Terrible week for BLD, except for 2x2x2 and 4x4x4.
Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 9.58, 8.40,
6.86, 10.06,
11.19 =
9.35
3x3x3: 23.53, 25.16, 23.94, 24.30,
25.56 =
24.47
4x4x4: 1:46.71 [OP],
1:50.75 [O],
1:17.75, 1:27.08 [P], 1:34.43 [P] =
1:36.07
5x5x5: 2:30.81, 2:29.65,
2:26.91,
2:44.80, 2:40.80 =
2:33.75
6x6x6: 4:58.58 [P], 5:05.86, 5:39.81 [P], 5:19.21 [O],
DNF [40:18.17, 21:09] =
5:21.63
Comment: I got interrupted while memorizing the BLD; I was pretty happy to get such a good time. It was off by 4 obliques, though, and I couldn't figure out where I went wrong on them.
7x7x7: 7:31.56, 7:26.68, 7:20.90,
7:20.87,
DNF [1:07:48.54, 31:09] =
7:26.38
Comment: Absolutely terrible BLD solve. I reoriented, and it led to some confusion on my part, which led to a very slow memorization time. Then I also had trouble recalling some of it. I was only off by 2 inner + centers and 2 obliques, though, so it was kind of close. The inner + centers were due to my using the wrong piece to go with a letter – I remembered the right image, but translated it into a piece that gave a nicer algorithm, like Chris has commented on before. The obliques I just didn’t see during memorization – probably because of the reorienting.
2x2x2 BLD: 29.77, 25.06, 33.46 =
25.06
Comment: At least these went well! Very nice times for me.
3x3x3 BLD: 1:51.22, 2:40.75, 2:41.16 =
1:51.22
Comment: It seems like I’m trying to memorize too fast now. I had bad memory pauses on the last two which killed me. If I had taken a few extra seconds to go over the memorization, I probably would have been a minute faster. It’s so hard to find the right balance.
4x4x4 BLD: 9:52.38 [5:32], DNF [9:02.74, 4:27], 7:45.89 [3:49] =
7:45.89
Comment: The second one was really bad – off by 12 centers and 8 wings, and I couldn’t figure out what went wrong at all! The third one was nice, though.
5x5x5 BLD: DNF [18:03.00, 10:20], DNF [20:06.03, 11:05], DNF [17:02.69, 9:22] =
DNF
Comment:
It’s been a long time since I DNFed all 3, and I really hate it. The first one was just off by 2 + centers; I reoriented and then just didn’t see those last 2 centers when memorizing (I’m starting to see this is a real common mistake for me with reorienting). The second one was all correct except for 4 centers; I forgot to consciously remember what my reorientation was, and I had to remember it after starting the solve, and I couldn’t remember – I tried something and it was the wrong one. Also, on that one I was solving while sitting next to my wife who was watching TV, and I was sort of following the story while I was memorizing and solving (no earplugs). It’s so cool that that’s actually possible! The third one was off by 3 X centers – I was using moving buffers, and I shot from the wrong buffer on one algorithm. But the cool thing about the third one is that I reoriented and it gave me 17 center pieces solved! So close to a really cool solve. Very disappointing week.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 3/4 = 2 points, 17:42.27 [10:49]
Comment: The second cube had 2 corners twisted; I had memorized the wrong sticker of a corner. At least the time was a little better than last week. I think I’m going to keep practicing 4 cubes until I can get them down to less than 15 minutes, at least.
3x3x3 OH: 37.31, 43.46, 39.86, 43.18,
49.84 =
42.17
3x3x3 WF: 2:06.93,
1:23.56, 1:56.09, 1:49.71, 1:48.72 =
1:51.51
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:32.96, 1:27.33,
1:39.03, 1:29.81,
1:24.54 =
1:30.03
2-4 relay: 2:38.33 [P]
Comment: 2x2x2 solve took around 40 seconds, which is what killed me.
2-5 relay: 5:07.34 [O]
Magic: 1.77, 2.25,
2.75,
1.66, 2.72 =
2.25
Master Magic: 3.75, 3.93,
7.21, 4.63, 3.86 =
4.14
Clock: 34.72,
19.83, 23.44, 22.53, 21.50 =
22.49
MegaMinx: 3:14.04, 3:11.54, 2:54.15,
2:47.24, 2:57.53 =
3:01.07
Pyraminx: 16.81, 10.44,
8.59,
19.90, 10.44 =
12.56
Comment: Wow! That was nice!
Square-1: 1:05.30, 1:04.18,
1:00.68 [P],
1:15.69, 1:06.61 =
1:05.36
Comment: I was averaging 40 seconds when warming up. I hate when that happens!
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 38 moves
Comment: See solution earlier in thread.
and crossed 100 points for the first time 
