Weekly competition 2009-32

[Jeremy]

2x2
6.65, 6.18, 4.45, 5.12, 6.30
Avg: 5.87
My fastest avg

3x3
24.27+, 20.75, 16.99, 18.73, 52.33
Avg: 21.25
3rd solve PLL skip
and I pop in the last solve

4x4
1:17.55, 1:18.05, 1:18.39, 1:16.91, 1:20.49
Avg: 1:18.00

3x3 OH
57.60, 44.10, 49.32, 57.83, 44.61
Avg: 50.51
This is my first 3x3 OH avg

3x3 BLD
5:56.59, DNS, DNS
5:56.59
The forth success BLD in my life.....

2-3-4
1:45.94

Magic
1.13, 1.07, 1.02, 0.99, 0.98
Avg: 1.03
I need to buy a new magic
The one I'm using gonna be broken

 

[Yes We Can!]

2x2 BLD: 50.34, DNF, DNF = 50.34
Woot, that was an easy scramble I did a normal Ortega solve =D My first successfull BLD-solve at Weekly

2x2: 5.50, 6.66, (8.03), 4.72, (3.50) = 5.63
I'm getting better with Ortega

3x3: (17.34), 17.67, 18.64, 19.67, (20.98) = 18.66
Quite okay. LOL, the solves get worse every time ^^

4x4: 1:41.97, 1:31.98, 1:29.80, (1:13.98), (1:42.16) = 1:34.58
Bla... Normal.

5x5: (2:57.48), 2:39.70, 2:37.91, (2:13.94), 2:17.91 = 2:31.84
PB average, but still not sub-2:30 XD I think next time

 

[Escher]

2x2BLD: 15.46, DNF, DNS = 15.46
First was easy, 2nd was messed up, 3rd was difficult so I didn't start solving at all.

3x3BLD: DNF, DNF, 6:25.88
First was 3:03 - I just went as fast as I possibly could in memo, had 4 misoriented corners in the end. 2nd was a serious execution mistake in undoing a setup early on. With the 3rd, I just wanted a success. I don't like BLD :/

2x2: 3.62, (3.06), 3.43, (4.01), 4.01 = 3.69
repeating times ftl. Pretty decent average despite two sup 4s.

3x3: 13.05, (13.56), (10.89), 12.47, 11.82 = 12.45
sub 12.5 is about average now, for an average of 5 that matters

3x3OH: (30.31), 26.96, 29.45, 27.47, (26.29) = 27.96
shmeh, I need a OH cube, my normal type C is awful for OH.

 

[James Ludlow]

2x2x2: 13.50 11.52 (14.39) (11.28) 11.41 00:12.43avg

3x3x3: 34.17 34.58 (25.57) 29.05 (38.14) 32.60avg

4x4x4: 02:04.41 OP 01:53.20 P 01:56.32 P (02:08.48 OP) (01:40.31) 01:57.98avg I'm growing to dislike even cubes. I hate parity.

5x5x5:3.40.90 (3.18.01) (4.19.77) 4.12.63 3.33.89 3:49.14avg

6x6x6:7.42.46 OP 8.00.56 O 7.55.43 (10.37.62) 8.17.11 8.04.37avg Not overly impressed. Guess the popped solve?

7x7x7:(12.01.07) 12.53.67 12.22.55 (DNF) 12.36.78 12.38.33avg

2x2x2 BLD:1.33.63 DNF DNF 1.33.63 I saw a simple R'DRx2y' set up first layer, giving Air Jeff then T-perm U' This was quite easy, even for me. But then I followed up with what may as well have been 2 DNS, I was that far off. I don't really think I'm ready for 3x3BLD yet.

3x3x3 OH:(2:42.82) 2:28.85 2:33.71 2:22.70 (2:15.83) 2:28.42avg Not my forte.

