Negative Time Solving Contest 2015

Scramble

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

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Rank	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	John Tamanas	USA	-59 minutes, 51.35 seconds	I think this may be my first NTS contest
2	Harris Chan	Canada	-59 minutes, 50.774 seconds	10th year from when I started cubing!
3	Shane Grogan	USA	-59 minutes, 50.67 seconds	tygjywdwilybby
4	Timothy Sun	USA	-59 minutes, 49.75 seconds	hope I did my arithmetic correctly
5	Jeremy Fleischman	USA	-59 minutes, 49.175 seconds	Happy Halloween!
6	Lucas Garron	Germany	-59 minutes, 49.09 seconds	woo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCRPqoAF_TM
7	Tommy Szeliga	USA	-59 minutes, 48.69 seconds
8	Christopher Morris	United Kingdom	-59 minutes, 48.30 seconds
9	Matthew Lowe	United Kingdom	-59 minutes, 47.336 seconds	The pressure got to me
10	Erik Cheng	USA	-59 minutes, 47 seconds
11	Ryan Jew	USA	-59 minutes, 46.506 seconds	drunk af
12	Justin Lin	USA	-59 minutes, 46.397 seconds	The pressure also got to me.
13	Felix Lee	USA	-59 minutes, 45.85 seconds	Hi macky
14	Shelley Chang	USA	-59 minutes, 43.67 seconds
15	devin corr-robinett	USA	-59 minutes, 43.42 seconds	k
16	Daniel Lo	USA	-59 minutes, 40.2 seconds	Failed the BLD with orientation of 2 corners off.
17	Thomas Kaunzinger	USA	-59 minutes, 33 seconds	Slow solve - didn't want to wake up mommy
18	Kenneth Lu	USA	-59 minutes, 15.36 seconds
19	Jamie Liu	USA	-56 minutes, 47.81 seconds	Did I do the math right? -n00b
-	Vincent Sheu	USA	DNF	Forgot :/

Rank	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Lucas Garron	Germany	-53 minutes, 48.09 seconds	very safety solve
-	Leyan Lo	USA	DNF	Fail at E-perm

Rank	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Andrew Nathenson	USA	-59 minutes, 42.108 seconds	Worth it.

Rank	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Shane Grogan	USA	-58 minutes, 59.82 seconds	Not eben sub -59.

Rank	Name	Country	Result	Negative Time
1	Walker Welch	USA	19	-0 minutes, 0 seconds	i R2 B // EO (2/2) switch n U2 // 2 pairs (1/3) switch i U' L' D2 // 2 2x2x1s (3/6) switch n D2 [L'] R2 // 2x2x3 (3/9) [L'] U L R // Pseudo F2L (4-1/12) F U F' U F U2 F' // Sune Skip (7/19) R2 // Fix Pseudo (1/20) U2 D2 L2 R2 (R2 L2 D2 U2 R2 L2 D2 U2) U L R F U F' U F U2 F' R2 D2 L U B R2 // 8 move insertion that cancels 9 19 move solution
2	Kit Clement	USA	26	-5 minutes, 0 seconds	I: U' R' B' U \\2x2x2 L' B L \\2x2x3 N: L B L' \\WTFlipped edge I: L B2 L' D L B' L ' D' R D2 R' D2 B \\L3C (1) L D L' B' D2 R D2 R' D L B L' D' L B2 L2 B' L U' B R U 1: B R B' L B R' B' L' (cancels 4) Final: B R B' L B R' L' B' D2 R D2 R' D L B L' D' L B2 L2 B' L U' B R U (26)
2	Mark Boyanowski	USA	26	-0 minutes, 0 seconds	(R2 B') // EOLine D' U2 B2 D @ R // 2x2x2 (U' R) R // 2x2x3 L U' L U2 L2 # // 5C @ = F' R F L F' R' F L' // cancels 2 # = F' L F R' F' L' F R // cancels 2 Optimal insertions. Solution: D' U2 B2 D F' R F L F' R' F R2 U' L U2 L2 F' L F R' F' L' F U B R2
4	Michael Young	USA	31	-0 minutes, 0 seconds	bleh tried too many sillie things to do insertion correctly on inverse: U' R' B' U // x-cross (4/4) B L U' L' U // 2x-cross (5/9) D2 B2 D B2 // F2L k (4/13) F' D2 F L' F L F2 D2 F // AB3E (9/22) Skeleton: * F' D2 F2 L' F' L F' D2 F B2 D' B2 D2 U' L U L' B' U' B R U * B2 D' L R' B2 L' R D' B2 // lel U perm (9/31)

Rank	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Zack Webb	USA	-58 minutes, 12.04 seconds

Category: Kissed my girlfriend

Rank	Name	Country	Negative Time	Comment
1	Brandon Mikel	USA	-59 minutes, 55 seconds