The fastest fingers competition

[MarcelP]

Results round 1

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Name	initial time	Moves	Fastest time	TPS	Improvement
USERNAME	15,81	45	5,32	8,458646617	10,49
Iggy	14,19	49	6,45	7,596899225	7,74
sneaklyfox	14,06	43	6,73	6,389301634	7,33
Tao Yu	11,3	53	6,8	7,794117647	4,5
ALREADY1329	13,91		6,88		7,03
MatejMuzatko	14,96	57	8,17	6,976744186	6,79
TDM	23,2		9,896		13,304
DuffyEgde	14,07	54	11,45	4,716157205	2,62
Schmidt	19,13	50	12,91	3,872966692	6,22
MarcelP	21,85	63	13,44	4,6875	8,41
mark49152	36,86	59	15,15	3,894389439	21,71
Gordon	26,77	54	16,77	3,220035778	10

Congrats username on fastest time, Mark on biggest improvement and sneaklyfox on shortest solution.

 

[MarcelP]

Round 2

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

Post your:
-Initial time
-Solution
-Fastest time (with video if you like)
-TPS

 

[Schmidt]

Perhaps a box for improvement in %.

 

[sneaklyfox]

I like the chart, Marcel.

 

[Gordon]

Round 2

Initial time: 33.88
prepared time: 18.60

Solution:
x2 y'
R' F2 D' y L F' L' U' y R' F R
U y' R' U' R U' R' U R
U2 L' U L U y' R U R' U R U' R'
U' y R U' R' U R U R'
y U' y R U' R' U y L' U L
U L U F' U' L' U L F L'
y2 R2 U R U R' U' R' U' R' U R'

Tps: 67 turns in 18.60 --> 3.60

 

[Schmidt]

27.03 on yellow (failed x-cross attempt) going for biggest improvement this time

EDIT: But then I saw Gordon's time

18.36, 16.30, 16.08, 16,34, 14.34, 14.97, 14.47
(13.31, 11.69, 11.83, 11.25(50mm), 11.19, 11.15) 11.15, 11.08, 10.33

Spoiler: My solution

y x´
D´ L2 R´B´ D2
y L U L´ R U´R´
U´R´U´ R
U2 L U2 L´U2 L U´L´
y´ U´ M U L F´ L´ U´ M´
U R´ U´ R´ F R F´ U R
U M2 U M´ U2 M U M2

 

[MarcelP]

Perhaps a box for improvement in %.

I added the column

 

[MarcelP]

Round 2

-Initial time: 27.26 //Yellow cross
-Solution:

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

First attempt
z y
D' R' L2 B' //RED CROSS (5)
y R U2' R' D2 L U2 L' U L U' L' //1ST (16)
U' R U2 R' U R U' R' //2ND (24)
U' R' U2 R U' R' U R //3RD (32)
U2 y R U2 R' U R U' R' //4TH (41)
y f R U R' U' R U R' U' f' // OLL (50
R' U R' U' R' U' R' U R U R2 // PLL u-B (61)
U' //align U (62)

1. 21.53
2. 19.42
3. 17.32
4. 19.95
5. 18.21
6. 16.17
7. 17.23
8. 17.14
9. 15.56
10. 16.70
11. 16.06
12. 15.62
13. 18.68
14. 14.89
15. 14.67 //4.23 TPS
16. 15.23


Second.
z y
D' R' L2 B' //RED CROSS (5)
y R U2' D2 L' U L' U L U' L' //1st (16)
R U' R' //2nd (19)
U' R' U' R //3rd (23)
U y R U' R' U R U' R' //4th (32)
y L' U' B U L U' L' B' L // OLL (42)
y2 R L U2 R' L' (y') R' U L' U2 R U' L //PLL G-a (55)

1. 28.48
2. 30.09
3. 27.68
4. 32.03
5. 26.21
6. 15.76
7. 20.76
8. 32.85
9. 20.25
10. 18.78
11. 15.25
12. 16.54
13. 13.75 // 4 TPS
14. 18.10
15. 17.76
16. 18.12
17. 18.18
18. 15.39
19. 16.70
20. 16.61
21. 15.95
22. 16.46
23. 16.34
24. 15.50

