Negative Time Solving Contest 2007
Scrambles
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This is the ONLY main Negative Time Solving Scramble for 2007. Do not use this scramble before the real attempt.
The following are additional 3x3 algorithms to be used only for 3x3 multi-blind. Decide on the number of cubes, n, to be attempted beforehand, and take the first n-1 from this list in addition to the main scramble above.
2. F' D B R L' F B' U2 D' R2 L F D R U2 B U2 B U2 F2 L' F2 B2 D U
3. D U' R' B R2 D2 B R L2 D2 U B' R D' B' L2 R2 F B2 D2 U R D' F2 U2
4. R' B' R' U L B' L D' B' D' L' F L U' D' R' U F U D' B L' D' F' U2
5. D' R U R D U' F B2 D2 U B' R D R' U R2 D F2 D2 R F2 D2 F D' R2
6. L' R D2 L D R2 L B' F L U2 D L B2 F' D' R2 F2 B' U' D' F U2 L2 R2
7. F' B U' B' L U2 R' L F B D B2 U L' F' U2 L' R2 B' D2 B2 R L2 B2 L2
8. R2 B U R2 L D' L2 B L2 U R' B L2 D L2 R' D R2 F D2 B' R' L F' R
9. B2 F' R U' R U' F U2 D B D B D L F' L U D2 L B2 U2 B2 L2 F' U2
10. D' U' R L D' L2 F U F' B2 R2 B L' D F' D2 F2 L B' F2 R' L' D2 U L2
11. L' R' U L D L' R' D' U' F2 D' U' F' R' U2 F' B2 R' L B' D2 U' L2 R' B2
12. L2 U L F' R2 L B2 L2 R2 U2 R F' B' U F2 B' L R B R' F B U B2 R
13. F R U2 R2 U B' U B2 R L' F U2 R2 B' U' L F' L2 R2 U F2 D' B' D B2
14. B' L2 U' D2 R U D2 L' U' L F R2 L' U' B2 L2 D U' B2 D U F L' B2 D2
15. U2 F2 B R' D2 L2 R' B2 R' B2 R' D' R2 D B L R' B' U2 L' B2 R2 F2 R L'
16. B' U F2 U L D U R' U B F U' D' B F2 D B2 D2 L' D L D2 L2 R D
17. U' R' U F' B' U R F' L2 U' R D' U L' U2 F D2 B' L B2 F L2 R2 F2 D
18. L' R' F2 B2 D' B U F D' F' D B' F D' L' D F' L' D2 B2 U B2 F' R' D
19. R' B2 F' R2 L D' B2 R L B2 F' D2 R L' F R2 F U2 R2 U R F U L2 B
20. F2 U' R' F2 R L2 B R2 U2 D' B2 F2 L U2 B' L2 D' B' U B D' L B' U2 B2
21. F D F2 U2 L B' D' U2 L D2 R L2 B2 R' F R' B' R' L2 U F D' B F'
22. B' F' L U' B2 F R' B' L2 R2 F' R' D' B' U R D' B' R B L U' R' D'
Okay, that's gotta be enough.
Results
There were 39 participants representing 7 countries. Of these, 2 were from Europe and the rest were from North America.
3x3 Speedsolve
| Place | Name | Country | Negative Time | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris Chan | Canada | -59 minutes 50.25 seconds | Wow, didn't know how I managed that. I preserved the c/e pair and zero rotation solve after the cross. Sune OLL and F perm. |
| 2 | Stefan Huber | Austria | -59 minutes 46.49 seconds | I'm tired... and proud of my solve... |
| 3 | Dan Dzoan | USA | -59 minutes 44.91 seconds | drinking makes your time slower... |
| 4 | Joseph Gibney | USA | -59 minutes 44.58 seconds | Decent solve, easy X-cross. I used 3 look last layer. |
| 5 | Anthony Hsu | USA | -59 minutes 43.72 seconds | 1st attempt of my life! What an exhilarating experience! While solving, I was thinking about all the other EST cubers that might be solving their cubes at the same time as me! |
| 6 | Kris de Asis | Canada | -59 minutes 42.47 seconds | A pretty good time for me given how sleepy I was. |
| 7 | Isaac Wappes | USA | -59 minutes 41.59 seconds | Good F2L, one of the two OLLs I DON't know, and a G-perm. I was so tired so I'm just glad it was sub 20. |
| 8 | Timm[ie] Wong | USA | -59 minutes 41.55 seconds | (Actual solve time 18.45 seconds) Not bad, not bad at all. I almost forgot about this and was furiously practicing the day before to get back into things. Last year I didn't make sub-20 so I'm happy to achieve that breakpoint this time around. whoo! Got the whole thing on tape, too =) |
| 9 | Vincent Sheu | USA | -59 minutes 41.02 seconds | |
| 10 | Lucas Garron | Germany (in USA) | -59 minutes 40.61 seconds | Decent; got it on film. |
| 11 | Solomon Wang | USA | -59 minutes 40.58 seconds | |
| 12 | Ryan Zheng | USA | -59 minutes 40.07 seconds | i dont damn things |
