Weekly competition 2007-40 (2,3,3OH,4,5,BF,SQ1,MG,MMG,FMC,MM,PM,Relay)

[KJiptner]

2x2x2
Avg: 6.93
Times: 6,71 (6,54) 7,00 7,07 (9,47)
Pretty good

3x3x3
Avg: 18.07
Times: 18,94 (22,03) (16,33) 17,68 17,58
Too bad, I was hoping for sub 18!

2x2x2 BLD
1st: 30.65
(2nd: DNS)
The second one was solved and it was probably a nice time but the timer said 0.03. I'm not that fast

3x3x3 BLD
1st: 1:05.59
(2nd: 1:33.43)
Wow, ehm....Sorry guys That second one could have been equally fast but I made a mistake in the middle and had to undo 4 edges to correct it. Wow that was cool.

 

[ExoCorsair]

3x3x3 BLD
1st: 1:05.59
(2nd: 1:33.43)

Wow, you're really fast! WR anytime soon?

 

[KJiptner]

3x3x3 BLD
1st: 1:05.59
(2nd: 1:33.43)

Wow, you're really fast! WR anytime soon?

Only if Matyi keeps on going rather safe than fast.

Edit: And if i get VERY lucky

 

[hdskull]

3x3x3 BLD
1st: 1:05.59
(2nd: 1:33.43)

Great job! How long does it take for you to memorize the cube now ?

 

[KJiptner]

3x3x3 BLD
1st: 1:05.59
(2nd: 1:33.43)

Great job! How long does it take for you to memorize the cube now ?

sub 30 - sub 25 on such solves

 

[Mike Hughey]

The rest of my family for this week.

Marie Hughey
2x2x2: (25.76), 41.46, 35.03, (45.53), 39.03 = 38.51
3x3x3: 1:58.48, 1:27.49, (1:16.64), 1:29.49, (1:58.53) = 1:38.49
Marie is really improving fast. She's still just using a very basic beginner's method, so I'm very impressed by these times. I tried using her method on the third one and got 1:10, so she's almost as fast as I am using that method!

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Rebecca Hughey
3x3x3: (1:49.91), 1:56.77, 5:06.44, (5:14.38), 2:05.81 = 3:03.01
Disappointing for Rebecca. She dropped the cube in the middle of an algorithm on the third one, and then spent at least a minute hoping she could figure out how to finish it. After that, she was just too disappointed to do well the rest of the way.

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Gloria Hughey
3x3x3: (2:33.39), 3:01.87, 3:02.89, 2:59.33, (3:12.94) = 3:01.36
Hey - my wife is getting much better!

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Congratulations on your blindfolded results. You are so accurate in solving that I hope you will go to a competition that has just 1 attempt for every cube.

I'm really not that accurate. This was just a good week. I'm about 75% on 3x3x3, 50% on 4x4x4, and 25% on 5x5x5. I guess that means I shouldn't even bother trying a 6x6x6.

 

[masterofthebass]

12.5% accuracy isn't too bad.

I tried the 4x4 BLD for this week, but gave up half way through the memo on the second one. The first one was a 28 min DNF but I had tons of trouble memorizing edges. I tried visual, but I'm switching to letters. I just have to practice more, but I will get it by the end of this week.

 

[Mike Hughey]

12.5% accuracy isn't too bad.

No - you don't get it - the progression appears to be linear. So the 6x6x6 should be 0% accuracy, and the 7x7x7 will be -25% accuracy. But then again, that would imply the 2x2x2 was 100% accuracy, and that's certainly not true.

I tried the 4x4 BLD for this week, but gave up half way through the memo on the second one. The first one was a 28 min DNF but I had tons of trouble memorizing edges. I tried visual, but I'm switching to letters. I just have to practice more, but I will get it by the end of this week.

Yes, I still often find memorizing the edges quite hard. I still often make mistakes picking the wrong location for edge pieces to go. That's usually the difference between my best and worst solves - whether or not I make mistakes in memorizing edges. It can easily make a 10 minute difference for me.

 

[AvGalen]

2x2x2: 9.50 10.66 9.81 10.08 7.53 = 9.80
3x3x3: 26.83 34.13 29.50 27.72 26.08 = 28.02
3x3x3_oh: 57.65 57.86 50.50 44.06 43.68 = 50.74
4x4x4: 1:55.44(OP) 1:41.11 1:44.13(OP) 1:48.11 1:56.05(OP) = 1:49.23
5x5x5: 2:57.27 2:34.50 2:27.09 2:44.53 2:34.80 = 2:37.94
2x2x2_bf: 2:15.28, 1:55.93 = 1:55.93
3x3x3_bf: DNF, DNF = DNF
Relay: 5:08.80(O)
Square-1: 1:38.71 1:25.03 2:05.69(P) 1:34.71 1:54.61(P) = 1:42.68
Magic: 1.69 2.40 1.90 1.55 1.72 = 1.77
Master Magic: 7.22 7.25 5.58 5.08 6.91 = 6.57
MegaMinx: 4:10.66 3:47.69 4:24.18 3:37.08 4:21.27 = 4:06.54
PyraMinx: 4.21 14.38 7.05 4.88 25.00 = 8.77 (Saw the entire solution during inspection on solve 1,3,4 but dropped the puzzle on solve 5)

Fewest Moves: DNF
I wanted to try corner insertions so I created 2x2x3 then finished edges. I found some pretty good insertions, but I always ended up with 2 misoriented corners. After the hour passed I realized that a corner-3-cycle will only work correctly if the cycle has "neutral" orientation.
My partial solutions are based on the inverse scramble with premove D2 (so B2 D F' R' D F' D' F B' D L2 U' F' D' L' F2 D')

Partial solution 1: D2 F2 B' R2 F D' F D B' L' D' F L2 F2 R' B' U' (Leaves 2 corner-3-cycles)
Explanation:
pseudo 2x2x3 + all edges oriented + 2 edges permuted: U B R F2 L2 F' D L B
setup 2 more edges: D' F' D
Permute all edges: F' R2 B F2
Undo premove: D2

Partial solution2: D2 F2 B' R2 F B' D' F D L' D' F L2 F2 R' B' U' (Leaves a corner-3-cycle + 2 misoriented corners)
Explanation:
1x2x3 + all edges oriented + 4 edges permuted: U B R F2 L2 F' D L
setup 2 more edges: D' F' D
Permute all edges: B F' R2 B F2
Undo premove: D2

 

[Jack]

Here are the rest of my solves (sorry if they are a bit late).

Relay: 4:38.53 (no parity!)

Square 1: 59.95
1:02.50, (46.09), (1:21.06), 1:03.25, 54.09

Parity on third and fourth solves.

Megaminx: 2:28.05
2:38.53, (2:06.47), (2:55.31), 2:36.18, 2:09.43

New PB! The Canadian NR is about 3:45 right now, I can't wait for the Toronto Open.

FMC
33 moves
2x2x2: D2 B2 F' R' B' U'
2x2x3: D' F L'
Orient edges: z2 U2 L F' L'
F2L: x y2 F2 U2 F' U F U F U2 F'
COLL: y2 R U2 R' U2 L' U R U' R' L U2

 

[AvGalen]

No problem Jack.