Weekly competition 2010-33

[James Ludlow]

jamesdeanludlow

2x2 - 8.00 13.17 7.25 6.99 6.35 = 7.41 Comment - Lol, a good start to the weekly comp, 2 pll and one oll skips in final 3.
3x3 - 21.06 19.47 19.31 20.02 21.03 = 20.17 Comment - So close......so close
4x4 - 1.18.44 1.08.69 1.13.66 1.14.44 1.08.55 = 1.12.26 Comment - itsa very nicea!
5x5 - 2.27.15 2.28.36 2.53.92 2.24.52 2.46.40 = 2.33.97
2-4 Relay - 1.47.56 Comment - 20sec 2x2 phase ftw.
2-5 Relay - 4.13.53
3x3 OH - 50.55 47.98 55.58 59.55 46.54 = 51.37
Magic - 1.86 3.80 1.41 2.63 1.77 = 2.09 Comment - both magics done cold - 5 solves, that is all.
Master Magic - 2.84 2.90 2.63 3.05 2.63 = 2.79 Comment - a "slow turn" avg to avoid a repeat of last week's DNF. Very good. I probably wouldn't have got much better than this if I had pushed for quicker.
Clock - 15.47 15.16 14.40 14.00 13.83 = 14.52 Comment - very good, very consistent.
Megaminx - 2.25.86 2.21.34 2.18.15 2.43.66+ 2.43.40 = 2.30.20 Comment - Aww, gutted. Would have been sub2.30avg without +2. Still, another pb single and avg.
Sq1 - 55.69 1.09.11 1.03.33 1.16.09 56.59 = 1.03.01

6x6 - 4.32.69 4.37.83 4.28.88 4.37.31 4.19.80 = 4.32.96 Comment - Disappointing.
7x7 - 7.29.84 6.59.16 7.11.03 7.08.44 7.25.13 = 7.14.87 Comment - 2 badish solves ruined it for me.
FMC - 56 moves

Spoiler

B R U2 B2 R2 U' z2
L U' L' U' F' U' F
U' B U2 B' U' B U B'
U2 L U2 L2 U' L
U2 L U L'
y F R U R' U' F'
y l' U' L'U R U' L U2
x' y U' L U LU L U' L' U' L2

 

[TheCubeMaster5000]

2x2: 7.07, 15.24, 10.96, 7.75, 12.51 = 10.41
Could have been sub-10 but still really good for me

3x3: 26.84, 27.29, 17.88, 27.88, 22.03 = 25.39
lol That 17 came out of nowhere. I'm stuck at 25 seconds but my look-ahead is improving...

I don't feel like doing 4x4 this week

Square-1: 1:58.34, 2:08.24, 1:44.18, DNF, 58.28 = 1:56.92
Fail average, great single. Improving alg execution!

234 Relay: 3:51.21

 

[Elliot]

2x2: 3.55, 4.78, 5.62, (2.75), (DNF) = 4.65
3x3: (17.83), 15.93, 14.69, (14.68), 14.81 = 15.14
3x3 OH: 23.27, (20.65), 21.34, 22.80, (24.22) = 22.47
4x4: (1:19.61), (1:33.65), 1:20.96, 1:24.90+, 1:20.47 = 1:22.11
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay: 1:44.21

 

[Edam]

3x3 15.77, (15.82), 14.93, (14.48), 14.83 = 15.18 schwing

 

[rubiks@s]

2x2: 3.69, (7.72), 5.72, (3.57,) 5.40 =4.94

3x3: (15.93), 13.85, 14.54, 14.19, (12.61) =14.19

4x4: 1:00.04, 59.08, 57.69, DNF(1:02.85), (56.39) =58.93

5x5: 2:12.76, 2:52.23, 2:16.88, 2:22.76, 2:22.17= 2:20.60

2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay: 1:19.74

Pyraminx: 10.72, 12.66, 19.69+, 20.15, 6.14= 14.35

 

[Isbit]

