Weekly competition 2009-29

[AvGalen]

All current (new) scramblers from the WCA are used.

• For all 3x3x3 events (including FMC) Cube Explorer was used to generate a random position and provide an inverse scramble (generator) for that position.
• For all cubes > 3x3x3 (mediumcubes) a "w" means "Wide" so you turn not just the slice, but also the outer layer.
• For all cubes > 5x5x5 (bigcubes) normally a subscript number indicates the amount of layers to turn like a wide turn. U32 would mean to turn the the U layer and the 2 layers beneath it (3 in total) a half turn. However, this forum doesn't support subscript, so I transform the default notation to "3U2" notation which also means "turn the 3 uppermost layers a half turn".
• For Megaminx R and D are "double layer moves of the entire megaminx. The U moves are normal U moves, not "double layer" or cube rotations
• For Square1 the new notation is not entirely clear about when to perform a slice/half-turn. I adjusted the scrambles so that no slice-turns are to be performed at the beginning or the end (unless the scramble begins or ends with (0,0))
• Clock hasn't changed, but just so you know: UddU u=-1,d=5 would mean Up-Left-pin is Up, Up-Right-pin is Down, Down-Left-pin is Down, Down-Right-pin is Up and that you need to turn a corner that has its pin up rotated counterclockwise by 1 hour and that you need to turn a corner that has its pin down rotated clockwise by 5 hours
• Pyraminx small letters are for the tips

Just to make sure everyone understands: We follow the official WCA rules for all events. Here are some things that people often don't know:

• For multiple blind you can choose how many cubes you are going to do (let me know if 15 scrambles is not enough). If you choose 5 cubes you have to use the first 5 scrambles.
• For one-handed you can use both hands during inspection
• For with feet you can only use feet during inspection
• For 3x3x3 Fewest Moves there is a 1 hour time limit.
• For relay you have 15 seconds of inspection in total, you can use any order to solve the cubes and the rest of the relay-rules should be obvious

For every event you participate in you will be rewarded points. You will also be rewarded points according to your ranking. Because this is quite a complicated system you can read about it in this thread. The results of the competition will be available as soon as possible after the competition closes at the end of the thread.

If you think other events should be added to this competition you can influence that in the 2008: Other events for Weekly competition thread

This competition starts now and ends wednesday/thursday nightchange (officialy), but I will only close a competition after the new one is on-line. If a competition doesn't start at wednesday/thursday nightchange you still get the full 7 days to participate.

2x2x2
1. F R F2 R U2 R F U R2
2. U F2 U2 R' U' R2 U F' R2
3. U R' F R F' R' U2 R U2
4. U2 F U' F2 U' R' F2
5. F2 R2 U' R U R U2 F2 U'

3x3x3
1. D2 L2 U2 L2 D F2 U2 R2 B2 U' F' R' B L D2 F2 R D' R2 B2 U
2. U2 R2 F2 D2 F2 R2 U R2 U' F2 D R' B2 D F' R' B' D U F2 D2
3. L2 D B2 D' F2 L2 R2 D2 F2 D' F2 U2 R2 F' R' B D2 L' D' L F
4. R2 D2 B2 F2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 D F R2 F R' F' U2 L B2 D' R2 B
5. U2 R2 U' R2 D B2 D2 U R2 U F2 R' B F R2 D B R' F' L B2

4x4x4
1. Fw U2 R2 B' D2 R Uw R' B' R2 B' Uw R' F' D' Uw2 U' Rw B Rw2 Fw' Uw' Fw2 Rw B' F2 D' L' B Fw' D' Uw U' Rw2 Fw Rw R' Fw' L' Rw'
2. B Uw' Fw2 L R2 D2 L2 F2 Rw' B R2 B' Fw2 U' Fw D' L' Rw B L R' F Uw' U2 B Fw' Rw2 Fw2 Uw' B' F R Fw2 L Rw2 U' Rw2 D2 R F
3. U Rw' Uw U' Rw2 Fw2 R2 Uw' R2 F' R F' U2 Fw2 Rw D2 Uw U' Rw2 D2 Fw' Uw' B L' Rw2 D' B U2 L' F Uw L2 D2 R2 Uw U' Fw' Uw2 Rw2 Fw'
4. Uw B Rw2 U R B' Rw2 D Rw D' U2 F L2 R' D2 U' F' U2 Rw B' U2 L2 B D' Uw' Rw2 D L' D U2 B2 Fw D' Rw R2 B Fw Rw' U R2
5. D Fw2 Uw2 L' Uw2 U2 Rw' Uw2 F' L' R Uw2 B F' U' F' D2 Fw' F Rw' D B Uw' U2 B' Uw F' U Fw2 L2 U Rw' B Fw2 R D U L' Rw2 R

