Race to Sub-30 and Race to Sub 25

Race to sub-25 CN, yellow crosses only:

avg of 12: 24.86

Time List:
26.32, 19.59, 30.05, 23.24, 28.22, 22.23, 25.00, 25.34, (18.80), 24.99, (33.27), 23.65

Jason Green said:

Round 118 - Race to Sub 25
Barely missed graduation. That's OK, I'm nowhere near getting consistent sub 20s so some more time in here will get me better prepped for that.

avg of 12: 25.02

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C'mon, Jason, you just copied my failure in the race to sub-20 thread to the hundredth of a second. Two weeks ago I failed to graduate with a 20.02 on my 3rd week and now you get a 25.02 in your 3rd week here! I know you can do it next time!!!

h2f said:

Race to sub-25 CN, yellow crosses only:

avg of 12: 24.86

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What a nice idea. Once I graduate from sub-25 dual CN here I think I'm gonna enter the sub-30-25 races with only non-white-yellow cross colours or at least more than half the solves with other colours to see if I can still be full CN.

Race to sub-25
CFOP CN

psyched myself out. this is great practice!

Mean: 25.85
Average: 25.88
Best time: 20.15
Median: 26.36
Worst time: 31.28
Standard deviation: 3.14

Best average of 12: 25.88
1-12 - 27.75 25.86 26.00 27.82 22.79 29.45 27.03 24.10 21.25 (31.28) 26.72 (20.15)

1. 27.75 F' L2 R' D' F2 R' F2 L R' B2 F2 D' U B2 F D F' D
2. 25.86 B' D2 F' L' D' F' U' F D' U B' D' B F2 R2 U2 L2 R
3. 26.00 F2 D' B F' L F2 D2 F' U F R' F2 R D2 U2 B' R D2
4. 27.82 U F2 D' B F' R' B R U' R2 D2 R2 U L' R2 B L R
5. 22.79 B F2 D B' L B2 D2 U F' D2 U' B2 F2 L2 B F R U
6. 29.45 R B' F' D' F' R' B2 L2 R' B2 F L2 B2 F R' U2 B L'
7. 27.03 R' F' D2 B2 F' D U L' F2 L2 R2 U L R D' F' R F
8. 24.10 F D' R2 D' L' R B D L' F2 D' F' L R' U' F D2 U
9. 21.25 F L U B2 R' B F2 R F' D B2 F' L' R D B' R' B'
10. 31.28 B R U2 L B' D B' F L2 U' L2 U2 F2 R2 B L2 D2 U
11. 26.72 L B' D U' R D F D2 F L' B R2 D' F' R' B' U2 B
12. 20.15 D F L2 R2 D' F2 L2 B2 L D2 B2 F' D2 U B2 U2 R' U

mafergut said:

What a nice idea. Once I graduate from sub-25 dual CN here I think I'm gonna enter the sub-30-25 races with only non-white-yellow cross colours or at least more than half the solves with other colours to see if I can still be full CN.

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I thought It would be a good motivation to make some solves in other orientation than white. I'm must work on CN. And I like the race.

h2f said:

I thought It would be a good motivation to make some solves in other orientation than white. I'm must work on CN. And I like the race.

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I've been working on being neutral to one color at a time during normal non-timed solves but I didn't think of doing it in the race! Now I can work on graduating the sub-25 race and work on being color neutral in the sub-30 race! Great Idea!

Round 118
Race to Sub-25
3x3 CFOP
Avg of 12: 21.866

Time List:
1. 22.953 F' L2 R' D' F2 R' F2 L R' B2 F2 D' U B2 F D F' D
2. 20.390 B' D2 F' L' D' F' U' F D' U B' D' B F2 R2 U2 L2 R
3. (24.777) F2 D' B F' L F2 D2 F' U F R' F2 R D2 U2 B' R D2
4. 21.239 U F2 D' B F' R' B R U' R2 D2 R2 U L' R2 B L R
5. 22.755 B F2 D B' L B2 D2 U F' D2 U' B2 F2 L2 B F R U
6. 21.288 R B' F' D' F' R' B2 L2 R' B2 F L2 B2 F R' U2 B L'
7. 21.592 R' F' D2 B2 F' D U L' F2 L2 R2 U L R D' F' R F
8. 22.856 F D' R2 D' L' R B D L' F2 D' F' L R' U' F D2 U
9. 20.687 F L U B2 R' B F2 R F' D B2 F' L' R D B' R' B'
10. 20.335 B R U2 L B' D B' F L2 U' L2 U2 F2 R2 B L2 D2 U
11. 24.568 L B' D U' R D F D2 F L' B R2 D' F' R' B' U2 B
12. (18.880) D F L2 R2 D' F2 L2 B2 L D2 B2 F' D2 U B2 U2 R' U

Graduated!

