i didn't think this was possible!

[MYKE]

i just solved a 2x2x2 on gabbasoft. in 5 seconds and in 5 moves.
i thought it wasn't possible to solve it in that little moves!
myke...

 

[Karthik]

Quite normal I guess.I have gotten a few solves in between 5-10 moves.

 

[joey]

It can be solved from any position in 11 moves, but sometimes it can be solved in less. In a competiton a while ago, the 2x2 was solvable in 3 moves.

 

[AvGalen]

According to Jaap (http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/cube2.htm) a 3 move solve would happen every 321 out of 3,674,160 scrambles (about 1 in 11446). A 5 move solve would be 9,992 out of 3,674,160 scrambles (about in in 368).

It has probably happened to you before!

 

[Jack]

Once I had a 1.47 solve that was a last layer skip.

 

[AvGalen]

Only 1 last layer skip, or only 1 last layer skip with such a fast last layer?

I thought that you would have a 2.5% (1 of 42, but I am not sure) chance of skipping the last layer if you use a beginners method.

 

[Jack]

Originally posted by AvGalen@Jul 4 2007, 03:23 PM
Only 1 last layer skip, or only 1 last layer skip with such a fast last layer?

I don't know what you mean by that. :huh:

 

[AvGalen]

Sorry, I meant:

Did you have only 1 last layer skip EVER.
Or did you only have 1 last layer skip with such a fast FIRST layer?

I don't know why I wrote it so unclear.

 

[Jack]

Oh, I get it. I have had about two or three last layer skips ever, one was around 2 or 3 seconds, the other two were under 2 seconds. The two that were under two seconds had about a 4 move first layer, so they were really easy, the other one had a normal first layer. That was when I used a regular Fridrich method though, and now I use Ortega so it is less likely to happen.

 

[AvGalen]

Same for me. Ortega is good for averages, but not for lucky singles!