Weekly competition 2009-24

[Kev43]

Very good week for me!

2x2: 16.72; 18.57; 7.78; 12.69; 12.88 ==> 14.10 Yeah, good best time (for me), PLL skip I love my new 2x2

3x3: 34.19; 49.74; 39.05; 39.26; 43.33 ==> 40.55 2 PBs

4x4: 3.06.82; 3.27.89; 3.15.16; 3.24.28; 3.10.95 ==> 3.16.80 New PB

2-4 relay: 4.19.31 I wanted sub-5, I got it!

 

[Feanaro]

3x3
25.77, 23.77, 25.81, 24.48, 24.58
3x3 OH
58.98, 48.19, 57.33, 1:01.74, 1:03.85

 

[imaghost]

2x2: 12.16
(8.96), 10.82, (13.70), 13.67, 11.99

3x3: 36.93 this one sucked...
(41.48), (33.20), 34.16, 38.69, 37.95

4x4, 5x5 might do later... and maybe relays...

 

[Edmund]

3x3
17.89
Solves- (dnf), 17.43,18.86,(16.91),17.38
Comment-better than last week. Good 4 no warmup

2x2
4.19
Solves-(7.21), 4.11, 4.40, (3.99), 4.08
Comment- good. Mostly ortega actually.

2x2 blind
29.91
Solves- 29.91, DNF, DNF
Comment- I don't think the 3rd was a DNF but i lost my results except for the 1st one. I wrote them down because I did them at a friends. I haven't done this event in a long time and knowing a good number of CLLs really helps considering i dont even use a real blind method for this.

3x3 oh
35.40
Solves- 36.15, (40.98), 35.59, (31.51), 32.76
Comment- I can't remember the last time I did OH and it's like my favorite event (other than 2x2).

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

3x3FMC

Scramble: D' F2 D2 F2 R2 U2 L2 D' R2 F R F' R B R' D' B2 L D F' U2

Solution: U2 F' D2 R' U F' L F2 R2 U' B2 D2 R U R' D2 U2 F' U' F U B' U2 B U B' R U R' B U R U2 R' (34h)

Explanation:

2x2x2 block: U2 F' D2 R' U F' L F2
Expand to double x-cross: R2 U' B2
3rd slot: D2 R U R' D2
ZBF2L: U F' U' F
ZBLL: U B' U2 B U B' R U R' B U R U2 R'

Wow. This is a PB by 4 moves... 20 move F2L

 

[JoseRubik]

3x3x3:

20.48, 16.43, 19.62, (15.07), (20.85) = 18.49 avg.

Very Good for me

 

[Kian]

Kian Barry

2x2x2- 6.56, (8.41), 7.59, 7.76, (5.41) Average-7.30
3x3x3- 18.37, 18.87, (19.68), 17.14, (16.31) Average-18.13
4x4x4- 1:11.23, 1:11.83, (1:06.61), (1:20.44), 1:15.48 Average-1:12.85
5x5x5- 2:10.93, (2:00.56), (2:21.10), 2:01.44, 2:06.30 Average-2:06.22
6x6x6- 8:45.39, (9:35.10), 9:02.32, 7:32.33, 7:04.87 Average- 8:26.68
7x7x7- (16:41.08), 16:24.30, (13:11.26), 14:00.97, 13:50.54 Average- 14:45.27
3x3x3 OH- (58.39), (38.19), 54.76, 46.82, 57.92 Average-53.17
2x2x2 BLD- 1:21.38, 48.20, DNF Best- 48.20
3x3x3 BLD- DNF, DNF, 4:44.66 Best- 4:44.66
Multi-BLD- 2/2 14:43.38
2-4 Relay: 1:53.89 (OP)
2-5 Relay- 4:15.45
Square-1- (1:15.35), 1:11.35, 1:09.16, 1:10.51, (1:07.53) Average-1:10.34
Magic- 3.10, (3.03), 4.15, 3.12, 4.53 Average- 3.46
MTS- 1:56.77, 1:45.39, (1:32.23), (2:01.23), 1:48.31 Average-1:50.16
Feet- 4:34.19, (5:52.26), 5:15.28, 3:57.90, (3:55.18) Average-4:35.79

 

[PeterV]

PeterV:

2x2x2: (13.90), (9.03), 9.82, 11.37, 9.27 = 10.15 avg.
Comment: Good.

3x3x3: 34.14, (34.30), (30.62), 33.20, 34.00 = 33.78 avg.
Comment: Wasn't bad enough I was stuck a 30 sec. average for several months, now I'm actually getting worse

Magic: 1.36, (1.33), 1.35, (1.63), 1.38 = 1.36 avg.
Comment: Great! Might even be a PB average.

 

[rwcinoto]

Rafael Cinoto
2x2: (8.97), 7.39, 7.02, 6.62, (5.73) = 7.01
3x3: 22.46, 20.74, (19.55), 19.92, (30.55) = 21.04
4x4: 2:25.59, 1:49.13, (1:48.30), (3:59.80), 1:52.99 = 2:02.57
3x3 WF: 50.45, (1:10.96), (45.68), 51.01, 1:05.52 = 55.66
Square-1: 48.62, 1:04.24, (1:04.39), 51.36, (30.83) = 54.74
Clock: 27.17, 27.85, 28.50, (26.86), (30.75) = 27.84

 

[gavnasty]

3x3x3
19.03, (22.59), (18.52), 20.16, 22.29
Average: 20.49

3x3x3 OH
30.76, 39.06, (41.58), 38.45, (26.97)
Average: 36.09

3x3x3 Match the Scramble
1:37.83, 1:38.05, (DNF), (1:24.51), 1:26.47
Average: 1:34.12

 

[Carrot]

Results for Oscar Roth Andersen:

2x2x2: 6.75, 6.15, 8.16, 5.94, 4.93 => 6.28 okay..