Round 118
Race to sub 30-CFOP
Moyu Aolong V2

Average of 12: 36.546 (last week: 30.722)

Best Time: 26.77
Worst Time: 1:02.84
Current percentage of sub-30 solves in last 250: 21.6% (last week: 12.4%)

1. 28.31 F' L2 R' D' F2 R' F2 L R' B2 F2 D' U B2 F D F' D
2. 32.76 B' D2 F' L' D' F' U' F D' U B' D' B F2 R2 U2 L2 R
3. 31.36 F2 D' B F' L F2 D2 F' U F R' F2 R D2 U2 B' R D2
4. 33.67 U F2 D' B F' R' B R U' R2 D2 R2 U L' R2 B L R - did wrong U perm here, don't think I've done that ever
5. 34.88 B F2 D B' L B2 D2 U F' D2 U' B2 F2 L2 B F R U
6. 1:04.84 R B' F' D' F' R' B2 L2 R' B2 F L2 B2 F R' U2 B L' - screwed up Gd perm
7. 43.55 R' F' D2 B2 F' D U L' F2 L2 R2 U L R D' F' R F - screwed up cross and took me a while to realise
8. 1:02.90 F D' R2 D' L' R B D L' F2 D' F' L R' U' F D2 U - screwed up a G perm, can't remember which
9. 29.75 F L U B2 R' B F2 R F' D B2 F' L' R D B' R' B'
10. 26.77 B R U2 L B' D B' F L2 U' L2 U2 F2 R2 B L2 D2 U
11. 34.33 L B' D U' R D F D2 F L' B R2 D' F' R' B' U2 B - lockup on Ra perm
12. 33.95 D F L2 R2 D' F2 L2 B2 L D2 B2 F' D2 U B2 U2 R' U

Been out of town for work and my times have suffered from less practice than I usually do. Even so, I did these after a 32.56 Ao25 so I was reasonably warmed up. I am getting a lot more sub-30 scores than before though so I think some of the problem is rushing some steps.

When I started this forum competition I'd had less than 10 sub-30 solves. I've now had 281. This has been a great motivator. Thanks again.

Round 118: Race to sub 25 OH
Avg12: 23.74
19.24, 23.31, 20.9, 24.31, (18.26), (34.37), 25.07, 29.23, 22.96, 23.29, 24.46, 24.4

Jason Green said:

Good job. I would say see ya later in the sub 20, but you're so close already you may be gone before I enter it.

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Haha, thx man, you will definitely see me in the Sub 20 forums, I'll be there for a while. Haha

Generated By csTimer on 2016-1-29
Avg of 12: 24.385

Time list:
1. 28.405 F' L2 R' D' F2 R' F2 L R' B2 F2 D' U B2 F D F' D
2. 21.990 B' D2 F' L' D' F' U' F D' U B' D' B F2 R2 U2 L2 R
3. 23.632 F2 D' B F' L F2 D2 F' U F R' F2 R D2 U2 B' R D2
4. 27.021 U F2 D' B F' R' B R U' R2 D2 R2 U L' R2 B L R
5. 21.070 B F2 D B' L B2 D2 U F' D2 U' B2 F2 L2 B F R U
6. (DNF(18.578)) R B' F' D' F' R' B2 L2 R' B2 F L2 B2 F R' U2 B L'
7. 25.540 R' F' D2 B2 F' D U L' F2 L2 R2 U L R D' F' R F
8. (20.309) F D' R2 D' L' R B D L' F2 D' F' L R' U' F D2 U
9. 24.386 F L U B2 R' B F2 R F' D B2 F' L' R D B' R' B'
10. 23.854 B R U2 L B' D B' F L2 U' L2 U2 F2 R2 B L2 D2 U
11. 26.222 L B' D U' R D F D2 F L' B R2 D' F' R' B' U2 B
12. 21.730 D F L2 R2 D' F2 L2 B2 L D2 B2 F' D2 U B2 U2 R' U

Yay sub-25!!

