Not a very good week overall, I'm afraid. But I did have a very nice almost-success on megaminx.
Mike Hughey:
2x2x2: 7.81, 8.78, 4.05, 8.63, 8.78 = 8.41 3x3x3: 23.02, 24.69, 23.36, 18.63, 22.83 = 23.07 4x4x4: 1:29.68 [P], 1:43.80 [OP], 1:31.90 [O], 1:42.57 [O], 1:18.63 = 1:34.72 5x5x5: 2:39.92, 2:18.36, 2:51.72, 2:39.26, 2:28.54 = 2:35.91 6x6x6: 5:19.17 [OP], 4:54.84 [O], 4:48.42 [O], 4:29.14 [O], 5:38.79 [P] = 5:00.81 7x7x7: 7:27.27, 7:08.38, 7:33.11, 7:23.34, 7:33.09 = 7:27.90 2x2x2 BLD: 26.09, 21.59, 21.80 = 21.59 3x3x3 BLD: 1:38.00, 1:15.96, 1:54.71 = 1:15.96 4x4x4 BLD: DNF [7:46.50, 3:39, 3C], 10:19.35 [5:44], 7:40.65 [3:44] = 7:40.65 5x5x5 BLD: DNF [15:46.29, 8:38, 4+], 16:53.61 [9:33], DNF [15:45.35, 8:22, 3W 7C] = 16:53.61
Comment: Pretty bad. On the second one, memo was slow because I didn’t trust it and reviewed too many times. The third one was really bad – I popped a wing, I did one image backwards on the wings, and I actually completely forgot to do the corners. How could I forget to do the corners?!?!?!? 6x6x6 BLD:DNF [32:39.07, 15:43, 2O] 7x7x7 BLD:DNF [55:23.49, 31:47, 6O]
Comment: Actually just one mistake – I executed one oblique algorithm on the wrong orbit. 3x3x3 multiBLD:10/15 = 5 points, 60:00.00 [41:00]
Comment: Time ran out while I was trying to recall the corners on the first cube. Also missed the 9th cube because I performed the 8th cube solve on it; I decided to skip it in case I ran out of time, and I did run out of time. I once again didn’t have time to go for all 15 – I never even looked at the last 3 cubes. Maybe I should scale back, but I hate to scale back when I’ve already successfully done 14 before. It’s amazing how different the number I can handle are from day to day. 3x3x3 OH: 43.11, 44.05, 1:13.31, 46.33, 39.41 = 44.50 3x3x3 WF: 1:51.80, 1:38.84, 1:52.59, 2:04.21, 1:51.09 = 1:51.83 3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:15.66, 1:09.23, DNF, 1:05.40, 1:11.18 = 1:12.02
Comment: Two edges were flipped on the third one, hence the DNF. 3x3x3 Fewest Moves:40 moves
F2 L’ F’ D F’ R D’ F R D’ R2 D R’ B R B’ R’ D R2 D’ R F’ R F’ L’ F R2 F’ L F2 U R F R’ F’ U’ L F L2 U’
Premoves: L F L2 U’
2x2x2: F2 L’
2x2x3: F’ D F’ R D’ F
Third pair: R D’ R2 D R’ B R B’
Last pair: R’ D R2 D’ R F’ R’ . F
Pseudo-OLL: U R F R’ F’ U’
Insert at .: R2 F’ L’ F R2 F’ L F
Comment: I finished writing the solution with a time of 59:58.72; I didn’t check it until after time was expired. I definitely cut that one too close!
2-4 relay:2:17.81 [O] 2-5 relay:5:01.96 [OP] Magic: 9.05, 8.03, 11.40, 9.33, 9.02 = 9.22 Master Magic: 3.71, 3.28, 13.90, 3.18, 3.63 = 3.54 Clock:DNF [2:56.66, 0:32], 17.47, 16.75, 18.61, 18.22 = 18.10 MegaMinx:DNF [23:45.01, 11:59, 2E], 3:01.78, 2:57.90, 3:11.96, 2:50.19 = 3:03.88
Comment: My fastest ever BLD attempt, and only off by 2 edges flipped! Sub-25 is definitely quite possible for me; in fact, clearly I should be capable of getting sub-20 on this with some practice. Pyraminx:DNF [1:23.08], 42.90, 12.83, 13.33, 13.94 = 23.39
Comment: BLD solve off by just one center twisted (corner). Square-1:5:42.68 [2:53], 39.78, 58.71 [P], 31.72, 34.50 = 44.33
Comment: BLD solve was case BI. Skewb:DNF [2:10.03, 0:59], 24.71, 17.93, 21.55, 20.28 = 22.18
Comment: BLD solve was really off; I held the puzzle wrong while memorizing because I didn’t realize two sets of corners needed swapping.
