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4x4 Race Thread! (30/45/1:00/1:15/1:30/2:00)

Rocky0701

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Hello! I was solving 4x4 today and wondered if there was a 4x4 thread. I searched it and saw a thread that looked like it used to be pretty popular, but the author didn't post scrambles anymore, so i decided to make my own. I am definitely not a fast 4x4 solver, but that's what race threads are for, to get faster!

This race will be to sub 30, 45, 1:00, 1:15 1:30, and 2:00. It will be in the form of average of 12s. If you don't know what those are, it is where you do 12 solves, take out the best and worst times and then average the remaining 10. Average of 5's will be accepted for people over sub 2, but use the first 5 scrambles.

Anyone is welcome to join at anytime no matter what they average, but please be fair and honest about your times. Also please use the scrambles provided, they are in WCA notation.

Put your posts in the form of:
Race to Sub: x
Average: x
times with best and worst in parentheses
comments

You will graduate your section when you are sub x 3 times in a row, but if you skip a week, and come back they still count.

I will try to post a round every Thursday, if not Friday. Late times will be accepted as long as they are not too unreasonable.

So let's have some fun!

Graduates in chromatical order:
h2f: Race to sub 2:00 (Round 7)
Shah: Race to sub 2:00 (Round 7)
Rocky0701: Race to sub 2:00 (Round 8)
Sk8erman41: Race to sub 1:45 (Round 9)
h2f: Race to sub 1:45 (Round 10)
Schmidt: Race to sub 1:30 (Round 12)
Rocky0701: Race to sub 1:30 (Round 18)
sneaklyfox: Race to sub 1:15 (Round 21)
sneaklyfox: Race to sub 1:10 (Round 24)
Logiqx: Race to sub 2:00 (Round 25)
Rocky0701: Race to sub 1:15 (Round 28)
Rocky0701: Race to sub 1:10 (Round32)
Ordway Persyn: Race to sub 1:30 (Round 34)
Berd: Race to sub 1:45 (Round 34)
earth2dan: Race to sub 2:00 (Round 36)
 
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4x4 Race Round 1!

1. B F' U2 Rw' B2 F' L2 U2 L' B' Rw2 Uw' B' Rw' Uw D' U' F2 R Uw L D U L B2 L' Uw' L2 D' B L' B' F2 Fw' R2 L' Fw2 U' Rw2 L

2. Uw2 L2 F' Uw' R2 L2 Fw' U D Rw2 L' U' D F B Fw2 R2 F2 B D L Fw2 B2 Uw' D' Rw' B U D F U2 B' Rw2 R' Fw2 Rw R D' B2 U'

3. Rw2 R2 F' D L Fw2 U Fw Uw Rw F2 L' F2 Rw B2 F' D' L2 U B2 Uw2 D L Rw' Uw D' L' Rw2 Uw' Fw U2 L' Fw2 D' F U' F2 Fw2 L U

4. L2 Rw D Uw2 Fw2 Uw2 D U B2 R Fw' Uw B' D2 U F L U Fw2 L' U2 Fw U Rw U2 Fw' U' B D Fw2 Uw' U R Uw' U' Rw B Rw2 L' Fw

5. F B U' Rw' F2 L2 Fw' U' D R2 L' D F2 Uw F2 Fw' B' Rw' B2 Rw2 D' Fw B' U' L Uw2 Rw U' R' F U' Fw' B2 R2 Rw Uw2 Rw2 D2 Fw B

6. R' F2 R2 F2 Uw' R2 D' L U2 B' D' U' L2 Rw2 B' U' Uw' Rw B L' F2 B' Uw L F' Fw2 L F' Fw2 R' F2 D L' Uw' U Fw' R' L' U Uw'

7. Rw' F Uw' Fw' B L2 Rw' D Fw B2 D L' Rw' F' Uw Fw2 L' D B' Rw' L2 Fw L' Rw' Uw B' Uw' D F B' L U2 F2 B L B Fw2 Rw' Uw2 L'

8. U' R' Rw' Fw' R Uw D L' F' D' F2 R F Uw2 F' Fw2 R F2 B Uw' Fw2 R2 B2 Fw' D' U' R' Rw2 B' Rw' L F2 U L' Uw' Fw' D' Uw' B2 F'

9. Fw' D2 B' R' B' U F B Fw2 L' B Rw Fw' U' Rw2 D' F D' Fw' B2 L U' L2 U Fw Rw' R B Uw L' F U' L2 Rw' R U' D' Fw U B'

10. U2 D B2 L' Uw' F' U R L2 B2 D B2 Rw2 Fw' Rw' D' F R2 Fw2 Uw' L2 B2 Rw D R F B2 D2 R' Fw R B Uw' F Rw' R' U2 Rw' B2 Uw

