Solving a 5×5×5 while reciting the digits of π

[xyzzy]

When you have nothing better to do on a Saturday evening that also happens to be pi day. One digit per move, except for the second move (which is "point").

(nb: recording this successfully took so many tries that it's already the 15th here, but let's pretend I'm in America or something)

Spoiler: Reconstruction

/* Scramble */
B' D' d2 f' b' l2 u' U' R2 u' D' F2 f b' B2 r' u' D U2 R' b2 R d' u' l' D' U2 F u2 F2 b' U2 f b2 U' D L' R2 r2 f D' B D' d2 U' f2 D l2 F2 U2 u b' d2 U' R2 b' u' L2 D' u r' d B2 L2 U B r' f2 b2 R f b B2 l' U2

/* Solve */
z2

// centres
l2 y' F' x2' U 3l' x y x' U r' l2' U2 x' z' B l // red 3.14159265
F' U' r U2' r' U' r U r' z x' D' 3r2 x' u' R2 u // orange 35897932384626
x3 B l' U' 3l' U 3r U' x' U 3r U B l // green 433832795028
U' 3r U2' l2' U 3r2' x // white 841971
r U r' U' l' U 3r U' r' U' r U r' U' // blue, yellow 69399375105820

// first eight edges
l U2' l2' r2 // white-blue 9749
B L2' x' U' r' // red-blue 4459
x U' R' U r U2' x' r2 // orange-blue 230781
U' R' U r2 3r2 U L U2' L' U l' // yellow-red, red-green 64062862089
U R2 U' x2' 4r B 4r' U' l' // white-red 98628034
x2 R' U' R U r' // white-orange 82534
x' U L U' l2' r2 // green-white 21170
U R U' l' r2 // realign slices 67982

// last four edges
x U2' r2 x' F U' R F' U r2 // green-orange 14808651
x' D' r B' R2 B r' // orange-yellow 328230
x' B r' F U' R F' U r // blue-yellow, yellow-green 66470938

// 333 stage
x y L U2' x' B2' U' R' U2' // two squares 446095
x' U' F R F' U2' F // xcross 505822
x' F' L' U L F2 // second slot 31725
z' y2 U L' U' L // third slot 3594
y U' R2' F R F' // last slot 08128
F' 4f x R2' F R F' R U2' 4r' U 4r U2' D' U // 1LLL (conjugated J perm) 48111745028410

// View at alg.cubing.net

Note: this reconstruction does not include all the cube rotations done in the solve, because that would make the whole thing about a million times longer.

 

[brododragon]

Wow!

 

[Nmile7300]

Nice! I remember one time I was bored so I learned like 35 digits of Pi.

 

[Deleted member 52530]

were the pauses to remember the digits or was it to pause to look for pieces

 

[xyzzy]

were the pauses to remember the digits or was it to pause to look for pieces

Mostly the latter. I think these pauses were for the digits: 1:15, 2:14, 3:22 (this one is also for guessing if I should just leave green misaligned), 3:45, 3:56.

My speedsolves are around 200-250 moves (guesstimate; never actually counted) and I only have 200 digits memorised so it's really unsafe to just go at full speed. I tried to squeeze as much out of every move as possible, but also without taking so long that I lose track of where I am in the digits. (Wasn't especially successful with that (look at that nonsense to solve the green centre + lol 12 moves to cross+1), but I got saved by a few lucky cases and not getting parity.)

 

[dodecicosidodecahedron]

My speedsolves are around 200-250 moves (guesstimate; never actually counted) and I only have 200 digits memorised so it's really unsafe to just go at full speed. I tried to squeeze as much out of every move as possible, but also without taking so long that I lose track of where I am in the digits. (Wasn't especially successful with that (look at that nonsense to solve the green centre + lol 12 moves to cross+1), but I got saved by a few lucky cases and not getting parity.)

I only know about half of what you know (120-ish digits) so I don't think I could ever solve a 5x5 while reciting Pi unless csTimer spits out a meme scramble with a 2-move reduction lmao

 

[Deleted member 52530]

Or you talked at a snail's rate