Round 118: Race to sub-30
CFOP w/ Aolong v2

Average: 25.43
1. 25.72
2. 22.02
3. 21.80
4. 24.38
5. 29.07
6. 24.65
7. 22.96
8. 25.78
9. 24.57
10. 25.80
11. 29.36
12. 33.41

Wow! One more round! I have no idea what happened this week. 3 second improvement, and I didn't even practice that much. I got a new pb earlier (21.22) too. I got nervous at the end, but this is definitely my best average ever. (btw, Aolong ftw!!)

r118

race to sub 30

OH

avg of 12
current: 39.70 (σ = 3.79)
best: 39.70 (σ = 3.79)

Average: 39.70 (σ = 3.79)
Mean: 39.29

Time List:
1. 30.19 L U B R U L R' L' b
2. 31.32 U B' U R L' B' L R l r' b'
3. 35.93 U R U' B' U' R' U' R' U' l' r b u
4. 41.84 U L R L R' L B L l r b
5. 44.25 U' L R L U' B' U' L B' r b'
6. 41.14 U' R' U B' R U' B' L l r b' u'
7. 39.55 U B R' L B' L' B U B' l' r' b u
8. 42.73 L' U L U' B' L' R L r' u'
9. 41.18 R' U' L R' U' R' B L l' r'
10. 37.40 U R L' B' L' B U R' U' l' r' u
11. 42.91 R U' L R' B L U R l' r' b' u
12. 43.03 U L' B R L' B' U' R l r'

well, sub 40

race to sub 25
round 118
cube: guo guan yue Xiao

ao12: 19.881

1: 19.893
2: 18.690
3: 12.693
4: 24.381
5: 19.639
6: 22.295
7: 19.251
8: 17.380
9: 18.870
10: 23.884
11: 21.392
12: 17.524


yay I graduated to race to sub 20

I pressured myself to be sub-25 this week... too much, first solves were crap, but somehow I was quite close to get to sub-25. If I understand WCA regulations correctly my ao12 is 25.00

Round 118
Race to sub 25
Method: Roux

Average: 25.00

(35.46) 30.40 23.49 29.11 25.38 24.83 (19.74) 21.74 23.67 24.83 24.65 21.89

12. 21.894 D F L2 R2 D' F2 L2 B2 L D2 B2 F' D2 U B2 U2 R' U
11. 24.654 L B' D U' R D F D2 F L' B R2 D' F' R' B' U2 B
10. 24.830 B R U2 L B' D B' F L2 U' L2 U2 F2 R2 B L2 D2 U
9. 23.670 F L U B2 R' B F2 R F' D B2 F' L' R D B' R' B'
8. 21.743 F D' R2 D' L' R B D L' F2 D' F' L R' U' F D2 U
7. 19.735 R' F' D2 B2 F' D U L' F2 L2 R2 U L R D' F' R F
6. 24.831 R B' F' D' F' R' B2 L2 R' B2 F L2 B2 F R' U2 B L'
5. 25.383 B F2 D B' L B2 D2 U F' D2 U' B2 F2 L2 B F R U
4. 29.110 U F2 D' B F' R' B R U' R2 D2 R2 U L' R2 B L R
3. 23.487 F2 D' B F' L F2 D2 F' U F R' F2 R D2 U2 B' R D2
2. 30.398 B' D2 F' L' D' F' U' F D' U B' D' B F2 R2 U2 L2 R
1. 35.462 F' L2 R' D' F2 R' F2 L R' B2 F2 D' U B2 F D F' D

Here I come with my graduation round and, as promised, with a video.

I have uploaded it completely unedited, so that you all can have a good laugh at me screaming for failed solves, a +2, a wrong sune, my slippery fingers due to my camera nerves... and, even with all that I managed to not spoilt the average too much. It was even close to sub-20 so, plenty of margin for sub-25. This is far from my best but, just because of this, it's also a nice summary of my worst weaknesses, so comments for improvement are more than welcome.

