Weekly competition 2008-27
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These forums make me feel bad. At school I'm good!
Jack
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V-cubes have got me practicing again 
2x2x2: (7.58), (4.61), 6.63, 7.09, 6.05 = 6.59
3x3x3: 14.38, (16.38), 15.58, 15.75, (13.34) = 15.24
4x4x4: (1:17.97), 1:17.81 OP, 1:17.08 P, (1:02.22), 1:05.93 P = 1:13.61
First 3 solves were horrible.
5x5x5: 2:13.56, (1:59.90), 2:11.97, 2:04.81, (2:16.58) = 2:10.11
Not too great.
FMC: B' U2 D F' L U' F2 R' D L2 R2 U R2 U R' U B U B' R F R F' R F R' B R2 F' B' U' D' R2 U D (35 moves)
2x2x3: B' U2 D F' L U' F2 R' D L2
F2L: R2 U R2 U R' U B U B' R F R F' R F R' F'
PLL: F B R2 F' B' U' D' R2 U D
2 moves cancel between F2L and PLL. Not very good, but I'd be happy with anything under 46 (Canadian NR) at the US open.
2x2x2: (7.58), (4.61), 6.63, 7.09, 6.05 = 6.59
3x3x3: 14.38, (16.38), 15.58, 15.75, (13.34) = 15.24
4x4x4: (1:17.97), 1:17.81 OP, 1:17.08 P, (1:02.22), 1:05.93 P = 1:13.61
First 3 solves were horrible.
5x5x5: 2:13.56, (1:59.90), 2:11.97, 2:04.81, (2:16.58) = 2:10.11
Not too great.
FMC: B' U2 D F' L U' F2 R' D L2 R2 U R2 U R' U B U B' R F R F' R F R' B R2 F' B' U' D' R2 U D (35 moves)
2x2x3: B' U2 D F' L U' F2 R' D L2
F2L: R2 U R2 U R' U B U B' R F R F' R F R' F'
PLL: F B R2 F' B' U' D' R2 U D
2 moves cancel between F2L and PLL. Not very good, but I'd be happy with anything under 46 (Canadian NR) at the US open.
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2x2:8.43, (13.80), (5.11), 9.25, 9.25 = 8.98
Aah!
3x3:(19.59), 22.22, 21.44, 21.75, (24.52) = 21.68
Average.
4x4: 1:36.16 (OP), (1:46.66 (P)), 1:39.83 (O), 1:37.43 (P) (1:33.34 P) = 1:37.80
Darn parities..
5x5: 2:44.30, (3:36.47), 2:39.11, (2:35.90), 3:11.03 = 2:51.38
Ok, but average got messed up by those sup-3 solves.
3x3 OH: 49.69, (42.18), 51.41, (DNF), 57.86 = Crap
3x3 FM: R F D2 F L' x2 u' U2 R U R' u2 U' R' F R U' F' y2 L' U L R U' R'
U L2 B L B' U' B' U B L U2 y' R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U' L (45)
Cross: R F D2 F L'
[x2]
Some pairing, 2 pairs: u' U2 R U R' u2 U' R' F R U' F'
[y2]
More pairing, last 2 pairs: L' U L R U' R' U L2 B L B'
OLL: U' B' U B L'
[y']
PLL: R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U' L
AUF: U2
A nice fridrich solve (I never do FM =p).
Aah!
3x3:(19.59), 22.22, 21.44, 21.75, (24.52) = 21.68
Average.
4x4: 1:36.16 (OP), (1:46.66 (P)), 1:39.83 (O), 1:37.43 (P) (1:33.34 P) = 1:37.80
Darn parities..
5x5: 2:44.30, (3:36.47), 2:39.11, (2:35.90), 3:11.03 = 2:51.38
Ok, but average got messed up by those sup-3 solves.
3x3 OH: 49.69, (42.18), 51.41, (DNF), 57.86 = Crap
3x3 FM: R F D2 F L' x2 u' U2 R U R' u2 U' R' F R U' F' y2 L' U L R U' R'
U L2 B L B' U' B' U B L U2 y' R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U' L (45)
Cross: R F D2 F L'
[x2]
Some pairing, 2 pairs: u' U2 R U R' u2 U' R' F R U' F'
[y2]
More pairing, last 2 pairs: L' U L R U' R' U L2 B L B'
OLL: U' B' U B L'
[y']
PLL: R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U' L
AUF: U2
A nice fridrich solve (I never do FM =p).
