Sam Nave - 9.70 Square-1 Single

[blade740]

Scramble 3- (-2,0) / (3,0) / (-4,2) / (3,0) / (-5,-5) / (3,-3) / (2,0) / (-3,-3) / (4,-5) / (0,-2) / (-4,0) / (6,0) / (-4,0)

Cube-shape: (-2,0) / (-2,0) / (-1,-2) / (-3,-3) /

Corner Orientation: (1,3) / (-3,0) /

Edge Orientation: (-1,-1) / (3,0) / (3,0) / (1,1) / (-3,0) / (-3,0) /

Corner Permutation: (2,0) / (-3,0) / (3,3) / (0,-3) /

Edge Permutation: (1,3) / (-1,-1) / (-3,0) / (1,1) / (6,0) / (-1,-1) / (-3,0) / (1,1) /

AUF: (-1,0) (part of the AUF was done in the EP step as seen in the move (1,3))

Thoughts on Solve 3: I was in shock that I finally broke the sub-10 barrier. Despite it not being NAR, I am very happy that I was able to get 9.70 officially. This was a very nice scramble in the sense that it allowed for easy transitions between steps.

Very nice! Not a lucky solve or anything, just a solid decent solve. Not even great cases. Congratulations!

 

[DeeDubb]

if you have any other questions please feel free to ask me.

- Sam Nave

Great solves! I think we are all interested, but maybe afraid of being disrespectful. If you are comfortable, could you share the story about your fingers? Were you born with them? Can you share the anatomy of them? They seem to bend in a very interesting way. Do they cause you many problems cubing or in life? Are there any cubes that you have more trouble with than other cubers?

 

[Tim Major]

Wait, why isn't this NAR?

Michael Young got 9.43 as well

 

[Berd]

A very impressive single, GJ!

 

[Sam N]

Great solves! I think we are all interested, but maybe afraid of being disrespectful. If you are comfortable, could you share the story about your fingers? Were you born with them? Can you share the anatomy of them? They seem to bend in a very interesting way. Do they cause you many problems cubing or in life? Are there any cubes that you have more trouble with than other cubers?

This is a question that a lot of people have asked me throughout my life and one that I am very open with and used to hearing. When it comes to my hands, I was born with 3 fingers on each hand. No accident or incident occurred. I have a thumb, ring finger, and pinky on each hand. I was very lucky that I was given the 3 "right" fingers on each hand as some would view it. Most people would think that this would put me at a disadvantage however, I can do everything a "normal" person can do without a problem.

The important thing that people need to know is that I was born with three fingers on each hand. This is what I consider normal, and I have had no prior experience with 5 fingers on each hand. This is a huge concept that people need to understand. When a child is developing skills such as walking, talking, or anything else, they are developing neurological connections. I grew up making these connections with three fingers on each hand. Therefore, I am not at much of a disadvantage compared to someone who grew up with 5 fingers.

Is there anything that I can't do with my hands? Not that I am aware of. I can write, play various instruments, type on a keyboard, use utensils, solve a cube one handed, throw a baseball, rock climb, tie knots, draw, use power tools, cook food, ride and take proper care of a horse, use a yo-yo, shuffle a deck of cards, and just about everything else a "normal" person can do. While I may have to do things differently, that doesn't mean I do them "sub par". If there is anything that I would like people to take away from this, it's that there is much more to a person then their hands or any other specific feature about them. Everyone is special and capable of great things if they really put their mind to it. It's much easier to give up then to work hard and succeed at something. I chose the latter.

-Sam Nave

 

[Tim Major]

I can understand you being at little/no disadvantage for certain puzzles, but your OH speed is impressive. Any videos for OH? Trying to think how you could grip it, are you constantly shifting between thumb+middle and thumb+pinky, or rotating a lot? Congrats on #2NAR

 

[Sam N]

I can understand you being at little/no disadvantage for certain puzzles, but your OH speed is impressive. Any videos for OH? Trying to think how you could grip it, are you constantly shifting between thumb+middle and thumb+pinky, or rotating a lot? Congrats on #2NAR

For me, it's all about table abuse and look-ahead. Most of the time, I can look ahead to 1 or 2 F2l pairs, and this allows me to have little to no pauses during my solves. I will try to upload a video if I have one around.

