Weekly competition 2010-11

[Toad]

FMC: 30
New PB after 31 last week, very happy with this

Spoiler

Scramble: D' L2 F2 U2 B2 D F2 L2 D B2 U' L B D' F D F L' U2 B2 R2
Solution: D R D' R' F R2 F B' D' B' D B' L B L' D2 B2 D2 U' B D2 B' U B D' B' D B2 D' R2

Premove R2 to understand.

2x3: D R D' R' F R2 F
F2L-1: B' D' B' D B' L B L'
LS + Edges: D2 B2 D2 B. D B' D B2

Insert at .: B' U' B D2 B' U B D2

AUF: D'
Undo Premove: R2

Damn you. I had the same 2x2x3 but the rest of my solve was a failure

Meh, the rest of my solve should've been better, I spent too long finding the insert that I couldn't go back and try alternative F2Ls...

 

[Stini]

FMC: 31 HTM

Solution: D L' F2 L B2 L' F2 L B2 R D' R' F R2 F B' D R D' R' B' D2 U B' D B D U' R D' R

pseudo-2x2x3: D R D' R' F R2 F

Now I changed to inverse scramble, put B2 F' R2 F' R D R' D' as pre-moves for inverse scramble.

F2L: R' D R' U D' B' D' B U'
Edges: D2 B R D R' D' B' (1 pre-move cancelled)
(Pre-moves: B2 F' R2 F' R D R'. D')

Insert B2 L' F2 L B2 L' F2 L at the dot.

I couldn't find a better insertion than 8 moves, even though I was quite careful, it was simply a terrible solve for insertion and I actually wrote down for fun how many moves the optimal commutator at each step would take and got these numbers: 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 10 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 8 9
Not many 8-movers there.

 

[pierrotlenageur]

2x2x2: 5.58 , 9.16 , (3.44) , (9.30) , 8.58 = 7.77
3x3x3: 17.53 , 17.71 , 14.83 , (14.28) , (17.72) = 16.69
4x4x4: 1:15.05 , (1:20.28) , 1:09.36 , 1:06.56 , (1:06.09) = 1:10.32
5x5x5: 2:22.08 , (2:31.78) , 2:22.80 , 2:14.91 , (2:09.77) = 2:19.93
2x2x2 Blindfolded : DNF , 1:00.38 , DNF =1:00.38
3x3x3 Blindfolded : DNF , DNF , 3:41.28 = 3:41.28
3x3x3 One Handed: (53.97) , 42.91 , 45.11 , 49.69 , (39.40) = 45.90
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay : 1:32.50
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Relay : 3:55.31
Magic: 2.03 , 2.16 , 1.52 , (2.81) , (1.36) = 1.90
Clock : (22.96) , 29.55 , 26.61 , 27.72 , (30.93) = 27.96
PyraMinx: (30.52) , 29.33 , 25.19 , 22.69 , (13.63) = 25.74

 

[Deleted member 4527]

Square-1: 17.85 12.41 26.27(wrong alg) 10.92 29.34(just failed) = 18.84

UGHH so bad

2x2: 4.33 3.70 4.00 5.04 4.18 = 4.17
normal

Pyraminx: 6.15 6.20 5.47 5.19 6.50 = 5.94
sub-6 err 3rd and 4th scrambles are the same

 

[Anthony]

3x3 OH: 22.97, (24.34), 23.50, 22.80, (21.65) = 23.09
2x2: 2.41, 2.65, (2.12), 2.56, (3.86) = 2.54

 

[r_517]

2*2*2: 7.24 7.63 (3.13) 8.27 (9.84) = 7.22 (for FUN)

3*3*3: 24.23 23.24 22.64 25.77 34.26 = 26.03 (TOTALLY SUCKS. even worse than my results at last comp half a year ago)

One Hand: 1:08.46 DNF DNF DNF 44.63 = DNF (Yes they are indeed real DNFs rather than DNS's)

3x3x3 Match the scramble: 11.81 10.34 10.45 DNF 11.62 = 11.29

Clock: 11.14 11.67 17.27 DNF DNF = DNF (The fastest two were both DNFs)

 

[Toad]

How did I beat Teemu on FMC?!!

