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Weekly competition 2011-22

I´m not at home for a week, because of work. So I just grabbed some normal cubes and packed them in. Next week I´ll do much more.

2x2x2: 6.51, (43.59), 6.31, 6.70, (5.04) = 6.51
3x3x3: 21.56, 22.65, 22.51, (22.89), (17.88) = 22.24
4x4x4: 1:25.42, 1:22.95, (1:34.34), 1:14.98, (1:09.01) = 1:21.12
5x5x5: (3:20.22), 2:46.74, 2:55.90, 2:33.05+, (2:30.17) = 2:45.90
2x2x2 Blindfolded: 50.35, 38.35, 35.82 = 35.82
3x3x3 Blindfolded: 2:02.21, 1:43.53, 2:10.42 = 1:43.53
4x4x4 Blindfolded: 11:25.09, 10:00.33, DNF(10:41.65) = 10:00.33
3rd: 2 swiched pieces I forgot to execute.
3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded: 9/10 = 8 Points in 50:23.78 (~35 min)
So close, I memorized all correct (except one Letter, but I noticed and corrected it while solving), executed all correct. One funny problem on the last cube: While executing the second last move two edges popped and fell onto the floor. I grabbed them after a minute of searching and put them in (probability of 25%) then did the last move. The two were on the correct place, but flipped. And now the funny thing: The last two moves were R R' (R - last move of an small Y-perm, and R' - undo the setupmove). The cube was solved, and then I destroid it. Damn, I had been PB.
Oh and memo was very crasy.
3rd cube: Roman Rooms except last two corners visual
4nd and 5rd cube: RR
6th: first 4 edges RR, everything else visual
7th, 8th, 9th: RR
10th: 6 edges and 4 corners RR, the other edges visual, other corners memorizing the word OEK.
1st and 2nd: Sentences for edges (4 Letters = 1 Sentence = Adj + Name + Verb + Object), and tipping the colors for corners
Execution 1 to 10
I also placed few times 3 images in each location instead of 2 (f.I.: SKNWRD = in the kitchen the SKeleton of NeWton plays with a Rubber Duckie.
 
2x2x2: 6.98 - 7.50 - (8.33) - 8.09 - (5.65) = 7.52
3x3x3: 20.85 - 20.12 - (23.26) - (19.63) - 21.65 = 20.87
4x4x4: 1:29.33 - (1:26.10) - 1:33.34 - (1:35.96) - 1:27.46 = 1:30.12
5x5x5: 3:19.07 - (3:08.45) - 3:15.82 - (3:30.87) - 3:15.30 = 3:16.73
2BLD: 49.78 - 27.22 - 26.12 = 41.04
3BLD: 7:35.12 - DNF - DNF = 7:35.12 (First Success!)
3x3x3OH: (51.87) - 50.49 - (38.06) - 47.05 - 50.12 = 49.22
3x3x3MTS: (1:30.27) - 1:30.80 - 1:34.67 - (1:37.86) - 1:32.73
2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4: 2:09.33
2x2x2+3x3x3+4x4x4+5x5x5: 6:18.18
Magic: 1.49 - 1.57 - (1.43) - (1.59) - 1.58 = 1.55
Clock: 38.63 - (34.21) - (39.45) - 36.28 - 35.54 = 36.82
MegaMinx: (1:57.68) - 2:00.16 - 2:00.42 - (2:01.23) - 1:58.27 = 1:59.62
PyraMinx: (10.41) - 7.82 - 9.29 - (5.94) - 8.09 = 8.40
Square-1: (1:30.05) - 1:28.87 - 1:29.96 - 1:28.84 - (1:28.34) = 1:29.22
Skewb: (8.48) - 7.18 - (6.53) - 7.13 - 6.98 = 7.10
FMC: 50HTM:
2X2X2(5/5): F' D' F U2 R
2x2x3(10/15): D L D' L' D' B2 D2 R D' R'
EO(4/19): L' B D B'
F2L(16/35): D' L D' L2 D L D' L D L D2 L' D2 L' D' L
ZBLL(15/50): B D2 B U' F U B2 U' F' D' U B D' B' D'
 
