Hi :-) I had a brief look at google docs. I was not too impressed withe the userfriendliness. I still did not find out how to make a named folder or start...
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Gilles Roux
gogozergus
Jan 3, 2008 11:14 am
Hi, 10 minutes, or 5 minutes without writing down the solution, is a nice format. That's what I've been doing for years. Averages of 12-2 or 7-2. But I like to...
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per_fredlund
Jan 3, 2008 11:50 am
Hi :-) I used to achieve avgs of 41/52 for normal solving and supersolving about 20 years ago. All done semi-linearly. Only simple undoing moves. Never...
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mirek_goljan
Jan 5, 2008 12:46 am
Hi, FMC companion can help you to verify your solution later and count moves. Is that what you mean, Per? Of course, why not. If you mean we can record our...
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Ryan Heise
r_h_e_i_s_e
Jan 5, 2008 1:22 am
... I had such a competition running once (fewestmoves5), but it is shut down now and replaced by linearfmc which requires the solution to be recorded. I...
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per_fredlund
Jan 5, 2008 12:24 pm
Ah, i had forgotten the not taking back moves restriction. Actually i'm AGAINST that restriction for the 10 minutes format. It does allow for a few possible...
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per_fredlund
Jan 5, 2008 12:29 pm
HI :-) get away with passwords how?? Everytime you submit you just give your email address, then get a reply you have to reply to?? I have designed online...
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Ryan Heise
r_h_e_i_s_e
Jan 5, 2008 1:05 pm
... Not quite, the scheme I have in mind is a bit more subtle than that. To login (or in words that are perhaps more enlightening, to "authenticate" yourself)...
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per_fredlund
Jan 5, 2008 6:23 pm
Hi :-) My wording was a bit unclear. One does not really reply to the automatic email being sent, one responds to a link sent. Still there may be problems with...
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per_fredlund
Jan 5, 2008 6:37 pm
Hi :-) In lack of another place (for now) to submit entries i do it here. Solution: U R2 U' F' R L' U' L' U F L F' D' B D B' R' D' L D F L F2 D F D2 L D F2 U B...
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Kenneth Gustavsson
solkoll
Jan 11, 2008 9:54 pm
This is my new campaign, STM for competiton! I'm pretty sure Gilles are with me on this =) Not joking really: why not, when having official FMC competitons ...
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mirek_goljan
Jan 12, 2008 1:09 am
Hi Kenneth, Dan did exactly that for us long time ago. On the result link from http://www.cubestation.co.uk/ we can choose to see winner in either of 4...
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mirek_goljan
Jan 12, 2008 1:27 am
Nice, Per, I have practiced for some time only to see that I often end up with above 40 moves in my sequential solving. Worried that I may not get lucky again,...
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Kenneth Gustavsson
solkoll
Jan 12, 2008 9:57 am
Hi Mirek =) I know Dans competiton is in that form but I was thinking of the official WCA competitons, I would like to have it there too. // Kenneth ... from ...
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Gilles Roux
gogozergus
Jan 14, 2008 1:02 am
Kenneth, I'm not following you, I now think the cut plane metric (HTM) is the most logical and natural metric, because it works for all twisty puzzles, and one...
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mirek_goljan
Jan 14, 2008 1:19 pm
You made a typo, the cut plane metric is STM (slice turn metric). Mirek ... (HTM) ... The ... one ... HTM ... the ... it's...
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mirek_goljan
Jan 14, 2008 1:34 pm
Hi, anybody did 10-min sequential solving? My lucky solution is the following. 10-min: D B' D F L2 B' D B' R' B2 R2 B D2 here I spent most time checking an ...
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Guus Razoux Schultz
guusrs
Jan 14, 2008 10:09 pm
Hello Mirek, Well done, 31 for 10min is very good! For FMC182 my 10min solve was 34 moves: D' F B' L2 D L2 R D2 R' B2 R B D' B D B' D2 B D2 R F' R' F B2 R2 B...
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ericdstalter
Jan 15, 2008 4:14 am
Is there a downloadable version of the weblink, so as no need to be connected to the internet? ERic...
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ct
c_w_tsai
Jan 15, 2008 2:31 pm
Go to: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fewestmoveschallenge/ Click on Files. (version 2.3 for IE and firefox, maybe others also but I haven't checked)...
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Gilles Roux
gogozergus
Jan 15, 2008 5:47 pm
... I didn't, "CPM"=HTM....
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Kenneth Gustavsson
solkoll
Jan 16, 2008 10:36 pm
... metric ... Yes, I can understand that but my main reason was that you do not use a slice turn approach for FMC because every turn you do counts as two. So...
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mirek_goljan
Jan 24, 2008 12:49 am
Hi Gus, you can put some more numbers in your table: 10-min #183, B' R U2 D' L' F D L2 U B2 R2 B L U L' L' B2 L B' U' B' U' B2 U B R U' L' U R' U' D R2 D' L2 D...
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eric stalter
ericdstalter
Jan 24, 2008 3:19 am
#184 1-hour = 30HTM/29STM (19 skeleton/2 insertions) I always try and keep my FMC at an hour, that way someday when I enter a competition I will be used to ...
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per_fredlund
Jan 27, 2008 8:44 pm
Hi :-) I am slowly catching up on the backlog of fmc solves in the 10/60 min categories. Here is my contribution for 10-min #184 U D' B L D' F R2 F' D F' D F D...
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per_fredlund
Jan 27, 2008 9:09 pm
Hi :-) I suggest counting turns the way it was done for 1 hr linear aolving hosted with ryan heise. Every face turned counts as 1 turn. So F F2 counts as one,...
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Guus Razoux Schultz
guusrs
Jan 27, 2008 10:26 pm
Hi guys. Here is the new FMC result list for 2008 (HTM count). Don't be afraid I will not keep it in this format for a long time. I added Eric Stalter to the...
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per_fredlund
Jan 28, 2008 9:54 am
Hi :-) Whatever happened to Lars' google documents ?? Some great solves there, would be nice to see the actual solutions in the file also - just an idea :-) -...
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per_fredlund
Jan 28, 2008 11:59 am
Hi :-) Why have a complicated rating scheme. Just assign scores by position in every round. Like 10-9-8-7 ... or 100-80-60 or similar. We are very few ...
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per_fredlund
Jan 28, 2008 12:56 pm
Hi :-) I had a go at scramble #180 (the one that seemed to have the "worst" solutions so far. R' U' B L' F' D U2 F U F' U D2 R U R' D2 U R' U2 R2 B U B' U' R'...
