FMC USA 2014

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Here are my Atlanta location winning solutions:

U2 R2 B R2 B//2x2x2
L' F L//2x2x3
F D2 F'//Orient edges
D' R2 D R D R D2 R' D R2//2C2E
R' B D2 B' D2 B R' B' D' B D B R B2 D R//R perm

Solution: U2 R2 B R2 B L' F L F D2 F' D' R2 D R D R D2 R' D R B D2 B' D2 B R' B' D' B D B R B2 D R (36)

F L2 F R2 U'//2x2x2
D B D2 B R'//XCross
U F D F' U'//2nd pair
R' D R D' R' D R//3rd pair
D L' D' L B D' B' D B D' B'//4th pair
B D B' D' B' L B2 D' B' D' B D B' L'//T perm

Solution: F L2 F R2 U' D B D2 B R' U F D F' U' R' D R D' R' D R D L' D' L B D' B2 L B2 D' B' D' B D B' L' (38)

Working on inverse
F' D2 F U' L' D' L'//2x2x2
R D' F2//2x2x3
F' R F//Orient some edges
R' D R2 D' R D//F2L-1
D R D' R2 D R D' R' D R D'//F2L
U' B U R U' B' U B R' B' R2//LL

Solution: R2 B R B' U' B U R' U' B' U D R' D' R D R' D' R2 D R' D2 R' D R2 D' R F' R' F' D R' L' D L U F' D2 F (39)
 
Fun FMC USA stats!

[table="class: grid"]
[tr]
[td]Location[/td]
[td]Number of Competitors[/td]
[td]Number of Attempts[/td]
[td]Number of Successes[/td]
[td]Success Rate[/td]
[td]Overall Average[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Yorktown, VA[/td]
[td]1[/td]
[td]3[/td]
[td]2[/td]
[td]66.67%[/td]
[td]33.5[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Ann Arbor, MI[/td]
[td]9[/td]
[td]27[/td]
[td]26[/td]
[td]96.30%[/td]
[td]35.53846[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]New York, NY[/td]
[td]3[/td]
[td]9[/td]
[td]6[/td]
[td]66.67%[/td]
[td]36[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Pasadena, CA[/td]
[td]6[/td]
[td]17[/td]
[td]10[/td]
[td]58.82%[/td]
[td]36.1[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Cambridge, MA[/td]
[td]4[/td]
[td]12[/td]
[td]10[/td]
[td]83.33%[/td]
[td]36.8[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]College Park, MD[/td]
[td]6[/td]
[td]18[/td]
[td]12[/td]
[td]66.67%[/td]
[td]37[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Berkeley, CA[/td]
[td]11[/td]
[td]32[/td]
[td]22[/td]
[td]68.75%[/td]
[td]37.31818[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]St. Paul, MN[/td]
[td]5[/td]
[td]14[/td]
[td]9[/td]
[td]64.29%[/td]
[td]38[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Seattle, WA[/td]
[td]5[/td]
[td]15[/td]
[td]12[/td]
[td]80.00%[/td]
[td]38.33333[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Indianapolis, IN[/td]
[td]2[/td]
[td]6[/td]
[td]6[/td]
[td]100.00%[/td]
[td]41[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Atlanta, GA[/td]
[td]7[/td]
[td]18[/td]
[td]12[/td]
[td]66.67%[/td]
[td]41.91667[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

Code: 
FMC = read.csv("fmclocation.csv", header=T)
locations = as.vector(unique(FMC$Location))

comps = function(loc) {
  return(length(FMC$Location[FMC$Location == loc]))
}

num_comps = sapply(locations, comps)

attempts = function(loc) {
  return(length(FMC$Location[FMC$Location == loc & FMC$X1 != "DNS"]) + 
           length(FMC$Location[FMC$Location == loc & FMC$X2 != "DNS"]) + 
           length(FMC$Location[FMC$Location == loc & FMC$X3 != "DNS"]))
}

num_attempts = sapply(locations, attempts)

success = function(loc) {
  return(length(FMC$Location[FMC$Location == loc & !is.na(as.numeric(as.character(FMC$X1)))]) + 
           length(FMC$Location[FMC$Location == loc & !is.na(as.numeric(as.character(FMC$X2)))]) + 
           length(FMC$Location[FMC$Location == loc & !is.na(as.numeric(as.character(FMC$X3)))]))
}

num_success = sapply(locations, success)

average = function(loc) {
  return(mean(c(as.numeric(as.character(FMC$X1[FMC$Location==loc])), 
              as.numeric(as.character(FMC$X2[FMC$Location==loc])), 
              as.numeric(as.character(FMC$X3[FMC$Location==loc]))),
         na.rm=TRUE))
}

num_average = sapply(locations, average)

output = data.frame(locations, num_comps, num_attempts, num_success, num_success/num_attempts, num_average)
names(output) = c("Location", "Number of Competitors", "Number of Attempts", "Number of Successes", "Success Rate", "Overall Average")
output = output[order(output$Overall), ]

write.csv(output, file="fmcoutput.csv")