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5x5x5: 2:06.38, 2:00.23, 2:08.28, 2:09.00, 2:07.92 = 2:07.53
AVG, I am finally constant and I keep improving now due to my holiday!
5x5x5: 2:06.38, 2:00.23, 2:08.28, 2:09.00, 2:07.92 = 2:07.53
AVG, I am finally constant and I keep improving now due to my holiday!
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3x3x3: 16.92, (16.67), (19.30), 18.57, 18.39 = 17.96
not very good...
not very good...
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4x4: 1:19.44 1:39.08 1:25.78 1:28.97 1:19.81
Awful. Shocking. I don't want to see the average.
Awful. Shocking. I don't want to see the average.
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2x2x2: = 23.51 14.65 7.76 11.31 14.82 = 13.59
Hmm, a few seconds slower than last week, but I messed up last alg on first and second solve.
3x3x3: = 29.37 31.92 46.51 29.84 28.79 = 30.38
Very good average for me, yay.
4x4x4: = 1:59.43 2:25.93 2:12.06 2:00.26 1:55.93 = 2:03.92
I don't have my records with me, but this may be a personal best.
5x5x5: = 3:31.18 3:59.96 3:51.93 3:52.90 4:02.81 = 3:54.93
Definitely my best average ever. Almost all sub-4!
3x3x3 OH: maybe
234-Relay: 3:06.20
Eh.
2345-Relay: 7:15.84
Shucks.
2x2x2: = 23.51 14.65 7.76 11.31 14.82 = 13.59
Hmm, a few seconds slower than last week, but I messed up last alg on first and second solve.
3x3x3: = 29.37 31.92 46.51 29.84 28.79 = 30.38
Very good average for me, yay.
4x4x4: = 1:59.43 2:25.93 2:12.06 2:00.26 1:55.93 = 2:03.92
I don't have my records with me, but this may be a personal best.
5x5x5: = 3:31.18 3:59.96 3:51.93 3:52.90 4:02.81 = 3:54.93
Definitely my best average ever. Almost all sub-4!
3x3x3 OH: maybe
234-Relay: 3:06.20
Eh.
2345-Relay: 7:15.84
Shucks.
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Just finished my 4x4FMX, and I could NOT find a Redux with no parity. I ended up getting a really nice 44 (20 for edges!) move redux, but then I had to add 14 moves for the double parity alg. I ended up with a 98 move solve, but it was really fun!
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I did it! Every event! Some were not such good results, but I got them all done! I have my doubts as to whether I can do it again next week, though - speedBLD has me scared.
Mike Hughey
2x2x2: 13.58 (+2), 9.38, 8.61, 12.00, 14.72 = 11.65
3x3x3: 29.25, 24.75, 31.65, 28.18, 24.44 = 27.39
4x4x4: 2:45.66 (OOP), 2:00.96, 2:10.81 (OP), 1:54.06 (OP), 1:46.90 = 2:01.94
Comment: For the first solve, I messed up the centers fixing OLL parity and then got OLL parity again after I redid the F2L. Ugh.
5x5x5: 3:17.59, 3:12.86, 3:14.18, 3:31.16, 2:56.19 = 3:14.88
Comment: Done on my new V-cube, with the stickers replaced with my color stickers. Even with that, I’m just not as fast on a V-cube as I am on an Eastsheen.
6x6x6: 9:13.09 (OP, pop), 9:23.90 (OPP), 8:35.02 (OP), 8:32.71 (OP), 8:21.03 = 8:46.94
7x7x7: 14:28.23, 16:19.03 (3 pops), 14:59.98, 16:05.48, 13:53.75 = 15:11.23
Comment: On the fourth one, I messed up the centers while edgematching. I’ve gotten a lot better since these solves; next week should be much better.
2x2x2 BLD: 50.93, 45.15, 45.25 = 45.15
3x3x3 BLD: 2:01.81, 2:30.61, 2:49.75 = 2:01.81
4x4x4 BLD: 10:40.44 (5:23), 8:57.30 (4:08), 9:31.11 (4:48) = 8:57.30
Comment: Wow! A really good 4x4x4 BLD week for me!