4x4 BLD: DNF [10:59, 4:22, 4 centers]

 

[lilkdub503]

4x4: 1:56.69[DP], 1:58.05[P], (1:52.11[OP]), (2:19.80[the **** you think?]), 2:15.11[****ING PARITY!!!] = 2:03.28 Comment: Dammit Dammit Dammit. Things were looking up, until I hit the one roadblock. Thought it would be okay. Then got hit with that one.
3x3: 20.44, 18.19, (17.94), 19.28, (22.84) = 19.30 Comment: Wow, sub-20 with two pops on the last two solves. (using my old storebought)
2x2: 9.81, (8.47), (12.43+), 8.75, 9.40 = 9.32

 

[MichaelErskine]

Michael Erskine
3x3x3: (32.93), (46.87), 34.88, 44.68, 42.50 = 40.69
4x4x4: 2:03.78, 2:47.18, (2:48.01), 2:16.62, (1:53.11) = 2:22.53 (solves 2 & 3 had bad mistakes)
5x5x5: (4:48.81), 4:06.62, 4:36.96, 4:34.64, (4:01.36) = 4:26.07
6x6x6: 8:04.03, 8:22.98, (8:29.30), 7:15.48, (6:42.98) = 7:54.16
7x7x7: 11:27.19, (10:36.86), 11:05.36, (11:30.35), 10:57.15 = 11:09.90
Megaminx: (3:36.60), (4:48.66), 4:37.27, 4:27.27, 4:46.92 = 4:37.15 (first solve may have been a PB!)
Square-1: (3:13.31), (1:31.74), 3:02.64, 1:36.42, 3:04.19 = 2:34.42
3x3x3 One Handed: 1:17.15, 1:15.01, (1:12.82), 1:25.95, (1:27.00) = 1:19.37

 

[zaub3rfr4g]

zaub3rfr4g

4x4 avg 1:09.15
1:12.89, 1:07.52, 1:07.12, 1:12.47, 1:07.46

3x3 avg 14.43
14.39, 12.50, 14.97, 13.93, 15.38

2x2 avg 4.66
4.84, 4.59, 5.46, 4.18, 4.56

3x3oh avg 24.12
21.11, 29.16, 26.44, 22.71, 23.21

2x2bld
28.16, 27.17, 26.21

3x3bld
1:09.49, 1:05.19, 1:00.87

magic avg 1.46
1.43, 1.40, 1.55, 1.12, 2.11

3x3fmc 42

x D2 R F2 D' B U' F D2 F' U
z y' U' F' U F' R U2 R'
U2 F U F' U' L' U' L
Fw R U R' U' Fw'
R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U'

 

[Daniel Wu]

2x2: 4.48
4.32, 4.41, 4.72, 3.11, 8.95+

3x3: 14.10
12.23, 13.88, 16.12, 15.66, 12.76

4x4: 1:12.92
1:13.64, 1:14.37, 1:06.55, 1:18.96, 1:10.75

5x5: 2:22.39
2:18.18, 2:26.97, 2:08.48, 2:22.04, 2:34.01

3x3 OH: 35.38
33.28, 38.03, 52.38, 34.81, 29.13

2-3-4 Relay: 1:37.12

2-3-4-5 Relay: 3:48.69

Magic: 3.91 :fp
1.61, 8.43, 2.02, 3.06, 4.43

Master Magic: 6.32
6.03, 5.83, 6.00, 8.00+, 6.94

Pyraminx: 6.20
7.38, 5.69, 7.12, 5.80, 4.65

Square 1: 42.32
43.90, 1:17.34, 33.62, 35.00, 48.05

 

[The Rubik Mai]

