Older cubers discussions

[muchacho]

A 27 seconds ao5 (but I'm still averaging like 29). 3 with blue/white, 1 blue/yellow and 1 orange/white on the right.

 

[mafergut]

A 27 seconds ao5 (but I'm still averaging like 29). 3 with blue/white, 1 blue/yellow and 1 orange/white on the right.

Nice two last solves (23 and 22 seconds), really. A bit too many pauses in the other ones during F2B. I like your turning style but I really hate your colour scheme, if you don't mind me saying that

 

[muchacho]

Yeah, pauses are a problem.

I'm quite colourblind, and that colour scheme works for me (but I'll change the grey to a slightly darker one), so I don't mind if it looks like crap

 

[h2f]

A 27 seconds ao5 (but I'm still averaging like 29). 3 with blue/white, 1 blue/yellow and 1 orange/white on the right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFhzWArQKtY

Nice. I've found very hard to be y/x2 neutral so congratulations for that.

I was trying to film my sub 1:30 3bld solve (or around). But I had a lot of dnfs cuased my small mistakes. I've decided to download on youtube two of them. The first is 1:20 (DNF) - I havent noticed twisted corner. The second is 1:43 with a little lockup on parity. That was a hard solve: 13 edges targets, 5 corners and 2 twisted corners and of course parity. I think pretty decent solve though memo should be a little shorter (about 10 seconds) but I was so desperated to catch a 3bld solve...

Edit: I've made a reconstrucion of 1:43. Memo was around 45, execution 58. 142 stm/58 seconds=2,45 tps. Thought it's no more than 2.

Spoiler

x' //
z' D2 R U R' D2 R U' R' z //
F U' L' U R2 U' L U R2 F'//
R2 B L B' R2 B L' B' //
B2 U R U' R' U R U' R' L' R U R' U' R U R' U' L B2//
B M2 U R' U' M2 U R U' B' //
M2 U R U' M2 U R' U'//
B' M2 R' U R U' M2 U R' U' R B//
U L U' L' U M2 U' L U L' B' R B M2 B' R' B U'//
U M2 U' L2 U M2 U' L2
B L2 B' M2 B L2 B' U R2 U' M2 U R2 U' //
L U' L' U M2 U' L U L' M2//
y L2 R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' Rw2
alg.cubing.net

 

[Jason Green]

A 27 seconds ao5 (but I'm still averaging like 29). 3 with blue/white, 1 blue/yellow and 1 orange/white on the right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFhzWArQKtY

Good job! I need to film some more soon.

 

[JanW]

Nice videos h2f! Looks calm and controlled, and hardly any pauses during edges.

I also thought about what to do with my glasses. So far I've only shut my eyes for the solve, but if I want to use a blindfold, I need to get used to memo without glasses. It would probably be wise to start doing that immediately.

 

[muchacho]

I think I'll need a custom blindfold, apparently I need my glasses to memorize cubes.

 

[mark49152]

I also thought about what to do with my glasses. So far I've only shut my eyes for the solve, but if I want to use a blindfold, I need to get used to memo without glasses. It would probably be wise to start doing that immediately.

Yeah nice vids h2f, especially the success . At home I wear glasses and shut eyes. I've never had an accidental peek, even during 4BLD, so it works fine. In comp, I take my glasses off a few mins before the solve to give my eyes time to adjust. I don't feel like it affects my memo, but it might, since I'm not as comfortable without glasses. Maybe I should try it at home. I'm about +3 short sighted.

 

[mafergut]

Yeah, pauses are a problem.

I'm quite colourblind, and that colour scheme works for me (but I'll change the grey to a slightly darker one), so I don't mind if it looks like crap

I didn't know that
It' not that it looks like crap, just that it looks a bit weird but if it works for you then it's the best colour scheme in the world!

 

[newtonbase]

31.51 AO5 PB. I only had time for 8 solves unfortunately.

 

[Selkie]

Knew the new reading glasses were paying off, a pb Ao5 and so pleased with it too, 0.3x seconds off my old best...

Average of 5: 13.40
1. (12.44) R2 U2 F2 U' R2 U2 L2 F2 U' R2 F' R D R2 B' L F U L F2 R
2. 12.56 L2 R2 U2 B2 R2 U2 F U2 B' D2 F' D B' U L2 F' L' R2 U B'
3. 13.47 R2 F2 U2 F2 L' F2 R' D2 B2 F2 R D' B' F L' R B2 F' R2 U' B'
4. (14.43) U2 R2 U L2 B2 U R2 U R2 U2 B' U' L2 B' D R' D R' F L'
5. 14.17 B2 L2 D2 B2 D2 F2 R2 U2 L U2 R B D' U' B2 L' U' R B' L R

A 27 seconds ao5 (but I'm still averaging like 29). 3 with blue/white, 1 blue/yellow and 1 orange/white on the right.

Not a roux man myself but good job a lot of potential still there

Nice. I've found very hard to be y/x2 neutral so congratulations for that.

