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Weekly competition 2011-06

3x3x3: (16.50), 18.38, (18.91), 17.24, 17.77 = 17.80 :D
6x6x6: 3:53.80, (3:44.42), 4:08.15, (4:10.71), 3:45.21 = 3:55.72
2x2x2 BLD: DNF(49.01), 35.94, DNF(39.31) = 35.94
3x3x3 BLD: DNF(2:35.58), 3:15.03, DNF(3:17.36) = 3:15.03
Multi-BLD: 3/4 in 29:23.62
First cube was off by 3 corners, video here: http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?27362-3-4-Multi-BLD

4x4x4: (1:42.90), 1:36.89, (1:20.03), 1:21.52, 1:22.49 = 1:26.97
5x5x5: (2:28.94), 2:26.54, 2:23.75, 2:25.50, (2:07.12) = 2:25.26
2x2x2-4x4x4 Relay: 1:48.12
2x2x2-5x5x5 Relay: 4:21.11
Pyraminx: 9.83, (13.97), 12.05, 8.15, (7.58) = 10.01
3x3x3 OH: 1:00.45, 55.61, (1:04.69), 57.67, (53.18) = 57.91
Skewb: (41.62), 25.52, (7.85), 32.34, 23.34 = 27.07
 
4x4x4 Blindfolded: DNF [23:01.65], 24:05.50,

5x5x5 Blindfolded: 35:57.16,
1st: memo 16:30 or so, how slow my execution is ...

3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded: 4/4 (30:46.79)

3x3x3 Fewest Moves: DNF
Couldn't finish in time again. :( :(

After 1-hour I found the following solution:

Scramble: B2 U2 R' D2 R2 U' L D2 F L2 B' R' B2 R B2 D2 F' R'
Solution: L D F2 D2 L D R' u R D2 R' u' R B D2 B' D' F L F2 D F' L U2 R F2 L R' (28 HTM)

(For inverse scramble)
Pre-scramble: L' D2 F2 D' L'

2x2x2 block: R L' F2 R' U2
2x2x3 block: L' F2
F2L minus 1 slot: F' D' F2 L' F'
All but 3 c/e pairs: D B D2 B' * D
Correction: L' D2 F2 D' L'

Insert at *: R' u R D2 R' u' R D2
 
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2x2: (3.11), 3.34, 4.38, 4.02, (6.50) = 3.91
3x3: 17.71, 16.21, (15.34), (17.63), 15.84 = 16.56
Comment: Fail.
4x4: 1:29.77, 1:20.69, 1:36.31, (1:19.25), (1:52.00) = 1:28.92
Comment: Very good, would've been PB if the last solve was good.
5x5: (3:10.47), 3:13.52, 3:24.16, (DNF(2:53.68)), 3:14.15 = 3:17.28
2x2 BLD: 11.80+, 16.96+, 15.68+ = 11.80
Comment: Awesome, and almost a sub-10.
3x3 OH: (DNF(17.00)), (29.19), 38.97, 34.53, 35.55 = 36.35
Comment: Pretty bad, I accidentally did the first solve 2H. :fp
3x3 FMC: 44 moves HTM
Scramble: B2 U2 R' D2 R2 U' L D2 F L2 B' R' B2 R B2 D2 F' R'
Solution: U' L U L' B L B2 U' B F' L2 D' L' U L U' D' F L F2 D2 F L2 D' L' B D B' L' B' L B F' L' F U2 R B' L B L' B R' U2

2x2x3 Block: U' L U L' B L B2 U' B F' L2 D' L' U L U' (16/16)
Finish F2l (cancel into OLL): D' F L F2 D2 F L2 D' L' (9/25)
OLL: B D B' L' B' L B (7/32)
PLL: F' L' F U2 R B' L B L' B R' U2 (12/44)

Comment: Okay solution. I found this fairly early, and the time run out while I was looking for another one.
Pyraminx: 8.84, 7.77, (9.41), 7.59, (7.33) = 8.07
Comment: Whoa, nice scrambles, insane average for me.
 
