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Racing to sub-20

Mike Hughey

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Round 42:
23.15
(29.80), 21.59, 24.39, 23.45, 27.28, 23.02, 24.38, 21.31, 23.24, 21.20, 21.59, (19.72)

After the terrible start, I'm amazed I still got near my usual average! I was happy I finally got a sub-20 on the last solve - I thought I was going to go without one again. Three or four of the others should have been sub-20, but I locked up during the PLLs. I need to work on my OLLs and PLLs.

Btw, why are all the scrambles 17-19 moves? What kind of scrambler are you using?
I'm using Cube Explorer. After you generate the scrambles, you can select them and do a search for optimal solutions. That gives you optimal scrambles, which is what I always post, both here and on the overall Weekly Competition. I figure it makes for easier scrambles to apply, so why not?
 

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Round 42
Average: 31.79


1:03.65
34.80
25.96
30.04
33.55
33.60
37.07
25.36
31.83
29.07
30.54
31.45

This is one of those days when I should have just left my cube on my desk. The first solve was a pop mid-oll... I had no clue where I was so I ended up putting the pieces in wrong. I fumbled the cube and had misturns on a few solves, and I did at least three crosses wrong. I am averaging ~28 seconds now, and to only have one solve in the entire average at or below that, is pretty disheartening. :(
 

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Round 42 Results

  1. NeuwDk 19.30
  2. keemy (OH) 19.49
  3. RyanReese09 20.02
  4. cincyaviation 20.05
  5. theanonymouscuber 20.07
  6. vloc15 20.61
  7. AvidCuber 22.64
  8. vcuber13 (square-1) 22.75
  9. Mike Hughey 23.15
  10. CharlesOBlack 23.77
  11. mehran_pes2007 25.10
  12. (X) 28.53
  13. cube980 28.82
  14. Carson 31.79

Those three times between 20.00 and 20.10 are pretty funny. It might be frustrating, but those are still good times! I'm still not sure what I think of the square-1 submission, since they're different scrambles, but I went ahead and included it. Congratulations, everyone!
 
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Potential Closing Time - October 4, 2010 || 12:01PM EST​

Scrambles for the 43rd round:
  1. D2 U' F U R2 B' L2 U2 F R' F' D' U2 L D B2 R'
  2. F2 L' U L2 D' L2 D' F2 R2 B L2 U2 R F' U L R2 U'
  3. L' F' R' D L2 B' L2 U2 F' L2 R F' U F' L F' D' U2
  4. D2 L2 B U B' R F L B D U B' R2 B' U B F2
  5. B' F2 R2 F2 D B F' U F' R B F2 L' B R F' L' R'
  6. L B D2 L' U F' L2 F D' L2 F2 R2 B2 D U2 R' D' R'
  7. U' B2 D' R' D' L' B2 D L2 D2 B D' L' D R' B' D2 U
  8. U2 R' F' D B R D' U F2 L' D F' L' U' L2 U' L D2
  9. R2 D B' D F U R2 U R B2 U' B2 L' D2 R2 U2 B2 U2
  10. B' D R U2 B D' F' U2 L' D' B L2 U' L2 F U2 R2
  11. B2 D' B2 L2 D B U' B' R' B' D' F' L U2 R' F' L' D2
  12. U2 B' D' R' F U L2 B' D' L' B2 L2 U' B U2 B' R2
 
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Round 43
23.05
24.77, (27.32), 22.64, 21.82, 22.34, 24.27, 21.05, 23.86, 23.70, (20.08), 21.11, 24.98

Well, that wasn't terrible, I guess. But I just realized this contest has gone on for 6 months now and I still haven't made any real progress. So I'm going to require that I post what things I've done to try to progress here with each entry. If I can't list at least one thing I've worked on, I'm not allowed to compete. :) Maybe that will help me work harder at it.

During the past few days I:
1. learned to do J perms from the back (previously I could only do them from the front)
2. found a regrip improvement to my V perm
3. found a better way to recognize and orient my F2L algorithm for the case you get from R2 U R' U R U2 R2

(... must ... beat ... Andrew ...)
referring to my bet with Andrew Kang - I'm to get sub-20 3x3x3 average in competition before he gets a successful 3x3x3 BLD in competition
 
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round 43.