I was trying to film my sub 1:30 3bld solve (or around). But I had a lot of dnfs cuased my small mistakes. I've decided to download on youtube two of them. The first is 1:20 (DNF) - I havent noticed twisted corner. The second is 1:43 with a little lockup on parity. That was a hard solve: 13 edges targets, 5 corners and 2 twisted corners and of course parity. I think pretty decent solve though memo should be a little shorter (about 10 seconds) but I was so desperated to catch a 3bld solve...

This is just the motivation I need, good solve. Can I ask what your memo method is? I feel my Person/Object/Place method is ok and it the execution letting me down but if I am going to be trying to get it right over Christmas, I want to make sure

 

[h2f]

Thank you all for good words. It's very motivating to keep practice 3bld.

This is just the motivation I need, good solve. Can I ask what your memo method is? I feel my Person/Object/Place method is ok and it the execution letting me down but if I am going to be trying to get it right over Christmas, I want to make sure

I think my memo is the same as yours. I do memo edges first with letter pairs. Every letter pair makes person/object/place or sometimes (very rare) action. First 3 words (or 4) I connect in sentence/image. Next the other, this means 1-3 words in 2nd sentence/image. In 1:43 solve there were 7 words in 2 sentences. For corners I do audiopairs - I conntect 2 letters in a pair. But when you're just starting 3bld I think better option is to do the same as edges, because your memo and execution takes much longer and you can forget the memo. I do that way in multibld. Exectuion: corners first.

 

[DeeDubb]

A 27 seconds ao5 (but I'm still averaging like 29). 3 with blue/white, 1 blue/yellow and 1 orange/white on the right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFhzWArQKtY

Nice solves! I just recommend that you take your time to plan out more of your FB. Make sure you have at least a 2x2 totally planned out and you have a rough idea at least of where your last corner/edge will be so you aren't looking around for them. Take longer than 15 seconds if you need, because eventually you'll get faster at that. A good start leads to good solves

Also, You should join up with us on the Roux Facebook Page if you use Facebook. We have our weekly competition going, with people in all time ranges, so you'd fit right in there. It's a great motivator, and a lot of people have progressed pretty quickly from the weekly competition.

 

[muchacho]

Nice solves! I just recommend that you take your time to plan out more of your FB. Make sure you have at least a 2x2 totally planned out and you have a rough idea at least of where your last corner/edge will be so you aren't looking around for them. Take longer than 15 seconds if you need, because eventually you'll get faster at that. A good start leads to good solves

Thanks, my FB (and the second too) is not improving much, I know I should focus in that, and I'll do that very soon.

Also, You should join up with us on the Roux Facebook Page if you use Facebook. We have our weekly competition going, with people in all time ranges, so you'd fit right in there. It's a great motivator, and a lot of people have progressed pretty quickly from the weekly competition.

I would love to join in, but I don't do facebook.

Not a roux man myself but good job a lot of potential still there

Thanks and congrats for that average! I just "need" to be sub 20, I hope there is potencial for that (I doubt there will be for more than that).

31.51 AO5 PB. I only had time for 8 solves unfortunately.

If I practiced as little as you seem to do I would not progress, not even a bit, congrats for your new PB!

 

[mafergut]

Knew the new reading glasses were paying off, a pb Ao5 and so pleased with it too, 0.3x seconds off my old best...

Average of 5: 13.40
1. (12.44) R2 U2 F2 U' R2 U2 L2 F2 U' R2 F' R D R2 B' L F U L F2 R
2. 12.56 L2 R2 U2 B2 R2 U2 F U2 B' D2 F' D B' U L2 F' L' R2 U B'
3. 13.47 R2 F2 U2 F2 L' F2 R' D2 B2 F2 R D' B' F L' R B2 F' R2 U' B'
4. (14.43) U2 R2 U L2 B2 U R2 U R2 U2 B' U' L2 B' D R' D R' F L'
5. 14.17 B2 L2 D2 B2 D2 F2 R2 U2 L U2 R B D' U' B2 L' U' R B' L R

Oh, man! That's pretty dang fast!!! It also gives me hope that I can get close to your times... some day.

 

[h2f]

Oh yeah, your times Selkie are amazing. Camera?

 

[EvilGnome6]

I just got some mockups done of the t-shirts I'll be making available at the next competition I'm organizing.

 

[Selkie]

Thank you all and at 46 years young I still feel there is plenty of room for improvement. Sorry no, I did not get that average on film, in fact I don't have any sub 14 average on film. Got a few 14.x averages on camera, such as this one:-

 

[MarcelP]

Very nice solves Chris! That twelve was sweet. Too bad for the lock up in the 13 solve. that could have been an 11 sec solve

 

[Jason Green]

Thank you all and at 46 years young I still feel there is plenty of room for improvement. Sorry no, I did not get that average on film, in fact I don't have any sub 14 average on film. Got a few 14.x averages on camera, such as this one:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZpUivh8zwg

Yes those are awesome! People used to say sub 10 averages were impossible, so I guess now we've just updated our thinking that it's only impossible for older people? I say we change the way people think again!