Download data file here: http://www.filedropper.com/fmclocation_1

EDIT: Noticed that there was some mislabeling of locations for ~4 people, this is now fixed.

Here are my solutions to my 31.67 mean today. Really happy with this result, and I hope we can do more FMC-dedicated comps in the future. :)

N: U2 L' F L \\2x2x2 (4/4)
B U' D2 B' U \\2x2x3 (5/9)
R2 D R B R' B' \\F2L-1 (6/15)
I: D' R' D R F D' F' D2 \\L4C (8/23)

Skel: U2 (&) L' F L B U' D2 B' U (^) R2 D R B R' B' D2 F D F' R' D' R D

(&) D F2 D' B' D F2 D' B (0 cancelled)
(^) U' L U R2 U' L' U R2 (4 cancelled)

Final: U2 D F2 D' B' D F2 D' B L' F L B U' D2 B' L U R2 U' L' U D R B R' B' D2 F D F' R' D' R D (35)

IF: http://mf.qiyuuu.com/cube/if/3d186aed442d856d5b85b3f1c5230373.cube (32)

On scramble 1, I was trying to play around with stuff that preserved the blocks made by doing B' U2 on Normal and then L' F' L on Inverse, but this was taking way too much time. I started over with 20 minutes to go and quickly found this skeleton. I found the four move cancellation, had about 3 minutes left, and took the first 8 move comm I found -- not much was left. Turns out that based on the first insertion I picked, only 1 move would cancel. (Had I found one that cancelled 5 later in the skeleton, I could have cancelled 2 on L3C for a 32.)

N: D L F U B2 U2 \\2x2x3 with wrong pair (6/6)
I: B D2 B' \\2x2x3 (3/9)
N: R' D' R \\Pseudo F2L-1 (3/13)
I: D' F D' \\F2L-1 (3/16)
N: D F' D' F D F D' F2 \\L4C (7/23)

Skel: (&) D L F U B2 U2 (^) R' D' R D F' D' F D F D' F2 D F' D B D2 B'

(&) B U' B' D' B U B' D (1 cancelled)
(^) U' R' D' R U R' D R (7 cancelled)

Final: B U' B' D' B U B' D2 L F U B2 U R' D' R U D F' D' F D F D' F2 D F' D B D2 B' (31)

IF: http://mf.qiyuuu.com/cube/if/9988c5274103cf815215a4886e74d3f1.cube (31)

This one was also a rush -- many great places to finish the F2L-1 that leave parity early on, had to get creative to break parity which caused an ugly skeleton. Turned this in incredibly close to the time limit.

PM: U
N: F2 D R' \\2x2x2 (4/4)
F' L D2 F D \\2x2x3 (5/9)
F2 \\Place pair next to block (1/10)
I: L F' D F D' \\F2L-1 (5/15)
F' L F U L' U' L2 \\L3C (7/22)

Skel: F2 D R' F' L D2 F (&) D F2 L2 U L U' F' L' F D F' D' F L' U

(&): B2 D' F D B2 D' F' D (cancels 1)

Final: F2 D R' F' L D2 F B2 D' F D B2 D' F' D2 F2 L2 U L U' F' L' F D F' D' F L' U (29)

IF: http://mf.qiyuuu.com/cube/if/720ee8e38679a2f6cafc1614a43b8e12.cube (29)

In great contrast to the previous two solves, I found that 3 corner skeleton in about 10-15 minutes. Frustrated with the lack insertions available, but I'll take my first sub-30.

With all the remaining time I had, I tried playing around with other skeletons -- something weird came up, but I can't make out what exactly happened in my notes -- reconstructing it doesn't leave the F2L-1 that I remembered. I'll repost if I can find it.
 
