Weekly competition 2007-21 (2,3,3OH,4,5,BF,SQ1,MG), 2007-07-02

[edd5190]

2x2 speedsolve average: 15.06
(16.55)
15.72
(13.05)
15.25
14.80 (PLL skip)

3x3 speedsolve average: 20.31
20.31
20.83
20.58
(31.45)
(19.46)

3x3 OH average: 48.94
50.80
(45.13)
(52.26)
48.46
47.55

4x4 speedsolve average: 3:44.82
3:49.63
3:35.89
(4:26.87)
3:48.93
(3:24.09)

3x3 BLD a: 3:29.77
3x3 BLD b: 5:50.xx DNF

[AvGalen]

edd5190: Please prove/disprove my theory by telling me if you are an american (and if so, from Caltech). You fit the profile of fast 3x3x3, 3x3x3_bf and also 3x3x3_oh. But your 2x2x2 and 4x4x4 times are relatively slow.

(Another explanation would be that you just got your 2x2x2 and 4x4x4)

[edd5190]

Ok, I've been to Caltech, but I'm only 10 years old, and thus will not go there again unless there is a competition there or I get accepted to Caltech (hopefully the second one). Yes, I am American, and I don't practice 4x4 as much as the other puzzles, and I would be faster with 2x2 if I had a real one (I just simulate it on the 4x4, so It's a bit awkward to use). I'll get a 2x2 when I have the money. I spent all my summer money on stickers, DIY's and Magics (the latter of which have not come yet). Btw, thanks everyone for the compliments, including: Rama, Kai, Arnaud, Alex (ThePizzaGuy92 from Youtube), Arnaud, (previous post), Brian Zhang, and many more than I can think of right now.

This post has been edited by edd5190 on Jul 8 2007, 04:10 PM

[Lawrence]

2x2 average: 13:17 (i just got my eastsheen 5 hours ago, im 10 years old.)
15.15, 9.12, 10.57, 16.23, 13:81. it was my second time doing averages.

[masterofthebass]

Yeah, sorry about reviving the scrambling issue, but Arnaud, do you use the WCA program for scrambling? I ask this because the first scramble is not set for multi-slice:
L2 B d2 B' D' f D' B r d2 B2 f' u B2 f r' d r2 R2 D d2 l' r' f' F' D' r u' B2 f F U' r2 b' D' U b2 f' D l'

the l' r' in the middle is the equivalent of l2 x, which doesn't happen on jaap's scrambler. That's why I assumed they were single layer turns.

[AvGalen]

masterofthebass: I am using Jaap's scrambler, but I am also a little worried about the quality of the scrambles. 4x4x4 scrambles tend to have cancellations in them and 5x5x5 scrambles seem to have to many "same slice" combinations. Like the first 5x5x5 scramble this week: (D d' u2 U')(L l r R2). I have discussed this with Jaap and he told me he would check it out. It might also be a problem in the random function of the browser.

I don't think it really matters though!

[AvGalen]

2x2x2: 9.48, 9.39, (9.57), (8.11), 8.34 = 9.07
Consistent, but will I ever get a sub 8 average?

3x3x3: (28.65), 28.48, 23.24, (19.10), 25.43 = 25.72
19.10 was a 2 look last layer

3x3x3_oh: 44.21, (52.73), 44.59, 41.89, (41.53) = 43.56
Just about perfect for me

4x4x4: 1:35.29, (1:49.42)(P), (1:34.00)(P), 1:48.22(O), 1:35.32(P) = 1:39.61
New cube = new times! Either 1:35 (good) or 1:49 (bad)

5x5x5: 2:42.13, 2:35.47, (2:30.09), (2:55.47), 2:42.41 = 2:40.00
Very nice, but a 2:39.99 average and a 2:29.99 single would have been nicer

2x2x2_bf: (2:04.61), 2:05.15 = 2:04.61
2:05 was a 2:03 +2

3x3x3_bf: 9:03.90, DNF = 9:03.90
9:03.90 was a 9:01.90 +2

Square-1: 2:37.03(P), (2:51.17)(P), 2:47.71(P), (1:35.25), 1:57.12 = 2:27.29
Same method as last week, but I use KJiptner's parity-fix. It saves me a lot of time, but I am still very slow!

Magic: (1.92), (2.49), 2.01, 2.08, 2.05 = 2.05
My best times by far and my first sub 2