... "Best of 3" does have the advantage of allowing you to stop after the first solve and submit DNS for the rest if you don't have that much time to spend...
... Good point. But doing all solves takes <30 minutes at most, so time shouldn't be a big problem. ... That's crazy. I remember getting below 30 only twice,...
No i did not ask for this. I think there was not much time for this. The most fun part of German open is that the first day you can buy many puzzles and watch...
I wondered about that, too... I counted on Helmstetter's page (see link below) and got 44 LL positions that you can solve optimally in 10 moves exactly. And...
Hi :-) I guess he actually means all algs of MAXIMUM 10 moves best solution. And about seeing mirrored or inverted versions. For fewest moves we have amble...
Hi Guys, I mean all 10-moves algs that only affect the last layer. Some algs solve the same position but they are worth memorizing because it probably cancels...
Hallo everyone, Apologies for the delay and lack of due care and attention with the FMC over the past couple of weeks. I am now finished with my studies ...
Please read: http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1409&sid=9c88d\ 365f4e1fedd18e18e966dc42110#1409 Remember Dan? We talked about it in...
Per, I understand your answer in the forum. But I am trying to find some way of making a "fewest-moves" event more attractive. Every time at the world...
If you want a show event, then copy speed-chess, with a chess-clock between the two participants: - both have say 10 minutes - participant 1 makes a move and...
... That's an excellent idea! I haven't used my DGT 2000 for ages, but looks like it isn't completely useless. Now I just need to find an opponent... Some...
Hi :-) Let us not mix up FMC and Fewest Moves. FMC is Dan's beloved online weekly fewest moves challenge. Fewest moves in a real-life competion can never be...
... That could be fun. You'd need to write down the made moves somehow, since a speedcuber can make several moves with one movement, as well as when no one is...
Many of you probably already know about this, but I created a forum-style interface to view the messages on this mailing list: http://oosan.ryanheise.com/ From...
... Of course, but my point is that searching is a HUUUUUUGE part of nonlinear FMC. ... Sorry to burst this bubble, but there is not really much mystery to the...
... I don't disagree with you. My claim is that what nonlinear FMC adds over and above linear FMC is the ability to search and test different paths, and then...
... When I was thinking about linear FM solving as an event, I thought of the following approach to judging, which my apply here, too: The idea is for each...
Hi Ryan!! Indeed you do make it sound like taking more time in fewest moves is only to allow for more excessive random searches. You are far from correct in...
... Hi Per!! ... What... how can I be far from correct on something which I never said? Because I certainly did not say "random". ... What... how can you...
Hi :-) Ok ok you didn't say "random searches". My main point anyway was that i think linear fast solving involves much more luck than slow iterative solving. ...
... Are you taking into account that linear FMC will use averages? If you take that into account I no longer think it is "much more". Also, this does not take...
... What if I removed the time limit of 5 minutes? The focus of linear fewest moves is not to solve quickly, not at all. The goal is simply to challenge you to...
... By the way, I already use premoves and the insertion technique in linear solving. Technically, this involves "forward tracking" because I must look into...
-- Hi Gilles, I like this idea very much. How about giving it the name FMK (Fewest Moves Knokout) of FMD (Fewest Moves Duel)? I also suggest a variation: don'...
Here is the announcement on the main list: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/message/36321 I decided to make the format just one cube...
Hi Eric! I studied your solution to fmc #158. Scramble was: R F R' D' B' U2 R2 F D L F D' B' F' R2 B' F' U' D F' B' U2 F B L' You start off nicely with: L' U B...