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I dosed vbj on scrambles 2 and 3, but my solution to scramble 1 I'm truly proud of :)

F' R L2 F B2 R F U2 B U' D2 B2 U2 D' R2 D F2 R2 B2 (33)
D2 ^ R' B R U2 // 2x2x2 [5]
R2 * B R2 // 2x2x3 [3/8]
D' B // Pair [2/10]
D2 R D' R2 D F' R F // F2L-1 [8/18]
D2 R' D2 R D' // AB4C [5/23]

^ [D' L' D, R'] // Insertion 1 [8-3/28]
* [R, B L2 B'] // Insertion 2 [8-3/33]

Final: D L' D R' D' L D B R U2 R' B L2 B' R' B L2 R2 D' B D2 R D' R2 D F' R F D2 R' D2 R D' (33)
 
Kit Clement said:
Fun FMC USA stats!

[TABLE="class: grid"]
[TR]
[TD]Location[/TD]
[TD]Number of Competitors[/TD]
[TD]Number of Attempts[/TD]
[TD]Number of Successes[/TD]
[TD]Success Rate[/TD]
[TD]Overall Average[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yorktown, VA[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]66.67%[/TD]
[TD]33.5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ann Arbor, MI[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]27[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]96.30%[/TD]
[TD]35.53846[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New York, NY[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]66.67%[/TD]
[TD]36[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pasadena, CA[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]58.82%[/TD]
[TD]36.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cambridge, MA[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]83.33%[/TD]
[TD]36.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]College Park, MD[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]66.67%[/TD]
[TD]37[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Berkeley, CA[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]68.75%[/TD]
[TD]37.31818[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]St. Paul, MN[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]64.29%[/TD]
[TD]38[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Seattle, WA[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]80.00%[/TD]
[TD]38.33333[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Indianapolis, IN[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]100.00%[/TD]
[TD]41[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Atlanta, GA[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]66.67%[/TD]
[TD]41.91667[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
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I thought there was a minimum number of competitors per event. I checked the regulations but couldn't find anything. And I guess that this qualifies as 1 event anyway. Still, it must have been strange for the 1 competitor in YorkTown
 
AvGalen said:
I thought there was a minimum number of competitors per event. I checked the regulations but couldn't find anything. And I guess that this qualifies as 1 event anyway. Still, it must have been strange for the 1 competitor in YorkTown
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There used to be a regulation -- I believe that over time it was changed to a guideline (before there were separate guidelines) and then removed.
 
I just tried these at home, and so sad that I wouldn't have been there because of great results which were 35 29 25 = 29.67~

1. F' R L2 F B2 R F U2 B U' D2 B2 U2 D' R2 D F2 R2 B2
apply on normal:
U2 R2 B R2 L' F L B - 2x2x3 block
switch to inverse:
R2 B' L' F' L R2 B' R2 U2 - premoves
D2 R D2 R - 2x2x1 block
D2 B' D2 B D2 B' D2 B - 2 layers
B D R D' R' B' - OLL (cancel 1 move)
F' R F' L2 F R' F' L2 F2 - PLL
Solution: U2 R2 B R2 L' F L B R2 F2 L2 F R F' L2 F R' F B R D R' D' B2 D2 B D2 B' D2 B D2 R' D2 R' D2 (35 moves)

LOL, lots of D2s at the end of the solution!
2. L F2 L' D2 L2 B2 U2 L' B' F' R' F' D2 F2 L2 D R F U'
apply on normal:
R2 U2 - premoves
F L F U - 2x2x2 block
D B2 R' B' D' B' D' B' D' B' D' - XXX-cross (B' D' x4 is ridiculous)
U R U' R' U R U' - 2 layers
D B R B' R' D' - OLL
PLL Skip!!
R2 - AUF (cancel 2 moves with premoves)
Solution: F L F U D B2 R' B' D' B' D' B' D' B' D' U R U' R' U R U' D B R B' R' D' U2 (29 moves)
3. B2 U R2 D U L2 D2 U' L2 B U2 R' F2 D2 L' F R' D' L' U'
apply on normal:
U - premove
F2 D R' - 2x2x2 block
F' L D2 F D - 2x2x3 block
switch to inverse:
L D' F' D2 L' F R D' F2 - premoves
U' F' D F D' F' L - XXX-cross
F' U' F' U F2 L F' L' - 2 layers
OLL Skip!!
PLL Skip!!
F - AUF
Solution: F2 D R' F' L D2 F D L' F' L F L' F2 U' F U F L' F D F' D' F U (25moves)
 
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Reconstructions (1st place in Ann Arbor, 4th overall):

