2015 New Years Resoultions / Goals

[IRNjuggle28]

Over halfway through the year; time for a progress report

2x2: 4.xx global average... better if I decide I care about it. 5.02 AO100, and I don't practice or care.
3x3: 12.xx average of 100. 13.03 AO100 so far... looks like I'll get there! Let's make that sub 12.
4x4: sub 50 average of 100. 49.xx AO100. Yep. Make that sub 45.
5x5: sub 1:25 average of 100. 1:27.30 AO100 so far; also in good shape. Perhaps sub 1:20 is a better goal.
6x6: sub 2:30 average of 100. Haven't practiced one bit, but will probably get an Aoshi and drop 10 seconds instantly. Currently average around 3:00.
7x7: sub 3:30 average of 100. 4:00 AO100, and haven't had my 7x7 for a while. I'll get it back soon, and will practice a lot. 6x6 and 7x7 goals will be tough.
FMC: sub 40 global average. Stopped practicing, for now.
BLD: Learn 3BLD. Decide if I like it enough to practice it seriously. Haven't yet. Sounds like something to work on this summer, while I have time!
Comps: Go to at least 2 competitions this year. Done, and will go to more. They kick ass.

 

[DGCubes]

Cubing at home:

2x2: sub-4 avg Not yet; currently around 4.7 or so.
3x3: sub-15 avg (+sub-10 single) Honestly not sure. If I'm not sub-15 I'm really close, and I have a few sub-10 singles.
4x4: sub-1 avg??? Sometimes it happens, but only when I practice a bit.
5x5: get half-decent at it; maybe 2-ish avg? More around 2:10 to 2:20 now, but almost there.
Pyra: sub-5 avg (is sub-4 too hopeful?); sub-WR single I am sub-5, around 4.7, but sub-4 seems possible by the end of the year. My single is 1.42, haha.
Skewb: sub-10 avg; maybe sub-8 if I get enough into it Sub-8 with a little practice. So yeah.
Mega: start practicing again; sub-2 avg maybe I was nearly sub-2 a while ago, but now I'm once again around 2:10 to 2:20.
BLD: get my success rate above 20% and finally beat my super-lame PB single Probably above 20%; I have beaten my single multiple times.

Competitions:

3x3: sub-15 avg Yup. Yale was a dream with that sub-14 average...
Pyra: Podium, for once? 4th at Red Cross Open was disappointing. Yup. Doylestown was a dream with that second place...

Other:

Learn full-OLL Not yet. Mostly, but not yet.
Switch to L4E on Pyra (I prefer V-first methods) Yusssssss
Get proficient in F2L (Keyhole really is not good, but I've been using it for years) Yeah, I switched to F2L.
Get 1,000 subscribers or more on YouTube Just hit 4,444. My expectations were low, haha.

This is cool. I hope I can get all of these done by next year!

 

[TDM]

Cubing:
2x2: learn CLL yes
3x3: learn CMLL yes
4x4: don't suck not yet
5x5+: don't care yes
BLD: don't suck not yet
Multi: Top 100, 10/10 not yet
feet: sub-5x5 yes
everything else: don't care yes except pyra

Non-cubing:
Exams: don't suck not sure
everything else: don't care not really

New goals (in addition to unfinished ones above):

Cubing:
2x2: sub-3.5
4x4: sub-50
5x5: sub-1:50
3BLD: corner comms
4BLD: sub-15/sub-10?
Feet: sub-2

Non-cubing:
Learn 3-5 maths modules over the summer

 

[Torch]

Cubing goals:
2x2: Learn some EG-1, sub 3.5 Not yet, I'm currently about 4.3 with Ortega and half of CLL
3x3: Sub-10. Shoot for the moon! Nope, seems pretty impossible now. Revising to sub-12 by the end of the year.
All other events: Ignore so I can focus on 2x2 and 3x3 Not really, I'm getting into 4x4
Host a competition Yes
Go to at least one competition that I don't host Yes

Real life goals:
Get used to running more than 30 miles per week Nope, I've probably only run about 40 miles in the last month
Do well on SAT and Subject Tests I did okay, I guess
Be more serious about finding a job Nope

My midyear progress

 

[PixelWizard]

My midyear progress

Cool idea! Here's my half-year progress:

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2015 Goals (Event, Single Goal, Avg Goal, Method Goal)

