Personal Cubing Records

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* (min:sec.centisec), PB = personal best, SD = standard deviation, (x) = slowest/fastest time of an average, dropped, LL = last layer

* = New! (asterisk in result column).
Current new records: 2x2x2 blindfolded, 3x3x3 blindfolded, most consecutive sub-20s, fastest stick, fastest execution of the PLLs, fastest 5x5x5 assembly.

Puzzle	Name	Category	Result*	Comments/Details	Set on:
	Pyramorphix	Single Solve	15.55	This puzzle shatters very easily. People who play with it break it 95% of the time. I have probably reassembled this puzzle over 500 times. I can do so in less than a minute.	13-Oct-05
	Pyramorphix	Average	26.96	20.70, 25.53, 31.07, 33.97, 38.66, 22.92, 30.96, (18.65), 21.63, (46.90), 24.01+, 20.17 + = 2 second penalty for misaligned face. Though there is no clear-cut definition for a Pyramorphix as to what one turn away is, the Pyramorphix was closer to being one turn away than to being solved, so I gave myself a penalty.	31-Dec-05
	2x2x2 a.k.a. Mini Cube a.k.a. Pocket Cube	Single Solve (super lucky)	0.60	After applying the computer-generated scramble, the cube was one turn away from solved. Can't wait to get a scramble that yields a solved cube ;-).	-
	2x2x2 a.k.a. Mini Cube a.k.a. Pocket Cube	Single Solve (lucky)	1.64	Scramble: R' D F' R2 U2 R2 B' L' B' R' B' L U2 R' D' Solution: y U2 L U2	1-Jan-06
	2x2x2 a.k.a. Mini Cube a.k.a. Pocket Cube	Average	5.66*	5.94, 3.75, 5.68, 6.64, (11.22), 4.43, 3.75, 6.55, 6.36, 8.54, (3.73), 4.98 rolling average	25-May-08
	2x2x2 a.k.a. Mini Cube a.k.a. Pocket Cube	Blindfolded Solve	44.84	Scramble: U2 B' D' L2 D2 F R D L' U2 F2 D' B D2 F D' L2 U2 F2 R2 U B D R' B2	20-Sep-07
	2x2x2 a.k.a. Mini Cube a.k.a. Pocket Cube	Fastest Assembly	5:31.77	Done with a Rubik's 2x2x2 (which I lost), not with an Eastsheen as shown in picture	5-Sep-05
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Single Solve (lucky)	9.61*	This is my first and only sub-10 solve. I recorded this time on a StackMat timer when doing practice solves at the Da Vinci Science Center 2008 competition. Had a OLL skip and a J permutation.	14-Jun-08
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Single Solve (semi-lucky)	12.18	Scramble: R2 U2 F' D2 B' F2 L' B' D2 U2 B L' B D' U L F' U2 F2 R' F' B' U' D L' Solution: 43 turns - x' y' R' U L' z' x' R2 U L F2 L' y L' U L R' F' R y' R2 U2 R U R' U2 R U' R' r U R' U' L' U l F' U U x' R U' R D2 R' U R D2 R2' F' direct 2x2x3, step 4a skipped, T OLL, A2	20-Dec-06
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Average	14.67*	14.61, 14.07, (12.92), 15.05, 13.75, (18.40), 17.32, 15.69, 13.37, 14.20, 15.22, 13.43 (rolling average) For over 1.25 years, I could not break my 3x3x3 average record, and I finally broke it this summer with a 14.93 average in June, and then this average a month later.	23-Jul-08
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	First Sub-30 Second Average	29.406	28.34, 32.29, 27.9, 32.51, 29.33, 30.43, (34.16), 26.58, 29.93, (25.75), 29.32, 27.46	11-Dec-04
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	First Sub-20 Second Average	19.93	Perhaps the most euphoric moment of my speed cubing career.	27-Jun-05
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	First Non-Rolling Sub-20 Second Average	19.40	18.28, 20.86, 19.05, 16.79, 19.52, 20.69, 19.31, (21.31), 21.18, (15.50), 18.46, 19.84 Achieved after conducting a record 4x4x4 average	9-Oct-05
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	One-Handed (right) Solve	40.44	Scramble: L2 U B' F' U' B U' D F2 B' U' F' B2 L B' R2 F2 B R' B' L2 D' F' D B'	6-Jan-06
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	One-Handed (right) Average	50.31	50.87, 51.09, 51.86, 49.60, 43.72, 48.06, (1:03.03), 58.54, 45.16, 49.64, 54.59, (40.44) Non-rolling.	6-Jan-06
