Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 14.25, 11.22,
7.25,
18.25, 8.19 =
11.22
Comment: Horrible.
3x3x3: 29.65, 25.36, 28.43,
21.50, 28.00 =
27.26
Comment: Terrible.
4x4x4: 1:36.59, 1:28.38 [O],
1:20.97, 1:29.19, 1:32.15 [OP] =
1:29.91
Comment: Awesome.
5x5x5: 2:39.05,
2:31.84,
2:46.72, 2:33.40, 2:36.46 =
2:36.30
Comment: Average.
6x6x6: 5:53.75 [P], 6:01.53 [P], 6:10.37 [OP], 6:12.08 [O],
36:14.69 [16:28] =
6:07.99
Comment: Hideous. BLD was exciting, though. In the second location for obliques, I "jumped rooms" and solved the wrong location (3 images). When I went on to the next location, I realized I was in the wrong room, so I was able to undo the 3 commutators from the wrong location and correct it. It could have been a pretty fast solve if it weren't for that mistake. It was nice to get another successful big BLD solve, though - I've had pretty bad accuracy lately. I realized today that one thing which makes the DNFs less difficult to take is that there are essentially two "reward moments" in a big BLD solve. The second one is obvious - when you pull off the blindfold and it's solved, that's the best feeling. But the first one is actually pretty good even if the second one is a disappointment: when you finally get to the last location and are able to recall that last image, you realize you have remembered the entire cube - it's more a feeling of relief than exhilaration, but it's still really nice when you do that last recall - I do love that feeling.
7x7x7: 8:13.81,
7:28.80, 7:33.70, 7:37.60,
DNF [54:07.80, 27:34] =
7:48.37
Comment: Mediocre. BLD was off by just 3 outer wings. By reapplying the scramble, I was able to figure out that I had swapped two images at a location – when I refreshed my memory I already had them swapped, so the problem was on my initial memorizing. I didn’t reorient – it looked really good with normal orientation. On reapplying the scramble I checked – there were 28 center pieces solved with the normal orientation, and the best possible non-parity alternate orientation had 29 center pieces solved (by applying x’ y), so I think I made the right decision to not reorient. It was kind of a disappointment that I wasn’t able to reorient on my first 7x7x7 BLD after learning the new technique.
2x2x2 BLD: 30.46, 32.58, 32.75 =
30.46
Comment: Satisfactory.
3x3x3 BLD: 2:13.63, 1:38.58, DNF =
1:38.58
Comment: Typical. On the first one I couldn’t remember the last image – I suspect it was sub-1:30 if it weren’t for that. On the third one I messed up a new algorithm I’m using for a particular set of edges – I still haven’t learned that one well enough yet.
4x4x4 BLD: 8:38.74 [4:29], 8:07.87 [4:23], DNF [8:03.40, 4:17] =
8:07.87
Comment: Disappointing. Third one was off by 6 wings – I missed a setup move undo for r2. I realized it when I did it, but I didn’t know what I needed to do to correct it, so I just gave up and kept going.
5x5x5 BLD: 16:29.64 [8:37], DNS, DNF [15:19.60, 8:12] =
16:29.64
Comment: Enjoyable. First one was my first attempt at a 5x5x5 with reorienting to optimize centers. Second one was a duplicate scramble of the first one – I’ll still redo it if Arnaud ever posts another scramble in time. Third one was off by 7 wings – I forgot to do one location. I didn’t optimize orientation because I had 10 good centers. It turns out there was another orientation with 13 good centers, but it was very hard to see because they were so well spread out – 2 centers solved on each face except one with 3 centers solved. I think it was the right decision not to reorient in this case. I’m very happy with my “10 good centers” rule so far.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 7/11 = 3 points, 60:00.00 [37:01]
Comment: Bad. I ran out of time trying to figure out where I memorized wrong on the third cube, but I was almost out of time anyway. Memo was a little quicker than usual, but I paid for it with some memory pauses. The mistakes were small, though - fifth and seventh cubes had the same mistake with my twisting the same two pieces the same wrong direction, eighth cube was off by parity because I continued past a broken-into cycle for an extra piece, and I didn't notice the parity discrepancy, and third cube was also off by parity because of mismemorization. Very disappointing - no matter what I try, it always takes a full hour for me to do 11 cubes.
3x3x3 OH: 49.16, 45.27, 45.68, 45.61,
39.91 =
45.52
Comment: Decent.
3x3x3 WF: 1:56.13,
1:57.69, 1:48.58,
1:36.05, 1:36.56 =
1:47.09
Comment: Acceptable.
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:12.06,
1:20.52, 1:15.84, 1:19.19, 1:12.31 =
1:15.78
Comment: Nice.
2-4 relay: 2:15.36 [O]
Comment: Poor.
2-5 relay: 4:57.28
Comment: Good.
Magic: 1.84, 1.69,
1.66, 1.68,
2.56 =
1.74
Comment: Wonderful.
Master Magic: 5.15, 3.90, 3.90, 4.90,
3.88 =
4.23
Comment: Incredible.
Clock: 20.52,
24.09,
19.02, 21.97, 21.68 =
21.39
Comment: Pathetic.
MegaMinx: 3:23.84, 2:54.58,
2:35.93, 2:47.02, 2:48.57 =
2:50.06
Comment: Tolerable.
Pyraminx: 14.38,
12.81, 15.50,
16.46, 14.47 =
14.78
Comment: Consistent.
Square-1: 1:18.11 [P], 1:15.08 [P],
2:03.68 [P], 54.75 [P],
53.05 [P] =
1:09.31
Comment: Demoralizing.
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 31 moves
Comment: Encouraging. See solution earlier in thread.
@Tim: I think I want to try NISS sometime soon. Your results are very inspiring.
@Mats: I love your 5x5x5 times done with BLD method. It's scary how close those times are to your regular speedsolves.