5x5x5 BLD: DNF (23:19.67, 12:39), DNF (23:39.68, 10:39), DNF (23:20.22, 10:43) = DNF
Comment: Wow! A really bad 5x5x5 BLD week for me! First one was off by 3 + and 7 X, second one off by 3 X, and third one off by 2 X. I had problems with my V-cube; I’m switching back to Eastsheen for this now.
6x6x6 BLD: DNF (1:43:14.61, 1:05:30), DNF (1:09:47.74, 38:45) DNF (1:03:40.35, 29:45) = DNF
Comment: First one off by 2 obliques, second one off by 2 obliques and an R turn (I messed up the obliques because I forgot to undo the R’ setup move before it), third one off by 7 +-obliques. I was too tired when I did the first one, so the memorization took forever. Not good to memorize big stuff when you’re too tired. I obviously need to work on the obliques some.
7x7x7 BLD: DNF (1:48:05.91, 55:37), DNS, DNS = DNF
Comment: I forgot to do the inner + centers! I just forgot to do them. I was off by 21 inner + centers; everything else was correct. And I still had them all memorized - I just forgot to do them. It was so disappointing to remove the blindfold and see a bunch of little +'s in the middle of all the faces. It's pretty clear from the time that this would have been better than my previous success if I had just remembered to do them. By the way, I did this just a half hour after I did my multi.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 14/15 = 13 points, 2:15:57.64 (1:30:30 memorization)
Comment: The second cube was off by 3 edges. I hate this sort of mistake because I cannot figure out how I messed it up. It doesn't make sense; I checked my memorization by reapplying the scramble and it was correct, and I don't see how I could have wound up with these particular 3 edges wrong. All I can figure is I must have messed up a commutator somewhere. The speed wasn't real good, but I went over the memorization extra carefully because I really wanted them all this week. Also, I was using my 2 1980s cubes with the regular Japanese color scheme, and that slowed me down a little bit.
3x3x3 OH: 52.75, 50.81, 44.83, 49.65, 49.36 = 49.94
3x3x3 WF: 4:19.18, 2:54.77, 2:36.06, 2:49.71, 2:19.15 = 2:46.85
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 2:19.36, 3:25.63, 2:34.58, 2:44.53, 3:18.77 = 2:52.63
2-4 Relay: 3:06.06 (O)
2-5 Relay: 6:25.58 (O)
2-6 Relay: 17:04.96 (6: OP)
2-7 Relay: 33:25.44 (4:OP, 6:O)
Magic: 2.30, 2.16, 2.25, 2.68, 2.41 = 2.32
Master Magic: 4.31, 5.31, 4.91, 5.44, 4.25 = 4.84
Clock: 34.69, 29.11, 30.09, 35.02, 38.30 = 33.27
Comment: Hooray! I can do Clock now. It’s fun! I’m looking forward to trying to learn to do it BLD; it seems like it would be even more fun BLD.
MegaMinx: 3:32.40, 3:22.30, 3:24.40, 3:28.55, 3:26.40 = 3:26.45
Pyraminx: 30.22, 25.46, 22.41, 25.78, 21.91 = 24.55
Square-1: 1:21.97, 55.31, 1:51.88 (P), 2:23.02 (P), 1:34.50 = 1:36.12
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 42 moves
R F’ R U’ B U F U’ B’ U R F’ R U’ R U R’ U’ R U F D’ R D R’ D’ R D2 R D R2 D2 R2 B2 D’ R’ D2 U F2 R’ L2 B’
Using inverse scramble:
2x2x2: B L2 R F2 U’
2x2x3: D2 R D B2
cross + 3rd pair: R2 D2 R2 D’ R’
finish F2L: D2 R’ D R D’ R’ D
OLL: F’ U’ R’ U R U’ R’ U R F
PLL: F’ R2 F R’ U’ B U F’ U’ B’ U R’ F R’
Between OLL and PLL, R F F’ R2 cancel to R'.
Good start, bad ending. Found the start at 45 minutes, so I didn’t have much time to look for a better ending.
