The blindfold race!

Week: 2012-08
3x3BLD 5/20 - Mean of 5 best = 5:02.53

01) DNF
Gave up... too many execution mistakes

02) DNF - 5:20.42
2 corners off, edges were jumbled

03) DNF - 5:05.02
2 flipped edges

04) DNF - 6:59.35
Pretty far off... had to go back and fix numerous mistakes, so who knows what I did to screw it up.

05) DNF
Gave up when I realized I memo'd the same letter twice in a row. Opened eyes, looked at cube, then finished solve. Would have been about 4:15.

06) 4:28.26

07) 5:16.78

08) DNF - 5:57.66
Off by 4 edges and 4 corners

09) DNF - 4:15.66
Execution Mistake

10) DNF - 6:41.10
Dunno... just wrong

11) DNF - 4:08.33
3 cycle of corners

12) DNF - 4:01.82
As soon as I started solving, I realized I had odd corners and even edges... gave up.

13) 6:35.98
This was a hard fought success. I messed up the memo three or four times before I finally got it right. By the time I was actually ready to start solving, I probably had the equivalent of a three cube multi in my head!

14) 4:22.32
This should have been at least :30 faster. I messed up corners during execution, so I had to undo the first four and start the solve over.

15) DNF - 6:44.88
Not even close

16) DNF
Randomly forgot an alg... so I gave up

17) 4:29.32


18) DNF - 5:28.44
Not even close... no clue why

19) DNF - 3:49.87
Fast and bad...

20) DNF - 6:15.86
Memo'd corners wrong the first time so I had to redo them. By the time I memo'd and solved them, I had forgotten the edge memo. Took me a couple minutes to get that before I could finish the solve. Was off by a three edge cycle, but I'm not sure how.
 
3BLD:
1:32.94, 1:45.23, 1:37.68, DNF (1:11), DNF (1:51), 1:39.26, 1:10.35, 1:33.13, 1:30.50, DNF (1:36), DNF (1:51), 1:37.09, 1:57.98, 1:15.19, 1:40.64, 1:15.67, DNF (1:17), 1:45.22, DNF (1:04), DNF (1:29)

Best mean of 3: 1:23.83
Best average of 5: 1:31.13

New record: 1:10.35 with new memo record of sub20 memo, 19.9x. :D
Accuracy: 13/20

Pretty bad, I expected a lot better times, had many Y-perm mistakes. M2 + OP method.
 
BLD2 30.46, acc: 16/20

32.02, 40.92, DNF, 51.88, 42.80, DNF, 43.30, 26.79, 35.25, 30.70, 1:01.77, DNF, DNF, 48.26, 52.35, 40.82, 28.00, 46.51, 34.78, 43.56

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BLD4 9:29.98, acc: 4/8

11:29, DNF, DNF, 9:53.47, 9:06.49, DNF, 10:29, DNF

My first sub-10 in this race - yay!

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BLD5 26:01, acc: 1/2

26:01, DNF

Starting comms for T-centers
 
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2x2 BLD accuracy: 17/20 yeah

30.33, 2:05.22+, DNF(4:44.84), 21.59+, 44.65, DNF(1:23.96), 46.20+, 12.36+, 59.11+, 31.76, 17.56+, 27.93+, 41.01+, 34.88, 1:27.48+, 22.29, 15.16+, DNF(1:28.99), 53.27, 17.80+

mean of 5 best: 16.89 yay
nb: I used cll method (do tracking) instead of normal corner bld method :p

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3x3 BLD accuracy: 6/12

DNF(2:25.88), 2:28.70, 1:52.76, DNF(1:38.48)[2 edge], 2:06.16, DNF(1:33.13)[2 edges], 2:16.42, DNF(2:26.14), DNF(1:43.20)[2 edges], 2:22.16, 1:54.88, DNF(2:11.64)

mean of 5 best: 2:06.48
so much failure, I hate edge monoflip.
 
