Scramble: D' B L2 R' F' U L' R2 F' D R2 U R F' D' R' B' U2
Cross: y U' L R U' D' R B L (8)
SLOT1+2: x' R U R U2 R' U D' R D (9)
SLOT3: z' U' L' U' L U2 L' U' L F' U' F (11)
SLOT4 + OLL: y' U' R U' R' U F' U2 L' U L F (11)
PLL: y' B2 U' M U2 M' U' B2 U2 (10)
(2x2x3) D' R' L' F U' F' U' F L2 D R F2 R' z2
(Three pairs) R2 U R' U2 R U R2
(F2L) U R' U' R U2
(OLL) R B' R' B U' R' y2
(PLL) R2 D B' U B' U' B D' R2 F' U F U'
Scramble: D' B L2 R' F' U L' R2 F' D R2 U R F' D' R' B' U2
Solution: R' F' R2 D' R' F U2 F2 U F' L' D2 L' B D2 B' L' D' L2 D L F L' F' L2 D' L' D L' F2 R B' R B' L2 B R' B' L2 B2 R' F2 (42)
2x2x3 block: R' F' R2 D' R' F U2 F2 U F' (10)
F2L-1: L' D2 L' B D2 B' (6/16)
Leaves 3 corners: L' D' L2 D L F L' F' L2 D' L' D L' (13/29)
Solve 3 corners: F2 R B' R B' L2 B R' B' L2 B2 R' F2 (13/42)
I still don't seem to be able to find good insertions.
I thought I should announce here that the first weekly competition for next year will not be posted until Monday/Tuesday nightchange, January 2/3. Normally we post on the first of the year (so the days shift around), but Odder mentioned that it might not be a good idea to have the change occur Saturday night / Sunday morning, and I agreed (it would be inconvenient for me to post then, for one thing).
We will be attempting to incorporate Odder's attempts at automation into the competition beginning with the first weekly competition of 2012. I will still have a post that is almost identical to previous ones, but you will have the option of entering your data in the automation website instead of here. We will probably post the results from the website into the thread at some point (perhaps after it closes), but you should be able to see the results that have been entered into the website at any time. There will be a description of how to use the automation website in my post when it is posted on Monday night.
This will be a big experiment; we'll see how it goes. I anticipate that Odder will have a big job responding to requests and suggestions for the first few weeks, and no doubt there will be bugs to work out of the system. But hopefully this will eventually lead to the ability to run this in completely automated fashion at some point in the future. We won't rush there; we'll wait until we're sure it's ready before we go all the way to full automation.
So beginning next week, you can either choose to use the automated system, or just post here as normally. Do whatever you prefer. I'll almost certainly try to use the automated system, but I may add a post here for any events that I want to add special comments about.
2x2x2:9.99, 7.98, 8.54, 7.84, 5.98 = 8.12 3x3x3:24.32, 20.34, 21.98, 22.44, 17.74 = 21.59 4x4x4: 1:42.49 [O], 1:35.37 [OP], 1:39.64 [O], 1:24.34, 1:49.34 [OP] = 1:39.17 5x5x5: 2:32.96, 2:38.16, 2:47.54, 2:21.22, 2:44.24 = 2:38.45 6x6x6: 5:10.67 [O], 5:12.14 [P], 5:18.90 [OP], 4:29.65 [O], 4:29.27 = 4:57.49 7x7x7: 7:06.10, 7:03.12, 6:55.96, 7:08.46, 6:58.65 = 7:02.62 2x2x2 BLD: 25.18, 25.10, 44.30 = 25.10 3x3x3 BLD: 1:14.68, DNF [1:36.93, 2E], DNF [1:26.74, 2C 2E] = 1:14.68 4x4x4 BLD: 8:00.12 [4:19], 8:20.98 [2:56], 7:46.33 [3:49] = 7:46.33
Comment: Second one was going really fast, but I couldn’t remember the next to last location and had to figure it out by process of elimination, taking several minutes. I don't know what my problem is on 4x4x4. I beat Mats consistently on all other sizes (smaller and larger), but on 4x4x4, his worst time this week was almost a minute faster than my best time. Nice job on 4x4x4, Mats! 5x5x5 BLD: 17:33.36 [7:18], 16:00.86 [8:49], DNF [16:14.22, 8:56, 4+] = 16:00.86
Comment: All very slow. Looks like I mismemorized the last one. 6x6x6 BLD:DNF [29:51.65, 16:42, 2iX]
Comment: So very close. 7x7x7 BLD:DNF [59:28.96, 37:29, 3E]
Comment: Again, so close. I was interrupted for about 5 minutes in the middle of memorizing. I actually memorized and recalled it correctly, but for some reason I executed SD instead of TD. Very bad. 3x3x3 multiBLD:3/3 = 3 points, 9:24.22 [4:47]
Comment: Big recall delay on edges for first cube cost me a bunch of time. 3x3x3 OH:48.06, 41.69, 38.94, 48.02, 41.40 = 43.70 3x3x3 WF: 1:35.84, 1:43.69, 1:27.43, 1:36.90, 1:39.21 = 1:37.32 3x3x3 Match the scramble: 1:15.32, 1:20.56, 1:07.15, 1:04.42, 1:07.07 = 1:09.85 3x3x3 Fewest Moves:32 moves
F D’ R’ F D2 F2 L’ F’ R2 U’ L U R2 U’ L’ U’ L U’ F U F2 U2 F’ U’ F’ U’ L F’ L’ F U F
2x2x2: F D’ R’ F D2
2x2x3: F2 L’ F’ L
Finish F2L: L’ . U2 L U’ F U F2 U2 F’
Pseudo OLL: U’ F’ U’ L F’ L’ F U F
Insert at .: R2 U’ L U R2 U’ L’ U
L L’ cancel after 2x2x3; U U2 become U’ after insertion.
