Weekly competition 2011-19

[ethancrook99]

3x3: 32.21, 33.87, 25.81, 26.85, 33.23=30.76 terrible by my standards
Might enter another one later.

 

[emolover]

Had a bit of time to spare tonight, so came back to my old FMC practice-ground here in the weekly comp
FMC: 28 moves B D R2 F B2 U B' R2 F D2 F' U2 F D2 F' B' U' B' U B' U' R B R' U2 R B R'

Spoiler

Scramble: D2 U L U2 L' F' L2 B2 R D' B R' U2 R2 U' B F
2x2x2: B D R2 F
2x2x3: B2 U B' R2
Switch to inverse scramble
EO and 2x2x3 block R B' R' U2 R B' R'
Solve edges, leaving 3 corners: U B U' B U B U2
This gives skeleton of: B D R2 F B2 U B' R2 * U2 B' U' B' U B' U' R B R' U2 R B R'
Insert F D2 F' U2 F D2 F' U2 at * to cancel 2 moves
Nothing particularly interesting at all really. Totally standard.

Your solution amazes me!

 

[irontwig]

3x3 FMC: 31 moves

Spoiler

B D R2 F R B2 U B' R U' L U2 R L' U' B' U B U2 B L' B' L F R B' R' F' R B R'

2x2: B D R2 F
F2L-1: R B2 U B' R U' L U2 R L'
Leave 3 corners: U' B' U B U2 B L' B' L
Solve 3 corners: F R B' R' F' R B R'

tried and could not find a useful insertion..probably just me though
still really happy with a result of 31

Spoiler

Ending with L' B' L F' L' B L F instead results in 28 moves

 

[janelle]

2x2x2
5.56, 5.27, 6.41, (4.27), (6.62)
Average of 5: 5.74

3x3x3
17.17, 18.90, (15.98), (20.94), 17.84
Average of 5: 17.97

3x3x3 OH
32.55, 30.03, (35.81), (29.47), 32.33
Average of 5: 31.64

Magic
(1.37), 1.93, 1.47, (2.53), 1.38
Average of 5: 1.59

 

[Georgeanderre]

2x2 - 11.68+ (18.38+) (9.22) 12.69 13.39 = 13.07
Comment : slow...
3x3 - 31.65+ 33.30 28.76 (28.12) (1:10.80) = 38.53
Comment : my first ever pop on 3x3 =)
4x4 - (1:55.19) DNF 2:11.94 2:20.31 (2:50.97) = 2:19.60
Comment : slow...also
7x7 - 8:39.13 8:59.63+ (9:45.70) 8:38.92 (7:46.59) = 8:45.99
Comment : want sub 9 average this week and maybe single sub 8 ... good first solve, second one was lucky with the +2, third was bad, pop shower and miss-alignment heaven , fourth one was good, need sub 9 on last solve, last one was my last chance at sub 8 and when i saw the timer i literally froze + first sub 8 A05 on 7x7#
2x2 BLD - (2:49.23 DNF) 30.84+ (2:04.92 DNF) = DNF?
Comment : 1- 2 corners off, longish memo, 2- virtually no memo so went for it straight away, and got it right , 3- after 3rd setup move did r' instead of r, messed up everything somehow
- want to try 3x3 BLD in the next few weeks, times will be astronomical though, lol
3x3 OH - 1:04.22 (1:00.73) (1:15.78) 1:15.07 1:05.98 = 1:08.36
Comment : getting better but still not sub 1 =(
3x3 MTS -
Comment :
3x3 FMC - 47 Moves

Spoiler

B D R2 F
B2 U B' R2
U' B U B U' B' U B'
U' R' U' R U2 B U2 B' U B U' B'
L' U' B U L U' L' B' L
L' U' L F2 D R' U R U' R D' F2

Petrus f2l, cfop oll, cfop pll
happened to be the only g perm i knew...phew

234 Relay - 3:14.80
Comment : was going to be sub 3 until i messed up parity somehow, third time ive done that today
Megaminx - 3:53.70 4:42.57 (5:49.61) (3:49.61) 3:52.82 = 4:09.70
Comment : not bad, but sub 4 would of been nice, still pops a lot, mostly on the scrambles which is very annoying, but i can almost sub 2 the assembly now lol
Pyraminx - (18.01) (22.08) 20.30 19.04 21.51+ = 20.19
Comment : not bad, just shy of sub 20 again
Skewb - 27.21 19.86 (9.66) (18.85) 20.80 = 19.28
Comment : third one was amazing, don't know if its called this but last layer skip...?

