Weekly competition 2007-44 (2,3,3OH,4,5,BF,SQ1,MG,MMG,FMC,MM,PM,Relay)

[pjk]

Using a new technique. I think I can go sub 70 avg with it soon.

What might this new technique be ?

As Dan mentioned, it is just using 6 at a time now. Before, I did avg's of 1:15 using just 2 pair at a time. Now, with basically 2 days of practice with using 6 at a time, then 222, I am almost below that. I can have sub-40 centers+pair times pretty often now using this. It isn't a new method, just a new technique for me. Many people already use it, and I really like it. I have had sub-35 centers+pair times with this already too.

 

[philkt731]

Yeah I use that same technique 6222. I've averaged 1:11 with it and my best solve was 58.55, which had centers+edges in about 31 sseconds. I also am getting around 40 second centers/edges a lot.

 

[AvGalen]

Some nice Fewest Moves Solutions so far. The level is really getting high in here.

 

[philkt731]

yeah, I was really proud of my 33 move solution, but I'm 3rd of 4 right now with you and Guus and Jack still to go!

 

[hdskull]

As Dan mentioned, it is just using 6 at a time now. Before, I did avg's of 1:15 using just 2 pair at a time. Now, with basically 2 days of practice with using 6 at a time, then 222, I am almost below that. I can have sub-40 centers+pair times pretty often now using this. It isn't a new method, just a new technique for me. Many people already use it, and I really like it. I have had sub-35 centers+pair times with this already too.

Are their any tutorials on how to pair 6 at a time, I've thought of that, but I didn't know how to do it, because pairing 6 would create less confusion of trying to find the next pair.

 

[Jack]

Jack Moseley

2x2x2: 6.27
7.11, 5.91, 5.80, (7.97), (2.06)

Last scramble was 5 turns away from solved.

3x3x3: 18.15
(13.47), 20.80, (20.86), 16.25, 17.40

The 20's messed it up...

3x3x3 OH: 30.45
29.08, (21.58), (32.38), 31.50, 30.77

I can never get sub 30 in the weekly competition.

4x4x4: 1:18.23
(1:12.75 O), 1:20.34 O, 1:18.50 O, 1:15.86, (1:23.16 OP)

5x5x5: 2:41.81
2:38.77, (2:35.08), 2:50.11, (3:02.97), 2:36.55

Relay: 3:53.19 P

Very fast. I think the 4x4 was sub 1.

 

[TobiasDaneels]

Yeah I use that same technique 6222. I've averaged 1:11 with it and my best solve was 58.55, which had centers+edges in about 31 sseconds. I also am getting around 40 second centers/edges a lot.

Since some months I trie sometimes to pair the edges 6;4;2.
It's only possible in some cases, but if done well, it can safe u a lot of time.

Still while speedcubing I don't use it.

 

[hdskull]

2x2x2: (7.64), (5.42), 6.98, 6.26, 6.45 => 6.56
Good
3x3x3: (15.20), 16.59, 17.75, (19.66), 17.91 => 17.42
Good.
3x3x3 OH: (24.30), 26.48, 27.41, (37.83), 30.22 => 28.04
Got my OH cube re-stickered, the first 3 were all U perms. Did wrong PLL on solve 4. Good average.
4x4x4: (2:11.14 OP), (1:57.53 P), 2:06.08 OP, 2:10.83 OP, 1:59.09 OP => 2:05.33
-__- Why do I get so many parities… Would’ve been better if there weren’t so many.
2x2x2 BLD: 29.72, DNF => 29.72
Easy first solve.
3x3x3 BLD: 2:59.33, 2:49.45 => 2:49.45

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 13.54, 11.08, (25.66), (9.67), 9.96 = 11.53
3x3x3: 35.34, 33.01, (37.97), 36.20, (29.48) = 34.85
3x3x3 OH: 1:03.18, (1:12.78), 1:12.40, (1:01.56), 1:01.90 = 1:05.83
4x4x4: (2:37.86 OP), 2:19.69 P, 2:12.30 O, 2:20.17 P, (2:07.41 OP) = 2:17.39
5x5x5: (3:26.89), 3:36.57, (3:44.49), 3:39.10, 3:30.54 = 3:35.40
Fairly average times for these. I got the R-perm twice on 3x3x3 OH - it looks like I've finally got that working okay again.

2x2x2 BLD: 53.89, 1:13.10 = 53.89
3x3x3 BLD: 3:13.47, 3:29.92 = 3:13.47
4x4x4 BLD: 18:11.98, 18:42.34 = 18:11.98
5x5x5 BLD: DNF (42:57.11), 38:00.23 = 38:00.23
Almost got 'em all. The DNF was off by 2 x centers and 4 + centers. Memorization - 4x4x4: 9:30, 8:37; 5x5x5: 16:05, 16:25. I used r2 with commutators for middle slices on edges for all the big cubes. It's so easy that way! 3x3x3 was slow - I was disappointed - these were really hard for me to memorize for some reason. Oh, and the 5x5x5 is my new personal best. This competition is lucky for me for those.

