Weekly competition 2007-29 (2,3,3OH,4,5,BF,SQ1,MG,FMC,MM,PM)

[gillesvdp]

Gilles van den Peereboom

3x3 One-Handed: 24.16 seconds
Times: (28,22) (21,96) 25,65 23,94 22,89

This is NOT done with a Killer instinct

See some of you tomorrow in a car or in Lyon !!

 

[dbeyer]

Arnaud, about half an hour, first attempt in like ... a month
4x4 is about 12ish
5x5 will be faster very soon.

Later,
Daniel Beyer

 

[Mike Hughey]

5x5x5 BLD
S1. DNF (Disoriented Corners)

Ugh - that has to be unbeliveably frustrating. You solve the whole thing except the orientation of corners?!?! I'm sorry.

It's probably not as bad for you as it would be for me, since you've had so many successful 5x5x5 BLD solves. But it's still got to be gut-wrenching to miss by so little.

I always liked this quote from Kyle Allaire at speedcubing.com:
"DNF on a 4x4x4 is like breaking your neck.You never really get over it."

How much more true on a 5x5x5, huh?

 

[masterofthebass]

I'm gonna do the megaminx after classes today...
I just got my pyraminx today in the mail, so here i go:

Pyraminx
Average: 35.34
42.96, 29.75, 22.41, 33.31, DNF

i should practice more before competing...

here goes the megaminx.
Megaminx
Average: 3:13.58
3:16.11, 3:09.28, 3:15.34, (3:45.55), (3:02.83)

w/e... i don't like scrambling the mega, and the chinese version's pretty crappy.

 

[Pedro]

Pedro Santos

3x3x3: 15.17
15.72, (17.48), 16.06, 13.73, (13.11)

not bad...I got a pop and a PLL skip at the 4th

3x3x3 OH: 27.96
(24.67), 27.32, (32.09), 29.00, 27.57

4x4x4: 1:32.43
(1:37.72)(O), 1:27.80(O,P), 1:37.28(P), (1:25.31)(O,P), 1:32.21(O)
*in () are the parities I had...funny how I got the best times with both parities

3x3x3 blindfolded: 1:23.98, 2nd was 1:49, off by an A perm

 

[tim]

3x3x3
Average: 24.04
25.21 21.59 25.31 (20.22) (27.24)

2x2x2 BLD
Best: 52.59
1.) 52.59
2.) DNF 1:47.43 (wow! my corner method sucks!)

The first scramble was ridiculously easy. Only one 3-cycle and 4 corners to orient.

3x3x3 BLD
Best: 2:37.08
1.) 2:54.10 (+2)
2.) 2:37.08

Not bad .

 

[dbeyer]

Not really, it's not that bad ... it was an incorrect permutation. I permuted to the U sticker of the UBL rather than the BLU
.___
|op|
.\O/ <-- Do you see the face?

 

[jeff081692]

Jefferson James

2x2x2
Average= 14.84
(10.69), 17.89, 12.45, (21.95), 14.17

Sometimes when I turn the cube its stiff and jams up and sometimes its loose.

3x3x3
Average= 35.42
37.42, (41.41), 34.42, (33.14), 34.41

It's better I guess...

4x4x4
Average= 4:00.86
4:08.91, 4:05.42, (4:32.91), 3:58.92, (3:11.11)

Maybe next week I will do my 5x5 times too. It would take forever if I did them for this competition like 10 minutes a solve lol.

 

[Worms]

My times:

3x3:
1. 24.35''
2. 28.58''
3. (29.61'')
4. (20.45'')
5. 26.55''
Average-5: 26.493''
Very bad

3x3 OH:
1. 1'05.12''
2. 1'08.84''
3. (1'17.72'')
4. (59.28'')
5. 1'00.50''
Average-5: 1'04.82''
Good

2x2:
1. 7.89''
2. (7.08'') PLL SKIP
3. 9.51''
4. 8.36'' OLL SKIP
5. (10.05'')
Average-5: 8.586''
Bad

4x4:
1. 2'42.65''
2. 2'34.67''
3. (3'36.38'') OLL+PLL
4. (2'09.89'')
5. 3'14.45'' OLL+PLL
Average-5: 2'57.256''
Normal

Pyraminx:
1. 21.34''
2. (13.37'') My record
3. 28.09''
4. (32.95'')
5. 22.53''
Average-5: 23.986''
My second average with pyraminx

Magic:
1. 1.65''
2. 1.66'
3. (4.07'')
4. 1.57''
5. (1.50'')
Average-5: 1.626''
Good

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike Hughey
2x2 Average: 13.25
Times: 13.05, (14.55), (10.92), 12.98, 13.72
I didn't bring my 2x2x2 with me on my trip. It showed.

