Weekly competition 2010-52

[Puzzle]

2x2: 3.76 - 3.80, (2.11), (4.09), 3.81, 3.66
3x3: 13.77 - (12.68), 13.75, 14.00, 13.55, (22.05+)
4x4: 1:07.41 - (1:17.38), (59.56), 1:14.59, 1:07.59, 1:00.06 | (nice single, decent avg)
5x5: 2:34.37 - 2:49.00, (DNF), 2:23.81, 2:30.31, (2:13.33) | (2:13 is pblike)
Pyra: 4.02 - 4.09, (5.04), (3.33), 4.02, 3.94 | (oyeah)
Mega: 1:40.78 - 1:49.96, 1:38.40, (1:25.15), 1:33.97, (DNF) | (last solve ruined the whole thing)
3WF: 3:07.78 - (3:52.63), 3:31.65, 2:33.30, 3:17.50, (2:27.36) | (pb single)
3OH: 24.88 - (33.15), 23.02, 28.47, 23.15, (19.38) | (insane single - pll skip)
2-3-4: 1:28.02

 

[masteranders1]

2x2x2: 7.94, (3.28), 7.63, 7.51, (9.76) = 7.69
3x3x3: (20.01), 25.14, 22.82, 22.99, (28.86) = 23.65
4x4x4: (1:21.31) op, 1:35.91 pp, 1:34.51 pp, 1:26.33 op, (DNF) = 1:32.25
5x5x5: (3:37.42), 3:13.93, (3:13.01), 3:34.19, 3:13.53 = 3:20.55

 

[freshcuber]

3x3:25.50, 28.35, 26.49, 27.58, 22.72 = 26.52
4x4::1:54.06, 1:57.26, 1:48.57, 2:00.74, 1:51.73 = 1:54.35
5x5:4:54.84, 3:58.85, 4:10.86, 3:24.01, 3:37.29 = 3:55.67
Megaminx:4:51.95, 4:49.78, 5:01.82, 4:51.25, 4:53.39 = 4:52.20 (σ = 0.89)

3x3 was so bad. Three crappy solves.

Megaminx was a bad average but the SD is insane right there. It was the first time I touched my minx in a few days.

5x5 was pretty good. PB in there I think and probably PB Ao5. I'm too slow to really keep track of 5x5 and minx PBs.

 

[Elliot]

2x2: (2.84), 3.39, (5.55), 4.54, 5.35 = 4.43
3x3: 13.74, 14.69, 14.02, (19.54), (13.68) = 14.15
4x4: 1:07.38, (1:12.20), (DNF), 1:15.50, 1:14.25 = 1:13.98
3x3 OH: 16.50, (14.30), 17.96, (24.66), 16.30 = 16.92
That was such an amazing average for me. Personal best by over a second! The first 16 was a PLL skip and the last 16 was a forced OLL skip, but the 14.30 was non-lucky. I lubed my FII before this average, and I think that helped a bit
3x3 BLD: 4:57.28, 4:22.53, DNF = 4:22.53
The last solve was off by two flipped edges.

 

[onionhoney]

2x2: 1.86, 1.78, 1.78, 2.54, 5.52 = 2.06 The last solve ruined the average...
3x3: 9.90, 9.81, 10.78, 9.36, 9.41 = 9.71

 

[jzengg]

3x3x3
1. R' U' B D' L' R F L2 F' D F' D B' L2 D' U' B2 R'
2. L2 B2 D2 B F2 R2 F' L B' D2 L' F2 U R' B' L B D
3. U R B2 D L2 R2 F R D2 R2 B2 D L D B R2 B2 R' U'
4. U F' D' L D2 U B' F' L2 D' B2 D L' B2 R B F2 R'
5. B2 D2 U F U' B2 L' B F2 D B R2 U2 L' B2 U' F'

(16.35)
15.07
13.86
(13.16)
14.14
Average: 14.36

 

[AnsonL]

3x3 one handed-21.01, 15.01, 17.08, 15.27, 16.60=16.32
3x3-11.50, 11.71, 10.53, 10.87, 9.85=10.97
2x2-2.57, 3.64, 3.08, 2.49, 4.29=3.10
5x5-2:16.22, 1:55.26, 1:54.62, 1:57.76, 1:59.78=1:57.60

