Scramble: D2 U2 L2 U2 F' R' U L2 D2 U2 F' U2 B' R2 U' B D U'
Solution: D' F U L' F' L D F' B2 R2 B' R' F R B R' D' B' L B L' R' D R2 U R' D' R U' R'
D' F U L' F' L 2x2x2 = 6 / 6
D F' B2 R . F Siamese XXcross +1 pair = 5 / 11
D' B' L B L' Sledge hammer for some EO = 5 / 16
R' D R .. D' all but 4 corners = 4 / 20
2x2x2: 6.91, 10.03, 6.09, 4.38, 8.25 = 7.08
Comment: Nice! Fourth scramble was really good for Guimond. 3x3x3: 21.16, 19.84, 24.90, 22.30, 22.40 = 21.95 4x4x4: 1:33.20 [P], 1:33.95 [O], 1:19.38, 1:34.35 [OP], 1:37.08 = 1:33.83 5x5x5: 2:40.57, 2:35.29, 2:42.43, 2:48.90, 2:32.19 = 2:39.43
Comment: Practicing freeslice too much made me bad at AvG. 6x6x6: 5:12.50, 5:38.20 [O], 4:56.03, 5:01.20, 4:47.67 = 5:03.24
Comment: Only one parity in 5 solves - very nice! 7x7x7: 8:00.39, 8:33.70, 7:22.94, 7:35.03, 7:30.27 = 7:41.90 2x2x2 BLD: 24.92, 41.97, 30.96 = 24.92 3x3x3 BLD: 1:36.64, 1:46.53, DNF [2:12.07] = 1:36.64
Comment: Third one off by 3 corners. 4x4x4 BLD: DNF [9:17.20, 4:15], 9:38.94 [5:50], 6:21.12 [2:55] = 6:21.12
Comment: First one off by 3 centers - memorized H instead of L. 5x5x5 BLD: 15:16.90 [7:15], 13:34.70 [6:58], 20:00.62 [11:48] = 13:34.70
Comment: Second one was so comfortable and easy. On the third one, the memorization just wouldn't stick. 6x6x6 BLD:DNF [28:08.30, 13:48]
Comment: Off by 3 left obliques. Pretty nice time, though. 7x7x7 BLD:51:49.79 [26:46]
Comment: It had a very nice reorient, but memorization was slow, and execution was particularly difficult, I thought. Still very nice to get it, though. 3x3x3 multiBLD:9/11 = 7 points, 56:43.82 [40:24]
Comment: Third one off by 3 edges - executed commutator the wrong direction; fifth one off by 3 edges - memorized F instead of H. At least I've been getting close. 3x3x3 OH:47.43, 45.06, 40.63, 42.03, 44.34 = 43.81 3x3x3 WF:2:09.80, 1:35.50, 1:46.03, 1:46.68, 1:09.61 = 1:42.74
Comment: Last one had 8 move OLL and a PLL skip! 3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:45.79, 1:18.58, 1:30.43, 1:28.04, DNF = 1:34.75
Comment: On the last one, six edges were wrong. I have no idea what I did wrong - I was sure it was correct until I checked it afterwards. 3x3x3 Fewest Moves:35 moves
R2 B2 R2 U F' D' F D2 F L R F' R' B2 R F R' B2 D L' D' F' L' R D R' L D B2 D L' D2 L D U'
start with regular scramble, premove U':
2x2x2: R2 B2 R2 U
2x2x3: F' D' F
switch to inverse scramble:
2x cross, set up pairs: D' L' D2 L D' B2
solve last 2 pairs: D' L' R D' R' L
pseudo OLL: F D L D' . L' F' D2
insert at .: B2 R F' R' B2 R F R'
Comment: Hey, I tied Chris!
2-4 relay:2:15.79 [P] 2-5 relay:4:52.20 [OP]
Comment: Awesome 2x2x2 and 5x5x5 - they totaled 2:36. But the 4x4x4 was horrible. Magic: 12.02, 12.18, 12.63, 8.50, 13.93 = 12.28
Comment: OHITABLD, of course. I was experimenting with picking it up differently; I think it's an improvement, but I'm still getting used to it. Master Magic: 3.84, 3.27, 3.55, 4.44, 4.94 = 3.94
Comment: I think the 3.27 might be a PB. Clock:1:57.22 [0:24], 14.83, 19.58, 20.06, 23.08 = 20.91 MegaMinx:DNF [43:50.41, 22:36], 3:20.60, 2:59.26, 3:09.48, 3:17.75 = 3:15.94
Comment: BLD solve off by 5 edges and 9 corners. One face turn fixed 4 corners, so I suspect it might be that my only mistake was a single undo of a setup turn on that face - all the edges on that face shot to the wrong place, and the corners went the wrong places too. Pyraminx:1:43.63, 11.77, 18.58, 12.55, 13.90 = 15.01
Comment: BLD solve was a really hard scramble for me - I'm glad I got it right! Square-1:6:37.08 [2:44], 47.03, 38.47 [P], 1:01.81, 29.93 = 49.10
Comment: BLD solve was case QV; I had to correct a mistake getting to square and then another mistake in an algorithm; I was so amazed that it was still successful! I've been practicing square-1 since these solves - I have high hopes that my times will get a lot better next week. Skewb:DNF [3:39.18, 1:52], 23.72, 18.46, 21.38, 16.94 = 21.19
Comment: BLD solve was completely scrambled - I have no idea what I did wrong.
