Brandon Lin
EP Algorithms Every Square-1 Solver Should Know
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Most of my thoughts about this are in the video itself, but overall PB! However, this is still not NAC-qualifying, so hopefully can work towards that before the deadline :)
Done at PBQ and a Little Eggstra Oxford 2024.
Song used: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.53 (Chopin, Frédéric) from IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/567052
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Sorry the audio is a bit scuffed because somehow there was a high-pitched noise affecting all my comp footage. Tried to filter it out but there may be remnants of it still around; apologies!
Done at PBQ and a Little Eggstra Oxford 2024.
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Music By - "Low.F.M"
Track Name - "Good Day"
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Featuring my winter jacket because it was cold
Timestamps:
Start: 0:00
Memo: 0:05
Centers: 0:33
Corners: 1:06
Wings: 1:20
Timer stop!: 2:15
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also thanks Ryan on the first solve :D
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Ok but, like, 8 alger with 2 corner algs? Insane scramble. After seeing corners I tried to speed through edges and I guess it worked out
Memorization: ~13s
Execution: ~16s
Scramble: B' L' U' F U L2 R2 U R2 U B2 D' U' R U' B2 L2 D F2 U Fw Uw2
[S, L' F' L]
[R E2 R', U']
[E R U' R' : [E, R2]]
(U' M U' M') × 2
M2 U' M U2 M' U' M2
[D' : [R' D R, U2]]
[D' R2 : [U' / R D R']]
but yeah this is still PR!
y // inspection
F’ D2 R’ F’ R’ U R D’ // xcross
L U’ L’ U’ R U R’ U R U’ R’ // 2nd pair
y’ L’ U L // 3rd pair
y’ U’ R’ U’ R // 4th pair
U f R U R’ U’ f’ // OLL
U’ R2’ U R U R’ U’ R3 U’ R’ U R U
imagine not seeing a free pair lol
So many good things happened in this solve: my brain decided to wake up and see all the Yau edges, L4E was insanely easy (M' U2 M U2 solved two edges and then flip) and 3x3 stage was extremely smooth for me. Plus the PLL skip at the end (after COLL) was the cherry on top :)
We don't talk about the rest of the average though lol
I know, I know...lots of pausing going on here. Truth is that I still make up comms on the spot (haven't finished learning dedicated comms yet) so there will come a day where I learn those and stop pausing!
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I've been trying to get into MBLD a bit more since it's such an amazing event to witness. My PR before this attempt was 15 cubes, but out on a whim I decided to try 25 cubes for my first attempt in the comp.
...which ended up turning out to be a bad idea. So I decided to try 17 cubes this time, which ended up working out decently well! Not the result I was looking for but still technically PR!
Doing these multi attempts is helping me pinpoint what exactly I need to improve in my memorization, since to hit my goal of 25 cubes I really need to work on more efficient memo and a better review system (here I just sporadically memo whatever).
Music (Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2) from here: imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/301753
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Done at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
Definitely much room for improvement, watching back noticing a lot of pauses during edge execution and as usual, I almost forgot my corner memo lol.
Times: (9.08), 8.16, 8.78, 8.66, (7.31)
Cube: Angstrom MGC
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Method: Full 3-style, UF/UFr/UFR buffers
Some notes:
1. For the second solve, the cube is not solved; the FR edge is flipped. I realized that it would've worked out better to rotate and do a pure flip alg instead.
2. Reviewed my memo about 4 times on the last solve because I really wanted that 4BLD mean 🥺
3. Oh the second solve is a comp PR single so that's cool I guess ^_^ but I average 6 minutes so not the most stellar time
Anyway. Now we just need 5BLD mean and I'll have my WCA profile complete!
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Second scramble was pretty nice but too many pauses :x
Competition: Mid-Atlantic Championships 2023
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Not a great time (had to backtrack execution a few times) but still put me in 3rd.
