I've only done one successful 7x7BLD at all. That one was from a weekly comp, yes.
But in the weeklies 7x7 BLD is not a regular/real event, it's only Mike, Chris and me
and seldom any other that makes an attempt at 6x6 or 7x7. Which made this comp
a little more special. And again, just because of that a little annoying that I did not
get any solve successful. Of course it is a difference to be fully concentrated for 20-40
minutes solving time instead of the 8-10 which is a normal solving time for me on a 5x5.
And I admit, the obliques don't feel as easy as the other center pieces. (if only from less
experience).
I've only done one successful 7x7BLD at all. That one was from a weekly comp, yes.
But in the weeklies 7x7 BLD is not a regular/real event, it's only Mike, Chris and me
and seldom any other that makes an attempt at 6x6 or 7x7. Which made this comp
a little more special. And again, just because of that a little annoying that I did not
get any solve successful. Of course it is a difference to be fully concentrated for 20-40
minutes solving time instead of the 8-10 which is a normal solving time for me on a 5x5.
And I admit, the obliques don't feel as easy as the other center pieces. (if only from less
experience).
Nice!
Maybe it'd make sense to make 7x7 BLD an event. I guess you, Mike, Chris and maybe aronpm, Zane, Daniel etc. are going to participate too. That would already be a decent amount of competitors imo.
I've only done one successful 7x7BLD at all. That one was from a weekly comp, yes.
But in the weeklies 7x7 BLD is not a regular/real event, it's only Mike, Chris and me
and seldom any other that makes an attempt at 6x6 or 7x7. Which made this comp
a little more special. And again, just because of that a little annoying that I did not
get any solve successful. Of course it is a difference to be fully concentrated for 20-40
minutes solving time instead of the 8-10 which is a normal solving time for me on a 5x5.
And I admit, the obliques don't feel as easy as the other center pieces. (if only from less
experience).
Do the regular 7x7 scrambles bld as well Interestingly, I almost find it easier to be concentrated for really long solves. I guess I kind of get more and more in the zone as I go along. The obliques are definitely the hardest for me atm too. I think it's lack of experience, and also that they are the least easily defined piece on the centres if you get what I mean. SO the brain has more difficulty working with them. I have to do a 7bld in the next couple of days - I DNFed the first scramble.
May I remind you all that there is only 1 day left - 27.5hrs to be exact. All entries made after 2359 GMT will not be counted - well they probably will be, but.....
EDIT - Oh Muckers, you'll be pleased to know that I'm not practising at the mo.
2x2x2 Blindfolded: 46.99, 40.76, DNF(52.67), 43.23, 35.65 = 35.65 43.66 average of 5, using old pochmann 3x3x3 Blindfolded: DNF(4:11.46), 5:00.10, DNF(4:06.15), 5:22.52, 4:28.94 = 4:28.94 1st: forgot to undo L2 somewhere; 3rd: 4 flipped edges; happy with this. 4x4x4 Blindfolded: 55:31.63 [27], 34:22.72 [16], DNF(29:47.35 [15]) = 34:22.72 First time using comms. Execution mistake on third, off by 3 edges. 3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded: 4/4 (38:24.21) I’ve only got 4 cubes, and I’ve only tried 3 once before. Felt a bit too rushed, I’ll stick with 3 for now.
1. L2 D U L2 U’ R2 U L2 U’ R’ B’ L B L F U F2 U2 F U L’ B L B’ L2 F L F2 D F D2 L’ D L D F’ D’ F L2
2. B’ R’ L’ D L U2 L’ D’ L U’ R’ L D’ L’ F D2 F’ L2 B2 F L2 U’ L’ U F’ D’ L’ D2 L’ D’ L’ D2 B D’ B’ D’ L’ D’ L B D B’ D’ B’ L B L’ D2
3. L U’ R’ D2 B U2 R’ F R’ U F2 U’ B2 D’ F2 D B2 L F2 L’ F2 L F’ L’ R’ D R D’ F’ D’ F D F’ D’ L’ D R’ D’ L D R
Yay I'm finished with 21 hours to spare
Done everything except that Skewb I don't own.
