5x5x5BLD: 12:07.30 DNS DNS
comment: Done with two alarm clocks sounding while I memo'd and solved. I tried this for distraction training. 6x6x6BLD: DNF
comment: I did not recall one wing two-cycle (memo'd too quickly), and I did one corner cycle in the opposite direction.
2x2x2:7.09, 12.93, 7.33, 10.08, 7.58 = 8.33 3x3x3: 19.63, 19.30, 23.19, 26.21, 21.52 = 21.45
Comment: Not quite sub-20, I'm afraid, but definitely a good time for me! 4x4x4: 1:30.66 [OP], 1:20.92, 1:35.42 [O], 1:36.54 [O], 1:20.68 [O] = 1:29.00 5x5x5:2:15.53, 2:35.54, 2:37.13, 2:16.55, 2:24.04 = 2:25.38 6x6x6:4:50.60, 4:52.28, 5:53.39 [OP], 5:10.83, 4:56.47 [P] = 4:59.86 7x7x7:7:43.93, 7:18.56, 7:21.39, 7:28.11, 6:48.56 = 7:22.69
Comment: I think that last solve might be my new PB! (At least, I don't remember doing one that fast before.) 2x2x2 BLD: 32.83, 29.97, 27.15 = 27.15 3x3x3 BLD: DNF [1:23.03], 1:17.47, 2:07.38 = 1:17.47
Comment: First one off by 3 edges. 4x4x4 BLD: 6:43.68 [3:13], 8:37.69 [4:01], DNF [6:55.05, 3:30] = 6:43.68
Comment: Third one off by 3 wings – I recalled GR correctly, but performed GB instead (it’s easier). 5x5x5 BLD: DNF [13:46.91, 7:04], 14:34.04 [7:36], 20:04.98 [12:11] = 14:34.04
Comment: First one off by just 3 corners – I hate when that happens! 6x6x6 BLD:34:50.79 [18:42]
Comment: Nice ordinary average solve. 7x7x7 BLD:DNF [59:27.92, 36:17]
Comment: I could not get memo to stick; I went over the memo 4 times. When I finally finished memo, it was good, though. I was off by just 3 inner X centers – I skipped a location (with a single image), thinking I had already done it. At first I was really puzzled because I really thought I had done it, and I wondered if I had memorized it backwards, but on reflection I realized I really did skip it. 3x3x3 multiBLD:9/11 = 7 points, 54:37.07 [37:25]
Comment: Third one off by 3 edges – I got confused while handling parity and messed it up. Eleventh one off by 4 corners – I memorized the wrong letter. 3x3x3 OH: 44.40, 42.61, 45.50, 46.71, 38.27 = 44.17 3x3x3 WF:1:24.18, 1:36.30, 2:05.41, 1:41.55, 1:35.81 = 1:37.89 3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:19.59, 1:10.43, 1:29.75, 1:21.83, 1:13.81 = 1:18.41 3x3x3 Fewest Moves:39 moves
2x2x2: D’ F’ U’ L’ R2 U
2x2x3: L’ F L’ F’ L’
3x cross: R F’ R’ D2 L D L’
4th pair: D2 F D2 F’ D2 F D F’
pseudo OLL: B’ L’ D’ L D
last 3 corners: B2 D’ F’ D B’ D’ F D
Comment: This one was really hard for me. This was my safety solve, found in the first 5 minutes or so.
2-4 relay:1:57.92 [O] 2-5 relay:5:23.40 [O]
Comment: Really terrible – the problem was a really really bad 4x4x4 solve. Magic:11.58, 10.00, 9.30, 7.68, 10.27 = 9.86
Comment: OHITABLD, of course. I think that’s my first sub-8 single! Master Magic:4.47, 3.75, 3.47, 3.44, 3.96 = 3.73 Clock:2:41.38 [0:37], 21.59, 17.78, 16.84, 20.71 = 20.03 MegaMinx:DNF [43:39.63, 21:20], 3:02.69, 2:34.68, 2:48.44, 2:41.78 = 2:50.97
Comment: BLD solve off by 4 corners (twisted, but permuted correctly) and 5 edges (a 5-cycle). I just started using my new MF8, which makes memo a bit confusing because even though the color scheme is the same, the shades are very different. I still think the MF8 is not quite as good as my old Chinaminx, but it’s getting close, and it’s probably already better for BLD. I’m determined to give up the Chinaminx because I hate the tiles falling off. (Fortunately, that’s never happened during a BLD solve.) Pyraminx:DNF [1:10.22], 16.43, 12.34, 15.44, 14.00 = 15.29
Comment: BLD solve off by 2 edges flipped due to mismemorization. Square-1:DNF [5:53.21, 3:53], 42.56 [P], 36.38, 41.41 [P], 56.61 [P] = 46.86
Comment: BLD solve pretty scrambled – I think I undid a setup move twice. I tried rescrambling after I was done and executing the same memo, and it was solved the second time, so I know I memorized it correctly. Skewb:2:17.91, 1:00.72, 9.50, 16.94, 20.65 = 32.77
Comment: BLD solve was super easy; I forgot to check the memo time because I was in such a hurry. Second solve was a disaster because I popped it and put it together wrong, so that I had to repop it at the end. Disastrous average.