2x2x2 BLD: x, x, 22.52 => 22.52 =)

3x3x3: 20.33, 21.41, 21.96, 14.83, 21.22 => 20,98 I'm not training this..

Pyraminx: 7.75, DNF, 6.38, 5.84, 5.09 => 6.65 too slow... Did this after an average of 100 (average: 5.55, wherein RA 10(12): 4,14)...

2-4 relay: 2:29.19

 

[deepSubDiver]

For the FMC, are middle slice turns allowed?

 

[Mike Hughey]

For the FMC, are middle slice turns allowed?

Middle slice turns count as two moves, but of course they're allowed. It's probably better to express them as ordinary outer turns, though, for ease of recognizing cancellations.

 

[deepSubDiver]

### FMC ###

SCRAMBLE:
D' F2 D2 F2 R2 U2 L2 D' R2 F R F' R B R' D' B2 L D F' U2

SOLUTION:
B' L U2 R' D B' U2 F2 R' U2 R' L' D B D' B L R' L F' U2 R L' B2 L U2 L B2 R2 D' L D' L' U F2 R2 B2 D
(38 moves)

EXPLANATION:

started with intuitive block building (petrus method), then detected the easy bottom-edge swap (thats why i asked whether slice turns are allowed) and started over, building the blocks adjacent to the matching center pieces. took about 15 minutes, the left time was used comining oll and pll. the idea was to do as many useful double turns as possible (see the algs below)

2x3 blocks
B' L U2 R' D B' U2 F2 (8)
R' U2 R' L' D B D' B L (9)
bottom edge solve
R' L F' U2 R L' B2 (7)
oll + pll
L U2 L B2 R2 D' L D' L' U F2 R2 B2 D (14)

 

[Lumej]

Lumej

2x2: (13.97), 16.96, 14.32, 18.26, (DNF) = 16.51
Lol, the first 2x2 average I’m taking ever =) using LBL and T- and Y-Perm.

3x3: 35.36, (28.34), 34.40, (40.55), 32.55 = 34.10
Okay, except for the 40…

4x4: (2:26.69), 2:34.29, 2:26.89, 2:34.65, (3:04.94) = 2:31.94
I need to practise that more… the last one had double parity and a PLL I didn’t know =(

5x5: (4:01.26), 4:24.13, 4:57.95, 4:26.41, (5:54.83) = 4:36.17

7x7: 26:35.36
I’m not going to do the other 4 solves

2-3-4: 5:06.19
I messed up the 4x4 Parity Alg… ahhh… but okay

2-3-4-5: 8:52.88

Clock: (50.82), 38.65, 35.14, (30.82), 46.23

 

[guusrs]

FMC: R L' F R' L D2R L' F D2 L' B2 U' B L' F' R2 B R' U2 F U' R U2 R' F' U2 R L (29)
explanation:
Pseudo F2L minus pair: R L'.D2 L' B2 U' B L' F' R2 B R' (12)
all but 3 edges: U2 F U' R U2 R' F' U2 R L (22)
at dot insert F R' L D2 R L' F (29)

30 minutes spent but no better solution found in the next 30 minutes.

Gus

 

[fanwuq]

Guus,
I was waiting for your solve! I knew you can always pull off a sub-30 solve somehow. I still need to learn a lot from the master. Nice pseudo- F2L minus pair!

Mike,
Really awesome 7x7x7 BLD! It was an entertaining story.

Odder,
Impressive pyraminx solves! What method?

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Wow. I'm getting closer to Guus. *Gets algorithm list and starts learning more ZB* How many CLS cases are there? Is that 5!*3^5/3=120*81=9720? That's a bit too much... Has anyone got any tips to algorithms that might be useful for FMC? I have been looking at Heise, but preserving the blocks while building the other ones takes too much moves for me. I normally use Petrus, then expanding to ZB, of which I am learning more cases every day. Are there other nice approaches? Also, are there more reliable approaches to solving last layer minus 3 pieces than really short LL algorithms?

It's funny how a successful 7x7x7 BLD is almost always a thrilling thing, even if it goes horribly badly, like this one! I made a couple of mistakes while memorizing, one of which I only caught while reviewing my memory - it was lucky I caught it at all. And then during the solve I second-guessed myself what seemed like ten times or more. I backed up a couple of times when I realized I had recalled the wrong image. And I debated a couple of times on the centrals at the end whether or not to use BH edge algorithms, and eventually decided to use them on all the ones I knew. And then I got confused setting up the centrals for parity, and again I got confused as to which way to do the last turn on the T perm. And yet, miraculously, after all that, when I was done, it was solved! What a rush!

Wow. Just wow.

 

[guusrs]

Guus,
I was waiting for your solve! I knew you can always pull off a sub-30 solve somehow. I still need to learn a lot from the master. Nice pseudo- F2L minus pair!

Wuqiong,

Thanx for the compliment. But without pressure it's much easier to find good solves! Let's see what I can do at WC2009.
Just enter a lot of FMC (online)comps, it really helps.

Gus

 

[Carrot]

Odder,
Impressive pyraminx solves! What method?

Thanks ^^

well... first step is just to find the best method (WO/OKA/JohanHolmedahl/LBL/FM) to make the top(I don't fix the tip, just the middle layer ^^), most of the times WO(my own method ^^)+OKA is the best combi, sometimes I find FM(Fewest Move(method)) good to provoke LL skip or 4 move last layer ... so... when done I use my WO alg set to fix the rest in less than a second ^^

so... it's a 2-step method xD but the first step is a combination of smaller steps...