[Help Thread] Roux Discussion and Help

[rybaby]

Kavin's next

Yeah (it's about time)
Idk if any other Rouxers have broken sub 10 since Thom did last year, but with Kavin and you maybe we'll be up to 7 soon

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Yeah (it's about time)
Idk if any other Rouxers have broken sub 10 since Thom did last year, but with Kavin and you maybe we'll be up to 7 soon

I think we are at 6 right now. We'll be at 7 in 13 days.

me 'maybe' lol I cant even

 

[rybaby]

I think we are at 6 right now. We'll be at 7 in 13 days.

me 'maybe' lol I cant even

"Maybe" was referring to soon, because I am unaware of the comp schedule up in the Arctic

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

"Maybe" was referring to soon, because I am unaware of the comp schedule up in the Arctic

yeah i know u meant that. i can't even...get my *** to a comp. hopefully march april and may, but definitely may.

ARCTIC i loled so hard!

 

[GuRoux]

I think we are at 6 right now. We'll be at 7 in 13 days.

me 'maybe' lol I cant even

caltech is november 21...

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

caltech is november 21...

I cant even math either! I quit life...

 

[rybaby]

caltech is november 21...

He's from Canada; I think they count differently

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

He's from Canada; I think they count differently

hahahah omg im ded holy crap thats amazing!
I would make a really mean joke but nawww

to keep this on topic, it looks like I'll be on cubecomps for the majority of saturday. caltech and manhasset oh boy!

 

[2180161]

Finally got a sub-15 Roux average of 1000! whoo!. Okay, now let me know how my efficiency is:
D2 B2 F2 U' R2 U2 R2 U L2 F2 U2 R U F' L2 R F D2 R' F'
y x2 L2 M U R' F D' S' D S// FB
R2 U' R' U R' U M U2 M' U2 R' U R M' R U' r' U2 r U r'// sb
R U R' U R U' R' U R U R' U R U2 r'// CMLL
U2 M U M U M U2 M' U' M2 //LSE

16.98s

 

[GuRoux]

Finally got a sub-15 Roux average of 1000! whoo!. Okay, now let me know how my efficiency is:
D2 B2 F2 U' R2 U2 R2 U L2 F2 U2 R U F' L2 R F D2 R' F'
y x2 L2 M U R' F D' S' D S// FB
R2 U' R' U R' U M U2 M' U2 R' U R M' R U' r' U2 r U r'// sb
R U R' U R U' R' U R U R' U R U2 r'// CMLL
U2 M U M U M U2 M' U' M2 //LSE

16.98s

not bad, i'm just going to look at second block since it seems long.

R2 U' R' U R' U M U2 M' U2 R' U R M' R U' r' U2 r U r'// sb

your first square you're doing a whole bunch of fancy mumbo jumbo to set up a good pair, but doesn't really turn out that well. in a speed solve, especially if you don't see all the pieces right away, just do U' R2 solving DR. You can also influence next pair with U' R U' R U' R' U' R. also, from the beginning, the other pair is one move away from pairing by doing U.

later you have M' R, never do that, just do r.

 

[supercavitation]

Finally got a sub-15 Roux average of 1000! whoo!. Okay, now let me know how my efficiency is:
D2 B2 F2 U' R2 U2 R2 U L2 F2 U2 R U F' L2 R F D2 R' F'
y x2 L2 M U R' F D' S' D S// FB
R2 U' R' U R' U M U2 M' U2 R' U R M' R U' r' U2 r U r'// sb
R U R' U R U' R' U R U R' U R U2 r'// CMLL
U2 M U M U M U2 M' U' M2 //LSE

16.98s

FB doesn't seem to work?

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Finally got a sub-15 Roux average of 1000! whoo!. Okay, now let me know how my efficiency is:
D2 B2 F2 U' R2 U2 R2 U L2 F2 U2 R U F' L2 R F D2 R' F'
y x2 L2 M U R' F D' S' D S// FB
R2 U' R' U R' U M U2 M' U2 R' U R M' R U' r' U2 r U r'// sb
R U R' U R U' R' U R U R' U R U2 r'// CMLL
U2 M U M U M U2 M' U' M2 //LSE

16.98s

awesome!

