Negative Time Solving Contest 2011
Accompanying Speedsolving.com thread.
Scrambles
This is the ONLY main Negative Time Solving Scramble for 2011. 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.
- U2 B2 L2 F' D U' B' R' D2 U B F' L D2 F2 D2 U' F' R B' F' D U2 L R2 U2 F D' U2 R'
- U2 L U' L2 B' L' D2 F' L' D2 L' U F2 R U2 L F L F' D B2 F2 L D2 R B U2 L' R2 U2
- U2 F U' F D' F' D F L2 B D' R B' F' U' L' R2 D2 U B2 L2 R' B F2 R B' R2 D' U' F
- D2 L' R2 D R2 F U B' F U2 B2 R' F2 D' F' U F L' R F D2 U2 F D U2 B2 D' B D' F
- R B U' L2 R' B' U L2 R U2 B' R2 U R' U R2 U' L U2 L R D F2 L' U2 B' R B F' R2
- L D2 L B' L2 D2 B F L B2 U' B' D' L2 R' U2 R2 U2 L' D2 U2 L B L2 R B' U' B' L R
- L' R D F2 L2 D' F2 R2 B2 R F' L' R U' B D B2 F U' F2 D2 U R' U2 B R D2 U' F U2
- R2 D' R F R' U2 B2 D U L' R2 B F L D2 B2 D L2 B F2 U' B' F2 U B2 L' B2 R' U' F'
- L' U' R' U F' D' U F' D' L' F2 R' D' U2 B2 D' B F L' B' D U L2 R' B' L R' U2 R' D'
- B F2 R2 U' L2 R' D' L' B' F R2 F D' B' L' R' D' B L D' L2 R B2 F' U L' B2 L2 D' R
- D B L2 B' F2 L R D' L2 R B' F' D2 L2 R F' L B' L2 D2 U' F' L' B2 F L R' D2 R2 F
- L2 R2 B R2 F' D' U2 L R2 F R' B U F D F2 D2 F' L' B R2 D U2 R2 U B L D2 L' R'
- D' U F' L2 R2 F U' L2 D U F2 R' U L' D' L' U R D2 F' R B' D R' B' D' F D2 U2 F
- L2 F D' U' L2 R2 U2 B L R B' D' U2 R B' F D2 U' B' L2 R' B' F' L' F' R2 B D' U' L'
- F' D R' F' U B2 D2 B2 R
- B' U' Rw Fw L2 Rw2 B Fw' D' U2 F U' Uw' L2 R B' U' B' Uw U2 L' F D2 B2 Rw' Fw F2 D' B2 L Uw' Fw Rw D2 B' F2 Fw' Uw2 Fw' D'
- U2 Lw2 U2 Lw F Uw F2 R2 Fw' F2 D2 R Bw Dw' Bw' Rw' F R2 U L2 U L2 Lw2 Bw' Lw' Bw Fw2 R' F2 Uw' U' B Uw Rw D' F U2 Lw R Uw' D R' L' Fw' L Uw' D Dw' L2 F' R' Dw2 Fw2 F' D Bw' L Dw2 U Fw
You can scramble other puzzles on your own.
Results
There were 29 participants representing 5 countries. Of these, 1 participated in Europe and the rest were from North America.
3x3 Speedsolve
| Place | Name | Country | Negative Time | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Brooks | USA | -59 minutes, 51.08 seconds | |
| 2 | Vincent Sheu | USA | -59 minutes, 48.16 seconds | Happy Birthday Lars! |
| 3 | Felix Lee | USA | -59 minutes, 46.35 seconds | |
| 4 | Jeremy Fleischman | USA | -59 minutes, 46.28 seconds | Trinidad Scorpion Butch T |
| 4 | Joseph Skyler | USA | -59 minutes, 46.28 seconds | Trinidad Scorpion Butch T |
| 6 | Evan Liu | USA | -59 minutes, 45.85 seconds | |
| 7 | Sylvie Tran | USA | -59 minutes, 45.58 seconds | |
| 8 | Justin | USA | -59 minutes, 45.37 seconds | argh. Could have been around 47 rather than 45. |
| 9 | Steven Xu | USA | -59 minutes, 45.29 seconds | |
| 10 | devin corr-robinett | USA | -59 minutes, 45.12 seconds | It's cold, wet, and depressing today |
| 11 | Anthony Hsu | USA | -59 minutes, 44.81 seconds | Did an orange cross...and then couldn't find any pairs after it. |
| 12 | Not Kevin Young | USA | -59 minutes, 44.77 seconds | so bad T_T should've done square-1 |
| 13 | Jack Cowart | USA | -59 minutes, 43.76 seconds | Very good solve for me! It had an OLL I learned an hour ago :) ~Jaycee |
| 14 | Arthur Adams | USA | -59 minutes, 43 seconds | |
| 15 | Darren Kwong | USA | -59 minutes, 42.75 seconds | |
| 16 | Chia-Wei Lu | Taiwan | -59 minutes, 40.87 seconds | |
| 17 | James Yang | USA | -59 minutes, 39.01 seconds | Yay PB! Weeeeeeeee that was fun :D |
| 18 | Stewart Stewart | USA | -59 minutes, 38.87 seconds | Submitted my times before the contest even started 8D |
| 19 | Greg Van Gorp | USA | -59 minutes, 38.63 seconds | So close to sub 20! |
| 20 | Lars Petrus | Sweden | -59 minutes, 32.41 seconds | |
| 21 | Daniel Lo | USA | -59 minutes, 29 seconds | |
| 22 | Alex | USA | -59 minutes, 05 seconds | |
| 23 | Zach Van Gorp | USA | -59 minutes, 01.56 seconds | |
| 24 | Alexander Irpan | USA | -58 minutes, 58 seconds | Yeah, I'm not very fast, but I was up anyways :P |
| 25 | Milos Nikolic | Montenegro | -58 minutes, 56 seconds |
3x3 Blindfolded
| Place | Name | Country | Negative Time | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelley Chang | USA | -58 minutes, 21.89 seconds | |
| 2 | Stefan Pochmann | Germany | -56 minutes, 2.31 seconds | |
| 3 | Daniel Lo | USA | DNF (-53 minutes) |
4x4 Multi-BLD
| Place | Name | Country | Negative Time | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Hardwick | USA | 4/4 (-2 minutes, 55.08 seconds | Yay! I got 3/4 last year, so I was REALLY excited to open my eyes to 4 solved cubes this year! :) |
Team Speed BLD
| Place | Name | Country | Negative Time | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Ravi Fernando and Lucas Garron | USA/Germany (done in USA) | DNF (-58 minutes, 18.56 seconds) | Off by a 3-cycle because we both thought Bruno cycled edges clockwise rather than counterclockwise. Memo was around 40 minutes. |
Square-1
| Place | Name | Country | Negative Time | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shari Kuroyama | USA | -58 minutes, 24.12 seconds | I actually recognized the orientation yay~~ |