3x3 Average: 38.27
Times: (42.26), 37.30, (32.70), 40.58, 36.92
I've really gotten much better than this in the past month, but it was a bad week for me in the competition. Oh well, maybe next week.

3x3 OH Average: 1:32.14
Times: 1:31.01, (1:14.02), 1:29.46, 1:35.94, (1:43.24)
Very bad. I didn't bring my fast 3x3x3 with me on my trip, so OH was pretty hard to practice. Again, it showed.

4x4 Average: 2:29.03
Times: 2:27.20 O, (2:50.92 O), 2:33.10 P, 2:26.78 P, (2:26.16 O)
Pretty bad. I must admit I spent more time with the 5x5x5 in the past month.

5x5 Average: 3:54.64
Times: 4:02.01, (3:35.99), (4:11.75), 3:54.09, 3:47.82
Finally sub-4!!! I still stink, but at least I no longer stink as badly.

2x2 BLD Best: 1:13.37
2x2 BLD a: DNF (1:33.00)
2x2 BLD b: 1:13.37

3x3 BLD Best: 3:34.41
3x3 BLD a: 3:34.41
3x3 BLD b: 3:38.12

4x4 BLD Best: 36:08.94
4x4 BLD a: 36:08.94
4x4 BLD b: DNF (30:05.01)
The first one was slowed down because I kept messing up figuring out the destination positions for edge pieces during memorization and having to rework my memorization cycle. I spent 22 minutes memorizing it. The second one was very frustrating. I got it all right except I forgot I had corner parity. If I give myself 30 seconds to fix the corner parity, this one would have beaten my best time by several minutes if only I had remembered the parity. Rats! Memorization on the second one was 16 minutes.

5x5 BLD Best: 1:08:52.95
5x5 BLD a: DNF (58:05.43)
5x5 BLD b: 1:08:52.95
Yes!!!! I got one in competition! I was really fast on the first one (for me), but I made a bunch of mistakes - the corners were messed up, I messed up about 10 of the wing edges, 3 centers were cycled, and 3 of the middle edges were cycled. But I slowed down and was more careful on the second one, and it was a really smooth solve. I was pretty confident when I was done. Memorization time was 29 minutes for the first one, 32 minutes for the second one.

I probably won't have time to try the FMC this week, and I don't have any of the other puzzles, so that's probably it for me this week. As for the big cubes BLD, I have to admit I have the opposite opinion from Daniel - I actually prefer the 4x4x4 BLD to the 5x5x5 BLD. That's because it's almost as hard as the 5x5x5, and includes the most challenging part (for me) - the wing edges, and it doesn't take as long. And for me with 3 kids to keep up with, it's really hard to come up with a full hour block to work on a single solve. So I'll probably be mostly doing 4x4x4 BLD in the future, and only doing the 5x5x5 BLD when I actually have time for it.

 

[ExoCorsair]

Congrats on the 5x5 BLD solve!

 

[normanbim]

Norman Mijares

2x2x2
Average: 11.62
Times: (09.58), 12.31, 10.19, 12.36, (12.67)

3x3x3
Average: 19.34
Times: (21.02), 18.86, 20.42, 18.75, (16.67)


3x3x3 OH
Average: 1:01.73
Times: (0:55.39), 1:01.97, 1:02.84, 1:00.39, (1:38.09)

my first time here. i hope i get a nice rank

4x4x4
Average: 2:17.68
Times: 2:22.76, 2:04.41, (2:29.75), 2:05.86, (1:46.74)


BLD

2x2x2: 1:02.97
2x2x2: 1:33.70

best=1:02.97



3x3x3: 4:44.44
3x3x3: 3:05.30

best=3:05.30

I'm still using macky's 3-cycle method. Hail Shaipo!

