My Puzzle
Records
Last update: November
18, 2006
New
times in red
My official times
Puzzle |
Event |
Times ([min:]sec[.frac]) |
Comments |
Renders |
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3 by 3 by 3 |
Speedsolve |
Lucky: Official:
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Official: |
That 27:03 could have been
nearly 20. The PLL (Psi/Y) got stuck badly for almost 10
seconds. All those 40's involved G-permutations. That 17.93 average was (finally!) with MGLS. |
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One-handed |
Official: |
37 Official: |
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One in each hand |
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~3:30[N] |
The 2:25 involved the two of the luckiest solves I'd ever had (three LL algs total). |
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Blindfolded |
Official: |
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I
use Macky's 3-cycle method. First solve (33 min): all permuted correctly, corners oriented to L and R faces and two edges flipped; 3rd (2nd?) solve: two edges and two corners switched; Next morning: two corners and two edges incorrectly oriented; Two edges incorrectly oriented, and three corners cycled in the wrong direction. Other solves: half jumbled (mistake[s] on setup moves, probably the corners). *I succeeded on my second (last) attempt at at the Nationals; I was quite surprised.... Since October 11, I finally fixed my occasional incorrect edge memorization scheme, tried more carfully, and memorized the other corner alg. I did at least one successful solve a day for half a year after that. That 3:02 should really be near 2:00... |
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Multipe Blindfolded |
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N/A |
A-35:20.97 Tyson Mao doesn't like this category, so I switched to focusing on regular BLD and speed BLD... |
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Speed Blindfolded |
N/A |
I
tend to make too many mistakes: I've done DNF's with sub-10min
memo and sub-11ses execution... |
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Fewest moves |
38 Official: |
N/A |
The 39 from Berkeley Spring '07 is here. |
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2 by 2 by 2 |
Speedsolve |
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Don't own one yet. Actually, Arthur just gave me the one he bought for the Nationals, but I used it to build a 4x2x2. Then, at Berkeley Fall '06, I traded my DIY gor Ummon's Eastsheen; then I won another one for 1st in Magic |
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Blindfolded |
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~30-50[N] |
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4 by 4 by 4 |
Speedsolve |
Official: |
Official:
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I use the method at bigcubes.com with 6 simultaneous edge pairings. I apply some three-cycles from the five when in trouble. I finally practiced, and now I'm more comfortable with my solves. Notice how the times were going down in my (first) average... The official1:28 was my PR for half a year, since my 4x4x4 lost a green center at Caltech Winter '07. |
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Blindfolded |
DNF |
N/A |
First try was two 3-cycles off. |
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5 by 5 by 5 |
Speedsolve |
Official: |
6:15 – 6:45 Official: |
I got my ELL algs for 3x3x3 from my old method: -Top center, then middle and
outer edges Now, after Arthur convinced me to solve centers first, I'm floating around without a good method, using centers first without satisfyingly efficient (but acceptably fast) tredge pairing. Last Friday (Sep. 22, '06), I sat down to solve the Eastsheen just once, but I ended up doing about a dozen. My times went down from 7:xx to almost 6:00. |
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1 by 1 by 1 |
Speedsolve |
0.02 |
0.04 |
Basically, stopping the timer as quickly as possible. They used this as a mystery puzzle for the Nationals; I think he (the unsuspecting solver) got 1.21... |
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Megaminx |
Speedsolve |
Official: |
~5:00 |
After seeing one at the Caltech Winter competition, I had to get myself (i.e. had to convince my Mom to get me) a Megaminx.. It's and easy, but repetetive. It can really improve look-ahead techniques. At the Nationals, the preliminary solve went very well; it temporarily stood as best. And my judge was getting bored with a speedy solve... |
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Blindfolded |
DNF |
N/A |
Tried it December 15, '06; really messed up on execution |
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Square-1 |
Speedsolve |
Official: |
~1:30[N] Official: |
My favorite puzzle. Even better, I have a chance of becoming the German record holder (don't tell Stefan Pochmann until after the Nationals; then again, he won't care). [OK, now you can tell him. See here and here] Hmm, 1:02.27 was my last official record for the 3x3x3... My times should go down a bit; I restickered it. I had restickered the bottom green temporarily for the competition, so I managed to do reasonably well. |
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Blindfolded |
13:43.32 |
No way! Yet. |
A world record! I didn't
know I could get one of those... |
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Blindfolded (beginning square) |
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~5:00[N] |
Simple, just requires two 2-cycles. |
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Magic
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Speedsolve |
Official: |
Official: |
I got mine with the 4x4x4, noticing that they sold it at rubiks.com (they ran out again quickly). Once I got a fast method (the reflection of the inverse of the fast transform on Jaap's page, incidentally also Stefan Pochmann's), I became really fast, although my good magic likes to break. See my magic page for patterns. Set my 1.53 while practicing at the Nationals. That DNF average was not actually a DNF, but I didn't bother to argue with the judge... They cancelled it at Caltech Winter '07 :-( |
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Master Magic
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Speedsolve |
Official: |
Official: |
Rubiks.com was selling Harry
Potter magics for $5. I made this from two, and used the
remaining four tiles for the 2x2 Nationals Mini Magic. For that 6.16 average, I was frantic not to DNF (after two DNFs on the regular magic), so I spent half a second each solve slapping down the ends... |
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Mini Magic
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Speedsolve |
1.23 |
1.66 |
I made this using the Nationals logo. It is possible to scramble the logo and the cube, too. This was used for mystery puzzle #6; the solver got about 20 seconds. |
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Super Magic |
Speedsolve |
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10.85 11.01 11.01 10.38 (8.80) 10.5 9.42 9.4 (12.04) 10.58 9.77 9.8 10.27 |
I like this one :-) Now it's broken )-: |
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