2x2x2: 4.88, 3.05, (5.12), 4.77, 4.27, 3.95, 4.70, 3.64, 3.74, 4.34, (2.67), 4.22 = 4.15 3x3x3: 13.84, 13.73, 13.31, (15.27), 11.48, 13.86, 12.92, 11.36, 14.21, 12.40, (10.83), 13.19 = 13.03 4x4x4: 58.66, 1:02.41, 1:01.98, (1:15.48), 1:07.53, (54.42), 57.64, 1:02.07, 1:01.73, 56.76, 59.72, 1:03.29 = 1:01.18 5x5x5: 1:57.83, 1:54.35, 2:04.02, 2:05.27, 2:01.45, 2:00.09, 1:59.97, (2:09.72), (1:48.83), 1:59.02, 2:04.22, 2:03.10 = 2:00.93 6x6x6: 4:41.34, 4:40.45, (5:06.91), 4:36.15, 4:39.02, 4:42.21, 4:25.44, 4:37.50, 4:29.10, (4.48), 4:22.00, 4:39.23 = 4:35.24 7x7x7: 7:12.75, 7:29.50, 7:28.26, 7:08.14, 7:21.17, (6:49.89), (7:33.77), 7:04.90, 7:13.33, 7:14.00, 7:26.40, 7:02.91 = 7:16.14 2x2x2BLD: 11.94+, DNF, 10.58, DNF, 14.94+ = 10.58
I was guessing PBL for the 2-5th solves and got lucky on one 3x3x3BLD: 1:08.43, 1:21.43, 1:30.13, 1:00.97, DNF = 1:00.97
Oh so close but nice anyway 4x4x4BLD: 5:03.72, DNF, 4:49.12 = 4:49.12 5x5x5BLD: 13:30.20, DNF, DNF = 13:30.20
Really bad 2nd and 3rd attempts. Must have been 8-10 pieces out on each. 6x6x6BLD: 39:42.06 [19:42.69], DNS, DNS = 39:42.06
First attempt at 6bld (although I'd already done a 7bld last month). I forgot that I could reorient until it was too late but meh 7x7x7BLD: DNF, 1:01:29, DNS = 1:01:29
First one was off by 3 obliques MultiBLD: 13/13 55:34 [34:50]
Wasn't in the zone at the start, and spent 20 minutes memoing the first 6 cubes. Took less than 15 on the other 7. I executed in this order: 13 10 11 12 1 2 3 4...
Next time I do a serious multi attempt I'm going for 15. OH: 27.27, 28.00, 28.04, 27.20, (22.94), 24.77, (34.75), 26.08, 24.11, 28.26, 28.71, 24.76 = 26.72 Feet: 1:26.49, 1:15.40, 1:16.58, 1:13.25, 1:19.67, 1:19.05, 1:24.66, 1:16.55, 1:17.42, (1:36.17), 1:21.01, (1:11.13) = 1:19.01 MTS: 41.19, 46.49, (DNF(45.12)), 47.27, 41.28, (37.69), 38.64, 48.20, 43.21, 45.47+, 40.56, 45.09 = 43.74 FMC: 26, DNF, 23 = 23 moves
1. 26 moves U F2 D' F B R F L B2 D L D L' D F D L D L' B' D F D' B D F2
Normal Scramble: D' F2 D2 U B' F' R2 F R' F R' U2 B R' U2 L F' U B F' L2 B' R D' B
2x2x3 and last cross piece: U F2 D' F B R F L B2 (9)
F2L-1: D L D L' (13)
Solve edges leaving 3 corners: D F D L D L' D * F' (21)
Insert at *: D' B' D F D' B D F' to cancel 3 moves 21+8-3 = 26 moves
Good old-fashioned normal scramble - no fancy NISS or pseudoblocks or other crazy stuff
2. DNF
Had this, but didn't finish due to being scared of finding an optimal 5 corner insertion
Normal Scramble: D' B F2 L R' D2 U' B2 U2 B2 F2 D' F R U L B F L F2 U' L2 R' B2 D
2x2x3: R2 B2 U D L' R U' D2 F (9)
EO: R D' R' (12)
Solve edges: D' B' D2 B2 D' (17)
5 corners left
3. 23 moves F2 L F U' R2 B' L' F2 L B' L' F2 U B L' U L' U' L2 B2 F U F'
Normal Scramble: D' U' L' R' D' L F R B D R' F' L2 U' R U B R2 D' L' D U F2 L R2
2x2x2: F2 L F U' R2 (5)
F2L-1: B2* L' U L B' (10) Pretty rubbish orientation left, so I went back a couple of moves and managed to find a nice short EO
EO: B L' B L' U L' U' L2 B2 (15)
Block: F U F' (18) was just trying to make another block - didn't expect to see just 3 corners left when I did it!
