Virginia Open 2008 results

I found all the algs myself and some of them are the easiest cases from Michael Gottlieb's "zb" method. But you can just use Jaap's solver.
I, currently is only familiar with the cases with a full layer done, which is 5 algs.
They are:
R'L'U'LUR
R'U'L'ULR
RUR'URUR'
RU'R'U'RU'R'
RUL'ULU'RU'
You can also try Piotoor's algs
"My avg times for each algorithm:
RLDL'D'R' 1.39s
RDLD'L'R' 1.43s
R'D'RD'R'D'R 1.54s
R'DRDR'DR 1.82s
DRD'LD'L'DR' 1.99s"

They are the same as my algs (some reflections), but he holds it upside down.
 
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fanwuq said:
I found all the algs myself and some of them are the easiest cases from Michael Gottlieb's "zb" method. But you can just use Jaap's solver.
I, currently is only familiar with the cases with a full layer done, which is 5 algs.
They are:
R'L'U'LUR
R'U'L'ULR
RUR'URUR'
RU'R'U'RU'R'
RUL'ULU'RU'
You can also try Piotoor's algs
"My avg times for each algorithm:
RLDL'D'R' 1.39s
RDLD'L'R' 1.43s
R'D'RD'R'D'R 1.54s
R'DRDR'DR 1.82s
DRD'LD'L'DR' 1.99s"

They are the same as my algs (some reflections), but he holds it upside down.
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Hm, this helps quite a lot! I will try to look up some algs myself if I find some time, and I'll post it if I ever finish. Thanks!
 
Ah, yes, I'd like the FMC scramble as well. It was my first time with no preparation, and I completely ignored what I knew about last layer control and try different LL methods to get the fewest moves. At the competition, I made a 2x2x3 block in 9 moves, but everything else was terrible, including a 22 move last layer and apparently 14 moves to finish f2l... I'm very surprised I got 2nd. I suppose the people who got a DNF just messed up notation or something. I'm very interested in seeing what alternatives I can come up with, especially since I could've probably tweaked a few things for a possible sub-40.

I'd also like the BLD scrambles. I rarely get sub-3, so that'd be nice.
 
flee135 said:
Ah, yes, I'd like the FMC scramble as well. It was my first time with no preparation, and I completely ignored what I knew about last layer control and try different LL methods to get the fewest moves. At the competition, I made a 2x2x3 block in 9 moves, but everything else was terrible, including a 22 move last layer and apparently 14 moves to finish f2l... I'm very surprised I got 2nd. I suppose the people who got a DNF just messed up notation or something. I'm very interested in seeing what alternatives I can come up with, especially since I could've probably tweaked a few things for a possible sub-40.

I'd also like the BLD scrambles. I rarely get sub-3, so that'd be nice.
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I couldn't come up with a sub-40 solution so I gave up. Best skeleton I could come up with was 29 moves leaving 4 corners.
 
MistArts said:
flee135 said:
Ah, yes, I'd like the FMC scramble as well. It was my first time with no preparation, and I completely ignored what I knew about last layer control and try different LL methods to get the fewest moves. At the competition, I made a 2x2x3 block in 9 moves, but everything else was terrible, including a 22 move last layer and apparently 14 moves to finish f2l... I'm very surprised I got 2nd. I suppose the people who got a DNF just messed up notation or something. I'm very interested in seeing what alternatives I can come up with, especially since I could've probably tweaked a few things for a possible sub-40.

I'd also like the BLD scrambles. I rarely get sub-3, so that'd be nice.
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I couldn't come up with a sub-40 solution so I gave up. Best skeleton I could come up with was 29 moves leaving 4 corners.
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Ok, sorry, I didn't mean everyone. I just considered that as a possibility. Plus, you did tell me right afterwards that you got a DNF, so obviously you didn't write a solution down. We didn't really discuss it too much at the time though. But why didn't you just get a solution down so that you would at least have something instead of two DNFs in competition? I'm sure you could've gotten 1st, or at least really close.

EDIT: Then again, Rowe DNF'd his OH solve at 27 seconds to avoid any time over 30. :P
 
flee135 said:
MistArts said:
flee135 said:
Ah, yes, I'd like the FMC scramble as well. It was my first time with no preparation, and I completely ignored what I knew about last layer control and try different LL methods to get the fewest moves. At the competition, I made a 2x2x3 block in 9 moves, but everything else was terrible, including a 22 move last layer and apparently 14 moves to finish f2l... I'm very surprised I got 2nd. I suppose the people who got a DNF just messed up notation or something. I'm very interested in seeing what alternatives I can come up with, especially since I could've probably tweaked a few things for a possible sub-40.

I'd also like the BLD scrambles. I rarely get sub-3, so that'd be nice.
Click to expand...

I couldn't come up with a sub-40 solution so I gave up. Best skeleton I could come up with was 29 moves leaving 4 corners.
Click to expand...

Ok, sorry, I didn't mean everyone. I just considered that as a possibility. Plus, you did tell me right afterwards that you got a DNF, so obviously you didn't write a solution down. We didn't really discuss it too much at the time though. But why didn't you just get a solution down so that you would at least have something instead of two DNFs in competition? I'm sure you could've gotten 1st, or at least really close.

EDIT: Then again, Rowe DNF'd his OH solve at 27 seconds to avoid any time over 30. :P
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I wanted Fan to keep his pathetic NR... I didn't want to beat it and keep it pathetic. I couldn't write a solution because they keep calling my name at the last 5 minutes for BLD and kept scrambling wrong because I couldn't keep track of the number of times I did a section. And the scramble style wasn't good for me.

EDIT: I think the scramble violated 4f

The number of moves to scramble a puzzle must be:

Rubik's Cube Random position Cube Explorer (version 4.30 or higher), by Herbert Kociemba

I don't believe Cube Explorer gives out those scrambles.
 
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MistArts said:
EDIT: I think the scramble violated 4f

The number of moves to scramble a puzzle must be:

Rubik's Cube Random position Cube Explorer (version 4.30 or higher), by Herbert Kociemba

I don't believe Cube Explorer gives out those scrambles.
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Since it was my first time doing FMC, I assumed that the scrambles were supposed to be like this so that it would prevent people from trying to write down the inverse, which was strictly against the rules anyway...

I didn't like it either, and I had the same problem as you did when I scrambled the puzzle the first time and did it incorrectly. I'm glad they had a picture of the scrambled cube, otherwise it would have completely screwed me over.
 
Pyaminx:
1. 12.18
2. 10.77
3. 9.04
4. 15.65
5. 13.50
Average: 12.15
That sucked. I need to get better at correcting tips...
Would have been #2

3 speed round 1:
1. 19.09
2. 24.18
3. 22.37
4. 24.54
5. 19.52
Average: 22.02
Would have been #10
3x3 Speed Round 2
1. 23.68
2. 23.26
3. 19.30
4. 25.49
5. 18.79
Average: 22.08
Would have been #10. Would not be in the Finals...

3x3 OH round 1.
1. 38.62
2. 37.83
3. 40.58
4. 38.75
5. 34.79
Average: 38.40
No warm up, my hands are so cold. Would have been #5.
3x3 OH round 2.
1. 41.15
2. 36.87
3. 40.94
4. 29.65
5. 35.98
Average: 37.93.
Horrible, but at least could have been an official pb single. Would have been #4.
 
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