3x3x3 MTS:2.11.98 (1.41.23) 2.00.00 (2.56.12) 1.57.30 2.03.09avg Third solve lol On 4th solve, I just went blank on last layer. Maybe spent 30 seconds just gazing at the cube.

2-4 Relay:2:48.14 O. Good. Parity. I'm sure someone has got the parity odds wrong. I seem to encounter them 95% of the time.

2-5 Relay:7.02.20 Not a happy bunny. I kept losing edge pieces on the 5x5.

Magic: (02.49) 02.89 02.59 (04.65) 02.81 02.76avg May have Master Magic next week, so we can all have a chuckle.

Clock: 21.04 21.37 20.22 (19.31) (32.13) 20.88avg 0.8secs slower than last week. Still happy though.

MegaMinx: 4:37.61 (3.39.29) (4.40.60) 4.30.12 4.27.54 4.31.76avg. No, not a typo on second solve. I've no idea about this, I wish I could do that more often. I've been doing one solve a day. It appears friday is a good day for Megaminx.

Square1:1.17.34 1.37.78 P (57.25) 1.02.33 (1.44.30 P) 1.19.15avg Slower than last week? Backwards progress, my least favourite of all the progresses.

Will update accordingly

 

[PeterV]

PeterV:

2x2x2: DNF, 8.64, 8.15, DNF, 11.83 = DNF
Comment: I have no idea what happened on those DNF's!!!

3x3x3: (34.12), 23.22, 26.78, (20.48), 32.50 = 27.50 avg.
Comment: PB single! Sooo close to sub-20! Too bad two bad solves ruined the average.

Magic: 1.47, 1.42, 2.70, (1.39), (DNF) = 1.86 avg.
Comment: I've completely lost my consistency. Really gotta start practicing this again.

 

[mande]

3x3:
22.76, (18.79), 20.16, (25.68), 22.27 = 21.73
Comment: OK average, good single.

3x3OH:
40.52, 41.39, 41.86, (45.72), (38.48) = 41.26
Comment: Very good considering I haven't practised for a long time.

3x3 BLD:
2:29:70 (1:18), DNF (2:46:44), 3:06:75 (1:12) = 2:29:70
Comment: Very happy with the first solve. Exec on last solve was terrible.

3x3 MultiBLD:
2/4 (28:57)(memo = 19:28) = 0 pts.
Comment: First attempt at 4 cubes multi.
Messed up an algo on the first cube, third cube was an edge 3 cycle off.

3x3 FMC
40 moves

Solution:
2x2x2: L' D2 U' F' L (F2) = 6
2x2x3: (!@#) U R' U2 R2 B2 = 5
F2L: R' B' R B2 U' B' R2 U R2 U' R' U = 12
OLL: F D R D2 R' F' R F D F' = 10
Insert at (!@#): F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R = 8-1 = 7

Comment: Reasonable.

2x2x2
9.02, (6.66), (10.30), 7.87, 8.16 = 8.35
Comment: Good for me.

2x2x2 BLD:
58.56(32), 1:15:16(44), 1:14:39(43) = 58.56
Comment: Not good.

 

[poptheman1]

Magic: 1.26, 1.72, 1.47, 1.37, 1.53

 

[poorshooter]

3x3 : (25.07) 27.23 28.77 25.35 (29.78) = 27.24
new PB average!!

 

[tanapak1]

3x3x3 Two-Handed

tanapak1 AVG 3/5 21.37 / AVG 5/5 21.13
23.41 [17.09] [24.45] 19.78 20.91

Not Bad For First Time!

 

[tsaoenator]

Andy Tsao
3x3x3: 12.35, (10.55), (13.74), 13.17, 10.91 = 12.16
4x4x4: (1:01.33), 49.56, (47.99), 55.22, 58.45 = 54.41
3x3x3 OH: 23.18, (27.48), (20.20), 22.60, 22.44 = 22.74

 

[pjk]

Patrick Kelly
3x3x3 BLD: DNF (2:22.36-off 2 2 rotated corners), 2:18.66, DNF (3:13.97, 3 corner cycle)
Best: 2:18.66

 

[JTW2007]

EDIT: I'm not going to compete this week. This is the first time I've ever been to busy cubing to find time for cubing.

