The fastest fingers competition

[MarcelP]

I should calculate my TPS

45/5.32=8.45864661654 TPS

That is world class TPS

 

[Gordon]

5.32 would also be a world class time

 

[Username]

5.32 would also be a world class time

If only it wasn't prepared and done 50 times

 

[YddEd]

But but.. what about different blocks?

 

[Iggy]

Round 1

Initial: 14.19
Prepared: 6.45

z2 F R' D2 R' U R' F //cross
U R U' R' U2 L' U L //1st pair
R U' R' y U' R' U R //2nd pair
y' U R U' R' //3rd pair
U2' R' U R U' R' U R //4th pair
U' R U2' R' U' R U' R2 U2' R U R' U R U //COLL to EPLL skip

49/6.45 = 7.59689922481 TPS

 

[mark49152]

... I am guessing that you and Gordon are capable of turning faster than me..

Nah, I just improvised some turns and whaddya know, ended up with an easy J perm and fast time!

 

[sneaklyfox]

Oh yeah one other question, Marcel... if we get a better time or different solution would you like us to post a new post or simply edit our original post?

 

[5BLD]

Wow your gaps between prepared and normal are so large, ill try later but dont think i could get much faster than you guys...

 

[sneaklyfox]

Wow your gaps between prepared and normal are so large, ill try later but dont think i could get much faster than you guys...

Yeah, sad how big the gap is, huh? It goes to show how bad our look ahead is.

Edit: Marcel, how about different categories on the same scramble.
1. Fastest time
2. Shortest solution (Cube Explorer/Reverse Scramble doesn't count)
3. Best TPS

You would have to submit a solution for 2 and you would need both 1 and 2 to get 3.

 

[mark49152]

Wow your gaps between prepared and normal are so large, ill try later but dont think i could get much faster than you guys...

Here's a challenge: practise your 5.96 scramble from Cambridge and see if you can get it sub-4.41

 

[Schmidt]

I'm actually glad I didn't get a sub 10. Then I would have wasted 100% time looking for pieces in the first solve. Now I only wasted ~ 33%.

 

[MatejMuzatko]

Round 1
Initial: 14.96
Prepared: 8.17 (6.9 TPS)

Spoiler: Solution

Scramble: L2 F2 R2 U L2 D2 U F2 D2 U R2 F' R' F U B2 F D R2 U2 F' U

"Inspection" : y'
Cross : U R F2 U L2 (5)
1st pair: R U' R' U2 R' U' R U' R' U R (11)
2nd pair: U L U2 L2 U' L (6)
3rd pair: D2 RUR'U' D2 (6)
4th pair: y L' U L U' L' U L (8)
OLL + PLL: F R U R' U' R U R' U y L' U2 L F' L' U' L U L F L2 U' (21)

Total moves: 57 (6.9 TPS)

 

[MarcelP]

Oh yeah one other question, Marcel... if we get a better time or different solution would you like us to post a new post or simply edit our original post?

I prefer edited post. That is easier to read the results for compilation. But on the other hand, a new post is a bump of the topic which I like better. So you can post new results too.

Edit: Marcel, how about different categories on the same scramble.
1. Fastest time
2. Shortest solution (Cube Explorer/Reverse Scramble doesn't count)
3. Best TPS

You would have to submit a solution for 2 and you would need both 1 and 2 to get 3.

That sounds great. I will edit the first message in this topic to alter the rules.

 

[DuffyEdge]

Initial - 14.07
Prepared - 11.45

Spoiler

L2 F2 R2 U L2 D2 U F2 D2 U R2 F' R' F U B2 F D R2 U2 F' U
F D F D F' D2 - Cross (6)
y R U' R' - 1st Pair (3)
L' U' L U' L' U L - 2nd Pair (7)
U2 y R U R' U2 R' U' R - 3rd Pair (8)
y' U2 R' U' R - 4th Pair (4)
U2 l' U' l L' U' L U l' U l - OLL (11)
U2 y R' U R' U' y R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R F - PLL (15)
54 moves = 4.72 TPS

 

[jayefbe]

I doubt that would hold for faster cubers, but to those who say "don't bother to practise lookahead until you're sub-20", I think this shows you should.