-Fastest : 13.75 //4.00 TPS

 

[Username]

ROUND 2

Initial time: 14.16 meh
Prepared: 8.69 Still gonna get better

Hard scramble lol
TPS and solution coming soon

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

D2 R' F2 D2 R2
L' U L2 U' L'
D' R U' R'
D2 R U2 R' U' R U R' D'
y L' U' L U L' U'
L2 F' L' U' L U' F U' L'
R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U2

Crappy solution, will get something better now

 

[TDM]

Round: 2
Initial time: 31.566
ZZ solution:

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

L' F' D' L' F x' // EOLine (5/5)
R2 U' R L2' U' M' x' U2 R U L2' // LF2L (11/16)
R U R' U R2 U2' R U R U R' U R U' R' // RF2L (15/31)
U2' R U2' R2' F2 U' R2 U' R2' U F2 U R U' // ZBLL (14/45)

ZZ times:

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42.525, 21.433, 16.139, 15.812, 20.835, 17.442, 16.286, 16.230, 14.497, 20.226, 16.516, 15.214, 18.396, 15.309, 29.176, 15.478, 15.202, 17.722, 16.999, 17.186, 17.675

CFOP solution:

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

R U2' B2' U' L2' U L U L // X-Cross (9/9)
R' U R // F2L-2 (3/12)
y' R U R' U' R U R' y R U' R' // F2L-3 (10/22)
d R U' R' U2 y R' U R // F2L-4 (8/30)
U F R U R' U' F' f R U R' U' f' // OLL (13/43)
M2' U' M2' U' M' U2' M2' U2' M' U' // PLL (10/53)

CFOP times:

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31.566, 17.433, 16.220, 14.826, 14.343, 19.433, 15.654, 13.869, 14.128, 14.809, 13.388, 15.115, 12.834, 14.018, 13.603

Best solution length: 45 moves
Best prepared time:12.834
Best TPS: 4.13

After my first try, I decided to use ZZ for my practiced solve. Edit: I have now returned to using CFOP. I haven't finished yet.

 

[JF1zl3]

Round: 2
Event: 3x3x3
Scramble: L2 F2 D' R2 U' B2 D2 R2 D' B2 U2 F' U F R U' L2 U' R B' R


Initial Time ------- 21.73

Spoiler: Approximate Initial Solution

z2 x' //INSPECTION
F R' F2 U' F L2 U' y R2 //CROSS
y' R' U' R U' R' U R //FIRST PAIR
y' U' R U R' U' L' U L //SECOND PAIR
U R U' R' U' F' U F y U' F' U F U R U' R' //THIRD PAIR
y' U R U' R' U' F' U F //FOURTH PAIR
U' F R U R' U' F' //FIRST LOOK OLL (OLL 45 [ALGORITHM])
R2 D R' U2 R D' R' U2 R' //SECOND LOOK OLL (OLL 23)
U y2 y' R' U' R y R2 Uw R' U R U' R Uw' R2 //AUF + PLL (Gb PERM)


alg.garron: http://tinyurl.com/algz2x-INSPECTI

Initial TPS -------- 3.54 (77 moves in 21.73 seconds)


Fastest Time ------- 12.62
Prepared Solution:

Spoiler: v03.05.4.3 (C.F.O.P)

x' y //INSPECTION
U' F2 y2 U' R' F2 R' F' //CROSS
y' U R' U R L' U L //FIRST PAIR
R U' R' U' y R' U' R //SECOND PAIR
y U2 L U' L' //THIRD PAIR
U' L' U L U L' U L U' y' R U R' //AUF + FOURTH PAIR
U2 M' U' M U2 M' U' M //AUF + FIRST LOOK OLL (OLL 28 [ALGORITHM][MIRRORED])
U2 R U R' U R U2 R' //AUF + SECOND LOOK OLL (SUNE OLL 27)
R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2 //PLL (Ua PERM)


Updates: Went for a direct cross instead of a relative cross. Also found a way to preserve a pair while building another (pair 3 during pair 2) and managed to get easier OLLs and a nice PLL by putting that U' on the first move of the line for my AUF + Fourth Pair.
alg.garron: http://tinyurl.com/kzuppfr

