2x2: 18.12 18.17 28.39 19.13 25.76 = 21.02 3x3: 41.76 42.94 45.18 42.49 47.86 = 43.54 4x4: 3:35.68 3:11.31 3:16.12 3:14.84 2:59.95 = 3:14.09
if it at least had been 3:14.15
BLD 2x2BLD: 39.43 64.53 23.49 = 23.49 the good, the bad and the ugly (not in that order) 3x3BLD: 1:55.62 dnf (forgot to do the flips) 2:07.94 = 1:55.62 ok 4x4BLD: dnf dnf dnf = dnf
first two centers off, second disturbed and interrupted, third plain bad 5x5BLD: dnf 19:59.91 15:39.11 = 15:39.11 bad, ok, good 6x6BLD: 39:29.06 Whohooa!! Sub 40!!!! PB with a couple of minutes! Memo 23:30 7x7BLD: dnf not too bad Multi: 7/10 = 4 in 57:29 (memo 39:45)
Cubes BLD were pretty accurate this week (21/23 solved!). Megaminx BLD was a disaster, though. Overall, it was a pretty good week for me, I think.
Mike Hughey:
2x2x2:7.10, 7.33, 9.42, 7.50, 7.85 = 7.56 3x3x3: 21.12, 19.31, 19.98, 27.63, 23.82 = 21.64
Comment: It’s interesting how this is often the single most important event for my point total in a given week. This week it came out really good for me. 4x4x4: 1:46.22 [OP], 1:37.28 [OP], 1:43.05 [O], 1:49.73 [OP], 1:39.43 [OP] = 1:42.90
Comment: Ugh. 9 out of 10 parities. 5x5x5:2:29.71, 2:35.08, 2:36.68, 2:52.61, 2:37.87 = 2:38.39 6x6x6:6:07.41 [OP], 5:51.49 [OP], 5:06.26 [P], 5:07.44 [P], 5:42.78 [OP] = 5:33.90
Comment: And 8 out of 10 parities here. Horrible. 7x7x7:7:37.03, 7:18.88, 7:08.02, 7:20.50, 7:03.92 = 7:15.80
Comment: Good average for me. 2x2x2 BLD: 24.21, 29.70, 32.03 = 24.21 3x3x3 BLD: DNF [1:24.78], 1:54.47, 1:45.03 = 1:45.03
Comment: Why did I have to miss that first one? It was really easy, too. Somehow it wound up scrambled. Second and third scrambles were also both very easy, but in both cases, I got stuck unable to remember the last image for the edges for a while, and lost probably 30 seconds on each solve. So disappointing. 4x4x4 BLD: 7:21.31 [3:46], 8:29.98 [4:11], 8:53.90 [5:11] = 7:21.31 5x5x5 BLD: 17:23.17 [10:15], 14:37.11 [8:03], DNF [16:39.00, 9:41] = 14:37.11
Comment: Third one off by just 2 + centers – it was a simple memorization mistake; I looked at U and memorized O instead of U. Really strange mistake – I’m sure it’s the first time I’ve ever done that; I would never normally confuse O and U. 6x6x6 BLD:35:05.99 [16:16]
Comment: Somewhat slow, but not too bad, I guess. I made a couple of mistakes along the way and had to backtrack, so execution was kind of bad. 7x7x7 BLD:53:28.80 [29:40]
Comment: Here the problem was memorization – I couldn’t get it to stick, so I had to refresh an extra time. But it really paid off – execution was pretty good. A nice reorient (30 pieces solved). My first successful 7x7x7 BLD this year! Finally!!! 3x3x3 multiBLD:9/9 = 9 points, 42:52.89 [29:02]
Comment: Nice to finally get it. Now I can go for more starting next week. 3x3x3 OH: 49.86, 53.05, 49.43, 45.11, 34.65 = 48.13 3x3x3 WF: 1:43.84, 1:31.55, 2:03.06, 1:42.46, 1:45.69 = 1:44.00 3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:24.70, 1:21.39, 1:16.75, 1:14.74, 1:28.63 = 1:20.95 3x3x3 Fewest Moves:37 moves
L R U2 D R2 F2 L F2 U2 L’ U L U L’ U F U F’ U B2 D’ B U2 B’ D B2 R’ F’ U’ F U R B F’ U2 B’ F
Premoves: B F’ U2 B’ F
X cross: L R U2 D R2
2nd pair: F2 L F2 U2 L’
3rd pair: U L U L’ U F U F’
4th pair: U B’ U2 . B
pseudo OLL: R’ F’ U’ F U R
insert at .: U2 B’ D’ B U2 B’ D B
B’ U2 U2 B’ become B2 before insertion; B B become B2 after insertion.
Comment: Somewhat nice insertion for a change. I really had trouble with this scramble; I found this not very good solution very close to the end of the hour.
2-4 relay:1:56.48 2-5 relay:4:46.08 [OP] Magic: 10.31, 9.47, 10.41, 10.03, 8.71 = 9.94
Comment: OHITABLD, of course. Master Magic: 4.15, 3.41, 3.88, 4.21, 4.52 = 4.08 Clock:2:20.19 [0:27], 20.66, 21.72, 17.65, 17.84 = 20.07 MegaMinx:DNF [41:21.28, 20:22], 3:10.17, 3:32.04, 3:17.38, 2:45.14 = 3:19.86
Comment: BLD solve off by 8 corners and 11 edges. I realized at the end that I had missed at least one cycle of edges when memorizing. It was okay, though, because I must have messed up setup moves somewhere. One thing I don’t like about megaminx is that it seems like my DNFs are a lot more scrambled than they are on cubes. Pyraminx:DNF [1:35.21], 19.75, 15.80, 16.08, 20.69 = 18.84
Comment: On the BLD solve I performed the edge flip algorithm wrong, so it was pretty scrambled. Square-1:7:58.00 [5:33], 27.55, 47.61, 28.91, 39.58 [P] = 38.70
Comment: BLD solve was case DA; I couldn’t remember the memo for it for a while. I eventually got it, though, and execution was pretty reasonable, so I’m happy. Skewb:4:28.31 [2:20], 24.11, 10.66, 19.52, 16.16 = 19.93
Comment: Slow on BLD; it’s really hard to stay good at BLD for all the puzzles at the same time! One practice solve a week on each one just isn’t enough. For a lot of the puzzles (like skewb), I actually use BLD solving memo techniques just to remember the algs that I need to solve them.
@Mats and Chris: Some great results this week! Chris, you’re insane at 4x4x4 BLD. Mats, it’s really hard to stay ahead of you – you’re always close. And you beat me at 2x2x2 BLD this week! Very nice!
U L' U' R B R L F B2 R' B' R D2 F D' F' R' F' B R2 F B' D L2 F' D' F L2 B' U B' U' B
I found this in about 45 minutes, but I couldn't find anything better in the next 15 minutes. Although I did spend more time with the scramble and found a sweet solution which I will post in the FMC thread.