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Negative Time Solving Contest 2010

Scrambles

R F L' D F' R B' D' F2 L B D2 F2 B U2 L2 F R' F' B R2 D L F U2

This is the ONLY main Negative Time Solving Scramble for 2010. 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 R L B2 U' D2 L' F R' F' L B' U' F' L' R' B2 R2 U D R' U2 R U2 L'
• U' D2 L2 F2 L' B R' B' D L' U2 F2 D' B' U D' R2 F' L U B L U L B'
• B2 L D' L2 B2 F2 R L' U D' F2 D2 F' D' F2 B R' U' B2 D2 B2 U2 L B' F2
• F' L F' B U2 R2 F' L' B' L U' R D F' U R' F B2 D' R' L2 B2 U L' B'
• F2 B' R' F D2 U2 L U' L D2 U' R' B' L' U R2 F' B' R2 D2 U2 L2 B' L U
• L2 R' D R' L D2 F' L2 R2 B R2 F' L' F2 L2 U' R B2 R' B' D2 U2 F U B2
• B' U2 L' U2 R2 U2 R F D' L2 B R L2 U' B2 F' R2 F' D U' R' U2 L2 U L
• L2 F' U2 R2 F' B R2 U' B' L' F2 B' R' F B' R2 F B L2 R2 U' L2 R F' B'
• U' B' F' R' L' U' B' L2 B' U B L' D' R2 U2 B F L' D' B' L F2 L' B' R'
• D2 U R U' D F' R' F2 B' U R F' B2 D U2 F2 D L2 U B' L2 B2 F2 D2 B2
• L U B' F' D2 L2 U2 B2 L F' L B2 L2 B R' U2 B2 D' U' B2 F' L' R2 D2 F2
• B2 U' R2 D2 U R B R2 B2 R2 F L' R' B2 D2 B2 D' B L' F L2 D' B' U2 F'
• F' R D R2 U2 F2 D' F B' L D' R D2 L F B2 L R2 F L' B2 R U' L2 F2
• R D2 U' B2 U' B D R2 U' D F U R2 D2 L D R' F B' L B2 F U' D F2
• R2 F2 L2 B2 R2 L' D F' L' U F' R' F2 B2 L' F' R B' R' F L U F2 R2 D2

2x2 Scramble

• F' R F2 U' F R U2 R' F2

4x4 Scramble

• d2 r' D' F2 l f U2 l2 D' f U r' f2 d f2 D d u2 R' f2 r2 d' l2 L' b' L u2 l b' R' L' D2 L d U2 D' b2 R2 F b2

5x5 Scrarmble

• f2 b B2 r L2 d' r' L2 d' l D2 b d' u R2 B' U' F' f2 d r' D2 f' R' L F' u U B L' B u' f u U' F d F' D' L2 u2 l' b B2 D' l u2 R' U2 R F' R r2 B U2 L2 d' U2 l' L

You can scramble other puzzles on your own.

Results

There were 39 participants representing 4 countries. Of these, 2 participated in Europe (Lucas Garron competing from the right continent! *gasp*) and the rest were from North America.