5x5x5
1. D U Rw2 Dw' B2 L' Fw Rw' F Lw Fw Dw Bw' U Lw' D2 L' Uw2 U2 Bw2 Lw2 Rw2 Bw2 Uw' B2 Dw2 Rw2 B L D' Lw' U2 L' R2 B2 L' Fw' Dw2 Uw Fw' F Uw' B Uw2 B' D Bw2 Dw2 U2 L' Dw' L' Lw2 Dw2 Uw U2 F D B' F2
2. Fw2 Uw' U' R D L Lw D U Fw' Rw2 Uw2 L' U Bw Dw2 Lw' Fw U B' D2 Dw2 Uw' U2 Bw2 Fw' F2 Rw2 Dw2 Rw' Uw' Bw L2 Dw2 Fw' Dw2 R2 Dw' Rw' Dw Fw' Rw2 B Bw2 R' Fw R' Bw2 Rw Fw' Uw U2 R2 Bw F L2 Lw2 Fw2 F Uw
3. Rw' Dw' Lw2 Fw' Rw' D2 L R D Uw U L2 R Fw' Dw Fw2 Rw D' Rw2 R' B Bw Lw R2 Bw' Uw' U' F' Uw2 Rw2 R' U2 Bw Fw U2 Lw R2 Fw Dw Lw Bw' Fw L Rw' U' B2 L2 Uw2 Rw D' R2 F Lw D2 Bw L Dw2 Uw2 L Rw'
4. Bw Fw Rw Dw' Lw' Fw2 D F U' Bw Fw2 F Lw' D Lw2 Rw R2 Dw2 Rw D2 U F2 D' Lw R Dw' L2 B D U2 L' Uw B L2 U R' B Bw Dw2 Uw' R2 B Dw' B L' U2 R2 Fw2 U Rw' B2 L' F Lw2 Rw' B2 F U2 F Rw2
5. Lw' R2 F' D Uw2 Lw B2 F2 Lw F' Uw2 L' D2 F2 Uw' R' D Dw Bw F2 D Lw2 Rw' D' Dw' Lw' Uw' B R Bw2 F' Uw Rw' Bw F D2 Uw F2 U2 L2 D2 Dw Bw F Rw U Lw Bw2 D L' Bw Fw2 Lw' Fw2 Rw2 Dw' Rw2 D' R2 Dw

6x6x6
1. 2B 2D' 2L2 U' 2F' 2D' 2U 2B2 2F L' 2R' R 2F' L' 2B2 3U2 B' 2F F 2L2 D2 U' 3R' 2F F D2 3U' F' 2L2 F2 U 2R 2F' 2L2 D' 3U 2U L 3U L2 3R 2D2 3F2 2R 3F2 L' 3R' F L2 2L 2R2 3F 3U' 3R2 F2 3R U2 2L 3U2 L 2F2 F' D 2B' R2 2U2 U L2 3U' 3F D 2D' U R 3F2 L 2L 2R' D 2D2
2. R2 D2 2L' D 2D' 2U 2B2 2F2 F' 2U' 3F2 2D' 2F D2 3R2 R' 2B 2D' 2U2 2L 2D F D U' 2B' 2R2 3F2 2D 2R' 2F' U2 2B U 3R2 2U2 B' 2B' 2F 2R2 D2 2F' U 2L2 2F' 2L2 U2 L2 2D R2 B 2B 2F 2L U' 2B2 2F' 2L2 U2 3R' 2D2 2L' 2F' D 2B2 3U U 3R' 3F' U' 2R' B2 U B2 3F F' 2D2 2F F2 3U 2L
3. 3F2 L' 2L2 2D' 3F2 2F2 2U' L R' B' 2D' 3U2 2L2 2R' R' 2B' 3R' R' 2B2 L U2 2F 2L F2 D' L 3R' R' 2F' F2 D' 2U' 2F' F2 3R R' 3F' 2L' 2B 3F' F' 2D2 2U 3F 2R' B' 2U' 2B2 3F F 2D' 3F' D2 2U B' 3R2 R2 2D 3F 2L2 R' D2 L 2F' U2 B F2 3U' 2U2 3F 2U2 B F2 L2 R 3F' D' U2 F D2
4. D2 3U2 3R 2R F 3R 2U2 3F 2F2 F' 2R2 2U2 2L2 3R' 2R' R 2B 2F' L2 2R2 2D2 B 2R2 2B R' D 2U L' 2L' 3F F 3U2 2U' 2L2 2F' U' F L2 R2 3U2 R2 2F' 3R2 3U' F2 L2 B2 2B 2R U' 2B2 2D2 U 3R 3F U2 B2 3F' F2 3U2 2L2 2F2 3R2 2R2 2F' 3R2 D2 2R2 3F2 D' 2D2 3U2 3R 3U B2 2F 2L' 2R2 R2 2U'
5. 2U L' 3U' B 3U 3F2 2D U 2B2 D2 2D' L' R 2B' 2R D' U2 2B' L 3R' 2F' 3U2 U' L2 2R' U' F2 R' 3U' L2 2L 3R' 2R2 D2 2L2 2B' 3F 2L2 3R' 2R2 F' 3R2 U 2L' 3F' 2F' F' 3U' 3F' R' U2 2B' 3F' F' 2R2 B' L2 2F2 U' B' 2B2 3F D' 2F 3U2 2B2 3U' 2B F2 D2 2L2 2R 3U2 3F' 2U' F2 3U 2L 2U 3R2