 

[Kian]

Kian Barry

2x2- 6.34, (5.13), 6.55, 6.29, (7.54) Average-6.39
3x3- (15.35), (21.60), 18.12, 15.62, 15.53 Average- 16.42
4x4- 1:15.76, (1:17.82),1:11.83, 1:15.44, (1:09.92) Average-1:14.34
5x5- (2:07.94), 2:20.45, 2:14.85, 2:12.32, (2:23.69) Average-2:15.87
7x7- (9:42.18), (8:14.59), 9:00.58, 8:21.13, 9:27.24 Average-8:56.32
2-4 Relay- 1:48.39
2-5 Relay- 4:13.03
3x3 OH- 39.56, 37.48, (35.65), (43.72), 38.72 Average-38.59
Magic- 2.57, (3.14), 2.52, (2.04), 2.74 Average- 2.61
Square-1- 1:06.11, (1:15.78), 1:08.94, 1:08.64, (57.06) Average-1:07.90
3x3 WF- 3:50.89, 3:23.49, 3:41.11, (4:38.20), 3:06.01 Average-3:38.50
MTS- 2:22.13, 2:06.48, (4:24.87), 2:37.95, (1:43.15) Average-2:22.19
2x2 BLD- 21.92, 46.30, 53.57 Best- 21.92
3x3 BLD- DNF, 4:13.29, DNF Best- 4:13.29
MultiBLD- 3/3 25:20.30 3 points

 

[Ian]

2x2x2 : 7.77, (8.19), (7.36), 8.11, 7.95 = 7.94
3x3x3 : 16.72, 17.42, (18.39), 18.20, (13.84) = 17.45
4x4x4 : 1:31.30, 1:41.88, (1:46.19), 1:30.59, 1:20.59 = 1:34.59
3x3x3 BLD : 4:27.39, 4:15.16, DNF = 4:15.16
3x3x3 OH : (35.75), 50.55, 37.05, (DNF), 37.33 = 41.64
3x3x3 MTS : (2:03.59), 1:45.03, 2:01.53, 2:00.50, (1:36.17) = 1:55.69
2-3-4 Relay : 2:05.22
Square-1 : 1:37.89, (1:36.44), (2:37.41), 2:05.95, 1:44.41 = 1:49.42
3x3x3 FMC : 49 Moves
R' U2 R2 F' D' B2 R' F2 U F' U' R' U R L' U2 L U' F U F' U' R U2 R' U R U R' F U F' U F U2 F'
L' U' L F2 Uw F' U F U' F Uw' F2 U

X-Cross = R' U2 R2 F' D' B2 R' (7)
2nd F2L = F U F' U' R' U R (7)
3RD F2L = L' U2 L U' F U F' (7)
4TH F2L = U' R U2 R' U R U R' (8)
OLL = F U F' U F U2 F' (7)
PLL = L' U' L F2 Uw F' U F U' F Uw' F2 U (13)

7+7+7+8+7+13 = 49 Moves

 

[Rubiks_Lizard]

2x2(20.16),15.16,16.78,14.63,(14.21)15.52
3x3(29.97),34.22,39.09,40.72,(42.88)fudge i messed up on f2l and oll
that made my sig look like a lier( i dindt warm up)

 

[cuBerBruce]

Fewest Moves: 38
Solution: L' U B U F L B2 L2 U2 F R2 F' U R U R' U' F' U2 F R U' R2 F' R B' R' F R B D B' D' F D B D' F'

Comment: Great 12-move F2L minus 1 slot, but ending is bad.
Explanation:
2x2x3: L' U B U F L B2 L2 (8)
F2L minus 1 slot: U2 F R2 F' (12)
Edges: U R U R' U' F' U2 F R U' R' (23)
Corner 3-cycle: R' F' R B' R' F R B (30)
Last 3 corners: D B' D' F D B D' F' (38)

 

[StachuK1992]

Since I have a 17hr plane ride back to the US, I'll actually be able to compete this time, due to otherwise boredom on the plane.