Comment: I think it shows my standards are finally starting to creep upward that I didn’t rush to post this; a year ago I would have considered this a great solve, but now it seems just so-so. It seemed like a really easy scramble – for this one, 32 seemed quite disappointing.
2-4 relay:2:38.18 [OP]
Comment: Unbelievably slow – probably my worst relay in years. I have no idea why – no individual part of it seemed all that bad, but somehow it just all added up to terrible. 2-5 relay:4:37.88
Comment: I did this right after the 2-4 relay – that one was terrible, but this one was great. Again, I have no idea why – it didn’t seem particularly good when I was doing it. Magic: 10.27, 9.83, 8.83, 8.88, 11.40 = 9.66
Comment: OHITABLD, of course. Master Magic: 3.96, 5.41, 4.96, 3.34, 7.08 = 4.78 Clock:2:15.90 [0:25], 16.83, 15.83, 15.41, 16.06 = 16.24 MegaMinx:DNF [26:47.08, 12:42, 3E], 3:02.47, 2:31.59, 2:34.16, 2:49.18 = 2:48.60
Comment: BLD solve had the three edges permuted, but oriented correctly. A pretty fast attempt. Pyraminx:DNF [1:44.22, 1 center/corner], 11.69, 15.84, 17.69, 13.55 = 15.69 Square-1:DNF [4:23.55, 2:20, 4C +2], 38.69 [P], 34.72 [P], 37.46 [P], 29.77 [P] = 36.96
Comment: On the BLD solve I messed up a U turn right before the last algorithm, and so wound up solving the wrong 3 corners. Skewb:DNF [3:38.58, 2:20], 31.47, 9.09, 18.19, 23.90 = 24.52
Comment: BLD solve off by 6 corners twisted – I must have twisted the wrong direction.
So beginning next week, you can either choose to use the automated system, or just post here as normally. Do whatever you prefer. I'll almost certainly try to use the automated system, but I may add a post here for any events that I want to add special comments about.
Perhaps we should allow that, at least for the first few weeks. My biggest problem with that approach is that it's likely to create more work generating the results, but for the first few weeks, you'd think we'd be able to handle it. So let's allow it for now; if it becomes too much of a problem, we'll set up new rules for week two.
Arbitrarily, I'm going to say that if your results disagree between the automated system and the posting here, we'll give priority to the posting here, for week one at least. I would rather have given priority to the automated system, but since it's the first week and there are likely to be bugs in the system, we'll give priority to postings here since they're probably safer.
Also, just tallied up the number of scrambles for each event. If you use this link, it will provide you with enough scrambles for all the events other than skewb. I'm sure you noticed the 58 3x3 scrambles, because there's 2H (5), OH (5), BLD (5), MBLD (30), FT (5), FM (1), MTS (5), as well as the relays (2). It should make generating the scrambles easier, but I don't know how you currently go about doing it.
Also, just tallied up the number of scrambles for each event. If you use this link, it will provide you with enough scrambles for all the events other than skewb. I'm sure you noticed the 58 3x3 scrambles, because there's 2H (5), OH (5), BLD (5), MBLD (30), FT (5), FM (1), MTS (5), as well as the relays (2). It should make generating the scrambles easier, but I don't know how you currently go about doing it.
Odder already has dealt with this, and the scrambles have already been generated for week 1. There's a lot of work going on behind the scenes to make this happen, and everything is already just about set up for week 1 now. But thanks for trying to help! (Oh, and we only need 56 scrambles for 3x3x3: BLD only has 3 scrambles, not 5.)
Also, just tallied up the number of scrambles for each event. If you use this link, it will provide you with enough scrambles for all the events other than skewb. I'm sure you noticed the 58 3x3 scrambles, because there's 2H (5), OH (5), BLD (5), MBLD (30), FT (5), FM (1), MTS (5), as well as the relays (2). It should make generating the scrambles easier, but I don't know how you currently go about doing it.
I know Mike Hughey already answered this. But you seem kind of interested, so I'll just tell you that I made a scramble generator based on that, that automatically sends Mike Hughey the scrambles needed for him to post the scrambles here in an email, while distributing all the scrambles in goups and this is then put directly into the db after some security checks. The scrambles sent to Mike Hughey are sent in a format that will allow him to distribute scrambles in like a minute or so. The only downside is that generating this many scrambles requires a good computer with a good browser, so I'm not sure if I'll let anyone be the "scramble trigger" yet as it might cause their browser to crash.
I'll let you know if I hit the bottom of a deep bucket and can't escape again
I don't know what my problem is on 4x4x4. I beat Mats consistently on all other sizes (smaller and larger), but on 4x4x4, his worst time this week was almost a minute faster than my best time. Nice job on 4x4x4, Mats!
