Usually, yes. But there's no WCA rule requiring a time limit. Most competition organizers set limits, which vary from competition to competition. If you think you're going to be slow for a given competition, you should probably discuss your expected solve times with the organizers to make sure you will not cause them problems.
I am committing myself to speedsolving this, and the christmas thing for the next 3 days
2011 will be the year I start again, with algs and fingertricks instead of homemade tricks and wristing
2x2BLD: 32.89 46.30 28.87 = 28.87 good 3x3BLD: dnf 02:04.63 dnf = 2:04.63 bad 4x4BLD: 9:02.81 dnf dnf = 9:02.81 bad 5x5BLD: dnf dnf dnf = DNF worse Multi: 8/10 = 6 in 57:47, memo 41:17.
Very close again, both faulty cubes had buffer + one other corner twisted.
Still so far behind the speed phantoms Daniel & Aron....
This is probably the last time I do everything for the weekly comp (assuming it's the last one of the year). I will still compete in some events probably, but not all.
Hopefully this will finish me with another 2nd place. I must be up to about 30 of them now (with 1 lone victory ) 2x2x2: 4.18, (4.28), 4.18, 4.25, (3.68) = 4.20 3x3x3: 14.04, 13.15, (15.04), 13.28, (12.63) = 13.49
Yay sub 13.5 4x4x4: (1:05.63), 1:00.18, 59.63, (58.29), 1:00.86 = 1:00.22
Not sub-1 5x5x5: 2:03.61, (2:06.45), 1:57.00, (1:52.07), 2:00.83 = 2:00.48
Not sub-2 6x6x6: 4:48.29, (4:23.05), 4:51.10, (5:45.29), 4:41.29 = 4:46.89 7x7x7: (7:02.93), (7:27.20), 7:15.48, 7:05.96, 7:20.50 = 7:13.98 2x2x2BLD: DNF, 25.47, 24.19 = 24.19
No easy scrambles 3x3x3BLD: 1:26.19, 1:05.12, 1:15.42 = 1:05.12
Nice solve 4x4x4BLD: 4:49.55 [2:01], DNF (4:42), 5:05.12 [2:04] = 4:49.55 5x5x5BLD: DNF, DNF, 13:40.57 [5:54] = 13:40.57
Almost DNFed an event MultiBLD: 9/10 42:25
Pretty scrambled cube OH: 27.75, 28.64, (26.37), (29.86), 27.00 = 27.80 Feet: 1:16.20, 1:15.93, (1:25.79), 1:20.26, (1:13.03) = 1:17.46 MTS: 44.04, 42.58, (46.12), (37.94), 41.20 = 42.61 2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4: 1:32.05 2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4+5x5x5: 3:25.11 Magic: (1.37), 1.41, 1.38, (1.87), 1.49 = 1.43 Master Magic: (3.19), 3.03, 2.83, 2.84, (2.75) = 2.90 Clock: 7.47, (7.98), 7.58, 7.68, (7.14) = 7.58 Megaminx: (1:32.60), (1:46.28), 1:41.09, 1:38.67, 1:36.55 = 1:38.77 Pyraminx: (4.59), 5.02, (7.29), 7.10, 7.24 = 6.45 Square-1: (31.99), 26.55, (24.86), 29.43, 29.80 = 28.59 FMC: 29 moves R' D' R' U' R D R' U B' D B2 L2 B U F2 U2 R F' R2 F2 U' R2 U F' U' R' U R F
Normal Scramble: D' R F R' D2 U L2 R' F2 D R2 B F R2 U2 B L' U'
2x2x2: R2 * B' D B2 L2 B (6)
2x2x3: U F2 U2 (9)
F2L-1: R F' R2 F2 (13)
F2L: U' R2 U (16)
Leave 3 corners: F' U' R' U R F (22)
Insert at *: R D' R' U' R D R' U to cancel 1 move. 22+8-1=29 moves
fmc: B2 U2 L2 F' D B' D' F D B D R B R' B' D' R D' R B2 D' B' U R' U F U' F R2 F2 (30)
niss:
nice start: B2 U2 L2
switch to inverse scramble with pre-moves [L2 U2 B2]
pseudo F2L: F2 R2 F' U F' U' R U' B D B2 R' D (13+3)
LL-edges: R' D B R B' R' D2 * (20+3)
