Message #94
From: Roice Nelson <roice@gravitation3d.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] For your consideration
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:48:56 -0700
Sweet.
Looks like it is time to dust of my MagicCube4d and
try to resuscitate some long-unused neural pathways in
my brain. Whether I can or not, I will at least have
to try to get back the shortest solution :)
We used to have a standard starting file for the
shortest solution competition. We could use the
starting scrambled state of your new solution for
that. However, my vote would be to just allow a
random scrambled state if others were cool with that.
I never really agreed with the thought that a standard
starting state took any luck out of things anyway.
Thoughts?
I wonder if Melinda is still getting these emails?
The Hall of Fame still doesn’t have Jay’s new first of
solving the 2^4 on it, and isn’t updated yet with
Matthew’s solution either…
Roice
— Matt Young <indigowombat@indigowombat.com> wrote:
> A new solution of the 3^4 MagicCube4D, solved in 467
> twists, has been uploaded to the "Files" section of
> this Yahoo group. This beats the existing record
> for the shortest such solution by 28 twists, if my
> calculations are correct.
>
> Amusingly, about 2 twists before finishing this
> solution, my computer video output died and I had to
> spend about half an hour swapping out my video card
> with an older one before I could go back to my last
> save and complete the solution.
>
> My brain kind of hurts, and it’s way past my
> bedtime. I’m going to bed now.
>
> –Matthew A. Young
>
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