7x7x7
1. L D 3D2 2B2 U' 3L R 2D' 3D' U 2L 2U' L' 3B 2R2 F2 L' 3U' 3F2 2D 3L2 B 3D 2U' B2 2D2 2U2 2B D 3U2 3R' R2 2D2 L' 2U U2 L' 3F 2F L' 2L' D 2D2 R F 2U' 2B2 3B2 2L' 2R' D2 2F' 3D 2R 3D' 3U2 2F' 2L2 R D' L2 3F' 3D 2U B2 R' 2F' 3R 2D U B2 2L 2U' U2 2F2 2D 3U2 3L' U2 R' 3U2 2L 3B' D' 3U 2L' 3B' 3F2 2D' 3L 3R F' D2 2D' 3D 3B D2 2L 3D 3B'
2. U 2B2 3D' 3R' F 2U U2 2F2 3R 2F L2 3R' D 3U2 L 2L2 U' 3F2 D' 2D' B2 3F 3L2 2D2 2L2 2R B' D2 2D2 U2 F' 2D2 3B 3L 3R2 2D 2R' D2 U2 2F 2D' L' 3F2 L2 3L R F' U' 3L2 D' 2R2 R2 3F2 2D 2L2 F2 3D2 2F L' R' 2D' 2L 2D 3B F' 2L2 3L' 3R R 3F' U R2 3F2 D2 3D 2B 2U2 3F 3U2 2L' 3D 2U 3B 3L2 R B D' L 2B2 3L 2B2 3R2 3D 3F 2L 2U2 L' 3D' U2 2L2
3. 3D' 2U2 L' 2B' 3B' 2U2 L2 2B U2 2F2 3D 3U' 3R 2D' 3U 3B' U' L' R2 B 2F L' 3R 2B2 3D 3B 2L2 3L 2D 3F 3R 2F' 3L' 3F' R' 3D 2B' 3B2 3U' B2 2B' F 3R2 2D F2 3U2 3F 3L' F' U' 2L 2U2 3F' L2 B 2B2 2U 2L' 3R' R D L' 2R2 3U' U' 2F L' 2L2 3L2 D 2D 3B 3F' D 3U' U2 3B U' R' D' 3R 2D 2B' 3U2 3R2 2R 2F2 3D2 2F 2L2 R' 3U' 2B 2D 2U U' 3F2 2D' L' 3B2
4. 3U 2L2 2D 2L2 2R 2B2 L2 2D 2U 2L2 3L 2R' 2F2 2L2 3L 2B 3F' 2F 3L2 2B 3R2 U 2B' 3L2 2D 2U 2R 2B R2 U' L 2L2 D2 2R 3U 3B 3F F' 2D2 3D' 2U' 3B 3L' 3R2 3B' 2R 3D' 2R2 2D' 3U2 U' L2 3L2 2R2 R 3U2 L2 2L' 2D2 2U R' F 2L2 3R2 3D' 3F 3R' U 3F R F' R 3B' 3F2 2L2 U2 3B 2L' 3L R D' 2U2 2F 2D' 2R 3U2 3L' D 3R' 3D2 3R2 U' 3L' 3R 2R2 B2 2L' 3R' 3U' L2
5. 3F2 3L' B D2 U 3F2 3U2 L 3L2 3U 2U' 3L 2D2 3R' 2U' B2 2B' 2F 2U2 F 3R2 2R U2 3B' 2U' 2L2 3D2 U' 2B2 3B 2U2 U' B2 2F' 2L F 2D 3D' 2R 2U' U2 2R2 2D2 3U2 3B D 3F2 U' 2L2 B 3B F 2L D 2L' 2B' 2F' 3L2 2D2 3L 3R2 2R2 R' B' 2B F2 3U2 R 3D 3L R 2B' 3B' F' 2D' 3D R D' U2 L2 2L' 3L2 B2 3D2 3U 3F2 F' R' 2U2 3L2 3D U' 2L2 3B' 2F2 3L 3B2 2L 3L2 2F2

2x2x2 Blindfolded
1. F' U2 R U' R2 U R' F' R2
2. U2 R2 U' F U F R2 F2 U'
3. U F R' U' R U R2 U'

3x3x3 Blindfolded
1. R2 D2 U' R2 F2 R2 F2 D2 U' L2 U' R B U' F' D' R' B F' R' B
2. D2 L2 F2 L2 U2 B2 R2 D B2 U F L2 D L2 R D F2 D2 F' D' U2
3. F2 L2 D' L2 R2 U' L2 R2 F' D2 F L2 B' R F2 U' F' D' R U2

4x4x4 Blindfolded
1. R' F' L F' Uw2 B2 F' R' Uw Fw D L' F' Rw U2 B2 R' Uw2 Fw2 F2 D Rw2 B L U' F' U2 B' L Rw2 D2 R2 F D2 Uw' U' Fw' F L Uw2
2. L D2 F2 R B2 Fw2 L2 B2 F' U L' R' D' Fw2 F2 U2 B2 Fw2 L Rw2 Uw' L' Rw2 Fw L2 Fw2 F L D2 Uw2 R' Fw2 F D' Fw' U' L' B F2 Rw'
3. Uw Fw Rw' R F2 L' Fw' Uw2 Fw2 R' B2 F Rw2 U B2 Fw2 L' Rw2 D Uw2 Fw' D' Uw' U2 Rw' U L' R2 U Rw' D' Fw2 L F' Uw' R F L2 R' D'