4x4x4 Fewest Moves: 109 moves
first 2 centers: D Lw’ R’ L’ U’ Bw2 L’ Bw’
last 4 centers: D’ U B Lw2 B’ D’ Rw’ F Rw F2 Rw’ D’ Rw’ B2
edges: Rw2 F R’ F’ Rw’
D2 Lw B L2 B’ Lw’
F2 Uw2 F D2 F’ Uw2
U’ L’ Bw U’ F U Bw’
D Bw’ U F2 U’ Bw
3x3x3: R U’ R2 U2 B U2 B’
3x3x4: D’ F D F2 R2
3x cross: F’ D’ F’ D F D2 F D’ F’
F2L: D2 F’ D’ F D2 F’ D F
OLL parity: Fw2 L2 D2 Bw D2 Fw’ D2 Fw D2 R2 Fw R2 Bw’ L2 Fw2
OLL: L D2 L’ D’ L D L’ D’ L D’ L’
PLL: D2
Again, good start, bad ending. I would have tried to find a way to avoid the OLL parity, but once I saw the PLL skip, I figured I wouldn’t do much better and gave up. It’s not a bad first try, anyway (even if it is the worst one so far). Wow, I see the only significant difference in move count between mine and Phil's was the edge-matching. Apparently it's worth it to learn to do 6 at a time edge-matching for fewest moves, huh?
Mike Hughey
2x2x2: 13.58 (+2), 9.38, 8.61, 12.00, 14.72 = 11.65
3x3x3: 29.25, 24.75, 31.65, 28.18, 24.44 = 27.39
4x4x4: 2:45.66 (OOP), 2:00.96, 2:10.81 (OP), 1:54.06 (OP), 1:46.90 = 2:01.94
Comment: For the first solve, I messed up the centers fixing OLL parity and then got OLL parity again after I redid the F2L. Ugh.
5x5x5: 3:17.59, 3:12.86, 3:14.18, 3:31.16, 2:56.19 = 3:14.88
Comment: Done on my new V-cube, with the stickers replaced with my color stickers. Even with that, I’m just not as fast on a V-cube as I am on an Eastsheen.
6x6x6: 9:13.09 (OP, pop), 9:23.90 (OPP), 8:35.02 (OP), 8:32.71 (OP), 8:21.03 = 8:46.94
7x7x7: 14:28.23, 16:19.03 (3 pops), 14:59.98, 16:05.48, 13:53.75 = 15:11.23
Comment: On the fourth one, I messed up the centers while edgematching. I’ve gotten a lot better since these solves; next week should be much better.
2x2x2 BLD: 50.93, 45.15, 45.25 = 45.15
3x3x3 BLD: 2:01.81, 2:30.61, 2:49.75 = 2:01.81
4x4x4 BLD: 10:40.44 (5:23), 8:57.30 (4:08), 9:31.11 (4:48) = 8:57.30
Comment: Wow! A really good 4x4x4 BLD week for me!
5x5x5 BLD: DNF (23:19.67, 12:39), DNF (23:39.68, 10:39), DNF (23:20.22, 10:43) = DNF
Comment: Wow! A really bad 5x5x5 BLD week for me!
First one was off by 3 + and 7 X, second one off by 3 X, and third one off by 2 X. I had problems with my V-cube; I’m switching back to Eastsheen for this now.6x6x6 BLD: DNF (1:43:14.61, 1:05:30), DNF (1:09:47.74, 38:45) DNF (1:03:40.35, 29:45) = DNF
Comment: First one off by 2 obliques, second one off by 2 obliques and an R turn (I messed up the obliques because I forgot to undo the R’ setup move before it), third one off by 7 +-obliques. I was too tired when I did the first one, so the memorization took forever. Not good to memorize big stuff when you’re too tired. I obviously need to work on the obliques some.
7x7x7 BLD: DNF (1:48:05.91, 55:37), DNS, DNS = DNF
Comment: I forgot to do the inner + centers! I just forgot to do them. I was off by 21 inner + centers; everything else was correct. And I still had them all memorized - I just forgot to do them. It was so disappointing to remove the blindfold and see a bunch of little +'s in the middle of all the faces. It's pretty clear from the time that this would have been better than my previous success if I had just remembered to do them. By the way, I did this just a half hour after I did my multi.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 14/15 = 13 points, 2:15:57.64 (1:30:30 memorization)
Comment: The second cube was off by 3 edges. I hate this sort of mistake because I cannot figure out how I messed it up. It doesn't make sense; I checked my memorization by reapplying the scramble and it was correct, and I don't see how I could have wound up with these particular 3 edges wrong. All I can figure is I must have messed up a commutator somewhere. The speed wasn't real good, but I went over the memorization extra carefully because I really wanted them all this week. Also, I was using my 2 1980s cubes with the regular Japanese color scheme, and that slowed me down a little bit.