pre-move correction: L2 U2 B2 (23)
at * insert D B' D' F' D B D' F, 1 move cancels
2x2: (7.17), 5.94, 6.26, (5.40), 6.47 = 6.22 3x3: 16.99, (15.40), 17.80, (19.80), 17.97 = :fp Comment: What is this? my best time is nearly a second slower than my average of 100. I should've picked a time when I was less of a nub. 4x4: 1:35.04, 1:16.88, 1:15.15, 1:23.97, 1:44.87 = 1:25.29 Comment: On the last one it popped, I built the centers wrong and there was PLL parity too. 5x5: 3:13.64, (3:00.32), 3:22.81, 3:35.65, (3:50.24) = 3:24.03 Comment: Ugh, quite a nasty pop on the last. 2x2 + 3x3 + 4x4 relay: = 1:56.82 2x2 + 3x3 + 4x4 + 5x5 relay: = 4:45.38 3x3 OH: (24.17), 25.27, 26.92, 26.05, (28.96) = 26.08 Comment: I gained a couple of seconds on the last, I dropped my cube on the keyboard and clicked out of the timer. Pyraminx: 12.51, (9.89), 12.22, (25.43), 9.90 = 11.54 Clock: (14.83), (DNF), 20.90, 17.64, 16.14 = 18.22
BLD: 2x2 BLD: 28.32, 37.78, DNF = 28.32 3x3 BLD: DNF, 3:08.27, 1:40.86 = 1:40.86 Comment: Lol, my aunty came in the room and started asking me what I wanted to eat. 4x4 BLD: DNF, DNF, DNF = DNF Comment: I suck at 4BLD. On the second I executed some centers before realising I was using the wrong buffer, I also labelled a center wrong. 5x5 BLD: 18:14.75, 15:43.85, DNF = 15:43.85
Comment: I was just finishing off the +-centers when I realised I labelled one wrong. I still had to execute the wings, corners and a few centers. The time when I stopped was 11 mins. 3x3 Multi BLD: 10/14 in 52:28 = 6 points Comment: I amazed myself at how much faster I go when I want to. 7x7: DNF(2:38:52), 2:46:40, DNS, DNS, DNS = DNF Comment: Happiest DNF average ever. 3x3 MTS: DNF, 4:21.07, 3:45.00, DNF, DNF = DNF Comment: Never really done this before, too confusing for me at the moment 3x3 FMC: = 116 HTM
Corners:
x2 y2 R2 D2 R U R' D2 R U' R (9) - 9
x' R' D2 R U R' D2 R U' (8) - 17
y' (R D' R D R' D' R D) U (R' D' R D R' D' R D) U (R' D' R D R' D' R D) U2 R2 (28) - 45
Edges:
x y2 M U M' U2 M U M' (11) - 56
y' z' R2 U R U R' U' R' U' R' U R' (11) - 67
E L' E' R2 E L E' R2 (12) - 79
y' M D M' U' M D' M' U (12) - 91
R' U' R U M2 U' R' U R M2 (12) - 103
y z2 R' U2 R2 U R' U' R' U2 Rw U R U' Rw' (13) - 116
FMC: 63 HTM via Human Tistlethwaite
These slice moves in the end game make it quite hard to get the notation right.
Interesting method but I definately need more HTA algs to make the corners orienting and endgame more efficient.
F B2 U' R2 B' EO and U-cross 5-5
D L2 D2 L D-cross 4-9
D B' U F2 U' B orient 2 corners 6-15
U' L' D R2 D' L orient 1 corner 6-21
D L D' R2 D L orient last two corners 6-27
D L2 D L2 sort U and D corners 4-31
U2 B2 U B2 U2 R2 U R2 Ortega pairs up corners 8-39
D U L2 U L2 R2 D' fix bad edges 7-46
L2 D2 corners 2-48 B2 B2 F2 U' B2 F2 D2 B2 F2 U' F2all but 4 centers 8-56 F2 B2 U D' R2 L2 U D' 7-63
F B2 U' R2 B' D L2 D2 L D B' U F2 U' B U' L' D R2 D' L D L D' R2 D L D L2 D L2 U2 B2 U B2 U2 R2 U R2 D U L2 U L2 R2 D' L2 D2 F2 U' B2 F2 D2 B2 F2 U' B2 U D' R2 L2 U D' 63 HTM