Weekly competition 2009-52

[Edward_Lin]

2x2: 4.23, 3.40, (2.96), (4.26), 3.31 = 3.65
2x2 bld: DNF, DNF, 1:04.32+2= 1:06.32
lol i dont even know how to do bld i just tried to figure out wat cll i had......it is my first successful

 

[pierrotlenageur]

Hey, here are my times for my first try to this speedcubing challenge, this is also my first message in this forum (I am a french competitor, so sorry for the languages mistakes)

2*2*2 : 8.71 , 7.34 , (4.69) , 9.58 , (10.34) = 8.54
3*3*3 : 17.93 , (22.31) , (16.86) , 17.27 , 22.22 = 19.14
4*4*4 : (1:15.30) , 1:14.56 , 1:02.88 , 1:06.38 , (1:01.59) = 1:07.94
5*5*5 : (2:22.83) , 2:41.86 , 2:35.47 , 2:23.69 , (2:50.71) = 2:33.67
6*6*6 : 5:54.25 , (6:39.81) , 6:29.84 , (5:28.52) , 5:55.59 = 6:06.56
2x2x2 Blindfolded : DNF, DNF, DNF = DNF (first try!)
3x3x3 Blindfolded : DNF , 5:32.00 , 3:45.66 = 3:45.66
3x3x3 One Handed : 1:05.15 , (DNF) , 55.69 , 1:06.90 , (50.16) = 1:02.58
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay : = 1:37.08
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Relay : = 4:42.18
Magic : 2.33 , 3.33 , (1.75) , (13.65) , 3.02 = 2.89

 

[kinch2002]

2x2x2: 6.10, 5.92, (5.56), (7.16), 5.64 = 5.89
Excellent

3x3x3: 17.01, (19.08), 18.22, (16.08), 18.70 = 17.98
Not too bad

4x4x4: 1:14.21, 1:13.97, 1:15.13, (1:19.73), (1:00.02) = 1:14.44
PB Single - so frustratingly close to sub-1

2x2x2BLD: DNF, 43.16, DNF = 43.16
Hmmm

3x3x3BLD: 2:47.36, DNF, 3:30.93 = 2:47.36
Average

MultiBLD: 1/2 9:30.91

OH: 37.48, 36.82, (44.97), (36.13), 36.41 = 36.90
Improving at this one!

MTS: 1:06.95, (1:02.51), 1:10.04, 1:04.28, (1:12.01) = 1:07.09
Silly event but kinda fun

2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4: 1:56.37

2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4+5x5x5: 4:54.98

Pyraminx: 9.17, 9.47, (6.53), (10.85), 8.08 = 8.90
Good considering my last 5 solves were this time last week

 

[Toad]

2x2: 6.69, (10.47), 7.88, 6.71, (6.41) =7.09
Maru 2x2 is Lush. These solves weren't. I fail.

3x3: 20.74, (19.70), 23.20, (24.09), 21.33 =21.76
Awful solves loll… Pop on 23

3x3 OH: 41.90, (36.66), 47.78, 53.94, (DNF) =47.87
Started off so well… Good single, awful average

4x4: 1:41.49, 1:59.17, (1:40.81), (DNF), 1:48.01 =1:49.56
Now I've got my Mini QJ I've been doing much better (averaging 1:35) then this happens… What a rubbish way to end the year

2 - 4 Relay: 1:50.50
Well I have absolutely no idea how I managed that. Must've been like 1:20 4x4 solve!!

2 - 5 Relay: 8:51.36
5x5 is boring...

Pyraminx: 12.08, (14.91), (9.54), 14.22, 12.88 =13.06
Pretty awful lol...

 

[James Ludlow]

2x2:
4x4: 1:49.56
Now I've got my Mini QJ I've been doing much better (averaging 1:35) then this happens… What a rubbish way to end the year

2 - 4 Relay: 1:50.50
Well I have absolutely no idea how I managed that. Must've been like 1:20 4x4 solve!!

So my last events that I'm quicker than you at are going, going, gone. Good times man.

 

[Kian]

2x2: 4.23, 3.40, (2.96), (4.26), 3.31 = 3.65
2x2 bld: DNF, DNF, 1:04.32+2= 1:06.32
lol i dont even know how to do bld i just tried to figure out wat cll i had......it is my first successful

that's pretty much what we all do for 2x2 bld. just a speedsolve that we can figure out quickly.

 

[Toad]

2x2:
4x4: 1:49.56
Now I've got my Mini QJ I've been doing much better (averaging 1:35) then this happens… What a rubbish way to end the year

2 - 4 Relay: 1:50.50
Well I have absolutely no idea how I managed that. Must've been like 1:20 4x4 solve!!

So my last events that I'm quicker than you at are going, going, gone. Good times man.

Now I feel bad...

Haha you're better than me at 6x6, 7x7, megaminx, gigaminx, magic, master magic... Admittedly I don't have any of those puzzles other than mega and I've only solved that about 10 times...

EDIT: And 5x5 lol...

 

[Mike Hughey]

2x2: 4.23, 3.40, (2.96), (4.26), 3.31 = 3.65
2x2 bld: DNF, DNF, 1:04.32+2= 1:06.32
lol i dont even know how to do bld i just tried to figure out wat cll i had......it is my first successful

that's pretty much what we all do for 2x2 bld. just a speedsolve that we can figure out quickly.

Not all of us!

 

[MatsBergsten]

Not all of us!

+1

 

[Toad]

Not all of us!

+1

+1 just don't tell anyone that I don't do BLD anymore...