5x5x5 Blindfolded
1. Lw' F2 Rw2 Bw2 Rw' U Lw2 Rw2 B' F L' R2 F U2 F' Dw R' Dw2 U Bw2 L' Bw R2 Dw U F' U2 R Dw U2 R2 Dw2 L Dw' Fw2 Dw' Lw2 Rw2 D2 U' Fw' L' Fw Dw' L Lw D2 U B2 F2 D' R' U' B' Fw U L' Lw2 D' Uw
2. Dw R' D2 B2 Fw2 F2 D Lw B Fw' Dw' Uw' Fw2 Rw' F Dw' B Fw2 F' Lw Rw R' Bw' D L2 Rw2 R Bw2 U2 F Lw D Bw' R' Uw2 U2 Rw B Fw Rw Dw Lw2 F' Dw B2 Fw F D' B' Fw2 D Uw Fw2 Dw L B' Rw F2 Dw2 Rw
3. Rw2 Dw' U2 R2 F D' Dw Uw2 Rw B Dw' Bw Fw D B Uw2 L' Lw B' D R Bw Fw2 F2 L2 B Bw Fw Lw2 B' Dw2 L D2 U2 Fw' R2 D' B' D2 Lw2 F Lw' Bw Lw' D' Bw Fw' F' U2 Rw' R' U2 F' L U L2 F' U' L Dw2

3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded
1. R2 D' B2 F2 D2 R2 D' U2 F2 U2 F U2 L' D' R' F2 U B' R2 F D2
2. R2 U' R2 B2 U' L2 R2 U' F2 U' R2 B F U' L F D' R B' U2 L'
3. R2 U L2 D' R2 F2 L2 B2 D' U L' U F2 L2 R' F2 D R2 F' D R
4. F2 U B2 D2 B2 R2 U F2 U2 R2 F2 L' F U2 B' D2 L R D R' U'
5. R2 D L2 B2 F2 U R2 D2 F2 U' F' L' U' L2 B D L2 R' B2 D' U
6. F' D2 U2 F2 U2 L2 D2 L2 F' R2 F L' B U B R F' D2 B2 F' D'
7. L2 U' B2 U B2 U2 R2 D' L2 U R2 D2 R F2 R D2 B' U2 L U2 R
8. U B2 R2 F2 L2 D L2 U2 B2 R2 U F U' B R F R' U2 R D' F
9. D2 F L2 B L2 R2 B' R2 F L2 D' B2 U2 F L2 D R B' U F L
10. F2 D2 F R2 F2 U2 L2 F2 R2 B' L' B' D' B' R2 D2 R2 U' B U2 L'
11. F2 U2 L2 F2 R2 F2 U2 F L2 R' D' U2 B F' D2 F' L' B2 R U
12. B2 U2 F' L2 F' R2 U2 F2 R2 D2 B L' D2 R U' F' L D' L R F2
13. B' R2 U2 B' D2 R2 D2 F2 R2 U2 F' L D' L D' F' R' B D2 U' F'
14. L2 R2 B' R2 U2 F' D2 L2 B' F L' D' F R B' U B2 R' F R' F'
15. B D2 F2 U2 R2 D2 F2 L2 U2 B' U2 B2 R' U B L' R2 F2 D B D

3x3x3 One Handed
1. B R2 F' R2 D2 B' D2 B L2 F' D' F R2 U' L' R' B L U F2
2. U2 F D2 B' R2 F2 D2 L2 B' L F U2 R' F L2 B2 R U B' R F'
3. U2 R2 B' D2 F U2 B D2 R2 U2 F2 U2 L' B L D F R' D B' F'
4. L2 F2 U2 F R2 F2 D2 B L2 F R2 D U' L F' R2 U L D B' F2
5. L2 U2 B L2 D2 U2 F' D2 F' R2 F L2 F' D' F' L F' R2 U B' L F'

3x3x3 With Feet
1. B' L2 U2 B R2 U2 L2 B2 R2 B2 R' F' U L2 D2 L' D B R2 F U'
2. F2 L2 R2 U2 B2 L2 U2 B' R2 F' D2 F' L' B2 U R' F D' U B F2
3. B U2 L2 R2 F U2 F L2 F2 L' B' U F' D2 B2 L' R B D U B2
4. L2 F' U2 B2 R2 F' L2 B D2 B' D F D' L' D2 B R F D2 U
5. L2 F' U2 B2 R2 F' L2 B D2 B' D F D' L' D2 B R F D2 U

3x3x3 Match the scramble
1. D2 L2 U2 F R2 D2 F U2 F D2 F2 D' L2 D2 R' B R' B R2 D R'
2. D2 F' L2 B' U2 B2 L2 F L2 F L2 D' U R U' B2 R2 F U2 B' L
3. D2 L2 D F2 D2 L2 U L2 F2 D2 F2 U2 B D' U2 B L U L2 R' B
4. L2 B2 U2 B2 D2 R2 F D2 F' U L U' R2 D' F U2 B' R2 F2 U
5. F2 R2 B U2 B U2 R2 F' L2 U2 L' D R' U B' D2 F D2 F L R

3x3x3 Fewest Moves
1. F R2 F2 R2 B' D2 R2 B' L' B2 F' D F U2 F U' R' F U2 L'