Prepared TPS ------- 5.07 (64 moves in 12.62 seconds)


Percent Increase --- 41.92% (I'm not sure if this is correct btw)
Attempts ----------- ~40

Spoiler: All Times

21.73, 34.37, 19.73, 18.25, 17.97, 18.44, 19.25, 16.48, 20.31, 15.53, 16.40, 14.80, 14.81, 13.00, 12.62, DNF(14.14), 14.95, 14.46, 14.79, 18.98, 13.77, 14.42, 13.59, 13.25, 12.75, 13.34, 18.12, 18.10, 14.03, 19.42

Comments: Yes I know my format is extremely specific, over-informative, and cumbersome, but I have mild OCD so I have to do stuff like this lol. And I have a suggestion, maybe you should post a picture of the scramble when you start a new round, I just did 5 solves with the wrong scramble because I use notepad for setting up my competition information, and the window cut off the scramble which made me do it wrong lol.

 

[Schmidt]

/\ You can use all the time you want, so why don't you look up the OLL you are getting instead of using 2 look?

 

[JF1zl3]

cause I can do both cases of the 2-Look much faster than trying to learn a 1-Look that I don't know quite yet, but good point. Couldn't one just look up a ZBLL alg and do the whole last layer in 1 alg??

 

[Shantanu Modak]

round 2-Scramble: L2 F2 D' R2 U' B2 D2 R2 D' B2 U2 F' U F R U' L2 U' R B' R
cross on D
initial solve- 14.08sec
Prepared- 18 move solution generated using cube explorer(sorry if this is cheating. i didn't know)
7.89 seconds
D' R' B' L2 B2 U2 F U F L' F' L B2 D2 F2 U' R2 B2.

 

[TDM]

cause I can do both cases of the 2-Look much faster than trying to learn a 1-Look that I don't know quite yet, but good point. Couldn't one just look up a ZBLL alg and do the whole last layer in 1 alg??

Yes, that's what I do. But as you say, I sometimes have to look at the algorithm when solving, which does take up some time. ZBLL gives me a worse TPS but a better time and solution length.

 

[MarcelP]

Prepared- 18 move solution generated using cube explorer(sorry if this is cheating. i didn't know)

No, that's fine. You can also use someone elses solution, so why not a computer generated solution. I am not going to congratulate on finding the shortest solution though..

Yes, that's what I do. But as you say, I sometimes have to look at the algorithm when solving, which does take up some time. ZBLL gives me a worse TPS but a better time and solution length.

Yes, if you look at my solution of round two I tried two different paths on the red cross. One was much longer but faster to execute. There I got an higher TPS. The shorter solution gave me a better time though.

 

[MarcelP]

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

I hope you will enter at least once. Maybe this round?

 

[mark49152]

Round 2.
Initial time: 40.71 (did the wrong PLL)
Fastest time: 19.41

Found this harder than last time. My cross just never flowed well and after learning my solution and trying several attempts I didn't want to go back and search for a better solution. Took me about 20 solves to get sub-20 and I've stopped now because I can't see myself doing this one faster.

Solution:-

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z2 y
D B L' R' B' F2 D' // cross - 7
U' L' U L d R U R' // F2L #1 - 8/15
L' U' L2 U2 L' // F2L #2 - 5/20
U' R' U2 R U' L' U' L // F2L #3 - 8/28
R' U R U d L U L' // F2L #4 - 8/36
U [wide Sune] // OLL - 8/44
y' [F-perm] // PLL - 18/62

 

[Iggy]

Round 2

Initial: 13.94
Prepared: 6.61

y F R U2 R2 B2 //cross
U R' U R //1st pair
R U' R' U2 L' U L //2nd pair
L U L' y' U L' U' L //3rd pair
U' R' U2' R U' R' U' R //4th pair
R U2 R' U' R U' R' //OLL
x R2 D2 R U R' D2 R U' R //PLL

4 moves were cancelled, making it 43 moves.

43/6.61 = 7.41301059002 TPS

Kinda disappointing that I couldn't sub 6 that fingertricky solution. :/

 

[MarcelP]

Round 2

Congrats Iggy on the fastest time AND shortest solution (not counting the 18 from cube-explorer as a solution)