Weekly competition 2012-20

FMC: 18 moves!

explanation: see odderen.dk or spoiler:

solve: B D L2 U L U' L2 F L F2 U F R' F' R F R2 B (18)

nice start on normal scramble: B D
pre-moves (D' B') on inverse scramble 2x2x2 block: B' R2 (2+2)
pre-moves (R2 B) on normal scramble:
2x2x2 block + pairs: B D (2+2)
extra pre-move (F) (2+3)
at this point F L would be the obvious thing to do for a 7-move 2x2x3 block (like Tomoaki suggested), but then the FL-edge would be flipped in an uncomfortable way so I did:
flip FL-edge: L2 U L U' L2 (7+3)
surprising F2L: F L F U F (12+3)
common LL-alg: F' U' F U F R' F' R, 5 moves cancel! (15+3)
undo pre-move: F R2 B (18)

finding good pre-moves are crucial (unless you name is Erik Akkersdijk (-; )
PB and 1 move above optimal solution!
BTW: optimal: L F2 U2 R' U' R' B2 U F B U' B' D' R2 D2 L2 F2 (17)
 
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FMC: 18 moves!

explanation: see odderen.dk or spoiler:

solve: B D L2 U L U' L2 F L F2 U F R' F' R F R2 B (18)

nice start on normal scramble: B D
pre-moves (D' B') on inverse scramble 2x2x2 block: B' R2 (2+2)
pre-moves (R2 B) on normal scramble:
2x2x2 block + pairs: B D (2+2)
extra pre-move (F) (2+3)
at this point F L would be the obvious thing to do for a 7-move 2x2x3 block (like Tomoaki suggested), but then the FL-edge would be flipped in an uncomfortable way so I did:
flip FL-edge: L2 U L U' L2 (7+3)
surprising F2L: F L F U F (12+3)
common LL-alg: F' U' F U F R' F' R, 5 moves cancel! (15+3)
undo pre-move: F R2 B (18)

finding good pre-moves are crucial (unless you name is Erik Akkersdijk (-; )
PB and 1 move above optimal solution!
BTW: optimal: L F2 U2 R' U' R' B2 U F B U' B' D' R2 D2 L2 F2 (17)

Excellent solution!

finding good pre-moves are crucial (unless you name is Erik Akkersdijk (-; )

I found the same start and pre-moves, as described in odderen.dk, but I couldn't find your solution.
The flip FL-edge step seems crucial for me, really nice and great.
 
Preliminary results: same podium as last week :), congrats to yoinneroid, Mike and mycube