 

[amostay2004]

2x2: 5.51, 4.34, 4.45, 6.25, 5.80 = 5.25

3x3: 11.75, 13.54, 13.69, 11.26, 12.64 = 12.64

3x3 BLD: DNF(46.63), 48.30, DNF(1:01.28) = 48.30

Gave up on OH. Not even posting average.

Not cubing recently. Just tried the weekly to see if I could still BLD =p

 

[James Ludlow]

FMC: 40 HTM

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scramble: D2 U L U2 L' F' L2 B2 R D' B R' U2 R2 U' B F

cross and first pair: B' U' B' L' F U F' f U2 f' U F2 L'
2nd: U' R U' R2' U' R (6 moves)
3rd: D2 L U' L' D2 (11)
4th: U R U' R' F R' F' R (19)
OLL: U L F' L' U' L U F U' L' (29)
PLL: U' l' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2 B' (40)

I might be wrong, but I count 56moves HTM

 

[Hershey]

I might be wrong, but I count 56moves HTM

Oh wow I forgot to count that :fp
I'll fix that.

 

[okayama]

6x6x6: 6:15.01, 5:58.20, (8:18.78), 5:54.14, (5:37.13) = 6:02.45
3rd: squashed...

7x7x7: 8:39.85, (8:14.19), 8:48.75, 8:26.96, (8:59.03) = 8:38.52

3x3x3 Blindfolded: 2:45.42, 3:12.07, 2:45.58 = 2:45.42

4x4x4 Blindfolded: DNF [12:47.93], DNF [14:33.39],
1st: Off by 2 centers (memo: 6:42.68)
2nd: Miss in undoing setup moves (memo: 7:50.31)

5x5x5 Blindfolded: 34:07.15, DNS, DNS = 34:07.15
1st: memo: 18:08.93

3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded: 5/5 (46:30.27) memo: 27:21.12

3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 24 HTM ... So nice scramble! :tu

Spoiler

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

NISS solve.

(Normal)
Pre-scramble: F' U' F2 D2

2x2x2 block: B D' B'
More c/e pairs: L'
Two squares: F' U' L'
F2L minus 1 slot: U2 F'

(Inverse)
Pre-scramble: F U2 L U F L B D B'

F2L minus 1 slot: D2 F2 U F
Finish F2L: L' U L' U'
Solve all: U' L' U L' U' L2 U L'
Correction: F U2 L U F L B D B'

Firstly I tried to solve the normal scramble, and found a short F2L as:

Pre-scramble: D2

2x2x2 block: B D' B'
More c/e pairs: L'
More square: F' U' L'
More square: U2 F' U
Finish F2L: L2 U' F' U' (or L U' L F' U')

but I didn't know how to finish it.

Square-1: (2:43.36), (1:24.17), 1:40.94, 1:58.84, 1:32.23 = 1:44.00

 

[Edward_Lin]

3x3: (10.66), 11.57, (12.83), 11.48, 11.84 = 11.63 bad

 

[reyrey]

22.28 - Okay solve
25.24 - Still okay
(34.71) - Crappy solve and a G perm... (Just finished learning G's)
28.81 - Solve killed by a little lockup
(21.02) - Locked up (Difference between lockup, and G is amazing!)

25.4 avg - Just about my regular avg

 

[Cubenovice]

Cubenovice:

FMC: 30 HTM

Pairs all over the place while struggling through F2L.
FMC is really not working for me right now.

Time for some detailled study some of the better solves of the last coule weeks...

Spoiler

premove D2
B D' B' makes 2x2x2
L' makes 2 pairs
F' U' L' U2 F2 make 1x2x3 block
F L2 F' place edge
U' F2 D F D'makes F2l with 2 EO
L D F D' F' L' sexy 2 look OLL
U F U' F U F2 U' Sune gives PLL skip
D2 undo premove

 

[pjk]