I'll be doing the following events:
2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 7x7, 3OH, 2BLD, 3BLD, 3FMC, Pyraminx, Magic, Magic OH BLD ItA (hopefully my magic doesn't break on the plane....), 234 sesh, 2345 sesh, 3 Match The Scramble, and perhaps 3 Multi (I'll have 4 3x3s on the plane.)

I created a word doc. with all the scrambles, and appropriate writing space for FMC.
It actually looks pretty organized.
attached.

 

[guusrs]

FMC: L' D2 U B U F' L' F' R F' L' B2 L B U2 B' U2 B U2 B2 R2 F R F' R B U (27)

explanation:
2x2x3: L' D2 U B U F' L' F' R F' (10)
F2L minus pair: L' B2 L (13)
Last pair: B U2 B' U2 B U2 B' (20)
F2L: B' R2 F R F' R B U (27)
Obvious start for first 5 moves. Then many possibilities, hard to choose
tried al kind of skeletons resulting in 29, 30 moves or more.
Finally this short LL ending gave the best result.
But I had the feeling a shorter solution would have been possible
Mirek?
Gus

 

[MichaelErskine]

Michael Erskine (I've been away for a bit but I have time to do a few events)
2x2x2: (24.72+), (7.02), 20.22, 18.25, 20.81 = 19.76
(still haven't learned Ortega!)
3x3x3: (42.75), 48.90, 52.03, 45.46, (1:00.86) = 48.80
(I'd use the facepalm emoticon if I didn't enjoy this so much!)
4x4x4: 3:13.34, (3:28.32), (2:37.68), 3:01.83, 2:42.08 = 2:59.08
(ooh! sub-3 )
5x5x5: 5:08.82, (5:20.16), 5:11.15, (4:48.44), 5:19.82 = 5:13.26
6x6x6: 9:47.11, (8:34.24), 9:06.99, 9:15.61, (10:09.49) = 9:23.24
(very happy )
7x7x7: (14:20.92), 14:50.07, 14:23.51, (15:43.21), 14:21.10 = 14:31.56
2-4 Relay: 4:38.80
2-5 Relay: 12:07.58
(messed up the 4x4x4!)
Pyraminx: (50.84), (18.63), 37.07, 23.16, 37.58 = 32.60
fp a full 10 seconds over my usual average - I managed to drop the puzzle about 5 times)
MegaMinx: (7:49.31), 5:19.72, 5:43.97, (4:50.72), 5:53.89 = 5:39.19
(not fast but fun - lotsa pops with the MF8 - first solve messed up last layer corner permutations and had to fix some corner-edge pairs)
Clock: 48.34, (35.29), 40.58, 41.67, (1:07.55) = 43.53
Magic: 3.08, (2.69), 3.00, 2.92, (4.92) = 3.00

 

[MatsBergsten]

Michael Erskine (I've been away for a bit but I have time to do a few events)
2x2x2: (24.72+), (7.02), 20.22, 18.25, 20.81 = 19.76
(still haven't learned Ortega!)
3x3x3: (42.75), 48.90, 52.03, 45.46, (1:00.86) = 48.80
(I'd use the facepalm emoticon if I didn't enjoy this so much!)
4x4x4: 3:13.34, (3:28.32), (2:37.68), 3:01.83, 2:42.08 = 2:59.08
(ooh! sub-3 )
5x5x5: 5:08.82, (5:20.16), 5:11.15, (4:48.44), 5:19.82 = 5:13.26

Nice times for you (especially 4x4).
But now you beat me in all events all the time