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DrKorbin said:
Where will be new scrambles?
BTW, probably it was proposed before, but maybe we can make multi-bld in this race too? It's just the scrambler adds 20-30 scrambles for this discipline.
There was a multi-bld race before but it faded out.
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I stoped maintaining the multi race because there were like 3-5 peoples competing, even after 3 months. May be the format was not the best.
 
2x2x2 BLD: 20.88
Accuracy: 19/20
Best single: 18.91
28.12, 29.04, 26.24, 28.76, 25.68, 29.40, 25.64, DNF [24.54, 3C], 28.36, 34.05, 23.74, 28.46, 34.82, 18.91, 44.10, 20.20, 20.44, 21.09, 25.19, 27.48
Comment: Okay, I guess. I hate getting a DNF, though.

3x3x3 BLD: 1:19.74
Accuracy: 17/20
Best single: 1:16.11
1:46.94, DNF [1:52.83, 4C 2E], 1:18.19, 1:22.36, 1:21.93, 1:39.91, 1:32.36, 1:44.69, 1:16.11, 1:39.65, DNF [1:44.94, 3E], 1:47.84, 2:00.33, 1:43.33, DNF [1:43.66, 2C 2E], 1:32.27, 1:46.13, 1:49.80, 2:09.40, 1:20.11
Comment: Again, okay.

4x4x4 BLD: 10:05.36
Accuracy: 2/2
Best single: 9:27.43
9:27.43[5:24], 10:43.28 [4:14]
Comment: I did 4x4x4 BLD and 5x5x5 BLD when I was utterly exhausted and barely able to think straight. I guess this really wasn't that bad, considering.

5x5x5 BLD: 20:22.97
Accuracy: 1/2
DNF [22:39.33, 12:24, 2E], 20:22.97 [12:30]
Comment: Again done while exhausted. I was determined to get one, and I did. :)

8x8x8 BLD: DNF
DNF [1:14:48.79, 40:35, 3iX 6mO]
Comment: I already mentioned this in the blindfold failures thread; my fastest try yet, and still quite close. The obliques were wrong because I did one three-cycle on the wrong orbit. No idea what I did wrong on the inner centers, though.

* generic key for mistakes - C: corners, E: edges or central edges, W: wings, X: X centers, +: + centers, i: inner, o: outer, O: obliques
 
Results for week 2012-07:

2x2x2
  1. 16.89 CuberMan
  2. 20.88 Mike Hughey
  3. 30.46 DrKorbin
  4. 33.08 Riley
  5. 50.03 AndersB

3x3x3
  1. 42.85 Zane_C
  2. 1:19.74 Mike Hughey
  3. 1:20.93 AbstractAlg
  4. 2:06.48 CuberMan
  5. 2:20.98 Riley
  6. 5:02.53 Carson

4x4x4
  1. 9:29.98 DrKorbin
  2. 10:05.36 Mike Hughey

5x5x5
  1. 20:22.97 Mike Hughey
  2. 26:01 DrKorbin

8x8x8
  1. DNF Mike Hughey
 
Week 2012-08:

  • 2x2x2BLD 20 solves: mean of five best. (do at least 5 solves)
  • 3x3x3BLD 20 solves: mean of five best. (do at least 5 solves)
  • 4x4x4BLD 8 solves: mean of two best. (at least 2)
  • 5x5x5BLD 4 solves: best solve. (well, one then)
  • 8x8x8BLD 1 solve: best solve.

Do as much or as little as you like. This will end Monday night, February 27, 2012, at 11:59 PM EDT.

Scrambles for week 2012-08:


2x2x2:
  1. U' R2 F2 U' F' U F U2 F2 U'
  2. U R U' F' U' R F2 U'
  3. U F2 U R F' U2 R2 U'
  4. R' F' R2 U R2 U' R
  5. F U F2 R' U R' F' U
  6. R2 F R' U' F U' F U2 R' U2
  7. F2 U2 R' F' R U R2 F'
  8. R U2 R' U2 R' U' F2 U R U'
  9. R' F' R2 F U R'
  10. U' R' U2 R U2 R F2 R'
  11. R2 U' F2 U R' F2 R' U2 R' U'
  12. U2 F2 R' F R' F U R' U'
  13. F U R' U F U F' U2
  14. R2 U' R U R' F2 R' F2 R2 U2
  15. R' F' U' R2 U' R2 U R2 U
  16. F2 U F' U F R2 F2 U'
  17. U F' R' U2 R' F R2 F' R U2
  18. R' F U' F2 U' F2 R' F' U'
  19. R U2 R F' R U2 R' U F2 U'
  20. F U' R F' U2 F U R2 U'

