Message #3540

From: Eduard Baumann <ed.baumann@bluewin.ch>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: MagicTile Solving
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 01:46:10 +0200

New MagicTile First Solve for
MT sph ell icosahdron fev111 (Super Chop)

I used not 1M+ twists as estimated but 719’552 twists.

It took me 2 weeks (1 hour per day).

I had already a 1M+ solve: MT sph octa e200 for which I spent only 3 hours.

Here are pictures for different stages of the
MT sph ell icosahdron fev111 (Super Chop) solve

http://www.baumanneduard.ch/MagicTile/icosa_fev111_a.PNG
http://www.baumanneduard.ch/MagicTile/icosa_fev111_b.PNG
http://www.baumanneduard.ch/MagicTile/icosa_fev111_c.PNG
http://www.baumanneduard.ch/MagicTile/icosa_fev111_d.PNG
http://www.baumanneduard.ch/MagicTile/icosa_fev111_e.PNG
http://www.baumanneduard.ch/MagicTile/icosa_fev111_f.PNG

There is still one unsolved level in MT sph !

Best regards
Ed

—– Original Message —–
From: Roice Nelson roice3@gmail.com [4D_Cubing]
To: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: MagicTile Solving

If anyone else wants to follow the status of the macro issue, it is here. You can watch that issue for notifications, and I’ll update it when fixed.

I think we had a few more females than what Ed listed, but it is definitely way too lopsided. I also wish it was more gender balanced.

Best,
Roice

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 3:47 PM, ‘Eduard Baumann’ ed.baumann@bluewin.ch [4D_Cubing] <4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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Ah.<br>
I do it always with macros. Eventually they work not at every place. In this case you must use the perhaps 50% working places.<br>
Best regards<br>
Ed

—– Original Message —–
From: Melinda Green melinda@superliminal.com [4D_Cubing]
To: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: MagicTile Solving

Thanks for the encouragement, Ed. I started to do it but most of my macros didn’t work and I really don’t want to do it without them. Roice understands the issue involving non-orientable puzzles but the fixes (keeping track of orientation) appear more difficult than he’s ready to take on at the moment.

  Best,<br>
  -Melinda

  On 10/25/2016 7&#58;46 AM, 'Eduard Baumann' ed.baumann@bluewin.ch &#91;4D&#95;Cubing&#93; wrote&#58;

    ﻿ <br>
    First 79 entries in the Mathologer MT Challenge Hall of Fame&#58;

    Only 2 women !?  (Marie and Marie-Chantal)

    Melinda please, change this weard statistics  ;-)<br>
    &#91;At least three M's instead of two Marie's&#93;

    Best regars<br>
    Ed

—– Original Message —–
From: Melinda Green melinda@superliminal.com [4D_Cubing]
To: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2016 2:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: MagicTile Solving

Thank you so much for breaking up the MT solutions wiki page! It had gotten way out of control.

      I bet Ed's 1M+ twist solution will strain a few things. It will be a great test case. Good luck Ed!

      Finally, congratulations on 100k+ video views. That happened pretty quickly. Maybe even faster than the 4D video.

      Great stuff everyone!<br>
      -Melinda

      On 10/22/2016 9&#58;37 AM, Roice Nelson roice3@gmail.com &#91;4D&#95;Cubing&#93; wrote&#58;

        Super cool, both of you!  Ed, will this be the first solve you've done with &gt;1M moves?  I can't recall if there have been others.

An update on the Mathologer video and Klein bottle challenge… Last night, the video crossed 100,000 views, which is pretty cool. We have 25 slots left in the challenge at the moment, and solutions have slowed quite a bit. They are currently coming in about one a day, so I’m guessing there will be at least a few weeks (likely longer) before it is full. I took the challenge myself (solver #49) and it was great fun - more difficult than I anticipated, with some surprising configurations. If you haven’t tried it, try it. You’ll be glad you did!

http://roice3.org/magictile/mathologer

I’m doing some wiki updates right now. I’ve already split the solutions page into 3 separate pages, and am working on getting the puzzle list up to date with the current set of puzzles.

http://wiki.superliminal.com/wiki/MagicTile_v2_Solutions

        Cheers,<br>
        Roice

On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 4:02 AM, ‘Eduard Baumann’ ed.baumann@bluewin.ch [4D_Cubing] <4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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          Hi Michael,

          Wow!

          Congratulations.

          Do you think that Mathologer Challenge hall of fame reaches 100 items?

          You are very economic.

          I'm solving &quot;MT ell isoca fev111 (Big Chop)&quot; actually and I will reach about a million turns.

          Best regards<br>
          Ed

—– Original Message —–
From: qqwref@yahoo.com [4D_Cubing]
To: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2016 2:22 AM
Subject: [MC4D] Re: MagicTile Solving

Coming back with two huge but easy puzzles on {7,3}, and cleaning up a lot of similar {4,4} puzzles (Torus/Klein/Skew).

            &#123;4,4&#125; Torus 8-color F0.33&#58;0&#58;1 - 364 turns<br>
            &#123;4,4&#125; Torus 8-Color F0&#58;2&#58;0 - 388 turns<br>
            &#123;4,4&#125; Torus 9-Color F0&#58;2&#58;0 - 260 turns<br>
            &#123;4,4&#125; Torus 16-Color F0&#58;2&#58;0 - 446 turns

{4,4} Klein 9-Color F0.33:0:1 - 312 turns
{4,4} Klein 9-Color F0:2:0 - 286 turns

{7,3} 24-Color F1.4:0:0 F1.6:0:0 V1.4:0:0 V1.6:0:0 - 9477 turns
{7,3} 24-Color V1.3:0:0 V1.6:0:0 - 2110 turns

{4,4|3} 9-Color F0:2:0 - 270 turns
{4,4|4} 16-Color F0:2:0 - 468 turns
{4,4|5} 25-Color F0:2:0 - 1178 turns
{4,4|6} 36-Color F0:2:0 - 1402 turns
{4,4|7} 49-Color F0:2:0 - 2946 turns

– Michael Gottlieb