Aachen Open 2009

[fw]

For the rest, cool that there was that many guys from media

I remember you saying something like "I hate interviews. I hate solving with feed for camera." to me

 

[Erik]

Cool and good for the popularity of cubing yes.
I don't like being interviewed when I'm in the middle of a tournament cause I'm already stressed enough. And feet.... meh... I'd prefer failing a BLD solve over doing a sub-1 with feet on TV

 

[pjk]

Pochmann didn't compete in BLD?!

 

[KJiptner]

He lend his method to Hume.

 

[Stefan]

No, I didn't do BLD. Too tired, out of shape, interested in watching the others, and still angry at the camera man for making me screw up my final 5x5 solve (I need to become more robust concerning distractions).

 

[AvGalen]

...
Special thanks goes to Arnaud van Galen for giving me my first team-solve experiences and for giving me a tough challenge on the Rubik's Cube.

Sorry for sucking at team-solving. After you had to leave I tried with Mats and we sucked as well. Maybe it would help if I used pairs, OLL's and PLL's that everyone but me seems to know

The challenge Michael talks about is not really that tough (Michael and Stefan only needed 2 minutes or so), but it is interesting. It is based on mixing FMC (premoves) with regular speedsolving. It is also based on Joëls signature and Mátyás bf method). Just
1) Take a solved cube
2) Perform a random quarterturn (FRBLF'R'B'L', not UDU'D')
3) Do some random mixture of OLL's and PLL's.
4) Now try to figure out the OLL('s) and PLL('s) you need to solve the last layer
5) You are now allowed to undo step 2 and really solve the cube.

No, I didn't do BLD. Too tired, out of shape, interested in watching the others, and still angry at the camera man for making me screw up my final 5x5 solve (I need to become more robust concerning distractions).

An "easy" way to train this is to "do a Mike". All you need is a wife and/or some kids.

...Anyone has the FMC scramble? Let's see what I can make of it Gus

FMC (this is the inverse scramble): L2 U' D2 B R2 D' F2 U2 R' F2 R' D' F' B2 D2 F2 L2 U2 R2

U2 B U' R' B
D R D' L2
U' R2 U2 R U' (R U' R' U for a decent F2L but horrible last layer so I didn't use that, but did the following safety solve)
F' U F R F R' F2 U' F2
D R D' R' F'
U' B U' F2 U B' U' F2 U2 R' (No time to look for an insertion )

 

[Mike Hughey]

No, I didn't do BLD. Too tired, out of shape, interested in watching the others, and still angry at the camera man for making me screw up my final 5x5 solve (I need to become more robust concerning distractions).

An "easy" way to train this is to "do a Mike". All you need is a wife and/or some kids.

Exactly. I never have any reason to complain about competition circumstances. They're always better than what I have at home.

 

[fw]

Some media of Aachen Open (only in german). Please send us pictures if you made some!

 

[Erik]

My FMC (2nd place):
Scramble: R2 U2 L2 F2 D2 B2 F D R F2 R U2 F2 D R2 B' D2 U L2
2x3x3 block: R2 U' F' U B2 D' * U' B U2 F' U z2
Finish F2L plus solve corners:
U' R2 U R F' U' F d2 L U' L' U2 L d'
Left are 3 edges, solved them at * with: L' U2 F B' R2 B F' L
Total: 33 moves

 

[clement]

My solution of the FM :

Sramble : R2 U2 L2 F2 D2 B2 F D R F2 R U2 F2 D R2 B' D2 U L2
Pre-move : D

2x2x2 : D' B' U B2 U
2x2x3 : L D2 L2 D2
F2L : L' F D F2 D' F
Rest : F L F U' F' U * z2 L F2 U2 B2 R D2 B2 U2 z2 * L' F' L2
Pre-move : D

I couldn't find a better 3-cycle of edges insertion

 

[mpohl100]

...
Special thanks goes to Arnaud van Galen for giving me my first team-solve experiences and for giving me a tough challenge on the Rubik's Cube.

Sorry for sucking at team-solving. After you had to leave I tried with Mats and we sucked as well. Maybe it would help if I used pairs, OLL's and PLL's that everyone but me seems to know

The challenge Michael talks about is not really that tough (Michael and Stefan only needed 2 minutes or so), but it is interesting. It is based on mixing FMC (premoves) with regular speedsolving. It is also based on Joëls signature and Mátyás bf method). Just
1) Take a solved cube
2) Perform a random quarterturn (FRBLF'R'B'L', not UDU'D')
3) Do some random mixture of OLL's and PLL's.
4) Now try to figure out the OLL('s) and PLL('s) you need to solve the last layer
5) You are now allowed to undo step 2 and really solve the cube.


Well Arnaud,
you are right when you say that this challenge is not that hard.
But I have to thank you for showing me this challenge.
This afternoon I was thinking about this challenge again and somehow I realized that this could be the "premove" I often read in the discussions about the weekly FMC competition.
So Arnaud just made me understand something I couldn't understand by just reading.

Thanks for that Arnaud.

BTW: will there be a teamsolve competiton at the German Open 2009.
Cause I can guarantee that I will stay till the last minute next time because there won't be an improtant test at school.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I thought I would try the FMC, just for fun:

Sramble : R2 U2 L2 F2 D2 B2 F D R F2 R U2 F2 D R2 B' D2 U L2
Solution: D' B' U B2 F' U F2 L U L' U' L D2 L D L' D2 F' R F2 R' F D' R U' R' D R U F' U F U' F' R' F' (36)

2x2x2: D' B' U B2 F' U
2x2x3: F2 L U L' U' L
3x cross: D2 L D L' D2
4th pair: F' R F2 R' F . R F' R'
OLL: R U F U' F' R'
AUF: F'
insert at .: D' R U' R' D R U R'
R' R cancel after .; R' R cancel before OLL.

