Best +2 ever [pic]

[shelley]

One of Dan Dzoan's 5x5 solves at the Boulder Open. He jammed on the last move, spent several seconds trying to unjam it, then realized it was only one move off and decided to take the +2. The ending position seems to defy all laws of cube physics, but all the pieces are still attached and we decided it's technically only one move off.

 

[Faz]

HAHAHAHAHA very nice, i wouldve just slammed it down if it jammed

 

[hawkmp4]

Yeah, that cube scared me xD
Seemed to follow the rules though.

 

[DavidWoner]

that is awesome

 

[Crickets]

The hideousness of that cube will haunt my dreams forever. haha. . . Mr. Deeds

 

[edwardtimliu]

shelley my pic is way better than urs... but I WAS THERE! lol , and michael has the video and he'll post it on youtube later

 

[pjk]

I have a pretty good pic of it too. I also have the video of the flipped piece I pulled on Dan, along with his reaction.

The .75 cube draw by Zac was pretty slick.

 

[Dene]

This isn't all that rare, or at least it isn't for me. Happens once every maybe about 30 solves.

 

[Leviticus]

Yeah i agree with Dene, its not rare at all.

 

[Mike Hughey]

That looks very much like what happened to me on one of my earliest 5x5x5 BLD attempts with my V-cube. I almost gave up using the V-cube for BLD after that, but I kept going with it, and I'm glad I did - now I couldn't be happier with it. It's hard to do this unless you're both being really fast and kind of careless. I haven't had it happen on a BLD solve since then, although I've had it happen once or twice for speed solves.

In my experience, this sort of thing is easier to have happen on a 7x7x7 than on a 5x5x5. I get it about once every 10 solves or so on 7x7x7.

 

[shelley]

Yeah i agree with Dene, its not rare at all.

Sure, but how many times have you seen it as the ending state of a solve in competition?

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

The ending position seems to defy all laws of cube physics,

Nah, V-Cube mechanism is just funny.

 

[DavidWoner]

The ending position seems to defy all laws of cube physics,

Nah, V-Cube mechanism is just funny.

yeah, V-6s and V-7s are already supposed to defy physics right? so why cant V-5s do the same?

 

[Dene]

Yeah i agree with Dene, its not rare at all.

Sure, but how many times have you seen it as the ending state of a solve in competition?

How many competitions have been since v-cubes have been around?! Not many, really.

As for on the 7x7x7, I think I've only ever had it happen once. Maybe that's because my hands are too small to turn it fast and dangerously enough to get it to happen. (Unfortunately, my 7x7x7 is greatly held back by my needing to hold the cube firmly with both hands).

 

[KConny]

Haha, the EXACT same thing happend to me at EC, but just when I realized that I should just take a +2 it fell back in to place. First time it happend to me since I don't have a V-cube of my own.

 

[hawkmp4]

I have a pretty good pic of it too. I also have the video of the flipped piece I pulled on Dan, along with his reaction.

The .75 cube draw by Zac was pretty slick.

I did almost all of scrambling for the second half of 3x3 finals to pull that off, I told the other scrambler that I could take care of it, he could go judge. I've never scrambled that fast in my life. Worth it though, I heard Dan when he got it and my girlfriend got it on tape too.

 

[Leviticus]

Yeah i agree with Dene, its not rare at all.

Sure, but how many times have you seen it as the ending state of a solve in competition?

I don't know, i've never been to one.

 

[not_kevin]

shelley my pic is way better than urs... but I WAS THERE! lol , and michael has the video and he'll post it on youtube later

Here's the video I took. The jam starts at about 2:04 (the last 25-ish seconds are pretty much everyone not cubing [and some who are, like Ed] looking at it).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_mCff37fwY

 

[cubejunkies]

I was there my friend and his fancy hd camera got a REALLY good shot, I'll tell him to post it

 

[fanwuq]

I was there my friend and his fancy hd camera got a REALLY good shot, I'll tell him to post it

According to your fake WCA profile, you weren't there...