3x3x3:
  1. F2 D' R2 F' B' D' R L F' D R2 L2 D2 B' U2 L2 B U2 L2 F' R2
  2. B2 U2 L2 R2 B2 R2 D' B2 R2 U' B U2 B2 L F' R' D2 L D B2 U
  3. U R2 B' U2 D' F R2 F R F2 D2 B U2 R2 L2 B U2 B R2 F'
  4. L2 B2 L2 R2 U' L2 F2 L2 F2 U' B2 L' B' L F2 L2 F2 R D' B2 D2
  5. R2 U2 B2 L2 D2 F' L2 D2 R2 F' R2 D' F' R U L2 D' R' U L
  6. B2 U2 R2 B2 D' L2 D' R2 U2 L2 D' L U L2 F L R B D L' R'
  7. D' L2 F U2 B' D R F U' L' F2 R U2 F2 R2 U2 F2 L2 F2 R
  8. F2 D2 R2 B2 L2 B2 D' B2 L2 D' U' F U2 F D2 F' D' L' U' F2 R
  9. U L2 B2 D' L2 R2 D L2 F2 R2 D2 B' D' L F' L' B' F' R' D L'
  10. D R2 D U2 L2 D B2 L2 R2 U2 R2 F' R' D2 B' L2 D U' L2 F' R2
  11. D F2 D' R2 F' U' L' B' U' R U L2 U2 F2 D' L2 D2 R2 F2 R2 U'
  12. D2 B2 D' L2 B2 D' F2 L2 U' B2 U2 R' D U' R D R' B2 F D' U'
  13. L2 F2 U F2 D2 L2 U2 L2 D' B2 L2 B' D U2 R D2 B' D U' L' U
  14. U2 R2 F R2 U2 B R2 D2 B' R2 B2 U' R' D' R B' D' U2 B2 D2
  15. F U2 B2 L2 F' L2 F2 U2 L2 R2 F U L' F' U' L' D F R B2 D'
  16. L' B' R F B2 D L D R2 B' U2 F2 L2 U2 R2 U F2 L2 U' F2 U
  17. R U' F2 L2 B D2 L U F2 L B2 D' L2 D' L2 F2 U B2 D2 L2 D2
  18. B' R2 F L2 F2 L2 F' D2 R2 U2 L R B' U' L D2 L R F L
  19. F R' D2 F2 U2 F' D F' L B D2 L2 U' R2 D' L2 D2 F2 R2 B2 U
  20. F2 L2 B U R F' D' R F2 R U D' F2 L2 D R2 B2 D' R2 U' B2

4x4x4:
  1. Uw' U2 F2 R D' Uw Rw2 Uw U F' Uw L2 Fw' R' Uw' R2 D' U2 B' R2 U2 B' D2 R2 U F2 D' Rw' B2 Rw2 Uw' L2 F2 Rw2 R F R' U2 B2 Rw'
  2. L2 R' Uw Fw' U Rw R Uw' U2 B2 R Uw' L U B' D' Uw R F L2 D2 U F2 U B2 R' D L Rw' U2 Fw F' D' Uw' U' R' D' B Fw2 F'
  3. L' R' Uw' R' B F' D' F Rw' D U Fw2 F Uw U B2 F' D2 Fw F U' L Rw D Uw' L Uw' F2 L Uw' Fw F L2 Rw D2 L' Rw2 D2 R F'
  4. L' Rw' B' Fw F2 Uw' B' U Fw2 L' Rw2 R Fw' D2 R2 D F2 Uw2 Fw' F' Uw' F' D2 B2 L D2 U' L' Uw' L Rw' R' F' Rw R U' Fw2 U2 B2 Fw'
  5. D Uw U2 Rw' R' D2 F Rw Uw U' Rw2 Uw Rw Fw F' D L2 B2 L' R2 U2 B' L2 Rw R B Uw' R' Fw2 U Rw2 B2 F2 D' L D2 Uw' B Fw2 R2
  6. Rw2 D2 U F' L2 U F2 D R2 Fw Rw2 U Fw D F' Rw D2 U B D2 U2 L2 B' F2 R' U' B Fw' Rw B R' Fw' F D U' B L2 B' Uw R'
  7. U Fw2 R' B2 Fw' U' F' L U F' R' Fw' R2 F' L Rw D Uw2 F' D2 B2 Fw' F' D' Fw D2 Rw' B2 Rw D' B L Rw' D' B Fw2 L' Rw2 Uw2 U'
  8. Rw B' Rw B' Fw' Uw' U Rw R' F Uw2 B2 Fw R' U L' Uw U2 R F D R U B2 D2 U L2 Rw R Fw2 R' Fw D' R B Uw2 B2 F' L' Fw'

