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Race to sub-X on a 3x3 -- 25+

Foreright

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Round 56
Cube: GTS2m
Race to Sub-45
Method: CFOP (3LLL)

Ao12: 37.19 [2/3]

Times:

40.46
34.51
(32.73)
45.06
39.39
34.12
34.86
38.46
36.29
(45.29)
32.92
35.86

Tough week - these are literally the only 12 solves I've managed to get in due to the birth of my twin boys on 4th July. We have had no sleep whatsoever as they are being fed every 3 hours days and night. Still, I'm pretty pleased with the times - a couple seemed to be quite easy scrambles, or rather I spotted the F2L pairs extremely quickly. This might be a bit late to make the cut-off for this week (?) but as I say, time has been rather sparse for cubing or getting online at all!!
 

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Round 56 Results:
@Foreright 37.19 [3/3]

Round 57: (ENDS - July 23rd)

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

Great job @Foreright for graduating! What are you going to race to next?

Congratulations on the twins! They must be cute. :)
 

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Not sure I'm going to get a chance to do this round to be honest - back at work on Tuesday though so ironically I should get a little more time! Trust me, twins is hardcore - they need feeding every three hours day and night and don't seem to be on the same schedule so quite tiring :)

I was going to be mega-ambitious and go for sub-35 but my Ao100 is hovering around 38 seconds - not sure if losing 3 seconds in a week is realistic :)
 

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Not sure I'm going to get a chance to do this round to be honest - back at work on Tuesday though so ironically I should get a little more time! Trust me, twins is hardcore - they need feeding every three hours day and night and don't seem to be on the same schedule so quite tiring :)

I was going to be mega-ambitious and go for sub-35 but my Ao100 is hovering around 38 seconds - not sure if losing 3 seconds in a week is realistic :)

Sure, not a problem! :)
 

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Round 57 Results:
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Round 58: (ENDS - July 30th)

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

Guess no one did it this week. But I guess that is just how it goes sometime. ;)

Good luck!
 

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Round 58
Cube: GTS2m
Race to Sub-35
Method: CFOP (3LLL)

Ao12: 33.320

Times:

12 37.213
11 37.259
10 34.074
09 31.030
08 29.313
07 36.645
06 31.572
05 29.575
04 (28.299)
03 31.028
02 (48.330)
01 35.492

I didn't think I was going to be able to do this but I've had a bit of a breakthrough overnight - mostly in terms of consistency more than anything else - but I'm suddenly able, and I have no idea why(!), to see the F2L pairs a LOT quicker which is making 3 or 4 seconds difference. This set of twelve contains both my best mean of 3 @ 29.634 and best average of 5 @ 30.153 which I'm very happy with.

The one outlier was caused by a work colleague asking me a question at the wrong time although that was quite a difficult scramble for me as I fumbled with the cross for far too long.

All in all, my Ao100 has come down by almost 3 seconds over the last 100 solves so I'm definitely on track to be well Sub-35 by the end of this cycle :)

Incidentally, the following is a graph of all of my timed solves since I started this back on 15-Jun - it feels like I've done a lot more but this is the last 936 solves with the grey dots being times, the grey line being a rolling average of 12 and the red line being a rolling average of 100.

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Round 58 Results:
@Foreright: 33.32 [1/3]

Round 59: (ENDS - August 6th)

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

Wow, great job @Foreright! This is cool.

I can't believe it is August already :eek:. That flew by fast!

Good luck! :)
 

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Round 59
Cube: GTS2m
Race to Sub-35
Method: CFOP (3LLL)

Ao12: 34.436

Times (in reverse order):

32.008
34.672
33.777
38.256
37.242
34.915
32.830
(29.149)
29.733
(38.691)
34.230
36.700

Yuck - that was really horrible - the first couple of scrambles resulted in really difficult crosses for me. I was rescued this week by a couple of easy'ish scrambles in the middle which flowed really nicely and resulted in 1 look OLL and 1 look PLL. 34.436 is quite a bit above my current Ao200 which stands at 33.76 so it's a little disappointing. I also didn't warm up properly before attempting this which is a lesson learned ;)
 

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Round 59 Results:
@Foreright: 34.43 [2/3]

Round 60: (ENDS - August 13th)

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

Sorry that I am late. It has been a busy week!! Hope all is well. :)

Good luck!
 

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Round 60
Cube: Gan 354M
Race to Sub-35
Method: CFOP (3LLL)

Ao12: 30.823

Times (in reverse order):

32.227
32.122
29.237
31.099
(34.870)
31.863
31.180
30.259
28.982
30.227
31.042
(27.863)

A little above my current Ao100 (30.71) but unusually consistent. I've had quite a few Ao12s well under 30 seconds now so the target now is to get Ao100 under 30 seconds. Gains are getting much harder to find now as any pauses / loss of concentration and I lose the flow and add 5-10 seconds to my time which is frustrating.

My current Ao100 / Ao200 / Ao500 / Ao1000 is 30.71 / 31.06 / 32.01 / 33.66. The higher numbers are coming down rapidly as I was up above 40 seconds 1000 solves ago...
 

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Round 60 Results:
@Foreright: 30.82 [3/3]

Round 61: (ENDS - August 20th)

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

Congratulations to @Foreright for graduating Sub-35!