Relay: 6:40.97
Square-1: 2:32.33 P, 2:32.15 P, (2:39.85 P), (1:38.15 P), 1:56.72 P = 2:20.40
Magic: 2.76, 3.78, (2.62), 2.83, (4.65) = 3.12
Master Magic: 6.44, (8.25), 6.53, (6.42), 6.73 = 6.57
MegaMinx: (3:52.24), 4:06.03, 3:57.23, (4:25.93), 4:08.16 = 4:03.81
Pyraminx: 27.19, 27.45, (31.81), 28.88, (25.67) = 27.84
Wow - a good week for these! I learned a new algorithm for square-1 that really made a big difference. The square-1 times aren't much better than last week, but they were all with parity - and parity takes me at least 45 seconds to solve most times - so this was way faster than last week for me. And how about those MegaMinx times? I bet I'm most improved this week - over a minute better than last week. What's my secret? I lubed my cheap Chinese MegaMinx yesterday. Wow what a difference. Oh, I guess I should add, since I haven't said anything yet about it, that I've been using the new scrambling method too, and I like it. I've been doing the whole thing, though (I'm paranoid about insufficient scrambling). Once I lubed the puzzle up, scrambling goes REALLY fast now - it's very nice.

Fewest Moves: 49 moves: D' L' U B' F2 U' F' U R U' R2 D' F L F' L' F L F' D L' D' L2 B' L B2 D' B' D B' L2 B L2 D L' U L2 D' L U' F' B' L2 F B R2 D2 R2 D2
Ugh. Just not a good one for me this week. I even spent a bunch of time after I ran out of time looking for better, and still found nothing.
premoves before scramble: R2 D2 R2 D2
2x2x3: D' L' U B' F2 U' F' U R U' R2
cross + 3rd pair: D' F L F' L' F L F'
4th pair: D L' D' L2 B' L' B
OLL: B' L2 B2 D' B' D B' L2 B
PLL: L2 D L' U L2 D' L U' F' B' L2 F B
Between 4th pair and OLL, moves L' B B' L2 cancel to just L.

 

[tim]

3x3 BLD
Best: 1:51.63
1.) DNF (1:52.50, undid a setup move wrong. I noticed it during the solve, but was too lazy to correct it)
2.) 1:51.63

4x4 BLD
1.) worst DNF i ever had (33:58.18, 17 minutes memorizing)
2.) DNF (11:37.50, 4:15 min memo.)

very bad...

 

[Mike Hughey]

4x4 BLD
1.) worst DNF i ever had (33:58.18, 17 minutes memorizing)

I assume this was a case of mismemorizing, then realizing your memorization was wrong when you were almost finished memorizing? Maybe I'm guessing wrong, but that's how this sort of thing always happens to me. (And it's happened quite a few times.) I'm guessing from your long execution time that you probably realized there was still a mistake once you started solving, too. (Again, this has happened to me quite a few times.) I have to admit it's encouraging to me to know that even you occasionally have a rough time of it.

BTW, amazing multi-bld the other day. I'm determined to try some multi-bld this weekend.

 

[masterofthebass]

---BLD---
2x2
DNF
33.01

3x3x
1:57.01
2:13.92

4x4
DNF (15:23.56)
12:36.28

memo was 8:xx, 6:xx I think I made a mistake on a center set-up and after Y perm corners, it got messed up. My edge memo takes the same amount of time as my centers+corners...

Relay: 4:10 idk what happened...

 

[tim]

4x4 BLD
1.) worst DNF i ever had (33:58.18, 17 minutes memorizing)

I assume this was a case of mismemorizing, then realizing your memorization was wrong when you were almost finished memorizing? Maybe I'm guessing wrong, but that's how this sort of thing always happens to me. (And it's happened quite a few times.) I'm guessing from your long execution time that you probably realized there was still a mistake once you started solving, too. (Again, this has happened to me quite a few times.) I have to admit it's encouraging to me to know that even you occasionally have a rough time of it.

BTW, amazing multi-bld the other day. I'm determined to try some multi-bld this weekend.

You're almost right. I mismemorized the centers and had to memorize them again. The DNF was probably a misexecuted commutator or something like that. Regarding the time: I tried to solve the 4x4 within a relay (5 3x3 + 1 4x4). It wasn't a good idea to make that relay only an hour after my first one (7 3x3 + 4x4, 35 minutes) and to use the same journeys. It took too much effort to overwrite my images with the new ones.

 

[Mike Hughey]

4x4 BLD
1.) worst DNF i ever had (33:58.18, 17 minutes memorizing)

I assume this was a case of mismemorizing, then realizing your memorization was wrong when you were almost finished memorizing? Maybe I'm guessing wrong, but that's how this sort of thing always happens to me. (And it's happened quite a few times.) I'm guessing from your long execution time that you probably realized there was still a mistake once you started solving, too. (Again, this has happened to me quite a few times.) I have to admit it's encouraging to me to know that even you occasionally have a rough time of it.