 

[Stini]

How did I beat Teemu on FMC?!!

It's not easy to beat such a nice solution, congratulations!
Keep up the good results!

 

[ryo]

2x2
2.93, (7.68), (2.51), 6.02, 4.93 = 4.63


3x3
(21.22), (14.21), 16.19, 15.29, 15.52 = 15.67


4x4
1:37.52, (1:21.90), 1:38.92, (1:47.97), 1:32.70 = 1:36.38


Pyraminx
(16.91), 13.50, 14.39, 13.39, (12.80) = 13.76

2x2+3x3+4x4 relay
1:50.78

3x3 One Handed
38.83, 37.66, (39.63), 34.19, (22.22) = 36.89
I didn't train at OH since almost one year and I just did this five solves :-D
PLL skip on 22.22

2x2x2 Blindfolded
DNF, 53.58+, DNF

FMC :

I first find this good start :
Premove : R2

D R D' R'
F R B' R' B
R2 F B2 _ 3X cross (12)
x2 R U R' _ F2L (15)

Then I didn't find a good end so I just did a 6 moves oll :

F' L' U' L U F _ "OLL" (21)
U R2 _ undo premove (23)

And I search a good way to insert a J perm to finish the cube. I finaly just put it at the begining :
z y F2 l2 U R U' l U2 r' U r y' (10)

Final solution : z y F2 l2 U R U' l U2 r' U r y' D R D' R' F R B' R' B R2 F B2 x2 R U R' F' L' U' L U F U R2
33 HTM

I found an alternative good start but no have enough time to try it :

Premove U and R' F' R U' R' x2 L' U L' U L' F(2) ...

 

[Toad]

How did I beat Teemu on FMC?!!

It's not easy to beat such a nice solution, congratulations!
Keep up the good results!

I'm flattered!!

Thanks, I guess with more practice I might be able to go for NR

Maybe I'm just dreaming

 

[guusrs]

fmc: D R B2 D' R' F R2 F B L B L2 D2 L B L B L' D F D' B2 D F' D2 B D R2 (28)
explanation:
apply pre-scramble move R2 then:
2x2x3: D R B2 D' R' F R2 F (8)
3th pair: B L B L2 D2 L (14)
all but 3 corners: B L B L'.B2 D' B D (22)
pre-move correction: R2 (23)
at dot insertion D F D' B2 D F' D' B2 to solve corners, 3 moves cancel.
Nice scramble, didn't expect this to be the winning solution.
1 day left.....
Gus

 

[Mike Hughey]

1 day left.....

Actually, it's about 3 days left, since this competition wasn't posted until Sunday.

But nice result. I may have to try this one since it's apparently so easy. (I haven't read any of the solutions yet - just seen the numbers of moves.) Then again, I usually fail miserably on easy scrambles - it's the tough ones I usually do best on.

 

[Zane_C]

2x2x2: Avg = 13.07
11.50, 16.02, 14.50, 9.85, 13.20
As you can see I failed... more then usual

3x3x3: Avg = 20.91
20.63, 20.42, (22.24), (19.14), 21.68

3x3x3 OH: Avg = 39.75
37.37, 39.38, (49.62), 42.50, (37.17)

3x3x3 BLD: = DNF
DNF, DNF, DNF
Not again!

Multi BLD: 0/2 = (-2 points)
Not sure why the first cube was a DNF, I pulled out of the second cube with all the corners done, even if I remembered the edges, I had already made a mistake.

3x3x3 FMC = 56 moves
Cross: y2 U' L' F U F (5 moves)
F2L #1: z2 R' F U F' R (5 moves)
F2L #2: U' L U' L' R U' R' (7 moves)
F2L #3: U B U B' U B U' B' (8 moves)
F2L #4: y U' R' U R U2 R' U R (8 moves)
OLL: y' M U' r U2 r' U' R U' L R2 (11 moves)
PLL: z2 R U R' y' R2 u' R U' R' U' R' u R2 (12 moves)
What a dud.

