Weekly competition 2010-40

[cmhardw]

Chris Hardwick
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4x4x4BLD: 8:38.49 6:53.33 6:09.66
5x5x5BLD: 15:31.98 (9:31.xx) DNS DNS
comment: Will try to do the other 5x5 solves when I get home from work tonight

 

[SimonWestlund]

2x2: 3.68, 3.71, 2.78, 3.40, 2.52 = 3.29
3x3: 11.16, 11.34, 11.63, 10.70, 11.08 = 11.19
4x4: 50.44, 51.84, 51.48, 45.98, 45.91 = 49.30
5x5: 1:37.39, 1:36.69, 1:39.58, 1:45.42, 1:37.95 = 1:38.31
6x6: 2:43.95, 3:00.31, 2:44.50, 2:37.40, 2:51.73 =2:46.73
7x7: 4:48.64, 4:44.30, 4:42.05, 4:49.20, 4:39.27 = 4:45.00
2x2 BLD: 32.64, 23.70, DNF(13.38) = 23.70
3x3 BLD: DNF, 1:37.08, DNS = 1:37.08
4x4 BLD: DNF, DNF, DNS = DNF
Multi BLD: 2/3 15:01
3x3 OH: 22.20, 21.27, 26.56, 25.36, 20.95 = 22.94
3x3 WF: 1:31.44, 1:52.16, 1:48.09, 1:44.58, 1:49.76 = 1:47.48
3x3 MTS: 1:04.50, 1:11.03, 1:09.34, 1:21.94, 1:20.02 = 1:13.46
2-4 relay: 1:11.88
2-5 relay: 2:59.11
Magic: 1.54, 1.67, 1.31, 1.29, 2.48 = 1.51
Master Magic: 4.01, 4.05, 3.82, 3.64, 3.20 = 3.82
Clock: 13.73, 12.27, 11.13, 8.86, 8.08 = 10.75 - wow @ the last two :O
Megaminx: 58.30, 1:00.03, 1:02.61, 58.78, 55.22 = 59.04
Pyraminx: 6.58, 7.88, 9.03, 5.17, 6.92 = 7.13
Square-1: 26.67, 27.55, 21.47, 20.77, 26.59 = 24.91

 

[guusrs]

fmc: B' F R' D F2 R D R' U R D' R D B' D2 B2 R B' U' B' R' B R D (24)

pseudo 2x2x3: B' F R' D F2 * U (6+1)
pseudo F2L: R2 D B' D2 B2 R B' (13+1)
LL-edges and undo pseudoness: U' B' R' B R D (19)

at * insert R D R' U R D' R' U', 3 moves cancel

found this solution pretty quick (0min), insertion is optimal.
Found nothing better during the remaining time.

"L" move is not used in this solution ;-)

Congratz Tomoaki for that another nice 24-mover.

Gus

 

[PeterV]

PeterV:

2x2x2: 6.03, 7.03, (5.21), 7.50, (DNF) = 6.85 avg.

3x3x3: 30.77, 29.59, (19.78), (37.09), 25.36 = 28.57 avg.

Square-1: 49.34, 1:06.96, (1:10.21 (P)), 48.03, (46.72) = 54.78 avg.

 

[AvGalen]

2x2x2: 10.52 5.72 4.83 6.21 9.22
3x3x3: 18.69 18.46 19.63 19.61 19.34
4x4x4: 1:12.50 1:14.61 1:12.88 1:11.69 1:23.93
5x5x5: 2:13.61 2:24.77 2:18.09 2:11.90 2:19.50
6x6x6: 5:34.72 5:50.28 5:38.50 6:52.80 6:00.96
7x7x7: 7:21.72 6:55.19 6:45.00 7:06.59 7:10.03
2x2x2 Blindfolded: 44.50 DNF DNF
3x3x3 Blindfolded: DNF 3:58.90 DNF
3x3x3 One Handed: 1:11.25 33.69 42.08 45.83 34.72
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:11.05 1:43.30 1:03.06 1:09.27 1:06.11
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay: 1:47.27
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Relay: 4:28.33
Magic: 2.68 1.97 1.65 1.83 1.50
Master Magic: 14.30 4.46 4.03 5.02 5.16
Clock: 17.11 20.47 DNF 16.66 18.78
MegaMinx: 2:42.27 4:15.27 3:21.36 2:43.56 2:58.09
Pyraminx: 13.00 20.47 14.91 15.77 16.09
Square-1: 1:11.61 1:23.00 49.88 1:11.94 1:01.18

As seems to be my pattern, I didn't do multiblind or FMC yet, but might do them later tonight

This 3x3x3 average was amazing. I have only gotten about 5 sub 20 averages in my life and this one had ALL solves sub 20. I feel like I am getting back into shape now. Hopefully I can get similar results in the next 3 real WCA tournaments (Thailand, Japan, Australia)

 

[RCTACameron]

Hopefully I can get similar results in the next 3 real WCA tournaments (Thailand, Japan, Australia)

I'm excited.

