Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 17.66, 13.77, 9.00, 8.71,
7.69 =
10.49
3x3x3: 27.00, 28.97, 23.78,
29.43,
21.05 =
26.58
4x4x4: DNF [1:27.71, P], 1:29.75,
1:22.22, 1:31.19 [O], 1:29.91 =
1:30.28
Comment: On the first one, I didn’t see the PLL parity until after stopping the timer.
5x5x5: 2:35.93, 2:38.56,
2:17.05, 2:40.66,
2:50.09 =
2:38.38
6x6x6: 5:32.90 [P], 5:54.78, 5:33.75 [OP],
4:59.83 [OP],
42:44.66 [22:55] =
5:40.48
Comment: On the BLD solve, I made a number of mistakes trying to memorize the inner wings, and had to memorize several whole locations several times, but I finally got it; that’s why it took so long to memorize. Wings are the only thing that can spell total disaster for my times these days; sometimes I just can’t work my way through them while memorizing due to making mistakes. But it was very nice to get the successful solve!
7x7x7: 9:00.22,
7:30.72, 7:40.82, 7:50.56,
DNF [58:16.29, 29:22] =
8:10.53
Comment: BLD was off by 8 obliques and 2 outer + centers; I did not reorient, because the original orientation was really good. My accuracy on 7x7x7 BLD has been really bad lately. First speedsolve had a really bad pop.
2x2x2 BLD: 31.93, 29.21, DNF =
29.21
Comment: Third one was a really weird scramble – just twisted corners and a parity; no BH commutators usually means a bad scramble for me, even though most people would probably find it easy.
3x3x3 BLD: 1:52.05, 2:26.68, DNF =
1:52.05
Comment: I tried to sub-30 the memo on all of these, and wound up having memory pauses. On the third one, I couldn’t remember the last edge image at all.
4x4x4 BLD: 8:28.15 [4:23], DNF [7:40.07, 4:07], 9:57.10 [5:46] =
8:28.15
Comment: Second one was off by just 3 wings, apparently an execution mistake; I verified my memorization was correct on it. Third one was done while I was sitting next to my wife, who was watching a TV program at the time, and I didn’t wear earplugs. I’m rather happy I was able to stackmat it (barely) with the distraction!
5x5x5 BLD: 13:38.12 [7:24], 17:01.71 [8:49], 18:03.20 [9:54] =
13:38.12
Comment: Awesome! My second sub-14 5x5x5 BLD solve. I used these three solves as the first three in my attempt at an average 3/5 to meet Joey’s challenge, then I did a fourth one that was 17:47.11 (and I DNSed the last one), giving me an avg5 of 17:37.34. I’m very happy with that. On all four of these solves, I did not reorient the cube; in each case there were at least 11 center pieces solved (if I remember correctly), so there was not sufficient benefit for me to justify reorienting. I’m kind of disappointed – no reorienting on odd cubes all week.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 3/4 = 2 points, 19:38.93 [12:18]
Comment: Second cube had 2 edges flipped; I for some reason thought an edge was flipped that was not. Very sad. The time was not very good, either, although it felt fairly normal for me. Notice my memorization time for 4 cubes vs. the times above for 5x5x5. I know Chris says he thinks 4 3x3x3s are about the same as a 5x5x5, but I can definitely memorize a 5x5x5 MUCH faster than I can memorize 4 3x3x3s. I must either be doing something very wrong with 3x3x3 multi, or be doing something very right for 5x5x5. I wonder which it is? Honestly, I have this suspicion that maybe I have a 5x5x5 BLD “secret” that I’m not even aware of, that makes me particularly good at 5x5x5 BLD simply because of some aspect of my method that I don’t understand. I can’t figure out any other reason why I’d be so disproportionately good at 5x5x5 BLD and above versus smaller cubes.
3x3x3 OH: 34.93, 39.81,
51.71, 45.11, 48.59 =
44.50
3x3x3 WF: 1:58.41,
1:38.15, 1:54.91, 1:47.02, 1:41.91 =
1:47.95
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:31.17, 1:24.90, 1:23.91, 1:21.40,
1:15.24 =
1:23.40
2-4 relay: 2:10.69 [O]
2-5 relay: 4:39.59 [P]
Magic: 1.84, 1.78,
1.68, 1.88,
3.68 [1.68 + 2 = 3.68] =
1.83
Master Magic: 5.33, 4.75, 5.06,
5.59,
4.43 =
5.05
Clock: 22.47, 20.78, 20.68,
18.56, 18.65 =
20.04
MegaMinx: 2:56.24,
3:03.80, 2:55.99,
2:41.11, 2:55.90 =
2:56.04
Pyraminx: 13.50, 15.34, 20.81, 16.97,
22.33 =
17.71
Square-1: 1:05.68,
43.75, 46.96,
1:39.05 [P], 1:17.38 =
1:03.34
Comment: I’m forgetting some of the PLLs; I need to go back and relearn them all.
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 42 moves
Comment: See solution earlier in thread.
