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Marcel, I just watched your latest video that was posted and... ugh... I also hate E perms. My recognition is worst on them. You (and I) should probably work on better recog for that case. I thought you worked on some 2-sided PLL recognition, no?
 
sneaklyfox said:
Marcel, I just watched your latest video that was posted and... ugh... I also hate E perms. My recognition is worst on them. You (and I) should probably work on better recog for that case. I thought you worked on some 2-sided PLL recognition, no?
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Yeah E perm sucks. But I must say, after seeing Chris (cyoteking) video how to perform E perm like a pro I can do it better and faster. First of all I do not need to align the centers to their colors. You just look at the color of the center edge in the top layer on F. If it matches the upper right back or upper left back sticker, then you are good to go with this algorithm of Chris. If the colors do not match, just do a y of y'. :)

 
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E perm alg is one of my favourites, but recognition isn't so fast for me. Usually I recognize it from two sides as a sort of checker of five with odd middle colour - like BOGOB or RBOBR.
 
MarcelP said:
First of all I do not need to align the centers to their colors. You just look at the color of the center edge in the top layer on F. If it matches the upper right back or upper left back sticker, then you are good to go with this algorithm of Chris. If the colors do not match, just do a y of y'. :)
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My execution is fine (exact same way as in the video). Didn't think of that edge colour matching the back corners though. That would come in handy, thanks for the tip. Now, after practice and implementation maybe my E perms will be 0.4 faster.
 
mark49152 said:
E perm alg is one of my favourites, but recognition isn't so fast for me. Usually I recognize it from two sides as a sort of checker of five with odd middle colour - like BOGOB or RBOBR.
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I have just learned this alg when Chris posted the video. I learn al his algs now. And with me it takes many weeks before I can excecute fast. And in the way there I mix up other algs because of the just learned alg :) But I figure, in the end it is better to learn the best algs.. I have proven to improve my LL from 8-9 seconds to 5-6 :)

sneaklyfox said:
My execution is fine (exact same way as in the video). Didn't think of that edge colour matching the back corners though. That would come in handy, thanks for the tip. Now, after practice and implementation maybe my E perms will be 0.4 faster.
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OMG, I learned Melody something cube related :) Jay! 0.4 is almost half a second.
 
Nice to see your progress continuing guys... sub-20 (Ao100) from Marcel and good PBs from Mark prior to some time off.

I also had a few weeks off in August / September but with two new cubes (AoLong V1 + V2) and a week of solid practice, I'm setting some new PBs again and I seem more consistent from one day to the next.

During my lunchtime Ao50 sessions this week, I've been consistently getting 16.x single, 19.x Ao5, 20.x Ao12 and 21.x Ao50. Hopefully it won't be long until I get a sub-20 Ao12 then it's all about getting my global average down under 20s!

I got another over-40 friend hooked on cubing a few months ago so I'm looking forward to seeing how he's getting on when I next see him!

Edit:

Oh yes... I got my second ever cross skip today (first was green cross, this one was red cross) but I seriously messed up the solve and it was about 22s, lol.
 
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Logiqx said:
I also had a few weeks off in August / September but with two new cubes (AoLong V1 + V2) and a week of solid practice, I'm setting some new PBs again and I seem more consistent from one day to the next.
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what is that makes you improve after taking a break. Many people have had these. :) Good stuf.. Looks like you will be sub 20 soon. I had my 4th sub 19 Ao12 today. Ao100 was low 20. with a full step 15.04 (or so)..
 
MarcelP said:
what is that makes you improve after taking a break. Many people have had these. :)
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Maybe it causes us to slow down or focus the more on the important aspects of our solving (e.g. well planned cross, good look-ahead)? I was initially about 1 second slower when I came back but my previous times soon returned after a few days of practice.

The other thing is an evening doing casual Roux solves in front of the TV (non-timed) often results in faster CFOP solves for me the next day. It feels like my CFOP look-ahead is improved... possibly due to the way I view the cube during Roux solves.

The new cubes are super nice. I currently like the V1 best (out of the box and after a bit of breaking in) but I'm using the V2 for non-timed solves and general practice. I haven't got around to lubing the cores or re-tensioning yet but they are still nicer than my Weilongs.

MarcelP said:
Good stuf.. Looks like you will be sub 20 soon.
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Hopefully! I know it will come with practice.

MarcelP said:
I had my 4th sub 19 Ao12 today. Ao100 was low 20. with a full step 15.04 (or so).
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Nice. Until my 14.93 a few days ago (PLL skip) I had a couple of full-step 15.0x solves. My most satisfying solves over the past few days have been full step with a fairly normal OLL then an N-perm in 17.x.
 
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For the upcomming competitions have I been practicing with a stackmat timer.

(3rd solve is the nicest ;) )
[video=youtube_share;Lzg9dofA9qg]http://youtu.be/Lzg9dofA9qg[/video]

In the beginning I got 23 and 24's and I was like.. O o... But soon after a while I got my normal averages. :) In fact I just did my first none rolling sub 20 Ao12 with stackmat timer. I am so excited:
Rubik's cube
19-sep-2014 14:43:25 - 14:53:00

Mean: 20.23
Average: 19.93
Best time: 16.78
Median: 19.31
Worst time: 26.63
Standard deviation: 2.65

Best average of 5: 18.64
8-12 - 18.32 19.40 (16.78) 18.21 (22.97)

Best average of 12: 19.93
1-12 - 22.82 18.44 21.21 19.21 18.29 (26.63) 20.47 18.32 19.40 (16.78) 18.21 22.97

1. 22.82 D L2 F2 D' F2 R2 U' L2 B2 F2 U2 R' F' L' D2 B U' L' B F' U2
2. 18.44 R2 U2 B2 U' R2 U' R2 F2 R2 F2 U' B R' L F L2 B U F D' L U2
3. 21.21 D' R2 B2 U2 R2 D' R2 B2 D' U' R' D2 B' R2 L2 D' F R2 B' U
4. 19.21 L2 U' B2 U' B2 D L2 D U2 F2 U2 B' U' F2 R' B F' L2 U L2 U2
5. 18.29 D U2 R2 D' L2 U' L2 U F2 U' R D F2 R D U L2 B' L D U2
6. 26.63 R2 B2 D2 R2 U2 R2 D B2 D B2 L R2 B U2 L2 U F R2 F2 R' D'
7. 20.47 R2 D2 B2 U F2 D' B2 F2 U2 R2 U' B R L' F2 D' R U' L' U' R
8. 18.32 B2 F2 U2 L2 F2 D R2 U' F2 D' U' R U R' D L' U F' L2 D'
9. 19.40 D U R2 F2 D2 R2 D B2 U2 F2 R2 B R' D2 L D R B' R F' D' L
10. 16.78 R2 U F2 R2 U R2 L2 F2 D F2 D' L D2 U F R2 F R L B' R2 L2
11. 18.21 D2 R2 U' R2 B2 U R2 L2 B2 L2 U' B L' D' R' B2 D' R U B' U' F'
12. 22.97 B2 U2 R2 B2 D' F2 R2 F2 U F' U2 R D' R2 L' F L' F2 L' D2

I think I am ready as I will ever be for competition.
 
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