2x2: Sub-3, Sub-4, Full CLL [3.44, 4.57, still Ortega]
3x3: Sub-9, Sub-10, 1L-OLL and WV [11.62, 13.53, OLL and no WV]
3x3 OH: Sub-25, Sub-30, OH-PLL and OH-2L-OLL [Didn't practice any OH]
3x3 WF: Sub-1:40, Sub-2:00 [Didn't practice any Feet either]
3x3 BF: Sub-1:30, Sub-2:00[No and No but I'll get this... Also got NR Single!!]
4x4: Sub-45, Sub-50 [48.61, 57.10]
5x5: Sub-1:30, Sub-1:45 [1:33.28, 1:45.19]
6x6: Sub-3:30, Sub-4:00 [3:57.05, 4:03.40]
7x7: Sub-5:30, Sub-6:00 [6:31.37, 6:50.49]
Pyraminx: Sub-2.5, Sub-4.5 [2.93, 5.39]
Megaminx: Sub-2:00, Sub-2:30 [Didn't practice any Mega - But my Yuhu is coming ]
Skewb: Sub-5, Sub-9 [5.99, 10.71 (Global avg is around 6-7s so I will get this for sure)]

Further info: Current 3x3 Global Avg: 14-15s, Cubing since March '14

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Wow... this is quite sad :/ But on some I'm really near... At least I know what to do now

 

[ottozing]

2x2: 1.6x official avg or at least stay among the top 5 or so/world champ
3x3: sub 8 avg100/official avg/make worlds finals
4x4: sub 35 official avg
5x5-7x7: stay/get top 100 for single/avg
OH: sub 14 official avg (done)
Pyra: sub 3.4 official avg/podium worlds
Mega: top 100 for avg again
BLD: stop throwing away my scorecard and at least try and beat my 4:4x.xx official single
Clock: top 50 for avg
Feet: sub 1:10 global before worlds
Skewb: better official single/world champ
FMC: sub 29 mean
Sum of ranks: sub 1500 sum for average/stay ahead of Walker for single.

Year 12 goals: Get my act together in English and learn how to actually write essays.
Keep doing reasonably well in Math/Music.

Honestly, if I get half of these in the year I'll be pretty happy.

Progress report/Goal update since some of these goals I've stopped caring about.

Spoiler: Ramblings about every goal

2x2 I got a 1.71 avg, but that was with no practice anyway, so I've basically given up on that goal. I'll practice for worlds, but that's it.

3x3 sub 8 avg100 by the end of the year just isn't happening whether I practice or not, so lets just say I've given up on that as a goal. Sub 8 official avg is still a goal though (And a frustrating one tbh, but whatever)

4x4-7x7 goals are on track to be acheived I think, which is nice.

Sub 14 OH avg happened way, way quicker than I was expecting. Don't really have any goals for that now, I'll just keep enjoying the event. However, I will note that the idea of a sub 13 official avg is bouncing around the back of my head.

Pyra sub 3.4 avg I've given up on, although obviously I can still possibly get it without "trying". I may practice a bit before worlds for a safer shot at podium.

Mega is on track. I think I'll make sub 1 official single a goal, and whatever avg I get along with that I should be happy with.

BLD I tried last comp so yay goal completed. DNF'd a 2:5x by 2 flipped edges which I forgot to do at the end lol.

Clock goal is now just practice before at least one of the 2 clock comps I'll get later this year and help my sum of ranks enough to forget about clock.

Feet was on track (Sub 1:15 avg50) until I stopped practicing. I'll make my new goal to get used to feet solving in a way that's similar to comp environment, since that destroyed me last worlds.

Skewb single... sigh. Last comp I bombed a one move layer cancelling into a nice alg (10 moves total), which was very potential sub 2. Comp before I got a 2.52 doing 2 moves to triple sledge, when I could have done a different 2 move layer to pure pi, which again, was sub 2 potential but I think more realistically like a 2.2. Obviously I'm going to practice for worlds, since skewb is one of the few events I'm still into right now haha.

Sub 29 FMC mean is way ambitious for someone who only gets mean of 3 when he organizes it himself or goes to worlds (Tim, Dene, pls). First mo3 in comp I bombed with 30 28 39, and I haven't practiced since (Not like you need to once you're good). New goal is just sub 31 mean and sub 28 single.

Sum of ranks is on track and I don't care.

Year 12 goals are going surprisingly well, which I wasn't expecting since I didn't really try much harder.

In other words, I seem to be doing well with my goals but my work ethic is lolterrible.

 

[FailCuber]

2x2: sub 5I am sub 4 actually lol.
3x3: sub 14 I'm sub 13
4x4: sub 1 I'm barely sub 1. It's just the two bad solves that ruins my avg.
skewb: sub 6 I'm sub 5
oh: sub 35 I'm sub 27 lol.
bld: successI have a lot of success.