2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay
2. U2 F' U2 F' R' F R2 U' F'
3. B2 U F2 L2 U' L2 D2 B2 F' R2 B' L2 U L' R' B D2 F2 R' U2
4. L' R2 Fw' Rw R B2 F2 U B2 Rw B' R' B Fw' Uw' F' Uw2 R B' L2 Fw U' L2 D U Rw2 D2 U' F D2 B' F U R Fw2 F Uw2 Fw2 F' Rw

2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Relay
2. F U2 F U R' F2 R U' R2
3. L2 B2 L2 R2 D R2 U' R2 U L2 D F2 D' B D' U' L U F' L' U'
4. D' F D' Uw' U Rw' Fw' D2 Rw U2 F Uw B Fw Rw Uw R2 U' F2 D2 R2 B2 R' D R2 Uw' Fw R Uw2 B2 Fw F2 D2 Uw2 Fw2 F2 R2 Uw2 L' Fw2
5. D2 Dw2 Uw Bw Fw L Rw2 B' Fw Lw' U' B Dw Uw Bw2 Fw' U2 L' Rw' R' Uw2 Fw2 L2 Lw' Dw2 L' U2 Rw F Rw Uw2 Rw R2 Uw' Lw2 D' Lw' Fw' Lw2 Rw Fw Rw2 R Fw2 Rw' Uw' Bw2 F' U B' L' F' Uw2 U B' Fw D' F Dw F'

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Clock
1. UUdd u=2,d=1 / dUdU u=-5,d=3 / ddUU u=-2,d=-1 / UdUd u=-2,d=-2 / dUUU u=6 / UdUU u=6 / UUUd u=4 / UUdU u=-5 / UUUU u=-2 / dddd d=-4 / dUUU
2. UUdd u=-3,d=0 / dUdU u=4,d=6 / ddUU u=2,d=-3 / UdUd u=-5,d=4 / dUUU u=6 / UdUU u=-4 / UUUd u=2 / UUdU u=5 / UUUU u=-1 / dddd d=-5 / UUUd
3. UUdd u=-5,d=-5 / dUdU u=-1,d=-4 / ddUU u=-2,d=-1 / UdUd u=6,d=1 / dUUU u=6 / UdUU u=6 / UUUd u=-5 / UUdU u=-2 / UUUU u=1 / dddd d=0 / UUUU
4. UUdd u=-5,d=2 / dUdU u=0,d=-3 / ddUU u=5,d=-5 / UdUd u=3,d=-5 / dUUU u=-1 / UdUU u=-1 / UUUd u=3 / UUdU u=4 / UUUU u=5 / dddd d=-1 / dUUd
5. UUdd u=-2,d=0 / dUdU u=4,d=5 / ddUU u=3,d=-2 / UdUd u=3,d=0 / dUUU u=1 / UdUU u=3 / UUUd u=-4 / UUdU u=1 / UUUU u=4 / dddd d=-5 / UUdU

MegaMinx
1. R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- U'
R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ U
R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- U'
R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- U'
R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- U'
2. R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- U'
R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- U'
R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D++ U
R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D++ U
R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- U'
3. R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ U
R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D++ U
R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- U'
R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ U
R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ U
R++ D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- U'
4. R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ U
R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- U'
R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ U
R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ U
R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- U'
5. R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D++ U
R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ U
R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ U
R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- U'
R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D++ U
R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ U

PyraMinx
1. R U L U' R' L' U' R' L' R' U R L R B u r l' b
2. U' L' R' U R' L R' L' B' U' B U' L U R' L' r l b
3. U L U' R' L' R U R' L' B u r' b
4. L R' U R' L U' L' R' L' R' L B u r' l'
5. U' R L U R' L' U L' B' U' B' L' B' L' U' L B

Square-1
1. (0,-1) (6,6) (-5,1) (6,3) (2,3) (3,0) (0,2) (0,3) (-3,4) (0,2) (1,0) (6,1) (0,3) (3,0) (-1,5) (-3,0) (0,1)
2. (-3,5) (0,4) (3,0) (0,2) (1,3) (6,3) (6,4) (-3,0) (6,4) (4,2) (6,0) (0,3) (-5,0) (5,0) (-3,3) (6,0) (-5,0)
3. (0,3) (6,-3) (2,0) (6,0) (-2,1) (-3,0) (0,5) (0,4) (-1,5) (1,0) (-3,0) (6,4) (6,0) (6,4) (0,2) (1,0) (2,4) (0,0)
4. (1,6) (0,6) (2,0) (-3,3) (-3,0) (0,4) (-4,3) (0,4) (0,5) (4,4) (0,2) (-4,0) (1,0) (0,4) (-5,3) (6,0) (-1,1) (0,0)
5. (0,-3) (0,6) (6,0) (5,4) (6,3) (5,3) (0,1) (-4,0) (0,2) (0,3) (0,4) (3,0) (-3,4) (-2,0) (0,4) (2,2) (-3,0) (0,1)

 

[JustinJ]

3x3: 17.38, (23.27), 20.65, 18.40, (17.28) = 18.81

Ewww...

2x2: 4.75, 4.41, (5.43), (3.36), 4.50 = 4.55

Good.