3x3x3 OH: 52.75, 50.81, 44.83, 49.65, 49.36 = 49.94
3x3x3 WF: 4:19.18, 2:54.77, 2:36.06, 2:49.71, 2:19.15 = 2:46.85
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 2:19.36, 3:25.63, 2:34.58, 2:44.53, 3:18.77 = 2:52.63
2-4 Relay: 3:06.06 (O)
2-5 Relay: 6:25.58 (O)
2-6 Relay: 17:04.96 (6: OP)
2-7 Relay: 33:25.44 (4:OP, 6:O)
Magic: 2.30, 2.16, 2.25, 2.68, 2.41 = 2.32
Master Magic: 4.31, 5.31, 4.91, 5.44, 4.25 = 4.84
Clock: 34.69, 29.11, 30.09, 35.02, 38.30 = 33.27
Comment: Hooray! I can do Clock now. It’s fun! I’m looking forward to trying to learn to do it BLD; it seems like it would be even more fun BLD.
MegaMinx: 3:32.40, 3:22.30, 3:24.40, 3:28.55, 3:26.40 = 3:26.45
Pyraminx: 30.22, 25.46, 22.41, 25.78, 21.91 = 24.55
Square-1: 1:21.97, 55.31, 1:51.88 (P), 2:23.02 (P), 1:34.50 = 1:36.12
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 42 moves
R F’ R U’ B U F U’ B’ U R F’ R U’ R U R’ U’ R U F D’ R D R’ D’ R D2 R D R2 D2 R2 B2 D’ R’ D2 U F2 R’ L2 B’
Using inverse scramble:
2x2x2: B L2 R F2 U’
2x2x3: D2 R D B2
cross + 3rd pair: R2 D2 R2 D’ R’
finish F2L: D2 R’ D R D’ R’ D
OLL: F’ U’ R’ U R U’ R’ U R F
PLL: F’ R2 F R’ U’ B U F’ U’ B’ U R’ F R’
Between OLL and PLL, R F F’ R2 cancel to R'.
Good start, bad ending. Found the start at 45 minutes, so I didn’t have much time to look for a better ending.
4x4x4 Fewest Moves: 109 moves
first 2 centers: D Lw’ R’ L’ U’ Bw2 L’ Bw’
last 4 centers: D’ U B Lw2 B’ D’ Rw’ F Rw F2 Rw’ D’ Rw’ B2
edges: Rw2 F R’ F’ Rw’
D2 Lw B L2 B’ Lw’
F2 Uw2 F D2 F’ Uw2
U’ L’ Bw U’ F U Bw’
D Bw’ U F2 U’ Bw
3x3x3: R U’ R2 U2 B U2 B’
3x3x4: D’ F D F2 R2
3x cross: F’ D’ F’ D F D2 F D’ F’
F2L: D2 F’ D’ F D2 F’ D F
OLL parity: Fw2 L2 D2 Bw D2 Fw’ D2 Fw D2 R2 Fw R2 Bw’ L2 Fw2
OLL: L D2 L’ D’ L D L’ D’ L D’ L’
PLL: D2
Again, good start, bad ending. I would have tried to find a way to avoid the OLL parity, but once I saw the PLL skip, I figured I wouldn’t do much better and gave up. It’s not a bad first try, anyway (even if it is the worst one so far). Wow, I see the only significant difference in move count between mine and Phil's was the edge-matching. Apparently it's worth it to learn to do 6 at a time edge-matching for fewest moves, huh?
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masterofthebass
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Stefan has a tutorial on clock BLD on his website. It's pretty trivial after a few tries
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Stefan has a tutorial on clock BLD on his website. It's pretty trivial after a few tries
Yeah, I had seen that it was there before (although I've been careful never to read it). I want to try to figure it out on my own first. I think I can see more or less how it should be done, and I want to try to work it out before I check his website on it. Thanks for letting me know, though.
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Daniel Chan
UCSD is this week and I am still terrible. To tell you the truth, I havn't really been rpacticing every day but in light of these times I think I will start to actually practice every day from now on.