Statistics for 09-30-2010 18:41:18

Average: 22.11
Standard Deviation: 1.51
Best Time: 16.70
Worst Time: 25.45
Individual Times:
1. 22.03 D2 U' F U R2 B' L2 U2 F R' F' D' U2 L D B2 R'
2. 24.37 F2 L' U L2 D' L2 D' F2 R2 B L2 U2 R F' U L R2 U'
3. (25.45) L' F' R' D L2 B' L2 U2 F' L2 R F' U F' L F' D' U2
4. 20.70 D2 L2 B U B' R F L B D U B' R2 B' U B F2
5. (16.70) B' F2 R2 F2 D B F' U F' R B F2 L' B R F' L' R'
6. 23.00 L B D2 L' U F' L2 F D' L2 F2 R2 B2 D U2 R' D' R'
7. 21.74 U' B2 D' R' D' L' B2 D L2 D2 B D' L' D R' B' D2 U
8. 20.15 U2 R' F' D B R D' U F2 L' D F' L' U' L2 U' L D2
9. 23.24 R2 D B' D F U R2 U R B2 U' B2 L' D2 R2 U2 B2 U2
10. 22.72 B' D R U2 B D' F' U2 L' D' B L2 U' L2 F U2 R2
11. 23.66 B2 D' B2 L2 D B U' B' R' B' D' F' L U2 R' F' L' D2
12. 19.46 U2 B' D' R' F U L2 B' D' L' B2 L2 U' B U2 B' R2

worse than usual, I got a sub-20 ra5 today in school :D
 

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Round 43.

Best I've ever done. SOO CLOSEE. Best Avg5 I've ever done. It was the first 5 solves.

number of times: 12/12
best time: 13.89
worst time: 25.22

current avg5: 22.75 (σ = 1.59)
best avg5: 18.00 (σ = 2.85)

current avg12: 20.46 (σ = 3.46)
best avg12: 20.46 (σ = 3.46)

session avg: 20.46 (σ = 3.46)
session mean: 20.31

Code:
D2 U' F U R2 B' L2 U2 F R' F' D' U2 L D B2 R' - 16.30

F2 L' U L2 D' L2 D' F2 R2 B L2 U2 R F' U L R2 U' - 22.02

L' F' R' D L2 B' L2 U2 F' L2 R F' U F' L F' D' U2 - 15.69

D2 L2 B U B' R F L B D U B' R2 B' U B F2 - 22.76

B' F2 R2 F2 D B F' U F' R B F2 L' B R F' L' R' - 15.58

L B D2 L' U F' L2 F D' L2 F2 R2 B2 D U2 R' D' R' - 18.82

U' B2 D' R' D' L' B2 D L2 D2 B D' L' D R' B' D2 U - 25.22

U2 R' F' D B R D' U F2 L' D F' L' U' L2 U' L D2 - 21.27

R2 D B' D F U R2 U R B2 U' B2 L' D2 R2 U2 B2 U2 - 22.01 [POP]

B' D R U2 B D' F' U2 L' D' B L2 U' L2 F U2 R2 - 13.89

B2 D' B2 L2 D B U' B' R' B' D' F' L U2 R' F' L' D2 - 25.15

U2 B' D' R' F U L2 B' D' L' B2 L2 U' B U2 B' R2 - 24.96
 

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@Mike, try this alg instead. it's so much faster IMO , easy to fingertrick and i can almost sub1 it
do this backwards to set it up
U R U' R' U' R U' R' U R U' R'

That is nice, thank you. I like it most of all because it's so easy to remember. And it's also nice because it means I've already learned something new for the next round. :) (now to go practice it)
 

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That is nice, thank you. I like it most of all because it's so easy to remember. And it's also nice because it means I've already learned something new for the next round. :) (now to go practice it)
you're very welcome :). i used your alg until I realized I would never be able to perform it fast enough to use it in sub10-15 times, and then i found that and i'm like zomgwtfbbq, it's incredibly fun to practice (if you haven't found that out already :D)
 

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19.44, (15.82), 22.18, (24.62), 17.04, 22.64, 19.85, 20.43, 22.18, 19.16, 19.46, 22.14= 20.45

to bad I couldn't take advantage of that 15 early (by getting a 16 or something)
 

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Round 43

21.08 17.95 19.47 20.03 24.86 (25.08) 16.88 (15.43) 24.79 20.65 20.00 21.98


Avg12: 20.77

So close, yet so far...
 

