Weekly competition 2008-21

[alexc]

@Mike

Change LH to lighthouse and keep OH as one handed.

 

[Mike Hughey]

@Mike

Change LH to lighthouse and keep OH as one handed.

Wow - thanks - lighthouse is perfect! I'm very thankful for that.

 

[linkmaster03]

Nice times Mike, can't wait for Cincinnati Open.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Rebecca Hughey:
2x2x2: 45.33, 35.84, 33.65, 20.77, 24.68 = 31.39
3x3x3: 1:04.93, 1:10.84, 1:53.69 (+2), 1:21.28, 1:07.71 = 1:13.28
Comment: Rebecca is out of practice on 3x3x3 because she's been working so hard on 4x4x4. Hopefully she can get in better shape by Cincinnati.
4x4x4: 7:03.71 (O), 5:26.65, DNF (O), 5:27.96 (O), 6:01.25 = 6:10.97
Comment: She's really getting it! On the third solve, she messed up the OLL parity algorithm and also struggled with the centers both at the beginning and after messing up, so she went over 10 minutes and didn't want me to continue with a stopwatch. She didn't have any PLL parities for these, but she's good at it when she gets it. She usually finishes the centers in under a minute. I think she's going to be ready for Cincinnati.
Magic: 2.97, 4.69, 3.09, 2.78, 7.18 = 3.58
Master Magic: 4.93, 7.13, 5.05, 8.00, 7.75 = 6.64
Comment: She's out of practice on these too.

Marie Hughey:
2x2x2: 27.41, 10.69, 18.59, 15.59, 13.56 = 15.91
Comment: Marie's best average ever on 2x2x2. She's getting faster!

 

[linkmaster03]

Very impressive 4x4 times, make sure Rebecca does 4x4 at Cincy!

 

[dbeyer]

5x5 BLD:
S1. DNF
S2. 18:31.31

 

[Mike Hughey]

5x5 BLD:
S1. DNF
S2. 18:31.31

Wow, very nice, Daniel! Told ya it was an easy scramble!

 

[cmhardw]

Chris Hardwick
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3x3x3: 21.81 13.74 (25.68) 17.05 (13.37) = 17.53
comment: 1st solve was a pop, 3rd solve was WTF
2x2x2_bld: DNF 27.90 30.48
3x3x3_bld: DNF 1:43.01 1:50.92
4x4x4_bld: DNF 6:59.46 7:53.53
5x5x5_bld: DNF 12:50.62 19:17.13
comment: Ok 2nd solve was "holy crap!" and the 3rd solve I tried to really push myself to go fast, and this led to some mistakes. I had some recall delays, as well as 2 instances where turning too quickly led to me pulling adjacent layers to the ones I meant to pull. I had to spend some seconds each time to use my muscle memory to figure out what I had to do to undo the mistaken turns. I can't believe I got that solve successfully to be honest, I was certain it would be a DNF. The second solve was 7:30ish memo and 5:20ish solving. The more BH algs I learn, the harder it is to convince myself to give r2 a try, even if only for one week. Sorry Mike :-( I promise I will try it one day, but probably not before Nationals. I am on a mad dash to learn all of the BH method, and as much as I can before US Nationals.

Chris

 

[mrCage]

Chris Hardwick
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3x3x3: 21.81 13.74 (25.68) 17.05 (13.37) = 17.53
comment: 1st solve was a pop, 3rd solve was WTF
2x2x2_bld: DNF 27.90 30.48
3x3x3_bld: DNF 1:43.01 1:50.92
4x4x4_bld: DNF 6:59.46 7:53.53
5x5x5_bld: DNF 12:50.62 19:17.13
comment: Ok 2nd solve was "holy crap!" and the 3rd solve I tried to really push myself to go fast, and this led to some mistakes. I had some recall delays, as well as 2 instances where turning too quickly led to me pulling adjacent layers to the ones I meant to pull. I had to spend some seconds each time to use my muscle memory to figure out what I had to do to undo the mistaken turns. I can't believe I got that solve successfully to be honest, I was certain it would be a DNF. The second solve was 7:30ish memo and 5:20ish solving. The more BH algs I learn, the harder it is to convince myself to give r2 a try, even if only for one week. Sorry Mike :-( I promise I will try it one day, but probably not before Nationals. I am on a mad dash to learn all of the BH method, and as much as I can before US Nationals.

