The road to sub 20, or 20.00 if god hates you....

Statistics for 12-18-2008 21:18:07

Average: 20.00
Standard Deviation: 1.32
Best Time: 15.93
Worst Time: 22.87
Individual Times:
1. 20.42 R2 U L' U' L2 R' B' F' L R B2 D' B2 F' D2 B' F2 U B F' L2 U2 B2 F' D2
2. 21.37 L2 U R2 U R2 B' D U' L2 D' B' F2 D' F D' B D' F D' U2 L' R' B2 F D'
3. 20.66 F2 R2 U L R' B2 R2 U' B R2 D2 U' L2 D B' R U2 B L' R F2 D B R' U
4. 20.73 R' B U2 F' D' B2 F' D' L' B2 L R' F' R B' L D R2 F' D2 B D' U2 F' L
5. 18.64 D U' B2 F' D2 U' L' B L' U2 F' D2 U2 B L' B F' L' D U L' R2 U2 B2 F
6. 19.00 F' R2 D' U B' F' L' D' U2 F2 L B' F' D' U' L B2 F2 L2 R U2 B2 R2 B' F2
7. (22.87) U2 L2 R' D' F' R D2 U2 R' U2 B U B' L R' F2 U2 L' D L2 B' F' L' R' U2
8. 16.93 R' F2 L' R D2 F U R D U B2 F D2 B' F2 D U L2 R' D2 U' L F L' R'
9. 20.99 B' F' U2 R2 U B' U2 B' F2 L2 R' B' L' D B' F D L' R' B' F D' U2 L R
10. (15.93) B R2 U B F' D U' F L2 U' R2 D' U' L' R' D2 U L R' F U2 B F2 D' U
11. 21.06 D2 L2 D U L2 R B R B F2 R D' B2 F D U2 B R U' L' R' B2 D2 R U
12. 20.18 D2 F2 L' B' L' R D U' L' D2 U2 R D2 B R B F2 L2 R F' L' D F' D' R2


Yeah.......01 left.....mind you this is down from a pb a month ago, of 20.27......you could say Petrus currently hates me? (damn you Erik) Or maybe I could be like wow, I've improved, which I really really have recently, but for right now, I just have to say this.......wow.

Out of my first five solves that were less than or equal to 20.00, two of them were 20.00.

So I know how you feel to an extent.

lol, my first sub 20 average was 19.98

Duuuude, that's cruel =\

Maybe tomorrow.

It's technically sub-20, you averaged 19.998 seconds to be exact.

^ wow nice. You should change your signature to that, PandaMan. My first sub-20 average was either 19.97 or 19.99.

- Niko

Dan Knights knows how you feel.

kippy33 said:

It's technically sub-20, you averaged 19.998 seconds to be exact.

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No. If your timer only measures precision to hundredths of a second, your average can't have more significant figures than that.

shelley said:

kippy33 said:

It's technically sub-20, you averaged 19.998 seconds to be exact.

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No. If your timer only measures precision to hundredths of a second, your average can't have more significant figures than that.

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I like that. ...leave it to caltech to use sig figs. At Rutgers, we were told we could ignore significant digits.

Bob said:

shelley said:

kippy33 said:

It's technically sub-20, you averaged 19.998 seconds to be exact.

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No. If your timer only measures precision to hundredths of a second, your average can't have more significant figures than that.

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I like that. ...leave it to caltech to use sig figs. At Rutgers, we were told we could ignore significant digits.

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1/4 = .25 not .3

I hated sig figs in chem last year.

but yeah I agree with kippy33. 19.998 is sub 20. GOOD JOB!!!!

I remember having a pb of avg of 20.00 for a while. I went back to see what it really was after reading this and it was 20.001, haha

Do you people know math?

If you're going to go compute the average as 19.998, you have to add 0.005, which makes 20.003.
See the speedcubing.com rules, and use either your brain or Google to figure out why (since Dan's page appears to be missing).

Anyhow, I've had lots of round solves. My PB was 10.00 for long while. People kept asking why I wasn't annoyed.
What's wrong with "WOOHOO! FINALLY TEN SECONDS"?
Besides, if people ask you for your time, you can say "twenty" and be pretty right.

ErikJ said:

1/4 = .25 not .3

I hated sig figs in chem last year.

but yeah I agree with kippy33. 19.998 is sub 20. GOOD JOB!!!!

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the 1 and 4 in 1/4 aren't measurements.. they are exact values. 1.0000/4.0000 = 0.25 of course

i rmb i had my PB ave at 20.00 for like a week or so.. if not i would be like another place up on the UWR list

Well I like to think of it as a very good sign, because one sub 20 average will keep me happy for a while, but it's only a matter of time before I'll want to consistently get solid sub 20's. It's only a matter of time. =]. I've got like 5 sub 21 averages just in the past 2 days now with times like 20.36 and 20.64, and I know the fairly soon, sub 20 averages....(real ones not these 19.998 lmao. )will come as easy. Thanks for your support.

