in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
i won southern champ in fmc here's the recons and my thoughts
1. R’ U’ F D’ F’ L’ U2 L’ R2 D2 R F2 L D2 R’ U L’ F D B’ U R’ F2 R’ U’ F
(U’ R’ B F D’) // EO (5/5)
(L B R2 B’ F2 R’ F’ R’) // DR (8/13)
(B’ L2 B R2 L2 D2 F) // HTR (7/20)
(R2 D2 R2 F2 U2 L2 U2) // Fin (7/27)
Horrible 8/8/6 scramble. I had no sub-13 DRs and had to resort to a 13+3. There was a 12+4 on the same RZP that I definitely should’ve seen, but even that is quite bad. Optimal from DR is 25 (not findable), so my finish was okay.
2. R’ U’ F L2 F’ U2 L2 B2 D2 L2 F’ D R’ B’ U2 B’ R2 B2 D R2 U’ B’ R’ U’ F
B D’ F’ R L // EO (5/5)
(B2 U2 F B’ L2 F U) // DR (7/12)
(F2 U2 D2 F R2 F’) // HTR (6/18)
(R2 D2 F2 U2 R2 D2) // Fin (6/24)
Another terrible scramble, this time 8/8/8. This 12+2 was my only decent DR. I noticed the R L in EO and looked for double slice opportunities, but I couldn’t find anything. Optimal from DR is 23 (not findable I think) so a +12 finish is pretty good.
3. R’ U’ F U2 D R F’ B2 U2 L’ F D R D2 F2 R2 B’ L2 D2 B U2 D2 R’ U’ F
D2 B2 D B // EO (4/4)
(L2 U2 R’ D) // DR 2c3 (4/8)
(F2 R’ D2 R D2 R) // HTR (6/14)
(B2 D2 B2 U2 F2 L2 F2) // Fin (7/21)
Incredibly good scramble, 4/2/4. I did not write down any EOs over 4 moves, and I only checked for RZP in 4. There was even RZP in 3 on the scramble, but it didn’t go anywhere. I found this 8+3 pretty early on in the attempt and spent pretty much the rest of the hour trying to find optimal (which was 20) but unfortunately, I missed it because it required NISSing after 2qt which I didn’t check. Unlike the other two solves, I think this is the only one where I could’ve reasonably found post-DR optimal, so it’s pretty disappointing to miss a 20. Also, I had an HTR in 13 but the finish was bad.
Overall thoughts: I’m happy with a 24.00 PR2 Southern Champion mean, especially with how bad the first two scrambles were. I’m also pretty happy with my time management and checking speed - I was able to check 35+ EOs on the first two scrambles, and I checked around 20 4-movers on the last. I had solutions written down for all three solves by 45 minutes which is pretty much my goal in comp when I’m trying not to DNF, so that was good.
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Would you be interested in a video where I do an extremely in-depth video critique of someone's 3x3 ao5 and give tips on how they can become sub X?
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Today's the 5 year anniversary of my first WCA competition! I participated in 3x3 and Pyraminx, got 24.20 and 16.91 averages respectively, and didn't make round 2 in either event. I've come a long way since then :p
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Competitive speedcuber from Texas, 3BLD state champion, double FMC state records + southern champion
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