"NEW" Race to Sub-30!

THanks

AvidCuber said:

LiveAndCube said:

Hey everyone! I'm hoping to join the sub 30 race soon because my Alpha V cube is arriving soon! Do I just post my average of 12 times or do I need to register and confirm with Carson or anything? Also what times should I count? I mean should I count the first average of 12 time that I get or the best times, etc? I will start on Round 16. Thanks!

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No, just post whenever you feel like joining.

And Carson will post the scrambles for every round whenever the round starts. Just follow those scrambles, and post the times you get for those scrambles.

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Thanks! I've watched a lot of your vids on youtube too. You actually inspired me to get the Type A V Ha thanks man.

Have you ever had one of those practice sessions that was going so good you just didn't want to stop? Here is mine from tonight:

Average of 100
Session Average: 29.77
Best Solve: 22.93
Best Average of 5: 25.34
Best Average of 12: 27.45
Longest Sub-30 Solve Streak: 10
Number of Sub-30 Solves: 60

Individual Times:

I'm not really sure what happened... but suddenly, I developed "look ahead"...

Carson said:

Have you ever had one of those practice sessions that was going so good you just didn't want to stop? Here is mine from tonight:

Average of 100
Session Average: 29.77
Best Solve: 22.93
Best Average of 5: 25.34
Best Average of 12: 27.45
Longest Sub-30 Solve Streak: 10
Number of Sub-30 Solves: 60

Individual Times:

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31.58
31.60
25.74
36.93
39.85
29.51
32.53
24.95
30.92
30.63
34.18
23.77
32.00
27.47
26.60
29.82
31.92
30.06
29.72
34.67
33.56
27.11
36.73
28.46
26.98
29.83
34.92
28.35
31.43
33.12
30.40
25.81
27.37
28.72
31.58
29.60
29.33
32.34
28.26
30.13
28.32
28.69
26.51
31.20
33.02
30.59
28.95
22.97
34.45
29.72
26.45
29.46
28.29
27.46
28.45
28.27
27.10
23.53
28.17
31.60
26.96
23.85
29.58
31.95
30.97
25.09
28.24
37.88
27.88
34.50
28.21
27.68
24.24
22.93
51.85
24.09
30.56
36.18
30.82
25.61
28.14
29.11
27.07
25.28
33.51
31.85
33.51
28.36
27.00
27.32
29.80
32.44
28.50
25.54
26.02
37.02
27.87
28.17
31.47
27.84

I'm not really sure what happened... but suddenly, I developed "look ahead"...

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Very nice now let's see you do that in the race to sub-30 and you'll be outta there

I now classify myself as sub 30, and I would like to share how I have acheived this (I haven't actually finished 3 sub 30 averages on this thread though).

Before sub 30 I averaged around 31, now I average around 28, almost 27. While trying to find decent tutorials on youtube, I remembered that badmephisto had a lot of videos that I haven't seen yet. I decided to check his channel out and browse a bit. I came across his video on advanced cross. Anyone who is just on the brink of sub 30, watch this and practice what he teaches you and you will for sure be sub 30.

The advanced cross at first is a bit difficult to grasp but once you know the colour scheme and how to place edges fast, your cross time will be reduced dramatically, thus lowering your solve times. It may not sound like much, but trust me, it will save you.

tl;dr watch badmephisto's cross videos

Carson said:

Have you ever had one of those practice sessions that was going so good you just didn't want to stop? Here is mine from tonight:

Average of 100
Session Average: 29.77
Best Solve: 22.93
Best Average of 5: 25.34
Best Average of 12: 27.45
Longest Sub-30 Solve Streak: 10
Number of Sub-30 Solves: 60

Individual Times:

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31.58
31.60
25.74
36.93
39.85
29.51
32.53
24.95
30.92
30.63
34.18
23.77
32.00
27.47
26.60
29.82
31.92
30.06
29.72
34.67
33.56
27.11
36.73
28.46
26.98
29.83
34.92
28.35
31.43
33.12
30.40
25.81
27.37
28.72
31.58
29.60
29.33
32.34
28.26
30.13
28.32
28.69
26.51
31.20
33.02
30.59
28.95
22.97
34.45
29.72
26.45
29.46
28.29
27.46
28.45
28.27
27.10
23.53
28.17
31.60
26.96
23.85
29.58
31.95
30.97
25.09
28.24
37.88
27.88
34.50
28.21
27.68
24.24
22.93
51.85
24.09
30.56
36.18
30.82
25.61
28.14
29.11
27.07
25.28
33.51
31.85
33.51
28.36
27.00
27.32
29.80
32.44
28.50
25.54
26.02
37.02
27.87
28.17
31.47
27.84

I'm not really sure what happened... but suddenly, I developed "look ahead"...

