 1:29.07
6x6 : 3:10.46, 3:13,13, (3:16.83), 2:53.34, (2:49.84) = 3:05.64
7x7 : 5:24.90, 5:34.06, (5:09.55), (5:46.03), 5:11,62 = 5:23.53
3x3Oh : 20.11, 20.75, (24.66), (19.25), 24.21 = 21.69
MTS: (1:14.46), 1:09.40, 1:04.94, 58.35, (54.70) = 1:04.23
2x2BLD: 8.91, DNF, 21.77 = 8.91
sq1: (20.00), 24.18, (24.43), 23.38, 22.56 = 23.37
2-4: 1:04,81
2-5: 2:35.88

not bad, 2x2 bld was 1 move layer and i saw the CLL.
The rest was normal.

 

[Anthony]

2x2: (2.86), 2.88, 3.11, (6.08), 3.97 = 3.32
Decent, I suppose.

2x2BLD: 9.27, DNF(8.75), 9.58.
Easy. At least one of them should have been sub 7.

3x3: 13.56, (12.43), 12.61, (16.58), 12.50 = 12.89
Meh. :/

Clock: 22.84, 21.36, (25.96), (19.43), 19.66 = 21.29
I think I'm going to start practicing clock a bit. I just want to be sub 15.

 

[Am1n-]

Am1n-

2x2x2: 10.91 , (9.10) , 11.18 , (11.98) , 10.42 = 10.84
3x3x3: 27.22 , (25.24) , (35.98) , 30.93 , 30.62 = 29.59
4x4x4: 1:50.11 , (1:39.24) , 1:55.71 , 1:52.18 , (2:10.72) = 1:52.67
5x5x5: 2:51.87 , 3:00.90 , (3:06.32) , 2:54.34 , (2:44.09) = 2:55.70
2x2x2 Blindfolded: 1:15.76 , DNF , 1:20.23 = 1:15.76
3x3x3 Blindfolded: DNF (6:35.54) , DNF (7:05.65) , 7:21.26 = 7:21.26

3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 43

Scramble: L2 U2 B2 D2 L' B2 R' B2 F' D B L' U2 L' F' D2 B D F2
Solution: R' B R U' F2 B R' D' R' F' R F D' F D F' D' R' D R F R' F' R D2 R' F R D2 B D' F' D B' D R' U' B' U B R B R (43)

Individual steps + explanation:
2x2x2: R' B R U' F2
==> premove (inverse scramble): F2 U R' B' R
2x2x3: R' B' R' B' U' B U
==> add premove B'
invert everything: (normal scramble)
--> premove: U' B' U B R B R (7 / 7)
--> R' B R U' F2 B (6 / 13)
3x-cross: R' D' R' F' R F (6 / 19)
2 pairs: D' F D F' D' R' D R (8 / 27)
conjugate: F (1 / 28)
Pair 3-cycle: [R' F' R: D2] (8 / 36)
Hide pair:B (1 / 37)
Restore conjugate: D' F' D (3 / 39)
Unhide pair: B' (1 / 40)
Rest: D R' (2 / 43)

2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay: 2:42.36
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Relay: 5:43.83

mvg

 

[Laura O]

2x2x2: 14.44, 10.34, 23.71, 19.61, 19.75
3x3x3: 47.58, 42.05, 40.52, 36.55, 36.56
Clock: 13.47, 14.90, 12.61, 11.05, 11.90

 

[SimonWestlund]