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2x2x2: 10.04, (11.67), 11.12, (8.93), 11.36 = 10.84
3x3x3: (28.06), 34.67, (53.42), 32.70, 35.88 = 34.42
(bad A-Perm on third solve - otherwise OK for me I guess :( )
4x4x4: 2:10.38, 2:18.38, (2:57.46), (1:49.15), 2:11.52 = 2:13.43
5x5x5: (3:30.38), 3:54.25, 4:36.09, 3:43.46, (5:09.03) = 4:04.60
6x6x6: (10:55.07), 7:53.16, 7:02.60, (6:36.31), 7:51.69 = 7:35.82
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay: 3:01.91
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Relay: 7:42.35

3OH: 59.86, 57.22, (1:17.00), (39.03), 1:03.09 = 1:00.06

Master Magic: 6.06, 6.60, (10.73), (5.70), 7.52 = 6.73

Square-1: 1:30.12, (1:13.12), 1:29.84, 1:40.31, (3:09.57) = 1:33.42
(I've been trying very hard to learn some algorithms to improve things but I was struck with 5 -ve parities and I just plain couldn't get to square on the last solve :( )
Skewb: (39.77), 1:15.03, (1:15.52), 45.99+, 54.32+ = 58.45
PyraMinx: (17.99), 17.77, (12.59), 15.09, 16.71 = 16.52
MegaMinx: (4:27.07), 4:29.36, 4:59.67, (5:25.37), 5:00.01 = 4:49.68
 
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DNFMC : 53 MTM (massive turn metric)

2x2x2 : D R' B L' D (5)
xx-cross : F' R U R' U F2 U' R2 F2 (9, 14)
p3 : L' U' L U R' U' R (7, 21)
p4 : U2 F U F' (4, 25)
CLL + 2xCO : R' U2 R U2 R B' R' B (8, 33)
ELL!!! : S' U S' U2 S' U' S U S' U2 S U' S2 (20, 53)

:/ :/ :/

I just hated getting that case and I did not bother to try more, see this as a way to type "DNF" :P

Seriously, Mats prg likes it not, so...

FMC 53
 
2x2: 3.80 - 3.38, 3.93, (5.91), 4.08, (2.36)
3x3: 13.01 - 12.56, (10.94), (14.15), 13.91, 12.55 | arg.
4x4:
Pyra: 4.30 -(4.81), 4.18, 4.16, 4.56, (3.22) | not bad
Mega:
3OH: 25.06 - 23.43, 26.96, 24.80, (28.52), (20.31)
 
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Xishem said:
FMC: 53
Scramble: B2 U2 R' D2 R2 U' L D2 F L2 B' R' B2 R B2 D2 F' R'

1x2x3: x' R' D r B' R L2 x2 y (6/6)
1x2x3: U2 R2 U r U r2 U R' F R F' U r' U' R (15/21)
DF/DB Edges: U' M' U M' (6/27)
OLL: y R U R' U R U' R' U' R' F R (11/38)
Cancellation: F2 (1/39)
PLL: (V Perm) y' U R' U' y R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R F (13/52)
AUF: U (1/53)

I really don't understand FMC. Are there any basic overviews of general techniques anywhere? I've tried searching, but found little to nothing.
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There is the FMC home thread:
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?13599-The-FMC-thread

And a great write up on FMC techniques by AVG:
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?1566-Fewest-Moves-Tips-and-Techniques

I also reccommend spending some time analysing the solutions of other people and try to understand what they are doing.
This is especially helpfull for things like pre-moves, NISS and insertions.

As Arnaud also mentions between the lines, you do not perse need to know a lot of algs to get decent FMC results.
I think knowledge of blockbuilding and EO (as in Petrus and heise) and commutators beats brute force algorithms.
OK, some of the really good guys also study the LL cases up to the 10 move algs but these guys are extraordinary ;-)
 
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Mike Hughey:

2x2x2: 7.84, 10.16, 8.52, 8.03, 8.15 = 8.23
3x3x3: 21.68, 23.63, 22.69, 22.36, 25.66 = 22.89
4x4x4: 1:32.15 [OP], 1:30.12 [OP], 1:15.95 [P], 1:36.61 [OP], 1:17.17 = 1:23.15
Comment: Surprisingly good for me, especially considering the parity was kind of poor. It helped on the third solve that the PLL was just parity, though.
5x5x5: 2:09.34, 2:47.34, 2:29.21, 2:38.40, 2:45.07 = 2:37.56
6x6x6: 5:35.22 [P], 4:55.27 [O], 5:09.99 [P], 5:28.02 [OP], 5:56.32 [OP] = 5:24.41
7x7x7: 7:38.72, 7:44.15, 7:30.82, 7:29.58, 7:37.63 = 7:35.72
2x2x2 BLD: 28.75, 19.16, 22.27 = 19.16
3x3x3 BLD: 1:55.65, 2:18.02, 1:57.22 = 1:55.65
Comment: All three had terrible memory recall pauses.
4x4x4 BLD: 8:22.15 [4:19], 11:27.27 [6:39], DNF [9:26.10, 4:00] = 8:22.15
Comment: Third one off by 2 wings; I recalled the wrong image and thought I had memorized the same piece twice, so I shifted everything by one. Not a bad time considering that, for me.
5x5x5 BLD: 14:10.77 [7:19], DNF [15:17.00, 7:24], 12:46.85 [6:32] = 12:46.85
Comment: Second one off by 2 + centers – it appears I both memorized them wrong, and then executed that incorrect memorization incorrectly. Third one is one of my fastest solves ever; I’m not really sure what my PB is, though, since I’m shooting for trying to beat Chris, and he’s still almost two minutes better than me on a good solve.
The third one is the best reorient I recall ever having: 6 solved centers became 19!
6x6x6 BLD: DNF [33:33.62, 15:52]
Comment: Ugh. I've really had a rotten record with bigger cubes BLD this year so far. I hope next week I'll turn the corner. This one was off by 2 inner X centers (I remembered the letter correctly, but thought of the wrong piece for it and shot to the wrong piece) and 3 outer wings (I memorized D instead of C for one piece, memorizing D twice). Terrible!
7x7x7 BLD: DNF [46:05.79, 22:15]
Comment: Yet another close one; yet another DNF. :( Off by just 2 obliques; I’m not sure what was wrong – I reapplied the scramble and checked my memorization and it was correct, and then I tried performing the same execution I remembered doing in the original solve, and it came out correct. Apparently somewhere I did something different from what I remember doing.
3x3x3 multiBLD: 6/9 = 3 points, 40:28.23 [26:19]
Comment: Again I fail with 9 cubes; it’s getting ridiculous. On the sixth cube, I forgot to do a T perm for parity; I remembered later that I might have forgotten one, but I wasn’t sure so I didn’t go back and fix it. Seventh cube was off by 3 corners because I remembered two images out of order. Eighth cube was off by 2 edges flipped – I mismemorized.
3x3x3 OH: 49.53, 46.06, 39.94, 39.72, 43.34 = 43.11
Comment: Good for me.
3x3x3 WF: 1:38.28, 1:36.83, 1:43.22, 2:06.84, 1:51.63 = 1:44.38
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:27.46, 1:14.19, 1:09.02, 1:31.15, 1:15.02 = 1:18.89
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 34 moves
D R’ B L’ D B’ R’ B2 U’ B’ R F’ R’ F R2 F2 R2 F2 R2 D R2 D’ U’ B2 D B D’ B2 U F’ U’ B’ U F

2x2x2: D R’ B L’ D
2x2x3: B’ R’ B2 U’ B’
3x cross: R F’ R’ F R2 F2 R2 F2
4th pair: R2 D R2 D’
pseudo OLL: U’ B2 D B D’ B U
last 3 corners: U’ B U F’ U’ B’ U F
B U U’ B become B2 before last 3 corners.
Comment: I found this in just 16 minutes. The rest of my time was completely wasted; I could find nothing else nearly this good.
2-4 relay: 2:04.55 [OP]
2-5 relay: 4:40.14 [P]
Magic: 11.19, 12.58, 12.09, 9.25, 10.22 = 11.17
Comment: OHITABLD, of course. I guess I need to practice a little.
Master Magic: 3.84, 3.65, 5.05, 4.06, 5.09 = 4.32
Clock: 2:37.56 [0:33], 17.43, 16.63, 17.28, 18.68 = 17.80
MegaMinx: 3:18.86, 3:51.80, 2:58.38, 3:25.56, 2:52.28 = 3:14.27
Pyraminx: 1:35.94, 18.09, 12.72, 14.47, 12.21 = 15.09
Square-1: 4:53.34 [2:47], 1:02.33, 30.66, 48.11 [P], 36.28 [P] = 48.91
Skewb: 3:03.19 [1:47], 14.65, 19.53, 24.68, 18.44 = 20.88
 
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Mike Hughey said:
Mike Hughey:
5x5x5 BLD: 14:10.77 [7:19], DNF [15:17.00, 7:24], 12:46.85 [6:32] = 12:46.85
Comment: Second one off by 2 + centers – it appears I both memorized them wrong, and then executed that incorrect memorization incorrectly. Third one is one of my fastest solves ever; I’m not really sure what my PB is, though, since I’m shooting for trying to beat Chris, and he’s still almost two minutes better than me on a good solve.
The third one is the best reorient I recall ever having: 6 solved centers became 19!
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Mike, I wanted to send you my congratulations for the nice solve! I remember you getting sub-13 in another competition before, but I don't remember which one. I know it must feel really nice to add another notch on your sub-13 belt :D

As to our friendly competition, you totally have me beat on the official solves! Look at my time from US Nationals last year. I completely panicked and broke down on that last solve, knowing it was my last and only chance. Getting nice times at home is one thing, getting them in competition is the more impressive thing. I found the line that you were trying to catch up to me funny, only because I'm trying to catch up to you in competition! ;) Funny how it all works out that way I guess.

