Racing to sub-20

James Ludlow

Average: 20.28

lol no practice yellow cross=faster times?
19.26 average of 12
21.60, 17.70, 16.89, 23.15, 22.13, 20.59, 14.18, 20.87, 20.73, 13.51, 23.68, 14.75

alot of high times there due to me blanking during solves. still new color scheme

wtf at 2 14s and a 13 :O

Round 51
24.09, 22.66, 19.95, 24.30, 24.81, 27.20, 30.17, 20.89, 34.45, 20.09, 26.27, 26.20 = 24.67
Roux

Average of 12: 26.21
1. 25.18
2. (22.17)
3. 25.53
4. 24.48
5. 22.57
6. 25.97
7. 24.58
8. 29.85
9. 30.25
10. (31.76)
11. 28.48
12. 25.19

Good start, bad ending, ok avg

Average: 32.37
Standard Deviation: 4.25
Best Time: 27.48
Worst Time: 43.55

1. 27.67
2. 29.14
3. 29.62
4. 33.33
5. 31.31
6. 29.83
7. 43.55
8. 33.92
9. 34.17
10. 36.09
11. 27.48
12. 32.34

Average: 26.11
Cube: A5, self-modded to Haiyan Memory

Individual Times
1. 23.05
2. 27.72
3. 27.42
4. 24.91
5. 27.56
6. 21.03
7. 28.70
8. 28.53
9. 29.00
10. 25.95
11. 24.05
12. 23.16

No warm-up... guess I learned my lesson.

Round 51
24.17
26.37, 21.99, 19.89, 28.34, (19.46), 23.33, 22.61, 27.64, 26.69, (28.64), 22.05, 22.78

Sometimes I feel like I should just give up. This started (mostly) nice with the two sub-20s, but I got several G perms in a row (which I still can't do very well in a real solve even after a couple weeks of hard practice) and completely lost my rhythm.

Mike Hughey said:

but I got several G perms in a row (which I still can't do very well in a real solve even after a couple weeks of hard practice) and completely lost my rhythm.

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Mike, how are you finger-tricking your G's?

Carson said:

Mike, how are you finger-tricking your G's?

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I could find the description that fatboyxpc gave me, since I do them his way, but I should mention that the fingertricks are not the problem. If I do them alone, they're about a second faster than my old ones. But if I try to do them in a real solve, I still:
a. take a lot longer to recognize them, since I recognize them in a different position now;
b. take a while to AUF (or sometimes rotate the cube, because I'm that bad) to the right position to start the algorithm;
c. often pause to remember them, because muscle memory fails me in the pressure of an actual solve.

Once I get going on them, they're fast (if I don't have amnesia in the middle, which also sometimes happens). But this is the way it goes every time I learn any new PLL, which is why I always hesitate to learn a new one. I'm actually still not all that comfortable with the standard M2 H perm that I learned half a year ago - it takes me that long to get comfortable with a PLL.

I have had a couple of full-step solves that ended in G perms that have been sub-18! So if I get them right, they can be really fast, even in a solve. I think both of those times, I got the same PLL twice in a row. So if it's still fresh in my memory from having done it before, it's much faster.

LOL CARSON! That sounds so bad! Mike, remember that headlights go on left! You've got a week til Dayton Mike, do 1hr of PLL practice a day, it helps quite a bit! I seriously like getting G perms now! That Gd perm (I've sub1.4'd it a few times, that's my average T perm!) is so beast in an actual solve, it might be my new favorite way to end a solve Although you can't argue with the U perm speed, haha.

3x3: 22.97
22.41, 16.69, 25.88, (12.05), 22.27, 24.75, 17.98, (DNF), 26.20, 29.52, 22.05, 22.00

I got so lucky on the 12.05, one of the f2l pairs where solved and I had a PLL skip.

AVERAGE: 23.03

1. 23.99
2. 20.57
3. 22.81
4. (18.17)
5. 22.84
6. 27.20
7. 20.92
8. 21.23
9. (28.15)
10. 22.94
11. 22.56
12. 25.21



i dont know all my perms :fp

session avg: 23.93
times:
(34.26), 24.36, 20.83, 26.06, 22.98, 24.97, 21.31, (20.32), 29.01, 27.57, 20.90, 21.35

1. RyanReese09 (yellow cross) 19.26
2. James Ludlow 20.28
3. Elliot (OH) 21.58
4. emolover 22.97
5. clover 23.03
6. mehran_pes2007 23.93
7. Mike Hughey 24.17
8. cincyaviation 24.67
9. ElectricDoodie 26.11
10. (X) 26.21
11. Carson 29.55
12. devulaxe 32.37

Congratulations to everyone!

ROUND

Potential Closing Time - November 4, 2010 || 12:01PM EST​

Scrambles for the 52nd round:

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

James Ludlow

19.90 20.61 20.19 20.75 20.61 18.61 20.25 20.21 21.25 (21.96) 18.08 (17.96) = 20.05

Comment - I may be the fastest non sub 20 this week.

i have the same problem i either do very well or very bad

btw is it ok to join this now? and i have a question do the scrambles get posted on the first page every time?

blakedacuber said:

btw is it ok to join this now?

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Yes, anyone is welcome at any time.

blakedacuber said:

do the scrambles get posted on the first page every time?

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I always try to remember to update the links on the second post to point to the new scrambles, but the new scrambles are always posted as a new entry in the thread.

Round 52 (OH):
19.62, 20.60, 23.84, 21.43, 21.73, 21.87, 24.43, 21.67, (24.54), 21.35, (19.26), 23.24 = 21.98

Round 52
22.92
21.02, 23.58, 22.76, 22.49, 22.62, 24.80, 23.30, (25.52), 24.20, 21.72, (20.82), 22.67

Not too bad. Still getting bad times with G perms, but not as bad as they were before.

This was actually the end of an average of 100 where I got 12 sub-20's - that's the most I've ever gotten out of 100 before. It seems like, while my average hasn't improved, my fastest times have improved a great deal.