2x2x2 - 12.32 (4.46) 8.13 12.03 (12.47) Average: 10.83
Comment: Not happy with this at all. The only reason it is a 10 second average is because of the one 8 second solve.
2x2x2 BLD - 1:37.56 2:02.43 (1:10.08) Best: 1:10.08
Comment: Completely inconsistent. Possibly due to this event, again, being used as a warm-up for 3x3x3 BLD(meaning these are my first BLD solves of the day).
3x3x3 - (25.94) 22.89 24.94 (22.42) 23.65 Average: 23.83
Comment: Another completely horrible average. I even thing I sort of injured my left index finger by bending it too quickly in between on of the solves. Now if I bend it too fast it hurts. Good thing the one-handed event is next.
3x3x3 One-Handed - 37.59 (37.38) (39.27) 38.76 37.94 Average: 38.10
Comment: Better than last week but no where near as fast as I should be. I need to get back my 34 second average if I want to get any improvements in my official records at the UCSD competition.
3x3x3 Blindfolded - DNF DNF (5:43.09) Best: 5:43.09
Comment: On the second solve I forgot corner permutation which was because I tried to memorize it really fast(only went over it about two times in a quick manner). The last one was fast but I got stuck on how to finish the last part so it took a little while. Still the time was horrible and I need to get faster.
UCSD is this week and I am still terrible. To tell you the truth, I havn't really been rpacticing every day but in light of these times I think I will start to actually practice every day from now on.
2x2x2 - 12.32 (4.46) 8.13 12.03 (12.47) Average: 10.83
Comment: Not happy with this at all. The only reason it is a 10 second average is because of the one 8 second solve.
2x2x2 BLD - 1:37.56 2:02.43 (1:10.08) Best: 1:10.08
Comment: Completely inconsistent. Possibly due to this event, again, being used as a warm-up for 3x3x3 BLD(meaning these are my first BLD solves of the day).
3x3x3 - (25.94) 22.89 24.94 (22.42) 23.65 Average: 23.83
Comment: Another completely horrible average. I even thing I sort of injured my left index finger by bending it too quickly in between on of the solves. Now if I bend it too fast it hurts. Good thing the one-handed event is next.
3x3x3 One-Handed - 37.59 (37.38) (39.27) 38.76 37.94 Average: 38.10
Comment: Better than last week but no where near as fast as I should be. I need to get back my 34 second average if I want to get any improvements in my official records at the UCSD competition.
3x3x3 Blindfolded - DNF DNF (5:43.09) Best: 5:43.09
Comment: On the second solve I forgot corner permutation which was because I tried to memorize it really fast(only went over it about two times in a quick manner). The last one was fast but I got stuck on how to finish the last part so it took a little while. Still the time was horrible and I need to get faster.
philkt731
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Well, on mine, after I did centers, I had 3 edges already done, so thats why my edges were so quick. But I think it is better to do 6 for fewest moves, because for setting them up before the slice, not all of them have to be "inserted" with three or four moves, you can do just one or two moves since your centers don't have to be realigned
Haha, I can't wait till ATL where on the same day that I first touch a clock or even see one in person, I'll be competing with it
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AvGalen
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2x2x2: 7.88 7.86 11.21 15.21 10.00 = 9.70
3x3x3: 21.88 26.41 25.63 22.96 24.91 = 24.50
4x4x4: 1:34.75 1:52.80 (P) 2:25.94 (P) 1:28.19 1:51.08 (OP) = 1:46.21
5x5x5: 2:34.38 2:37.41 2:56.72 2:57.38 2:27.90 = 2:42.84
5x5x5_Comment: First 5 solves on V5. It's not smooth and fast, but it doesn't pop. Black = bad
6x6x6: 9:58.96 9:10.50 7:54.27 9:18.28 7:37.11 = 8:47.68
6x6x6_Comment: First 5 solves on V6. It's horrible so far. It pops, locks up, black = bad and last 2 centers were tough
7x7x7: 15:37.84 14:29.30 13:35.43 12:15.91 10:20.87 = 13:26.88
7x7x7_Comment: First 5 solves on V7. It's ok, except for the black stickers. This is the downwards trend I expected.
