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Blizzard Town 2014

I am surprised that I got the fastest time on the 1st skewb scramble in the final round, I'm not really that fast at skewb. Here was my solution:

1) Solve 2 layer pieces
2) Sledgehammer


I thought it was even easier than the first scramble at Houston Winter (Walker's 4.63 WR scramble).

Houston 1st scramble solution:

1) Solve 2 layer pieces
2) U-perm
 
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DYK...

I got 12 PB's

I won the unofficial Beard comp

There was a pool table

I went 1-0 at pool

I beat James LaChance at 2x2

^ that is hilarious^

The bathroom had one toilet but two sinks

NINE!!!!!!!

"I want to have Dix-on that day"
 
Here is a video reconstruction of my 6.03 skewb single.

1st solve of final round at Blizzard Town 2014 for skewb.

Scramble: R B' L' U' R L' R' B U'

Time: 6.03
Moves: 10
TPS: 1.65 (LOL)

 
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Got 3.46 on that solution and I wasn't warmed up or anything at all wat

E: Tried 2x2 scrambles even though wasn't warmed up and pretty bad lighting lol. Got 1.94 average on group a with 1.49 single, final round got 1.27 on first scramble and a counting 1.38 but counting 3 xD pretty good scrambles I guess and I'm going to sleep now.

EDIT2: Actually looked back at video, it was (1.27) 1.34, 2.66, 1.90, (Fail) so 1.97 average with counting 2.6 loooool.
 
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Here is a video reconstruction of my 6.03 skewb single.

1st solve of final round at Blizzard Town 2014 for skewb.

Scramble: R B' L' U' R L' R' B U'

Time: 6.03
Moves: 10
TPS: 1.65 (LOL)


Yep, I did the orange one, because I saw that it seemed to be a shorter face in inspection (5 moves vs 6 moves). I was right about that, but it was definitely not the right face to choose, clearly.
 
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Someone left two American $5 bills on one of the tables. I believe it belongs to someone whom I sold a cube to, who got $10 back in change. I don't remember what your name was, but if this is you, send me a message along with some sort of evidence and I can send the money to you via Paypal or something.

Did you know...

- I won the unofficial best pants competition?
- I got 4 fantasy cubing points?
- Brandon knows how to pronounce everyone's names?
- I forgot how to turn a 3x3x3?
- I mistook a random parent for Frank Morris?
- "Right, left, right" is not the same as "left, right, left"?
- Lee didn't even realize until the car ride home that he got the skewb NR average?
- Right before Eric, Lee and I left Ann Arbor, we and Kit played one round of Super Smach Bros. on N64?
- Imitating Yoshi's sounds makes you a better player?
 
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Blake Thompson - 9.43 3x3 av5 - Blizzard Town 2014

[youtubehd]e7Vh1eCKch4[/youtubehd]
D2 F2 D2 F' R' U L U R2 F U' B2 D2 B2 D F2 U F2 L2

x2 y // inspection
D2 R' D2 F' B2' U R2 // cross
y' R U R' // 1st pair
y U R U' R' U2 R U' R' // 2nd pair
y U2 R' U' R d' R U R' // 3rd pair
y' U R U' R' U d R' U' R // 4th pair
U2 r' R U R U R' U' r R2' F R F' // OLL
U' R2 u' R U' R U R' u x' R2 d R' d' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="Red"]Total	13.97	68	4.87	80	5.73	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	4.85	17	3.51	21	4.33		Cross+1/F2L	58.2%	39.5%	40.4%
F2L	8.33	43	5.16	52	6.24		F2L/Total	59.6%	63.2%	65.0%
LL	5.64	25	4.43	28	4.96		LL/Total	40.4%	36.8%	35.0%
D2 F2 D2 F' R' U L U R2 F U' B2 D2 B2 D F2 U F2 L2

x2 y // inspection
D2 R' D D F' B2' U' y U2 y' R2 // cross
U' U U' R' R U y' R U R' // 1st pair
y U R U' R' U2 R U' R' // 2nd pair
y U U R' R R' U' R d' R U R' // 3rd pair
y' U R U' R' U d R' U' R // 4th pair
U U r' R U R U R' U' r R2' F R F' // OLL
U' R2 u' R U' R U R' u x' R2 d R' d' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
R L' B' L2 F' D B' R F D' B D' F B' R2 F' U2 F' B

x2 y // inspection
U2 R' F2 D2 F // cross
U' R' U2 R U' y R U R' // 1st pair
y R U' R' L U' L' // 2nd pair
R' U R U2' R' U R // 3rd pair
R U R' U R U' R' // 4th pair
U' F R U R' U' F' // OLL
R' d' F R2 u R' U R U' R u' R2' U' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="Red"]Total	8.66	52	6.00	56	6.47	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	2.60	13	5.00	14	5.38		Cross+1/F2L	45.1%	40.6%	38.9%
F2L	5.77	32	5.55	36	6.24		F2L/Total	66.6%	61.5%	64.3%
LL	2.89	20	6.92	20	6.92		LL/Total	33.4%	38.5%	35.7%

maybe not 100% correct as the start of the solve is obscured
B2 R2 D L2 D2 U B2 R2 B L R2 D U2 F U L2 B D2 L2 F