3x3x3BLD: 1:44.69 1:12.57 DNF
4x4x4BLD: 5:11.29 DNF 5:39.36
5x5x5BLD: DNF 11:14.08 DNF

Done BLD

3x3x3: 1:13.75 1:16.70 1:20.64 DNF DNF = DNF
4x4x4: 5:18.17 DNF 5:34.23 DNF DNF = DNF
5x5x5: DNF DNF 10:14.59 DNF 13:36.03 = DNF
 
Zane_C said:
You've got some very good times there Chris, consistent 4BLD times and almost another sub-10 5BLD. :tu
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Thanks Zane :) I was trying the philosophy from Josh Foer's article. I went much faster this week than I usually do, but I did more thorough DNF post-mortems than I usually do also. This way I can learn how I mess up when going faster and can, hopefully, avoid those mistakes in the future. Yes I flipped out on the 10:14 ;) I'm hoping to get another sub-10 single soon! Sub-10 seems to be more common now, so I'm trying to catch up!
 
Mike Hughey:

2x2x2: 8.99, 5.43, 6.43, 8.19, 6.60 = 7.07
3x3x3: 22.50, 22.37, 22.36, 18.44, 19.39 = 21.37
4x4x4: 1:32.90 [O], 1:22.00, 1:23.00 [P], 1:43.65 [OP], 1:27.44 [OP] = 1:27.78
5x5x5: 2:36.30, 2:48.43, 2:29.58, 2:50.19, 2:46.02 = 2:43.58
6x6x6: 5:30.57 [O], 5:56.70 [O], 6:07.06 [OP], 5:23.38 [P], 6:04.19 [P] = 5:50.49
7x7x7: 8:51.60, 7:10.21, 8:09.74, 6:52.34, 7:51.80 = 7:43.92
2x2x2 BLD: 25.79, 32.88, 24.58 = 24.58
3x3x3 BLD: 1:28.42, 1:12.12, 1:23.38 = 1:12.12
4x4x4 BLD: 10:34.06 [5:53], 7:44.41 [3:58], 7:31.51 [4:04] = 7:31.51
5x5x5 BLD: 14:56.94 [7:35], 16:32.29 [7:25], DNF [15:17.33, 7:42] = 14:56.94
Comment: Third one was off by 5 wings; I solved IV instead of IU - I recalled it correctly but for some reason solved the wrong piece.
6x6x6 BLD: 37:51.07 [20:11]
7x7x7 BLD: DNF [42:38.04, 21:58]
Comment: Off by just 2 obliques! I messed up execution for a case where two pieces are on one face and the third is on the opposite face. I hadn’t bothered to figure out the easy way to solve this and was using a setup into another case I knew, and messed it up. After this I went ahead and learned the right way to do it – I realized it’s not only slowing me down, it’s also ruining my accuracy. Only 4 1/2 minutes slower than the 6x6x6. :)
3x3x3 multiBLD: 8/11 = 5 points, 52:11.74 [37:30]
Comment: Bad result, but I’m happy with the time. And the accuracy wasn’t really that bad: third cube off by 2 edges and 2 corners because I forgot to include the repeat of the start of a broken cycle; fourth cube off by 2 edges flipped because I didn’t see it when memorizing; eleventh cube had two corners twisted because apparently I twisted them the wrong direction.
3x3x3 OH: 40.94, 43.19, 54.58, 43.22, 47.43 = 44.61
3x3x3 WF: 2:03.93, 2:10.09, 2:02.18, 2:05.38, 1:45.46 = 2:03.83
Comment: I seem to be getting better at doing this on a hard floor.
3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:34.26, 1:09.20, 1:31.55, DNF, 1:25.93 = 1:30.58
Comment: On the DNF, I completely messed up the first two layers somehow while solving the third layer.
3x3x3 Fewest Moves: 31 moves
U’ R D’ L’ R2 D B’ R’ U’ L’ F’ L2 F U B F’ L’ B L D L’ D’ F B2 L’ U L U L’ U’ L