2x2x2(42)
  1. 2.77 asiahyoo1997
  2. 3.07 cuberkid10
  3. 3.20 Tao Yu
  4. 3.22 ybs1230
  5. 3.38 xcuber99
  6. 3.94 Daniel Liamitz
  7. 4.06 yoinneroid
  8. 4.07 Aria97
  9. 4.14 mycube
  10. 4.70 antoineccantin
  11. 4.71 dinostef
  12. 4.74 pdilla
  13. 4.75 jonlin
  14. 5.03 BlueDevil
  15. 5.27 Jaycee
  16. 5.42 thatkid
  17. 5.67 riley
  18. 5.69 FinnGamer
  19. 5.70 Alcuber
  20. 5.71 ThomasJE
  21. 5.72 okayama
  22. 5.73 zaki
  23. 5.75 Skullush
  24. 5.79 brandbest1
  25. 6.06 JianhanC
  26. 6.09 Guti
  27. 6.12 AndersB
  28. 6.64 Sillas
  29. 6.87 Andrejon
  30. 6.89 balloon6610
  31. 7.07 comamycube
  32. 7.51 Mike Hughey
  33. 7.66 TheDubDubJr
  34. 7.80 Divineskulls
  35. 7.91 Mikel
  36. 7.95 Kenneth Svendson
  37. 9.09 toma
  38. 9.20 MeshuggahX
  39. 9.20 Schmidt
  40. 9.30 Jenscold
  41. 16.12 Reprobate
  42. 17.89 MatsBergsten
3x3x3 (45)
  1. 8.15 asiahyoo1997
  2. 11.29 yoinneroid
  3. 11.72 dinostef
  4. 12.47 Tao Yu
  5. 12.47 mycube
  6. 12.56 cuberkid10
  7. 12.83 Aria97
  8. 13.50 Daniel Liamitz
  9. 13.99 riley
  10. 14.07 JianhanC
  11. 14.43 Andrejon
  12. 14.83 AndersB
  13. 15.05 zaki
  14. 15.29 MediocreDude
  15. 15.43 xcuber99
  16. 15.47 pdilla
  17. 15.64 Skullush
  18. 16.37 BlueDevil
  19. 16.65 jonlin
  20. 16.83 Divineskulls
  21. 17.25 Kenneth Svendson
  22. 17.26 Jaycee
  23. 17.35 Sillas
  24. 17.86 Mikel
  25. 18.60 balloon6610
  26. 18.77 MeshuggahX
  27. 18.81 antoineccantin
  28. 19.08 FinnGamer
  29. 19.76 toma
  30. 20.43 thatkid
  31. 20.99 Mike Hughey
  32. 21.40 brandbest1
  33. 22.71 TheDubDubJr
  34. 22.84 Jenscold
  35. 24.11 Guti
  36. 24.92 ThomasJE
  37. 25.69 Alcuber
  38. 27.07 Schmidt
  39. 28.65 Zaterlord
  40. 28.88 aznanimedude
  41. 32.99 arcio1
  42. 35.16 hfsdo
  43. 35.19 hcfong
  44. 40.55 MatsBergsten
  45. 58.77 Reprobate
4x4x4(33)
  1. 34.33 asiahyoo1997
  2. 41.04 yoinneroid
  3. 52.09 Andrejon
  4. 52.80 zaki
  5. 55.18 Jakube
  6. 55.20 cuberkid10
  7. 57.44 mycube
  8. 57.45 Daniel Liamitz
  9. 59.26 JianhanC
  10. 1:00.57 dinostef
  11. 1:01.46 xcuber99
  12. 1:01.94 Divineskulls
  13. 1:05.95 Tao Yu
  14. 1:07.98 riley
  15. 1:09.59 antoineccantin
  16. 1:09.86 Jaycee
  17. 1:15.50 MeshuggahX
  18. 1:15.86 Aria97
  19. 1:17.08 Skullush
  20. 1:23.77 thatkid
  21. 1:26.05 Kenneth Svendson
  22. 1:27.12 jonlin
  23. 1:27.21 Mike Hughey
  24. 1:27.59 TheDubDubJr
  25. 1:27.97 BlueDevil
  26. 1:38.63 Mikel
  27. 1:40.09 FinnGamer
  28. 2:15.04 Schmidt
  29. 2:23.07 ThomasJE
  30. 2:23.54 toma
  31. 2:41.01 MatsBergsten
  32. 3:32.93 Reprobate
  33. DNF brandbest1
5x5x5(24)
  1. 1:04.00 asiahyoo1997
  2. 1:25.09 yoinneroid
  3. 1:36.29 JianhanC
  4. 1:38.07 zaki
  5. 1:47.50 Andrejon
  6. 1:49.84 dinostef
  7. 1:53.49 antoineccantin
  8. 1:54.97 mycube
  9. 2:07.92 riley
  10. 2:15.31 Skullush
  11. 2:19.74 cuberkid10
  12. 2:21.77 AndersB
  13. 2:31.25 Mike Hughey
  14. 2:34.50 Daniel Liamitz
  15. 2:35.64 thatkid
  16. 2:44.64 Jaycee
  17. 3:00.65 Mikel
  18. 3:01.61 MeshuggahX
  19. 3:03.58 Kenneth Svendson
  20. 3:38.25 FinnGamer
  21. 4:10.68 toma
  22. 4:36.80 Schmidt
  23. 5:48.56 MatsBergsten
  24. 5:53.07 Reprobate
6x6x6(8)
  1. 2:19.07 asiahyoo1997
  2. 3:28.03 mycube
  3. 4:13.84 Skullush
  4. 4:37.59 Mike Hughey
  5. 4:58.44 riley
  6. 7:44.99 FinnGamer
  7. 10:38.51 Reprobate
  8. DNF Schmidt
7x7x7(6)
  1. 5:25.35 Jakube
  2. 5:39.33 mycube
  3. 6:28.51 Skullush
  4. 6:42.65 Mike Hughey
  5. 12:04.21 Kenneth Svendson
  6. 14:51.32 Reprobate
3x3 one handed(32)
  1. 15.83 asiahyoo1997
  2. 17.65 yoinneroid
  3. 17.70 antoineccantin
  4. 19.90 Aria97
  5. 20.08 Daniel Liamitz
  6. 20.11 Andrejon
  7. 25.12 Skullush
  8. 25.83 mycube
  9. 26.44 AndersB
  10. 27.12 dinostef
  11. 29.37 JianhanC
  12. 31.14 cuberkid10
  13. 32.06 zaki
  14. 32.24 Sillas
  15. 33.67 xcuber99
  16. 33.72 MeshuggahX
  17. 33.72 Jaycee
  18. 38.74 riley
  19. 39.56 jonlin
  20. 41.69 Kenneth Svendson
  21. 41.80 TheDubDubJr