 

[mafergut]

My best average from yesterday, for those interested:

Nice to join the club of official sub 10 Rouxers!

Congratulations!!! Nice to see again that Roux can be world-class fast (even though I'm a fopper... and only a mediocre one).

By the way, your previous official PB average must be some kind of World Record for the smallest standard deviation in an official Ao5:

Avg [ 10.12, (10.99), 10.09, (8.43), 10.09 ] = 10.10

Stdev = 0.02. Anybody can beat that?

 

[supercavitation]

Congratulations!!! Nice to see again that Roux can be world-class fast (even though I'm a fopper... and only a mediocre one).

By the way, your previous official PB average must be some kind of World Record for the smallest standard deviation in an official Ao5:

Avg [ 10.12, (10.99), 10.09, (8.43), 10.09 ] = 10.10

Stdev = 0.02. Anybody can beat that?

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2010MICH03 (things like this are why people stopped tracking this).

 

[mafergut]

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2010MICH03 (things like this are why people stopped tracking this).

Really? This guy just spoiled his 2nd round at a comp just to try and get five 25.00 times in his avg? Crazy!

 

[LexTrew]

Hey, around what time should I start to learn full CMLL? I started cubing 1 month ago and with Roux 2 weeks ago, and my avg is around 40 secs.

Not sure if I should spend time learning full CMLL when my efficiency and look-ahead is really bad.

(Also, my first post, yay).

 

[shadowslice e]

Hey, around what time should I start to learn full CMLL? I started cubing 1 month ago and with Roux 2 weeks ago, and my avg is around 40 secs.

Not sure if I should spend time learning full CMLL when my efficiency and look-ahead is really bad.

(Also, my first post, yay).

I think that it's best to learn full algs sets as early as possible. That said, learning it when you're ~20-22 seconds is a good way to break through the 20 second barrier which many people seem to be stuck at. So I would say for now to work on blocks, efficiency and lookahead (and come up with any LSE/block tricks of your own).

TL;DR: just before sub-20 to help break the barrier.


Also, welcome to the forums! Hope you have a great time here!

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

Hey, around what time should I start to learn full CMLL? I started cubing 1 month ago and with Roux 2 weeks ago, and my avg is around 40 secs.

Not sure if I should spend time learning full CMLL when my efficiency and look-ahead is really bad.

(Also, my first post, yay).

OMG SAITAMA BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
did you watch episode 7? ;-;
anyway, welcome to the Forums and the Roux dark side!
Learn CMLL around 25 or lower to practise efficiency.
You can actually learn it whenever you want haha.

 

[LexTrew]

I think that it's best to learn full algs sets as early as possible. That said, learning it when you're ~20-22 seconds is a good way to break through the 20 second barrier which many people seem to be stuck at. So I would say for now to work on blocks, efficiency and lookahead (and come up with any LSE/block tricks of your own).

TL;DR: just before sub-20 to help break the barrier.


Also, welcome to the forums! Hope you have a great time here!

Heh, thats kinda what I had in mind, thank you! And I know this must have been asked a million times already, but do you have any tips for blockbuilding? Right now, the only way I make pairs is by putting the edge piece in the DF, and the corner in the U layer and then matching them up.

OMG SAITAMA BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
did you watch episode 7? ;-;
anyway, welcome to the Forums and the Roux dark side!
Learn CMLL around 25 or lower to practise efficiency.
You can actually learn it whenever you want haha.

OBVIOUSLY I WATCHED IT. That scene where everyone is yelling at Saitama .
The episode was not that good tho

And yeah, I'll probably learn it at that time.

 

[supercavitation]

OBVIOUSLY I WATCHED IT. That scene where everyone is yelling at Saitama .
The episode was not that good tho

NOOOOOO But he saved them all!!!!