GEMMA ROTGER MOLL Director Subdirector MARIA OEY Art Director DAVID MURRAY
AT THIS MAGAZINE On the cover ÁGOSTON TÖRÖK Past covers CLEMENT GALLET, RADU FACIU, RODRIGO SEPTIEN Interview TOMOAKI OKAYAMA Special thank to icubik to be our sponsor
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THE SPANISH HEAVY BAND Valgame Open 2012, Murcia
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INTERVIEW WITH:
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PASTIMES
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THE SPANISH HEAVY BAND VALGAME 2012
Competition details Date Aug 18, 2012 City Lo Pagan, Murcia, Spain Venue El Válgame Address Avenida del generalisimo nº 73 Website http://www.rubikaz.com/valgameopen/i ndex.php Organisers Alexandre Toledo, Carlos Angosto WCA Delegate Ting Sheng Bao Yang
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Jorge Castillo Matas, one of the best speedcubers the Spanish scene, was the winner in almost all events "Valgame Open 2012" Text: Alexandre Toledo, Gemma Rotger Photos: Miriam España López
algame Open 2012 could be considered another championship more between multiple that have been held in Murcia but its organizers, Alexandre Toledo and Carlos Angosto, wanted to go beyond giving a Heavy Metal touch to the event. And maybe you're asking yourself "How you can give a Heavy Metal touch to a rubiks event?" They say "you can celebrate it in a heavy bar" Well this is what these two men did as you can see at the following pictures. Jorge Castillo Matas one of the best speedcubers on the Spanish scene, was the winner in almost all events. He won at 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 3x3 bindfolded, 3x3 one handed, 3x3 multi blind and Pyraminx events and he broke the avg NR at 4x4, 5x5 and pyraminx with times of 45.76 , 1:31.11 and 5.67 he also broke the spanish best mark of 5x5 individual time with 1:16.83.
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ther winners were Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez at 3x3 fewest moves event, he broke the spanish record with 28 moves. The polish competitor Marcin Jakubowski at Rubik's Magic, Daniel Borrajo Gutiérrez at Master Magic and Diego Millán Otón at 4.38 4x4 blindfolded.
3x3x3 Top 3 from left to right: Marcin Jakubowski (2), Jorge Castillo Matas (1) and Alexandre Toledo Guillén (3)
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3x3x3 1.
B2 L B U' F D U' B2 F R2
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L' R' B2 U2 L' R D2 U F' L
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R' U L' R' U' L2 U2 R D U2
4x4x4 1. Fw F2 U2 B2 Uw2 U' Fw2 D' R2 B2 F2 R2 D Fw' L Uw U L' Fw' U' 2. F2 Uw2 L2 Rw2 R' F' U' R U R U2 L2 D' U' F' L R U' F2 R' 3. F' Rw R2 B' Fw' D' U2 L2 R Uw F2 Rw2 U2 Fw' L' D2 F Uw Fw2 R' 4. B' L Fw' R2 F2 D2 Uw2 U' L' Rw2 Uw U R U' R2 U2 Rw Uw' U' Rw 5. Fw' U' B Rw' Fw' L U L' Uw2 U Fw F' R2 Fw2 Uw B' Rw' U B' D
5x5x5
2x2x2
1. L' Uw L2 B2 Uw2 Bw F2 D2 B' R B' Bw2 Fw' F2 Dw2 Rw2 Dw U' Bw' Uw2 2. L' D2 F R Dw U Bw2 Lw Bw Dw Fw' F' R Dw' U B2 Lw Rw2 Bw F 3. Rw2 U L' R Dw2 L2 Uw' B2 Bw' Fw2 F2 Dw B2 Fw' F2 Dw' B' Fw2 F Rw 4. D Fw2 R' Uw' Rw Bw F2 Lw' Uw2 L2 D' U Bw Lw D2 U2 L' B2 Lw' Rw 5. B2 D U2 B' D Bw' R2 Fw' D Lw2 Fw2 U2 B Bw' Dw2 Fw Rw Uw B U2
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F2 U' F R' F2 U R F'
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Tomoaki Okayama
3x3 Fewest Moves World Recordman
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UBING DARE : How do you got into FM?