New goals!
2x2 : sub 3.5
3x3 : sub 11
4x4 : sub 50
5x5 : sub 2:20
Skewb : sub 4.5 win a comp
3x3 OH : sub 20
Pyra : Don't even care. Sub 9
3x3 BLD : sub 3
Go to two more comps. and podium 2 times.

 

[Chree]

2x2: start learning some CLL. Stop failing in comp. More or less successful
3x3: sub15 Ao100 at home. Sub15 Official Single. Demolished
4x4: sub1 Official Average. Did it twice.
5x5: sub2 Official Average. Also did this twice
6x6: sub3 single at home would be nice. 3 times!
7x7: I dunno... actually practicing it would be an interesting change. Spent all last week practicing. Finally sub5
OH: Rotate better. Keep improving. Check... and kinda check.
Megaminx: Get more efficient. eeeehhh... nope. But once I get the YuHu, things are gonna be different.

IRL:
Host more than 1 comp. (1 down, at least 1 to go) Not yet. Probably this fall, though
Take a vacation or 3. 2 down, 1 to go
Actually work out. suuuuuure
Get that damn promotion. *le sigh* nope.

Everything except the promotion is ridiculously within reach.

I really didn't set my sights very high. Everything 3x3 to 7x7 was too easy. It's the real life that's the challenge.

Don't think I'm gonna set too many other goals. I'm working on better PLL recognition. Also learning some ZBLL subsets (just Tripod so far, possibly 2GLL later). But I think I'm fairly satisfied with where I'm at for now.

 

[NewCuber000]

3x3: First sub-15, then sub-10, become color neutral
2x2: Learn EG-1, roughly 3 second averages
4x4: Sub-1:20m
5x5: Buy one and learn it
Skewb: Buy one and learn it
Pyraminx: Sub-8s (Getting one soon)
Megaminx: Sub-2:00
3x3 BLD: Get a success, Learn R2/M2, get sub-3m
3x3 OH: Sub-25s
Fewest moves: 35 moves on average


I think most of these will happen in the next year, I progress fast-ish lately.



IRL:
Get an average above 95% of my school classes
Become better at snowboarding and actually place decently in the Track & field 1500m run
Get finish lifeguarding degree and lifeguard as a summer job

Well it's about half way through the year and I already completely smashed my 4x4 goal, my OH goal is done, 5x5, skewb and pyraminx goals are done, I'm sub-13ish on 3x3, Sub-5 and learned CLL on 2x2, I still suck at megaminx because I never practice or have looked at any tutorials, I can get 3bld successes occasionally (Best is 4:32) and I average about 40 for fewest moves. Not bad!

 

[Chree]

Well it's about half way through the year and I already completely smashed my 4x4 goal, my OH goal is done, 5x5, skewb and pyraminx goals are done, I'm sub-13ish on 3x3, Sub-5 and learned CLL on 2x2, I still suck at megaminx because I never practice or have looked at any tutorials, I can get 3bld successes occasionally (Best is 4:32) and I average about 40 for fewest moves. Not bad!

Getting sub2 on Mega isn't that bad... especially at your speed on 3x3. Once you get a decent LL method down I think you can knock that goal out easy.

 

[uyneb2000]

Get faster

I'm globally sub-9 at 3x3, and I suck at everything else. Yay?

 

[newtonbase]

Learn 3BLD

Go to a comp and come not last.

Yes and yes but failed 3BLD at the comp.

Forgot I had posted here.

 

[supercavitation]

1x1: don't lose either of my 1x1s So far, so good
2x2: learn CLL and maybe some EG Nope, maybe later
3x3: finish OLL, sub-15, learn WV, finish COLL, learn more random algs yes, not yet, not yet, almost, yes
4x4: sub-50 Not there yet
5x5: sub-2 Yes
6x6: pick up 6x6 more than once in the year. Yes
7x7: maybe buy one at some point? Traded for one
3x3OH: sub-35 Yes
3BLD: sub-4 Yes
4BLD: 2 or more successes I have 1
MBLD: attempt more than once? Yes
Skewb: sub-15 Yes
Pyraminx: sub-14 Yes
SQ-1: Don't do more than 4 solves Failed
Clock: Don't break my Lingao So far so good
Megaminx: Maybe do a few solves? Yes

Comps: Hopefully there will be one I can attend? Been to 5 so far

The year's going reasonably well. Not sure I'll make that 4x4 goal, but I'm on track for everything else.

