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muchacho

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Ao12 PB: from 15.556 to 15.455 15.451

66450 15-abr-2018 11:20:28 00:15.632 D F2 D2 L2 B2 R2 U' B2 U L2 D2 R' L' B' R2 F' L D2 F' D' B2 U2
66449 15-abr-2018 11:19:52 00:14.295 R2 F2 D L2 U L2 F2 L2 U2 R2 D L' D U B U' R' U B2 D R'
66448 15-abr-2018 10:45:38 00:15.480 R2 U2 L2 U F2 R2 D B2 D' F2 U B D2 R F' L' D' B R2 L B2
66447 15-abr-2018 10:45:01 00:15.345 U2 B2 L2 F2 U B2 L2 U' R2 D R U' F D L B' D' R2 F D' U'
66446 15-abr-2018 10:44:21 00:17.015 R2 U F2 D2 U R2 L2 F2 L2 D R U2 F U R2 B' D U' R L'
66445 15-abr-2018 10:43:44 00:16.311 B2 D L2 U' L2 U' R2 U F2 R2 U' F' L2 U' L2 D' F2 R' F L D'
66444 15-abr-2018 10:43:10 00:14.280 U R2 U R2 D2 L2 F2 D' R2 F2 D' F U F' D2 F U R' L B U
66443 15-abr-2018 10:42:30 00:17.134 L2 D' F2 L2 D' R2 L2 B2 R2 L2 U' L' B2 U2 B2 U' B R' U F L
66442 15-abr-2018 10:41:52 00:15.134 R2 B2 L2 F2 U F2 D B2 F2 D' R' D' F R U2 F D' U2 R U'
66441 15-abr-2018 10:41:09 00:15.503 D' U' F2 L2 B2 R2 L2 D F2 L' F L' F2 R F2 R B' D2 U
66440 15-abr-2018 10:40:33 00:14.960 U B2 L2 D B2 D L2 U' L2 U' F2 R B' R2 B' R' U' R D2 L2 B D2
66439 15-abr-2018 10:39:54 00:14.839 L2 B2 U' R2 U2 L2 B2 D L2 F2 U L B2 D2 B U' B D F U' L2
66438 15-abr-2018 10:39:20 00:15.687 R2 D2 R2 F2 D' R2 B2 D R2 F2 R F2 D' F2 U' F U' R U
66437 15-abr-2018 10:38:51 00:13.760 D R2 B2 F2 D2 L2 U R2 F2 L2 F' R F L2 U' F R' D' L2 B2 U2

Congrats all for the PBs in comp and good luck in the remaining events.

edit: 15.451

edit2: Mo100 PB: 17.257 (16.919 Ao100), from 17.279.
 
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Older cubers curry night with good company after first day off High Wycombe with, left to right @mark49152, @Shaky Hands and me, @Selkie

Congrats guys. Some nice results all around.

Things that jump out at me are @mark49152 smashing the sub-1 barrier in 3BLD and @Selkie kicking ass in 6x6!

Meanwhile in UPB land, I did an OH session last night; first sub-24 Ao12 (23.82) and sub-25 Ao50 (24.95). The official sub-30 average will have to wait until later this year...

Re: 2x2 - @mark49152 and @Selkie. Nice singles... I need to pull my finger out next comp! :)
 

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Just home from High Wycombe. Got PB 1 and 2 in OH and 4x4 single plus a 3x3 single. Didn't get my 4BLD success which was my main aim but had a good go at it. Made round 2 of 3BLD too.
Great to meet up with the guys again. Shame I couldn't stay for the Indian last night but we'll make up for it at the UKs later this year.
 

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Congrats guys. Some nice results all around.

Things that jump out at me are @mark49152 smashing the sub-1 barrier in 3BLD and @Selkie kicking ass in 6x6!

@Selkie’s biggest PB was his parking charge. :)

I’m happy with my one and only PB from the comp, a 5 second improvement at 7x7 single in a solve that featured 3 pops.
 