I WILL DEDICATE MORE OF MY TIME TO BLD

 

[MatsBergsten]

Mats B

2x2: 10.52 35.34 58.39 13.96 18.64 = 22.65 This was extra bad even for me
3x3: 52.15 38.58 54.15 44.71 36.52 = 45.15 some good, some bad
Trying to learn full OLL makes my solves even more uneven.
4x4: 2:41.99 5:06.09 3:08.29 3:04.89 2:58.09 = 3:03.76 closing in on sub-3 avg
5x5: 6:52.10 8:26.15 7:19.01 7:22.37 7:08.92 = 7:16.77
2-4Rel: 4:26.71

Blind
2x2BLD: 30.64 82.18 29.95 = 29.95
misanalyzed the second but managed to get it right in the end.
Actually not far from my sighted average
3x3BLD: dnf dnf 2:16.32 = 2:16.32 I don't like safes but...
4x4BLD: dnf dnf dnf = DNF but I dislike this more
5x5BLD: dnf dnf dnf = DNF
Don't seem to be able to concentrate for a whole solve. One of them I mishandled the parity alg. Sigh. Too much OLL:s on my mind
Multi:3/7 = DNF in 54:48
Last hope down One cube 2 edges flipped. Two cubes 2 corners twisted. One cube 3-c edges.

 

[kinch2002]

3x3x3 Match the scramble: 11.81 10.34 10.45 DNF 11.62 = 11.29

Ummm...what?! Are you sure you're doing this one right?

 

[MatsBergsten]

3x3x3 Match the scramble: 11.81 10.34 10.45 DNF 11.62 = 11.29

Ummm...what?! Are you sure you're doing this one right?

Or, to put it a little stronger: You have misunderstood this event.
You use two cubes. preparation: scramble one before the timing begins.
2. Scramble the still solved cube so it looks exactly like nr. 1. That is the
"solve" that shall be timed. (And this without using the moves given in the scramble).

 

[kinch2002]

Had a couple of hours last night to do everything, so I just ripped through it.

2x2x2: 5.91, (4.23), 5.16, 4.96, 5.46 = 5.19
3x3x3: 16.94, 16.15,18.03, 17.34, 17.68 = 17.32
4x4x4: 1:09.95, 1:14.32, 1:12.29, 1:11.01, 1:06.97 = 1:11.08
5x5x5: 2:24.94, 2:23.95, 2:22.54, 2:21.94, 2:19.83 = 2:22.81
7x7x7: 8:09.19, 8:14.83, 8:12.33, 8:19.55, DNS = 8:15.57
2x2x2BLD: 29.19, DNS, DNS = 29.19
3x3x3BLD: 2:41.23, DNS, DNS = 2:41.23
4x4x4BLD: 7:54.93 [3:11.54], DNS, DNS = 7:54.93
5x5x5BLD: 28:13.02 [14:xx.xx], DNS, DNS = 28:13.02
MultiBLD: 1/2 7:32.91
OH: 29.01, 30.92, 31.12, 28.34, 32.05 = 30.35
Feet: 1:43.21, 1:36.32, 1:41.04, 1:57.90, 1:32.94 = 1:40.19
MTS: 56.34, 51.92, 58.95, 57.43, 57.44 = 57.07
2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4: 1:51.03
2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4+5x5x5: 4:15.13
Megaminx: 3:14.12, 3:11.10, 2:46.95, 3:04.33, DNS = 3:09.85
Pyraminx: 9.95, 10.12, 6.97, 8.94, 9.51 = 9.47
Square-1: 1:04.12, 1:05.21, 1:04.52, 1:15.86, 1:14.99 = 1:08.24
Clock: 20.91, 19.84, 17.18, 20.16, 21.38 = 20.30
FMC: DNF. Found a nice F2L-1 but had no time to finish off the solve

 

[Muesli]

2x2x2
Average: 5.35
1. 5.46
2. 5.59
3. 5.63
4. 4.66
5. 5.40


3x3x3
Average: 19.08
1. 17.43
2. 20.38
3. 20.18
4. 18.36
5. 19.07

 

[Toad]

FMC: DNF. Found a nice F2L-1 but had no time to finish off the solve

Please finish this off when you can, just so I can say that I beat you fair and square!!

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Shessh, terribly inconsistent, but still my first sub-20 comp entry

Ettienne Venter 3x3x3 - 17.94, 20.27, (17.11), 21.31, (24.8) = 19.84