Take a look at this: http://tinyurl.com/8dv78 Is that an intresting idéa?...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Jan 1, 2006 10:51 pm
... Hmm... I think I'm missing the point. It's well-known that 11 is the maximum (see for example Jaap's page), so why is he asking for something "worse"? ...
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Kenneth Gustavsson
solkoll
Jan 2, 2006 1:00 am
Ok, it is pointless, I did not know that, thanks to you Stefan I do now =) But the idéa was great I think =) =) =)...
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Gilles Roux
gogozergus
Jan 5, 2006 12:10 pm
... My opinion about the two 1x2x3? Build a 1x2x3 in an outer layer, and another 1x2x3 in the opposite outer layer. No more constraint, because this result is...
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Kenneth Gustavsson
solkoll
Jan 5, 2006 4:38 pm
Hello Gilles =) I tried something a bit similair to your methods first step a while ago. I start with a "cross" of three edges (one from FL and two from ML) on...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Jan 5, 2006 8:14 pm
... limit. ... Anyway, ... like ... You can also bring a 1cm x 1m sticker since the rules don't talk about their size. Cheers! Stefan...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
Jan 6, 2006 4:40 pm
Hi :-) I use that or else i use white paper and a tape loop made from 5 cm wide clear tape. The latter is much more durable and sticks well even on the Studio...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Jan 6, 2006 6:59 pm
... But then you're missing the opportunity to solve them all as a single pair-3-cycle! For example [R' d R, U]. Cheers! Stefan...
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Dan Harris
hatadey
Jan 6, 2006 10:32 pm
Hi everyone, First of all, thanks to everyone who took part in the Christmas Challenge FMC! I have a lot of entries to deal with, and I will promise to post...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
Jan 7, 2006 1:03 am
Hi :-) That hardly ever happens anyway. If ur skeleton solution have them separate they are not likely to come together to proper c/e pairs by backtracking....
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Jan 7, 2006 11:28 pm
What is more important in Dan's FMC? HTM or QTM? Let's say I have these two solutions: 1) 38 HTM, 46 QTM 2) 40 HTM, 44 QTM I like 2) better, because of few...
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mirek_goljan
Jan 8, 2006 2:44 am
Hi, FMcubers, I'm back here and I'm wondering how everybody did in the Christmas Challenge :-) Per, in your last case with 3-cycles of both edges and corners,...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
Jan 8, 2006 2:25 pm
Hi Mirek :-) Umm good point. Has that really happened for u? I would think it's rather unlikely to be so lucky as to solve one of the corners like that. Umm,...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
Jan 8, 2006 3:00 pm
Hi Stefan :-) For now Dan is only rating in htm :-) He has promised (i think he has ...) to switch to rating in all metrics soon, so for ur rating u should...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Jan 8, 2006 4:29 pm
... Alright, I'll do so then... thanks! ... move. Mmh... I don't think that's similar. He moves one block relative to the rest of the cube. In that axial...
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Cyril Castella
cycastel
Jan 11, 2006 10:21 am
uh ... Dan ? Some news about X-mas FMC results ? Are you still having troubles with cubestation.co.uk :-( ?? ... <dan_j_harris@n...> wrote: I have a lot of...
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thebunze
Jan 13, 2006 1:57 am
I've tried to get fewest moves I could before... i got 90. My average was like 100. I learned the Petrus method last week and now FM is fun for me. I got 43...
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Dan Harris
hatadey
Jan 13, 2006 8:16 am
Hi everyone, I am really sorry for putting off posting results of the Christmas Challenge, it has been a combination of not being able to decide on the format...
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Dan Harris
hatadey
Jan 13, 2006 7:17 pm
Hi everyone, The long awaited Christmas FMC 2005 results are now available from the archive! Thanks to everyone who took part to make it a success, overall we...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Jan 13, 2006 7:56 pm
... the ... Oh boy... was I really waiting for *that* all the time? I thought I'm at least somewhat good but Per and others proved me wrong almost everywhere...
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mirek_goljan
Jan 13, 2006 8:27 pm
Hi, congratulations to Per for his incredible 19-move. This is a new unoficial world record. I later realized my mistake of overlooking quite obvious finish of...
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Gilles Roux
gogozergus
Jan 14, 2006 1:35 am
So many good results! And couldn't try it. :-( But I certainly wouldn't have found such good solutions. Congratulations! - Perfect start for Waterman with...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Jan 14, 2006 9:14 pm
... you ... Yeah, I didn't want to reveal I had an "expert" solution but I wanted to ask the question, so I added 12 cause that's the difference between the...
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Cyril Castella
cycastel
Jan 15, 2006 6:50 pm
Hi, Congratulation for all these crazy solutions :) There is one thing I 'm not sure ... did Per and I really submit these solutions for the corners ??? I did...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
Jan 15, 2006 9:50 pm
Hi Cyril (Dan) :-) Yes it's written there that my solution is : {L' R} F R' D' R D F' R2 F2 It should be : L' R' F R' D' R D F' R2 F2 - no slice moves A...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
Jan 15, 2006 10:35 pm
Hi :-) The same scrambling technique has also given some of the worst (toughest) scrambles i have seen. Im only happy that there is a huge variety in the...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Jan 16, 2006 12:08 am
... It would also make things "impossibler" unless the DLB corner is already solved :-) Cheers! Stefan...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
Jan 16, 2006 3:24 am
Hi :-) LOL yes !! As long as the requirement is to solve wrt the centers as well .. and not just corners wrt each other ;-) -Per ... would...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Jan 16, 2006 12:30 pm
Well, I think "corners only" should *always* include the centers. Otherwise the name is bad because then it's no need to talk about the corners of a 3x3,...
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Cyril Castella
cycastel
Jan 16, 2006 1:36 pm
So you like playing with our words ;) Of course I meant "corners only" for "corners only" :) That way you solve a 2x2x2, and consider the DBL corner as already...
