Race to Sub-30 and Race to Sub 25

Round 79
Race to Sub-30
Method: ZZ
Avg: 35.18

36.44, 36.70, 37.89, 37.96, 27.67, (23.98), 34.78, 36.76, 34.30, 34.28, (38.80), 35.01

Completely sub-40 now! But still need to address the issue of excessive pauses and botched algs...

Oatch said:

Completely sub-40 now! But still need to address the issue of excessive pauses and botched algs...

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Yeah that's my problem too.

Too often I either fail to recognise, or botch the execution of a PLL, which costs a lot of time undoing it to re-do the right one.

Round 79
Race to sub-30 OH
Average: 32.22

30.57, 36.75, 33.76, 28.18, (48.10), 30.07, 28.78, 32.44, 36.10, 40.34, (19.83), 25.22

Pretty bad average overall, although the last two solves redeemed it a bit. I think the 19 is only my third sub-20 ever with OH - not bad!

Race to sub-25, round 79

Average: 23.52

Times: 20.27, (28.49), 25.21, 23.52, 20.73, 27.43, 26.47, 21.82, 24.39, (19.32), 22.08, 23.32

Let's hope I can keep it up for more than 2 weeks this time...

Round Seventy-Nine Results

Round Seventy-Nine​

No graduates this week. Welcome to the new folks and congratulations to everyone who participated!

Race to Sub 30

Race to Sub 25

Round 80 Scrambles


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

I was really busy last week, but excuses are excuses. Sorry Brian D=

Race to sub-25, Round 79
3x3 Speed (CFOP, 3LLL)

Ao12: 22.27

23.79 22.69 23.82 20.81 21.86 20.88 20.45 24.93 21.85 (32.23) 21.58 (19.25)

So I cleaned and relubed my cube the night before last, went out to lunch with my cube today, came back for 20 timed solves, and BOOM! PB Ao12 by more than 1.5 secs I think I'm doing some kind of partial lookahead? No deliberate slow solves or anything, I guess something just clicked after practice. Also probably lucky I got no terrible cases for cross, PLL, etc.

Now with any luck I might be able to maintain anything close to this timing

Ok so I didn't post an entry last week because of how bad it actually was (almost 30 seconds), and then I realised that for some reason I was completely forgetting to do some proper look-ahead. Then I focused on looking ahead and all my solves were like 3-4 seconds faster .

And today I got a sub 25 average for the first time , although I doubt I'm going to soon be able to maintain this and graduate the sub-25 race (But who knows ^^).

Round 80:

Race to sub 25
Average of 12: 00:24.44

12: 00:23.77
11: (00:22.53)
10: 00:22.77
9: 00:24.95
8: (00:30.41)
7: 00:24.26
6: 00:26.62
5: 00:26.23
4: 00:25.47
3: 00:22.85
2: 00:24.83
1: 00:22.65

Pretty consistent, except for that 30 seconds solve, although it started really good until I started OLL without realising one of my corners was not in it's right spot...

Race to sub: 30
Round: 80
Method: Speed (CFOP)

33.33, 36.34, 32.30, 34.84, 38.88, 34.53, (30.09), (DNF), 40.32, 34.15, 38.14, 33.06

a012 = 35.58

Not terrible for me. Reasonably consistent apart from the DNF and the sup-40.

The DNF i messed up the cross and didn't notice till half way through the solve.

I did it again at the end and got 35s so I could have shaved half a second off my ao12 if I'd been more careful.

Next time...

Race to sub-30; Round 80, CFOP
1.35.44
2.41.13
3.37.36
4.41.79
5.43.67
6.35.34
7.35.34
8.40.46
9.42.88
10.33.04
11.38.72
12.28.90

Ao12 = 38.90

A bunch of mistakes, in my first round! Dx I hope this weekly race will help me get to sub-30

Race to sub: 25
Round: 80
CFOP

32.57

23.120, 30.174, 36.007, 38.711, 28.894, 44.038, 33.895, 31.023, 35.015, 32.174, 34.470, 25.423

Trash for me. I lost my Aolong so I did this on my Rubik's brand. However, earlier I got a 26 ao12 with the Rubik's haha.

Oh well, maybe my look ahead will get better on the Rubik's

Round 80
Race to Sub-30
Method: ZZ
Avg: 33.37

30.92, (39.62), (23.18), 29.98, 38.35, 32.69, 33.13, 30.40, 32.75, 35.03, 35.63, 34.83

Getting closer...

Mes said:

Ao12 = 38.90

A bunch of mistakes, in my first round! Dx I hope this weekly race will help me get to sub-30

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I got 43 in my first round so you're doing better than me!

Race to sub-30

avg of 12: 29.80

Time List:
27.60, 31.64, 25.51, 30.61, (35.70), 32.67, 31.95, 27.22, 34.34, 24.62, 31.88, (23.26)

Race to sub 25
Round 80

Ao12: 25.64

12: 30.54
11: 29.07
10: 28.95
9: 25.82
8: 24.30
7: 24.90
6: 22.22
5: 24.18
4: 24.77
3: 29.50
2: 20.32
1: 22.66

I choked on the last three solves :/. Damn.

Race to sub-25, Round 80
3x3 Speed (CFOP, 3LLL)

Ao12: 23.69

25.94 28.59 22.29 22.44 (29.15) 25.33 18.90 23.35 22.72 24.75 22.55 (17.81)


Alright! Lookahead FTW. Now if I keep improving my lookahead, would sub-20 be possible? Hmmm...

Also, Mo100 just broke sub-25, so yay!

Now I just have to make sure I don't do an AlphaSheep

Round Eighty Results

Round Eighty​

No graduates this week. Congratulations to everyone who participated!

Race to Sub 30

Race to Sub 25

Round 81 Scrambles


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

Race to Sub-30, speed, round 81

1.39.121
2.36.051
3.(51.823) Messed up f2l pairs and stalled
4.39.277
5.(29.538)
6.36.048
7.32.095
8.39.314
9.33.686
10.36.063
11.38.971
12.30.712

Ao12=36.134 My look ahead is getting better!

Round 82:

Race to sub 25
Average of 12: 25.03

12: 00:28.88
11: 00:19.27
10: (00:18.27)
9: 00:29.41
8: 00:26.94
7: 00:27.91
6: 00:24.63
5: (00:30.02)
4: 00:21.56
3: 00:23.08
2: 00:18.81
1: 00:29.77

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