2x2 BLD: 31.41+, DNF, DNF = 31.41

3x3 OH: (48.03), 45.45, (35.47), 39.69, 39.18 = 41.44

Bad

Pyraminx: (10.05), 7.21, (7.13), 9.72, 7.38 = 8.10

Good

4x4: 1:27.61, 1:20.09, (1:35.22), 1:26.55, (1:17.00) = 1:24.75

Lame.

 

[Sa967St]

3x3x3: 13.50
12.81, 14.32, (12.29), (14.93), 13.39

3x3x3OH: 31.89
(30.39), 31.94, 32.01, (33.64), 31.72

3x3x3 BLD: 1:58.16
1:58.16, DNF, DNF

4x4x4: 1:06.22
(1:02.77), 1:03.97, 1:09.35, (1:12.03), 1:05.34

5x5x5: 2:04.98
(2:18.57), (1:54.63), 2:06.73, 2:03.91, 2:04.29

2x2x2-4x4x4 relay: 1:28.17

2x2x2-5x5x5 relay: 3:47.39

square-1: 36.04
38.90, 33.18, (26.22), 36.05, (46.80)

 

[JTW2007]

2x2: 7.30 (5.17) (9.95) 5.87 7.15 = 6.78 Maybe I have hope for qualifying for Nationals after all!
3x3: 17.98 21.14 (21.37) 18.43 (17.81) = 19.18 Sub-20 = I'll take it.
4x4: (1:43.79) (2:30.86) 2:02.91 2:11.14 2:11.60 = 2:08.55 Now I do edge pairing without fixing centers.
5x5: 3:05.35 3:25.87 (3:40.26) (3:01.45) 3:10.66 = 3:13.96 Ugh.
2-4 Relay: 2:51.72 I messed up centers and got double parity on the 4x4.
2-5 Relay: 5:35.65 Okay.
Pyraminx: (15.41) 20.16 (28.36...!?!?!?) 15.48 17.08 = 17.57 Uhhhhh... Okay.

 

[blah]

3x3x3 Fewest moves: L' U' B' R D2 L2 F' D' F' D' B2 F' U' F R U R2 U L U' R U' L' U' L U' L' U B2 F D' B' F R2 B F' U2 (37)
Ran out of time, again. Good start; horrible, terrible and vegetable ending I'm getting worse and worse every week

Premoves + Scramble: B2 F D' + F R2 F2 R2 B' D2 R2 B' L' B2 F' D F U2 F U' R' F U2 L'

1x2x3: L' U' B' R D2 L2 (6/6)
Triple x-cross: F' D' F' D' B2 (5/11) Awesome!
ZBF2L: F' U' F R U R' (6/17)
COLL + AUF: R' U L U' R U' L' U' L U' L' + U (11/28)
Undo premoves: B2 F D' (3/31)
Edge 3-cycle: B' F R2 B F' U2 (6/37)

The 5-move triple x-cross expansion wasn't lucky. ZBF2L was obviously intuitive. Lucky edge 3-cycle "insertion", glad I usually "start at the end and end at the start" when I look for insertions Didn't have time to look for other insertions anyway.

11 moves + 3 premoves = 14-move triple x-crosses don't happen everyday, especially on a scramble without any blocks to start with. Would've been nice if I knew the ZBLL algorithm, sigh :rolleyes:

Had another 15-move triple x-cross:

No premoves.
1x2x3: L' U' B' R D2 L2 (6/6)
Triple x-cross: F' D' F' D' F' B2 U F2 B2 (9/15)

 

[stray]

fmc: D B' L U' R' B F' U2 B' F D' F' U F2 L U2 F2 U' D' B' D F2 D' B D U L F' L'(29)

D B' L U' R* D' block 2X2 (6)
F' U F2 L U2 block 2x3 (11)
F2 U' ** F2 U L F' L' all but 3 edges and 3 corners (18)

* insert edge 3-cycle: R2 B F' U2 B' F 1 move cancel (23)
** insert corner 3-cycle: [D' B' D, F2] 2 move cancel (29)

My 2nd sub30 , another 29 moves solution a few weeks ago, all rely on easy and lucky two 3-cycle insertion.

I think it reach my fmc limit around 30 moves because lack of block bulidng skills.

 

[rwcinoto]

3x3 OH: 42.70, 41.61, 38.64, (36.34), (49.88) = 40.98
4x4: 2:08.53, (1:40.01), 1:56.69, (2:25.53), 1:48.17 = 1:57.80

 

[MTGjumper]

3x3: 13.59, 12.47, (13.94), (12.23), 12.53 = 12.86
Good. Last two had E perms too

2x2: (2.56), 3.64, (6.48), 4.81, 4.80 = 4.42
I like counting 3s.

4x4:

5x5:

234:

2345:

OH:

Sq-1: (16.45), 18.98, 19.20, (19.82), 19.54 = 19.24
Wowzer, all sub-20 3rd and 4th had parity too.

FMC:

 

[Jude]

4x4x4 BLD: DNF (28:22 (Memo 20:06)) --> Damnit, it was so close! all the centres were correct and most of the edges were paired but some were not in the right place. I knew I must've just done an algorithm wrong and I just figured out which - using r2 for edges, for UF I meant to use F d' R U R' d R U' R' F' r2, but I messed it up.. I did something like F R U' R' d R U' R d' F' r2 by accident. I'll try the other scrambles later.