I had the same problem

----- JNetCube Best Average for Fri Jan 25 23:52:50 CET 2008 -----

Average: 20.00

Fastest Time: 16.61
Slowest Time: 22.06
Standard Deviation: 01.55

Individual Times:
1) 19.84 B L' U' L R2 F D' B2 D2 F2 U F2 D2 U' L U R B R2 U' D' F D' F B2
2) (16.61) L U2 R U B D' L' R' F2 D L B2 R' B' U R2 D' L2 D R2 D' U L' R U
3) 20.34 B D' B' L R2 F' L' D2 F2 L2 F' L2 U R2 U2 B' R' U L2 D B2 L U B F
4) 21.24 U2 R2 U2 L U L' F' L D2 R' L' F2 D U2 L D2 R B R L' B' F' L' R2 D
5) 16.77 U D' L F D' B' F' L2 F' U2 R L' D2 B R' L2 F2 R U2 B' U' D B' D R
6) 20.27 R2 B2 L2 D2 U' B' U' R U D2 R F B2 U B U L2 B' U R2 B2 R2 L2 D2 L2
7) 21.89 L R2 F2 D' F2 D2 R2 B U R' F R D2 L' F B L' B2 F2 D2 L' R' F' R U2
8) 19.12 R' D L' R D R U R' B F2 L' U' R D' L2 B' R F2 D2 B2 F' U' L B2 D'
9) 21.88 D2 B D' F2 B2 R' D' F' D' B2 D' L2 F2 L' B' D L' F2 U2 F' U2 R2 D F2 U2
10) (22.06) F U F U2 L F L U F2 L F2 U R U D' B2 D B' U F D' U L D' R'
11) 18.76 L2 B R2 F2 R' B' F2 L F R2 U2 B D' U' B2 D2 U2 F' R D2 U2 R' L F L
12) 19.89 L D2 B2 D U L2 R' D R L B' F2 L' U' B2 R' D2 L2 D' U L2 B U' R U'

Average: exactly 20 sec (20.00000...)

It was terrible

Worms said:

I had the same problem

----- JNetCube Best Average for Fri Jan 25 23:52:50 CET 2008 -----

Average: 20.00

Fastest Time: 16.61
Slowest Time: 22.06
Standard Deviation: 01.55

Individual Times:
1) 19.84 B L' U' L R2 F D' B2 D2 F2 U F2 D2 U' L U R B R2 U' D' F D' F B2
2) (16.61) L U2 R U B D' L' R' F2 D L B2 R' B' U R2 D' L2 D R2 D' U L' R U
3) 20.34 B D' B' L R2 F' L' D2 F2 L2 F' L2 U R2 U2 B' R' U L2 D B2 L U B F
4) 21.24 U2 R2 U2 L U L' F' L D2 R' L' F2 D U2 L D2 R B R L' B' F' L' R2 D
5) 16.77 U D' L F D' B' F' L2 F' U2 R L' D2 B R' L2 F2 R U2 B' U' D B' D R
6) 20.27 R2 B2 L2 D2 U' B' U' R U D2 R F B2 U B U L2 B' U R2 B2 R2 L2 D2 L2
7) 21.89 L R2 F2 D' F2 D2 R2 B U R' F R D2 L' F B L' B2 F2 D2 L' R' F' R U2
8) 19.12 R' D L' R D R U R' B F2 L' U' R D' L2 B' R F2 D2 B2 F' U' L B2 D'
9) 21.88 D2 B D' F2 B2 R' D' F' D' B2 D' L2 F2 L' B' D L' F2 U2 F' U2 R2 D F2 U2
10) (22.06) F U F U2 L F L U F2 L F2 U R U D' B2 D B' U F D' U L D' R'
11) 18.76 L2 B R2 F2 R' B' F2 L F R2 U2 B D' U' B2 D2 U2 F' R D2 U2 R' L F L
12) 19.89 L D2 B2 D U L2 R' D R L B' F2 L' U' B2 R' D2 L2 D' U L2 B U' R U'

Average: exactly 20 sec (20.00000...)

It was terrible

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Wow, at least mine wasn't exact to every manner of the term....really though? 20.000000000000??? I think I'm changing my sig to 19.998, aha, that is really cool, and screw chem btw....

ErikJ said:

Bob said:

shelley said:

kippy33 said:

It's technically sub-20, you averaged 19.998 seconds to be exact.

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No. If your timer only measures precision to hundredths of a second, your average can't have more significant figures than that.

Click to expand...

I like that. ...leave it to caltech to use sig figs. At Rutgers, we were told we could ignore significant digits.

Click to expand...

1/4 = .25 not .3

I hated sig figs in chem last year.

but yeah I agree with kippy33. 19.998 is sub 20. GOOD JOB!!!!

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19.998 is sub-20, but you don't know for sure he got 19.998. Maybe the time on his first solve was 20.424, but the timer rounds it to 20.42. If all his times ended in 0.004 (worst case scenario), his average would be 20.002, which is not sub-20. We don't know, because the timer doesn't measure up to three decimal places. And that is why we use sig figs.

shelley said:

ErikJ said:

Bob said:

shelley said:

kippy33 said:

It's technically sub-20, you averaged 19.998 seconds to be exact.

Click to expand...

No. If your timer only measures precision to hundredths of a second, your average can't have more significant figures than that.

Click to expand...

I like that. ...leave it to caltech to use sig figs. At Rutgers, we were told we could ignore significant digits.

Click to expand...

1/4 = .25 not .3

I hated sig figs in chem last year.

but yeah I agree with kippy33. 19.998 is sub 20. GOOD JOB!!!!

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19.998 is sub-20, but you don't know for sure he got 19.998. Maybe the time on his first solve was 20.424, but the timer rounds it to 20.42. If all his times ended in 0.004 (worst case scenario), his average would be 20.002, which is not sub-20. We don't know, because the timer doesn't measure up to three decimal places. And that is why we use sig figs.

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And that's only rounding. Most timers probably run on truncation.

nice job with your sub 20, i am still working on getting sub 30, so close

Jgig1991 said:

nice job with your sub 20, i am still working on getting sub 30, so close

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Ha, wait till the 20's, then it's like a second or two a month. Then if you get to 14 and crap, its like 4/5 months a second, or more.