 

[KryuzbanDmitry]

2x2:6.00, 4.86, (4.81), (DNF), 6.81 = 5.89
Pyra:4.59, (6.83), (3.43), 4.05, 5.16 = 4.60
Master Magic: (2.37), 2.89, (DNF), 2.56, 2.88 =2.78

 

[celli]

2x2: 10.36, (12.74), 09.41, 11.94, (08.73) = 10.57
3x3: (24.79), 30.56, 29.03, 28.35, (32.21) = 29.31

 

[Attila]

FMC: DNF.
This was the worst scramble for me, i could not get a good start. But later i find a 30 moves solution after 3h speculation.

 

[Kenneth]

FMC 51

Not my game this week, first I used the wrong scramble and found a nice 36 move solution, then I found out it was wrong but had not much time left. So I did a few quick almost linear attempts, that was not that good:

Spoiler

2x2x2 : B' F2 D2 R2 D B' (6)
2x2x3 : L2 F U F2 B' U B (7, 13)
P3 : U F U F' R U' R' (7, 20)
last cross : U R' F R (4, 24)
p4 : F U' F' U2 L' U' L (7, 31)
CLL : B U2 B' U2 B' R B R' (8, 39)
ELL : M U' M' U2 M U' M' (11, 50)
AUF : U (1, 51)

That was the first linear try. I did not like it so I used the same start but a little diffrent after the 2x2x2 for my second try, got two turns worse

2x2x2 : B' F2 D2 R2 D B' (6)
xx-cross : L U L2 F' L' F L F2 L' (9, 15)
P3 + EO : U L U L' U' L U2 L' (8, 23)
P4 : U2 F' U2 F U2 F' U F (8, 31)
COLL minus one move: B U2 B' F' U2 B U' B' U2 F B U2 (12, 43)
U-PLL : B U' L' R B2 R' L U' B2 (9, 52)
AUF : U' (1, 53)

 

[coinman]

3x3x3. 24.18 (26.44) 26.43 (24.09) 25.28 = 25.30

2x2x2. 6.30 (4.84) 8.00 10.18 (17.46) = 8.16
Two lucky, two normal, one screw up

 

[Attila]

FMC: DNF.
This was the worst scramble for me, i could not get a good start. But later i find a 30 moves solution after 3h speculation.

D’RDR2LUD2F’ (8) all corners -3 moves (and 2 edges),
D’R2L2UF2 (5/13) all corners -2 moves (and 5 edges),
LRFURL’B’U’ (8/21) all corners -2 moves (and 7 edges),
LU’LR’F2LR’DR (9/30) the 8. edge, M slice skip.
Out of competition!

 

[mande]

2x2: 6.37, (3.92), (8.34), 6.81, 6.17 = 6.45
3x3: 18.86, (14.97), 18.00, (26.72), 20.70 = 19.19
3x3 OH: (32.42), (46.09), 37.32, 35.14, 32.95 = 35.14

 

[cincyaviation]

3x3: 18.00, 17.47, 16.33, 16.72, 15.95 = 16.84
Meh
4x4: 1:10.80, 1:18.31, 1:15.67, 1:24.41, 1:23.49 = 1:19.16

 

[okayama]

3x3x3: (18.84), 22.19, 20.34, (26.75), 20.07 = 20.86
4th: COLL miss

2x2x2 Blindfolded: DNF [54.43], 51.31, DNS = 51.31
1st: crushed

3x3x3 Blindfolded: 2:49.87, DNS, DNS = 2:49.87

4x4x4 Blindfolded: 15:19.47, DNS, DNS = 15:19.47

5x5x5 Blindfolded: 45:51.69, DNS, DNS = 45:51.69
1st: HAHAHAHAHA, SO NICE SCRAMBLE!!!

3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded: 4/4 (36:16.42)
Ooo! Succeeded again!

3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 27 HTM

Spoiler

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

NISS solve.

