US Nationals 2009

[Logan]

wow 2 people got 27 moves in FMC... wow... tied the former WR

Really? Who?

Michael Young and David Woner.

I demand the scramble!
Since when did Michael Young get good at FMC?
...And who is this David?
Congrats, everyone!
I wonder what kind of solution Guus and Mirek can get. :rolleyes:

:fp

 

[Kian]

wow 2 people got 27 moves in FMC... wow... tied the former WR

Really? Who?

Michael Young and David Woner.

I demand the scramble!
Since when did Michael Young get good at FMC?
...And who is this David?
Congrats, everyone!
I wonder what kind of solution Guus and Mirek can get. :rolleyes:

:fp

Little known fact: Ironic does not mean "made completely of iron."

 

[fanwuq]

http://caltech.cubingusa.com/usnationals2009/results/index.php?q=20
Predicted 2 of the top 3 correctly. I forgot about Erik and didn't know Petrus was there.
Also congrats to Dan Cohen and Mike Hughey for doing very well (both 33).

Logan,
Have you even gone though one of David's solutions, talked to him in competition, or beat him once in the weekly FMC?

Edit:
Ohhh. There are 2 solves!!! This just got a whole lot more exciting. Will Stefan, Tim R, or Arnaud have better luck next solve? Can't wait for the results for the next solve. I'll be waiting for the scrambles after the official solves are over...

 

[Lucas Garron]

FMC Scramble, Round 1

 

[Sa967St]

some Canadian NRs have been set/broken
yay for Justin (clock single), Dave (6x6 single) and Lance (sq-1 single and average) !

 

[moogra]

seems like someone messed up one of my times.
who should I talk to? I'm at home now (I live a couple of miles away from stanford) so I'm no longer at the competition.

 

[Faz]

Cmon Mikey!

10/10........ please..

 

[Kian]

Cmon Mikey!

10/10........ please..

psh. 11/11 please!

 

[Logan]

Hmm. He (Monkeydude1313) said he was going to stop being immature. Apparently he isn't sticking to that.

I'm not singling him or anyone else out. Everyone is being childish here. It would be best if all parties involved just stopped so we can stop hijacking the thread.

On topic: I can't wait for the Multi BLD results! Come on, Mike!

I can't wait either.

 

[fanwuq]

FMC Scramble, Round 1

I failed. First I found a 34 move backup solution. Then I planned out a really nice skeleton of 23 moves leaving 3 corners... only the corners were permuted but misoriented.

 

[blade740]

Mike got 3/11.

 

[ErikJ]

FMC Scramble, Round 1

I failed. First I found a 34 move backup solution. Then I planned out a really nice skeleton of 23 moves leaving 3 corners... only the corners were permuted but misoriented.

I found a bunch of those. mine was like 22 moves to a 3 corner cycle.
D'B'R2FRU'F'U'LB'UBL2UL2U'L'UL2U'L2U2F2R2LBL'FLB'L'F'

premoves F2 R2. I don't feel like explaining anything right now.

 

[DavidWoner]

The 27 move solution found by both me and Michael Young. It was my first full solution (almost linear, I messed up doing the block the first time so I just speedsolved it and rescrambled), found in less than 2 minutes, then I spent 45 minutes checking it over and over again. Michael found it in like 4-5 minutes (I think) and spent the rest of the time checking it as well.

scramble: D L2 R2 U B2 F L B' U B2 R D F2 D' R' U F2 U'

2x2x3: D' R' F' U2 L' F U F2 R2

F2L + OLL: B D B2 D B2 D B R D2 R'

PLL: R D2 R' D2 R F' R' D' R D R F R2 D'

R D2 R' R D2 R' cancels to nothing, resulting in a 27 move solution. Pretty lucky, but given the ease of the first block I think I could have done well either way. Tim Sun found a 5-corner skeleton in 22 moves, and his insertions canceled 5 and 3 moves, resulting in 30.

The funny thing is, for the past two days I had been saying "Well, I'm going to get a 27 on the first scramble..." etc. so now I have been saying that I am going to get 21 on the second scramble

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

The 27 move solution found by both me and Michael Young. It was my first full solution (almost linear, I messed up doing the block the first time so I just speedsolved it and rescrambled), found in less than 2 minutes, then I spent 45 minutes checking it over and over again. Michael found it in like 4-5 minutes (I think) and spent the rest of the time checking it as well.

scramble: D L2 R2 U B2 F L B' U B2 R D F2 D' R' U F2 U'

2x2x3: D' R' F' U2 L' F U F2 R2

F2L + OLL: B D B2 D B2 D B R D2 R'

PLL: R D2 R' D2 R F' R' D' R D R F R2 D'

R D2 R' R D2 R' cancels to nothing, resulting in a 27 move solution. Pretty lucky, but given the ease of the first block I think I could have done well either way. Tim Sun found a 5-corner skeleton in 22 moves, and his insertions canceled 5 and 3 moves, resulting in 30.

The funny thing is, for the past two days I had been saying "Well, I'm going to get a 27 on the first scramble..." etc. so now I have been saying that I am going to get 21 on the second scramble

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I am totally getting 26 next solve.

 

[IamWEB]

http://www.justin.tv/pestvic

Several cubers on a webcast right now!

It's been going on for awhile, but whatever, go watch!

 

[Edmund]

The 27 move solution found by both me and Michael Young. It was my first full solution (almost linear, I messed up doing the block the first time so I just speedsolved it and rescrambled), found in less than 2 minutes, then I spent 45 minutes checking it over and over again. Michael found it in like 4-5 minutes (I think) and spent the rest of the time checking it as well.

scramble: D L2 R2 U B2 F L B' U B2 R D F2 D' R' U F2 U'

2x2x3: D' R' F' U2 L' F U F2 R2

F2L + OLL: B D B2 D B2 D B R D2 R'

PLL: R D2 R' D2 R F' R' D' R D R F R2 D'

R D2 R' R D2 R' cancels to nothing, resulting in a 27 move solution. Pretty lucky, but given the ease of the first block I think I could have done well either way. Tim Sun found a 5-corner skeleton in 22 moves, and his insertions canceled 5 and 3 moves, resulting in 30.

The funny thing is, for the past two days I had been saying "Well, I'm going to get a 27 on the first scramble..." etc. so now I have been saying that I am going to get 21 on the second scramble

Good Luck David

 

[cuBerBruce]

I had 2 successful BLD solves (in 2 attempts), including my fastest official BLD solve. I believe that puts me back into 3rd position on the oldest BLD solvers list. I also had a personal best 5x5x5 (speedsolve) average.

 

[DavidWoner]

MultiBLD was hilarious. Alex Yu won with 2/2 in 4:05, Anthony got second with 4/6 in a lot of time, and I got third with 1/2 in 11:40 (LOLOLOLOLOLOL). I could have gotten second if I hadn't randomly decided in the middle of the second cube that I had memo'd wrong and changed things around for no good reason.

 

[Faz]

Aww, better luck next time Mike.

 

[Kian]

MultiBLD was hilarious. Alex Yu won with 2/2 in 4:05, Anthony got second with 4/6 in a lot of time, and I got third with 1/2 in 11:40 (LOLOLOLOLOLOL). I could have gotten second if I hadn't randomly decided in the middle of the second cube that I had memo'd wrong and changed things around for no good reason.

So the stats online are wrong? They show two people getting 3/3.