5x5x5:
  1. Fw' L' Dw' U' L Uw' U' B' D Lw2 Fw Lw' Uw' Fw' F D2 Dw2 Rw B Lw R Bw U' R' D2 F2 D2 Uw' U2 Bw Rw2 Bw L F U' B2 F' D2 Lw' F2 Dw2 Lw' D' F2 D B2 D2 U2 L2 Rw R' Fw D2 Uw U Fw L2 Fw Rw2 D
  2. Lw D2 Lw' F2 Rw2 U' Lw' D U' F2 Rw' U2 Bw R B2 Uw' B2 Bw2 F L U2 B' F L2 Lw Dw Uw' Bw2 Uw' L' Dw2 Fw F' D' Uw U' F' Lw' R Bw' Fw2 L2 Lw' B2 Dw' Uw' R' Bw F' Lw' Bw L Bw2 Dw2 Bw L Rw D' Uw Bw'
  3. Rw U2 Rw2 B2 Fw' F2 U2 R2 B' Fw2 F Lw2 Rw' F R' Fw' Uw Fw2 U2 Bw Lw U' Lw2 D' U' B Uw' Lw' U2 F Uw2 U2 Bw2 Fw' D2 Fw Dw' B' L2 U F D2 L2 Lw' Rw R' B Bw R' B2 F2 L B2 R' D2 Rw2 R Uw' Fw' D2
  4. Lw D2 L2 R2 F2 Lw2 Bw Dw2 Fw2 R2 Dw' R Uw' Bw2 Rw' Bw' Lw' R U' B Bw D Rw' B' Bw D' R2 B L2 R D U2 B' F2 Uw' U2 Bw2 F2 U2 L2 B Bw' Fw2 U' L Dw R F' L' Bw Dw' Bw2 Fw2 L2 Dw U2 B' L' Rw' R

8x8x8:
  1. R U' f' b' 3b' F2 B 4r2 l 4u2 U L2 d 3l b2 d u 3r' R2 4u' 3r2 3u d' U' 3l' B2 D2 3f 3l2 3r' f 3l' 3d' u2 B2 b2 U' 4u D2 u2 L' D2 b' U' b' 3l' 4r2 4u' U' R' 3r' 3b2 l' b2 3b2 4r' 3l' 3f 3u' f' 3l U2 4r2 4f D 3d2 3r2 3f' 4r2 3r' R2 3f2 u2 3f' D' 4u R r U 3f2 R2 r F2 D2 l2 u r' 4u2 4r2 u2 l2 4f 3l' d2 B 3d2 R' b' l' u 4f2 L b' 3r' R r2 4r' f d2 3f' 3d2 F2 U 3u2 4r D2 4u' R' B 3l'
 
Micael said:
I stoped maintaining the multi race because there were like 3-5 peoples competing, even after 3 months. May be the format was not the best.
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Mike Hughey said:
I really feel like this race is already pretty huge without adding multi; I'd rather not add it. If someone else ever decides to hijack, feel free to add it if you want, but I'd rather it not become a regular part of the race here, personally.
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Ok. So I do the following: I take first 12 scrambles that Mike Hughey provided and scramble my 12 cubes with blue on top and orange on front. And the result I get:

Multi-BLD: 10/12, 59:58 (lol time). One cube - twisted corners, another - 3-cycle in corners.