Summer Goals:
3x3: sub-16 or at least sub-17 (have dropped about 3/4 of a second since school let out, currently sub-18)
4x4: get solidly sub-1 (average about 1:01)
5x5: sub-1:50?
6x6: 3:45
BigBLD: Get another success

Here goes nothing.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

2x2: learn how to actually build layers with cll and not get 6+s times sub 3 (very barely)
3x3: 2 second lse, sub 10 global fo sho sub 10 (barely) LSE = 2.75 so that counts as 2 seconds!
4x4: sub 1, right now im almost sub 1:30 sub 1 (just as barely as I am sub 10 on 3x3)

Irl:
Maintain good marks. report card in 2 weeks

ok...

 

[Username]

2x2: Learn EG1, sub2.5 official avg
3x3: Sub9 official average
4x4: Sub37 official average
5x5: sub1:25 global
Pyra: Practice
3BLD: Sub1 Global
5BLD: Official success
Clock: Sub9 official avg

3x3: nope
4x4: Good enough
5x5: nope
2x2: lolnope
pyra: nope
3bld and 5bld: nope
clock: still at 9.00

everything is close, but nothing achieved.

 

[Ninja Storm]

2x2: lol
3x3: Sub9 avg100, learn COLL, something else
4x4: Sub37
5x5: Sub1:15
6x6: Sub2:30
7x7: Sub3:45
OH: Sub14/NR
Skewb: Sub5.5
Lube my cubes sometime before next year.

IRL:

Decide my major.
Know how to car.
Buy more cube bags.
Stop eating excessive amounts of gum.

2x2: yes
3x3: yes, yes, 5.09 single is something
4x4: officially yes lol
5x5: officially yes lol
6x6: no
7x7: officially yes lol
OH: ayyyy
Skewb: officially yes lol
made Andy lube all my cubes now

IRL:

yes
yes
yes
no

 

[SirWaffle]

I think I wrote a goal list last year but I don't remember, here's one for this year.

Cubing:

3bld Sub 1
4bld Sub 8
5bld Learn it/sub 20 minutes?
Multi Bld 20 Cubes sub Hour
Megaminx sub 55

Yes
Yes
Yes
lol who does mbld....
no

 

[Hssandwich]

2x2 sub 4 global average definitely
3x3 sub 10 official single Yeeeaaaa
4x4 sub 50 official single sub 1 average yep and yep
5x5 sub 2 official single sub 2:10 average easily
6x6+ don't come last in all competitions I'm not sure if I did 6x6+ officially this year but probably yes
Skewb sub 5 official average sub 3 single yes and no...
Pyraminx sub 5 official average sub 4 single yes by a lot
Mega sub 2 yeah u suppose
BLD b mhghjgjghmgggmh I'm not sure what this means, but I am going to say yes

Good luck me

looking back at all these and trying to remember myself back then

 

[DGCubes]

Cubing at home:

2x2: sub-4 avg Naaaah
3x3: sub-15 avg (+sub-10 single) Yuppity yup.
4x4: sub-1 avg??? Yes, why so questioning?
5x5: get half-decent at it; maybe 2-ish avg? Sub-2, that ok with you?
Pyra: sub-5 avg (is sub-4 too hopeful?); sub-WR single Well it WAS sub WR... *cough cough* 1.33 *cough cough* and sub-4 is so iffy right now, but probably by the actual end of the year.
Skewb: sub-10 avg; maybe sub-8 if I get enough into it Yes, sub 8.
Mega: start practicing again; sub-2 avg maybe Haha, this is by far the best one on here. Mega's my 2nd/3rd favorite event now. I avg 1:22-ish.
BLD: get my success rate above 20% and finally beat my super-lame PB single Sure, except the success rate thing.

Competitions:

3x3: sub-15 avg Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah, sub-13!
Pyra: Podium, for once? 4th at Red Cross Open was disappointing. Done and done.

Other:

Learn full-OLL mmhmm
Switch to L4E on Pyra (I prefer V-first methods) check
Get proficient in F2L (Keyhole really is not good, but I've been using it for years) yeah
Get 1,000 subscribers or more on YouTube 9K good enough? Maaayyybe 10K by December 31st if life treats me well.

These are hilarious. I was such a noob back in the day.

 

[DELToS]

Okay so goals I want completed in 2016:

2x2: Finish CLL and average sub-6.5
3x3: Be sub-19 and learn some more OLLs
4x4: Be Sub-1:20
5x5: Be sub-4
7x7: Be sub-7
3BLD: Average like 5-6 minutes
MBLD: Do a successful 2/2 or more
Skewb: Be Sub-8
Pyraminx:Be Sub-15
SQ-1: Be Sub-50
Megaminx: Do some solves
Comps: Get a sub-20 3x3 average
And get 500 Subscribers (or more of course) on YouTube, also 7,000+ Instagram followers