3x3x3: (18.52), (14.86), 17.17, 18.02, 18.30 = 17.83 --> Wowww, awesome. All of them full step

4x4x4: 1:35.83 (OP), (1:28.20), 1:36.52 (OP), 1:36.22 (OP), (1:36.55) = 1:36.19 --> Consistent at least

3x3x3 OH: DNF, DNF, DNF, 25.64, 22.12 = DNF --> Pity the 1st 3 consisted of 2 pops and a messed up OLL. The last 2 were awesome.

3x3x3 BLD: DNF, 2:27.94, DNS --> I just took the 2nd one because it was good.

Square-1: (37.77), 1:26.08, 1:38.24, (1:57.19 (P)), 1:16.14 (P) = 1:26.82 --> Haha omg, the first scramble was so easy. The rest were just pretty meh.

Pyraminx: (17.75), 7.61, 11.69, 16.28, (7.02) = 11.86 --> Meh

 

[Edmund]

Square-1
dns

2x2
4.77
5.04, (7.12), (3.63), 3.80, 5.47
comment: meh

3x3
15.48
16.52, (19.82), 15.64, 14.29, (14.25)
comment: YES! GOOD average. and the average before this was 19.94 LOL!!!

2-4
dns

OH
34.17
36.58, (26.16), 35.54, (39.70), 30.39
comment: whatever

 

[John Lee]

2x2x2 11.11 (8.30) 10.78 9.45 (11.17) = 10.45
3x3x3 20.87 18.39 21.96 (23.29) (13.97) = 20.41
4x4x4 1:29.06 (1:14.80) 1:33.13 1:15.30 (1:41.16) = 1:25.83
5x5x5 2:16.42 (2:21.79) 2:15.80 2:18.98 (2:05.42) = 2:17.07
6x6x6 4:32.20 (9:11.44) (4:10.98) 4:46.60 5:07.95 = 4:48.92
Solve #2 had the largest explosion I've ever had, 2 layer fell apart and it took half the solve time to reassemble it, so I changed to a tighter 6x6 and had no more pops.
7x7x7 6:54.43 7:04.90 (6:23.16) (7:42.49) 7:30.73 = 7:10.02
terrible average, way too many pops, the last solve had a pop that took one minute to find the piece
2x2x2 BLD DNF 1:59.04 3:11.84 = 1:59.04
3x3x3 BLD DNF, DNF, 9:07.52 = 9:07.52
YAY finally second successful blindfold, took a one week break after having a huge streak of failures
3x3x3 OH (1:12.11) (1:30.06) 1:23.62 1:22.85 1:13.13 = 1:19.87
2-3-4 Relay 1:55.12
2-3-4-5 Relay 4:16.62
MegaMinx (5:14.39) 5:01.17 (3:49.31) 4:20.75 4:50.30 = 4:44.07
PyraMinx 12.38 18.05 16.37 (24.63) (8.21) = 15.60
Square-1 1:13.13 1:13.39 min (1:19.95) 59.77 (47.60) = 1:08.77
PB average and single

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike Hughey
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 43 moves
Solution: R2 D2 R U R' D2 R U' R B2 L U' L' B' L B U2 B' U' L' R B2 R' U' B' U B' R' B' R2 B R' B' U2 B R B' R' B2 L F D' R'

Using inverse scramble: L U2 F' R U F' U2 F' D' F B2 L B R2 D2 B R2 F2 R2 F'
2x2x2: R D F' L'
2x cross: B2 R B R' B' U2
3rd pair: B R B' R2 B R
4th pair: B U' B U R B2 R'
OLL: L U B U2 B' L' B L U L' B2
PLL: R' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2

Comment: I finally came up with this F2L at about 57 minutes. I had 3 minutes left to do the first OLL/PLL I saw, write them down, and then invert the solution. I made it with 20 seconds to spare. (No time to check it - fortunately I wrote it down correctly.) I was so disappointed when I saw it was an A perm - for sure a few cancellations were possible. With some time to work with it, this might not have been so bad - I might have beaten blah (which was my primary goal ). But as it is, I guess I'm glad I escaped without a DNF.

Wow, I sure have had a bunch of bad solves in a row.

 

[salshort]

Pyraminx: 17.21 (19.63) 14.77 (12.66) 17.52
Av = 16.50
2x2x2 Blind: DNF DNF DNF
Av = DNF
2x2x2:13.46 14.21 (4.88) (15.46) 10.94
Av = 12.87
3x3x3: 28.81 32.13 (26.38) (DNF) 33.66
Av = 31.53
3x3x3 OH(PB Av): 1:02.80 (54.65) 59.50 (1:17.18) 1:03.21
Av = 1:01.84
Magic: 2.53 2.53 (3.96) (2.52) 3.52
Av = 2.86

 

[blah]

I might have beaten blah (which was my primary goal ). But as it is, I guess I'm glad I escaped without a DNF.

Blah thinks you can easily beat him in the forum competitions in a week or two. Blah sucks miserably when there's a one-hour time limit His (relatively) nice solutions have a weird yet consistent tendency of popping up in the 1:10 to 1:30 interval. He just got very lucky in his first two FMCs in the forum competition, that's all

C'mon Mike!