As to the time improvement this week, recently a friend of mine has been teaching me to sculpt with clay. I've never really done anything artistic before, so I'm trying to open my mind to new things. One of the things about sculpting that my friend told me is that sometimes you push on the clay (to make it do what you want) and sometimes the clay pushes on you (it doesn't want to do what you want it to do). I've been trying to apply this philosophy to my BLD cubing, and I think this is part of the reason why my times improved. I feel that my old style of solving was just GOGOGOGOGOGOO OMG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh!!!!!!!!!!

Solving that way though is me pushing as hard as I can on the clay, and it is pushing just as hard back on me. Nobody goes anywhere that way. Now I am letting the clay push back on me, really the cube push back on me, and that way there is more of a synergy in my solves. I know it sounds weird, but I tried to meditate on / ponder over this idea before each of my solves this week, and it helped!
 
Hi Chris, you may have a good point there.

Something relating to meditation /mindfullness:
Studies have shown that meditation increase grey brain mass density.
Higher grey brain mass density is associated with improvements in memory and learning ability.

Here's an article I came across a few weeks ago.
Used tinyurl because the original adress was 400+ characters...

http://tinyurl.com/mindfullness
 
2x2x2: (15.34) - 11.11 - 14.75 - (10.33) - 10.42 = 12.09
3x3x3: 41.66 - (41.17) - 44.85 - (46.41) - 45.71 = 44.07 (NOT HAPPY! all week been avg35 secs)
4x4x4: 2:09.88 - (1:51.41) - 2:22.25 - 2:20.58 - (2:30.62) = 2:17.57 (YAY! sub 2-minute solve & 40sec faster than last week)
5x5x5: (4:10.69) - 4:32.80 - 4:10.88 - (4:46.51) - 4:21.74 = 4:21.81 (lost it completely in edge pairing on the 4:46.51)
2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4: 3:55.37
2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4+5x5x5: 8:57.99 (Lost so much on the 2x2x2, messed up PBL twice)
Magic: 2.42 - 2.52 - (2.09) - (3.55) - 2.45 = 2.46
Megaminx: 3:22.59 - 3:41.98 - (3:46.49) - (3:13.02) - 3:34.96 = 3:33.18
Pyraminx: 24.21 - (26.59) - 23.22 - (16.86) - 24.55 = 23.99
Square-1: (1:43.00) - 2:00.63 - (3:11.91) - 2:54.04 - 1:57.61 = 2:17.61
Skewb: 25.72 - (46.99) - 37.85 - (DNF) - 29.52 = 38.12 (AAARGH! Center pop.)

Good week this week!
 
2x2: 16.24 13.91 10.32 8.74 15.37 = 13.20 very good, simple scrambles
3x3: 40.30 59.36 36.34 49.04 49.74 = 46.36 normal
4x4: 2:57.90 3:40.93 3:15.41 2:58.96 2:17.61 = 3:04.09

Bld
2x2BLD: 40.56 29.03 34.22 = 29.03
3x3BLD: 2:26.78 2:08.45 1:50.24 = 1:50.24
4x4BLD: dnf 8:35.09 dnf = 8:35.09
5x5BLD: dnf 20:32 17:06 = 17:06
6x6BLD: dnf
7x7BLD: dnf
Multi: 9/10 = 8 in 56:19, memo 39:30 ca.
Only two flipped edges on the last cube I solved. Oooh, so close. A pity.
 
On time? YES

2x2x2: 7.68 6.03 9.68 7.21 7.18
3x3x3: 23.06 20.09 26.81 19.68 22.81
4x4x4: 1:16.88 1:11.21 1:19.68 1:08.22 1:09.65
5x5x5: 2:12.80 2:08.58 1:55.59 1:48.63 2:02.27
6x6x6: 3:47.18 4:15.34 4:21.28 4:04.33 3:52.55
7x7x7: 6:13.72 5:54.03 6:08.15 5:52.91 6:10.93
2x2x2 Blindfolded: 1:25.34 56.83 DNF
3x3x3 Blindfolded: DNF 4:44.84 DNF
3x3x3 One Handed: 33.06 40.97 44.71 39.28 42.93
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 54.96 1:07.18 56.59 1:02.91 1:39.77
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 Relay: 2:05.15
2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Relay: 3:44.31
Magic: 1.66 1.55 1.69 3.13 2.16
Master Magic: 5.88 4.38 4.68 4.58 5.63
Clock: 17.06 15.72 18.52 21.52 14.05
MegaMinx: 2:23.72 2:42.30 2:56.49 2:46.50 3:07.91
Pyraminx: 14.72 14.02 12.93 13.44 9.84
Square-1: 1:00.15 1:04.15 1:15.05 1:02.15 1:16.63
 
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