Rebecca Hughey: 3x3x3 BLD: DNF [6:xx], DNF [7:xx], DNS yet = DNF
Comment: Rebecca will do the third one tomorrow if she has time. She had to use the stopwatch after the solve for tests she was taking, so unfortunately we didn't get her exact times recorded.
2x2x2: 5.42 - 12.44 - 9.89 - 9.88 - 10.20 = 9.99 (PB single!)
3x3x3: (26.02) - 22.51 - 25.55 - 23.51 - (20.91) = 23.86 (Sub 25!)
4x4x4: 2:10.89 - (2:12.72) - 2:02.07 - 1:58.04 - (1:55.66) = 2:03.67 (I HATE Z-PERMS!! three of them - first 3 solves)
5x5x5: 4:14.56 - 3:46.50 - (4:18.94) - (3:35.11) - 4:09.20 = 4:03.42
3x3x3OH: 1:07.20 - 1:11.86 - 1:23.45 - 1:01.91 - 1:11.11 = 1:10.06 (2 lol times [12345 & 11111] and a PB single!)
3x3x3MTS: 2:39.42 - 2:10.88 - 2:28.23 - 1:54.09 - 2:57.72 = 2:26.18
2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4: 2:59.37
2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4+5x5x5: 6:23.70 (Fastest I've ever done it, by over 30 seconds!!)
Magic: 1.93 - (2.27) - 1.90 - 1.80 - (1.75) = 1.88 (Last 2 were PB singles)
Clock: 1:11.52 - (1:15.46) - (47.14) - 1:02.00 - 48.69 = 1:00.74 (PB avg and single)
Megaminx: 2:49.89 - 2:54.03 - 2:42.56 - 3:04.17 - 2:44.98 = 2:51.13 (Sub-3 PB Avg by a long way and a PB single!)
Pyraminx: (15.81) - 13.81 - 14.17 - 13.60 - (11.88) = 13.86
Square-1: 2:15.93 - 1:20.14 - 1:49.43 - 1:22.39 - 1:33.08 = 1:34.97 (Actually quite a good average for me)
Skewb: 9.80 - (15.00) - 14.36 - (4.32) - 12.66 = 12.27
FMC: 57
L' D' R U' F' L2 U L (8/8)
R2 L D' R2 L2 D L D2 L' D' R' L (12/20)
D L' D2 L D' L' D' L D' L' D L (12/32)
L' D2 L2 D' L2 D' L2 D2 L D2 (10/42)
F D2 F D2 B D' F' D B' D' B D' F D B' (15/57)
7x7x7 BLD:51:49.79 [26:46]
Comment: It had a very nice reorient, but memorization was slow, and execution was particularly difficult, I thought. Still very nice to get it, though.
2x2x2 BLD: 29.18, 44.60, 45.00 = 29.18 3x3x3 BLD: 1:47.92, 1:47.16, DNF [3:32] = 1:47.16 4x4x4 BLD: 10:17 [6:29], 7:18.26 [3:58], dnf [6:35, 2:58] = 7:18.26 5x5x5 BLD: dnf [18:48, 11:35], 14:55.06 [8:32], dnf [15:30, 8:02] = 14:55.06
Very good, but the third could have been my first sub-14. Memoed just a little too little.
I did not manage to recall one sentence for +-centers. Now it does not matter as I made a sub-14 among the ordinary 5x5. 6x6x6 BLD:DNF [42:36, 25:56] 7x7x7 BLD:DNF [1:19.10, 43:54]
Tried reorientation with parity for the first time (thanks Henrik/Lars ).
I did not really know how to handle that (what to do with the +centers and the two last edges)
so I handled them differently. Solved the centers but memoed the edges (as after the swap).
It was real fun to do and it worked ok. I had two centers off at the end of the solve, but a whole
bunch of edges. Must have lost orientation somewhere at the outer edges as I ended with F up and L in front. 3x3x3 multiBLD:1/10 = dnf, 55 minutes
The worst Multi ever. After 45 minutes memo I was not through memo, started to
solve anyway. Managed to solve two cubes (one faulty) and could not remember
all the way through the others so I acutally quit with five minutes to go and five cubes untouched.
Memo and invention of sentences did not work at all (and there were loads of flips and twists too )
I remember it being over 30, but I don't remember exactly. The numbers 31 and 33 stick out in my mind - it must have been 31 or 33.
I should really try reorienting with parity sometime; it does seem like it wouldn't be all that hard to do. I was planning on going the same way you went - solve + centers instead. I was wondering about doing corners - since I had a solve where all I had was corners and 4 centers wrong, it must be possible to have an algorithm that fixes that, and it seems like that would be easier to understand.
fmc: D2 B2 U' B D' B' D2 F L2 F' U D2 B2 D B D L D B2 D' B' R' D' B' L R B D (28)
solve on inverse scramble with pre-move D2
F2l-1: D' B' R' L' B D R B D B2 D' L' D' (13+1)
F2L: B' D' B2 D (17+1)
LL: D U' F L2 F' D2 B D B' U B2 (27+1)
premove correction: D2 (28)