2x2: 3.66, 2.36, 4.85, 4.35, 3.03 = 3.68
3x3: 10.25, 13.21, 12.06, 13.15, 10.51 = 11.91
4x4: 53.96, 1:05.78, 57.26, 58.94, 52.90 = 56.72
5x5: 1:52.42, 1:32.72, 1:48.95, 1:45.30, 1:48.60 = 1:47.62 - Bad.. only one good solve.
6x6: 3:32.49, 3:05.92, 3:23.88, 3:29.96, 3:44.38 = 3:28.78 - DP DP DP PP OP
7x7: 5:09.45, 5:13.49, 5:33.39, 5:11.44, 5:14.32 = 5:13.08
2x2 BLD: 5.72, 14.11, DNF(5.43) = 5.72 - Really easy scrambles! I took a chance on the last one, didn't succeed though.
3x3 BLD: DNF(2:26.32), 2:35.29, 2:02.84 = 2:02.84 - Awesome! Speeded through the last one and I barely had a stop in execution.
4x4 BLD: 22:37, DNS, DNS (yet)
3x3 OH: 25.74, 23.20, 21.20, 22.07, 22.63 = 22.63 - Good
3x3 MTS: 1:13.60, 1:28.67, 1:12.35, 1:09.24, 1:11.45 = 1:12.47
3x3 WF: 2:21.93, 1:53.06, 2:10.20, 2:28.35, 2:44.06 = 2:20.16
2-4 relay: 1:15.89
2-5 relay: 2:59.05
Magic: 1.63, 1.75, 1.61, 1.44, 1.53 = 1.59
Master Magic: 6.78, 8.97, 6.75, 6.81, 6.31 = 6.78
Clock: 16.49, 14.47, 13.61, 14.15, 13.68 = 14.10
Megaminx: 1:10.51, 1:04.24, 1:14.83, 1:08.05, 1:01.66 = 1:07.60 - bad..
Pyraminx: 5.70, 7.07, 5.98, 5.06, 7.47 = 6.25
Square-1: 31.57, 14.83, 23.11, 25.46, 32.31 = 26.71 - bad..

FMC: 43

x' y2 L' U L B' D2 U L U2 F U F L2 F U F' L F L U L' U2 B' U' B L U L' U' L' B L B' L2 F2 L B L' F2 L B' L U F' (43)

premove D to understand
2x2x2: x' y2 L' U L B' D2 (5)
2x2x3: U L U2 F U F2 (11)
rest of F2L: F' L2 F U F' L F L U L' U2 B' U' B (24)
OLL: L U L' U' L' B L B' (32)
PLL: L2 F2 L B L' F2 L B' L U (42)
undo premove: F' (43)

 

[Ryanrex116]

2x2: 5.18, 5.62, 6.52, 6.24, 7.69= 6.13
3x3: 21.58, 19.54, 23.59, 24.47, 17.39= 21.57
3x3 OH: 41.72, 28.47, 27.53, 32.38, 31.98= 30.95
3x3 Feet: 4:34.97, 4:12.74, DNF, 3:51.25, 3:48.53= 4:12.74
4x4: 1:45.85, 1:45.75, 1:38.75, 1:25.01, 1:23.13= 1:36.50
5x5: 2:39.67, 2:34.83, 2:39.22, 2:42.51, DNS= 2:40.47
6x6: 5:32.42, 5:28.81, 5:25.03, 5:05.49, DNS= 5:28.75
7x7: 10:56.76, 8:59.70, 10:07.73, 11:26.32, DNS= 10:50.27
Pyraminx: 8.35, 10.79, 7.68, 8.46, 8.38= 8.40
Megaminx: 2:34.40, 2:52.88, 2:28.84, 2:23.18, DNS= 2:38.71
Square-1: 35.73, 48.91, 43.01, 35.79, 22.96= 38.18
Clock: 16.19, 16.84, 17.06, 18.21, 16.07= 16.70
Magic: 1.38, 1.33, 1.25, 1.28, 1.94= 1.33
Master Magic: 5.52, 4.84, 3.84, 3.30, 4.38= 4.35
2x2+3x3+4x4: 1:55.68
2x2+3x3+4x4+5x5: 4:51.21

Note: On the longer events, I decided to just put DNS for the last solve because I don't have that much time right now.

 

[Kyle Barry]

2x2 - 5.66, 10.98, 9.94, 5.07, 6.29
3x3 - 15.55, 18.41, 17.65, 15.73, 17.44
3x3 OH - 34.43, DNF, 34.94, 22.91, 39.54

 

[mazei]

2x2x2: 6.39, 4.38, 6.50, 3.66, 5.53 = 5.43
Err..

3x3x3: 13.23, 13.12, 15.44, 12.47, 13.55 = 13.30
Damn consistency

4x4x4: 55.76, 59.12, 57.00, 1:.01.33, 57.42 = 57.85
Bad

5x5x5: 1:31.20, 1:44.69, 1:38.66, 1:24.80, 1:34.19 = 1:34.68
Not bad

6x6x6: 3:14.70, 4:18.80, 3:46.24, 3:23.05, 3:30.78 = 3:33.36

2x2x2 Blindfolded: 11.83, 28.72, 53.31 = 11.83
+2 on every solve, didn't care about AUF

3x3x3 Blindfolded: DNF(2:38.81), 2:45.78, 2:02.13 = 2:02.13
Almost sub-2...

