Swedish cube day 2007

[Mike Hughey]

Hey, Arnaud, I'd say you're getting a lot better at 3x3x3 BLD - you're getting close to the 5 minute mark now! Also, your MegaMinx time has really improved a lot in the past few weeks - I thought I was going to catch up to you on the MegaMinx, but you suddenly improved at the same time. What happened that you suddenly got so much better at it?

 

[Kenneth]

Hey Arnaud, that sounds like when me, my brother, Anders and Micke Öhman went to Finland last year, Anders and my brother slept on the boat both ways but me and Micke could not sleep on a boat so we didn't for three days in a row

But we had a lot of time for cubing.

Anyway, I'm happy you had fun at SCD and I'm wery glad you and Erik came. Next SveKub competition will be held by Dennis Nilsson in Malmoe, probably in March. That's much closer for you who live in the northen part of central Europe so I sure hope you can come there. (there is also DK open held by Henrik B Aagard comming up, I may go there if I can afford it).

 

[AvGalen]

Mike: I improved on MegaMinx because I solve it when there is still light, which helps a lot. I used to solve it in the evening which doesn't work because I cannot recognise the colors. The only reason I improved on blind is because I knew I had 3 attempts. Erik said he would go slow on the first so he knew he had 1 correct. I told him it would be better to go fast on the first one because he could always go slow on the third one if the first was not succesful. I followed my own advice and it worked.

By the end of the second blindfolded attempt (off by a 3-cycle of edges the wrong way) my concentration was gone. I stopped the third attempt half way and was completely unfocused for fewest moves. There was one moment (after about 30 minutes) where I thought: "hey, 3 unsolved cubes. I must solve them to put the scramble back on". These "unsolved" cubes already had the scramble on them.

More sleep before the Lyon Open won't hurt.

Kenneth: Thanks again for all your work/help and I will probably see you next time in Malmoe and/or Denmark

 

[Erik]

Haha yes the BLD events were nice.
Arnaud said like: we have 3 events so I go fast on the first one and then you have 2 more events to be safe.
In was like: lets go safe on the first one and then you can go freely on the rest.
The results: Arnaud did a safe first solve (5 min) and DNF'ed the other (like my advice)
I did a nice 2:19 for the first one and went slower on the others (like arnauds advice) xD
BLD multi was a bit strange. I POP-ed on my 3rd move, put in the cubie and POP-ed again on my 17th move. Arnaud solved 1 cube within the time limit and then almost solved the other 2, though outside the limit.

 

[AvGalen]

Haha yes the BLD events were nice.
Arnaud said like: we have 3 events so I go fast on the first one and then you have 2 more events to be safe.
In was like: lets go safe on the first one and then you can go freely on the rest.
The results: Arnaud did a safe first solve (5 min) and DNF'ed the other (like my advice)
I did a nice 2:19 for the first one and went slower on the others (like arnauds advice) xD
BLD multi was a bit strange. I POP-ed on my 3rd move, put in the cubie and POP-ed again on my 17th move. Arnaud solved 1 cube within the time limit and then almost solved the other 2, though outside the limit.

You misunderstood what I did. I went fast on the first (and got it correct) so I did exactly what I told you to do. I tried to go even faster on the other two attempts (but failed because the second scramble was hard and the third one was "one to many").

Let's examine: (2 attempts to make it easier)
My idea; 1st fast, 2nd save if needed
Eriks idea; 1st save, 2nd fast

Situation: 1st incorrect.
My idea and Eriks idea: 2nd most be correct so slower

Situation: 1st correct.
My idea: Already fast, 2nd can be faster
Eriks idea: Slower, 2nd can be faster.

I think my idea is better?

 

[Mike Hughey]

I like your approach, Arnaud. That's what I generally do. Hence my 4 minute last solve at the VA Open. I could have done it in 3 minutes, I'm sure, but my memory was pretty fried by that time (it was after the 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 BLD events), so by the time I memorized and checked it over a couple of times, I was over 2 minutes on just the memorization.

I got close on the other two, and the times were a good bit better, so it would have paid off if I had just gotten a bit luckier.

 

[KConny]

My first attempt is always the fastest one. When your memory is blank, but on the third it's hard, when you already got two cubes in your head.