It is interesting that several best solvers started with B L' even without realizing the pre-moves F' R'. Actually, I was very close to the likely best...
Just looked at the FMC #133 our first 11 moves are the same. i even think that i had the same after that but on that place it looks like it did a OLL T to get...
Wooow ... That's a very nice solution! Incredible qtm, and i believe also only a few moves from htm optimum. Im glad u didn't find this solution before :-P ......
Ok Last week for the FMC I had a 23move solve, but had 2 corners twisted wrong, they were in the right spot. This week I had another solve at 24moves, but had...
Hey Eric! yoiu can try sort out the duo-twist by using 2 inserted corner 3- cycles. The first cycle must use the 2 corners that should be twisted and ANY other...
This week I introduced my first edges first solution, with to corner cycle insertions. Very excited. What would be a good number for moves to get all the...
HI Eric, everyone, My site does seem to be down, I am surprised that it has been unavailable for so long. I've been told that the servers are doing some sort...
Hi Eric! I would say anything below 16 turns for edges first is good. As for corner insertions after that it depends a whole lot on luck. But usually there is...
Hi all Apparently the CubeStation servers are suffering a DoS attack, pretty bad show by all accounts. I'll keep you posted, but all I can say is just to keep...
Hi everyone, The website is back up, and the challenge deadline is extended to next week so if you couldnt access the site in recent days you still have a...
Hi Eric, If you were able to submit your solution and received the confirmation message then everything is OK. Those solutions are still held in the database. ...
Hey all! Since Dan is away all this week i would like to post my "results" here. For now i will only submit the lenghts of my found solutions. As i understand...
I'm forwarding a message i got from Richard Carr: (Personally, I think a better way to measure this fewest moves record is either a) least number of moves...
A few weeks ago I was holding an online "FMC Cross" competition with Japanese cubers and that's the metric we used. For every scramble, the optimal cross was...
I've been talking to the WCA guys about the timing for official FMC competitions. I think 60 minutes is just too little time to do a serious FMC solution. With...
I agree. I have yet to be able to compete in a competition, but I know that an extra 30min can mean a few more moves taken off, which is great for pure...
Hi :-) I may be partially guilty for the 60 mins time limit. I was once asked by Ron about what time limit is suitable for fewest moves. And i recall that i...
Hi Lars, I am definitely in favour of having a 90 minute time limit, for all of the reasons you describe. I have emailed Ron also, to let him know my opinion. ...
Hi guys, I saw this discussion and thought: "Oh no, not again.... :-(". What is the goal of the event? I think it is to decide which competitor is best at...
Hi Lars, ... I supposed the WCA guys you talked too are Tyson. When he submitted the request, I gave my opinion which was: "60 minutes is not that short. Of...
Hi :-) I will just repeat my point. Personally i think either 60 or 90 mins is way too little for a serious solution, but at least it's same for everyone. And...
Anyone else having problems submitting FMC 140? When I try to submit, I get Warning: Header may not contain more than a single header, new line detected. in ...
Hi :-) I submitted just now, and it went fine! I guess you might have had some "difficult" characters in your quote that makes the database not accept it. Try...
It took awhile to figure out what special characters it was bombing on. The normal thing I'd think of would be quote marks, but given the Rubik's notation I...
Now that FMC#140 has posted the results, I was wondering how many people submitted vs. number of people posted. I know Dan is away, but I submitted a solution...
OK, I am not alone. I submitted my solution last Saturday. It does not show up. Anybody found better than 26-move? This is probably more then Per's average. ...
