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Erik and Stefan Huber are both sub 10 and do cross on top.

Erik does cross on bottom also.

How is FMC set up in competition?
Do people just sit at the tables for an hour and try out solutions?
Do they write it down and hand to a judge? Give an example solve?

Idk, but I THINK it goes like this:
The participators get a scrambled cube, and they I think are allowed to use more cubes of their own.
The scramble for the cube is given to the participators.
They get a pen and paper to find out the shortest amount of moves to solve the cube, and get one hour to do so.
The participators need to explain why they did each step, so they cannot simply reverse the scramble.
I think they hand the sheet to the judges, which would have the moves written down needed to solve it.
 
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How is FMC set up in competition?
Do people just sit at the tables for an hour and try out solutions?
Do they write it down and hand to a judge? Give an example solve?

People just sit at tables for an hour and try out solutions. Then they write it down and hand it to a judge. :)

You can read the details in the official rules, but basically you're allowed to have up to 3 of your own cubes (you must supply the cubes), paper, and pen. You may also have colored stickers to place on the cube if you find that helpful (it can be helpful for finding insertions). They give you a piece of paper with the scramble on it, along with spaces to write your solution. At the end of 60 minutes, you must be finished writing and hand the paper in to the judge. Then the judges try to find time before the end of the competition to do the tedious job of checking all the solutions to find out which ones are valid. This is often not a fun job (especially with the pressures of the rest of the competition to deal with at the same time), so please be kind and thoughtful to your judges. :D
 
You didn't use that to get your BLD times, did you?

As for your actual question, clearly it violates the spirit of the following rule:
3h) No modifications are allowed that enhance the basic concept of a puzzle. Some examples of enhancing the basic concept are: new moves are possible, normal moves are impossible, more pieces are visible, colours on the backside of the puzzle are visible, moves are done automatically, more or other solved states.

I'm not sure whether it violates the rule itself (as opposed to the spirit of the rule), though, since the rules don't define what normal moves are, and if the standard Rubik's Clock does those moves, one could try to argue they are normal moves.

At Melbourne Summer Open 2010, we had clock, and my first solve was fine. Then on solves 2, 3 and 4, as Ben described, that happened without me noticing. I realised what was happening, so on my final solve I turned very carefully and checked the other side at the end (very annoying, as that was a very good clock scramble, on which at my full speed, sub 2 first face would've been possible.

After the comp, I disassembled my clock (Rubik's Brand) and noticed part of the pins had been grinded away. This was bought in the 80s :P I fixed that up, however, if I force it, I can still turn clocks on both sides simultaneously. I guess this could be considered like a corner twist on a 3x3. Not meant to happen, but on an old cube (or DIY) it can. Only problem is that on clocks, every edge permutation is possible, so you can have all but one edge solved. I also have a KO clock, on which this problem happens on every turn, as the pins fall down. So I'd definitely say this is an illegal move.
 
@ manyhobbyfreak:
You take one cube, and scramble it with the given scramble, put it aside. Then you take a second cube, (solved or unsolved doesn't matter, most people start with solved cubes though as far as I know). You then solve the second cube into the scrambled state of the first one. You make it match the scramble of the first one. In the end you should have two identically scrambled cubes.

edit: 100th post :)
 
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Could someone please hook me up with the link to the lubix cube site which offered a discount for speedsolving members? Thanks in advance.
 
What's the link to the FII on lightake and what does "the bubbly feel" mean?

It's not crisp, but it feels kind of soft and buttery.
The F-II is a good cube when it is broken in, but after a few months, mine got TERRIBLE.
It locks up and pops like crazy, and it is EXTREMELY annoying.
Unless you replace your cube every few months, I do NOT recommend it.
 
It's not crisp, but it feels kind of soft and buttery.
The F-II is a good cube when it is broken in, but after a few months, mine got TERRIBLE.
It locks up and pops like crazy, and it is EXTREMELY annoying.
Unless you replace your cube every few months, I do NOT recommend it.
You mean like smooth? So i should get the A5 instead?
 
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