Third solve (51.75) was a total fluke because I recognized it was inverse R-perm, but forgot the orientation so spent a really long time on PLL :( could've easily been overall PR otherwise
54.55, (1:00.40), (51.75), 58.15, 57.84
Ty Firstian Fushada for judging :)
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Music By - "Low.F.M"
Track Name - "Good Day"
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If I went back and had to think of the most iconic song of 2020, it's probably this one. So I really really like this song :)
Also because I suck at piano this took multiple tries so there's a few messups here and there whoops
Arrangement and sheet music from Sheet Music Boss: youtube.com/watch?v=1Dx0yHo6fNE
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Keyboard: Ducky One 2 TKL Mini w/ Brown switches, blue backlights
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Just received this yesterday. Initial thoughts: super crisp turning, is a little uncontrollable but can be solved by putting some Weight 4/5 lube or Silk in there. Turning is effortless on this cube so inner layers feel really nice. I would definitely recommend this cube as a cheaper alternative to the AoSu WRM.
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I know I'm making these few critiques free but if you would like to donate something for these critique videos please go to this link: streamlabs.com/b_lin_cubing Much appreciated :)))
You can follow along with the scrambles here:
1. (17.286) (-2,-3)/ (-1,2)/ (3,0)/ (3,0)/ (6,0)/ (-3,0)/ (-3,-2)/ (3,0)/ (-5,-4)/ (0,-2)/ (0,-2)/ (-1,-2)/ (1,0)/
2. 9.945 (-3,2)/ (-3,0)/ (-5,1)/ (-3,0)/ (3,0)/ (5,0)/ (-3,0)/ (0,-1)/ (2,0)/ (0,-2)/ (0,-3)/ (-4,0)/ (2,0)/ (-3,-1)
3. 11.634 (-2,-3)/ (6,0)/ (-3,0)/ (-1,-1)/ (0,-5)/ (0,-3)/ (-3,0)/ (-3,-5)/ (-2,-1)/ (2,0)/ (2,0)
4. 10.468 (0,-1)/ (-2,4)/ (3,0)/ (-3,0)/ (-4,0)/ (-3,0)/ (0,-3)/ (-2,0)/ (4,-1)/ (5,0)
5. (9.701) (-2,0)/ (-1,2)/ (-3,0)/ (4,-5)/ (-3,-3)/ (3,0)/ (5,0)/ (6,-3)/ (-3,0)/ (1,-1)/ (-2,0)/ (-4,-4)
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Track Name - "Good Day"
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Also ignore all the times I said "EP" instead of "EO" whoops :x But please do let me know how to improve these kinds of videos for future reference; this is quite literally my first time making such an extensive video so I would really appreciate constructive feedback!
Also! I know I'm making these few critiques free but if you would like to donate something for these critique videos please go to this link: streamlabs.com/b_lin_cubing Much appreciated :)))
You can follow along with the scrambles here:
1: (3,-1) / (0,-3) / (-2,-5) / (-4,-1) / (0,-3) / (-2,-3) / (3,0) / (6,-5) / (5,0) / (-2,0) / (0,-2) / (2,0) / (0,-4)
2: (0,5) / (1,4) / (-4,-1) / (0,-3) / (4,-2) / (-3,0) / (0,-4) / (6,-3) / (1,0) / (3,-2) / (0,-1) / (-3,0)
3: (-3,-1) / (0,6) / (-3,0) / (-5,-2) / (-3,0) / (2,-3) / (0,-3) / (4,-1) / (4,0) / (-4,-2) / (4,-3)
4: (4,0) / (-4,-1) / (-2,-5) / (3,0) / (3,0) / (6,0) / (-3,-1) / (3,0) / (0,-5) / (2,0) / (2,-2) / (-4,0) / (1,0) /
5: (0,2) / (-2,-5) / (5,-4) / (3,-3) / (1,-2) / (3,-4) / (6,-3) / (1,0) / (2,0) / (0,-2)
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Track Name - "Good Day"
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(Also in case you haven't noticed the title of this video is supposed to be a terrible pun of "back to square-1"...rip)
Scramble: R2 F' D' L2 D2 B2 L2 B2 L F2 U2 L' R' F2 D B' R D B2 U' L Fw' Uw'
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Also sorry for the cut off reaction, I accidentally opened the SD card slot after picking up the camera :/
Times: 9.45, 9.77, (8.12), (12.85+), 10.66
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Times: 12.18, 10.06, 10.76, 10.24, 10.89
Cube: Cubicle Pro Shop Weilong WR M (get it here: thecubicle.com/products/cubicle-weilong-wr-m)
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Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/incompetech).
