After 3 years of hypercubing and many failed attempts, I have finally solved the 3^5!
I was convinced by Luna to
just get started and stop being intimidated by it and simply solve it.
So I decided to go for it using the MC7D program this time as
opposed to my previous attempt that didn't get very far that used the
MPU program.
The joke was to solve it in 1 sitting because no one had ever recorded an entire solve before, meaning that I would automatically get the speedsolving world record for it just by recording the whole thing.
Unfortunately, I couldn't complete it in 1 sitting... here's how the timeline unfolded:
- a 7-hour long session that took me until 03:00 am (solved F2L minus 9 pairs)
- i went to bed, woke up, ate breakfast, showered
- a 4.5-hour long session (almost finished 4D OLL of the 5D PLL)
- I had to go to work and put in a full 5hr shift -_-
- got home and immediately started a 3.5-hour session where I finished the solve!
After submitting my log file to the Hall of Insanity, I became the 99th person to conquer the 3^5 💪
Massive thanks to Melinda, Luna, Hactar, and Roice
Happy Hypercubing!
- Rowan