3x3: 12.78, 14.04, (11.15), (14.60), 14.34 = 13.72 Seconds

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

2x2x2: (8.85) - 8.22 - 8.00 - 7.59 - (7.51) = 7.94
3x3x3: (23.54) - 23.07 - (21.28) - 22.57 - 22.96 = 22.87
4x4x4: (1:51.87) - 1:44.62 - 1:46.38 - (1:40.67) = 1:44.39
5x5x5: (3:26.25) - (3:11.93) - 3:18.65 - 3:14.74 - 3:17.56 = 3:16.98
2BLD: 1:08.09 - 57.41 - 43.25 = 56.25
3BLD: DNF - DNF - DNF = DNF (I Just can't do it, will get it eventually I hope...)
3x3x3OH: 1:01.33 - (1:05.23) - (53.46) - 58.70 - 58.00 = 59.34
3x3x3MTS: 1:28.92 - 1:15.71 - 1:23.19 - 1:25.51 - 1:29.44 = 1:25.87
2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4: 2:38.62
2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4+5x5x5: 6:12.24
Magic: (1.55) - 1.51 - 1.46 - 1.45 - (1.44) = 1.48
Clock: (33.75) - (40.81) - 34.80 - 38.36 - 35.96 = 36.37
MegaMinx: 2:14.70 - (2:22.40) - 2:07.46 - 2:07.52 - (2:04.03) = 2:09.89 (Really been working on this!)
PyraMinx: (12.48) - 8.16 - 10.64 - 11.16 - (6.21) = 9.99
Square-1: 1:24.02 - 1:17.30 - 1:17.72 - 1:43.81 - 1:14.83 = 1:19.68
Skewb: 7.24 - (6.97) - 8.03 - (8.19) - 7.62 = 7.63
FMC: 50 HTM

Spoiler

L B2 D2 B2 D2 (5/5)
U' L F' U L F U2 B' U B (10/15)
F U' F' R U R' (6/21)
U' R D2 R' U R D2 R2 (8/29)
U' R U' R' U2 R (6/35)
U2 R' U R' U' B' D B' D' B2 R' B' R B R (15/50)

 

[Edam]

3x3 16.26,(16.90),(13.80),15.74,13.99 =15.33
4x4 1:25.25,1:36.90,(1:22.86),(1:39.26),1:38.06, =1:33.40

I suck at 4x4 now, oh well

 

[MatsBergsten]

4x4: 2:30.69, 2:46.07, 2:25.50, 3:16.19, 2:04.38 = 2:34.09 single PB , possibly avg5 PB
3x3: 50.90, 47.22, 52.78, 53.75, 51.61 = 51.76

2x2BLD: 57.49, DNF [43.50], 29.88 = 29.88
3x3BLD: 1:58.80 [ 47], DNF [1:50.87], DNF [1:53.46] = 1:58.80
4x4BLD: 9:56.00 [ 3:28], DNF [6:53.30, 3:18], DNF [8:46.10, 5:08] = 9:56.00
5x5BLD: 20:45 [ 12:42], DNF [18:10, 10:10], DNF [15:47, 8:21] = 20:45
6x6BLD: 42:49 [ 26:57] = 42:49
7x7BLD: 1:11:03 [ 40:11] = 1:11:03
Multi: 5/8 = 2 in 59:18 [41:00]

In spite of making all bld events for the second time ever this was rather a bad week.
Most solves were slow and lots of memo pauses. And memo would not stick either.
Most happy with the solving time for 6x6BLD

 

[cmhardw]

3x3x3BLD: 1:19.55 DNS DNS
4x4x4BLD: 5:32.00 DNS DNS
5x5x5BLD: 13:28.28 DNS DNS

Congrats on your success rate this week Mats! Very cool! :tu

--edit--
To clarify, I mean getting a solve in all BLD events despite you not being completely happy with your results. In particular getting both the 6x6BLD and 7x7BLD solves is very impressive!

 

[Cubenovice]

FMC -- 61 Moves

fixed

Some good FMC stuff this week.
I'll have a go at the alternative 2x2x2 start used by Kinch and Uber this evening, it looks very promising.

 

[ardi4nto]

3x3x3 : (29.71) 29.28 (24.93) 28.38 28.75 = 28.80
4x4x4 : (2:21.47) (1:24.88) 1:49.68 1:56.06 2:09.27 = 1:58.36
Clock : 30.03 39.16 (26.27) 32.02 (DNF) = 33.74
Magic : 1.30 (1.22) 4.05 1.28 (5.33) = 2.21
Master Magic : 3.59 (5.22) (3.47) 4.56 5.06 = 4.40

~ I could do better

 

[Mike Hughey]

In particular getting both the 6x6BLD and 7x7BLD solves is very impressive!

I agree - two weeks in a row is particularly impressive!