Wow, some nice results this week – especially BLD and the events where I got new puzzles (pyraminx, 4x4x4).
Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 7.55, 9.00, 10.72,
11.18, 11.02 =
10.24
3x3x3: 21.16, 26.00, 25.61, 23.87,
26.28 =
25.16
4x4x4: 1:30.43,
1:38.66 [OP], 1:28.59, 1:29.09,
1:19.91 [O] =
1:29.37
Comment: Wow. Using my new QJ cube – it seems to help.
5x5x5: 2:30.41, 2:40.31,
2:13.65,
2:59.41, 2:33.03 =
2:34.58
6x6x6: 5:25.43 [P], 5:43.04 [OP],
5:01.00, 5:13.19,
DNF [33:31.37, 16:34] =
5:27.22
Comment: BLD solve was off by 3 obliques and 7 outer wings. For the obliques, I did 2 images out of order. For the wings, I forgot to do a whole location because I was hurrying to the finish. But the time was pretty good.
7x7x7: 8:01.10, 7:49.40,
7:32.45, 8:04.20,
54:39.17 [25:10] =
7:58.23
Comment: Yes!!!! Finally got one right again. It was starting to get depressing since I was missing so many. It was scary - I realized after memorizing my first set of wings that I didn't think I had good enough memory of the centrals, so I went back and refreshed them, and couldn't remember the second location. So I checked it, and discovered I had memorized the wrong sticker. If I hadn't gotten worried about that memorization being weak, I probably would have had 2 centrals flipped. I also had a really really bad recall pause while doing the last set of wings - I'm sure it cost me at least a few minutes. So this could have been a fairly fast solve, except for that. Not bad, considering.
2x2x2 BLD: 30.27, 29.50, 46.25 =
29.50
3x3x3 BLD: 1:40.72, 2:07.36, 1:54.30 =
1:40.72
4x4x4 BLD: 10:39.63 [6:09], DNF [7:58.11, 3:33], 7:59.04 [4:14] =
7:59.04
Comment: Second solve was off by 4 corners, 4 centers, and 8 edges – probably undid setup moves out of order somewhere (that’s what usually causes that).
5x5x5 BLD: DNF [17:19.84, 9:34], 15:40.17 [8:48], 14:21.70 [7:22] =
14:21.70
Comment: Awesome! I’ve still only had a few solves sub-WR, and every time it just feels amazing. First one was off by just 3 corners.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 9/10 = 8 points, 47:50.22 [31:02]
Comment: Check out that time!!!!!!! I was once again putting all of a given type of piece at a single location per cube, and it really worked this time! At this rate, I should be able to handle 12! And I didn’t even pull my trick of doing the last cube like a regular BLD solve, so 13 even looks remotely possible. Maybe I still have a chance at becoming competitive at this event again. But I must admit that these scrambles seemed easy for me – we’ll have to see how well I do next week. The eighth cube was off by 4 corners.
3x3x3 OH: 39.33,
38.09,
1:05.91, 52.72, 43.56 =
45.20
3x3x3 WF: 2:00.94, 1:35.93, 1:39.11,
1:32.52, 1:50.40 =
1:41.81
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:11.83,
1:48.11, 1:20.61, 1:22.34, 1:30.11 =
1:24.35
2-4 relay: 2:19.11 [P]
2-5 relay: 5:18.43 [OP]
Magic: 1.71,
1.59,
3.72, 2.61, 1.68 =
2.00
Master Magic: 4.31,
3.88, 3.91,
5.13, 3.97 =
4.06
Clock: 18.81, 17.86, 20.52,
17.08,
20.59 =
19.06
MegaMinx: 2:52.57, 2:50.62,
3:03.78, 2:55.98,
2:45.30 =
2:53.06
Pyraminx: 14.03, 13.21,
17.13,
8.77, 14.00 =
13.75
Comment: Look out – I finally have a decent pyraminx. Hopefully I can finally stop being a bottom-dweller on this puzzle. Amazing what a big difference the quality of puzzle can make.
Square-1: 56.71 [P], 49.09 [P], 1:01.11 [P],
45.02,
1:15.22 [P] =
55.64
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 46 moves
Comment: See awful solution in post earlier in thread.
