Hi group =) I'm soon going to the Finnish Open 2007 contest and there I'm going to do my first ever FMC competition (Hi Johannes, see you there =) Any tips?...
... Hi Kenneth, Practising at home under the same rules (most importantly one hour time limit) is probably a good idea. But I've never done it in competition...
... Thank's Johannes. ... You can use mine, it's loose. Problem is that it has to be sqeesed a little in the end to fix the shape, otherwise it falls apart....
Very important tip: You have exactly 1 hour, so make sure you have your solution written down clearly and checked/double-checked/tripple-checked it! Other info...
... now. My best so far is 31 moves (http://speedsolving.com/showthread.php? t=1263) ... Thank's Arnaud. 31 is good, if I can do that in competition I will...
Are there any (weekly) competitions online? I host one at speedsolving.com, but I thought others were also available. CubeStation seemed to be THE competition,...
I am looking forward to it. Could you post a message on this forum when it is back up again? If I can be of any help, just let me know! Hopefully I can use...
Hi everyone, The FMC is now fixed and the results for all previous challenges are available and are displaying properly. Challenge 167 will begin at midnight...
Is there anyone who can enlighten me as to how "fewest moves" came to be a 25 move scramble. And not say a 30 or 15 move scramble. Trivial, I know. But I'm...
Yeah yeah. I know I just started another thread. But I was wondering how many of you are having trouble with your SO's. When I get off of work, I come home and...
Maybe 99% of the women in this world could give two craps about the cube, but the same is probably valid for 99% of the men. Good thing is that I am much more...
Hmm...not really ; ) if it was like that, then there would be just women in the planet : ) it's more like 30 million (which is still a lot :D ) Pedro Gilles...
... It's 25 according to the regulations. The best way to scramble would be to generate a random position and then find a move sequence to get into that...
Johannes is correct. According to the official rules: http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#fewestmovessolving [1] E1) Regulations are as described...
... I find it unbelievable how loosely the regulations are being followed. ... Actually, I said "random position". I.e., generate (pseudo)random EP, CP, EO and...
[disclaimer]The following is a summary that is meant to be easily understanable. It is not meant to be scientifically fullproof[/disclaimer] If you scramble a...
There are 2 different points: - Scrambles quality. Is the cube scientifically scrambled/enough random/... ? How many random moves are necessary and can we find...
Hi. I have some questions. Per in one post mentioned few "advanced" techniques in fewest moves solving. 1. "Put all into one layer and solve it". I really...
I feel [yep- intuition!] that the best way to have a good yet short sequence for the 'human friendly' competition would be to have an algorithm to actually...
I always find the Americanism, "I could give two craps" very odd indeed; here, in England, we say, "I couldn't give a shit" - surely it makes more sense! :) ...
Hi :-) As an example of "solving all in same layer" i will show how to do a simple pattern, the 4 T - put 4 c/e blocks into U with L B R L' F L - make 4-cycle...
Hi :) I guess "I could not care less" is holding the same meaning, and is used in all english-speaking countries natively. Yes ?? I guess the other phrases...
Indeed it is the same meaning - I work with Americans. Nail and head - you imply America is not an English-speaking country. Is your wife an acedemic or in IT...
