Mike Hughey:
My non-BLD event of the week:
3x3x3 One Handed: 53.93,
52.42,
1:00.24, 53.50, 58.02 =
55.15
Comment: Wow, that was bad. I think it was partially due to my using my Ghost Hand cube, though - it's terrible for OH. I won't be doing that again.
The BLD events:
2x2x2 BLD: 34.44, 31.81, DNF [28.78] =
31.81
Comment: Third one was off by 3 corners due to executing the algorithm in the wrong direction. Not very good this week.
3x3x3 BLD: 1:15.41, DNF [1:49.25], 1:42.84 =
1:15.41
Comment: Wow, that first one was a nice solve! It must be one of my ten fastest solves ever. Interesting that I tied ManasijV exactly; I think I should win because I got 2/3 successful.
4x4x4 BLD: 7:33.82 [3:54], 7:38.04 [4:03], DNF [8:12.31, 4:03] =
7:33.82
Comment: That's a little better than I've been doing the past couple of weeks. The third one was off by 3 wings because I did 2 images out of order.
5x5x5 BLD: DNF [15:49.54, 8:14], 14:55.74 [8:04], 15:55.83 [8:35] =
14:55.74
Comment: Not too bad. The first one was off by 3 wings - I did 2 images out of order (like the third 4x4x4 BLD). I guess I need to work on fixing that. On the third one, I reoriented 7->10, and unfortunately I wasted over 1:30 choosing an orientation - terrible! I really need to find a way to limit myself so I won't be so stupid about it on difficult-to-orient solves - this could have cost a WR if it had been an official solve.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 11/12 = 10 points, 56:28.72 [35:50]
Comment: Wow! I almost did it! The eleventh cube had 5 corners wrong - I skipped a couple of images in my hurry, but I definitely had them memorized correctly. I wasn't sure I could handle 12 cubes, but I decided to go for it, and it went really well! It's awfully tight for me, though - clearly that's the most I can handle, and it needs to be a good day for me to get them. I added another new room for this attempt, and clearly it went pretty well.
And non-BLD events done BLD:
6x6x6: DNF [35:35.32, 17:22], DNS, DNS, DNS, DNS =
DNF
Comment: Missed just 3 inner wings. I performed the algorithm incorrectly. Pretty average time.
Magic: DNF, 33.97, 39.53, 33.90,
31.40 =
35.80
Comment: Done OHITABLD. Ugh - I thought I was getting better, but I kept getting stuck. It's interesting that it's the flipping part at the end that's hard, not the twist at the beginning.
Master Magic: 4.90, 4.22,
4.19,
5.34, 4.71 =
4.61
Pyraminx: 1:40.96, 1:17.08,
40.66, 1:00.53, 1:11.83 =
1:09.81
Comment: Nice! 5/5! The third one was really fast, too.