11. U F2 R Rw' B2 L D' F2 R2 D2 Rw' U R F2 B Fw2 Rw F' Fw Rw B U' B' R' D F U D2 B2 Fw' F Uw2 L Rw' D' L' Fw' U F' Rw

12. Rw F2 B' Fw2 U2 R2 D' R' D L' Uw2 R' F B Uw' Fw L2 Uw' F2 Fw' Rw R B' Fw F2 U F' R B' U2 Fw' L2 Rw Uw' D2 R2 Rw' L' F R'


Good luck guys! I hope that this thread will take off!
 

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Gaps of 30 seconds is way too much for people averaging 1:00-1:30.

Round: 1
Race to: sub-60
Times: 1:07.97, 1:06.59, 1:09.64, (1:16.18), (55.92), 1:06.06, 58.26, 1:13.28, 1:13.68, 1:03.75, 1:06.51, 1:00.27
Average of 12: 1:06.60

Failed on the 55 and all three sup-1:10s, mostly trying to do the PLL parity alg to solve OLL parity, but the 55 was a fail PLL (V perm with a very bad execution).
 
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Gaps of 30 seconds is way too much for people averaging 1:00-1:30.

Round: 1
Times: 1:07.97, 1:06.59, 1:09.64, (1:16.18), (55.92), 1:06.06, 58.26, 1:13.28, 1:13.68, 1:03.75, 1:06.51, 1:00.27
Average of 12: 1:06.60

Failed on the 55 and all three sup-1:10s, mostly trying to do the PLL parity alg to solve OLL parity, but the 55 was a fail PLL (V perm with a very bad execution).
Ok, i added 1:15 as one. How do i edit it into the title though?
 
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Schmidt : sub 1:30
1:29.97 (σ = 5.12)
1:28.86, (3:07.11), 1:25.90, 1:24.47, 1:35.61, 1:31.06, 1:24.21, 1:28.80, 1:38.13, 1:26.30, (1:23.22), 1:36.31

3:07 was a minor pop during OLL parity (I couldn't remember where I had come to in the alg.)

1:23 was a forced OLL "skip" (B' R' alg. R B) with a PLL skip as well.
overall this was better than expected, the last timed ao12 from way back was barely sub 2:00
 

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Race to 4x4 sub-2:00 - round 1
Average: 2:04.48
1:55.89, 2:22.78, 2:07.70, 2:06.82, 1:54.69, 1:55.78, 1:57.56, 1:58.19, (1:50.59), 2:12.63, 2:12.80, (2:32.52)

In the end I did find time for a full ao12. This result is OK for me - most of my ao12s are around 2:01-2:02 but I haven't practised 4x4 much recently. PB ao12 is 2:00.11 so race to 2:00 is just what I need :D
 

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Round 1 - Race to sub-1:00
Average: 59.17
55.35, 1:06.41, 57.10, 1:06.50, (1:06.86), 52.97, 1:03.33, 1:02.90, (49.77), 57.13, 56.01, 53.99

Okay, I have a 58s average of 100 but I feel like 45 is way too big a jump right now so I'm gonna aim to graduate this one first. :)
 

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Maybe just let people choose their own goal. That's what happens in the 3x3 race thread.
Yeah I agree, they will do that naturally anyway. After 2:00 my next target will be 1:50 not 1:30, and I don't really care about -5's like 1:15. It would be nice to be able to use the race thread to "graduate" 1:50 :D
 

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I agree with you guys, but for some people it is still good to have something specific to shoot for.
Oh yeah of course, the question is what they're shooting for. 2:00 to 1:30 is too big a jump and thus demotivating, for me at least. I'd like targets of 1:50, 1:40 etc.

Maybe you could maintain a leaderboard in the first post divided into 10 second brackets. To get your name into a bracket e.g. sub-1:20, you need to achieve sub-1:20 entries three times in a row. Then you're automatically in the race to the next bracket. That might be easier than treating them all as separate races.
 

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Round 1 results!

Those that beat there goal:
ryanj92 59.16 (60)
Schmidt 1:29.97 (1:30) by .03 Lol good job

Two more and you guys graduate!

TDM 1:06.60 (60)
Mark49152 2:04.48 (2:00)
Rocky0701 2:16.04 (2:00)

Great job everybody! Round 2 scrambles with be up tonight.
 
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