Generated By csTimer on 2016-1-30
avg of 12: 20.35

Time List:
1. 20.95 F' L2 R' D' F2 R' F2 L R' B2 F2 D' U B2 F D F' D
2. 18.40 B' D2 F' L' D' F' U' F D' U B' D' B F2 R2 U2 L2 R
3. (18.39) F2 D' B F' L F2 D2 F' U F R' F2 R D2 U2 B' R D2
4. (23.12+) U F2 D' B F' R' B R U' R2 D2 R2 U L' R2 B L R
5. 22.00 B F2 D B' L B2 D2 U F' D2 U' B2 F2 L2 B F R U
6. 19.46 R B' F' D' F' R' B2 L2 R' B2 F L2 B2 F R' U2 B L'
7. 20.32 R' F' D2 B2 F' D U L' F2 L2 R2 U L R D' F' R F
8. 19.17 F D' R2 D' L' R B D L' F2 D' F' L R' U' F D2 U
9. 21.93 F L U B2 R' B F2 R F' D B2 F' L' R D B' R' B'
10. 21.20 B R U2 L B' D B' F L2 U' L2 U2 F2 R2 B L2 D2 U
11. 19.57 L B' D U' R D F D2 F L' B R2 D' F' R' B' U2 B
12. 20.53 D F L2 R2 D' F2 L2 B2 L D2 B2 F' D2 U B2 U2 R' U

Round 118 Race to sub 25
CFOP
Yuxin 3x3

Avg of 12: 26.08

1st: 22.57
2nd: 25.15
3rd: 25.46
4th: 21.83
5th: 26.52
6th: 20.93
7th: 26.52
8th: 32.19
9th: 28.28
10th: 26.25
11th: 28.28
12th: 30.00

Round 118 Race to Sub-30
Roux
Avg of 12 DNF

1st:52.10
2nd:44.40
3rd:43.41
4th:48.87
5th:2:20.73 (read below)
6th: DNF(Timer messup)
7th: DNF(Same)
8th:43.15
9th:58.26
10th:43.39
11th:55.76
12th:52.35

Really mad about the 2:20 solve, had screwed up the corner orientation, and proceeded to make 3 more mistakes throughout the solve. Immediately after, I had a pretty good solve, except I messed up the timer, causing it to start timing the next 2 solves(which I counted as DNFs) Oh well, maybe next round I won't be such a nub.

Round 118
Race to Sub 30 CFOP

Ao12: 29.19 (σ = 2.01)


Time List:
1. 28.79
2. 29.74
3. 27.42
4. 26.59
5. 30.72
6. 26.55
7. 32.61
8. 23.79
9. 30.84
10. 28.32
11. 44.60 (could have been best time...but royally screwed up a y perm)
12. 30.36

Did no practice this last week on holiday, and actually came back a lot more consistent.

Round 118
Cube- Yuxin 3x3
Method- CFOP
Ao12- 20.829

1. 20.698 F' L2 R' D' F2 R' F2 L R' B2 F2 D' U B2 F D F' D
2. 22.212 B' D2 F' L' D' F' U' F D' U B' D' B F2 R2 U2 L2 R
3. 18.337 F2 D' B F' L F2 D2 F' U F R' F2 R D2 U2 B' R D2
4. 19.025 U F2 D' B F' R' B R U' R2 D2 R2 U L' R2 B L R
5. 23.324 B F2 D B' L B2 D2 U F' D2 U' B2 F2 L2 B F R U
6. 17.656 R B' F' D' F' R' B2 L2 R' B2 F L2 B2 F R' U2 B L'
7. 18.264 R' F' D2 B2 F' D U L' F2 L2 R2 U L R D' F' R F
8. 22.152 F D' R2 D' L' R B D L' F2 D' F' L R' U' F D2 U
9. [DNF(26.073)] F L U B2 R' B F2 R F' D B2 F' L' R D B' R' B'
10. 23.346 B R U2 L B' D B' F L2 U' L2 U2 F2 R2 B L2 D2 U
11. 19.645 L B' D U' R D F D2 F L' B R2 D' F' R' B' U2 B
12. 21.287 D F L2 R2 D' F2 L2 B2 L D2 B2 F' D2 U B2 U2 R' U

Round 118

Average: 36.71
42.55
34.37
39.49
39.55
35.34
34.88
27.87
35.14
43.44
39.01
31.23
35.53