2x2x2 Lucky Scrambles

[mmMarco17]

Fail

Hah, Nice catch. I didn't see it until you pointed it out.

Pedro, read the stuff Ben bolded very carefully.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Lol. "There was no step skipped" just looks stupid. No need to attack him for that. Also, by attacking faz you're stepping to the side of reThinker. Which is bad.

 

[Pedro]

LOL
I just read again...haha

(and it's 1:30 in the morning...I wonder why I didn't get it earlier...)

 

[guitardude7241]

wait.. isn't there already a scramble thread?

 

[reThinking the Cube]

What was the official WCA scramble for these solves?

1) Erik Akkersdijk 0.96 Netherlands, Geneva Open 2008
[F' U' F' R2 F2 R U2 R' U F U R2 U F' U2 F2 R' U R F' R U2 R2 U' F] - Edward Lin

2) Rowe Hessler 1.03 USA, Brown Cubing Day 2009
[R2 F2 U R'] - Kyle Barry (unconfirmed)

3) Lucas Garron 1.06 Germany, Stanford Fall 2009
[U' F R2 F' R'] - Ian Jones, David Shi

4) Cameron Almasi 1.15 USA, Stanford Fall 2009
[U' F R2 F' R'] - Ian Jones, David Shi

5) Dan Dzoan 1.33 USA, Stanford Fall 2009
[U' F R2 F' R'] - Ian Jones, David Shi

6) Andy Bridger 1.36 USA, Stanford Fall 2009
[U' F R2 F' R'] - Ian Jones, David Shi

7) Justin Adsuara 1.36 USA, Stanford Fall 2009
[U' F R2 F' R'] - Ian Jones, David Shi

8) Edouard Chambon 1.39 France, Geneva Open 2008
[F' U' F' R2 F2 R U2 R' U F U R2 U F' U2 F2 R' U R F' R U2 R2 U' F] - Edward Lin

9) Antoine Piau 1.46 France, World Championship 2009

10) Tim Reynolds 1.46 USA, Brown Cubing Day 2009
[R2 F2 U R'] - Kyle Barry (unconfirmed)

11) David Shi 1.47 USA, Stanford Fall 2009
[U' F R2 F' R'] - Ian Jones, David Shi

12) Eric Limeback 1.52 Canada, Toronto Open Summer 2009

13) Anthony Searle 1.55 Belize, Toronto Open Summer 2009

14) John Tamanas 1.55 USA, Brown Cubing Day 2009
[R2 F2 U R'] - Kyle Barry (unconfirmed)

15) Michal Robaczyk 1.55 Poland, Polish Open 2009

16) Vicente Albíter Alpízar 1.55 Mexico, Mexican Open 2008

17) Javier París 1.63 Spain, MurciaOpen2008
[F' D2 L2 B' D' B R' D' R' U L' B' L2 U' L2 U2 R2 B2 R2 U2 B2 R2 D R2 D2]

18) Michal Pleskowicz 1.66 Poland, Polish Open 2009
[F' U F U2 R'] - Michal Pleskowicz

19) Arnaud van Galen 1.68 Netherlands, Geneva Open 2008
[F' U' F' R2 F2 R U2 R' U F U R2 U F' U2 F2 R' U R F' R U2 R2 U' F] - Edward Lin

20) Jai Gambhir 1.69 Canada, Toronto Open Summer 2009

21) Erik Johnson 1.72 USA, US Nationals 2009

22) Justin Jaffray 1.72 Canada, Toronto Open Summer 2009

23) Patrick Jameson 1.72 USA, Armonk Spring 2008

24) Thomas Watiotienne 1.75 France, World Championship 2009

25) Anton Rostovikov 1.77 Russia, World Championship 2009

26) Thompson Clarke 1.77 Canada, Toronto Open Summer 2009

27) Jacco Krijnen 1.80 Netherlands, Dutch Open 2009

28) Milán Baticz 1.80 Hungary, Silesia Open 2009

29) Michael Nguyen 1.86 USA, Stanford Fall 2009
[U' F R2 F' R'] - Ian Jones, David Shi

30) Phil Thomas 1.86 USA, Wisconsin Open 2008

31) Sebastián Pino Castillo 1.86 Chile, Bahia Summer 2010

32) Laetitia Lemoine 1.88 France, World Championship 2009

33) Marwin-Peter Kurth 1.96 Germany, World Championship 2009

34) Timothy Sun 1.96 USA, Xi'an Open 2009

Much thanks to those that have contributed already)), but I am still looking for the bolded scrambles above. Searches are NOT coming up with the scrambles, only the results. One scramble that I am particularly interested in, is the World Championship 2009, 2x2x2, First round, 3rd scramble. Doesn't the WCA keep an archived record of all of the scrambles used for these official events?

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

There was a France World Championship?

 

[DavidWoner]

It goes Name Time Country Comp, so "France" and "World Championship" are separate items.

 

[reThinking the Cube]

It goes Name Time Country Comp, so "France" and "World Championship" are separate items.

Careless - my mistake. Thanks for spotting it. Fixed now.

 

[Erik]

Why is it ranked by the list of fastest persons and not fastest solves? I did 3 sub-2 solves in competition so far..
Anyway this thread is stupid, there is no way to define what is lucky and what is not.