If anyone wants to join multi-bld race, just scramble any amount of cubes with blue on top and orange on front and go!

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BLD2 28:85, acc: 16/20

31.72, DNF, 42.01, 1:01.15, 39.58, 51.37, 48.95, DNF, DNF, 36.56, 30.12, 41.66, 29.70, 40.98, 26.88, 29.66, 27.87, DNF, 43.61, 42.20

===========

BLD3 1:53.15, acc: 7/8

2:09.70, 1:41.42, 1:37.93, 1:49.11, 2:08.64, DNF, 2:59.96, 2:08.67

===========

BLD4 9:45.78, acc: 4/8

9:24.55, DNF, 10:25, DNF, DNF, DNF, 10:07, 10:09

===========

BLD5 23:26, acc: 1/4

23:26, DNF, DNF, DNF

Personal best!
 
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Week 8, Riley

2x2:
Consistency: 9/10
Mean of best 5: 36.96
44.90, DNF(47.33), 39.12, 41.99, 44.68+, 38.51, 36.09, 29.11, 45.83, 58.74+

3x3:
Consistency: 5/13
Mean of best 5: 2:07.61
DNF(2:44.86), 2:11.97, DNF(2:34.68), DNF(2:49.73), 2:02.44, DNF(2:02.26), DNF(2:42.26), 2:18.25, DNF(2:16.75), DNF(2:18.45), 2:03.07, DNF(2:42.96), 2:02.31
Comments: Bad consistency, pretty good times.
 
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DrKorbin said:
Ok. So I do the following: I take first 12 scrambles that Mike Hughey provided and scramble my 12 cubes with blue on top and orange on front. And the result I get:

Multi-BLD: 10/12, 59:58 (lol time). One cube - twisted corners, another - 3-cycle in corners.

If anyone wants to join multi-bld race, just scramble any amount of cubes with blue on top and orange on front and go!
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:) :D

Fair enough! You should still do the other 8 so you can get a better average of the best 5. Otherwise, I'll have to give you an average of 59:58. (Your time on each of the 10 cubes you succeeded with was 59:58, since that's when you started and stopped the timer!) So I hope you'll still do the other 8. Keep in mind that if you only get 4 of the 8, you'll still get a valid average, since I'll just average in a 59:58 average for the others.

I am curious, though - why blue on top and orange in front? The correct scheme is white on top and green in front.

Anyway, congratulations on a clever solution to your desire to do multi - I thoroughly appreciate your creativity!
 
Mike Hughey said:
I am curious, though - why blue on top and orange in front? The correct scheme is white on top and green in front.
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Thanks :)

My idea was to make "other" scrambles from what you gave, so I can make BLD and multi-BLD with the same scrambles. But now I know that there are scrambles with these and those corners and edges twisted (this doesn't depend on orientation, just it's position changes), so I guess it is not fair for me to use first 12 scrambles for simple BLD, and I have to use remaining 8. For a next week, maybe there is a better idea how to make different scrambles from given ones. For example, to mix first and second, second and third, third and forth etc. (A bad idea - to apply one scramble twice because you won't have any parity).
 
2x2 BLD : 14.29

Accuracy: 11/20 bad
Best time: 8.34
DNF(1:36.87), DNF(21.26), DNF(28.07), DNF(1:17.75), 16.91, 19.54+, 57.83, 14.06+, DNF(43.06), DNF(28.20), DNF(30.64), 43.75, 41.76, 42.41, 8.34, 15.30+, DNF(1:04.25), 16.84, 32.12+, DNF(22.44)
 