BTW, amazing multi-bld the other day. I'm determined to try some multi-bld this weekend.

You're almost right. I mismemorized the centers and had to memorize them again. The DNF was probably a misexecuted commutator or something like that. Regarding the time: I tried to solve the 4x4 within a relay (5 3x3 + 1 4x4). It wasn't a good idea to make that relay only an hour after my first one (7 3x3 + 4x4, 35 minutes) and to use the same journeys. It took too much effort to overwrite my images with the new ones.

Oh. I should have figured that you couldn't have really had that rough a time of it with a normal solve.

 

[TimC]

Tim Chong
3x3x3:

Individual Times:
1) (28.74)
2) 22.90
3) 26.70
4) 25.30
5) (21.07)

Avg. = 24.97

 

[Mike Hughey]

Marie Hughey:
2x2x2: 40.43, 33.13, (1:02.49), 30.99, (29.43) = 34.85
3x3x3: (1:20.84), (1:58.21), 1:24.69, 1:54.12, 1:27.31 = 1:35.37
Magic: 6.03, 6.32, (8.11), 5.66, (4.56) = 6.00
Master Magic: 29.53, 31.12, (34.57), 30.97, (24.49) = 30.54

Rebecca Hughey:
2x2x2: 59.35, 46.85, (31.51), (1:01.46), 36.71 = 47.64
3x3x3: 1:21.37, (1:09.97), 1:21.92, (1:29.14), 1:16.07 = 1:19.79
Magic: 14.43, 10.43, 10.12, (37.99), (5.36) = 11.66
Master Magic: 36.47, 30.01, (24.78), (DNF), 29.67 = 32.05

Rebecca is making great improvement on the 3x3x3! I think she should be under a minute before long. They both learned to twist the Magic this week. They're still using Arnaud's flipping method on the Master Magic, though.

 

[AvGalen]

fewest moves (rest will follow)

use the inverse scramble: R2 F' U' F' R U D' F2 U' F D' L2 U R D2 B2 U R
1x2x2+pair: D B'
another 1x2x2: F U2
extend second block to 2x2x2: F R2 U R.
extend 2x2x2 block to kind of 2x2x3: U' L' U2 B U'
connect everything to form F2L: L' U R D2 R'
F L D L' D' F' U' leaves a corner 3 cycle solved at the . with insertion: R2 U' L2 U R2 U' L2 U canceling 4 moves!
total solution: 29 (D B' F U2 F R2 U R' U' L2 U R2 U' L U2 B U' L' U R D2 R' F L D L' D' F' U')'

 

[vlarsen]

Victor Larsen

2x2x2
Average: 12.53
Times: 13.17, 11.98, (23.62), 12.45, (5.28)

I practiced!!

3x3x3
Average: 31.76
Times: (26.25), 28.10, (42.67), 31.36, 35.82

Wow, the first two times are my best ever.

3x3x3 OH
Average: 82.94
Times: (107.40), 85.53, 81.07, 82.21, (78.48)

Nice.

4x4x4
Average: 2:44.28
Times: 2:52.70, (2:32.95), 2:44.07, 2:36.06, (4:21.79)

Not much improvement

5x5x5
Average: 4:48.80
Times: 4:40.82, 5:04.20, (4:32.46), (5:46.54), 4:41.39

Also quite boring

Relay: 8:16.18

Still working on cracking 8 minutes.

 

[Jack]

The rest:

Square-1: 1:00.47
(54.06), 1:02.83, 1:00.21, (1:21.41), 58.38

Megaminx: 2:24.85
2:20.77, 2:24.33, (2:33.75), 2:29.46, (2:14.83)

I just pre-ordered a meffert's, I can't wait to see what my times are like with it!

FMC
31 moves
D' L2 U' R2 U B D2 B D' U' R D2 U L' U F' L2 F U' L U' D' B U' B U B2 U' B U' D
Explanation
2x2x3: D' L2 U' R2 U B D2 B D' U' R D2
F2L: z y F U' F L' U2 L F' U F'
OLL: y' r' U R' U R U2 R' U R' L

BLD

2x2x2: 51.34
2x2x2: 1:01.68

3x3x3: DNF (3:28.59)
3x3x3: DNF

 

[philkt731]

FMC
31 moves
D' L2 U' R2 U B D2 B D' U' R D2 U L' U F' L2 F U' L U' D' B U' B U B2 U' B U' D
Explanation
2x2x3: D' L2 U' R2 U B D2 B D' U' R D2
F2L: z y F U' F L' U2 L F' U F
OLL: y' r' U R' U R U2 R' U R' L

just fixing a little mistake, should be F not F'