I saw that there are no active sub 25 or sub 30 3x3 races, so I decided to change this one to Race to sub 25+. So @Foreright you can just keep doing my race until you graduate sub 25. :)

Good luck!
 
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Round 61
Cube: Gan 354M
Race to Sub-30
Method: CFOP (3LLL)

Ao12: 29.563

00:30.846 : D2 R2 U2 F2 R2 F2 L' R2 U2 F2 R' B' R B U R U2 B2 R B'
00:27.092 : D2 R2 B L2 D2 B' F' L2 D F U' L D L D' U2 L R'
00:31.155 : F' D2 U L2 U2 B2 F2 U L2 F2 B D' B' R' U' R B L'
00:32.519 : B2 D2 R2 D' B2 R2 B2 R2 U2 F2 D' R F' U B2 L' U' F' R D' R'
00:28.094 : B2 F2 L2 U' F2 U2 R2 B2 U B2 U F' L U F2 D2 L2 R D' F L'
(00:24.663) : R2 D2 R2 D R2 U2 B2 R2 B2 R2 U' R B' U2 R' B' R B2 L' B
00:29.807 : L' F2 U' B2 L' U2 F' U' F' B2 R2 F2 B2 R2 D L2 U B2 D
00:30.738 : D L2 U F U L B R' U2 L' U2 D2 F2 B2 L2 F2 D' B2 D L2 B2
00:28.892 : R B L D R' D2 B R2 U' R2 B U2 F' B2 D2 F' R2 F2 D2 R2
(00:32.918) : L' F2 B U' B' U R2 U2 F' D2 F D2 B U2 D2 R2 U
00:30.214 : R2 U2 B2 R2 B2 D L2 U' R2 B2 U' F L2 U B R' F R B F2
00:26.279 : B2 U L2 U F2 R2 L2 D2 B2 D2 F2 R L2 B' F2 D' L F2 L B' D

Times are in reverse order. I didn't think this went all that well - was saved by a couple of fast solves at around / less than 27 seconds. All the fast times and especially the 24.6 did not feel fast at all ironically so I think I still have some potential to improve a bit.

As an aside, my current Ao100 / Ao200 / Ao500 are 29.76 / 30.33 / 30.64 so whether or not I get to Sub-30 in one go is going to be close!
 

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Round 61 Results:
@Foreright: 29.56 [1/3]

Round 62: (ENDS - August 27th)

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

I am very sorry for not getting the results out on time. If this ever happens again then can some please remind me?

Great job @Foreright! You are doing great! :)

Good luck!
 

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Round 62
Cube: Gan 354M
Race to Sub-30
Method: CFOP (3LLL)

Ao12: 29.370

1. 25.355
2. 30.085
3. 30.622
4. (37.539)
5. 29.536
6. 30.210
7. (22.347)
8. 29.189
9. 30.773
10. 28.816
11. 31.240
12. 27.877

1 - A nice easy introduction - all F2L pairs were easily visible.
4 - Was distracted by a colleague but I had not inserted one edge in the cross properly and had to spend time repairing that.
6 - Really awkward F2L for me - I went back after and tried this one a few times and cannot beat this time.
7 - PLL skip and some nice easy F2L insertions still over a second off PB but felt quick nevertheless!
11 - Again, a really awkward F2L despite quite an easy cross. I think I need to think about colour neutrality - or at least two colour to help with this kind of problem.

Aside from the 22.347 nothing spectacular here - I'm disappointed that I'm still getting a lot of times just above 30 seconds - my stats for this week indicate that just over 60% of my solves are below 30 seconds so despite the average I'm not sure I can say I'm a "sub-30" just yet!

Current Ao100 / 200 / 1000 is 29.09 / 29.25 / 30.71 respectively so heading in the right direction albeit a lot slower now!
 

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Round 62
Race to sub-26

Ao12: 24.63

1. 25.69
2. 20.09
3. 23.55
4. 24.71
5. 26.69
6. 23.98
7. 26.55
8. 26.71
9. 25.93
10. 20.69
11. 24.83
12. 23.64

Hi! My average is currently 26 sec, so I want to try and see if I can keep it under it.
 
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Race to sub 40
Method: CFOP

1. (54.78)
2. (36.45)
3. (45.65)
4. (31.70)
5. (43.86)
6. (39.14)
7. (43.34)
8. (56.22)
9. (44.07)
10.(37.83)
11. (51.80)
12. (39.10)

avg12: 43.60
 

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Round 62 Results:
@Foreright: 29.37 [2/3]
@Lux: 24.63 [1/3]
@Jefferson rocha 43.60

Round 63: (ENDS - September 3rd)

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


Hey everyone! Welcome! :)

Good luck and I hope you meet your goals on this weeks round!!
 
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Round 63
Cube: Gan 354M
Race to Sub-30
Method: CFOP (3LLL)

Ao12: 28.616

29.419
(22.660)
31.364
31.025
28.644
31.555
28.418
(32.103)
29.403
27.031
25.953
23.352

Again, too many times over 30 seconds for my liking - saved by a couple of very quick times (for me!). The slow times are caused by more than a couple of "difficult" F2L cases resulting in lots of turns. Need some better F2L algs / strategies for those ones, or... I'm thinking of switching to Roux or ZZ, both of which I've played with a bit. I'm much faster with ZZF2L+OLL/PLL but Roux is more fun.
 
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