Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 10.15, 11.19,
8.30,
12.11, 10.02 =
10.45
3x3x3: 35.06, 29.00, 27.55, 32.33,
26.81 =
29.63
Comment: These were actually quite easy solves for me; good thing, too – since I’ve started reworking all my finger tricks, I’ve been averaging more like 32 or 33. I think the times are starting to finally come back down, though. Hopefully by next week, I’ll be back to my normal times.
4x4x4: 1:53.12 (O), 2:02.15 (OP),
2:18.22 (PPP), 2:07.76 (P),
1:49.42 (OP) =
2:01.01
Comment: Not bad considering the parity. On the third one, I “solved” parity on the bottom of the cube, then had to “unsolve” it, then solve it correctly.
5x5x5: 2:48.64,
2:36.37, 2:55.75, 2:46.54,
3:04.76 =
2:50.31
Comment: A good day for 5x5x5. I did one warmup solve and it was 2:33, so I decided I must be ready to go and started without more warmups.
6x6x6: 6:35.93 (OP),
5:48.38,
6:37.94, 5:55.88 (O), 6:01.78 (O) =
6:11.20
7x7x7: 9:20.27,
9:24.50, 8:34.02,
8:17.50, 9:11.47 (POP) =
9:01.92
Comment: Rats! If it weren’t for the pop, I would have finally had a sub-9 average!
2x2x2 BLD: DNF, 48.43, 48.27 =
48.27
3x3x3 BLD: DNF, DNF, 2:40.58 =
2:40.58
4x4x4 BLD: DNF (9:24.78, 4:34), DNF (8:42.80, 3:58), DNF (10:15.49, 4:30) =
DNF
Comment: Horrible week for little cubes BLD!!! (I’ve gotten where now I think of 2x2x2 - 4x4x4 as little cubes, and 5x5x5 - 7x7x7 as big cubes. Basically, it’s little if you can stackmat it, big if you can’t.
) First one was off by 3 corners mispermuted, second one by just 2 wings, third one was bad – 4 edges and 8 centers. I’m going to work hard on 4x4x4 BLD this week – I’m hoping with some practice, I can get over this rough spot I’ve been having with 4x4x4 lately.
5x5x5 BLD: DNF (15:32.14, 7:25), 21:32.34 (11:32), 17:35.38 (8:39) =
17:35.38
Comment: First one was off by 3 corners misoriented (I went counterclockwise instead of clockwise). Look at those times! The third one was my third best time ever, and the first one would have been my second best. The second one wasn’t bad either, considering there were 5 wing cycles. I hope I can keep getting times like these!
6x6x6 BLD: 40:27.70 (18:39), DNS, DNS =
40:27.70
Comment: New personal best!
7x7x7 BLD: 1:10:51.69 (33:06), DNS, DNS =
1:10:51.69
Comment: Another new personal best!
3x3x3 multiBLD: 4/5 = 3 points, 30:13.27 (18:36)
Comment: Second one was off by 2 flipped edges – I didn’t see the flipped edge.
3x3x3 OH: 56.93, 56.06, 46.08, 49.16,
42.61 =
50.43
3x3x3 WF: 2:11.97,
3:20.71, 2:13.08,
2:07.47, 2:12.00 =
2:12.35
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:35.78,
1:18.21, 2:03.84, 1:53.09,
2:16.81 =
1:50.90
2-4 relay: 2:36.90 (no parity)
2-5 relay: 5:37.27 (no parity)
2-6 relay: 11:55.09 (O, none)
2-7 relay: 22:09.60 (P, P)
Magic: 3.93, 2.75,
2.25, 3.77, 2.41 =
2.98
Master Magic: 7.05,
4.69, 5.53, 6.08, 5.34 =
5.65
Comment: Wow that was bad. I need to practice the Magics.
Snake: Still don’t have one.
Clock: 24.81,
28.00, 26.02,
23.68, 24.03 =
24.95
MegaMinx: 2:55.53, 2:57.24,
2:42.04,
3:00.88, 2:45.92 =
2:52.89
Comment: Wow – well under 3 minutes! Very good for me!
Pyraminx: 24.61, 23.43,
20.44, 24.31, 23.88 =
23.87
Square-1: 1:05.28,
56.40,
1:20.75, 1:06.15, 1:03.18 =
1:04.87
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 33 moves
D’ R’ D’ U L’ D L R B2 L’ D2 R B R’ B’ R B’ D U’ L U R U’ L’ U R’ B2 D’ B U’ B2 U B’
2x2x2: D’ R’ D’ U L’
2x2x3: D L R B2 L’ D2
3x cross: R B R’ B’ R B’ D . B2 D’
4th pair: B U’ B2 U
AUF: B’
insert at .: U’ L U R U’ L’ U R’
Comment: I had a 38 move solution, and then found this (without the insertion) with just 4 minutes left. I decided to go for it, and found the insertion and finished writing the whole thing down with just 2 seconds left! Fortunately, I wrote it down correctly, so it counts. There was at least one better cancellation here that would have cut another move off, but I’m just glad I found this one in time!
4x4x4 Fewest Moves: 93 moves
B’ Rw2 D’ F’ Lw2 L R’ F Uw Rw’ U2 Rw B2 Uw’ L2 B Uw2 B2 R2 Uw’ B Uw’ B Uw’ L’ U’ L Uw2 L Fw2 U F2 U’ Fw2 R2 Fw’ L F L’ Fw’ Lw2 U2 Fw2 F2 U2 Lw2 D B D’ Fw’ R’ F R Fw’ R U B2 U L2 D2 B R B’ D B’ R’ B2 R D B2 D’ R B2 R’ B U’ B’ U B D L U2 L’ D’ L U2 B’ R’ B L’ B’ R B
centers: B’ Rw2 D’ F’ Lw2
L R’ F Uw
Rw’ U2 Rw
B2 Uw’ L2 B Uw2 B2 R2 Uw’
B Uw’ B Uw’ L’ U’ L Uw2
edges: L Fw2 U F2 U’ Fw2
R2 Fw’ L F L’ Fw
insert parity fix: Fw2 Lw2 U2 Fw2 F2 U2 Lw2 Fw2
finish edges: Fw2 D B D’ Fw’ R’ F R Fw’
3x3x3: R U B2 U L2
2x cross: D2 B R B’ D
3rd pair: B’ R’ B2 R D B2 D’
fix edges: R B2 R’ B U’ B’ U B
solve 2 corners: L . B’ R’ B L’ B’ R B
insert at .: L’ D L U2 L’ D’ L U2
Before parity fix, Fw Fw2 become Fw’; after parity fix, Fw2 Fw2 cancel; before insertion, L L’ cancel.
5:11.74 - my feet really hurt now... not fun 