2x2x2_bf: DNF DNF DNF = DNF
3x3x3_bf: 6:44.71 4:44.66 DNF = 4:44.66
3x3x3_oh: 40.78 43.43 46.13 56.38 47.93 = 45.83
3x3x3_match: 1:29.96 1:39.58 1:45.86 1:43.69 2:16.09 = 1:43.04
3x3x3_fmc: R2 U F2 R' D' U F2 D U'R' F2 R D R' U' R D' R2 U R' U' R2 B' R' B R B' R' B R D' R' D B2 F2 U F2 R F2 D' R' B' = 42
Using the inverse scramble: D2 R2 B' U' B L F B2 D' L U2 D2 B2 D' R2 D' B2 L2 U F2 R2
(Do pre-moves U' R2 to see what's going on after the tripple x-cross)
Prepare 2x2x2: B R D
Create 2x2x3: F2 R' F2 U' F2
Tripple X-Cross: B2 D' R D
4th pair: U (Do pre-moves U' R2 to see this work)
OLL 1: U' R' B' R B U
OLL 2: U' R' B' R B U
PLL 1: U' R2 U R U' R2 D R' U R D' R'
PLL 2: F2 R U D' F2 U' D R F2
Undo prem-oves: U' R2
3x3x3_fmc_Comment: It was such a nice start, but whatever I tried for the last layer (F2L manipulation, short oll's from every angle) I just couldn't find a nice ending so I had to use a 4 look last layer (with many cancellations). The only "good" continuation I ever found was
Prepare 2x2x2: B R D
Create 2x2x3: F2 R' F2 U' F2
Almost finish pseudo-F2L (Do pre-moves U' R2 to see this work): B2 D' R
OLL 1: U R2 D R D' R D
Undo pre-moves: U' R2
This leaves a corner-3-cycle and an edge-3-cycle but I would never have found those within the 12 minutes I had left
234-Relay: 2:08.28 (P)
2345-Relay: 4:40.69
23456-Relay: 13:39.24
234567-Relay: 36:15.99
234567-Relay_Comment: This includes 2 big pops on the 6x6x6 that took 10:45.xx to repair
Magic: 2.06 3.59 2.50 2.63 2.50 = 2.54
Master Magic: 5.25 6.90 6.85 4.93 5.34 = 5.81
Clock: 28.28 20.21 19.00 19.03 32.80 = 22.51
MegaMinx: 3:40.41 4:02.68 5:58.59 3:49.52 3:14.41 = 3:50.87
PyraMinx: 24.90 23.83 27.77 24.90 11.31 = 24.54
Square-1: 1:17.08 (P) 1:04.03 1:12.22 47.36 58.00 = 1:04.75
3x3x3: 21.88 26.41 25.63 22.96 24.91 = 24.50
4x4x4: 1:34.75 1:52.80 (P) 2:25.94 (P) 1:28.19 1:51.08 (OP) = 1:46.21
5x5x5: 2:34.38 2:37.41 2:56.72 2:57.38 2:27.90 = 2:42.84
5x5x5_Comment: First 5 solves on V5. It's not smooth and fast, but it doesn't pop. Black = bad
6x6x6: 9:58.96 9:10.50 7:54.27 9:18.28 7:37.11 = 8:47.68
6x6x6_Comment: First 5 solves on V6. It's horrible so far. It pops, locks up, black = bad and last 2 centers were tough
7x7x7: 15:37.84 14:29.30 13:35.43 12:15.91 10:20.87 = 13:26.88
7x7x7_Comment: First 5 solves on V7. It's ok, except for the black stickers. This is the downwards trend I expected.