  22. 42.33 Mike Hughey
  23. 44.37 balloon6610
  24. 47.16 Mikel
  25. 48.05 brandbest1
  26. 50.90 pdilla
  27. 57.66 ThomasJE
  28. 1:05.63 FinnGamer
  29. 1:10.97 Guti
  30. 1:12.95 arcio1
  31. 1:17.28 Schmidt
  32. 1:21.31 hfsdo
3x3 with feet(3)
  1. 1:34.02 antoineccantin
  2. 1:35.93 Mike Hughey
  3. 2:23.29 Kenneth Svendson
2x2x2 Blindfolded(12)
  1. 21.98 Jaycee
  2. 23.02 Mike Hughey
  3. 23.49 yoinneroid
  4. 30.44 mycube
  5. 34.81 MatsBergsten
  6. 37.42 Tao Yu
  7. 39.35 thatkid
  8. 40.41 xcuber99
  9. 44.52 riley
  10. 48.92 jonlin
  11. 51.99 cuberkid10
  12. 1:31.02 Schmidt
3x3x3 Blindfolded(11)
  1. 1:19.03 Mike Hughey
  2. 1:24.21 MatsBergsten
  3. 1:53.71 Skullush
  4. 1:59.79 yoinneroid
  5. 2:21.31 Jaycee
  6. 2:53.00 mycube
  7. 3:08.71 jonlin
  8. 3:12.71 Mikel
  9. 3:23.00 arcio1
  10. 3:24.89 xcuber99
  11. DNF Schmidt
4x4x4 Blindfolded(5)
  1. 5:45.24 MatsBergsten
  2. 11:35.48 yoinneroid
  3. DNF Skullush
  4. DNF Jaycee
  5. DNF Mike Hughey
5x5x5 Blindfolded(3)
  1. 12:39.23 Mike Hughey
  2. 17:24.65 MatsBergsten
  3. DNF yoinneroid
6x6x6 Blindfolded(1)
  1. DNF Mike Hughey
7x7x7 Blindfolded (1)
  1. 40:50.74 Mike Hughey
3x3 Multi blind(7)
  1. 8/9 (57:21) yoinneroid
  2. 10/15 (58:41) Mike Hughey
  3. 2/2 ( 9:28) mycube
  4. 2/2 ( 9:36) Jaycee
  5. 4/6 (31:39) MatsBergsten
  6. 1/2 ( 4:36) Skullush
  7. 0/2 (20:00) antoineccantin
3x3 Match the scramble(5)
  1. 1:10.25 Mike Hughey
  2. 1:21.27 Jaycee
  3. 1:26.46 cuberkid10
  4. DNF xcuber99
  5. DNF Daniel Liamitz
2-3-4 Relay(21)
  1. 54.06 asiahyoo1997
  2. 1:00.82 yoinneroid
  3. 1:04.94 zaki
  4. 1:11.38 cuberkid10
  5. 1:14.55 Daniel Liamitz
  6. 1:17.86 dinostef
  7. 1:23.44 mycube
  8. 1:27.43 JianhanC
  9. 1:30.31 Jaycee
  10. 1:34.88 riley
  11. 1:39.00 xcuber99
  12. 1:48.56 Divineskulls
  13. 1:49.74 TheDubDubJr
  14. 1:59.82 jonlin
  15. 2:00.02 MeshuggahX
  16. 2:16.17 Mike Hughey
  17. 2:20.93 FinnGamer
  18. 2:47.12 ThomasJE
  19. 2:59.75 toma
  20. 3:05.18 Schmidt
  21. 6:37.98 Reprobate
2-3-4-5 Relay(17)
  1. 2:02.11 asiahyoo1997
  2. 2:18.51 yoinneroid
  3. 2:54.08 zaki
  4. 3:13.45 JianhanC
  5. 3:14.98 dinostef
  6. 3:15.15 mycube
  7. 3:40.29 cuberkid10
  8. 3:41.54 Daniel Liamitz
  9. 3:52.67 riley
  10. 4:09.50 Jaycee
  11. 4:52.86 TheDubDubJr
  12. 5:01.50 Mike Hughey
  13. 5:04.99 MeshuggahX
  14. 6:37.19 FinnGamer
  15. 7:31.00 Schmidt
  16. 7:47.50 toma
  17. 12:23.00 Reprobate
Magic(10)
  1. 0.96 brandbest1
  2. 1.22 xcuber99
  3. 1.29 BlueDevil
  4. 1.32 dinostef
  5. 1.58 riley
  6. 1.79 cuberkid10
  7. 2.00 yoinneroid
  8. 2.08 antoineccantin
  9. 2.32 zaki
  10. 4.92 Mike Hughey
Master Magic(7)
  1. 2.49 antoineccantin
  2. 3.07 dinostef
  3. 3.54 BlueDevil
  4. 3.84 Mike Hughey
  5. 4.02 zaki
  6. 4.26 yoinneroid
  7. 4.59 riley
Skewb(2)
  1. 21.25 Mike Hughey
  2. 28.09 Schmidt
Clock(6)
  1. 8.75 Andrejon
  2. 11.58 yoinneroid
  3. 13.48 zaki
  4. 14.68 Mike Hughey
  5. 21.24 BlueDevil
  6. 46.58 jonlin
Pyraminx(20)
  1. 5.56 Andrejon
  2. 7.15 Alcuber
  3. 7.47 cuberkid10
  4. 7.62 yoinneroid
  5. 7.68 zaki
  6. 8.01 Skullush
  7. 8.19 Daniel Liamitz
  8. 9.18 antoineccantin
  9. 9.26 comamycube
  10. 9.92 ThomasJE
  11. 9.96 BlueDevil
  12. 10.52 Jaycee
  13. 10.88 mycube
  14. 11.22 riley
  15. 12.54 Kenneth Svendson
  16. 12.55 brandbest1
  17. 13.51 AndersB
  18. 14.14 dinostef
  19. 14.31 Schmidt
  20. 15.29 Mike Hughey
Megaminx(10)
  1. 1:20.05 JianhanC
  2. 1:32.42 antoineccantin
  3. 1:34.74 Divineskulls
  4. 1:55.23 yoinneroid
  5. 1:58.28 xcuber99
  6. 2:23.43 mycube
  7. 2:27.15 Daniel Liamitz
  8. 2:30.67 Skullush
  9. 2:48.03 arcio1
  10. 2:59.75 Mike Hughey
Square-1(8)
  1. 19.45 gamegazerock
  2. 37.79 yoinneroid
  3. 40.29 Skullush
  4. 41.62 brandbest1
  5. 48.76 Mike Hughey
  6. 1:14.26 Mikel
  7. 1:40.72 jonlin
  8. 1:45.14 Schmidt
3x3x3 fewest moves(7)
  1. 18 guusrs
  2. 23 okayama
  3. 25 Mike Hughey
  4. 33 Jaycee
  5. 34 mycube
  6. 58 Mikel
  7. 65 FinnGamer

