Racing to sub-20

Average: 19.93

20.35, 19.50, 20.00, 22.40, 20.41, 21.59, 19.95, 19.58, 18.33, 19.50, 20.04, 18.34

That's 2 ! Yet again, by the skin of my teeth. Started shakily, thought it would be sup-20 after the first 6 solves... then 5 of my last 6 were sub 20, and the only sup was 20.04! 8)

TDM said:

I do M with my right hand and U with my left.

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Weird, I do the opposite. Ua and Ub are both sub-1, and I can only sub-1 3 PLLs (Ua, Ub, H). I find RH U turns easier because I can't double-flick U2 with my LH. Personal preference, I suppose, but if I get a solve that ends in Ua/Ub/H I'm always happy!

Round 331

Ave: 20.05

18.67, 20.95, 20.57, 22.25, 21.53, 20.80, 22.09, 18.32, 19.74, 15.75, 19.19, 18.64

Shizer!!! so close! 1 less mistake would have sealed it!

Round 331
Average: 20.00

21.63, 20.90, 19.36, (23.38), 18.73, 21.70, 17.55, 19.48, 20.28, 20.39, 20.01, (15.51)

Dang it!!! I was so close to sub-20 on that one. I should have done a few warm-up solves, because these were literally my first solves of the day. Good last solve, though.

Round 331


24.65 25.70 25.43 25.50 27.48 29.59 24.74 22.48 29.87 (21.64) (30.60) 27.60 = 26.30 // It shows that I did not practice

pipkiksass said:

Weird, I do the opposite. Ua and Ub are both sub-1, and I can only sub-1 3 PLLs (Ua, Ub, H). I find RH U turns easier because I can't double-flick U2 with my LH. Personal preference, I suppose, but if I get a solve that ends in Ua/Ub/H I'm always happy!

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I think most people do the opposite to me. I should probably practise M2' u' M' u2' M' u' M2' more. My PLLs are really slow; my fastest is H perm but that's 1.6-1.8 when I execute well. My slowest that I can 1-look are V perms (just over 3 on average) and I have to 2-look G perms, so they take me 4 seconds.

TDM said:

I think most people do the opposite to me. I should probably practise M2' u' M' u2' M' u' M2' more. My PLLs are really slow; my fastest is H perm but that's 1.6-1.8 when I execute well. My slowest that I can 1-look are V perms (just over 3 on average) and I have to 2-look G perms, so they take me 4 seconds.

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Yeah, I can highly recommend working on it, as it's super fast once you nail it.

My LL is really slow - I know maybe 30-something OLLs, but when I get the others some of them are 3-look (i.e. flip 2 edges, flip the other two edges, flip corners) - not REALLY 3 look, but there's still 3 algs, and 2 sets of recognition required (for some I can predict the corners case, but for others I have to have a second look, and sometimes second AUF). I had a solve yesterday which was 12 seconds for cross+f2l, and ended up being 21. No lockups, just a really slow OLL and maybe a 3 second PLL. It's frustrating because with an OLL I know and one of my faster PLLs, that would've been a 15/16.

F2L still needs a lot of work, as my lookahead sucks, but I think I'd be consistently sub-20 with just learning full OLL and drilling algs. Thing is, for me, even with my 'faster' PLLs (such as V, which I have a nice alg for), I can imagine how sub-10 cubers can sub-1 the alg, but I still can't execute it in less than 2/3 seconds, even using the same finger tricks. I guess if I do the alg 1000 times it will get faster, but that kind of mindless drilling doesn't interest me. Maybe that's what's required?!

pipkiksass said:

My LL is really slow - I know maybe 30-something OLLs, but when I get the others some of them are 3-look (i.e. flip 2 edges, flip the other two edges, flip corners) - not REALLY 3 look, but there's still 3 algs, and 2 sets of recognition required (for some I can predict the corners case, but for others I have to have a second look, and sometimes second AUF). I had a solve yesterday which was 12 seconds for cross+f2l, and ended up being 21. No lockups, just a really slow OLL and maybe a 3 second PLL. It's frustrating because with an OLL I know and one of my faster PLLs, that would've been a 15/16.

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As you do OLL more and more, you'll eventually learn to 1-look most cases even when you're doing 2 algorithms. I can do this for most OLL cases (except knight moves, L shapes and the dot OLLs, although I now use VHLS to avoid dot OLLs).

F2L still needs a lot of work, as my lookahead sucks, but I think I'd be consistently sub-20 with just learning full OLL and drilling algs. Thing is, for me, even with my 'faster' PLLs (such as V, which I have a nice alg for), I can imagine how sub-10 cubers can sub-1 the alg, but I still can't execute it in less than 2/3 seconds, even using the same finger tricks. I guess if I do the alg 1000 times it will get faster, but that kind of mindless drilling doesn't interest me. Maybe that's what's required?!

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Don't learn full OLL and start drilling algs if your lookahead sucks. Learn to lookahead. The average movecount for F2L is 35 moves. If you can lookahead at 2.5 TPS (I can, and as we average about the same I'm going to completely guess you can too), your F2L averages about 14 seconds. If you improve the TPS at which you can look ahead to 3 BPM, this drops to 11.67 seconds. If you're F2L is less efficient, .5 TPS will improve your time even more. Practising lookahead will get you consistently sub-20 without having to learn loads of algs and having to drill them.