Scramble: F' R L2 F B2 R F U2 B U' D2 B2 U2 D' R2 D F2 R2 B2

U2 L' F L // 2x2x2
D2 R' B2 R B // 2x2x3
R' // solve white cross piece
D B' D' B // f2l-1

two options from here:

R' D2 R D2 R' D R // f2l
F D L D2 L' D' L D2 L' D' F' // OLL, PLL skip no AUF

Final solution (32 moves): U2 L' F L D2 R' B2 R B R' D B' D' B R' D2 R D2 R' D R F D L D2 L' D' L D2 L' D' F'

or

R' D' R F D' F' // orient edges
D2 R' D R D' // All but last 3 corners

skeleton: U2 L' F L D2 R' B2 R B R' D B' D' B R' D' [@1] R F D' F' D2 R' D R D'
Insert at @1: F L' F' R2 F L F' R2

Insertion Finder couldn't cancel more than 1 either, so it's okay.

Final solution (32 moves): U2 L' F L D2 R' B2 R B R' D B' D' B R' D' F L' F' R2 F L F' R' F D' F' D2 R' D R D'

I submitted the top one :P

Scramble: L F2 L' D2 L2 B2 U2 L' B' F' R' F' D2 F2 L2 D R F U'
Inverse: U F' R' D' L2 F2 D2 F R F B L U2 B2 L2 D2 L F2 L'

On inverse: R' F' R' B2 U // 2x2x2
R' D F D F U F U'// 2x2x3, looks good for D2 premove, so I do that
D2 premove: F' D' F' D' F' // f2l-1
R D' F' D F D F' D' // skeleton
D2 // because premove

Skeleton applied to inverse: R' F' R' B2 U R' D F D F U F U' F' D' F' D' F' R D' F' [@1] D F D R' D
Insert at @1: F' D F U2 F' D' F U2
Fewest moves: 33. 1 moves cancelled
The final solution (33 moves): R' F' R' B2 U R' D F D F U F U' F' D' F' D' F' R D' F2 D F U2 F' D' F U2 D F D R' D

That was the only thing Insertion Finder could even do to cancel for that. :)


Oh my god. I just found a 29 in like 10 seconds. Ugh, I suck. All I had to do was that obvious D' when I was doing f2l-1. I'M SOOOO DUMB.

D2 premove on inverse:
R' F' R' B2 U // 2x2x2
R' D F D F U F U' // 2x2x3
D' F' D' F' D' // solve F2L
D F D' F' D' L D2 F D' F' D F D' F' L' // COLL, EPLL skip
D2 // because premove

29 moves for inverse: R' F' R' B2 U R' D F D F U F U' D' F' D2 F' D' L D2 F D' F' D F D' F' L' D2
Final (unofficial, 29 moves): D2 L F D F' D' F D F' D2 L' D F D2 F D U F' U' F' D' F' D' R U' B2 R F R

Here's my 27 move solution that won for the third solve, and also is PB:

Scramble: B2 U R2 D U L2 D2 U' L2 B U2 R' F2 D2 L' F R' D' L' U'
Inverse: U L D R F' L D2 F2 R U2 B' L2 U D2 L2 U' D' R2 U' B2

On the inverse:
U' // 2x1x1 block
SWITCH

On normal scramble [U premove]:
F2 D R' // 2x2x2
F' L D2 F D F2 // 2x2x3 + cross edge thingy. (Yes, I did actually do that F2, Kit, although I decided to do that later when I saw easy pseudo block after this switch)
SWITCH

On inverse [F2 D' F' D2 L' F R D' F2 premove]:
U' // fix 2x2x3
L F' D F D' // f2l-1
SWITCH

On normal [D F' D' F L' U premove]
F2 D R' F' L D2 F D F2// inverse of the last premove, so back to f2l-1
F' D' L D L F // Put in last pair while pairing the LL pieces, somehow getting me skeleton minus three corners. Cancellation at beginning, too. During the solve, I just thought of it as inserting the yellow pair in, not using a weird alg to insert the F2L pair on the red side.

Final 20 move skeleton, after ~30 minutes: F2 D R' F' L D2 F * D F D' L D L F D F' D' F L' U

Insert at *: B2 D' F D B2 D' F' D

Only could cancel 1 move. Insertion Finder couldn't find better, at least. :D

Final Solution (27 moves): F2 D R' F' L D2 F B2 D' F D B2 D' F' D2 F D' L D L F D F' D' F L' U
 
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