 

[Iggy]

Nice :tu

 

[DeeDubb]

This is a question that a lot of people have asked me throughout my life and one that I am very open with and used to hearing. When it comes to my hands, I was born with 3 fingers on each hand. No accident or incident occurred. I have a thumb, ring finger, and pinky on each hand. I was very lucky that I was given the 3 "right" fingers on each hand as some would view it. Most people would think that this would put me at a disadvantage however, I can do everything a "normal" person can do without a problem.

The important thing that people need to know is that I was born with three fingers on each hand. This is what I consider normal, and I have had no prior experience with 5 fingers on each hand. This is a huge concept that people need to understand. When a child is developing skills such as walking, talking, or anything else, they are developing neurological connections. I grew up making these connections with three fingers on each hand. Therefore, I am not at much of a disadvantage compared to someone who grew up with 5 fingers.

Is there anything that I can't do with my hands? Not that I am aware of. I can write, play various instruments, type on a keyboard, use utensils, solve a cube one handed, throw a baseball, rock climb, tie knots, draw, use power tools, cook food, ride and take proper care of a horse, use a yo-yo, shuffle a deck of cards, and just about everything else a "normal" person can do. While I may have to do things differently, that doesn't mean I do them "sub par". If there is anything that I would like people to take away from this, it's that there is much more to a person then their hands or any other specific feature about them. Everyone is special and capable of great things if they really put their mind to it. It's much easier to give up then to work hard and succeed at something. I chose the latter.

-Sam Nave

Thanks for being so candid. That's a really interesting and motivating story.

 

[willtri4]

There wasn't anything out of the ordinary during the solve other than the algorithm that I used for CP. It's a variation of the algorithm that is used to solve the 3x3x2 T-perm case. While I haven't seen anyone else use the algorithm, I doubt that I am the first to come up with the idea on my own.

That's the alg I use. I found it on Lars Vandenbergh's website.

 

[blade740]

That's the alg I use. I found it on Lars Vandenbergh's website.

I also use the same alg for J-perm.

 

[willtri4]

That's the alg I use. I found it on Lars Vandenbergh's website.

Oops. Never mind. Somehow I read EO. :confused:

 

[Sam N]

That's the alg I use. I found it on Lars Vandenbergh's website.

This is the algorithm I found on the website:

SITE:http://www.cubezone.be/square1step4.html

CP#1: / (3,-3) / (3,0) / (-3,0) / (0,3) / (-3,0) /

AUF: (3,0)

This is the algorithm I use to sole this case:

CP#2: / (3,0) / (-3,0) / (-3,3) / (-3,0) / (3,0) /

AUF: (0,-3)

This is basically identical to the T-Perm algorithm used on the 3x3x2.

T-Perm: R2 U R2 U' R2 U' D R2 U' R2 U R2

AUF: D'

They are basically the same algorithm just written for 2 separate puzzles.

I used to use this algorithm for CP.

CP#3: / (3,-3) / (-3,0) / (0,3) / (0,-3) / (0,3) /

AUF: (-3,0)

I switched from CP#3 due to the fact that it had a lot of bottom layer moves that were awkward to finger trick. Both CP#1 and CP#2 seems like solid
algorithm's to use. I wasn't trying to say I came up with the algorithm for CP#2. After all it's literally transcribed from a 3x3x2 algorithm. I just haven't seen it used in any other tutorials or websites. I was just pointing this out in case anyone wanted to know where the algorithm came from. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[not_kevin]

Mad props for your sub-10, Sam - it's so unfortunate that we had our solves on the same day, because you deserve more recognition for it. North America's first sub-10 single!

Also, nice CP alg - I've been using effectively the inverse of the Lars alg (bar on right, / (0, -3) / (0, 3) / (0, -3) / (3, 0) / (-3, 3) /). Maybe I should switch to that, too

 

[Sam N]

Mad props for your sub-10, Sam - it's so unfortunate that we had our solves on the same day, because you deserve more recognition for it. North America's first sub-10 single!

Also, nice CP alg - I've been using effectively the inverse of the Lars alg (bar on right, / (0, -3) / (0, 3) / (0, -3) / (3, 0) / (-3, 3) /). Maybe I should switch to that, too

Thanks for the nice comment, it really meant a lot. Congrats on your NAR single !!! It's nice that we finally have a single faster than the world record average heh.

-Sam Nave

 

[not_kevin]

Thanks Sub-WR buddies!