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	One-Handed (left) Solve (lucky)	24.22	3-turn step 1, 2 bad edges, Sune LL	-
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	One-Handed (left) Average	31.47*	33.31, 28.30, (25.16), 28.31, 34.07, 34.73, 32.46, (38.31), 27.74, 31.59, 30.87, 33.32 (non-rolling)	28-Jul-08
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Single Feet Solve	2:13.37	Scramble: D2 L' U' R2 B' U F2 D' R U' L B R' U2 R' U L2 B' U D2 F' L U L' U PLL skip	25-Dec-06
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Feet Average	3:31.68	4:01.87, 3:06.29, 4:05.59, (4:34.37), 3:06.46, 4:20.71, (2:13.37), 3:12.00, 3:18.28, 3:37.78, 3:00.15, 3:27.65 Non-rolling, first ever attempt	25-Dec-06
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Blindfolded Solve	1:48.67	Scramble: L' R' F' R' U B2 L' R2 U' B' F R2 D2 L' B2 F' L2 F L R D2 U' B F U' This is the scramble of the former 3x3x3 blindfolded WR of 1:15.60 set by Chris Krueger at the Canadian Open 2007.	25-May-07
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Most Successful Consecutive Blindfolded Solves	8	4:13.21, 6:44.30, 6:26.84, 5:33.84, 6:46.45, 9:54.35, 6:36.94, 5:49.38	1-Aug-05
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Most Consecutive Sub-20 Solves	57*	Part of a 16.02 average of 100.	14-Jun-08
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Fastest Complete Stick (R,U × 105 = 210 turns)	25.56	About 8.216 turns/second	15-Jul-07
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Fastest Cubing Marathon (42 cubes)	19:15.27	About 27.5 per cube, scrambled by Ken Kawamoto (Thanks!) Could easily beat this now, just haven't gotten any opportunities to do this recently.	-
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Fastest 100 Cubes	47:35.46	About 28.55 per cube, scrambled by Ken Kawamoto (What would I do without you? Thank you so much!) I could easily beat this record now if I just had someone to scramble...	-
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Fastest Execution of All 21 PLL Algorithms in a Row	42.59*	About 2.028 seconds/PLL. Executed in alphabetical order: A2, A1, E, F, G1, G2, G3, G4, H, J1, J2, N1, N2, R1, R2, T, U2, U1, V, Y, Z This is really fun and addicting! My goal is to break 42 seconds (<2sec/PLL). My next best attempt is 45.21 seconds - a huge difference!	28-Feb-08
	3x3x3 a.k.a. Rubik's Cube	Fewest Moves Solve	37	This is fun to do. Anything under 50 is good for me.	29-Jun-05
	4x4x4 a.k.a. Rubik's Revenge	Single Solve	1:18.02*	An official solve done at the Da Vinci Science Center 2008 competition.	14-Jun-08
	4x4x4 a.k.a. Rubik's Revenge	Single Solve with Both Parities	1:56.05	My record's definitely way faster now, but I just haven't documented it.	31-Dec-05
	4x4x4 a.k.a. Rubik's Revenge	Average	1:49.81	1:42.96, 1:52.91, 1:39.93, 1:39.02, 1:56.05, 1:56.14, 1:56.10, 1:55.31, (1:57.23), 1:50.58, 1:49.09, (1:37.01) Last solve was a PB at the time.	31-Dec-05
	4x4x4 a.k.a. Rubik's Revenge	One-Handed (right) Solve	5:02.63	Uh...not doing this again.	4-May-05
	4x4x4 a.k.a. Rubik's Revenge	Fastest Assembly	4:01.93*	Done on Valentine's Day! Right now, I have no sweetheart besides the cube.	14-Feb-08
	5x5x5 a.k.a. Professor's Cube	First Ever Solve	46:09.72	No assistance, no solution guide, no lubrication. I unpackaged the 5x5x5, scrambled it with an algorithm from JNetCube, and began solving it.	13-Nov-05
	5x5x5 a.k.a. Professor's Cube	Single Solve	2:27.17*	Official solve done at the Rutgers Spring 2007 competition.	22-Apr-07
	5x5x5 a.k.a. Professor's Cube	Average	3:07.81	3:12.49, (3:42.99), (2:55.09), 3:03.22, 3:01.36, 3:21.16, 3:00.84 non-rolling	1-Aug-06
	5x5x5 a.k.a. Professor's Cube	Fastest Assembly	7:20.48	This is intense. And very fun. But the setup - arranging all the pieces in front of you - takes forever.	6-Jul-07