2x2: 4.80, 3.72, 3.58, (3.31), (DNF) = 4.03
Comment: So close... I just gave up on the last solve because I was nervous, and it would've been something like 10s.
3x3: 21.02, (14.13), 20.83, (23.30), 21.83 (+2) = 21.23
Comment: Lol second solve. It would've been 20.56 if it wasn't for the +2. Sigh...
I started 4x4, but my stackmat died on one of the solves so I couldn't continue.
5x5: 3:42.65, (3:10.96), 3:17.93, 3:15.83, (DNF (Pop)) = 3:25.47
Comment: Look at the second solve; my single PB is 3:09. On the pop, I was doing okay after a small edge pop, but then got a big pop. I still can't fix it, and have lost a piece. The counting 3:42 was annoying, but a decent average (actually, a PB. )
OH: 38.28, 33.68, (39.80), 36.43 (PLL skip), (31.66) = 36.13
Comment: My old avg PB was 45.11, and now I've got a full-sub-40 average! I seem to be improving a lot. The last solve was close to my 31.05 single.
FMC: DNF again. Took me 61 minutes. :fp Here is my solution anyway (it sucks.)

Spoiler

2x2x2: E F' L' F D' F U' F' D
2x2x3: B U2 B2 U B
Finishing F2L: S R' F D2 R' D R D' R2 B R' B2 D B D'
OLL: F' U' R' U R U' R' U R F R'
PLL: F R' F R F R F R' F' R' F2

OLL and PLL suck, but they're all I know. I spent ages looking for a way to force a PLL skip, but couldn't do it.

Apart from 3x3 and FMC, this has been a pretty good week.

 

[Inf3rn0]

FMC: 56!

Solution

D2 U' F2 U F D' R D R' U L2 B U B' U' F U2 F' L' F U F' L U2 L U' L' U' L2 F' L' F R B U B' U' R' F' r U R' U' r' F R U' THEN APERM(9 moves)

 

[Mcuber5]

2x2 : 5.00 ; 3.74 ; 4.87 ; 5.24 ; 4.55 : 4.81
3x3 : 20.65 ; 24.58 ; 17.94 ; 17.76 ; 18.90 : 19.16
4x4 : 1.39.62 ; 1.27.56 ; 1.40.34 ; 1.25.42 ; 1.09.55 : 1.30.83
5x5 : 2.56.58 ; 3.28.40 ; 3.07.54 ; 2.36.03 ; 2.57.95 : 3.00.69
2x2BLD : DNF(50.12) ; DNF(58.31) ; 47.75 : 47.75
3x3OH : 46.59 ; 35.11 ; 46.20 ; 37.90 ; 44.70 : 42.93
2-3-4 Relay : 2.22.69
2-3-4-5 Relay : 5.35.25
Magic : 2.04 ; 4.21 ; 1.72 ; 2.95 ; 2.00 : 2.33
Clock : 22.37 ; 28.38 ; 20.12 ; DNF ; 17.17 : 23.62
Megaminx : 2.14.74 ; 2.22.50 ; 2.31.46 ; 21.27.07 ; 2.29.68 : 2.26.42
Pyraminx : 9.12 ; 11.04 ; 10.57 ; 5.46 ; 10.80 : 10.16
Square-1 : 46.44 ; 50.25 ; 39.59 ; 51.27 ; 27.48 : 45.43

 

[Edam]

3x3 (14.49), 15.56, 16.08, (16.66), 16.38 = 16.01

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike Hughey:

My non-BLD event of the week:
2x2x2: 7.19, 5.66, 10.36, 9.06, 7.34 = 7.86
Comment: I did 50 solves first to warm up. That definitely helped.

