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Racing to sub-20

mDiPalma

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Round 222
Event: ZZ without inspection
Average 18.59


17.03, 20.45 17.03, 19.23, 20.00, 18.61, 20.86, 19.66, 18.88, 16.41, 18.29, 16.70

You never truly understand how much you love inspection time....until it's gone.
 

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Round 222

Section: Illumini

Average: 17.82


15.76, 18.75, 17.70, 15.75, 19.57, 18.24, 17.44, 14.90, 19.79, 20.72, 19.72, 15.43

Comment: Hope you dont mind if I rejoin in the illumini section for a few weeks Mike. Have a comp coming up and really need to work at fixing my sub 20 avg jinx. Better than average for me (ao100 sub 18.5). Tried to turn really slow with minimal pauses and was generally pleased.
 
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Round 222 - Alumini

18.52, 18.10, 17.78, 16.03, 18.27, 15.59, (18.96), 18.15, 15.76, 18.91, 16.70, (14.54)

Average: 17.38

SOOOO happy with this average, extrememly consistent ... haven't been practising much because of work experience.

TPS + decent lookahead = really good times.

non lucky 14 on last solve and no sup 19's at all, even when I had a pop on the 18.96..

Not leaving just yet :p

:D
 
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Round 222
Speed (LBL+Keyhole F2L Hybrid)
Ao12: 48.000

  1. 42.48
  2. 55.49
  3. 40.88
  4. 55.25
  5. 40.99
  6. 48.58
  7. 41.09
  8. 53.36
  9. 51.20
  10. 50.63
  11. (61.83)
  12. (32.98)

Last solve was pretty epic. The cross was really easy to see, and I simultaneously filled 2 corners while making the cross, furthermore there was an OLL skip and a T-permutation, which is the only corners+edges fixing PLL I know. :D

Solve #11 was pretty bad. I don't know what I messed up though, probably something in F2L. :/

I concluded look ahead is definitely something for me to work on thanks to this session.
 

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Round 222 - Speed

Average of 12: 25.60
Time List:
23.73, 24.68, 28.47, 26.94, (29.48), 23.96, 24.46, (23.28), 24.68, 28.28, 24.68, 26.16
 
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Round 222
Average: 22.49

22.77, 20.95, 25.65, 27.25, 24.76, 19.65, 24.55, 19.95, 21.79, 20.95, 21.50, 22.05

Just started to really focus on look ahead. Scores are getting better. Most of the bad ones was when my dad distracted me.
 

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Round 222 Results

  1. mDiPalma (ZZ no inspection) 18.59
  2. Talon2461 19.15
  3. Musicalboy2 19.76
  4. Cubetastic 19.95
  5. immortalchaos29 20.80
  6. sneaklyfox 20.82
  7. Carson 20.84
  8. awesomecuber150 22.49
  9. Mike Hughey 23.62
  10. Outsmash 25.60
  11. kbrune 25.73
  12. Sillas (OH) 29.29
  13. Endgame 48.00

Congratulations to Musicalboy2, who graduates this round!

Talon2461 and Cubetastic are only one round away from graduating - good luck next round!

Alumni (these people have already achieved sub-20 three times with no over 20 results in between, and therefore are considered to have graduated):
  1. god of rubic 2 17.38
  2. Selkie 17.82

Congratulations to everyone!
 

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ROUND
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Potential Closing Time - July 2, 2012 || 12:01PM EST​

Scrambles for the 223rd round:
  1. R2 U' R2 U' F2 L2 U' B2 L2 F2 D F R2 D' F R' F' U' F' U2 L
  2. L2 U R2 B2 R2 D' F2 U' R2 D F' R' D' F L' D' B R F' U' F
  3. L2 B2 F D2 R2 B L2 D2 U2 F' D U2 B' R' U R' B' D2 L2
  4. F L2 R2 B2 F' L2 D2 R2 U2 B2 L2 D R F R D' B' F' L' U R'
  5. D2 F R U R B L B R D' B' L2 F B U2 L2 B R2 L2 D2 L2
  6. U2 L' B2 L F2 L' D2 B2 F2 R D F D R2 B' R' U' L B
  7. L D' F B R' F' U2 F R' D R2 D2 F2 D' F2 B2 L2 D L2 U'
  8. U B2 D2 B2 D2 L2 D F2 R2 B2 U F' R' F2 U B U2 R2 F2 L U
  9. F2 U' L F L' F' R D' F' B' R2 F2 L2 D' F2 L2 U2 F2 D' R2 U'
  10. F R2 B R2 F U2 R2 B' F' L2 U2 R' U2 B2 U B D L F2 U' F'
  11. B2 U2 R2 D2 U F2 L2 D' B2 R2 D' R F U' R' F R B U' F' D
  12. F L2 B' L2 R2 D2 F L2 D2 L2 D2 U B' F' R D F R F2 R U
 