2x2x2_bf: DNF DNF DNF = DNF
3x3x3_bf: 6:44.71 4:44.66 DNF = 4:44.66
3x3x3_oh: 40.78 43.43 46.13 56.38 47.93 = 45.83
3x3x3_match: 1:29.96 1:39.58 1:45.86 1:43.69 2:16.09 = 1:43.04
3x3x3_fmc: R2 U F2 R' D' U F2 D U'R' F2 R D R' U' R D' R2 U R' U' R2 B' R' B R B' R' B R D' R' D B2 F2 U F2 R F2 D' R' B' = 42
Using the inverse scramble: D2 R2 B' U' B L F B2 D' L U2 D2 B2 D' R2 D' B2 L2 U F2 R2
(Do pre-moves U' R2 to see what's going on after the tripple x-cross)
Prepare 2x2x2: B R D
Create 2x2x3: F2 R' F2 U' F2
Tripple X-Cross: B2 D' R D
4th pair: U (Do pre-moves U' R2 to see this work)
OLL 1: U' R' B' R B U
OLL 2: U' R' B' R B U
PLL 1: U' R2 U R U' R2 D R' U R D' R'
PLL 2: F2 R U D' F2 U' D R F2
Undo prem-oves: U' R2
3x3x3_fmc_Comment: It was such a nice start, but whatever I tried for the last layer (F2L manipulation, short oll's from every angle) I just couldn't find a nice ending so I had to use a 4 look last layer (with many cancellations). The only "good" continuation I ever found was
Prepare 2x2x2: B R D
Create 2x2x3: F2 R' F2 U' F2
Almost finish pseudo-F2L (Do pre-moves U' R2 to see this work): B2 D' R
OLL 1: U R2 D R D' R D
Undo pre-moves: U' R2
This leaves a corner-3-cycle and an edge-3-cycle but I would never have found those within the 12 minutes I had left
234-Relay: 2:08.28 (P)
2345-Relay: 4:40.69
23456-Relay: 13:39.24
234567-Relay: 36:15.99
234567-Relay_Comment: This includes 2 big pops on the 6x6x6 that took 10:45.xx to repair
Magic: 2.06 3.59 2.50 2.63 2.50 = 2.54
Master Magic: 5.25 6.90 6.85 4.93 5.34 = 5.81
Clock: 28.28 20.21 19.00 19.03 32.80 = 22.51
MegaMinx: 3:40.41 4:02.68 5:58.59 3:49.52 3:14.41 = 3:50.87
PyraMinx: 24.90 23.83 27.77 24.90 11.31 = 24.54
Square-1: 1:17.08 (P) 1:04.03 1:12.22 47.36 58.00 = 1:04.75
Dene
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2x2x2: 21.72 19.70 14.69 17.56 20.70 => 19.32
3x3x3: 21.84 20.84 16.92 20.72 20.80 => 20.79
3x3x3_OH: 40.27 37.67 31.42 50.66 36.70 => 38.21
3x3x3_feet: 1:59.59 1:40.97 1:30.59 1:58.80 1:26.72 => 1:43.45
4x4x4: 1:46.52 1:27.47 1:34.05 1:53.38 1:40.92 => 1:40.50
5x5x5: 2:52.05 2:51.22 3:06.42 2:47.42 2:41.14 => 2:50.23
Overall not a bad week. I'm very happy with my 5x5x5 times!
Mr Hughey: you are ultimate.
3x3x3: 21.84 20.84 16.92 20.72 20.80 => 20.79
3x3x3_OH: 40.27 37.67 31.42 50.66 36.70 => 38.21
3x3x3_feet: 1:59.59 1:40.97 1:30.59 1:58.80 1:26.72 => 1:43.45
4x4x4: 1:46.52 1:27.47 1:34.05 1:53.38 1:40.92 => 1:40.50
5x5x5: 2:52.05 2:51.22 3:06.42 2:47.42 2:41.14 => 2:50.23
Overall not a bad week. I'm very happy with my 5x5x5 times!
Mr Hughey: you are ultimate.
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I did it!! No, not some spectacular BLD accomplishment - something even more amazing! I participated in every event this week! The multi and 7x7x7 BLD results were both heartbreaking, but at least I got them all done.
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And you beat me on the 6x6x6 and tied me on FMC
You obviously have no life, don't sleep, didn't obey your marital duties after your wife came back home, or are an amazing multi-tasker
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Wow, our times were crazy close to each other on the 6x6x6. And I can't believe we both used inverse scrambles and got 42 moves on FMC. Quite a coincidence. But it sounds like you're now already way better than me on the 6x6x6. Maybe I'll catch up someday - probably about the same time I catch up to you on 5x5x5. At my current rate of improvement, maybe another year or so.And you beat me on the 6x6x6 and tied me on FMC
I certainly didn't forsake the marital duties.
And we had company at our house this week; we even had a picnic this weekend, and I only did 2 solves (both BLD behind my back) during the whole picnic. But as for the sleep part, I'm guilty on that one. I was up until 4 last night finishing my 7x7x7 BLD.