2x2x3: U’ R D’ L’ R2 D B’ R’
3x cross: U’ L’ F’ L2 F
switch to inverse:
4th pair: L’ U L U’ L’ U’ L
OLL: B2 F’ D L D’ L’ B’ L F B’
AUF: U’

Comment: Just 34 QTM!
2-4 relay: 1:53.33
2-5 relay: 5:17.44 [OP]
Magic: 11.88, 9.13, 9.33, 20.68, 8.33 = 10.11
Comment: OHITABLD, of course.
Master Magic: 4.09, 3.80, 4.72, 4.27, 4.38 = 4.25
Clock: 2:03.81 [0:24], 18.43, 17.21, 13.81, 16.06 = 17.23
MegaMinx: DNF [36:23.07, 18:10], 2:47.90, 3:31.59, 3:12.00, 2:37.25 = 3:10.50
Comment: BLD solve off by just 5 edges; I memorized F1 (formula 1 car) and recalled RC (racecar – actually an Indy car). That’s the only thing I did wrong. Normally I have my images worked out so I don’t have clashes like this, but with megaminx, I need to use letter-number combinations for some cases, and I haven’t worked out images for those – I just make them up on the fly. So I hit “F1” and thought, “Oh, that’s an awesome image”, and since it was on the fly I didn’t think about the fact that it was a clash with another image. If I get serious about megaminx BLD, I really need to come up with prememorized images for my other cases!
Pyraminx: DNF [1:19.72], 25.52, 17.02, 11.09, 11.15 = 17.90
Comment: BLD solve was off by one corner-center twisted.
Square-1: 5:19.77 [3:09], 35.25, 42.18 [P], 43.69 [P], 29.33 = 40.37
Comment: BLD solve was case GC.
Skewb: 2:49.13 [0:55], 20.02, 16.33, 12.36, 13.81 = 16.72
 
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2x2BLD: 29.31, 31.30 [ 13], 32.89 = 29.31
3x3BLD: DNF [1:49.52, 46], DNF [2:01.72, 34], DNF [1:52.50, 1:03] = DNF
4x4BLD: DNF [7:59.70, 4:15], DNF [10:03.19, 5:40], DNF [7:49.19, 3:50] = DNF
5x5BLD: DNF [17:24, 9:44], DNF [15:19, 9:00], DNF [19:48, 11:26] = DNF
6x6BLD: DNF [33:46, 19:10] = DNF
7x7BLD: DNF [1:03:14, 33:07] = DNF
Multi: 0/3 = DNF 11:11 [5:40] obviously no power left after all 6x6BLD :).
1: 3 edges, 2: 4 edges and 3: 2 flipped edges and 2 twisted corners

Worst week ever :(. Many "close but no cigar".

Done bld:
6x6: 40:38 [23:58], DNF [39:45, 22:22], 41:25 [24:02], DNF [44:44, 25:48], 38:48 [19:14] = DNF
Close to an average at least.

@Chris: yes, some very nice solves there
@Mike: 6½-½ to you :)
 
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Jakube said:
3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded: 9/10 = 8 Points in 50:23.78 (~35 min)
So close, I memorized all correct (except one Letter, but I noticed and corrected it while solving), executed all correct. One funny problem on the last cube: While executing the second last move two edges popped and fell onto the floor. I grabbed them after a minute of searching and put them in (probability of 25%) then did the last move. The two were on the correct place, but flipped. And now the funny thing: The last two moves were R R' (R - last move of an small Y-perm, and R' - undo the setupmove). The cube was solved, and then I destroid it. Damn, I had been PB.
Oh and memo was very crasy.
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Oh, I just read your comment. You did the jod, it is pure bad luck you don't have 10 points. It is funny that the cube was actually solved at one point. I have a cube that annoyed me few times like that (pop), I don't use it anymore for multi.
 