Insert at *: B L' F2 L B' L' F2 L to cancel 3 moves. 18+8-3 = 23 moves
Nice insertion as well, to give my best solve ever
Also found this 27 move solution using the same F2L-1: F2 L F U' R2 B2 L' U L B' U' R' U' F R' F' R U R L' U L U' F U2 F' U'
After the above F2L-1, switch to Inverse Scramble: (Premoves: B L' U' L B2 R2 U F' L' F2)
Inverse Scramble: R2 L' F2 U' D' L D R2 B' U' R' U L2 F R D' B' R' F' L' D R L U D
F2L: U F U2 F' U L' U' L
OLL: R' U' R' F R F' U R
AUF: U
Really happy with how this turned out. I was trying to build 2x2x3s from the start, rather than going via 2x2x2s, and I got some nice starts by doing this . The finishes were also good, and although I tried loads of different things, I admit some luck went my way
2-4 Relay: 1:22.43 2-5 Relay: 3:26.25 2-6 Relay: 8:04.20 2-7 Relay: 15:14.22 Magic 1.40, 1.31, 1.55, 1.34, 1.33, 1.38, 1.56, 1.34, (1.30), 1.34, (1.86), 1.47 = 1.40 Master Magic: 2.69, 2.93, 3.16, 3.09, 2.66, 3.05, 2.93, 2.65, 2.84, 2.96, 3.18, 2.81 = 2.91 Clock: 7.39, 7.77, (8.57), 7.34, 7.04, 7.64, 6.69, 7.21, 8.03, 7.39, (6.36), 7.27 = 7.38
I warmed up properly for this average by doing an avg38 first. Megaminx: 1:39.37, 1:35.45, 1:31.77, 1:46.47, (1:49.58), 1:40.54, 1:37.36, 1:37.77, (1:26.42), 1:31.32, 1:39.59, 1:36.54 = 1:37.62 Pyraminx: 5.86, 6.28, (3.91), (7.71), 5.92, 7.12, 4.74, 5.19, 6.02, 7.37, 7.63, 5.86 = 6.20
Had quite a few skips in this average, giving me a pb average Square-1: 27.65, 32.66, 35.88, (35.93), (25.06), 33.07, 28.02, 25.66, 26.75, 27.05, 29.18, 31.12 = 29.70
So glad I only got 4 parities, because I was all over the place on the parity alg. Skewb: Don't have one
It was really hard doing all of these and keeping up with the weeklies at the same time.
I'm very proud to say: only 4 DNFs total!!!! One 3x3x3 BLD, two 6x6x6 BLDs, and one 7x7x7 BLD. Not bad! (I also DNFed 3 of the 9 cubes in the multi.)
Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 8.98, 9.89, 7.74, 5.85, 7.96, 10.80, 5.95, 7.74, 6.66, 7.88, 5.72, 7.02 = 7.57
Comment: Fairly normal. 3x3x3: 22.61, 26.59, 21.40, 25.09, 21.78, 23.43, 16.93, 22.94, 27.25, 24.86, 22.78, 26.18 = 23.77
Comment: Forgot one of my OLLs, and I got it three times! Actually a surprisingly good average considering that. 4x4x4: 1:41.69 [OP], 1:52.82 [OP], 1:43.16 [P], 1:43.40 [O], 1:42.34 [OP], 1:40.29 [O], 1:34.28 [OP], 1:40.91 [P], 1:33.47 [O], 1:48.77 [O], 1:33.84 [P], 1:39.47 [OP] = 1:40.81
Comment: 12 solves, none without parity, almost half with double parity. Bleah. 5x5x5: 2:47.00, 2:27.90, 2:39.44, 2:17.28, 2:36.03, 2:29.44, 2:25.27, 2:31.09, 2:40.08, 2:39.97, 2:48.78, 2:45.91 = 2:36.21
Comment: Done with AVG; I'm still not this fast with bigcubes.com. Ha - I just noticed I beat Chris Hardwick (by 2 measly seconds)! Amazing how close we were. (And amazing how pathetic I am - I practiced 5x5x5 lots this month, and those were probably Chris's first 12 5x5x5 speedsolves since Nationals.) 6x6x6: 5:14.18 [OP], 5:39.98 [P], 5:01.34, 4:58.30 [O], 5:34.65 [OP], 5:45.56 [OP], 5:27.53 [P], 4:52.13 [O], 4:41.31 [P], 4:50.81 [P], 5:08.63 [P], 5:08.30 [P] = 5:11.59
Comment: Very nice for me, especially the last half! 7x7x7: 7:55.86, 7:12.90, 8:04.33, 8:16.02, 8:00.90, 6:52.27, 6:51.68, 7:47.31, 7:36.75, 7:35.09, 7:52.80, 7:06.28 = 7:36.45
Comment: Those two sub-7's in a row were amazing. 2x2x2 BLD: 22.06, 25.06, 37.43, 40.02, 27.78 = 22.06