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Great comp with the right mix of solves, PBs, catching up with the older brethren ( @Shaky Hands (Andy), @mark49152 (Mark) and @newtonbase (Mark) ) and beer (plus Jagermeister!)

Really pleased with the 6x6 mean since both Ron and Mike DeCock had overtaken me for the mean in the last month so nice to reclaim it with some breathing space. Also managed to clinch the 7x7 single too. PBs also for 4x4 and 5x5 averages but still poor results compared to home.

Congratulations on all the great PBs gentlemen and just wow at the flurry of sub 1 3BLD results @mark49152 .

Just editing the 6x6 mean and will link when it is up.
 

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Great to catch up with fellow oldies at High Wycombe! As someone once said, it was a "comp of two halves" (I suspect only the Brits will get that one ;))

Obviously my highlight was 3BLD. Sub-1 has been my realistic target for over a year. Like buses, you wait a year then three come at once. At Weston I felt my solves were spoiled by nervous hands, so this time I used a magnetic cube for better stability. I practised with it beforehand and still much prefer the feel of non-magnetic, but in comp the magnets did definitely help. My plan is to practise with non-magnetic and use magnetic just for comp, like racing shoes.

In the first round I was delighted to get two sub-1 PBs and played the third attempt safe for a mean. 55.70 single and 1:05.21 mean are improvements of 4.6 and ~28 seconds respectively so I'm happy with that jump. It was also nice to make finals and enjoy nine official attempts in one day.

4BLD was a bit of a mess. On the first attempt I realised I'd done the second centre wrong so I undid everything and started again. It was DNF anyway. On the second attempt I messed up when undoing the setup on the very last piece and was two moves away from solved, although it was so slow I didn't much care. My lack of practice really showed at this event.

Elsewhere: Forgot how to solve 2x2 and got an awful average, but a PBL skip gave me PB single on the last solve. 11.36 average with 4.02 single, lol.

Forgot how to solve clock too - first solve DNF, then second solve safe. A bit too safe because I missed the cutoff by half a second.

3x3: three bad solves and two good ones gave me an OK average of 20.03. Can't complain at that. 5x5 and 6x6 were OK too, and 4x4 was awful. I think that covers everything.

It was nice to attend the whole comp for a change, and be there for the traditional curry. Looking forward to the next one already!
 

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Had a nice somewhat local comp here in Virginia yesterday. I competed in 222, 333, 444 and 555.

Got PBs in every event! Felt pretty good about that.

222: I actually did “poorly” based upon even my practice/warmup solves. Nevertheless I managed to squeak out a slight official improvement. The organisers decided to take extra people to the second round and so I got lucky enuff to have a second shot at a decent set. Second round started with a sub-4 official. That was a PB single at 3.89 seconds that I don’t expect to beat anytime soon. Ended up with another slight improvement for a PB Ao5 in the second round too.

333: nothing spectacular here at the comp. I think the best part of this was I made the second round. The first round was decent and although no PBs, I was happy to make the second round and avoid any desasters. The second round was nice and consistent. Again, just solid right at what I do most days on the coach and DID come away with a PB Ao5.

444: good stuff. PB single and Ao5.

555: only got two attempts, the soft cutoff was far too fast and it’ll be awhile before I can make sub-2:00. But I’ll take my 3:32 and PB single on the day.

All in all, it was a good day.
 

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@newtonbase / Sorry to hear your 4BLD miss. What was your time?
I had 30 mins which was enough for 2 safe solves. First was 13:33 I think. Really solid memo but 2 wings off as I lost track of what I'd done (it may have been correct but I "fixed" it) then I twisted a corner the wrong way. Second solve I went even slower. Memo very solid again but during centre execution I realised I'd got the same letter twice so had ended a cycle early. I tried to fix it and did get close but it took ages and I knew I had to rush to finish. During wings I did an R move wrong so half of them plus corners were wrong. I had 3 or 4 seconds to spare at the end.
MBLD practice starts today. I have 8 cubes already scrambled for an attempt during my lunch break. Bit of an experiment that may go badly wrong as previous biggest attempt was 6. First attempt since WSM in November.
 
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