3x3x3 One Handed: 23.11, 25.86, 23.59, 26.83, 26.39 = 25.28
Bad...

2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay = 1:18.84
Good time actually

2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Relay = 2:51.05
Almost sub-2:50

Megaminx: 1:34.53, 1:38.42, 1:24.20, 1:29.58, 1:31.14 = 1:31.75
Close to sub-90...

 

[Flicky]

Figured I'd start doing these, I mean, why not? To start off, poor 2x2 and spot the skip...

2x2: 19.08, 10.46 , 16.09, 6.80, 18.82 => Avg 15.12

3x3: Fast solve + luck = new PB. Feels weird.
30.73, 21.57, 35.17, 34.19, 32.22 => Avg 32.28

5x5: Business as usual.
03:53.48, 03:53.57, 04:06.62, 03:51.61, 03:41.28 => Avg 03:52.89 also a PB.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

There we go.

2x2: 2.68, 3.50, 3.91, 3.86, 2.72 = 3.36
3x3: 15.11, 14.50, 14.38, 10.34, 15.31 = 14.66
4x4: 59.68, 59.16, 59.58, 56.18, 53.55 = 58.31
5x5: 1:44.92, 1:37.55, 1:47.68, 1:36.90, 1:38.94 = 1:40.47
6x6: 3:27.29, 3:44.50, 3:26.70, 3:23.90, 3:21.01 = 3:25.96
7x7: 5:14.62, 4:52.17, 4:48.27, 5:03.26, 5:04.57 = 5:00.00 -.-
2x2BLD: 7.06, 7.77, 10.97 = 7.06
3x3BLD: DNF(2:32.20), 1:50.26, 1:29.17 = 1:29.17
4x4BLD: 7:06.11, 6:14.42, DNF = 6:14.42
5x5BLD: 24:26, DNS, DNS = 24:26
MultiBLD: 3/4 22:31 (Off by 3 corners on the last cube)
3x3WF: 2:22.34, 2:45.26, 3:15.17, 2:14.83, 2:35.16 = 2:34.25
3x3FMC: 39 HTM
3x3OH: 25.66, 28.68, 28.80, 28.48, 25.09 = 27.61
3x3MTS: 1:11.58, 1:04.89, 59.76, 53.40, 58.99 = 1:01.21
Magic: 1.38, 1.67, 1.27, 1.19, 2.40 = 1.44
Master Magic: 3.26, 3.39, 7.06, 3.16, 3.46 = 3.37
Clock: 7.30, 10.82, 10.91, 8.70, 10.22 = 9.91
Megaminx: 1:29.83, 1:27.54, 1:30.66, 1:24.72, 1:26.74 = 1:28.04
Square-1: 21.76, 14.79, 20.92, 19.91, 17.02 = 19.28
Pyraminx: 6.00, 6.18, 5.26, 6.48, 7.72 = 6.22
2-3-4: 1:13.38
2-3-4-5: 2:57.84

FMC Solution:

Premove F' to understand.

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

X-cross: U' B L2 B' L' F'
2nd pair: B2 U' D B U D'
3rd pair: R' B' R B2 L U' L' U
ZBF2L: B2 D L B L2 D L D2 F'
ZBLL: L' B2 L D B' L' B' L B D'

 

[MatsBergsten]

Mats B
2010, 52 comps: here we go!

2x2: 10.96 12.19 17.53 11.03 14.85 = 12.69 Major PB
3x3: 42.16 47.36 40.71 59.09 52.84 = 47.45
Nah. Long way to sub-40
4x4: 3:23.44 3:04.55 3:03.08 DNF 3:10.37 = 3:12.79
ok for me, but not one sub-3.
5x5: 8:30.47 6:38.33 7:00.53 8:37.53 7:48.20 = 7:46.40 ok
2-4Rel: 4:09.23 ok
2-5Rel: 11:38.15 ok

Blindfolded
2x2BLD: 42.16 46.28 37.15 = 37.15
3x3BLD: dnf 1:54.89 dnf = 1:54.89
4x4BLD: dnf dnf 10:13 = 10:13
All those ok, but a little worse than I've had lately.
5x5BLD: dnf dnf dnf = DNF
First one 3 corners, second 5 +-centres, third 5 edges.
In the last four weeks I have had 12 solves with dnf.
Almost all of those have been only a few pieces off, it is beginning to be annoying.
Multi: 6/7 = 5 in 57:51
Aww, so close again. This is at least my third 6/7.
The faulty cube had two corners misoriented, a 3-cycle edges wrong.

