UK masters

afaik, in the sexy move challenge breandan got 27, and pete got 23. Don't remember others.


But more to the point:

Has anybody found they brought home an extra stackmat timer?

I seem to have lost mine. We were sat on some tables in the far right corner, so if anybody picked it up around there it's probably mine. It has a couple of knocks on the front surface, the most obvious being in the upper RH corner of the display, but none of them are big. Otherwise, I don't think it has any distinguishing marks.
I wouldn't mind paying postage for it if anybody does have it, please reply or PM if you think you do :)
 
Edam said:
For all interested the scramble for the 9.90 solve (well done robert!) was:

F2 D2 L2 D L2 B2 R2 F2 D F' R D U F' L' D2 U F D2 U
cross on green.
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If anyone cares, the solution is

x' y' F' D L R' F L' U' L D'
y U' L' U L
y R U R' U R U R'
U L' U' L
R' U' R U' R' U' R
(I'm not sure how Rob executed the LL algs, so I'll just put how I do it)
U' l' U2 L U L' U l
U' R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2 U2


P.S. Mike: I attempted 4x4x4 BLD! Memo never once quavered while I was solving, so I was sure I'd be the first UK cuber to get a success in comp, but when I opened my eyes it was literally completely scrambled - nothing was correct :( The judge said the centres started to be complete (3 or 4) then suddenly they went scrambled and nothing ever came back... Must've messed up a commutator.


EDIT: Also, if anyone cares, FMC scramble was: L B2 F2 R2 D2 R' F2 L U2 R' F2 L' F L2 B2 F' R' B2 F' U' L2
My (winning) solution was:
X-Cross: x2 U L' U2 F L' F' D R D2 F2 (10)
2nd Pair: U2 L' U2 L U2 L' U2 L (8)
3rd Pair: U2 y R U' R' (4)
4th Pair: U' R' U' R (4)
LL: R U R' U R U2 R' U' (8-1)
33 moves

I know it's really bad, but I found the scramble really difficult.. Francois came joint first and his solution was much nicer.
 
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Scramble: F2 D2 L2 D L2 B2 R2 F2 D F' R D U F' L' D2 U F D2 U

Solution:
Cross + preserved F2L pair: x' y' F' D L R' F L' U' L D' (9)
1st F2L Pair: y U' L' U L (4)
2nd: y R U R' U R U R' (7)
3rd: U L' U' L (4)
4th: R' U' R U' R' U' R (7)
OLL: U r' U2 R U R' U r (8)
PLL: U' L U' L U L U L U' L' U' L2 (12)

Move total: 51

Time: 9.90

Turning speed: 5.15 (2.d.p.)

:)
 
FMC scramble was: L B2 F2 R2 D2 R' F2 L U2 R' F2 L' F L2 B2 F' R' B2 F' U' L2

My solution.. written from memory.. AvG ripped mine up :P

2x2x3: y' L2 U' B' U' B U2 D R2 U2 (9)
Flip edges: F R' F' (3)
Insert: D L' B2 L D' (5)
Pair: U R' U2 R U R' U2 (7)
Insert: F R' F' R2 (4)
LL: U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 U2 R (8)
Total: 36

BUT, I missed a ' when writing the solution on the final paper.. so I DNFd :(
 
Ton said:
Escher said:
- that you shouldn't use a cube set up for 2H for OH?
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Not true in general , I should know .....a true high speed OH cube is not lose. .......But most cubers believe a OH must be very lose
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Heh, well, you shouldn't use Breandan's relatively tight red type A for OH cubing unless you have strong fingers and turn accurately :P
I think to some extent how loose you can have it depends on the type of cube... but as always, it's more about the cuber (and that cubers hands) than the cube.
 
Jude said:
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I know it's really bad, but I found the scramble really difficult.. Francois came joint first and his solution was much nicer.
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Here it is:
R2 B2 L F' x' L2 D2 F2 u R2 u' (10): corners + 2 edges solved
x' U M' (3): 2 edges
y' L E L' (4): 1 edge
U D R' E2 R (6): 1 edge
u R E' R E' R2 E (10): last 6 edges
Total: 33 moves. Who said corners first was bad for FMC ? :p
I'm not really satisfied with the way I solved the 5th and 6th edge, but I couldn't find a better one, and 33 is already a good result for me.
 
I'm VERY happy with my results:)

I met all but 1 of my goals which was sub 10 single for 3x3 but my 10.43 in the final would've been if i hadnt locked up on the Y perm(or taken so long to recognise it:/) and would've almost been world record with a PLL skip. I've now had 95 official solves since my last PLL skip...