Edit: 1000th post! It's such an honor to have this symbolic post be a response to my BLD hero

Edit:

Wow, I sure have had a bunch of bad solves in a row.

I don't feel very comfortable saying this, but... the streak seemed to have started when I started FMC eh? Maybe the powers that be want me to quit FMC too!

 

[Rubik's Exer]

3x3x3

5: 00:47.47
4: 00:50.40
3: 00:52.77
2: 01:02.12
1: 00:55.97


Average: 00:53.75

 

[Lord Voldemort]

5x5: 4:04.06, (4:47.57), (3:37.20), 3:44.11, 3:59.07(+2) = 3:55.75
7x7: 12:22.63, 12:39.48, (12:01.50), 13:17.12, (13:19.45) = 12:46.44
2-5 Relay: 6:07.96
2-4 Relay: 2:54.28
3x3 MTS: (2:30.30), (DNF), 3:24.91, 4:39.11, 3:41.82 = 3:55.28
3x3: 18.24, (18.21), 18.32, (22.38), 21.12 = 19.22
2x2: (6.03), (13.30), 7.07, 7.60, 11.09 = 8.59
2x2 BLD: DNF, 38.78, DNF = 38.78
3x3 OH: 46.23, (53.23), 42.09, (40.34), 49.37 = 45.90
4x4: 2:12.33, 1:58.57, 2:04.10, (2:16.42), (1:58.54) = 2:05.00
3x3 FMC: 35
2x2x3 + EO: D' R D L' U' B' R L' D L' (10)
F2L: . F' D' F' D2 F2 D' F' D' y2 z2 F' U F(11)
LL: F' U' L' U L U' L' U L U' L' U L F U' (15)
YB -> YR -> YO
insert at the . L R' D2 L' R F2 (6)
7 seven moves cancel
3x3 BLD: DNF, DNF, 13:45.30 = 13:45.30
The first two were very close, 2 swapped corners and edges on the first one, and a 3 cycles on edges on the 2nd one. I knew exactly where I messed up on both of them the moment after I took off the blindfold. They were both easily sub-15, and hopefully the last one I won't make any errors.
EDIT: Yay, a success. It could have been so much better though... I had my memo done at around 7 minutes, but I checked it over like 3 times. Good thing I did, too, because the first edge I shot with the wrong orientation. I started doing over the edge memo, and then it struck me: Why don't I just flip the buffer edge and the UR edge to begin with? And it worked! I bet this could have gotten sub-11 easily, maybe sub-10 if I memo-ed right the first time around.

 

[Lord Voldemort]

Mats or Arnaud: What's the preferred heading for the relays?
Does the system pick up "2-5 relay"?

 

[MichaelErskine]

Michael Erskine
2x2x2: 20.36, (25.31), (10.87), 14.97, 21.08+ = 18.80
3x3x3: 51.02, 51.01, (40.84), 48.23, (51.03) = 50.09
(not quite up to speed!)
4x4x4: 3:29.41, (3:03.54), (4:02.92), 3:59.77, 3:52.31 = 3:47.16
5x5x5: 5:56.39, (5:07.82), (8:20.10), 7:24.08, 5:20.48 = 6:13.65
(Aw! I wanna five average! too many mess-ups)
6x6x6: (13:40.32), 10:42.27, (9:40.10), 9:47.24, 10:27.51 = 10:19.01
(most enjoyable)
7x7x7: (15:38.75), 18:01.20, 16:38.52, (21:18.60), 17:08.70 = 17:16.14
(lots of mistakes - quite late - quite tired)
Pyraminx: (26.37), 22.89, 24.44, (18.81), 23.78 = 23.70
Megaminx: 6:23.75, (6:30.47), 5:27.54, 5:23.98, (5:15.50) = 5:45.09
3x3x3 One Handed: 2:46.82, 2:36.79, (1:52.52+), 2:35.59, (3:19.64) = 2:39.73
fp sigh!)
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 6:08.28, (DNF), 4:30.40, 4:47.72, (4:17.36) = 5:08.80
Magic: 3.26, (3.18), (11.56) (got a bit tangled!) 4.40 (being more careful), 4.17 = 3.94
2-4 Relay: 4:37.89
2-5 Relay: 10:57.46

 

[MatsBergsten]

Mats or Arnaud: What's the preferred heading for the relays?
Does the system pick up "2-5 relay"?

Yes, 2-5 relay is my preferred name of the event.
Or 2-5
or 2345
or 2x2-5x5
or ....

 

[Jai]

2x2: (4.50), 4.06, (3.25), 4.21, 4.50 = 4.25

3x3: 11.61, 11.58, (12.55), 11.77, (10.18) = 11.65

4x4: 54.58, (1:06.69), (53.93), 1:01.06, 56.46 = 57.36

5x5: (2:17.31), (2:09.93), 2:13.38, 2:11.15, 2:11.34 = 2:11.95

3x3OH: 21.30, 21.75, (28.75), (18.72), 19.63 = 20.89

234 Relay: 1:10.27

Pyraminx: 8.38, 6.69, 6.25, (9.41), (6.03) = 7.10