Comment: That's a 30.09 avg 3/5, nice.1. 3x3x3 BLD: 1:33.38, 1:41.11, DNF [1:57.16], 2:10.83, 1:51.33 = 1:33.38
Comment: That's a 1:54.42 avg 3/5, not bad. 4x4x4 BLD: 8:04.65 [3:49], 7:43.67 [4:07], 8:36.98 [4:47] = 7:43.67
Comment: That's an 8:08.43 mean of 3, nice. First one I took a long time on one BH case. Third one I made a mistake memorizing wings, realized it from the count, and corrected it - not a bad time considering. 5x5x5 BLD: 17:01.50 [8:24], 14:42.33 [7:26], 13:44.60 [6:45] = 13:44.60
Comment: That's a 15:09.48 mean of 3, very nice! First one I had bad recall pauses on the X centers; third one felt terribly slow during the solving phase, but I'm happy with the result - I almost matched Daniel! 6x6x6 BLD: DNF [46:47.07, 24:08], 36:31.57 [16:49], DNF [36:57.92, 18:12] = 36:31.57
Comment: That's a ... oh, wait, I guess I didn't pull that off, did I? (I wish!) At least I beat Daniel and Chris. Barely. Nice job, guys - you're catching up fast! First one off by 2 obliques and 3 outer X centers. Third one off by 3 inner wings, 3 outer wings, and 5 obliques. On the wings, I thought I had done outer when I should have done inner, so I undid it and did it again. It turns out I did them right the first time. 7x7x7 BLD: 51:48.85 [22:49], DNF [57:33.51, 26:50], 48:23.98 [22:09] = 48:23.98
Comment: First one was easy, but I'm badly out of practice on obliques, so that was slow. Second one off by 2 inner X centers (forgot to do last piece in memo) and 2 centrals flipped (I saw them, but I forgot to consciously add them to memorization). Third one was rather easy after a reorient. BH wings are definitely helping me particularly much on big cubes - cutting moves off makes a bigger difference in time with the bigger cubes! Unfortunately, although I've sped up a bit on obliques since the first solve, I'm still out of practice - it was the obliques that really slowed me down. 3x3x3 multiBLD:6/9 = 3 points, 40:09.97 [26:22]
Comment: Oh, well. First cube off by 3 edges because I handled BU as my last edge wrong. Sixth cube off by 6 edges - I executed SN as NS, and I handled BU as my last edge wrong. Ninth cube was off by 4 edges - I didn't see a flipped edge, and I handled BU as my last edge wrong. See something I need to work on? (I don't think I'll make that mistake again.) I can't believe I had that case 3 times in just 9 cubes - amazing! I am happy with the time, though - that's a pretty awesome time for me. 3x3x3 OH: 38.97, 50.65, 50.40, 45.68, 46.75, 43.53, 48.25, 50.72, 37.19, 36.09, 44.63, 43.71 = 44.98 3x3x3 WF: 1:59.81, 2:06.40, 1:39.78, 1:48.44, 1:27.77, 1:41.55, 1:28.90, 2:12.19, 1:48.25, 4:13.86, 1:50.31, 2:21.27 = 1:53.69
Comment: Fast one was Sune - A perm; very easy. Slow one I messed up the PLL so badly that I needed to start over by resolving the cross. I'm pretty out of practice with this. 3x3x3 Match the Scramble: 1:35.58, 1:40.55, 1:52.81, 1:43.65, 1:20.77, 1:19.59, 1:46.40, 1:29.90, 1:31.94, 1:21.46, 1:08.38, 1:29.05 = 1:31.89
Comment: Pretty out of practice with this too. 3x3x3 Fewest Moves:31 moves
Comment: Thankfully, the third scramble was much easier. Its only problem is that there were so many good starts. I had a good solve, but a bad insertion. On both of the first two, I ran out of time and had to just do a linear solve at the end of what I was working on to finish in time. Very very bad.
