no... penicillin causes such a headache I couldn't think but i wanted so badly to do some solving. I figured I might as well be resourceful.

A new accomplishment! I just started a new fad! Speed-sorting! It's addictive but unfortunately it's not going to get its own forum and everything.

I'm not sure if it's exactly how you sorted them, but there is a record for sorting cards.

http://www.recordholders.org/en/records/cardsorting.html

Alex

i solved learnt to solve a 4x4x4 just before the end of the year! YAY



*wait* i just got a new parity case, need to give it another thought (solving it intuitively)

Good Luck. In my opinion, the only way to solve it intuitively is Cage method (outsides first) because it makes parity of the edges so much easier to fix. However, do what you wish. You may stumble upon the solution.

I sorted a deck in 56 seconds! Unfortunately, that's 1 second off of the official top records. (I started with the bubble sort and got about 5 minutes. Then I tried the Insertion sort and got 2 minutes. Then I thought "screw this" and threw the deck on the ground and subbed one minute.)

PB 6x6x6 single: 4:54.49 minutes. I suck at 6x6x6; I never practise. And this one is also half way through the PiMod, so there's nothing keeping the middle layer aligned.

PB 3x3x3 one handed single: 22.61 seconds.

Do you think this thread deserves the accomplishment for being the longest thread? As far as I know, it's the longest one, but I may be forgetting something.

Double-post. I just finished a game of Spider Solitaire in 2:49!!! I've trying nonstop basically for the whole winter break, and now, when I should be working on homework, I completed my goal!

I would consider Solitaire a puzzle, wouldn't you? Sorting a deck using certain rules and limitations is much like solving a puzzle, so why not?

I just solved my Elite Tetrahedron for the first time I hadn't even solved a Jing's pyraminx before! So I made up my own method for everything as I went along and it turned out to be quite a fun solving experience. I believe this is the first ever physical Elite Tetrahedron Solve!

Chris Hemerich

Doesn't Drewseph have an Elite Tetrahedron?

I just a new personal best speedsolve on my LingYun 3x3x3 cube!

Is was close to 2 whole seconds faster than my earlier PB! I am blown away!

11.48 seconds! I had a PLL skip, but I still like it! ALOT!

Got edges BLD.

Solved my VULCANO twice today. It's a fun puzzle; not too hard, not too easy. My favourite mass produced puzzle at the moment.

Solved a square-1.
Also, got corners BLD on my first try Now to put the two together...
EDIT: Done

18.02 single =D

VULCANO solve: 1:42.59 minutes.

aced the vulcano 5 mins out of box (including parity)

I assembled a 6x6x6 in 6 minutes. That's how long it takes me to solve!!!

New 4x4 PB: 1:11.60

Sub 1, here I come!

Oh my God! Not my best, but this is crazy. 3x3x3 single, 6.94 seconds. It had a PLL skip. That is bonkers.

Figured out my Jade Pyraminx and my Trignis/Vulcano! They took about 30-40 minutes to work out in total, but the Trignis took longer than the Pyraminx.

Alex

PB 3x3x3 average of five: 11.05 seconds!

Times: 11.14, 8.61, 10.91, 14.86, 11.09

Fastest time: 8.61 seconds.
Slowest time: 14.86 seconds.

Cube: DaYan LinYun

Woo! I'm really happy. I guess the Daily 3x3x3 Average and Single 2011 is starting to pay off. I've already had two sub ten second times today!

3 things:

-I can solve every puzzle in my collection now EXCEPT the square 2

-Finally timed my PB single and Average, for the first time ever (54.41 single, 1:02.93 Average of 5)

-Won 3rd place at the capital city wrestling tournament at 160 pounds, getting revenge against the ripped NW kid who pinned me in 30 seconds earlier in the season

New 2x2 PB: 2.36

Got a timed 37sec PB on 3x3, 30 sec 'untimed (i used a clock)'

Yay! I finally solved the Master Skewb. It was a bit of a pain, but I finally got it in the end. It's a really good puzzle, I would recommend it to anyone!

I can complete 28 out of 30 of my puzzles. I'm 3 edges away from solving my Latch cube. Still working on Master Skewb though. Congrats to those who have completed it.
I assembled Golden cube without having memorized what it looks like or using any reference.
Sub-30 average for 3x3x3 using block building method.
Sub-40 average for 3x3x3 using Corners-First method.
All my own solutions for all puzzles.

After I didn't use a Skewb for about 2 years, I succeed in solving it with an average of 28,29 out of 12 tries, and a best time of 17,62

But I'm still slooooow with the 3x3

I solved my Mosaic cube which came today.