 

[JunwenYao]

Happy New year!!

 

[liljthedude]

3x3
27.17, 19.00, 21.77, 25.66, 30.22 = 24.87
Yay for sub-20 solve! Yay for sub 25 average! Stupid 30.22. :fp

4x4
1:37.28, 1:42.28, 1:55.64, 1:58.33, 1:44.32 = 1:47.41

 

[Yes We Can!]

2x2 bld: DNF, DNF, 1:04.32+2= 1:06.32
lol i dont even know how to do bld i just tried to figure out wat cll i had......it is my first successful

that's pretty much what we all do for 2x2 bld. just a speedsolve that we can figure out quickly.

Well, I sometimes do Old Pochmann corners (which with I can do sub-1), and if I see many solved pieces I'll do Ortega.

 

[Micael]

2x2x2: 15.49, 13.28, 18.53, 15.51, 13.01 = 14.76
3x3x3: 27.89, 27.49, 25.13, 24.52, 31.67 = 26.84
4x4x4: 1:49.36, 1:50.03, 1:58.69, 2:17.03, 1:55.47 = 1:54.73

2x2x2 BLD: 1:29.31, DNF, DNF = 1:29.31
3x3x3 BLD: 2:50.07, DNF, 2:02.04 = 2:02.04
4x4x4 BLD: DNF, DNF, DNF = DNF
3x3x3 multi BLD: 8/11 = 5 in 53:34 [33:50]

I am getting better in 4x4x4 BLD. The first one and the last one were only a single mistake during execution. The second one I just forgot to permute corners (this is stupid, how does it happen?).

 

[MatsBergsten]

4x4x4 BLD: DNF, DNF, DNF = DNF
3x3x3 multi BLD: 8/11 = 5 in 53:34 [33:50]

I am getting better in 4x4x4 BLD. The first one and the last one were only a single mistake during execution. The second one I just forgot to permute corners (this is stupid, how does it happen?).

Aaah, you beat me in blind in the last hours of the year. On time, in spite of you
doing eleven and I seven.

On the 4x4, do you do corners last? I find it easy to forget the parity alg which I
do last. You think of the time and to stop the clock instead of doing/having parity.
And this although I try to use the "cross my feet if parity" trick.

 

[Micael]

4x4x4 BLD: DNF, DNF, DNF = DNF
3x3x3 multi BLD: 8/11 = 5 in 53:34 [33:50]

I am getting better in 4x4x4 BLD. The first one and the last one were only a single mistake during execution. The second one I just forgot to permute corners (this is stupid, how does it happen?).

Aaah, you beat me in blind in the last hours of the year. On time, in spite of you
doing eleven and I seven.

On the 4x4, do you do corners last? I find it easy to forget the parity alg which I
do last. You think of the time and to stop the clock instead of doing/having parity.
And this although I try to use the "cross my feet if parity" trick.

hahaha, it was not the last hour at all here in Canada. I think I posted at 2pm.

I do corners first with 3OP. I do R2 for 3x3x3, but don't like it for big cube because some alg are difficult with big cube and risky (I would need to modify fingertricks for at least half of them, but I aim to learn BH instead). On that cube, I did orient corners then just switched to centers, sound like a lack of concentration for a moment.

 

[Micael]

Multi BLD 6/7 = 5 in 58:40

I see, I got it thanks to the time

 

[Kian]

2x2: 4.23, 3.40, (2.96), (4.26), 3.31 = 3.65
2x2 bld: DNF, DNF, 1:04.32+2= 1:06.32
lol i dont even know how to do bld i just tried to figure out wat cll i had......it is my first successful

that's pretty much what we all do for 2x2 bld. just a speedsolve that we can figure out quickly.

Not all of us!

Oh, my mistake! It's incredible that you can do it as fast you do without doing it SpeedBLD style! Have you tried it that way, too?

 

[Mike Hughey]

2x2: 4.23, 3.40, (2.96), (4.26), 3.31 = 3.65
2x2 bld: DNF, DNF, 1:04.32+2= 1:06.32
lol i dont even know how to do bld i just tried to figure out wat cll i had......it is my first successful

that's pretty much what we all do for 2x2 bld. just a speedsolve that we can figure out quickly.

Not all of us!

Oh, my mistake! It's incredible that you can do it as fast you do without doing it SpeedBLD style! Have you tried it that way, too?

Once or twice, but I'm TERRIBLE at it. I think I only ever got one solve before, and it was +2.

 

[Kian]

2x2: 4.23, 3.40, (2.96), (4.26), 3.31 = 3.65
2x2 bld: DNF, DNF, 1:04.32+2= 1:06.32
lol i dont even know how to do bld i just tried to figure out wat cll i had......it is my first successful

that's pretty much what we all do for 2x2 bld. just a speedsolve that we can figure out quickly.

Not all of us!

Oh, my mistake! It's incredible that you can do it as fast you do without doing it SpeedBLD style! Have you tried it that way, too?

Once or twice, but I'm TERRIBLE at it. I think I only ever got one solve before, and it was +2.

Ah, well it does require a bit of practice to trace pieces, but you'd pick it up fairly quickly. I make a lot of educated guesses (which is why I DNF so much) to save time. +2's are commonplace, too, because figuring out the AUF would almost certainly take me more than 2 seconds anyway .

Basically I started using it because I'm so used to trying to see the OLL when I'm inspecting (I use ortega) that the only real difference is that I'm trying to pick out what the PBL might be, too. Sometimes it works out well, sometimes I can DNF 10 in a row, I never really know.