Weekly competition 2008-16

5x5x5 bld
Best: DNF
DNF (21 min), DNF (22 min), DNF (18 min)
memo: 8:30, 9:40 (had to remorize all + - centers), 7:00

multi bld
20/24, 1:36 (1:00h memo) = 16

Yes, that was a safe attempt...

4x4x4 bld
Best: 8:07.47
8:14.88, 8:56.80, 8:07.47

yeah, 3 solves in a row. German Open, here i come! :)

Arnaud: just 25 scrambles for multi bld? ;)
 
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3x3x3: 24.61 19.77 21.34 21.59 22.56 => 21.83
These scrambles were all easy, so why did my times suck so much??!!

3x3x3_OH: 40.50 33.08 39.56 33.90 39.38 => 37.61
Hmmm...

3x3x3_feet: 1:58.90 2:14.77 2:00.31 2:01.68 1:52.08 => 2:00.30
These could all have been much better.

4x4x4: 2:06.53 2:15.72 2:05.56 2:15.88 1:56.83 => 2:09.27
Not too bad. Once my cube is nicely broken in and I lubricate it, these times are going to drop like a stone.

5x5x5: 3:08.84 3:12.59 3:21.08 3:14.16 3:26.09 => 3:15.94
Reasonable.
 
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I added more of my times this week among them two new BLD PB's on 4x4 and 3x3 :D
I'm closing in on the big cube BLD (only 4x4) ill try multi BLD tomorrow (Sunday) if I find time (I hope I do ;))
 
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3x3x3: 22.34 30.65 27.56 37.87 24.48 => 27.56
My weirdest and most inconsistent average ever. The first solve was so easy I got an extended cross by accident. I screwed up my cross on the fourth solve (don't know how... it looked so easy even though I had to use opposite colour solving) and got my slowest OLL and PLL (Superman and N-perm). An OLL skip on the last solve saved my day apparently.

3x3x3 BLD: DNF (POP) 4:08.50 3:39.73 => 3:39.73
I felt something pop out from the cube onto the floor during the first solve. It turned out to be the center cap. I like the last scramble (new PB again). :p
 
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4x4x4
POP, 2:08.78, 1:51.98, 2:37.72, 3:02.07 : 2:25.14


yay new PB :P

but seriously have to work on consistency... I think I get too happy once I get sub-2s...
 
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Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 20.53, 9.50, 7.81, 10.72, 12.25 = 10.82
3x3x3: 24.05, 33.47, 34.55, 23.26, 53.95 = 30.69
Comment: I sure am glad I can throw the highest times out! (for both 2x2x2 and 3x3x3)
4x4x4: 2:04.90 (O), 2:07.29 (OP), 1:50.00, 1:58.97 (O), 1:57.12 (P) = 2:00.33
5x5x5: 3:14.75, 3:12.15, 2:54.56, 3:06.76, 3:16.73 (+2) = 3:11.22
Comment: That was nice – maybe I’m really getting better!
2x2x2 BLD: 41.40, 50.27, 1:06.90 = 41.40
3x3x3 BLD: DNF (3:10.77), 2:57.30, 3:22.91 = 2:57.30
Comment: M2 again; I’ve completely switched to M2 now. The middle one had a very long pause due to memory failure – it might have been my personal best otherwise. (It was an easy scramble.)
4x4x4 BLD: DNF (12:29.51, 5:55 mem), 12:47.78 (6:35 mem), 12:03.58 (5:38 mem) = 12:03.58
Comment: First one was a mismemorization of one of the edge pieces – 3 edges wrong.
5x5x5 BLD: DNF (27:20.78, 14:30 mem), 24:47.49 (12:15 mem), DNF (27:57.64, 13:56 mem) = 24:47.49
Comment: First one was 5 wings wrong – it was a really easy scramble but I did it badly. Third one was 3 corners – I memorized correctly but cycled in the wrong direction. Second one was pretty nice.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 7/8, 1:11:53.93 (42:15 mem)
Comment: Ugh! Just 2 edges misoriented. Done all with M2. I mismemorized where one sticker needed to go; it was a mistake that I made because I’m still fairly new to following stickers instead of pieces. I won’t make that mistake again, so I learned from it. M2 is definitely faster – this was about 9 minutes per cube, and I’m sure I could get it down to 8 with a little more practice.
3x3x3 OH: 1:03.16, 37.47, 1:04.84, 1:00.58, 59.51 = 1:01.08
Comment: 37.47 was a skip of a CE pair – definitely my fastest OH solve ever.
3x3x3 WF: 3:05.83, 2:53.36, 3:14.50, 4:15.41, 3:41.05 = 3:20.46
3x3x3 match the scramble: 2:48.55, 5:16.80, DNF (6:24, 4:15 mem), 2:51.47, 3:08.46 = 3:45.58
Comment: On the second one I messed up the F2L doing the PLL. Third one was using M2, 6 corners were misoriented.
2-4 relay: 25:17.96 (13:15 mem)
2-5 relay: 1:07:47.39 (40:11 mem)
Comment: Wow! I finally got it! In fact, I got them both! Now that I’ve finally gotten them both, I’m going to stop abusing these and do normal relays. I can use the extra time instead to go for my next 2 BLD relay goals: 5x5x5 multi with 3 cubes, and 2 2x2x2s, 2 3x3x3s, 2 4x4x4s, and 2 5x5x5s. :)
Magic: 3.27, 2.96, 3.00, 2.71, 3.47 = 3.08
Master Magic: 5.38, 4.63, 4.40, 5.27, 5.28 = 5.06
Clock: Still don’t have one yet.
MegaMinx: 3:17.47, 3:02.38, 3:41.46, 6:22.56, 3:24.84 = 3:27.92
Comment: Again it’s a good thing I can throw the highest time out! It was my most hideous pop ever. As I was trying to fix the pop, I kept popping more pieces out. And I was almost done when I popped it.
Pyraminx: 26.78, 26.46, 25.13, 16.88, 27.80 = 26.12
Square-1: 1:41.19 (P), 1:44.68 (P), 1:16.80, 1:19.90, 57.81 = 1:25.96
3x3x3 fewest moves: 45 moves
2 x-cross: D L2 F D’ B’ R’ B F2 U F’ U
3rd pair: L’ D’ L2 D L D’ L2 D
4th pair: L2 U L U’ L’ U L U’
OLL: F L U L’ U’ F’
PLL: L2 B F L2 B’ L’ B L2 F’ L B’ L’
Very bad. This was a safety solve I worked out at about 30 minutes. I just couldn’t get anything real to work.