4x4x4 Blindfolded: DNF(6:36.92)[2:25], DNF(6:55.55)[3:02], DNF(6:31.18)[2:50] = DNF 1st: Setuped K instead of L, off by 2 centers; 2nd: Setuped O instead of P, off by 2 centers; 3rd: And again.
5x5x5 Blindfolded: DNF(13:53.60)[6:55], DNF(14:38.62)[6:22], DNF(14:35.95)[5:42] = DNF 1st, I realized at the end that I had Parity, so I gave up. off by some wings and midges (the one which were at UL and UB). 2nd: I forgot a part of the memo, so I stopped. In the moment I put off the bindfolded I could remember the last things of the solve. 3rd: Couldn´t remember one image, off by some wings.
Very bad results, it´s definite harder to concentrate when you have a roommate, who´s watching Youtube videos.
Multiple Blindfolded: 14/18 in 1:00.00 [37:44] My actual result was 15/18 in 1:01:57. I ran a little bit out of time. The last cube is also solve, but I cannot count this one.
4th: off by 4 edges, 13th cube: I forgot to solve the edges???, 17th cube: 2 flipped edges, 18 cube: solve but after 1 hour
3x3x3 One Handed: 26.03, (34.96), 29.60, 33.04, (24.44) = 29.55 Terrible times (except first and last)
Done BLD:
4x4x4: DNF(5:59.17)[2:09], 5:24.06[2:23], DNF(5:41.12)[2:45], DNF(5:19.75)[2:22], 6:11.83[2:30] = DNF 1st: 3 centers, 2nd: PB by far. Easy corners, I could solve all with speed optimised 3-cycle-algs; 3rd: off by 2 wings, which I didn´t saw; 4th: 2 centers
I like my memo times, they are getting better every week.
5x5x5: DNF(11:35.04)[5:13], 12:07.72[5:41], DNF(10:49.97)[5:48], 10:04.37[4:46], DNF(11:41.79)[5:19] = DNF 1st: Could have been much faster, I had to undo a lot of things during the solve. off by 2 centers and 2 wings; 2nd: lots of little pauses; 3rd: off by l' and 2 centers; 4th: Look in the Blindfold Accomplishment Thread!; 5th: off by 3 wings (forgot to memorize) and 3 edges (I solved Parity wrong)
That was really funny . I liked Mike's explanation last week for the nightly Multi.
I can do bld at six in the morning but not late in the evening and I would not dream
of starting a maximum effort Multi after midnight.
@Jakube: I must agree with Mike that you have made astounding progress last months.
10 minute 5x5BLD is marvelous, if not as fast as Ville (yet) it is perhaps only Zane and
Chris that can match you now. I would love to have your memo times, yes !!!
I thought I was doing good with this one because I started at 1:30 AM. Normally I don't get started until about 2:30 AM, so I should have been in much better shape for this one. I think my 14/14 was done really early, like midnight.
And Jakube, yes, again it's worth saying congratulations - you're getting amazingly good!
3x3x3: 1:33.34 (1:11.37) (15:00.13) 15:00.13 15:00.13 = 10:31.20
comment: The last three solves were actually a multi blind attempt with a result of 3/3. I did not time each individual solve, so I listed the total time as the time for each one. I used scrambles 3-5 for this attempt.
scramble: U' F' U' R B' F U2 L D' L F' U L' F L D2 L' U'
solve: R2 F D R F R' F2 D' F2 L' F2 L2 D2 R2 B' L' B R2 B' L B2 R D U2 B' L U2 R' U (30)
on inverse scramble with pre-move [R2]
F2L-1: U' R U2 L' B U2 D' R' B' @ D2 L'(11+1)
all but 3 corners: L' F2 L F2 D F2 R F' R' D' F' (22+1)
at @ insert B'L' B R2 B' L B R2, 1 move cancels
undo pre-move pre-move R2
Perfect solve Okayama! did you find that pre-moves without NISS? They look very Thistlewaithy!
Thank you, of course I was quite excited with the solution.
The premoves were found by using NISS.
Firstly I found 2x2x3 block with premove [D2].
Then switched to inverse, and found D L2 D for EO instead of D2.
Immediate F2L minus 1 slot was found after that, but no good continuation.
So I returned to normal with premoves [D' L2 D'], and found that solution.
Recently I've felt it's a bother to write down the whole way to obtain my solution,
so I skipped the details...
Actually, there's 4 people tied for 3rd, including me.
I just finished a couple more events right before you posted (3x3 BLD and 2-4 Relay). Could you add them? Unfortunately I guess that will break the tie...
Thanks!
Also, why do you only calculate the mean of best five results for each quarter now? I'm still interested in the total points.