Negative Time Solving Contest 2008

[blade740]

You don't end with cubes either, to be fair.

 

[Stefan]

You mean width/height/depth aren't all the same? Hmm, I never measured that. And I could imagine it differs between versions.

 

[blade740]

On every square-1 I've seen, the diagonal cross-section is square, rather than the face of the puzzle itself. It ends up being a difference of maybe 3mm, but it's there.

 

[flee135]

Ack, noes! I was out of town, and I did do the solves (I passed out before 1am and woke up right before 2 in time to do them) but I couldn't submit it till now.

Speedsolve: 18.59 real time (-59 minutes, 41.41 seconds)
BLD: 2:02.34 real time (-57 minutes, 57.66 seconds)

looks like I'm not the only one with a successful BLD solve.
I did expect more people to do it though.

 

[macky]

Shelley, I added your results.

Stefan, so I guess there's no problem?

The only thing I need to ask about is this:

What's with the slashes before apostrophes on the results page? Also can we please get rid of my first two 3x3 submissions, they make me feel bad.

Just wondering, how did you do a 16sec 3x3x3 around a 9.xx clock?

I guess I didn't. Good lord I should have taken a nap before doing this.

Let's clearly say which solve was actually negative. It's fine to have a positive time submitted as a failed negative attempt--my 3x3 speedsolve time in 2004 was positive. All the results should be accurate to the best of your knowledge.

 

[Harris Chan]

Competition on Saturday (Had so much fun there!) + Streph Throat = Sleep early on Saturday = No Negative time solving this year for me. Oh well.

Congrats to everyone who did it!

 

[Stefan]

Macky: Yeah, no problem, just a weak joke gone awry.

Andrew: Gah, I'm getting old. You're right, that's the way to look at it. I should've actually remembered, I think I once pointed this out at the twistypuzzles forum myself. And forgot.

 

[DavidWoner]

Shelley, I added your results.

Stefan, so I guess there's no problem?

The only thing I need to ask about is this:

What's with the slashes before apostrophes on the results page? Also can we please get rid of my first two 3x3 submissions, they make me feel bad.

Just wondering, how did you do a 16sec 3x3x3 around a 9.xx clock?

I guess I didn't. Good lord I should have taken a nap before doing this.

Let's clearly say which solve was actually negative. It's fine to have a positive time submitted as a failed negative attempt--my 3x3 speedsolve time in 2004 was positive. All the results should be accurate to the best of your knowledge.

the 3x3 was the only one where I actually started before DST, the others were DNFs then I guess. I'll get it right next year...

 

[Lucas Garron]

Shelley, I added your results.

Stefan, so I guess there's no problem?

The only thing I need to ask about is this:

What's with the slashes before apostrophes on the results page? Also can we please get rid of my first two 3x3 submissions, they make me feel bad.

Just wondering, how did you do a 16sec 3x3x3 around a 9.xx clock?

I guess I didn't. Good lord I should have taken a nap before doing this.

Let's clearly say which solve was actually negative. It's fine to have a positive time submitted as a failed negative attempt--my 3x3 speedsolve time in 2004 was positive. All the results should be accurate to the best of your knowledge.

the 3x3 was the only one where I actually started before DST, the others were DNFs then I guess. I'll get it right next year...

Ah, good to know. Another thing to add to the form next year (I added DNF this year, hackily).

 

[qqwref]

It's not a DNF, just a positive time solve