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Round 223
Average: 21.56

19.61, (26.97), 20.70, 21.32, 19.80, (17.60), 21.50, 22.22, 24.56, 23.40, 23.98, 18.47

Three things.
1. Just before this average - Cleaned cube, lubed cube... I had forgotten how awesome my Guhong could feel! I love cubing!
2. Restickered with Cubesmith and changed some colours to bright... threw me off on some of those solves and I couldn't find anything for F2L to save my life. Now I wish I had stuck with the standard colours I'm used to, but I'll see if I can't get used to the new look.
3. Had baby in lap the whole solve. Still sub-22 yay!
 

mDiPalma

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Round 223
Event: ZZ no inspection
18.55, 13.33, 18.54, 16.28, 19.27, 17.17, 16.02, 17.14, 19.32, 18.86, 17.08, 19.47 = 17.82

i dont even
 

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Round 223
Average: 20.69


Times:
17.23, 19.38, 19.52, 21.31, 18.32, 19.02, 20.26, 22.99, 24.22, 18.85, 35.80, 23.03

Though this was a decent average, I am NOT happy. The 35.80 was a pop which I managed to catch before the piece fell out, however it was during PLL so I had to go back and figure out where I was... would have been a sub-20 solve and a sub-20 average otherwise. Solves 1,2,3, and 5 had the same U perm.
 

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Round 223
2H

Average: 20.88

21.72, 22.74, 18.97, 23.05, 21.38, 21.46, (14.90), 20.04, 18.43, (28.47[pop]), 19.01, 22.00

Quite good average for me. The 14.90 is one look OLL and PLL skip.
 
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... Finally ... but I can guarantee I will get 20.0x next round :rolleyes:

19.30, 19.56, 16.37, (24.75), 19.26, 22.14, 19.20, 20.44, 18.60, 20.51, 18.83, (16.25) = 19.42 Ao12

Started off really good and then just fell off a cliff, 8/12 sub 20
 

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Round 223

Ave: 25.11 (didn't have time to double check, can some one confirm please)

29.98 worst
28.68
24.49
26.45
20.72 best
22.99
21.20
22.77
28.11
25.07
27.51
23.85

Slow start but over all this session felt good! 0.02 seconds saved me from a
30+ solve!

@ Sneaklyfox: were you at the NCR comp in May? And what type of lube do you use?
 

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Round 223

Ave: 25.11 (didn't have time to double check, can some one confirm please)

29.98 worst
28.68
24.49
26.45
20.72 best
22.99
21.20
22.77
28.11
25.07
27.51
23.85

Slow start but over all this session felt good! 0.02 seconds saved me from a
30+ solve!

@ Sneaklyfox: were you at the NCR comp in May? And what type of lube do you use?

You should use qqtimer. It will give you all the stats. http://mzrg.com/qqtimer/

No, I was not at the NCR comp in May. It would have been difficult as my youngest son was only a month old. I haven't been to any comps yet (started seriously speedcubing since about Nov 2011), but I do plan to make it out one of these days. Hope the NCR comp will continue annually.

I'm using Lubix. Previously I was using Vaseline in my storebought *gasp of horror* but learned that that was terrible. I only got my first speedcubes like my Guhong in Feb this year and never used anything but the Lubix on that.
 
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12: 00:22.41
11: 00:19.37
10: 00:21.99
9: 00:20.56
8: 00:18.78
7: 00:20.92
6: 00:17.36
5: 00:22.63
4: 00:17.92
3: 00:22.71
2: 00:17.39
1: 00:16.69

Average: 19.89
Well, I've graduated, just barely though! Very inconsistent tonight, I think it's because my hands are cold.
 
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