It took two attempts, as the first attempt I ignored the centres while last.

I assembled a Pentultimate Now THAT is an accomplishment (the puzzle is so complex that I am surprised that it fits together so nicely as it does). Thanks, TomZ, for the tech support!

New 4x4x4 PB 1:32.97 with PLL skip.

PB 3x3x3 One Handed average of 12, 5, and single time! Woot!

Times: 32.36, 28.11, 31.28, 34.73, 33.72, 23.92, 28.78, 40.92, 26.88, 34.66, 33.75, 34.97

PB single: 23.92 seconds.

PB average of 5: 29.79 seconds.

PB average of 12: 31.92 seconds.

PB 3x3x3 average of 12: 12.82 seconds!

Times: 8.63, 14.00, 13.50, 9.52, 14.45, 11.81, 11.77, 15.08, 12.94, 13.67, 11.52, 14.99

Fastest time: 8.63 seconds.
Slowest time: 15.08 seconds.

you're having a good day Sebuver!

First timed Marusenko Sphere solve 1:26.35

Solved my Professor Pyraminx finally.

I spent about an hour and a half on it yesterday, which reduced it to a jigs pyraminx, and as I don't own a Jings pyraminx, another hour trying to solve that and failed.

Picked it up again today and decided to try a Skewb ultimate solution to do the Jings Pyraminx part. This time I was successful!

Solved the latch cube! In less than two days. Now who shall scramble it again...

Figured out a method for my Master Skewb! It took me a couple of days but I got it solved. My method isn't very fast, so I might look up some algorithms if I ever want to speedsolve it.

I also figured out my 4x4x4 RD the other day, but that wasn't as hard to solve.

Alex

Yay! Just solved the Helicopter Dodecahedron on Gelatin Brain! Most puzzles I can't solve on my own, but the Helicopter Dodecahedron is the perfect step up from the normal Helicopter Cube. The first time I solved it, it took 16 minutes and 555 moves. While I was waiting for this page to load, I did another solve in 9:18 minutes with 444 moves.

PB Megaminx average of 5: 2:03.47 minutes!

Times: 1:53.56, 1:59.05, 1:58.94, 2:21.38, 2:12.44

Fastest time: 1:53.56 minutes.
Slowest time: 2:21.38 minutes.

Puzzle: mf8 Megaminx II.

PB 3x3x3 average of 12: 12.75 seconds!

Times: 12.37, 13.33, 12.04, 11.84, 12.23, 12.39, 13.14, 12.02, 13.92, 14.23, 18.21, 10.75

Fastest time: 10.75 seconds.
Slowest time: 18.21 seconds.

Cube: DaYan LingYun.

Is the Lingyun much better than the Gu Hong?

I haven't actually tried a GuHong (apart from four turns with one ) but I will be buying a Lubix GuHong shortly.

New PB average of 12.

Average: 12.62 seconds.

Times: 10.11, 11.73, 15.71, 10.19, 13.67, 12.82, 13.10, 12.70, 12.01, 13.95, 12.76, 13.23

Fastest time: 10.11 seconds.
Slowest time: 15.71 seconds.

Cube: DaYan LingYun.

221 puzzles solved on the GelatinBrain Applet! Last 6 solves haven't been recorded yet, but I kept count . I'm now (unofficially ) in second place in the score rankings for the first time, I never reached higher than 3rd place before

(now I just have to solve 174 and I am at a tied first place with schuma )

I finally solvedmy professor pyraminx. It became really easy when i got the hang of it.

I got an official average of 5 in 22 seconds. Exact millisecond isn't up yet, but the fastest was 17.XX and the slowest was 28.XX with the three middle solves at 22.XX

I also got a PB 2x2x2 solve and average- 3.49 best, 5.69 average.

(I think I like my 2x2x2 better than the V-Cube one.)

I started speedsolving again 10 days ago, after almost two years, and got some of my fastest 3x3x3 solves ever. My previous record was a little over 22 seconds, but I had several 20 second solves this week, and one 16 second solve.
The 16 second one was somewhat lucky though.

The first time I started speedsolving I did it for 4 or 5 months, but never had a good learning approach. So I quickly hit a plateau, and lost interest.
But now I've been working on solving the cross faster (I use the Fridrich/CFOP method) and better ways to pair up and insert F2L pairs.

I got a 29-second average with the beginner's method. F2L really is everything.

I got a 15.84 single just a few days ago (PLL skip).