1. 39 moves
U' R' U' R' U F B'R2 F' B U R2 U F R' F' R U R U' R2 F R F2 U F U F D' F2 D R D' B' L D2 B' L B
start with inverse scramble:
2x2x2: B' L B D2 L' B D
2x cross: R' D' F2 D F'
switch to regular scramble:
3rd pair: U' R' U' R
switch to inverse scramble:
4th pair: U' F' U' F2 R' F' R
OLL: R U R' U' R' F R F'
PLL: U' R2 U' B' F R2 B F' U' R2
R R become R2 before OLL, R2 R' become R between PLL and premoves, then invert.
2. 44 moves
F L2 U' D2 R' L' B' L' U2 B L B2 L' B2 L B L2 B' D B L B' L' D' L D' B' D R2 D' B D B R2 B' R2 B' R2 U B2 U2 L' U B'
start with normal scramble:
2x2x2: F L2 U' D2 R'
2x2x3: L' B' L' U2
switch to inverse scramble:
3rd pair: B U' L U2 B2 U'
switch to normal scramble:
4th pair: B L B2 L' B2 L B L'
OLL: L' B' D B L B' L' D' L
PLL: D' B' D R2 D' B D B R2 B' R2 B' R2
L' L' become L2 before OLL.
3. 31 moves
F2 L U' B U' F2 U2 R F' U D B D' F2 D B' D' F2 R D' L' U L' U' L2 F D F D' F D
start with normal scramble:
2x2x2: F2 L U' B
2x2x3: U' F2 U2 R F' U .
3x cross: R
switch to inverse scramble:
4th pair: D' F' D F' D' F' D
pseudo OLL: D' L2 U L U' L D (D D' cancel between 4th pair and OLL)
insert at .: D B D' F2 D B' D' F2
2-4 Relay:2:20.47 2-5 Relay:5:16.28 2-6 Relay:11:27.54 2-7 Relay:19:11.91 Magic: 2.00, 1.69, 2.18, 1.72, 1.80, 3.56, 1.81, 2.41, 1.94, 1.97, 1.78, 2.59 = 2.02
Comment: It's nerve-wracking to try an average 10/12 on Magic. Two bad solves and it's destroyed. You can see I got nervous at the end. Master Magic: 4.41, 4.80, 3.68, 3.50, 4.00, 3.75, 3.81, 4.33, 3.91, 4.16, 4.68, 3.83 = 4.06
Comment: This was pretty scary too, actually. Clock:28.00, 19.44, 17.31, 21.27, 17.30, 18.80, 19.88, 20.09, 14.30, 16.03, 16.63, 23.03 = 18.98
Comment: I tried to be fancy on the first one, and it got me in trouble. So I didn't try after that. Megaminx: 3:08.30, 3:24.18, 2:46.75, 2:59.27, 2:52.13, 2:40.90, 2:59.97, 2:37.22, 2:40.09, 2:35.36, 3:05.68, 3:06.71 = 2:53.70
Comment: I'm out of practice on megaminx too. I'm happy I got sub-3 average. Pyraminx: 9.65, 14.96, 7.21, 8.81, 15.68, 12.80, 12.43, 15.30, 11.41, 15.28, 11.19, 11.88 = 12.37
Comment: My best average 10/12 ever. (Not that I've done that many...) I practiced tips a lot before doing this average. I'm still terrible with tips, but the practice definitely helped. Square-1: 55.68 [P], 35.38, 37.69, 33.53, 37.56 [P], 37.81, 1:20.84 [P], 34.97, 57.05 [P], 41.13 [P], 37.94 [P], 39.68 [P] = 41.48
Comment: Wow, it's been a while since I tried this sighted! Obviously I'm pretty badly out of practice. Skewb:23.53, 17.77, 20.28, 14.22, 20.02, 21.80, 22.65, 17.43, 11.41, 18.78, 14.18, 19.18 = 18.63
Comment: I'm a little out of practice here, too. I popped on the first one. I really want to learn Kirjava-Meep this year. And BLD, of course. Probably in the reverse order.
okay, so I have had no internet acces until the other day, and no it is only via the wii console.
I have pretty much finished collating the results,so within the next few the days I will begin the long and arduous task of typing up the results, which anyone with a wii will appreciate may take some time with the damn pointer keyboard.
Interestingly, I almost find it easier to be concentrated for really long solves. I guess I kind of get more and more in the zone as I go along. The obliques are definitely the hardest for me atm too. I think it's lack of experience, and also that they are the least easily defined piece on the centres if you get what I mean. SO the brain has more difficulty working with them. I have to do a 7bld in the next couple of days - I DNFed the first scramble.
but nice anyway