3x3 Speedsolve

Place	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Andy Tsao	USA	-59 minutes, 50.34 seconds
2	Jules Manalang	USA	-59 minutes, 49.83 seconds	I saw the scramble and I lol'd at how easy it was for Roux. Epic Corners...Epic LSE. Could've been better.
3	Harris Chan	Canada	-59 minutes, 49.49 seconds	I'm tired. Interesting number though, haha.
4	Vincent Sheu	USA	-59 minutes, 48.19 seconds	Yellow cross, PLL skip. Start with White top, Red front. Cross: U' R' L F U L2 D2 U' F Pair: y U2 L U2 L' U' L U L' Pair: U' R U' R' U R' U' R Pair: U' (L' U' L U)*2 L' U' L Pair: R U' R B' R' B R' OLL: U' L2 D' L U2 L' D L U2 L PLL: U'
5	Stefan Pedrazza	USA	-59 minutes, 47.71 seconds	Waited up till 2 am
6	Ronnel Datlag	USA	-59 minutes, 47.56 seconds
7	Not Kevin	USA	-59 minutes, 45.38 seconds	so much fail ugh I want a good 3x3
8	Anthony Hsu	USA	-59 minutes, 44.01 seconds	First sub-16! Beat my record from last year, which was 16.xx.
9	Devin Corr-Robinett	USA	-59 minutes, 43.5 seconds	whoops
10	Stachu Korick	USA	-59 minutes, 43.31 seconds	I'm rather tired. Good night.
11	Felix Lee	USA	-59 minutes, 43.10 seconds	I got really nervous and failed.
12	Lennon Grinta	USA	-59 minutes, 43.1 seconds	Worse than usual, but it's all good.
13	Jeremy Fleischman	USA	-59 minutes, 42.60 seconds	Happy birthday Lars!
14	Gomes	VSA	-59 minutes, 42.47 seconds	Solved with the Petrus method. Happy annual birthday, Lars!
15	Connie Chen	USA	-59 minutes, 41 seconds	not intoxicated this time but I am rly rly tired.
16	Arthur Adams	USA	-59 minutes, 40 seconds	Yuck. Oh well, still my best time.
17	Lucas Garron	Germany	-59 minutes, 39.95 seconds	Visiting Lorenzo in Italy. :-) (Also, we didn't have a clock with seconds out, so I barely managed to start on time. Was too nervous about BLD, too.)
18	Vidar Klungre	Norway	-59 minutes, 39 seconds
19	Kevin Kapinos	USA	-59 minutes, 35 seconds	Actual time: 25 seconds, which is a terrible solve, but it's what would be 2 AM, and I had a competition today.
20	Chris Tandiono	USA	-59 minutes, 34 seconds	My first ever negative time solve!
21	Austin Kwan	USA	-59 minutes, 30 seconds
22	Zack	USA	-59 minutes, 27 seconds	This is awesome
23	Daniel Lo	USA	-59 minutes, 26 seconds	Now if only I could get me some Tommy's
24	Garrett Peterson	USA	-59 minutes, 24 seconds
25	Shari Kuroyama	USA	-59 minutes, 23 seconds
26	Dashel Scarborough	USA	-58 minutes, 51.57 seconds	Well, this was ok considering I don't practice anymore...
27	Carolyn Thompson	USA	-58 minutes, 42 seconds
28	Ryan Kuroyama	USA	-58 minutes, 17 seconds	Wrong scramble.
29	George Saade	USA	-57 minutes, 46 seconds	Rubiks cube DeCal
30	Andrew Huang	USA	-57 minutes, 20 seconds	Slowpoke

3x3 Blindfolded

Place	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Daniel Lo	USA	-53 minutes, 7 seconds	Ugh, spent forever finding the last pair for parity.
2	Lucas Garron	Germany	DNF (-55 minutes, 56 seconds)	Two edges flipped. :-(

2x2 Speedsolve

Place	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Steven Turner	USA	-59 minutes, 53.24 seconds	D:
2	William Addington	USA	-59 minutes, 40.59 seconds

3x3 One-Handed

Place	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Daniel Chan	USA	-59 minutes, 36.11 seconds	Did this while videochatting with the great Lennon Grinta! Super fun, but I super failed.

3x3 multiBLD

Place	Name	Country	Negative Time	Result	Comment
1	Tim Habermaas	Germany	-4 minutes, 45 seconds	14/16	Before i started it felt like an awesome idea to try 16 cubes blindfolded for the Negative Time Solving Contest. But now it feels like the most idiotic thing i've ever done. Staying awake 2h longer then normally, just to solve those stupid cubes. Anyway, memorization took -25 minutes and my sixth cube was off by an edge 3-cycle and my eighth was off by a corner 3-cycle. I'm damn exhausted and tired now, but also pretty happy, that i'm actually capable of solving 16 cubes in an hour.
2	Micael Boulet	Canada	-9 minutes, 23 seconds	9/10	I memorize slowly (35:33) because I just wanted a perfect score and was drowsy. Actually, I memorized correctly and I am not sure what went wrong on one cube.
3	Michael Limiero	USA	DNF (-30 minutes, 57 seconds)	0/3	First cube: didn't memo last corner Second cube: solved edges, but forgot corners. Third cube: couldn't remember first edge and ran out of time.

4x4 multiBLD

Place	Name	Country	Negative Time	Result	Comment
1	Mike Hughey	USA	-1 minute, 48.85 seconds	4/4	Memorization time: -27:20. Very nice! My first 100% successful multi in negative time.
2	Chris Hardwick	USA	-3 minutes, 18.90 seconds	3/4	I mis-memorized the second cube and shot to the same wing location twice, as well as made a piece substitution error during one cycle in the solve. This caused that cube to be off by 3 wings at the end. Memorization was -20:21 and solving took 17:02.

Computer Petaminx

Place	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Michael Gottlieb	USA	-7 minutes, 46.64 seconds	Yes, a Petaminx! I'm very happy to have gotten this in negative time, as I wasn't sure I'd make it. This beats the UWR by about 63.5 minutes.