WR Fewest Moves

[gijmy]

Done at Barcelona on the 24 of April by me (Jimmy Coll)
Scramble : U L2 U' R2 B2 U L2 D2 R2 F2 R2 F L F' D2 L' U B' D R2 F'
Solution :
U L U R2 U2 (bloc 222)
B D' R2 D' B R' (cross + second F2L)
B2 U' B U (3rd F2L)
D B2 D2 B' D2 B' D' (4th F2L + LL skip)
22 moves


I'm so happy

 

[Ellis]

WOWZA!

That's incredible!!!

Good job!!!!

Where was that thread....

ah yes, here: http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11462

LL skip on fewest moves, that's just crazy.

 

[soccerking813]

Wow. Amazing! Congrats!
5 moves fewer than the previous record. I didn't really think sub-25 would come for a long time....

 

[jcuber]

WOW! I barely get sub-70 moves for 3x3 speed if I am lucky!

 

[Chuberchuckee]

Whoa 22 moves!

Wasn't it calculated that it takes an average of 23 moves to optimally solve the cube?

 

[jcuber]

I think it is 21 now, chuber. I can't be sure but I heard that somewhere.

 

[qqwref]

:O

What the hell... crazy job. And with no skeleton/insertion moves at all...

 

[cuBerBruce]

Whoa 22 moves!

Wasn't it calculated that it takes an average of 23 moves to optimally solve the cube?

I think it is 21 now, chuber. I can't be sure but I heard that somewhere.

No, the average optimal solution length for Rubik's cube positions is estimated to be about 17.7 face turns.

There isn't any position yet known to require more than 20 face turns, and it's been proven that none require more than 22 face turns.

And congratulations, Jimmy!

4 moves more than optimal... U D L' F2 R' F2 R U F U' D F2 U2 L' U2 B' L' B (18f*)

 

[Gparker]

did you plan the LL skip? and how long did it take to find the solution? LL skip in fewest moves is unbelievable. congrats!

 

[DavidWoner]

Well it was only a matter of time before someone got an LL skip. At least its someone cool like Jimmy Congrats!

 

[Siraj A.]

That's amazing! Nice job.

 

[Kian]

whoa. congrats!

 

[Nukoca]

I will beat you one day! *evil laugh*

 

[ConnorCuber]

Wow! Congratulations! I bet this record won't be broken for awhile.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Wow - that's totally awesome. I agree with ConnorCuber - I think that record will stand for a very long time.

And it was not an obvious easy solution at all (at least not to me) - very pretty. Well done!

 

[Lord Voldemort]

Wow...
Was the LL skip forced, or lucky?

 

[riffz]

Wow... you just blew away the previous record.

 

[alifiantoadinugroho]

Very nice one

 

[Lucas Garron]

Well, that's just crazy.

As far as we know, it's now possible that someone may attempt an official event without any chance of breaking the WR on that attempt.
(Upper bound on God's number is 22.)

Anyhow, Jimmy, do you mind if I keep it up at http://archive.garron.us/solves/2009/coll_22_moves.htm?

 

[qqwref]

As far as we know, it's now possible that someone may attempt an official event without any chance of breaking the WR on that attempt.
(Upper bound on God's number is 22.)

Careful, Lucas. The *proven* upper bound on God's number is 22, but almost every cube theorist agrees that God's number is 20, even though it hasn't been proven yet. So it will still always be technically possible to break the WR.

I'm not convinced that the 2x2 single WR is always possible to break, incidentally.