Rebecca Hughey: 3x3x3 BLD: DNF [9:29.10], DNF [10:42.88], DNF [8:32.28] = DNF
Comment: All of them were fairly badly scrambled, but look at those times – she’s getting much faster! I checked her memo on the last one several hours after she did it; her corners were mostly wrong, but her edges were just off by her memorizing the wrong sticker of one piece. On the first one, her corner memo was perfect. Execution mistakes seem to be her bigger problem right now.
The problem with match the scramble as an official event, in my opinion, is how to deal with the two scrambled cubes once you're done (unless you make it a "best of 1" event). After every solve, you have to get at least one of the cubes solved so the next scramble can be applied, and if we relied on the competitors to do that, it would make for confusion. At home, I always apply the inverse scramble to both cubes - it's much faster for me than it is for me to solve the cube normally (it takes about 15 seconds for me to apply an inverse scramble) - but I doubt we could count on scramblers at competitions to do that. I'm sure we could work around the problem, but it seems like no matter how we did it, it would be a more time-consuming event to run than other events with similar solve times.
2x2BLD: 37.33 dnf 27.28 = 27.28
3x3BLD: 1:47.81 1:39.90 dnf = 1:39.90
4x4BLD: 6:03.49 dnf 7:36.71 = 6:03.49
5x5BLD: dnf 19:05.06 17:31.80 = 17:31.80
6x6BLD: dnf no rerun of last week
7x7BLD: dnf not so bad, actually fixed a pop (only one piece) but it did not help
Multi: 2/3 = 1 in 14:18.55 (memo 8:50), first cube had two twisted corners
done bld
2x2: 33.24 27.36 49.66 dnf 36.72 = 39.87
3x3: 1:48.34 1:44.12 3:00.86 3:07.68 dnf = 2:08.96
got tired and started to forget memo
4x4: dnf 05:48.41 dnf dnf dnf = DNF
one excellent solve and some more rather good
Thanks. I am happy every time I manage to get you in some event .
Close also in 2BLD. I just wish I could get your consistency....
(and memo and speed )
At home, I always apply the inverse scramble to both cubes - it's much faster for me than it is for me to solve the cube normally (it takes about 15 seconds for me to apply an inverse scramble)
2x2 BLD: DNF, DNF, 23.20 = 23.20 3x3 BLD: DNF, 53.95, 1:27.83 = 53.95 4x4 BLD: DNF, DNF, DNF = DNF 5x5 BLD: 9:26.98, DNF, DNF = 9:26.98 Comment: Pb, the last one was reduced into a 3x3, so I assume my error was in the corners. 3x3 Multi BLD: 14/17 (55:27.20) = 11 points Comment: 3-cycle of edges, 3-cycle or edges, 2 flipped edges.
fmc: D' R' B' U R U R2 B2 L2 D L2 B2 R F U' F U R U2 R2 F' R' D B U R' F D2 F' (29)
strange NISS solution:
pair on inverse scramble: F2
switch to inverse scramble
premoves for regular scramble: [D F2]
start: D' R' B' (3 + 2)
switch to inverse scramble
premoves for inverse scramble: [B R D]
(ignoring F2 D' as starting moves)
all but 3 edges: F D2 F' R U' B' D' R F R2 U2 R' U' F' U F'* U' (17 + 3)
premove correction: B R D
to solve edges at * insert R' B2 L2 D' L2 B2 R2 U' R', no moves cancel
finally invert this solve
pffff, had no solution at all until last 10min. almost out of time! probably non-optimal insertion.
couldn't have done this in real comp