TOMOAKI OKAYAMA: I think the initial trigger was the first and second competitions I participated in. The day that FM was held in Japan for the first time ever was the very my first competition (JRCA Kanto Summer 2009, on June 2009). In that competition, I finished in last place excluding DNFers. I was disappointed in my results. I heard the next competition (Japan Open 2009, on August 2009) will hold FM again, so I practiced several times. My speedsolving method is the Petrus method, which is said to be good for FM, and in fact I got several Sub 40足move solutions by the method in the practices. In Japan Open 2009 I got 41足move and won 2nd place. I firstly made it to the podium. That was the initial trigger, but the day I "really" got into FM came after the competitions. I searched for fewest moves on the internet, and found the FMC site: http://fmc.mustcube.net/, which provides weekly online competition. I looked at the past results, and many crazy solutions were posted there. "Crazy" has two meanings: "What? Sub足30 move many times?" and "What? Why suddenly 8
Tomoaki at his seminar on commutators in the University of Tokyo. 9
solved? Beyond my comprehension!" Those solutions are completely different from speedsolving methods, and I was quite impressed. I strongly wanted to be able to achieve such solutions. So I decided to study those crazy solves and also to participate in the competition every week. The first round I participated in was No. 255, and after that until now I still continue to post my solution every week (current round is No. 409). CD : When did you start with cubing?
Name: Tomoaki Okayama Nickname: Nothing special. Most cubers in Japan call me just "Okayama san" or "Okayama sensei". "san" is a kind of "Mr., Ms." and "sensei" means a teacher, professor, or like that. I'm a lecturer in university. Born: Feb. 23, 1982.
TO: I started cubing in September 2008. Before that time I never thought I could solve Rubik's cube.
Place of birth: Fukuroi city, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan.
CD: Why and who has inspired you to get into Cubing?
Status: Single
TO : I remember the day quite well. When I was a Ph.D. student (in September 2008), after dinner, I saw a master's degree student, Masaaki Tanio, solving Rubik's cube in the laboratory. He said he started cubing a few days ago, to enjoy his free time in a driving school. I was surprised that a usual person in the same laboratory could master Rubik's cube in only a few days, because I had thought a special ability/talent was required to solve Rubik's cube. But he said anyone can solve Rubik's cube, and taught me how to solve the first layer. I found it highly amusing. He went home at 2 o'clock or so, but I was still eager to learn how to solve the rest. So I searched the way on the internet, and at 3 o'clock or so, I understood how to solve it. After that I still continued to practice, half for memorizing algorithms, and half for just enjoying it. It made me forget the time.
Favorite color(s) : Cold color like dark blue, and black. Favorite food (s) : Mainly Japanese foods, such as Sushi, nikujaga (beef and potato stew), grilled fish, Tempura, Soba, and so on. My favorite fruit is Japanese pear. And I love creambased sweets. Favorite cuber(s) : Guus Razoux Schultz and Mirek Goljan, who achieved Sub 20move for 1hour FMC (unofficially). I learned many FMC techniques from their solves. Pet's : (I don't have any pet)
CD : How do you practice FM @ home? TO : I regularly practice FM two times a week. Firstly on Sunday or Monday I do Weekly competition at http://www.speedsolving.com/ . Secondly on Friday or Saturday I do FMC at http://fmc.mustcube.net/ (described above). This FMC site includes: 10
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(1) 10 min. linear solve (different scramble is given from the three below) (2) 1hour official solve (3) no time limit classic solve (4) computer generated solve I usually do (1), not so seriously, but just for fun. I of course do (2), and I believe trying (3) is quite important to refine your FM skill. It provides a good opportunity to reconsider your 1hour solution, like "how can I improve the 1hour solution?" and "why the start I got was bad?" and all that. I usually spend 1hour or 2hour for (3). I didn't usually try (4). However, after I got AsR, my mind was changed. The next goal is of course WR (22move), and I wanted to take a hint for that from computer's solve. So I decided to investigate computer's solve until I would get WR. Fortunately I can stop now. CD : What is your unofficial moves @ home before Czech Open 2012? TO : My best unofficial result for 1hour solve was 20move, exactly the same as the current WR. But I'd like to emphasize that I got 20move several times, like weekly competition 201021, FMC round 376, and additional personal attempts.
CD : How was your reaction when the first time you have met your favorite cuber Guus Razoux Schultz? Do you remember what had he said to you at that time? TO : I remember the day quite well and I'm sure he too. The first time I met him was quite by accident. On that day, I had an appointment via Facebook to meet him at a hotel I booked in Amsterdam. On the way to the hotel, I went to the GVBticket center in front of Amsterdam CS to get a oneday ticket. When I bought the ticket, I heard a voice from the side: "Are you Tomoaki?" I looked at the side, and I noticed he was Guus Razoux Schultz. I said "Wow, Guus!" and he said "What a coincidence!" That was the first meeting with him. It was a nice surprise. CD : Your wishes to all Fewest Moves solvers? TO : I don't have no particular wish to FM solvers. I respect all the people who try and enjoy FM. Let us keep developing through friendly competition, both in official and online!
Interview: Maria Oey
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Pastimes by: David S. Murray
Find the names of the first 8 classified speedcubers in Rubik's 3x3x3 event of Valgame Open 2012 (Murcia). Send us the 8 full names and the coordinates od the first character to the following address and win 2 CD points
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