Chris

Hmm, every first bld attempt was a DNF. Hope you can break this pattern in the near future

Regards,

Per

 

[Mike Hughey]

5x5x5_bld: DNF 12:50.62 19:17.13
comment: Ok 2nd solve was "holy crap!"

Wasn't that scramble fun?

The more BH algs I learn, the harder it is to convince myself to give r2 a try, even if only for one week. Sorry Mike :-( I promise I will try it one day, but probably not before Nationals. I am on a mad dash to learn all of the BH method, and as much as I can before US Nationals.

That's okay, Chris - I understand. Obviously with these times you're doing something right.

It's sad but amazing that I can get a 20:38 5x5x5 BLD solve and come in third place (or maybe even worse, if others join in the fun) this week. (Go Daniel and Chris!) It's sad that I really didn't do that well on the second scramble - it was so easy I really should have broken 20 minutes with it!

 

[rafal]

5x5x5 BLD: DNF DNF DNF = DNF

My lack of successful solves is a little frustrating. Second scramble was easy indeed, but I couldn’t focus. And I see you guys all got nice times on it.

I tried something without 5x5:

Relay 2-4 BLD: 8:37.16 (3:40 memo)

My first try at this and a good time, I think.

 

[alexc]

Relay 2-4 BLD: 8:37.16

o_0 post too short

 

[cmhardw]

It's sad but amazing that I can get a 20:38 5x5x5 BLD solve and come in third place (or maybe even worse, if others join in the fun) this week. (Go Daniel and Chris!) It's sad that I really didn't do that well on the second scramble - it was so easy I really should have broken 20 minutes with it!

Mike, I think you're being entirely too hard on yourself. Look at how recently you just learned a fixed image list. Also, to be fair, Daniel and I have both been solving big cubes blind a good bit longer than you have, and I think experience counts for a lot in these events.

Don't be so hard on yourself, you're consistently in the low 20's now for 5x5BLD, and you're about to be breaking 20 regularly! That's awesome!

Relay 2-4 BLD: 8:37.16 (3:40 memo)

My first try at this and a good time, I think.

Rafal, your relay times are absolutely incredible. I agree with Mike, I think your achievement with these is entirely too difficult to come close to, even with other puzzles ;-) Your times are simply too fast!

Chris

 

[Mike Hughey]

Don't be so hard on yourself...

Thanks, Chris. I was mainly thinking that second scramble was an easy chance to go under 20 minutes, but I was inexplicably slow on it. I really should have gone under 20 on it - I had it in me. But hopefully this is better - this way my first sub-20 might be a non-lucky scramble. (Clearly that second scramble was officially lucky!)

Relay 2-4 BLD: 8:37.16 (3:40 memo)

My first try at this and a good time, I think.

Rafal, your relay times are absolutely incredible. I agree with Mike, I think your achievement with these is entirely too difficult to come close to, even with other puzzles ;-) Your times are simply too fast!

Chris

Wow, Rafal - this is probably even more amazing than your 2-5 BLD times! Have you tried multiBLD at all since the world championships? It seems like you take no hit whatsoever when adding extra cubes, so I'd think you could be amazing with large multiBLDs. It seems like you should be even faster than Tim, who's currently the fastest in the world at it.

 

[rafal]

Rafal, your relay times are absolutely incredible. I agree with Mike, I think your achievement with these is entirely too difficult to come close to, even with other puzzles ;-) Your times are simply too fast!

Thanks Chris, it’s nice to hear this from you! But you should try that 4x4 scramble from relay – it wasn’t too hard. And I think I concentrate more when I solve relay than when I solve one cube. But this will change - next time I will treat single solves just like I treat relays.

Wow, Rafal - this is probably even more amazing than your 2-5 BLD times! Have you tried multiBLD at all since the world championships? It seems like you take no hit whatsoever when adding extra cubes, so I'd think you could be amazing with large multiBLDs. It seems like you should be even faster than Tim, who's currently the fastest in the world at it.

Thanks Mike! Memorization on this one was really smooth. I have tried multibld since worlds, but only up to 5 cubes. That’s because I don’t have more at home. I didn’t need them, because I was never attracted by multibld. Now I think I will buy some cubes and try to solve more than 10, just to see how it goes. But I don’t expect to be faster than Tim, not with my memorization method.