| 13 | Jeremy Fleischman | USA | -59 minutes 40.07 seconds | damn darren for not being here and doing this (for sleeping / doing anything) |
| 14 | Sunil Pedapudi | USA | -59 minutes 38.57 seconds | |
| 15 | Michael Gottlieb | USA | -59 minutes 37.32 seconds | Messed up an F2L pair. Better luck next year :) |
| 16 | Ambie Valdes | USA | -59 minutes 37.32 seconds | |
| 17 | Alex Mason | USA | -59 minutes 37 seconds | aww man i messed up on the cross...oh well |
| 18 | Raku Watari | USA | -59 minutes 36.46 seconds | |
| 19 | William Fu | Canada | -59 minutes 35.05 seconds | Pretty fun. |
| 20 | Brian Le | USA | -59 minutes 32.94 seconds | Very horrible time. Messed up cross thats why... |
| 21 | Jeff Chiu | USA | -59 minutes 32.10 seconds | damn (dan and) jack daniels |
| 22 | Andrew Nelson | USA | -59 minutes 31.86 seconds | Started memo of my blindfold cube (memorized one CO) then quickly speedsolved this, then went back to a (roughly) 3 minute BLD solve. |
| 23 | Devin Corr-Robinett | USA | -59 minutes 31.54 seconds | yeah i should have printed out the scramble rather than have done the scramble, hide the cube, and sit there on a bed for 2 hours so i could have at least been warmed up. ohh well next year i will be at my own house doing it so it will be better |
| 24 | Felix Lee | USA | -59 minutes 30.13 seconds | |
| 25 | David Jiang | USA | -59 minutes 29.19 seconds | damn all these drunk people |
| 26 | Jordan Chen | USA | -59 minutes 29 seconds | Half blind; I took out my contacts before because eyes were dry. |
| 27 | Auston Sterling | USA | -59 minutes 28.84 seconds | So tired... That's a long time to stay awake... |
| 28 | Joseph Spadafora | USA | -59 minutes 24 seconds | I haven't solved in months....I used to average sub-20.....blech. |
| 29 | Stephanie Chow | USA | -59 minutes 22.88 seconds | damn smirnoff vodka |
| 30 | Connie Chen | USA | -59 minutes 17.94 seconds | damn stephanie's mixed drinks |
| 31 | Chris Ferguson | USA | -59 minutes 12 seconds | |
| 32 | Daniel White | UK | -59 minutes 5 seconds | |
| 33 | Howard Leung | Canada | -59 minutes 00 seconds | yep exactly 1 minute, i got slow, but then got a T at the end so it made up for the slowness. |
| 34 | Wuqiong Fan | China (in USA) | - 58 minutes 48 seconds | I live in Maryland, United States. I did this on Computer simulator, not actual cube, so it was half speed. |
| 35 | Jason Ding | Canada | -58 minutes 50.08 seconds | |
| 36 | Elton Kong | USA | -58 minutes 29.38 seconds | damn you alex smith |
| 37 | Jackson Williams | USA | -57 minutes 35 seconds | |
| N/A | Chuck Norris | Enforced Democracy of Chuck Norris | -60 minutes 1 seconds | Take that, 24 hour Jack Bauer |
3x3 Blindfolded
| Place | Name | Country | Negative Time | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leyan Lo | USA | -57 minutes 52.41 seconds | I was outside for 8 hours in the freezing cold for an orchestra film shoot. I'm glad I was able to complete a BLD successfully this year. |
| 2 | Shotaro Makisumi | Japan | -57 minutes 01.59 seconds | My first negative blindfold attempt. The memorization was easy, but I was so nervous and so the execution took really long. |
| 3 | Andrew Nelson | USA | -56 minutes 23.42 seconds | Wooo negative time |
| - | Lucas Garron | Germany (in USA) | DNF | By the blindfold of Mátyás Kuti! I forgot to start memo before the time change! Then I made some weird corner errors... |
4x4 Blindfolded
| Place | Name | Country | Negative Time | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Lucas Garron | Germany (in USA) | DNF | Off by an r2 (how?) and two centers. |
5x5
| Place | Name | Country | Negative Time | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Gottlieb | USA | -57 minutes 28.99 seconds | Pretty good 5x5x5 time considering I did the 3x3x3 during it. I have a video. |