Times: 38.58, 40.74, 40.21, 35.35, 40.10
Cube: Cubicle Pro Shop AoSu GTS 2 M (get it here: thecubicle.com/products/cubicle-aosu-gts2-m)
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Times: 13.35,10.15, 8.24, 9.10, 8.85
Cube: Cubicle Pro Shop Volt v2 Square-1 (get it here: thecubicle.com/products/pro-shop-volt-v2-m)
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So yeah any advice for solving is appreciated :) Also yes I know my inspection time is sorta long now lol
Cube: GAN 356 X
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Average: 10.07
1: 10.29 F2 R' B2 F2 D2 L R' D2 U2 F2 R' D R2 B F2 L' D' B D R F'
2: (15.07) L2 F2 R2 F2 U2 B2 U' L2 U' B2 U2 B R2 D B' L R' B U' F R2
3: (8.60) R2 F' D2 F' L2 F' U2 L2 D2 F' D2 R' F' D B' U R B' U' F' R2
4: 10.62 D2 L2 D2 B2 R2 U' L2 D F2 D R' B2 U' B' R2 U L' B L2 D L
5: 9.30 F2 D R2 F2 R2 F2 D2 U' L' B U2 L' U R D B2 F' D R'
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speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Lin
worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2008LINT01
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Average begins on second solve, at 0:39.
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Generated By csTimer on 2020-01-03
avg of 5: 8.27
Time List:
1. (9.09) (-2,0)/ (3,6)/ (-1,-1)/ (3,-3)/ (3,0)/ (-5,0)/ (3,0)/ (-4,-3)/ (1,-4)/ (-4,0)/ (3,0)/
2. 7.34 (-2,0)/ (3,3)/ (0,3)/ (5,-4)/ (3,0)/ (-3,0)/ (4,-3)/ (6,0)/ (3,0)/ (-1,0)/ (0,-2)/ (-4,-4)
3. 8.66 (-2,0)/ (6,-3)/ (0,-3)/ (-4,-1)/ (3,0)/ (-5,-5)/ (-1,0)/ (3,0)/ (-5,-4)/ (0,-4)/ (0,-3)/ (6,0)
4. 8.80 (-2,0)/ (3,0)/ (-3,6)/ (-1,-1)/ (3,0)/ (-3,0)/ (-5,-3)/ (3,0)/ (2,0)/ (-5,0)/ (4,-5)/ (-3,0)/
5. (6.88) (-2,0)/ (0,3)/ (-1,5)/ (-3,-3)/ (0,-3)/ (3,0)/ (3,-2)/ (3,0)/ (-5,0)/ (0,-1)/ (5,-2)/ (2,-3)/ (4,0)
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Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/incompetech).
You can get the X-Man Volt v2 here:
Fully Magnetic: https://www.thecubicle.com/collection...
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Generated By csTimer on 2019-12-30
avg of 5: 8.51
Time List:
1. (7.25) (1,0)/ (-4,2)/ (6,3)/ (3,0)/ (-3,0)/ (0,-3)/ (4,-3)/ (-3,-3)/ (-5,0)/ (-4,-2)/ (6,0)/ (-4,0)/
2. 9.33 (4,0)/ (-1,-4)/ (-2,1)/ (2,-1)/ (3,-2)/ (0,-3)/ (4,-1)/ (-2,0)/ (-4,-5)/ (0,-4)/ (-3,-1)/
3. 8.15 (4,0)/ (-3,0)/ (0,-3)/ (6,-3)/ (5,-4)/ (-2,-3)/ (-3,0)/ (0,-3)/ (1,0)/ (0,-2)/ (2,0)/
4. (10.79) (1,0)/ (-3,0)/ (2,-1)/ (-5,-2)/ (6,0)/ (-1,-1)/ (-2,0)/ (-3,-3)/ (1,0)/ (4,0)/ (-1,-4)
5. 8.04 (-5,0)/ (-3,0)/ (-4,5)/ (0,-3)/ (6,-3)/ (6,-5)/ (-3,-3)/ (2,0)/ (0,-5)/ (4,-1)/ (0,-2)/ (-4,0)
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