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Round 43 - Square-1

Average: 22.06

Statistics for 10-01-2010 15:41:51

Average: 22.06
Standard Deviation: 1.36
Best Time: 18.75
Worst Time: 26.38
Individual Times:
1. 23.18 (-2,5) (3,3) (6,3) (3,4) (5,5) (5,0) (-2,2) (2,0) (6,4) (0,4) (4,2) (4,2) (0,2) (0,4) (4,4)
2. 23.25 (0,0) (6,6) (-4,3) (0,4) (6,3) (6,4) (0,2) (0,4) (6,4) (6,5) (-2,2) (0,5) (6,1) (-3,0) (-2,2) (4,4)
3. 20.97 (0,3) (0,-3) (-2,0) (2,0) (6,0) (-2,0) (0,3) (0,3) (0,2) (4,1) (0,1) (3,0) (6,0) (5,0) (4,0) (3,0) (-4,0) (0,2) (0,2) (-2,0)
4. 23.00 (1,0) (6,2) (0,3) (6,1) (0,2) (-2,0) (0,3) (-1,3) (6,3) (0,3) (3,1) (5,0) (3,2) (6,3) (0,5) (0,1) (0,3)
5. 19.56 (0,-3) (-3,3) (3,3) (3,0) (3,3) (-3,0) (0,3) (6,3) (-3,0) (-3,0) (3,3) (3,0) (0,3) (0,1) (0,2) (4,2) (2,0)
6. 24.19 (3,3) (0,3) (-5,0) (0,3) (0,3) (0,3) (0,2) (2,3) (-3,0) (0,1) (0,2) (6,0) (2,3) (6,4) (5,2) (4,4) (-4,5)
7. 23.34 (-5,2) (0,6) (3,0) (4,5) (3,4) (3,0) (-3,0) (0,2) (-4,0) (0,2) (0,5) (0,4) (6,5) (6,2) (-1,4) (2,0) (0,4)
8. (18.75) (1,3) (0,-3) (5,3) (6,0) (0,3) (-1,3) (0,4) (0,3) (0,3) (0,5) (-5,3) (-5,3) (-3,2) (6,0) (2,3) (4,3)
9. 20.36 (4,-4) (-3,0) (-3,0) (-4,3) (0,1) (0,4) (-2,0) (-3,4) (-4,0) (4,1) (6,3) (0,3) (2,0) (6,3) (1,0) (0,2) (-4,0)
10. (26.38) (0,3) (6,6) (0,1) (-4,5) (0,4) (0,3) (3,0) (3,0) (6,2) (0,1) (-4,1) (0,4) (0,1) (-4,2) (6,4) (0,2) (-2,0)
11. 22.18 (0,2) (-3,-2) (6,0) (-3,0) (0,3) (-5,0) (0,5) (0,3) (-2,3) (0,3) (4,5) (-4,4) (3,2) (6,0) (1,0) (1,4) (4,0)
12. 20.55 (6,6) (0,-3) (0,5) (-2,0) (-4,0) (6,1) (2,0) (-2,0) (0,2) (4,4) (6,2) (2,3) (0,1) (3,4) (0,3) (3,0) (4,2)
 

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Times:
18.95, 19.75, (22.60), 17.24, 21.06, 19.83, 19.12, (16.86), 19.10, 18.16, 17.07, 17.93

AVG: 18.82

Pretty decent average. I wish I had a better start. Apparently, I finished stong, and started off SUPER weak!

Also, do you think I should move the the sub 15 thread (ive been sub 20 3 times now)?
 

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Also, do you think I should move the the sub 15 thread (ive been sub 20 3 times now)?

Nice job! Yes, I think that would be best. I intend to eventually start enforcing the rule of sub-20 3 times by putting people who have done more than that in a separate results list, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. So if you stay here, eventually I'll continue to list your results, but in a separate list. (I don't have the heart to exclude you altogether, hence the separate list.)
 

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Statistics for 10-1-2010
Average of 12: 20.82
Standard Deviation:1.51
Best Time:15.74
Worst Time:23.77
1. 21.42
2. (23.77)
3. 23.53
4. 21.52
5. (15.74)
6. 22.44
7. 18.22
8. 19.91
9. 19.43
10. 19.60
11. 20.42
12. 21.68
 
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