It took me about 45 minutes.

 

[AvGalen]

...
Special thanks goes to Arnaud van Galen for giving me my first team-solve experiences and for giving me a tough challenge on the Rubik's Cube.

Sorry for sucking at team-solving. After you had to leave I tried with Mats and we sucked as well. Maybe it would help if I used pairs, OLL's and PLL's that everyone but me seems to know

The challenge Michael talks about is not really that tough (Michael and Stefan only needed 2 minutes or so), but it is interesting. It is based on mixing FMC (premoves) with regular speedsolving. It is also based on Joëls signature and Mátyás bf method). Just
1) Take a solved cube
2) Perform a random quarterturn (FRBLF'R'B'L', not UDU'D')
3) Do some random mixture of OLL's and PLL's.
4) Now try to figure out the OLL('s) and PLL('s) you need to solve the last layer
5) You are now allowed to undo step 2 and really solve the cube.


Well Arnaud,
you are right when you say that this challenge is not that hard.
But I have to thank you for showing me this challenge.
This afternoon I was thinking about this challenge again and somehow I realized that this could be the "premove" I often read in the discussions about the weekly FMC competition.
So Arnaud just made me understand something I couldn't understand by just reading.

Thanks for that Arnaud.

BTW: will there be a teamsolve competiton at the German Open 2009.
Cause I can guarantee that I will stay till the last minute next time because there won't be an improtant test at school.

That is indeed how a premove works Michael.
And if there is teamsolve at German Open 2009 we will practice some more and get sub 60 at least.

You told me you had to drive a long way. I guess that means you live near Poland, so it might be a good idea to contact Kai and Janine to drive together

Nice solve Mike. I wish I had had time to find an insertion to make my solution shorter and less lineair. Well, at least I didn't DNF this year (officialy)

 

[KJiptner]

You told me you had to drive a long way. I guess that means you live near Poland, so it might be a good idea to contact Kai and Janine to drive together

No not at all, Michael lives in munich which is southern.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Nice solve Mike. I wish I had had time to find an insertion to make my solution shorter and less lineair. Well, at least I didn't DNF this year (officialy)

Thanks, but I beat your safety solve with what was a pretty good solve for me. And if you take out my insertion, I was one move worse than you. So if you had been satisfied with the kind of solve I got (therefore giving you time to look for an insertion), you probably would have beaten me (or at least matched me).

Anyway, it's nice knowing I could have tied for third!

 

[tim]

You told me you had to drive a long way. I guess that means you live near Poland, so it might be a good idea to contact Kai and Janine to drive together

No not at all, Michael lives in munich which is southern.

So he can pick me up next time, cool .

 

[Markus Pirzer]

You told me you had to drive a long way. I guess that means you live near Poland, so it might be a good idea to contact Kai and Janine to drive together

No not at all, Michael lives in munich which is southern.

Michael lives in munich? I didn't know. I thought I was the only speedcuber from bavarian.

@Michael:
Do you intend to drive to the German Open in Gütersloh? I live about 30km northern from Regensburg. We could met somewhere in Nürnberg, because at least for more then 400 km we would have the same way.

München - Gütersloh: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=München&daddr=Gütersloh&hl=de
Teublitz - Gütersloh: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Teublitz&daddr=Gütersloh&hl=de

 

[mpohl100]

...
Special thanks goes to Arnaud van Galen for giving me my first team-solve experiences and for giving me a tough challenge on the Rubik's Cube.

That is indeed how a premove works Michael.
And if there is teamsolve at German Open 2009 we will practice some more and get sub 60 at least.

You told me you had to drive a long way. I guess that means you live near Poland, so it might be a good idea to contact Kai and Janine to drive together

Haha thanks for thinking about my situation Arnaud.
Kai is right, I live in Munich. And I didn't have to drive alone. My mother was a great support^^. And furthermore you should know that a six hours drive is not that hard for me because I had two 15 hour drives together with my dad to our holiday target in Italy. So I am really used to long hour drives.

And what I also wanted to say:
You shouldn't apologize for sucking at teamsolving.

You don't suck at all at the Rubik's Cube. Your cube knowledge ia much bigger than mine. You can do awesome FM solutions witch I can't and for speedsolving you use the keyhole method which is not hard to understand but which is hard to look-ahead and which is hard to get sub 25 with.

The differences of our two styles of solving make the teamsolve a bigger challenge as if we both used the same algorithms and F2L methods in normal speedsolves.
And the bigger the challenge the more fun it will be.
So I am looking forward to meeting you and all the others again at the German Open at the latest. Maybe I can convince my dad to go to a competition in Holland before the German Open but I am not sure about that.

Greetings

Michael

 

[guusrs]

...Anyone has the FMC scramble? Let's see what I can make of it Gus

FMC (this is the inverse scramble): L2 U' D2 B R2 D' F2 U2 R' F2 R' D' F' B2 D2 F2 L2 U2 R2

So scramble is: R2 U2 L2 F2 D2 B2 F D R F2 R U2 F2 D R2 B' D2 U L2
after 30 minutes or so I got: B2 U B' F U2 B' U2 B' D' B U D' L2 D' L D L2 D' L' U2 D' B D B' U2 D' (26)
explanation:
pseudo 2x2x2: B2 U B' F U2 (5)
pseudo 2x2x3: B2.D' B U' D' (10)
all but 3 corners (freestyling) L2 D' L D L2 D' L' U2 D' B D B U2 D' (24)
at dot insert B U2 B' D' B U2 B' D, 6 moves cancel
Gus

 

[KJiptner]

Our professor just mailed us that we have one full month of additional time for finishing our writings. Life's a b**ch sometimes.