Even if you get lucky... now I'll quote myself (and this time it's correct)
"getting lucky is not a crime..."

 

[Anthony]

Even if you get lucky... now I'll quote myself (and this time it's correct)
"getting lucky is not a crime..."

I'm just being picky, but technically that's not right. You forgot the fourth "." lol.

 

[reThinking the Cube]

Why is it ranked by the list of fastest persons and not fastest solves? I did 3 sub-2 solves in competition so far..
Anyway this thread is stupid, there is no way to define what is lucky and what is not.
Even if you get lucky... now I'll quote myself (and this time it's correct)
"getting lucky is not a crime..."

This list is coming straight off the WCA 2x2x2 rankings page. The ranking is according to best single solve time. The purpose of the thread is to get the scrambles that were used for those events, and not to define or redefine what is lucky and what is not. Sorry about the misquotes that were used to impart a little tongue-in-cheek humor. Anyway, you have made yourself quite clear concerning this issue, and now I can at least be quoting you knowing that I am doing so, with 100% accuracy.

"there is no way to define what is lucky and what is not" - Erik Akkersdijk

 

[TMOY]

This list is coming straight off the WCA 2x2x2 records page.

Are you aware that there also exists a page with all fastest solves on the WCA site ? Just choose the "100 results" option...

 

[reThinking the Cube]

This list is coming straight off the WCA 2x2x2 records page.

Are you aware that there also exists a page with all fastest solves on the WCA site ? Just choose the "100 results" option...

Yeah, that is where they came from. Thanks. Are you also aware of a page with the scrambles that were used for those events, or the contact person in the WCA for these types of requests?

 

[RyanO]

This list is coming straight off the WCA 2x2x2 records page.

Are you aware that there also exists a page with all fastest solves on the WCA site ? Just choose the "100 results" option...

Yeah, that is where they came from. Thanks. Are you also aware of a page with the scrambles that were used for those events, or the contact person in the WCA for these types of requests?

"100 results" and "100 persons" are not the same. This is the "100 persons" list.

 

[Lucas Garron]

This list is coming straight off the WCA 2x2x2 records page.

Are you aware that there also exists a page with all fastest solves on the WCA site ? Just choose the "100 results" option...

Yeah, that is where they came from. Thanks. Are you also aware of a page with the scrambles that were used for those events, or the contact person in the WCA for these types of requests?

In case you haven't gotten the idea yet, they are not available. I upload all my competition scrambles, but there is no standard for that. Ron once told me that they have already tossed out the scrambles for Worlds '09.

See this.

 

[reThinking the Cube]

This list is coming straight off the WCA 2x2x2 records page.

Are you aware that there also exists a page with all fastest solves on the WCA site ? Just choose the "100 results" option...

Yeah, that is where they came from. Thanks. Are you also aware of a page with the scrambles that were used for those events, or the contact person in the WCA for these types of requests?

In case you haven't gotten the idea yet, they are not available. I upload all my competition scrambles, but there is no standard for that. Ron once told me that they have already tossed out the scrambles for Worlds '09.

See this.

Thanks. I wasn't aware of that recent WCA forum thread where you, Stefan, Jim, and (Ron) had discussed making scrambles available. I really like what Stefan did with those WCA pages. Is this going to be implemented any time soon? And if so, shouldn't there be a request to save all known scrambles before they are tossed out too?

 

[rubiknerd11]

What was the official WCA scramble for each of these lucky 2x2x2 solves?

Be careful saying lucky. Not all of them are lucky.

Edit: ninja'd by Sarah.

Be careful saying that they are "non-lucky". None of these solvers can average times as good as these, and therefore the only reasonable term to use is "lucky".

"It's not a crime to get lucky" - Erik Akkersdijk

I don't see any reason to contradict Erik. Do you?

well every WR solve on a 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, etc. is not going to be the same as that persons average solve

 

[reThinking the Cube]

What was the official WCA scramble for each of these lucky 2x2x2 solves?

Be careful saying lucky. Not all of them are lucky.

Edit: ninja'd by Sarah.

Be careful saying that they are "non-lucky". None of these solvers can average times as good as these, and therefore the only reasonable term to use is "lucky".

"It's not a crime to get lucky" - Erik Akkersdijk

I don't see any reason to contradict Erik. Do you?

well every WR solve on a 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, etc. is not going to be the same as that persons average solve

LOOK, this thread was not started for the purpose of defining or redefining what "lucky" can or cannot mean. Please get back on-topic now, by generously posting one or more of those requested scrambles. Thanks in advance.:rolleyes:

 

[Lucas Garron]

Is this going to be implemented any time soon? And if so, shouldn't there be a request to save all known scrambles before they are tossed out too?

The WCA is only the WCA, and you should get used to that idea. It's not a formally registered entity, but is run on a volunteer basis, and does not owe anyone anything. Yes, they set rules, and try to stay accountable, but they are still operating in practice.
If you want to change something, though, suggest it. That's how the rules get codified and updated.

That said, I've always been a proponent of saving all the scrambles. Not hard if you do it right, and have someone competent with a PDF creator.

 

[onionhoney]

Getting easy is not a crime...