The BLD events:
2x2x2 BLD: 34.46, 18.81, DNF [26.13] = 18.81
Comment: Wow, that second one was a nice scramble! 3 very easy 8-movers. Third one was off by 2 corners twisted.
3x3x3 BLD: 2:01.43, 2:11.21, 1:28.36 = 1:28.36
Comment: One the second one, I mismemorized it, but I remembered the visual and corrected my mistake. Third one was pretty easy, which was nice.
4x4x4 BLD: 6:48.44 [3:35], 8:59.87 [4:13], 6:27.43 [2:50] = 6:27.43
Comment: Wow! First one wasn’t that easy, but I really rushed it and it paid off. Second one my memory wasn’t working, so I refreshed it 3 times just to get through it. Third one had a shockingly fast memo.
5x5x5 BLD: DNF [16:42.32, 8:11], DNF [13:45.43, 7:50], 14:40.03 [6:57] = 14:40.03
Comment: Sometimes I just need a couple of warmup solves to get me going on big cubes BLD. First one off by 2 + centers, second one off by 3 X centers (misexecution).
3x3x3 multiBLD: 3/3 = 3 points, 10:21.05 [5:10]
Comment: I’m embarrassed that I must admit I started the stopwatch before starting the stackmat. I had terrible memory recall pauses. I knew my memory wasn’t doing well at the time, which is why I decided to do the stopwatch backup. I guess I’m glad I did, though – no DNF!

And non-BLD events done BLD:
6x6x6: DNF [32:05.98, 5:19], DNS, DNS, DNS, DNS = DNF
Comment: Off by 4 corners. Other than that, it was such a good solve!
7x7x7: DNF [51:02.10, 28:43], DNS, DNS, DNS, DNS = DNF
Comment: Off by 2 outer + centers (memorized them but forgot to do that location) and 2 obliques (misexecution).
3x3x3 OH: DNF [3:18.80], 2:25.93, 2:37.30, DNF [3:26.21], 2:11.25 = DNF
Comment: First one off by 4 corners and 4 edges – it looks like I missed a U turn somewhere. Fourth one off by 2 corners and 2 edges; I forgot to do parity.
Magic: 14.80, 11.44, 9.55, 12.71, 17.55 = 12.98
Comment: OHITABLD.
Master Magic: 4.31, 4.15, 4.94, 5.08, 4.71 = 4.65
Clock: 2:39.40 [0:38], 2:03.46 [0:30], 2:20.65 [0:24], 1:54.97 [0:28], 1:48.69 [0:31] = 2:06.36
Comment: I’m definitely getting faster at this with the 5 practice solves per week! Any idea what the (admittedly silly) UWR is?
Pyraminx: DNF [1:00.58], DNF [1:18.36], DNF [1:51.30], 1:26.33, 1:10.94 = DNF
Comment: I’m not getting any better at this, though. First one had one center twisted (mismemorized); second one had 2 edges flipped; third one had 2 edges flipped which I memorized correctly, but interpreted incorrectly during solving.
Square-1: 4:55.11 [2:36], 5:26.11 [3:10], DNF [7:05.28, 4:05], 5:05.78 [2:51], 6:54.30 [4:36] = 5:48.73
Comment: Sub-6! Cases EA, QV, AH, TU, PP. On the DNF I was off by 2 edges due to mismemorization. Fourth one was just 2 moves from square.

 

[@uguste]

2x2x2 : 5.08, 5.29, 5.36, (4.29), (8.72) = 5.24
3x3x3 : (16.84), 14.02, (10.90), 15.74, 12.34 = 14.03 10 was full step, 12 OLL skip
4x4x4 : 1:09.07, 1:05.76, (1:13.67), 1:08.56, (1:00.25) = 1:07.80 nice
5x5x5 : 2:54.42, 2:54.10, 2:35.50+, (2:35.03), (3:03.71) = 2:48.01
234 : 1:53.34
2345 : 4:27.10
3x3x3 MTS :
3x3x3 OH : (21.93), 25.01, (DNF), 27.34, 30.17 = 27.51 Awesome
2x2x2 BLD : 1:19.35, 48.67, 43.96 = 43.96
3x3x3 BLD : DNF, DNF, DNF = DNF
multi :
pyraminx : (31.27), 12.74, 14.63, (7.39), 12.34 = 13.24
square-1 : (1:02.04), (34.84), 35.99, 38.51, 39.30 = 37.93
megaminx :
magic :
master magic : 4.64, (5.41), 5.14, (3.94), 4.47 = 4.75

 

[jackdexter75]

3x3 Avg: 12.49
3x3 Blindfold Avg: 53.87
3x3 One Handed Avg: 28.81: 30.82, 30.96, 26.49, 28.49, 27.12

Comments: Lost the times for 2h and Blindfold but remembered the avgerage. =/ maybe I should do them again and get the individual times?

