Weekly competition 2012-01

[Jaycee]

OK, I think the best we can do here now is trust Jaycees memory, I've added a 49 moves FMC result for Austin.

*feels important*

Holy crap Mike, every single solve!? Since a week is a decent amount of time it shouldn't seem like such a daunting task, but.... wow. That's some great patience you got there O.o

 

[Mike Hughey]

Holy crap Mike, every single solve!? Since a week is a decent amount of time it shouldn't seem like such a daunting task, but.... wow. That's some great patience you got there O.o

Most weeks, I manage every solve. Some weeks I have to give up on something big like a 6x6x6 or 7x7x7 BLD, or both, but most weeks I can get them all done. The thing that makes it hardest, though, is that I insist on also doing at least one solve of every type of puzzle BLD. Most of the other puzzles aren't too bad, but the megaminx BLD definitely adds a significant extra effort to the weekly total. And it means I have to keep up my ability to do square-1 BLD, which takes a little extra effort too. (I can't just get away with one square-1 BLD solve a week to keep it up - it takes occasional refreshing of the matrix memorization, and just as importantly, occasional practice of the algorithms, which I tend to forget more quickly than the matrix stories.)

 

[bluecloe45]

2x2
6.47
4.88
4.65
4.46
5.16
=4.90

3x3

16.97
15.28
15.30
13.40
15.75
=15.75
3x3 OH
37.16
39.63
50.21
43.21
38.36
=40.40

I haven't practiced in like 4 weeks :/

 

[MatsBergsten]

And it means I have to keep up my ability to do square-1 BLD, which takes a little extra effort too. (I can't just get away with one square-1 BLD solve a week to keep it up - it takes occasional refreshing of the matrix memorization, and just as importantly, occasional practice of the algorithms, which I tend to forget more quickly than the matrix stories.)

So how many of the 90 cases have you had now? Not all of them yet I guess, at the pace of a couple of solves per week?

@blueclue45: week 1 is over, it would be better if you compete in contest nr 2 for this year instead .

 

[Mike Hughey]

So how many of the 90 cases have you had now? Not all of them yet I guess, at the pace of a couple of solves per week?

I'm afraid I eventually gave up on tracking them. I suppose I could go back and look through my records and figure it out, but I suspect I'm not even close. I probably don't even average 2 solves per week; I pretty much do one solve per week, but then I have to go over algorithms and occasionally recite my matrix memorization.

I wonder if I should immediately unsticky the previous week's competition to keep people from accidentally posting in the wrong thread. I was leaving the previous week stickied for a while, so people could easily find it to see their results from the previous week, but I could change to make it a policy to just leave one thread stickied at a time if people think that would work better.