(Normal)
1st 2x2x1 block: B2 U2 L2
2nd 2x2x1 block: R' D' R
Pseudo 2x2x2 block: U2

(Inverse)
Pre-scramble: U2 R' D R L2 U2 B2

2x2x2 block: F U
Siamese 2x2x2 block: F2 D F2
Tripod: U B L B' U'
All but 3 corners: L B' L' B L'
Correction: U2 R' D R L2 * U2 B2

Insert at *: L' D L U2 L' D' L U2

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike Hughey:

My non-BLD event of the week:
5x5x5: 3:25.80, 2:48.83, 2:47.21, 3:08.22, 2:43.59 = 2:54.75
Comment: Using bigcubes.com method again. At least it was sub-3 again. I suspect it’s going to get harder improving from here. But I still want to try for at least a sub-2:30 average, so I’ll keep working on it until I get there.

The BLD events:
2x2x2 BLD: 29.90, 31.11, 33.68 = 29.90
3x3x3 BLD: 1:33.43, 1:29.53, 1:28.84 = 1:28.84
4x4x4 BLD: DNF [8:54.65, 3:50], DNF [10:17.00, 4:51], 7:59.03 [4:15] = 7:59.03
Comment: First one off by 3 wings – memorized H instead of G. Second one off by 4 corners, 4 centers, and 8 wings – at one point I wasn’t sure if I had done L’ or L2, so I guessed; apparently I guessed wrong.
5x5x5 BLD: 14:38.44 [7:26], 16:10.57 [7:54], 15:17.90 [7:45] = 14:38.44
Comment: Very nice to get them all! I was much slower than I should have been because of long pauses thinking of the BH wings cases. If I ever get good at them, I should really see some nice time improvement!
3x3x3 multiBLD: 2/3 = 1 point, 8:22.52 [5:04]
Comment: Third cube had 2 corners twisted. Time was nice, though.

And non-BLD events done BLD:
2x2x2: 30.56, 22.25, DNF [34.44], 21.78, 34.50 = 29.10
Comment: Sub-30 is always good for an average. Third one had 2 corners twisted – I handled parity incorrectly.
3x3x3: 1:32.90, 2:10.05, 1:56.15, 3:54.77, 1:49.68 = 1:58.63
Comment: Fourth one had difficult corners, so when I got to the edges, I couldn’t remember them. That’s the most common cause of my forgetting edges: difficult corners.
Magic: 9.09, 9.06, 8.28, 11.06, 10.69 = 9.61
Comment: OHITABLD, of course. Nice to be sub-10 again!
Master Magic: 3.72, 4.65, 4.47, 4.71, 3.94 = 4.35
Clock: 1:57.02 [0:27], 2:06.02 [0:25], 2:01.40 [0:22], 1:58.16 [0:27], DNF [3:17.88, 0:20] = 2:01.86
Comment: Fifth one had 2 clocks off by 1. I realized I had recalled the images out of order and I went back to fix it, and almost got it right.
Pyraminx: 40.50, 54.27, DNF [54.59], 1:12.91 [1:10.91 + 2], DNF [1:12.00] = DNF
Comment: Third and fifth ones had 2 edges flipped; fourth one had one tip twisted.
Square-1: DNF [6:18.80, 2:44], 5:31.83 [2:59], DNF [5:24.21, 3:01], 5:51.41 [3:45], 6:31.43 [4:13] = DNF
Comment: So sad. Apparently I’m not getting enough practice now. It’s fascinating that I still mostly have all my memorization of the cases solid – what I’m forgetting is the algorithms!

 

[fiqnocchio]

3x3x3:

25.11, 24.92, (29.27), (24.49), 25.06 = 25.03

 

[Sebastien]

3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 28

Spoiler

NISS-Solve.
Promising First Moves: B U2 L2
Switch to inverse scramble.
Pseudo Triple-X-Cross: U2 B L' D B' U' B' U'
5-cycle: R U F U' F R' F' U'

Way to 5-cycle on normal scramble: B U2 L2 U F R F' . U F' U' R' U B U : B D' L B' U2

. = F R B R' F' R B' R' (3 moves cancelling)
: = U2 B D B' U2 B D' B' (4 moves cancelling)

Final Solution: B U2 L2 U F R2 B R' F' R B' R' U F' U' R' U B U' B D B' U2 B D2 L B' U2 - 28 moves

 

[Keroma12]

Is there a time limit for 5x5 BLD, here or in competition?