Yeah, I know I have a lot of strange categories for records. But it makes me feel really good whenever I can break a personal record, no matter how obscure the category ^_^.

My Official Cubing Records
These records were all set at an official, WCA- (World Cubing Association) recognized cubing competition. For more details, see my information in the WCA database here.
* (min:sec.centisec), no comments/details about which round means that there was only one round for that event

Category	Result*	Comments/Details	Competition	Date
2x2x2 Speedsolve	3.55	4th solve; former world record, currently North and South American record.	Trumbull Spring 2006	27-May-06
2x2x2 Speedsolve Average	6.59	7.30, (10.06), 6.04, (3.55), 6.44 Former North and South American record.	Trumbull Spring 2006	27-May-06
3x3x3 Speedsolve	11.19	first round, 4th solve	Rutgers Spring 2007	22-Apr-07
3x3x3 Speedsolve Average	14.60	14.51, 13.28, (12.84), 16.00, (16.52) second round	Rutgers Spring 2007	22-Apr-07
3x3x3 One-Handed Solve	26.21*	3rd attempt	Princeton Open 2008	22-Mar-08
3x3x3 One-Handed Average	31.05*	29.71, 33.65, 26.21, 29.78, 35.15	Princeton Open 2008	22-Mar-08
3x3x3 Blindfolded Solve	2:17.39*	2nd attempt	Princeton Open 2008	22-Mar-08
3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded	2/2*	Done in 13:58.	Princeton Open 2008	22-Mar-08
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	41*	First and only participation in this event. I won this event at the competition.	Princeton Open 2008	22-Mar-08
4x4x4 Speedsolve	1:18.02*	Last solve.	Princeton Open 2008	22-Mar-08
4x4x4 Speedsolve Average	1:20.18*	1:18.59, 1:22.63, 1:19.33, (1:23.18), (1:18.02)	Princeton Open 2008	22-Mar-08
5x5x5 Speedsolve	2:27.17	I have never beaten this time, not even in unofficial practice!	Rutgers Spring competition 2007	22-Apr-07
5x5x5 Speedsolve Average	3:01.17	3:08.17, 2:57.42, (3:09.05), (2:31.28), 2:57.93	Captain's Cove competition 2007	26-May-07
Magic Single Solve	1.83*	Mine is broken right now. I usually borrow someone's to use at a competition.	Da Vinci Science Center 2008	14-Jun-08
Magic Average	2.05*	2.09, 2.04, 2.01, 1.96, 2.49	Princeton Open 2008	22-Mar-08
Master Magic Single Solve	9.97*	The event had started, I asked someone to teach me, I learned in a few minutes, and then I competed. This is completely just for fun.	Da Vinci Science Center 2008	14-Jun-08
Master Magic Average	11.33*	Going for sub-10 in my next attempt!	Da Vinci Science Center 2008	14-Jun-08
Square-1	7:27.00*	I attempted the parity algorithm thrice and suffered algorithm amnesia thrice. I own the parity algorithm now. I guarantee sub-3 minute times the next time I compete in this event.	Princeton Open 2008	22-Mar-08

Competitions I've attended: * = New!

Horace Mann Spring 2005 - 28-May-05 - my first competition
Caltech Dallas Summer 2005 - 13-Aug-05 - The cubing competition was a good excuse for my dad, brother, and me to go to Dallas to do some sight-seeing as well.
Rutgers Fall 2005 - 10-Dec-05 - I was only able to compete in the 3x3x3 blindfolded category because I had area band auditions in the morning and early afternoon. I placed 2nd in 3x3x3 blindfolded, behind current WR holder Leyan Lo.
Rutgers Spring 2006 - 29-Apr-06 - I won the 3x3x3 speedsolve and blindfolded events. I came in 2nd in the 3x3x3 one-handed, 4x4x4, and 5x5x5.
Trumbull Spring 2006 - 27-May-06 - I set the 2x2x2 WR on my 4th solve and also won the 2x2x2 event. I came in 2nd in the 3x3x3 speedsolve, behind Canadian record holder Matt Walter. I also came in 2nd in 3x3x3 blindfolded, behind Canadian record holder Craig Bouchard. I came in 3rd in the 4x4x4 and 3x3x3 one-handed events. Here are the pictures and videos my dad took.
Rutgers Fall 2006 - 18-Dec-06 - I broke many of my official records here. I came in 3rd for 4x4x4 and 5x5x5, 2nd for 2x2x2 and 3x3x3, and first for 3x3x3 blindfolded. Though I came late due to a math competition, a fortuitous behind-schedule start of the competition allowed me to still compete in all events I wanted.
Cornell Spring 2007 - 31-Mar-07 - Hosted by the Cornell Cubing Club (They also have a DDR club!). I met Jessica Fridrich and Mirek Goljan and got Fridrich to sign a cube of mine. It's still on my shelf for display. The two of them had to leave early and told me to kick the other competitors' butts as they were leaving. I ending up winning the competition :-).
Rutgers Spring 2007 - 22-Apr-07 - I was disappointed to lose the main event in the finals after winning the first and second rounds. My 5x5x5 average could have been much better were it not for two massive pops on solves 3 and 4. I was very proud of my 3x3x3 blindfolded victory on my third attempt. Probably my last victory over Rowe - now he's waay ahead of me and has blindfolded WR-setting potential.
Captain's Cove 2007 - 26-May-07 - Very beautiful setting! Food and restrooms nearby. I loved the giant cube decorations. Was hot and sunny, but the competition area was under a tent. Later in the day, it was slightly difficult to see. Amusingly, I got second in every event I competed in except the main event, which I got first in. I am disappointed with my 4x4x4 performance - I can do better. I should've broken my 4x4x4 official records.
*Kearny Kardinal 2008 - 16-Feb-08. Perhaps the last competition I will ever win the 3x3x3 speedsolve event at.
*Princeton Open 2008 - 22-Mar-08. I did fewest moves and Square-1 for the first time.
*Da Vinci Science Center 2008 - 14-Jun-08. I did Master Magic for the first time. I did not place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in any event I competed in, but I only competed the first day of the two-day competition.

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2008.

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