 

[Jude]

5x5x5: 2:38.75, 2:25.95, 2:34.20, (2:07.58), (2:41.26) = 2:32.97 --> PB Single and average!

More to come later

 

[Micael]

Multi: tomorrow I think. But how many ??

8sdfgsdgdfgdf

 

[schimpler]

2x2x2: 4.71, 6.61, 19.16, 6.59, 6.05
3x3x3: 15.53, 14.22, 15.09, 15.27, 18.28
4x4x4: 1:08.33, 1:17.00, 1:08.22, 59.55, 1:09.77

 

[MatsBergsten]

Multi: tomorrow I think. But how many ??

8sdfgsdgdfgdf

That was fun

When I haven't ever succedded in doing 7 and hardly can squeeze those into the 60 minutes,
why would I attempt 8??? I got to do something to my memo methods first.

Or wait a minute, hmmm. Did you have a not so good attempt this week, I'll
have to check...

Edit: aha, now I see, you want me to go beyond my capacity too

 

[MatsBergsten]

Michael Erskine
4x4x4: (2:08.18), 2:45.23, 3:40.94, (3:41.30), 3:28.93 = 3:18.37
(Way off form! I blame the snow... somehow!)

That was a new excuse , at least when it comes to cubing.
And you don't even live in Sweden Do you also have 30 cm (approx. a foot ) snow
to shovel away on a 40 meters (40+ yards ) driveway??

(I am a firm believer in: "The metric system is conquering Britain, inch by inch".
Or perhaps I am not up to date, am I wrong??)

 

[Faz]

Must. do. some. solves

2x2: 2.51, 2.62, 3.07, 2.59, 2.29
3x3: 8.67, 8.48, 9.51, 9.78, 10.35
OH: 22.35, 20.96, 21.00, 25.84. 18.07
4x4: 42.71, 54.40, 47.71, 44.06, 45.21

 

[iSpinz]

iSpinz

2x2: 15.84, (20.37), 15.39, (14.21), 18.98 = 16.74
3x3: 33.41, 30.38, (35.23), 28.83, (26.00) = 30.87
3x3 OH: (1:53.11), 1:41.58, 1:38.86, 1:39.82, (1:08.94) = 1:40.09
Pyraminx: (27.63), 23.65, (18.32), 20.53, 19.92 = 21.36
Magic= (1.38), 2.10, 1.78, 1.46,( 2.29) = 1.78

 

[Zane_C]

2x2x2 = 11.50

5: (00:07.69)
4: 00:09.79
3: 00:13.06
2: 00:11.66
1: (DNF)

Comments: I'm happy with it all except the DNF

3x3x3 = 26.57

5: 00:24.40
4: (00:24.12)
3: 00:26.89
2: (00:28.94)
1: 00:28.43

Comments: A little disapointing, I applied the wrong OLL case on 2 different solves.

3x3x3 BLD = 07:08.13

3: 07:15.56 (DNF)
2: 10:52.53 (DNF)
1: 07:08.13

Comments: I don't no where I went wrong with the 2 DNF's

3x3x3 OH = 01:01.74

5: (01:34.92)
4: 00:54.49
3: 01:06.01
2: (00:50.20)
1: 01:04.72

Comments: not to bad, I had a lot trouble with OLL on the 5th solve

3x3x3 with feet = 10:21.57

2: 10:21.57
1: DNF

Comments: Didn't want to waste anymore time doing the other 3 scrambles.
This is the second time I've attempted with feet, about half the time was probably undoing moves then actual solving.

3x3x3 FMC = 57

Comments: Very bad, I know full Fridrich and I still exceded the average amount of moves for a Fridrich speed solve, but I did go fairly fast.

 

[ianini]

2x2: 4.50, 7.80, 6.81, 4.86, 6.28
3x3: 20.00, 20.08, 19.69, 28.03, 18.88