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mean of best 5: 55.75


1. 54.88
2. DNF (54.50)
3. 53.66
4. DNF (1:07.64)
5. DNF (56.44)
6. DNF (54.86)
7. DNF (55.41)
8. 1:12.53
9. DNF (55.17)
10. 1:00.03
11. DNF
12. DNF (1:04.36)
13. 1:07.48
14. DNF (56.50)
15. 50.28
16. 1:00.95
17. 1:09.80
18. DNF
19. DNF (53.83)
20. 59.88

Too many DNFs and too many fast solves were a DNF.
I can do MBLD every week too if you will give scrambles :)
 
2x2x2 BLD: 23.77
Accuracy: 18/20
Best single: 20.34
20.34, 31.16, 24.80, DNF [37.12, 3C], 32.01, 26.07, 37.46, 33.60, 32.85, 29.96, 31.21, 28.74, 21.68, 31.90, 29.92, 25.95, 30.87, 33.40, 29.53, DNF [30.32, 3C]
Comment: Terrible accuracy, and pretty bad times, too.

3x3x3 BLD: 1:15.73
Accuracy: 16/20
Best single: 1:13.64
2:36.23, 1:34.82, 1:19.05, 2:03.18, 1:36.12, 1:27.07, 1:17.65, 1:19.30, 1:16.94, 1:16.78, 1:20.54, 1:32.77, DNF [1:49.03, 4C 4E], 1:13.64, 1:13.65, DNF [1:37.70, 3C], 2:03.32, DNF [1:58.59, 3E], 1:46.77, DNF [1:41.72, 3C]
Comment: This started off so good, but ended terribly. The first twelve solves were one of my best averages 10/12 ever. Then it all went bad.

8x8x8 BLD: DNF
DNF [1:13:25.41, 37:05, 6iO 2C]
Comment: Ugh. Two mistakes. The two corners twisted was nearly unforgivable - I really need to spend a bit of extra time memorizing corners to make sure this doesn't happen - what would an extra 15 (or even 30) seconds really hurt? :) As for the obliques, I was able to clearly figure out that I applied one algorithm to the wrong orbit, accounting for all 6 incorrect pieces.


* generic key for mistakes - C: corners, E: edges or central edges, W: wings, X: X centers, +: + centers, i: inner, o: outer, O: obliques
 
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3x3 BLD: 2/7 trying a bit too hard :)
DNF (2F), 4:45.66, DNF (too many edge cycles), 4:25.31, DNF (slipped during flip-T but kept solving for time, DNF (2F), DNF (3E)
 
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I'm going to go ahead and post this in case I don't have time to finish the rest of the solves before the next round.

3x3 BLD - 4:19.76
01) 4:29.44

02) 5:15.17

03) DNF - 8:37.45
Off by two twisted corners. Spent the first five minutes or so mismemoing the edges in various impossible configurations, then admitted that I am an ***** and moved on.

04) DNF - 4:11.02
Memo was the problem, which seems to be a common problem for me. I somehow memo'd the same edge twice (unrelated to starting a new cycle) and ended up with even edges and odd corners, but only realized this after starting the solve.

05) DNF - 3:15.82
3 cycle of edges

06) DNF - 4:10.89
Bad

07) 4:40.96

08) DNF
Forgot the memo during corners... messed up execution... blah blah blah

09) 3:34.60

10) DNF - 4:35.99
Forgot how to do the setup moves for one of the edges. Took :30-:45 to figure it out again. I got so distracted with that, I forgot to fix parity at the end. Would have been a success otherwise. Damn...

11) DNF - 3:24.14
Two flippd edges

12) 3:38.64
 
Results for week 2012-08:

2x2x2
  1. 14.29 CuberMan
  2. 23.77 Mike Hughey
  3. 28.85 DrKorbin
  4. 36.96 Riley

3x3x3
  1. 55.75 Maskow
  2. 1:15.73 Mike Hughey
  3. 1:53.15 DrKorbin
  4. 2:07.61 Riley
  5. 4:19.76 Carson
  6. DNF Cubenovice

4x4x4
  1. 9:45.78 DrKorbin

5x5x5
  1. 23:26 DrKorbin

8x8x8
  1. DNF Mike Hughey

3x3x3 multiBLD (not official, this time - will be next time)
  1. 10/12, 59:58 DrKorbin
 
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