YddEd said:

er... my avg was 22.89. The 15.16 was a PB single. xD

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Oops - sorry. I do these by hand, and sometimes make mistakes.

1. CheesecakeCuber 18.69
2. rubix44 18.88
3. TDM 19.14
4. pipkiksass 19.93
5. Shortshrimp 20
6. kbrune 20.05
7. MaikeruKonare 20.73
8. Carson 20.85
9. Mike Hughey 22.49
10. henkka 23.09
11. Aceno20 23.27
12. slinky773 23.41
13. TheZenith27 (OH) 25.45
14. PeaceLuvCubing 26.18
15. MarcelP 26.3
16. qaz 26.58
17. guinepigs rock 27.08

pipkiksass is only one round away from graduating - good luck next round!

Congratulations to everyone!

ROUND

Potential Closing Time - September 2, 2013 || 12:01PM EST​

Scrambles for the 332nd round:

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

Round 332
21.92
22.32, 23.98, 20.82, 24.06, 21.58, 19.76, 21.70, 21.32, (17.93), 20.81, 22.81, (24.58)

Haven't practiced for a couple weeks, so we'll see how this goes. Using a different cube today and experiencing serious lockups.

L2 R2 B R2 F D2 F L2 U2 B2 L' D' U' B' U R U2 R' F2 R2 - 23.42
F' L2 F L U2 F' B2 D' F L' U F' L2 F B U2 L2 B2 R2 F - 21.61
D' L2 R2 B2 D L2 B2 D' L2 U R B D2 F' D2 U' L F L2 D2 U2 - 23.32
U' R B' U2 F' D2 R D2 R' F2 D2 B2 U R2 U R2 L2 U2 R2 - 23.23
U F2 D2 U2 R2 U F2 R B2 F' R B U' R' B U R D' - 19.24
U L2 B2 F2 R2 U' F2 U' L' F2 U2 F' R B' L B2 D B2 R' F2 - 18.36
R2 D2 B' U2 F D2 L2 D2 R2 D L B2 F2 D2 L' D' R2 F' D' - 22.12
R' D2 L F' B D F R2 U' R F' U2 D2 B2 L' D2 F2 R L - 21.23
L2 D2 B U2 F2 U2 L2 B2 R2 B D' F D2 F2 R' U' L' D2 F' L2 R' - 19.26
D2 B2 R' F2 R B2 F2 L' R2 D R U2 B' F D' L2 R' B' U - 25.84
R' D2 F2 R F2 L2 R U2 B2 F2 U L2 D' F L D B L' U' F' R' - 26.36
R L2 U' R2 L' B R' F' R' B2 U F2 U' R2 U2 D2 B2 D' R2 - 27.23

Definitely not as good as previous. 22.56 avg.

Round 332
Average: 21.86

23.407 21.569 19.460 (1:34.766) 20.043 21.906 25.730+ 19.927+ 22.246 21.946 22.340 (19.264)

Could have been better.

Round 332
21.96
24.20, 18.42, 19.91, 22.42,24.84, 21.74, 20.60, 22.08,20.47, 20.07, 25.30, 23.24

All things considered... I am very pleased with this average. I had my wisdom teeth extracted about 12 hours ago. I have a pretty severe cutting/piercing of the skin phobia, so I had to be presedated with 10mg of Valium in order to get the iv. Unfortunately, I was still way too aware of the needle to go through with it, so they gave me another 10mg. Eventually I chilled enough to get the iv. I then got 180mg of iv Demoral, which according to my wife (who is a nurse practitioner) is about three times the typical dose. I've also been on hydrocodone since I got home. So..... after spending some time staring at the cubes on my desk trying to figure out which one was the 3x3... I'm satisfied with this average.

I.am a new graduate to this thread
Round 332
Average= 23.57
23.36,21.95,23.57,25.50,21.81,(20.63),23.98,24.25,21.32,23.70,26.29,(26.38)
2nd solve was pll skip
5 th Solve had a n permutation

18.94, 19.64, 14.50, 22.34, 17.34, 20.40, 16.67, 17.95, 18.46, 21.35, 19.01, 28.20
=19.21.

Round 332
22.38
22.92, 19.92, 25.13, (28.35), (17.57), 23.08, 23.23, 24.38, 23.57, 19.05, 21.81, 20.71

Just got a WeiLong. Pretty good cube. I didn't lube it with the Lubicle that I got yet, so I've been using the Maru lube I got with it.

Round 332
Ao12: 21.65
24.74, 18.59, 18.05, 22.85, 18.40, 25.01, 22.46, 20.13, (27.23), 25.63, (15.87), 20.62

Round 332
21.31
21.69, 16.30, 19.84, 20.56, 24.00, 26.65, 21.09, 22.81, 17.75, 21.65, 22.40, 21.30
I wish I didn't drop the cube on 20.56.

Round 332
Average: 19.92

20.67, 20.73, (24.48), 19.39, 20.14, 18.24, 19.10, 20.57, 20.29, 18.37, (18.21), 21.74

YESSS!! I finally got a sub-20 average on this post! And barely by .08 seconds lol