 

[Cride5]

FMC: F R' D F U F D' F' U' F B' L' U2 L D2 L' U2 L F D2 F' R2 D R' D2 R2 D2 R2 (28)

Spoiler

2x2x2+blocks: F R' D F2 # (4)
2x2x3: D' B' (2/6)
EO+3x pairs: D2 * F D2 F' (4/10)
4-corners: R2 D R' D2 R2 D2 R2 (7/17)
Insert at #: F' U F D' F' U' F D (8/25)
Insert at *: D2 L' U2 L D2 L' U2 L (8/33)
5 moves cancel

 

[dimwmuni]

2x2x2
11.38, 6.03, 8.09, 9.02, 8.40 = 8.58
I’m learning CLL and recognition is still difficult for me. That is why I am so bad at 2x2
3x3x3
16.63, 15.00, 14.50, 15.52, 15.18 = 15.23
4x4x4
1:17.19, 1:17.21, 1:17.08, 1:22.41, 1:16.56 = 1:17.16
5x5x5
2:38.09, 2:28.25, 2:29.63, 2:38.84, 2:34.18 = 2:33.97
3x3x3 Blindfolded
4:21.02, 4:59.27, DNF = 4:21.02
Not my best but they were successes this week
3x3x3 Onehanded
30.72, 34.97, 45.34, 33.15, 33.16 = 33.76
Megaminx
1:30.83, 1:25.15, 1:18.03, 1:27.36, 1:29.25 = 1:27.25

 

[aronpm]

3x3 Blindfold Avg: 53.87

Comments: Lost the times for 2h and Blindfold but remembered the avgerage. =/ maybe I should do them again and get the individual times?

LOL

I don't believe that 'average' either.

 

[pierrotlenageur]

2x2x2: (9.45) , 7.31 , (5.03) , 7.11 , 6.28 = 6.90
3x3x3: 15.51 , 16.02 , 14.52 , (12.93) , (17.58) = 15.35
4x4x4: (1:09.02) , 1:01.58 , 1:03.53 , 1:02.62 , (58.07) = 1:02.58
5x5x5: 2:12.67 , (2:25.00) , 2:21.73 , (2:06.03) , 2:14.54 =
6x6x6: 4:47.55 , 5:54.98 , 4:57.25 , 5:52.71 , DNS =
7x7x7:
2x2x2 Blindfolded : 58.49 , 43.58 , DNF = 43.58
3x3x3 Blindfolded : 4:03.23 , DNS , DNS = 4:03.23
3x3x3 One Handed: (39.95) , 47.50 , 47.10 , (1:06.55) , 49.11 = 47.90
3x3x3 Match the scramble :
3x3x3 Fewest Moves :
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay : 1:32.68
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Relay : 4:08.68
Magic: (4.65) , 2.46 , 1.98 , (1.73) , 2.22 =
Clock :
MegaMinx :
PyraMinx: 17.83 , 17.56 , 17.11 , (15.72) , (27.11) =

 

[MatsBergsten]

3x3 Avg: 12.49
3x3 Blindfold Avg: 53.87

Comments: Lost the times for 2h and Blindfold but remembered the avgerage. =/ maybe I should do them again and get the individual times?

We need the times for the separate solves too. But this once you can post 5 times 12.49.

The format for blindsolves is "best of three" and not an average.
With times (a time) like that (amongst the very best in the world) which indicates that
you are a very experienced blindsolver it seems likely you ought to have known that already.

So I just ask if this result is for real? (this whole contest builds on the sincerity of all competitors).

 

[James Ludlow]

So I just ask if this result is for real? (this whole contest builds on the sincerity of all competitors).

I don't wanna suspect foul play, but

Round 43 Avg: 16.22

11.54, 16.22, 17.13, 14.28, 16.87, 15.62, 16.77, 16.59, 15.22, 15.97, 17.79, 17.60


I really don't know how I did this. I guess after my break I just needed to practice a little to get back to where I was. =D yay. Still isn't my best avg, but it's pretty great for me.

This was from this weeks racing to sub 20 thread.

I wish I could drop 4secs off my avg in a couple of days.

 

[Zane_C]

Ouch.

 

[ManSkirtBrew]

Well, at least it's better than last week.

3x3x3: 1:03.25, 55.64, 1:08.24, (1:16.08), (54.42) => 1:02.38

-Joe