2x2:3.16,4.09,3.16,2.36,4.94 = 3.47
3x3:12.00,11.06,10.71,15.18,12.31 = 11.79
4x4:1:08.47,1:05.58,48.56,1:04.02,1:01.71 = 1:03.77
5x5:1:35.22,1:43.81,1:50.77,1:54.80,1:53.31 = 1:49.30
6x6:6:18.09,DNF,5:58.84,5:40.59,5:47.22 = 5:58.05
7x7:6:55.66,5:37.66,6:01.34,5:47.59,5:59.53 = 5:56.15
OH:20.08,22.52,20.75,25.15,25.25 = 22.84
234Relay: 1:20.19
2345Relay: 3:02.21
Magic:0.81,0.96,0.88,0.84,0.94 = 0.89
Mastermagic:2.41,2.50,2.44,2.33,2.72 = 2.45
Clock:55.44,59.13,32.15,44.66,DNF = 53.08
Megaminx:2:04.27,1:47.41,2:08.86,1:41.68,1:50.38 = 1:54.02
Pyraminx:7.33,6.06,10.33,7.27,7.09 = 7.23
SQ1:51.38,1:00.30,41.63,1:02.63,50.86 = 54.18



WTF 7x7 faster than 6x6 LOL

 

[Eldra]

2x2: 26.91, 25.86, 18.51, (15.50), 1:04.30) = 23.76
3x3 : (1:13.65[+]), (40.56), 48.37, 50.41, 45.66 = 48.15
2x2 BLD: 1:44.76 (The 3 solves were succesfull, but I closed the wrong window before writing my times down. However, this is the time of the last solve, the best of all 3.)

 

[robindeun]

2x2 : 3.94, 6.42, 6.61, 3.59, 5.33 = 5.23
3x3 : 16.47, 19.10, 17.40, 19.42, 14.44 = 17.66
square-1 : 32.70, 32.26, 48.15, 41.12, 49.13 = 40.66
3x3 oh : 30.76, 36.15, 35.57, 34.02, 37.94= 35.25
4x4 : 1:21.59, 1:17.16, 1:20.68, 1:37.32, 1:20.95 = 1:21.07
pyraminx : 15.16, 16.66, 12.75, 15.00, 12.44 = 14.30
match the scramble : 1:58.79, 2:16.50, 1:58.88, 1:53.52, 2:10.80 = 2:02.82

 

[uberCuber]

3x3: 26.29, 34.35, 30.84, 19.63, 24.34 = 27.15

Wow what happened to consistency LOL O__O The 19.63 was a PLL skip that I was slow in reacting to (I did a U3 :fp), but is still a PB. No idea what happened with the 2 sup-30s.

4x4: 2:02.49, 2:10.71, 2:26.66, 2:22.97, 1:56.00 = 2:12.06

First two solves were normal. Third solve had OLL parity, and I screwed up the OLL parity alg and almost DNF'ed the solve, but decided to keep going and fixed the centers really fast and somehow still made it a sub-2:30 solve. Both of the last two had OLL and PLL parity. No idea how I did that last one, its my PB and it had double parity!!

5x5: 7:21.86, 7:02.37, 5:42.15, 5:16.10, 7:53.52 = 6:42.13

LOL. I just got my 5x5 today, and, as expected for a new puzzle, during these solves I was messing up everything possible. I haven't learned special 5x5 parity algorithms, or algorithms for the last two/three tredges, so I tried to freestyle some stuff and was incredibly inefficient in doing so. I don't even know what happened with the last solve, but the first four show the obvious improvement that comes just from at least knowing what to expect, though not actually knowing a good way to deal with it. Once I practice this a bit more and learn a few new algs I know I won't have much trouble averaging sub-5.

Megaminx: 3:03.66, 2:42.19, 2:59.20, 2:13.29, 3:05.06 = 2:55.02

I hadn't practiced this for a week so I was kinda expecting to do worse, certainly not better! The 2:13 just came out of nowhere, beat my old PB by 27 seconds O__O Also, this is my first sub-3 average, beat my old PB avg5 by 5 seconds.