 

[guusrs]

Congratulations Arnaud with your crazy 22 move solve.

I'm lucky this was not a competition.
I found a 29 moves solution, almost linear solve, in about 10 minutes.
I searched too many branches to get it down and after an hour I only got it down to 28.
I'll post my solution later

Greetz

Gus

 

[AvGalen]

2x2x2: = 8.86 8.96 9.93 9.84 7.21 = 9.22
3x3x3: = 23.36 26.27 29.15 21.97 27.15 = 25.59
4x4x4: = 1:36.40 1:21.18 1:21.38 (P) 1:45.96 (OP) 1:41.77 (O) = 1:33.18
5x5x5: = 2:29.43 2:36.41 2:20.03 2:27.84 2:09.08 = 2:25.77
2x2x2_bf: = 1:09.78 2:24.25 DNF = 1:09.78
3x3x3_bf: = DNF DNF DNF = DNF
3x3x3_oh: = 35.55 46.68 34.88 45.80 33.69 = 38.74
3x3x3_match: = 1:51.22 2:19.72 DNF 1:53.93 1:23.33 = 2:01.62
3x3x3_fmc: = 22 moves, see http://speedsolving.com/showpost.php?p=54314&postcount=28
234-Relay: 2:03.28 (O)
2345-Relay: 4:29.58 (P)
Magic: = DNF 2.28 2.81 2.90 2.16 = 2.66
Comment: I have to go really slow, otherwise it breaks
Master Magic: = 5.91 5.88 6.11 6.27 4.90 = 5.97
Clock: = 20.65 23.86 20.83 19.80 22.06 = 21.18
MegaMinx: = 3:32.41 3:51.77 3:52.71 3:48.63 3:43.38 = 3:47.93
PyraMinx: = 18.22 24.81 13.83 20.72 29.84 = 21.25
Comment: I own almost 10 pyraminxes, but only one doesn't fall apart (it hardly turns at all)
Square-1: = 1:09.16 1:16.78 (P) 1:25.08 1:05.06 1:24.93 (P) = 1:16.96

 

[dbeyer]

Mike: I'm quite happy about that 5x5 bld time.
I became inspired to do big cubes blind back in October of 2006. It took a lot of hard work between then and February 4th, 2007 to get my first 4x4x4 blindfolded. After that man, it just seems like my successful 5x5 solves are very uncommon, rare even. Even though I know exactly what I'm doing, I forget something or something just goes wrong. You are really getting consistently faster and more accurate than I am.

Chris and I do almost the exact same thing for a given solve, but just has a year's worth of experience under his belt that I can never get back, especially with my training being so sporatic.

Later,
DB

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike: I'm quite happy about that 5x5 bld time.
I became inspired to do big cubes blind back in October of 2006. It took a lot of hard work between then and February 4th, 2007 to get my first 4x4x4 blindfolded. After that man, it just seems like my successful 5x5 solves are very uncommon, rare even. Even though I know exactly what I'm doing, I forget something or something just goes wrong. You are really getting consistently faster and more accurate than I am.

Chris and I do almost the exact same thing for a given solve, but just has a year's worth of experience under his belt that I can never get back, especially with my training being so sporatic.

Later,
DB

I'm sure the reason I'm catching up to you is just that I am consistently training, and your training is sporadic. I try to never let a day go by without at least one big cube BLD attempt, and I've been doing that with almost no breaks for more than 6 months now. But it looks like you got this week's first 5x5x5 solve as well, and you beat me on that one too! (Again I was close - you got 21:15 and I got 22:53.) I think you're slightly faster than me still, but I might be getting ahead of you on accuracy. (Although your accuracy was pretty good at Cornell!)

And keep in mind that it is much easier for us now than it was when you started, with all the information that's now out there (thanks to you pioneers) to help learning. Have you seen how fast these new people are picking it up? Derrick and Shelley were under 14 minutes in their first couple of weeks on 4x4x4! And Alex Cook is getting sub-12 very close DNFs, again in just a few weeks!

 

[Mohammad96]

3rd Competition and i am improving a lot!

3x3x3

1: 00:39.61
2: 00:48.50
3: 00:47.22
4: 00:49.83
5: 00:38.73

Average: 00:44.78

My best average yay!
and the last solve was a pll skip