Cubecomps typo or tied FMC WR?

[porkynator]

(I didn't really know in which section to post this)

20 HTM by Oleksii Padalko (Олексій Падалко) @FM Ukraine 2014
http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=562

Doesn't look like a typo to me; other results have been uploaded to that page and this hasn't been removed yet.
He doesn't have any other official sub30 solve, but it isn't the first time it happens.

EDIT: it changed to DNF on cubecomps. Typo?

 

[DeeDubb]

Wow, if it's not a typo, that's pretty incredible! I'm not sure how FMC works, but do they all get the same scramble for each solve? It seems weird that he could find a solution 11 fewer than second place.

 

[porkynator]

Wow, if it's not a typo, that's pretty incredible! I'm not sure how FMC works, but do they all get the same scramble for each solve? It seems weird that he could find a solution 11 fewer than second place.

Yes, everyone has the same scramble. But one may get lucky and get an easy F2L and LL skip after a non obvious (or even bad) start.

 

[Renslay]

(I didn't really know in which section to post this)

20 HTM by Oleksii Padalko (Олексій Падалко) @FM Ukraine 2014
http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=562

Doesn't look like a typo to me; other results have been uploaded to that page and this hasn't been removed yet.
He doesn't have any other official sub30 solve, but it isn't the first time it happens.

I know István Kocza personally, and he said that 22 was an extremely lucky solution by him.

You know that luck is the biggest thing in FMC, right? One can find a not-so-good way to solve the first part (which others can do more efficiently), but that can lead to a solution 10-15 moves shorter in the end game. The thing is, providing a solution to the first half, you'll never know how much luck you got in the second half.

EDIT:
And particualarly in FMC "giving the same scramble to everyone" means nothing. One aims for cross or X-cross, one for blocks, squares, one for CE pairs, and so on. I think the possibility that two different people find the same solution for the same scramble is even less than in speedsolving.

 

[Username]

Yes, everyone has the same scramble. But one may get lucky and get an easy F2L and LL skip after a non obvious (or even bad) start.

This happened at my last comp. Finnish NR was broken with a 25 move CFOP solve that no-one else found (I think the 2nd best solution had like 40 moves or something)

 

[porkynator]

I know István Kocza personally, and he said that 22 was an extremely lucky solution by him.

You know that luck is the biggest thing in FMC, right? One can find a not-so-good way to solve the first part (which others can do more efficiently), but that can lead to a solution 10-15 moves shorter in the end game.

I know, that's why I am not so surprised and I don't think that's a typo
It's one of the reasons why FMC average is a good thing.

 

[Renslay]

I know, that's why I am not so surprised and I don't think that's a typo
It's one of the reasons why FMC average is a good thing.

That's why I like FMC. Even a not so pro cuber has some real chance to get good results, or even break the WR.

 

[Masu1]

Its joke 8(

 

[Jimmy Liu]

That was quite astonishing, can't wait to see the solution!!

 

[porkynator]

I've tried to change the title, but I've only managed to change that of the first message. Can a mod change it please?
EDIT: nevermind, it changed to DNF on cubecomps

 

[Bhargav777]

It is changed now. Was a typo.

 

[TDM]

It is changed now. Was a typo.

You sure it was a typo if it was changed to a DNF?

 

[Jimmy Liu]

maybe a 20 moves DNF, haha

 

[porkynator]

maybe a 20 moves DNF, haha

It may be, it stayed on cubecomps for quite long. It may be:
- The judge quickly checked the solution and realized it was written wrong only in a later re-check
- The competitor cheated (he camouflaged the inverse scramble as a real solution with rotations and stuff, or in some other way) and the judges only realized it later
- A typo