Contest results
  1. 356 yoinneroid
  2. 292 Mike Hughey
  3. 286 mycube
  4. 251 asiahyoo1997
  5. 234 cuberkid10
  6. 219 Daniel Liamitz
  7. 213 dinostef
  8. 213 zaki
  9. 211 Jaycee
  10. 211 Skullush
  11. 193 riley
  12. 192 antoineccantin
  13. 188 JianhanC
  14. 176 xcuber99
  15. 175 Andrejon
  16. 132 Aria97
  17. 131 jonlin
  18. 122 Tao Yu
  19. 112 FinnGamer
  20. 107 AndersB
  21. 106 BlueDevil
  22. 104 Kenneth Svendson
  23. 101 Mikel
  24. 101 MeshuggahX
  25. 90 Divineskulls
  26. 90 thatkid
  27. 89 MatsBergsten
  28. 82 brandbest1
  29. 80 Schmidt
  30. 79 TheDubDubJr
  31. 77 pdilla
  32. 76 ThomasJE
  33. 66 Sillas
  34. 59 Alcuber
  35. 55 toma
  36. 53 balloon6610
  37. 46 Jakube
  38. 43 Reprobate
  39. 41 Guti
  40. 41 ybs1230
  41. 40 okayama
  42. 35 MediocreDude
  43. 29 arcio1
  44. 28 comamycube
  45. 20 Jenscold
  46. 17 guusrs
  47. 12 gamegazerock
  48. 12 hfsdo
  49. 10 Zaterlord
  50. 9 aznanimedude
  51. 6 hcfong
 
FMC: 18 moves!

explanation: see odderen.dk or spoiler:

solve: B D L2 U L U' L2 F L F2 U F R' F' R F R2 B (18)

nice start on normal scramble: B D
pre-moves (D' B') on inverse scramble 2x2x2 block: B' R2 (2+2)
pre-moves (R2 B) on normal scramble:
2x2x2 block + pairs: B D (2+2)
extra pre-move (F) (2+3)
at this point F L would be the obvious thing to do for a 7-move 2x2x3 block (like Tomoaki suggested), but then the FL-edge would be flipped in an uncomfortable way so I did:
flip FL-edge: L2 U L U' L2 (7+3)
surprising F2L: F L F U F (12+3)
common LL-alg: F' U' F U F R' F' R, 5 moves cancel! (15+3)
undo pre-move: F R2 B (18)

finding good pre-moves are crucial (unless you name is Erik Akkersdijk (-; )
PB and 1 move above optimal solution!
BTW: optimal: L F2 U2 R' U' R' B2 U F B U' B' D' R2 D2 L2 F2 (17)
Congratz Guus, that's wonderful :)
 
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