Finished it all!! (Except snake, of course.) It was a real challenge to do two whole competitions in pretty much one week, but I managed to get some pretty good results for me, especially on the speedsolving, relays, and really big cubes BLD.
Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 11.30,
13.08, 11.19,
10.02, 12.05 =
11.51
3x3x3: 25.36, 26.05,
19.78, 19.88,
30.33 =
23.76
Comment: Woohoo!!!!! My best average ever, courtesy of two PLL skips in a row! What does it say about my PLL times, when I average above 27 and a PLL skip seems to always get me sub-20?
4x4x4: 1:53.21,
1:47.72 (O), 1:58.13 (O),
1:59.08 (OP), 1:49.91 (P) =
1:53.75
5x5x5: 3:01.09, 2:38.58,
2:26.61, 2:40.77, 2:46.96 =
2:42.10
Comment: Another sub-2:30 makes me very happy.
6x6x6: 8:39.18 (O, POP), 5:51.72 (O), 5:59.65 (OP), 6:08.94 (P),
5:47.38 (P) =
6:00.10
7x7x7: 8:44.84, 8:22.12, 8:33.31,
9:08.56,
7:58.75 =
8:33.42
2x2x2 BLD: 45.65, 53.38, 32.13 =
32.13
3x3x3 BLD: DNF (1:54.71), DNF (2:55.78), 2:27.53 =
2:27.53
Comment: I think I need to practice 3x3x3 BLD more – a lot more.
4x4x4 BLD: DNF (9:50.96, 4:10), 9:23.55 (4:01), 8:45.61 (3:55) =
8:45.61
First one was off by 4 corners, 4 centers, 8 edges. I think I just missed a D’ setup undo early on.
5x5x5 BLD: 17:50.30 (9:23), DNF (23:02.05, 13:15), 16:51.64 (8:37) =
16:51.64
Comment: Second one was off by 5 centrals – I swapped two images in my memory, realized something was wrong, and tried to correct it unsuccessfully. Also I mismemorized the wings completely and had to rememorize. The last one was really nice, though!
6x6x6 BLD: 42:29.60 (22:30), DNS, DNS =
42:29.60
Comment: Yes! My last 6x6x6 BLD of the year was successful! Now we'll see how I do on 7x7x7.
7x7x7 BLD: 58:09.04 (28:34), DNS, DNS =
58:09.04
Comment: Yes!! My last BLD of the year was successful, and it was a 7x7x7! And it was my new personal best, and under an hour! What a nice finish to the year!
3x3x3 multiBLD: 1/2 = 0 points, 8:37.80 (3:45)
Comment: I used a keychain cube for the second cube. It was off by 6 edges plus an F2 – apparently I forgot an F2 somewhere. At least it’s officially not a DNF.
3x3x3 OH: 49.80,
48.08, 51.18,
1:15.94, 1:05.15 =
55.38
3x3x3 WF: 2:04.72,
2:36.28, 2:16.09, 2:15.31, 2:26.94 =
2:19.45
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 2:14.84,
1:30.48, 1:49.84,
3:06.62, 1:56.95 =
2:00.54
Comment: I had a couple of disaster solves.
2-4 relay: 2:30.56 (O)
2-5 relay: 4:56.44 (O)
Comment: Yes! Sub-5!!! I did the 5x5x5 first, and when I finished I checked the timer and it was 2:19.xx – my first sub-2:20 ever! I was tempted to take a DNF on the relay so I could record my 5x5x5 time as a new personal best, but what can I say, I hate DNFs.
2-6 relay: 11:14.07 (P, OP)
2-7 relay: 19:26.46 (OP, none)
Comment: I’m very happy about sub-20 on this one, too – way sub-20!
Magic: 2.44, 2.33,
3.46, 2.47,
2.02 =
2.41
Master Magic: 6.30,
4.36, 5.25, 4.71, 4.96 =
4.97
Snake: Still don’t have one.
Clock: 21.46, 21.11,
DNF, 21.71,
21.02 =
21.43
MegaMinx: 3:03.86,
3:29.71, 2:53.06,
2:32.11, 3:17.66 =
3:04.86
Comment: No time for BLD this week; I’ll take the quest back up in earnest next week!
Pyraminx: 31.88,
35.19,
24.43, 29.03, 25.86 =
28.92
Square-1: 59.90 (P),
41.00,
1:24.16 (P), 51.38, 52.53 =
54.60
Comment: I just can’t seem to do well on square-1 for this competition. My typical averages 10/12 are close to 50 seconds.
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 35 moves
F R’ D2 R2 B2 D’ F’ R2 F2 R2 F’ U2 R2 U2 R2 U B’ R2 B R U’ R’ U R B’ L2 B R B’ L2 B U’ R’ U R
2x2x2: F R’ D2 R2 B2 D’
2x2x3 (almost 2x cross): F’ R2 F2 R2 F’
3rd pair: U2 R2 U2 R2 U B’ R2 B
4th pair, all but 3 corners: R U’ R’ U R2 . U’ R’ U R
insert at .: R’ B’ L2 B R B’ L2 B
R2 R’ become R before insertion.
Comment: Found this (including insertion!) after just 6 minutes! Then I quit – I needed the time to finish the other solves this week. After all, this solve is as good as Per has ever done in official competitions, so it should be good enough, right?
(It’s beside the point that Per doesn’t go to competitions anymore.)
4x4x4 Fewest Moves: 97 moves
centers: R’ L Bw D2 B2 Lw2
L’ Fw’ D Fw F Uw’ R’ Uw L R2 B’ Uw
R’ Dw B Dw’
D B’ Rw D2
edges: Rw2 D L D’ Rw
Bw’ R F’ R’ Bw
U Rw2 F’ R’ F Rw2
Fw D’ B’ D Fw’
F’ U’ Bw U F’ U’ Bw’
3x3x3: U B R2 B2 R D2
3x3x4: L’ B’ L B2 L’ U’ L2
3x cross: B2 U B U’ L U L’
4th pair: U’ R’ U’ R U2 R’ U’ R
all but 3 corners: F R U R’ U’ F’ U’
3 corners: F’ L’ B’ L F L’ B L
Comment: Not real good, but I quit as soon as I had something sub-100. I’m sure there must be an insertion on the last 3 corners, but it would have taken work to find it, so oh well.