3x3: My 12.03 average was pretty much my first 5 solves of the day:D (We arrived late for the 1st round). Last solve was easy but i got nervous so could've also been sub 12:) 11.60: bad PLLs and many lockups:P still i'm very happy with this average. 12.09: I was really distracted for the last solve so, also could've be sub 12:D

4x4: Fourth competition in a row with 4/5 OLL parities! but i still met my goal of sub 1 average:) and with an awful, awful cube:)

5x5: Sub 1:30 single which is probably my fastest solve of the month:D and sub UK record average. It seems the less i practice the faster my official times get:D

6&7: cubes are too loose so, happy:)

3x3 OH: Was just aiming for sub 30 which i did with horrible crosses and horrible PLLs:)

Magic: Thanks to Adam for the magic! i was really surprised i made the podium

Team blind: Thanks to Chris for helping me get 3rd place:)

Sexy move challenge: could've done 30 but 27 is fine : P

i also made £120 from selling 3x3s:D 6 times what i would have been happy with!

and of course well done Robert! unbelievable first competition times:eek:

Finaly thanks to the organisers and everyone else for making this such a nice friendly competition:)
 
gasmus said:
I've now had 95 official solves since my last PLL skip...
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Pfff... If you only count my 3x3 solves (Speed and OH).. I've had 125 solves and never had a PLL skip.. I'm hoping the cube fairy feels sorry for me and will give me a couple at my next competition.. ;)

Sound unlikely? Emile Compion had 3 PLL skips in the same OH average of 5 at NOS 2008.

He's stealing all the luck.

gasmus said:
and of course well done Robert! unbelievable first competition times:eek:
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Do you, or anyone else, have videos of Robert?

I'd really like to see a video of him solving a "real" cube, and I'm sure others would like to aswell. :)
 
Erm guys, I've just reviewed my own videos..

There's 3 error in my result. (Though neither of them affect the final result/average)

2x2 Attempt #1
My time - 16.41, submitted result - 16.97
It's the worst time anyway.

3x3 Final round, attempt #1
My time - 26.69, submitted result - 26.96
Again, it's the worst time.

3x3 OH, attempt #2
My time - 48.94, submitted result - 48.44
It's the best time..

I don't know what can be done with that.. so I just point it out.

Uploading videos of my own solves, then I will compile the whole event, with everyone's solves that I've recorded (I have Breandan's best solve, but not Robert's. :()

edit: oops, I have breandan's 2nd best solve for this competition, not his best. Though his best for this competition was already being uploaded by someone else. Haha
 
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The weekend went really well! now I have a little more time to talk about it I can give a little better report.

The first day was great, really nice and relaxed. We didnt have anything overrun or struggle to fit everyone in.

6x6 was terrible, but I didn't expect anything else

Magic, If my DNF had been flat instead of landing at an angle I'd have got the NR average, 1.29 I think. Still, happy with 1.5. I really thought Oliver was going to win so it was a surprise to come first. :D
If anyone happens to have videos of my magic solves I'd be interested in having a copy (I doubt anyone will have any, but its worth asking!)
Managed a new pb of 1.03 on sunday evening, so I'm setting a new goal of sub 1.05 single at dusseldorf

4x4 was awful,
pyraminx was ok.

Michael, we have the results of the mystery events but they're currently on the spreadsheet on Lar's laptop. Hopefully we'll be able to get them up here sometime in the next few days so people can see :)


Second day was nice, things went a bit quicker than planned which meant we could put more people into the 3x3 rounds.

But that didn't stop me being dire, 24,27,25 second averages. And no sub 20 single. oh well.
I did manage my first ever sub 15 non lucky that day though, 14.68. :D

5x5 went ok, would have easily got sub 3 minute average if I hadn't made some silly mistakes, next time!

7x7 went really well! new Pb single.
Amusingly my 7x7 and 6x6 offical times are less than a second apart now.
6x6 8:26.9
7x7 8:27.38

Well done to Breandan and Robert, Breandan for breaking the NR average twice, and Robert for the Uk's first sub 10. amazing first competition.

Breandan, I sent off my magic to you today, restrung. I saw your 1.18 when you were practising. Looks like I might have some competition soon. Good luck at the Czech open (for magic of course ;) )
I'm going to work on yours this weekend, I think it's got good potential when I work the strings a little bit looser.

People need to hurry up posting pictures! I'll have some up thursday or friday - when I finally get home.

Wk, I'd love to see the group photos your dad took. Both of them, the one at the end of the competition and the one from the evening at the travellodge. (if you could maybe send me the full sized pictures I'd be grateful, Pm me if thats a possibility :) )

-edit-

ah, WK, sorry for that. my only guess is that a lot of the time we had trouble telling the different between some peoples 4's and 9's so maybe there was a mix up there. I'm not too sure how you'd go about having it changed (or if it can be..) maybe email Ron and explain and see what he says about it? - that is of course if you're bothered enough about it. :)
 
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@Adam: The evening group photo was actually a few seconds video.. (he pressed wrongly).. but I'll try to get a snapshot of the video (it was in Full HD, so hopefully the snapshot will turn out nicely). So yea, I'll post it up when I'm done sorting out the media files.

Anyway. uploaded my best solves of each event.. (bear with me, no near (not even close!!!) WR solves :P)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGevUkF3pgA
 
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