Henrik: Nice job on the other 4x4x4 BLD! 13:02 is a really good time! You're going to be beating me soon (probably next week)! (I still got ya this week, though. :))
 
3x3x3 BLD: DNF DNF 59.81 = 59.81
4x4x4 BLD: DNF DNF DNF = DNF
5x5x5 BLD: DNF DNF 13:38 = 13:38
Too little practice to achieve something better...

Multi BLD: 3/4 in 9:37
Off by two misoriented edges on the last one. I don't like multiblind...

Relay 2-5 BLD: DNF in 34:00
Off by one 3-cycle on 5x5! Frustrating...

Apparently this wasn't my week :)
 
rafal said:
Relay 2-5 BLD: DNF in 34:00
Off by one 3-cycle on 5x5! Frustrating...
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Thanks for trying, Rafal, and keeping me company. 34 minutes is amazing! I think I can do less than an hour, but 34 minutes just blows my mind. But then, so does a 5x5x5 BLD in 13 minutes. I was off by just 2 or 3 pieces on my 5x5x5 twice in my earlier attempts at it - I agree that it's horribly frustrating.
 
Mike: Congratulations on your successful relay and thanks for inspiration! I saw you did this, so I thought I would give it a try. I think sub-30 is definitely possible here. I went for a safe attempt. And my mistake was stupid. I knew I had to cycle B-V-O, but I did C-V-O, I don’t know why…

Tim: Thanks! I memorized in 17:30. But I checked everything carefully, so I could solve without delays. And what is so special about it comparing to 24 cubes in 2 hours??? :)
 
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Tim: Thanks! I memorized in 17:30. But I checked everything carefully, so I could solve without delays. And what is so special about it comparing to 24 cubes in 2 hours??? :)
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3x3x3 cubes are quite easy compared to 4x4/5x5. I think i can memorize in about the same speed as you, but i'm far away from getting the same execution time. That's why i found it awesome :).
 
rafal said:
Mike: Congratulations on your successful relay and thanks for inspiration! I saw you did this, so I thought I would give it a try. I think sub-30 is definitely possible here. I went for a safe attempt. And my mistake was stupid. I knew I had to cycle B-V-O, but I did C-V-O, I don’t know why…
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My most stupid failure on the 2-5 relay was a couple weeks ago, when I got everything right but the 4x4x4, where all I did was forget to do the PLL parity algorithm after doing the T-perm to switch corners. How stupid was that? Probably the only time I've ever done that with a 4x4x4, and it had to be in an otherwise perfect relay. :(

You're so much faster than me at individual big cubes that it's clear I can't compete. I'll just try to always stay no more than double your times. So if you ever do it and get sub-30, I'll have to try again and get sub-60. :)
 
Chris Chan

3x3: (14.52), 16.56, 15.52, 15.08, (17.58) = 15.72
Grrr i hate life :p

3x3 OH: 32.58, 30.86, 33.11, 30.13, 34.94 = 32.18
i like this....my left hand is slowly improving. Still using my 2H cube for this

4x4: 1:17.83, (1:32.17), (1:16.08), 1:21.39, 1:16.61 = 1:18.61
yay!!! a very good average for me. the last solve was great, fluent edges done in 40 seconds... and then it was ruined by a double parity.

3x3 BLD: 2:20.55, 2:37.97, 2:35.19 = 2.20.55
YESSS!!!!! i no longer hate life!!! Solve no 2 was lucky though :p there was no CO
 
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I've started cubing again after the last competition! :)

2x2: 3.92, 4.72, (3.90), 5.09, (6.70) = 4.58
Easy scrambles!

3x3: (14.93), 16.25, (19.40), 18.24, 18.66 = 17.72

3x3 OH: 26.57, (25.49), (37.54), 29.67, 29.76 = 28.67

Copy the scramble: 1:24.80, 1:06.81, (1:46.90), (1:03.78), 1:36.37 = 1:22.66

Pyraminx: (16.31), 15.32, 14.19, 11.43, (10.66) = 13.65
It just kept getting better and better! :p

Magic: (1.61), 1.66, 1.77, (2.89), 2.05 = 1.83
2 mistakes = bad average.

2x2-4x4: 1:53.53
2x2-5x5: 4:37.72
Double parity on both solves, as usual.

2x2 BLD: 59.85, 1:20.08, 1:24.90 = 59.85

I probably won't get around to doing the longer events this week.
 
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