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I know what you mean!! Earlier today I was averaging around 24-26 seconds...usually I do ~27-28, with the occasional 26s solve in there.

Good job!!

Carson

That's great Carson congrats! Btw is round 16 starting tomorrow? I just got my new speedcube.

Well, I finally have all the results tallied! I'm hoping there are no errors, but I can't make that guarantee. In the words of the "Mythbusters": "Failure is always an option."
I will likely not be correcting the images if there are errors... that would be very time consuming, but let me know if I screwed up on anything an I will certainly make a note of it in this post.

A couple things to note:
CuberKid10: You posted a 10.91 for the "Butterfingers" event. Um... I'm guessing this should have been for the "Simple?" I hope so, because that is where I put it.
AvidCuber: I didn't have the heart to give you DNF's for the reverse scramble you did, or for resting your foot on the window instead of balancing. At the same time, however, I didn't feel that it would be fair to count those results.

Everyone that did not complete the entire average: I didn't put DNF's or DNS's... I just didn't include you in the results for the averages.
I originally planned to indicate whether each participant was involved in the Sub-30/Sub-20 threads or was a graduate, or just participating for fun, but that was just too much work.

I apologize for the results image being roughly .5MB, but it is a large image. If you have a slow connection, it may take some time to load.

Round Sixteen
Potential Closing Time - August 20, 2010 || 08:01AM EST​

Scrambles

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

Finally... I can post a Sub-30 average on here!!!

Round 16
Average: 29.89

Times:

I DNF'd the last solve, because I forgot to start the timer. It was probably between a :23 and :25 solve. :fp When I looked up and realized the timer wasn't running, I thought I had blown the average, but I still barely sneaked in under :30!

mr. giggums said:

Average: 34.57
30.25 44.28 33.39 38.17 43.89 32.77 31.50 19.47+ 26.98 1:12.23 9.69 44.98

Video coming soon.

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Video is here sorry that it's so long.

Hey guys its my first time in the Sub 30 race and I got sub 30!

AVERAGE: 28.87

Times:
12: 27.12
11: 27.93
10: 31.62
9: 27.47
8: 30.68
7: 22.58
6: 31.91
5: 29.06
4: 26.78
3: 29.40
2: 34.33
1: 27.58

I did good, as this is my first sub 30 average on the Race to Sub 30!
Cube: Alpha V
Two Handed Solve

Round 16 (Colour Neutral)
25.17

Times:
Yay!

I really focused on look-ahead in this average. It's reflected in the times

I think I've graduated (I think. Too lazy to check ).

Thanks, Carson. I've really enjoyed it here. It's been fun to see how I've progressed since May. See you all in the race to sub-20!!

P.S. Video coming soon for this average.

AvidCuber

Cya! Thanks for all your help! Have fun in sub 20!

im going to post my times tomorrow when i get around to doing the scrambles.. im averaging very close to 30 but i just cant tip below it at the moment so hopefully tomorrow could be my first

Round 16 video:



Any tips would be appreciated.

2 more rounds and I'll be outta here!

Average: 27.41 (beat my old PB avg12 by .55)

1. 30.42
2. 25.79
3. 29.06
4. 29.20
5. 24.24
6. 25.04
7. 27.28
8. 29.34
9. 27.49
10. 25.60
11. 24.91
12. 31.67


Rubik's brand FTW!!!

kinda funny that my first and last solves were the only ones above 30 seconds

EDIT: continued the session for a few more solves and got the avg12 down to 27.09

AvidCuber said:

Round 16 video:

Any tips would be appreciated.

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Work on cross. Also try to track an f2l pair during cross (I'm having a hard time doing this, but it helps with continuity).

Roux Average: 31.19
27.42
37.48
32.34
30.05
35.08
32.65
29.25
26.92
29.02
36.80
24.81
32.33

TheCubeMaster5000 said:

AvidCuber said:

Round 16 video:

Any tips would be appreciated.

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Work on cross. Also try to track an f2l pair during cross (I'm having a hard time doing this, but it helps with continuity).

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Yea, I know my cross is crap. I've been working on it. And once my cross is good, I'll work on cross->f2l transition.

Avg: 27.82

1. 24.38
2. (23.28)
3. (30.89)
4. 30.51
5. 28.39
6. 30.03
7. 25.04
8. 29.34
9. 25.68
10. 29.67
11. 27.46
12. 27.77

Didn't do any opposite cross this time since lately I've just been messing the F2L up badly when I do opposite cross.

I felt that I had look ahead on the <26.x solves. Need to learn to look ahead every time instead of just occasionally.