Negative Time Solving Contest 2012

Accompanying Speedsolving.com thread and Facebook event page.

Scrambles

D2 U' B' U' F' D' L U2 R F L R' D' L R2 B' F2 D U' R2 F D U2 R2 B2 R F R' F2 U

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.

R' B U2 R' D' L' R2 F U2 L' B R2 F2 D' R2 F2 D B2 F2 L' R F' R2 U' L' R B2 L2 R2 U
B U2 B' L' F U F D B F' D' F2 U B' L2 B2 F' U R' U' L B' L D B2 F2 D B2 F' L2
R2 B U2 L' R U R' B U2 R B F2 L2 R F' D' R D2 L' U' L' B2 R' B' F' U' F2 D' F' U2
B' L2 R' B' D B' D R B2 U2 B' R F U' B' R2 U F' D U2 L' R2 B' F' R' U R F L' R
F L B2 F L R2 F' R' F2 L' B L2 B' U2 F R2 D2 F D' L' D' U2 F D' L2 R B2 F R' U2
U2 F2 U2 L' D' L2 R' U' B F L2 R' D2 U F' L' D' U2 L R' B F' U L' F L B' F2 U2 L2
B D2 L R' U' L2 B F' R2 U' F2 L' D' U' R F L2 F R' F' U' R B2 D B2 D B2 F' L D'
U' B' F D2 B' L F' L' U2 R' D B2 F2 U L2 U2 L' R' U L D B2 F2 L' B2 F' L B' F' L2
L R B2 U' L R' B' D B' L' U' L2 B' R2 B R2 B F' R' B2 D2 U L2 U2 B' D' U' B' F' D'
R' U2 L' R2 B' R U B R2 U2 L B2 D U2 F' D2 U B2 U F' U' R2 B' F' U2 R' D2 L' R U'
D2 R2 B' R' B' D' U2 L2 B2 L' R2 D2 B' D2 R B2 L' R' D' U2 R' F' L2 R' B' F' R2 B L F'

2x2 Scramble

F' R F2 U2 F' U2 F' R2 U

4x4 Scramble

Fw U2 Rw D' Uw R' B Fw' Uw' U2 F Rw' Uw' L Fw' Rw R2 Uw U' Fw2 R2 B' R' Uw2 F L Fw D Uw2 U' L2 U2 Fw2 Uw' R2 D' Rw' U' B R

5x5 Scrarmble

Fw R2 U' Lw' Rw2 Fw D2 Fw2 Lw' B' Fw' R U2 L2 Uw' B Fw' F2 D2 Dw Uw2 Rw R' Uw2 R' F D' R B' Dw' Lw U F D U R Uw' L' R' Bw2 F' Uw Rw2 U2 L2 B2 R2 U L R2 B2 Rw2 Uw F2 Rw' Fw2 Rw Bw' Rw2 U

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
winner	Lars Petrus	USA	n/a	My timer battery gave up mid solve :( I think that means I won in some sense.
1	Andrew Kang	USA	-59 minutes, 50.39 seconds
2	Harris Chan	Canada	-59 minutes, 50.22 seconds	Decent solve, despite that it's cold here :O
3	Felix Lee	USA	-59 minutes, 49.10 seconds	I was getting some pretty poor solves in preparation for this, so I'm really happy :D
4	Jules Manalang	USA	-59 minutes, 48.07 seconds
5	AJ Blair	USA	-59 minutes, 47 seconds
6	Justin Lin	USA	-59 minutes, 46.78 seconds
7	Lucas Garron	Germany (in USA)	-59 minutes, 46.34 seconds
8	Jeremy Fleischman	USA	-59 minutes, 45.695 seconds	Happy birthday Lars!
9	Michael Gottlieb	USA	-59 minutes, 44.34 seconds	Could probably have gone better.
10	Shotaro Makisumi	Japan	-59 minutes, 42.708 seconds	Happy birthday Lars!
11	Dan Dzoan	USA	-59 minutes, 42.250 seconds	Happy birthday Lars!
12	Vincent Sheu	USA	-59 minutes, 38.65 seconds	Popped :(
13	Devin Corr-Robinett	USA	-59 minutes, 36.65 seconds	lol
14	Daniel Lo	USA	-59 minutes, 34.7 seconds
15	Scott	Rausch	-59 minutes, 33 seconds
16	William Chen	USA	-59 minutes, 31 seconds
17	Timothy Henderson	USA	-59 minutes, 30.90 seconds
18	Connie Chen	USA	-59 minutes, 30 seconds	too sleepy and no dranks
19	Elan Katz	USA	-59 minutes, 27 seconds	First negative solve : D
20	Chris Tandiono	USA	-59 minutes, 25 seconds
21	Alice Yu	USA	-58 minutes, 52.78 seconds
22	Ian	USA	-58 minutes, 18 seconds	What fun!
23	Debbie Liu	USA	-57 minutes, 12 seconds	Happy birthday Lars!

3x3 Blindfolded

Place	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Noah Arthurs	USA	-59 minutes, 6.24 seconds	BEEP
2	Leyan Lo	USA	-58 minutes, 23.38 seconds
3	Ranzha V. Emodrach	Smerbia	-58 minutes, 15.68 seconds
4	Mike Hughey	USA	-57 minutes, 48.88 seconds	Awful - I'm too tired. That's why I didn't attempt something big. We ran a competition with 95 competitors today! (Well, yesterday.)
4	Lucas Garron	Germany (in USA)	-56 minutes, 36.79 seconds	First negative blindfolded success for me! :-) (Started memo before 2:00, did speedsolve inbetween.)

3x3 Feet

Place	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Antoine Cantin	Canada	-58 minutes, 51 seconds	I suck at feet nowadays :P
2	Anthony Hsu	USA	-58 minutes, 0.87 seconds	My brother called me to be let in DURING my solve. I ignored his first call but messed up my OLL. I picked up his second call and talked to him while I continued to solve. Terrible time for me but I'm still glad I got under -58 minutes :).
3	Walker Welch	USA	-54 minutes, 16 seconds

2x2x2-8x8x8 OH relay

Place	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Michael Gottlieb	USA	-9 minutes, 29.08 seconds	Do not attempt this stunt at home!