Square-1: 57.71, 1:03.37, 57.75, 57.07, 43.65 = 57.51

Not a PB, but its still good that I'm becoming more consistent. One of the 57's had parity (don't remember which one lol)

3x3 FMC: L2 B2 R D2 B' U D L' D' U B U' L' B' L' R B' L2 B R' B' L2 B' L B2 L' B' L B L2 (30 moves)

Spoiler

2x2x2: L2 B2 R D2
2x2x3: B' U
EO: D L' D' U B U'
All but 3 corners: L' B' L' * B2 L B2 L' B' L B L2

Insert at *: R B' L2 B R' B' L2 B to cancel 1 move
Incredible start, and the fact that my F2L left only 3 corners at the end was pure luck; I did not plan it at all.
EDIT: wth Chris and I have almost identical solutions, he just found a better insertion O_O. Damn I was so happy with myself for figuring this out and now it seems that i wasn't the only one. Oh well I'm still happy that I found a 30 move solution!

Too lazy to do any BLD work whatsoever this week...

 

[cincyaviation]

2x2: 3.50, 4.50, 4.50, 3.49, 6.70 = 4.17
Megaminx: 4:55.11, 4:38.45, 5:25.06, 5:36.58, 4:35.34 = 4:59.54
pyra: 10.33, 9.41, 19.89, 13.91, 11.30 = 11.84
3x3: = 20.51

 

[Tim Major]

FMC: 34
B2 R B' L' U F L' F2 D2 F L' B L D L' D' B U' L U B' U B' U2 L U B2 L2 B' L2 B' L2 B2 L
Very easy scramble this week. Here's the explanation.
I found a 13 double X-cross that was far more obvious, but it was actually much more move efficient to first form a 2x2x2 then make it bigger.
2x2x2: B2 R B'
Expand to 2x2x3: L' U F L' F2 D2 F
I then chose to do green after heaps of testing.
Expand to triple X-cross: L' B L D L' D' B U' L U
Use the bolded L to force a PLL skip.
Last pair plus messing around with LL: B' U B' U2 L
OLL: U B2 L2 B' L2 B' L2 B2 L

34 moves, PB
I did this is 25 mins~ because I had to take the dog for a walk but I'm not sure if this would've improved in the remaining time.

Can't wait to see some other people's results, I think there'll be a lot of sub 30s this week.
Edit: My solution wasn't working so it was a DNF. It sucks because I did it on paper, and the solution I had on the paper was correct, I just mucked it up while typing, and didn't have time to test it.
Edit 2: Some people have said I should submit it, so I will.

 

[James Ludlow]

Michael Erskine

Welcome back.

 

[MatsBergsten]

Michael Erskine

Welcome back.

+1

 

[MichaelErskine]

Welcome back.

+1

Aw, thanks guys - I needed that! My cubing is at a low ebb at the moment. I keep hoping for improvement

 

[cmhardw]

Chris Hardwick
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3x3x3: (20.45) 17.41 17.06 (11.63) 16.23 = 16.90
3x3x3BLD: 1:48.52 1:43.52 DNF
4x4x4BLD: 7:18.85 DNF 6:20.60
5x5x5BLD: 16:04.82 DNF DNF
Fewest Moves: 29 turns
comment: This is my first ever sub-30 solution! I found this in about 40 minutes. I tried to see if I could improve on it, but I was so excited that I couldn't concentrate and just took the 29 move solution!

Spoiler

Scramble: L2 R2 U R' D B F2 D' B' L' B2 L F2 D2 R2 U B' U
Solution: L2 B2 R D2 B' U D L' D' U L F' L' B L F L' U' L' B' L' B2 L B2 L' B' L B L2
2x2x2: L2 B2 R D2
2x2x3: B' U
flip "bad" edges: D L' D' U . B U'
rest of F2L - leaving a corner 3 cycle: L' B' L' B2 L B2 L' B' L B L2

Insert L F' L' B L F L' B' at the dot to cancel two moves and fix the 3 corners. NISS was no help at each of the steps, as the continuations from the linear solution always seemed better than the NISS alternatives at a glance.