Competition to celebrate new 3x3x3 ao5 World Record (5.09 by Tymon Kolasiński)

[kubesolver]

I would like to add one change to the rules.

To prevent weird last minute actions the competition duration can be extended by a request of a competitor.
I.e. if someone posts very late 1st place solution then previous leader should have time to respond if he/she wishes to.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

Scramble 4 definitely has potential to be sub 4.4; i had really choppy exec with many lockups.
This may be a bit of a stretch but i believe scramble 5 can be sub 4. I had really smooth execution so it's harder to optimize. Comes down to sheer turning speed.

Subscribed to your channel solely because there is a duck in that video. Next level commitment

 

[SpeedCMOS]

I didn't find the time to optimize the other ones, but here's a 4.49 on solve 2:

 

[kubesolver]

Current standings:
Scramble 1: 4.59 @zzoomer
Scramble 2: 4.49 @SpeedCMOS
Scramble 3: 4.98 @TipsterTrickster
Scramble 4: 4.65 @zzoomer
Scramble 5: 4.19 @zzoomer

for a 4.57 ao5

 

[TipsterTrickster]

Improved a couple of my results
Scramble 1: 4.543
Scramble 5: 4.115

 

[ruffleduck]

I'd like to extend the duration, i only have time during the weekend to practice

 

[PiKeeper]

I'm pretty slow compared to the rest of you guys

 

[GenTheSnail]

Here's my attempt.

I should also note that I prerotated all of the scrambles for ease of use. It doesn't affect the solve itself but it makes it a lot easier for me to grind. Also a fun challenge to figure out how to translate the scrambles properly to preserve the solution.

I also know I'm not a very fast solver and my high end tps is quite abysmal, but I'm okay at OH so I figured I'd do the solves that way instead. I initially wanted to get them all sub10, which might be possible, but I've already spent well over 3 hours on this and my interest is waning

10.00, 9.22, (10.58), 9.15, (8.69) = 9.45

I threw the solves in a playlist so they'll take up less space on this page.

And one last thing. How the hell do CFOPers do it? I know these are TH solutions but everything just felt so uncomfortable. I feel so bad for everyone who has to live life without oriented edges. Consider this an open invitation for anyone to join the cruzzade.

 

[ruffleduck]

Unfortunately I don't have time during the weekend to practice due to some family activities. I don't want to extend the duration too long (the weekend after that), so I'm fine if the competition ends now unless anyone else wants to extend it

 

[SpeedCMOS]

Last minute significant improvement of my solve 2 to 4.25

 

[ruffleduck]

Has the competition ended?

 

[kubesolver]

I didn't yet find a time to actually draw all the prizes and conclude things. If you wish to improve your times then you can.

 

[kubesolver]

Looking at the submissions I see there was a ninja-update from @fun at the joy to claim the solve #4

The current standings therefore are as follows:

Scramble 1: 4.54 @TipsterTrickster
Scramble 2: 4.25 @SpeedCMOS
Scramble 3: 4.98 @TipsterTrickster
Scramble 4: 4.47 @fun at the joy
Scramble 5: 4.11 @TipsterTrickster

If something isn't correct please let me know.
If you improve your times please write a new post and don't ninja-update your submission on the first page

@zzoomer your last winning scramble #4 was beaten by @fun at the joy . Do you want time to try to beat it?

 

[ruffleduck]

Unfortunately I don't have the time to do attempts, now that the weekend is over
And the next couple weeks are very busy for me, with midterms and sports

 

[kubesolver]

The competition is over.

I would like to thank everyone for the fierce competition.
It's been fun to see so many good attempts.

After a long and fair process the jury has decided to award the following prizes according to the competition rules:

@TipsterTrickster - 150$
@fun at the joy - 100$
@zzoomer - 100$
@SpeedCMOS - 100$
@PiKeeper - 50$
@OtterCuber - 50$
@Cuberstache - 50$

Winners please contact me to collect your prizes.

 

[ruffleduck]

This was a fun competition, good job to everyone and especially those who beat my times! Very impressive performance

 

[GenTheSnail]

Congrats to all the winners; thanks for hosting this competition kubesolver!

 

[fun at the joy]

Congrats to everyone who got a prize!
Once again, thanks a lot to kubesolver for holding another one of these. It was great to see some exciting competition and a lot of fast times.

 

[TipsterTrickster]

A fun competition as always, thank you for hosting it!

 

[OtterCuber]

This was a truly humbling experience to learn from and alongside great cubers. Thank you, kubesolver!