Belgian Open 2008 - Results

[Erik]

My (almost) winning solution 33 moves: F2 R2 D B' D' U2 B' U2 L R U2 B' R D U F' L2 R2 B F2 U2 L2 R D' U' R' B F' L' U

First checked the inverse but it was crap too.
U' (about the only move that matched stuff) [D'] F2 R2 F U' F2 to make a 2x2x2 block
I put the D' in later, just a random insertion move since this gave me a better position to continue from, learned from Arnaud
Then z2 y' (note: at my official notation I forgot the ' here).
F' R2 U' F R2 [L] F R [L'U2] F [U2] R, I was very proud I found this , I inserted the [] stuff later on. It was funny I got this for the LL, a T permutation with 2 flipped edges. Thanks to an alg I learned for pochmann's first BLD system for this nasty case I knew this
U2 R' F R F2 U F R U R' F' U' F. In total:
U' D' F2 R2 F U' F2 -z2 y'- F' R2 U' F R2 L F R L' U2 F U2 R U2 R' F R F2 U F R U R' F' U' F= 33 moves.
Hope you find this interesting since it took some thinking to find it again...

 

[mrCage]

Hi

Do solely UDFBRL ... it's the best recipe for avoiding the dreaded DNF
Is it so hard to realise this ?? So yes, using only UDFBRL can also be practised as part of the normal FMC practice !!

- Per

 

[Mike Hughey]

I mostly only practice fewest moves by doing Arnaud's online competition and Ryan Heise's linear fewest moves competition - I don't do any other practice, really. And it took me only about 3 weeks to get comfortable with exclusively using UDFBRL once I got determined to do it. So everyone should work on it - it's really easy to do after just a few attempts practicing it.

 

[Kenneth]

Yes, using fixed centres it is just a look at the centre and then you know wich face/side you are turning.

Anoter tip is to do the turns OH and write using the other hand while doing longer operations, like LL algs and stuff. I use it frequently and I saw Anssi doing his whole FMC like that a SCD.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Yes, I use the one-handed method when I'm doing algorithms I'm comfortable with, which makes me glad I decided to do OH left-handed. But unfortunately I'm still pretty terrible at OH solving. I suspect if I got better at OH, my fewest moves solutions would improve substantially.

 

[gogozerg]

After 25 minutes, I had a rather good solution. 32 moves.
I did it thrice, because I wanted to make sure I would remember it, then explored other ways.
When I decided to write it down, I could not remember the sequence (Budapest syndrome). I thought it was starting with BR2DFL'U'L'RDBL2B2L2R2F'R2LDR2L'U, that leaves 6 edges to solve after 21 moves.
But this sequence doesn't put edges in an easy configuration.
A double-layer move instead of single somewhere?.. I don't know what happened. It can't be a matter of scramble.

 

[alexc]

Are there any vids??!!! I hate it when there's a really good comp and no vids...

 

[Kenneth]

After 25 minutes, I had a rather good solution. 32 moves.
I did it thrice, because I wanted to make sure I would remember it, then explored other ways.
When I decided to write it down, I could not remember the sequence (Budapest syndrome). I thought it was starting with BR2DFL'U'L'RDBL2B2L2R2F'R2LDR2L'U, that leaves 6 edges to solve after 21 moves.
But this sequence doesn't put edges in an easy configuration.
A double-layer move instead of single somewhere?.. I don't know what happened. It can't be a matter of scramble.

Gilles, maybe you should practice the write and turn OH style a little, then you can put down your moves at the first try. Then you newer have to worry about forgetting the solution again