Mike Hughey said:
Mike Hughey:

6x6x6 BLD: 37:51.07 [20:11]
7x7x7 BLD: DNF [42:38.04, 21:58]
Comment: Off by just 2 obliques! I messed up execution for a case where two pieces are on one face and the third is on the opposite face. I hadn’t bothered to figure out the easy way to solve this and was using a setup into another case I knew, and messed it up. After this I went ahead and learned the right way to do it – I realized it’s not only slowing me down, it’s also ruining my accuracy. Only 4 1/2 minutes slower than the 6x6x6. :)
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O_O Mike your 7x7BLD time is absolutely insane! I know it was a close DNF, but still that time is awesome! Nice job on the 6x6 also!

MatsBergsten said:
4x4BLD: DNF [7:59.70, 4:15], DNF [10:03.19, 5:40], DNF [7:49.19, 3:50] = DNF
5x5BLD: DNF [17:24, 9:44], DNF [15:19, 9:00], DNF [19:48, 11:26] = DNF
6x6BLD: DNF [33:46, 19:10] = DNF
7x7BLD: DNF [1:03:14, 33:07] = DNF
...
Worst week ever :(. Many "close but no cigar".

Done bld:
6x6: 40:38 [23:58], DNF [39:45, 22:22], 41:25 [24:02], DNF [44:44, 25:48], 38:48 [19:14] = DNF
Close to an average at least.
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Matts, sorry that you had a bad week this week, but remember that DNFs are the kinds of solves you learn from (at least in my opinion). Also, congrats on your 6x6 success for the speed solve scrambles, and nice times too!
 
2x2x2 BLD 1:14.26, 43.71, 38.01 = 38.01
3x3x3 BLD DNF(4:06.11), DNF(3:26.59),DNF(4:24.28) = DNF
First two were off by one edge pair orientation and the last one was off by a three cycle.
4x4x4 BLD DNF(28:33.38), DNS, DNS, = DNF
Almost all the centers were solved, about half the edges were solved, and only one corner was solved.
3x3x3 OH 27.94, 29.96, 23.66, 32.74, 29.97 = 29.29
Megaminx 1:17.04, 1:12.74, 1:25.87, 1:16.98,1:16.93 = 1:16.98
 
2x2: 2.93, 4.68, (5.57), 3.02, (2.37) = 3.54
Decent I guess.
3x3: 15.03+, (17.98), (12.39), 12.52, 13.63 = 13.73
1, 2, 5 were Roux, plus my hands are tired.
OH: 22.30, (21.82), 30.02, 28.20, (30.54) = 26.84
Tired hands, cube feels tight, whatevs.
 
2x2: 18.36, 7.01, (18.66), (4.96), 6.31 = 10.56
3x3: 15.79, 13.78, (15.99), 12.38, (12.31) = 13.98
4x4: 1:07.35, 1:08.17, (1:01.50), (1:25.39), 1:15.91 = 1:10.48
5x5: (2:17.02), 2:24.47, 2:27.97, (2:30.65), 2:24.63 = 2:25.69
2x2 + 3x3 + 4x4 relay: = 1:44.31
2x2 + 3x3 + 4x4 + 5x5 relay: = 4:04.28
3x3 OH: 27.43, 26.77, 31.57, (34.90), (22.63) = 28.59
Pyraminx: 11.35, 11.08, (16.15), 12.12, (8.92) = 11.52

2x2 BLD: DNF, 33.48, 23.28 = 23.28
3x3 BLD: 1:01.65, DNF, DNF = 1:01.65
Comment: My fingers slipped on all attempts, I was surprised the first one was solved.
4x4 BLD: DNF, 5:59.27, DNF= 5:59.27
5x5 BLD: DNF, DNF, DNF = DNF
Comment: Another 5BLD DNF week, I need to pull my act together.
3x3 Multi BLD: 13/16 (46:36.94)[29:xx] = 10 points
Comment: (2 flipped edges), (4 corners + 4 edges) and (4 corners + 4 edges).
 
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2x2: 6.77, 4.38, 8.61, 6.72, 5.35 = 6.28
Bad
3x3: 17.52, 20.38, 21.39, 19.34, 18.67 = 19.47
3x3 OH: 34.94, 34.41, 35.86, 50.04, 31.98 = 35.07
Pyra: 11.61, 5.22, 8.76, 4.00, 4.72 = 6.24
Would've been easily sub-6 without the 11 :(
 
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