x // inspection
r' D' l' U2 L x' D2' // cross
y' U R U' R' U R U R' // 1st pair
y' U' R U' R' U y' R' U R // 2nd pair
y' U' R' U' R U R' U' R // 3rd pair
R U' R' U y' R' U' R U' R' U' R // 4th pair
U R' U' F' U F R // OLL
U' R2 u R' U R' U' R u' R2 y' R' U R U2' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="Red"]Total	10.30	62	6.02	74	7.18	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	3.53	15	4.25	21	5.95		Cross+1/F2L	52.5%	36.6%	41.2%
F2L	6.73	41	6.09	51	7.58		F2L/Total	65.3%	66.1%	68.9%
LL	3.57	21	5.88	23	6.44		LL/Total	34.7%	33.9%	31.1%
B2 R2 D L2 D2 U B2 R2 B L R2 D U2 F U L2 B D2 L2 F

x // inspection
r' D' l' U U L x' D' U' D' // cross
U' D' y' D U' R U' R' U R U R' // 1st pair
y' U' R U' R' U y' R' U R // 2nd pair
U' y' R' U' R U R' U' R2 // 3rd pair
U' R' U y' R' U' R U' R' U' R // 4th pair
U R' U' F' U F R // OLL
U' R2 u R' U R' U' R u' R2 y' R' U R U' U' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
U2 B L2 B2 L2 F' R2 D2 R2 D2 L B2 R2 U' B F' R' D U F'

x y2 // inspection
D' L U R' U2' x' D' // cross
U R U R' U' y L U L' // 1st pair
y' U' R U' R' U2' R' U R // 2nd pair
R U R' U2' R U R' // 3rd pair
y2 U' R U R' // 4th pair
U' R U R' U' r R' U R U' r' // OLL
U' F' U' F R2 u R' U R U' R u' R2' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="Red"]Total	8.66	56	6.47	66	7.62	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	2.17	14	6.45	17	7.83		Cross+1/F2L	44.6%	42.4%	40.5%
F2L	4.87	33	6.78	42	8.62		F2L/Total	56.2%	58.9%	63.6%
LL	3.79	23	6.07	24	6.33		LL/Total	43.8%	41.1%	36.4%
U2 B L2 B2 L2 F' R2 D2 R2 D2 L B2 R2 U' B F' R' D U F'

x y2 // inspection
D' L U R' U' U' x' D' // cross
U R U R' U' y L U L' // 1st pair
y' U U U R U' R' U' U' R' U R // 2nd pair
R U R' U' U' R U R' // 3rd pair
y2 U' R U R' // 4th pair
U' R U R' U' r R' U R U' r' // OLL
U' F' U' F R2 u R' U R U' R u' R2' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
U' R' F L' D R2 U' F L F' R' U2 B2 D L2 U R2 D' L2

L (D' U) R' D F // cross
U R U2' R' U' F U' F' // 1st pair
U R' U2' R2 U R' // 2nd pair
U2' R' U3 R U' R' R R' U R // 3rd pair
y' U L' U L U' y U' L U L' // 4th pair
l U' R' D R U R' D' x // OLL(CP)
M2' U' M' U2 M U' M2' U2 // EPLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="Red"]Total	9.33	56	6.00	65	6.97	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	2.87	13	4.53	14	4.88		Cross+1/F2L	42.2%	32.5%	29.8%
F2L	6.80	40	5.88	47	6.91		F2L/Total	72.9%	71.4%	72.3%
LL	2.53	16	6.32	18	7.11		LL/Total	27.1%	28.6%	27.7%
U' R' F L' D R2 U' F L F' R' U2 B2 D L2 U R2 D' L2

L (D' U) R' D F // cross
U R U' U' R' U' F U' F' // 1st pair
U R' U' U' R2 R' R U R' // 2nd pair
U' U' R' U U U R U' R' R R' U R // 3rd pair
U y' L' U L U' y U' L U L' // 4th pair
l U' R' D R U R' D' x // OLL(CP)
M2' U' M' U U M U' M2' U2 // EPLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code:
Average (removing fastest and slowest solve)

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	9.43	58.00	6.15	68.33	7.25	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	2.86	14.00	4.90	17.33	6.07		Cross+1/F2L	46.6%	36.8%	37.1%
F2L	6.13	38.00	6.20	46.67	7.61		F2L/Total	65.0%	65.5%	68.3%
LL	3.30	20.00	6.07	21.67	6.57		LL/Total	35.0%	34.5%	31.7%

Code:
Mean (5/5)

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	10.18	58.80	5.77	68.20	6.70	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Cross+1	3.20	14.40	4.49	17.40	5.43		Cross+1/F2L	49.3%	38.1%	38.2%
F2L	6.50	37.80	5.82	45.60	7.02		F2L/Total	63.8%	64.3%	66.9%
LL	3.68	21.00	5.70	22.60	6.13		LL/Total	36.2%	35.7%	33.1%

Code:
Best from each field

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	8.66	52	6.47	56	7.62[/COLOR]

Cross+1	2.17	13	6.45	14	7.83
F2L	4.87	32	6.78	36	8.62
LL	2.53	16	6.92	18	7.11
 
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