 

[KJiptner]

hey the blind competition is really good this week

 

[AvGalen]

2x2x2: (7.16) (12.64) 7.72 12.01 7.55 = 9.09
3x3x3: 28.36 (32.57) (28.17) 28.49 30.56 = 29.14
3x3x3_oh: (42.46) 42.82 (57.36) 47.57 54.85 = 48.41
4x4x4: (1:35.46) 1:36.17(P) 1:38.93(OP) 1.49.18(P) (1.59.82)(OP) = 1:41.43
5x5x5: 3:04.93 (3:46.43) 3:13.49 (2:42.72) 2:55.54 = 3:04.65
2x2x2_bf: 1:25.75, DNF = 1:25.75
3x3x3_bf: DNF, 14:59.99 = 14:59.99
Square-1: 1:52.72(P) (2:08.31)(P) 1:55.27 1:24.42 (1:16.63) = 1:44.14
Magic: (1.78) 2.21 1.93 1.83 (2.69) = 1.99
MegaMinx: 4:31.95 4:15.55 4:18.82 (5:02.09) (4:07.45) = 4:22.11
Pyraminx: 21.63 16.30 (21.88) (13.76) 14.63 = 17.52
Fewest Moves: 43
2x2x2: y' R D L F' U' F'
2x2x3: U' R2 B2 D B2 D'
Cross + Edge3 + Corner4: R' U F R' F'
Edge4 + Corner3 + Edge OLL: D U' R' U' R U2 R' U R D'
Corner OLL: F U2 F' U' F U' F'
PLL: L2 U B F' L2 B' F U L2

Tip: Don't do 5x5x5 or MegaMinx in the dark

 

[gillesvdp]

oups, I forgot to post my Fewest Moves result:

DNF

 

[AvGalen]

I just checked my Fewest Moves Solution and if I had done the Sune from a different angle I would have had a PLL skip saving 9 moves That would have made me the winner of this weeks Fewest Moves!

I think I would have found that one if I had been doing this at home and not in the car driving back from Lyon.

Gilles, can you write down your solution? It would be fun to show everyone and if someone ever needs a cube-rotation-tutorial we can point him to your solve!

 

[gillesvdp]

OK
Here it is:

Cross: x U U U x' U U U x U x2 U U U z U z' U x U U U
1st pair:x2 z U z'U z U U U z'
2nd pair: U z U U U z' U U U z U z' y' z' U U U z U U U z' U z
3rd pair: U z' U z U z U z'U z U U U z'
4th pair: U U U z' U U U z U U y' z' U U U z U U U z' U z
OLL: x U x' U z' U z U U U z' U U U x U U U U z U U z' U U z U U U z' U U z U U U z' U U z U U z' U z
PLL: U U U z U U z' U z U z' U z U U U z' U U U z U U U z' U U U z U U U z' U z U U U z' y2 x U U z' U U z U z U z' U U U z' U U z U z U U U z' U

131 moves

 

[AvGalen]

You fixed it! It is no longer a DNF. You will be rewarded the 131 moves solve!

For those of you that don't understand the solution:
Gilles solved the cube with only U moves (not even U2 or U')

Original 131 moves
Cross (15): x U U U x' U U U x U x2 U U U z U z' U x U U U
1st pair (5):x2 z U z'U z U U U z'
2nd pair (15): U z U U U z' U U U z U z' y' z' U U U z U U U z' U z
3rd pair (8): U z' U z U z U z'U z U U U z'
4th pair (15): U U U z' U U U z U U y' z' U U U z U U U z' U z
OLL (30): x U x' U z' U z U U U z' U U U x U U U U z U U z' U U z U U U z' U U z U U U z' U U z U U z' U z
PLL (43): U U U z U U z' U z U z' U z U U U z' U U U z U U U z' U U U z U U U z' U z U U U z' y2 x U U z' U U z U z U z' U U U z' U U z U z U U U z' U

131 moves in FURBDL notation
Cross (15): F F F U U U F B B B L B U U U
1st pair (5): L D L L L
2nd pair (15): D L L L D D D L B B B D D D B
3rd pair (8): D B D F D F F F
4th pair (15): D D D B B B D D L L L D D D L
OLL (30): F D L D D D L L L F F F F D D F F D D D F F D D D F F D D F
PLL (43): D D D B B D B D B B B D D D B B B D D D B B B D B B B L L B B L F L L L B B L F F F L

63 moves in normal notation, removed F4 "cancellation" that would have saved 4 moves in the 131 moves solution
Cross (7): F' U' F B' L B U'
1st pair (3): L D L'
2nd pair (7): D L' D' L B' D' B
3rd pair (6): D B D F D F'
4th pair (6): D' B' D2 L' D' L
OLL (13): F D L D' L' D2 F2 D' F2 D' F2 D2 F
PLL (21): D' B2 D B D B' D' B' D' B' D B' L2 B2 L F L' B2 L F' L

 

[gillesvdp]

Ouch !!
How could I forget to remove the "U U U U" thing..

Anyway, 131 is my new personal best.
Please take a good look at the FM event at the Polish Open. My result might be astonishing.