Of course, eliminating pauses will decrease anyone's time. But those that argue that practicing look ahead isn't really productive until you're sub-20 (like me), aren't saying that look ahead wouldn't be helpful to someone who is sup-20 (or sup-1min even). Look ahead would be incredibly helpful. The argument is that good look ahead can't be achieved until after someone is completely familiar with their F2L cases. If someone needs to follow their C/E pairs as they're pairing and inserting them, if they have to regularly force a case they do know from one they don't, then look ahead is essentially impossible because their attention isn't free to actually look ahead. In my opinion, a cuber's average solve times is rather arbitrary when it comes to look ahead. Instead look ahead should become a main focus after becoming fully familiar with F2L, whether they're sub-20 or sub-40 at that point doesn't really matter.

 

[mark49152]

@jayefbe: Completely agree that knowing your F2L cases is a prerequisite for lookahead. If that's what they'd said, I wouldn't have disagreed with it. See most recently here although I could find a dozen others if I searched. It's usually offered at least once in every discussion on lookahead.

 

[MarcelP]

If that's what they'd said, I wouldn't have disagreed with it. See most recently here although I could find a dozen others if I searched. It's usually offered at least once in every discussion on lookahead.

I did not respond to it since I was not sure if he was simply trolling, or joking. There is a point in if you can turn really fast that you do not need look ahead to get around 20-ish. For me that border was 35 seconds. I needed look ahead to get faster after 35. For each individual it's different, but at one stage we ALL need lookahead.

 

[MarcelP]

Okay, I feel little less slow now. I explored another solution on red cross. In less than 10 tries I got a 13.xx

Spoiler

L2 F2 R2 U L2 D2 U F2 D2 U R2 F' R' F U B2 F D R2 U2 F' U

z // red
R' F U' B' R2 cross complete
U L' U' L U2 L' U' L // 1ST
R' U2 R U' R' U' R // 2ND
U' R U' R' U' L U L' //3RD
R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U' // F2L complete
Sune 7 moves
U' align for PLL
T perm 14 moves

63 moves 4.68 TPS

[video=youtube_share;qf_juLyMtPM]http://youtu.be/qf_juLyMtPM[/video]

 

[TDM]

Spoiler

L2 F2 R2 U L2 D2 U F2 D2 U R2 F' R' F U B2 F D R2 U2 F' U

z // red
R' F U' B' R2 cross complete
U L' U' L U2 L' U' L // 1ST
R' U2 R U' R' U' R // 2ND
U' R U' R' U' L U L' //3RD
R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U' // F2L complete
Sune 7 moves
U' align for PLL
T perm 14 moves

I hadn't tried Red cross before because I began on White as always, but as I don't need to look ahead in this, I tried doing your cross and then changing the F2L to try and get something faster.

Spoiler

L2 F2 R2 U L2 D2 U F2 D2 U R2 F' R' F U B2 F D R2 U2 F' U

z
R' F U' B' R2 // Cross (5/5)
U' u' L' U' L u // F2L-1 (6/11)
U R U2 R' U' D' R U R' D // F2L-2 (10/21)
U2' R U R' // F2L-3 (4/25)
U2 L U L' d L' U' L // F2L-4 (8/33)
U' R' U2 R U2' R U2' R' U' R U' R2 U2' R U' // 2GLL (15/48)

Times:

Spoiler

18.494, 23.331, 28.320, 29.327, 22.378, 20.213, 14.782, 25.496, 16.307, 14.425, 15.613, 19.921, 18.841, 15.343, 17.158, 14.640, 13.705, 13.390, 14.307, 12.122, 14.432, 11.810, 14.828, 14.435, 12.534, 13.086, 12.234, 11.576, 14.768, 11.366, 12.231, 15.484, 13.948, 14.798, 14.906, 13.749, 13.063, 14.205, 13.364, 15.751, 12.482, 15.252, 14.433, 12.744, 13.694, 15.814, 15.444, 14.998, 11.919, 13.071, 11.731

Best time for this solution: 11.366
Not better than before, so don't count this. It's only just over 4 TPS, whereas my other solve was 4.95...

Edit: I've just thought... why aren't more people using ZBLL?

 

[JF1zl3]

Nah, I just improvised some turns and whaddya know, ended up with an easy J perm and fast time!

Hahahahahaha! That is gold lol.