Racing to sub-20

Round 488 with Roux.

Ao12: 19.97
Best Ao5: 19.18(solves 4-8)
21.59, 20.73, 22.13, 18.71, 18.90, 21.41, 18.07, 19.93, 19.28, 18.99, (22.22), (16.14)

I felt like Drew Brads when I got the 16.14 XD.
 
Round 488

AO12: 20.07
20.39, 20.06, 21.11, (16.15), 19.93, 20.06, (23.33), 18.65, 19.33, 21.30, 17.83, 22.01

It was such an inconsistent average and I had a chance for sub-20 with the last solve but I got nervous and locked up way to many times on that solve. Overall after a busy 2 weeks it is good though to get back in the swing of things and I hope to do better next week.
 
Round 488
20.45

21.62, 20.69, 21.80, 20.77, 21.52, (17.45), 19.72, (22.73), 20.63, 18.53, 18.45, 20.78

Trying a different cube again this week. Used my new stickerless Thunderclap. I'm pretty happy with this average and I really like the cube, but the colours can be very difficult to recognize in low/yellow light. I wish the green and orange were a little more prominent. I find my OLL recognition really suffers with these colours. I ordered a stickered one to see if that makes a difference, also bought a YueXiao. So much for not buying any more cubes :/

 
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Round 488
Race To Sub-20

Avg of 12: 19.694

Time List:
1. (16.850) D2 R2 D F2 D' R2 B2 U B2 F2 L2 F D' B' R' L U' F2 D U2 L'
2. 21.144 U' R2 F2 D' F2 U R2 U R2 U' L2 F' D2 B D' L2 B F L D B' U'
3. 17.279 U L2 B2 R2 D' R2 U' R2 D' B2 U2 F' U R2 U' B2 L2 F' L U L2
4. 18.904 U F2 U' B2 F2 U' B2 L2 B2 L2 D L' B' D' L2 U F U2 B2 U2 R' U2
5. (26.079) F2 D' B2 R2 D' L2 D' R2 L2 D U2 L B2 U F L U2 B' D B' F' R'
6. 18.280 U R2 D' R2 B2 D2 B2 L2 U2 L2 U2 B' U B' R' B D2 F L' B2 F2 U'
7. 19.000 U R2 D2 B2 R2 B2 U' R2 D2 B2 L2 B L' B' U2 F L' B' D' R2 U
8. 17.015 R2 L2 U' L2 D R2 U' L2 B2 R2 U R' L' B R U' F2 R2 B F R2 F'
9. 18.027 D B2 D R2 D L2 U' R2 D2 B2 U2 R' L' B' F' R' F' D F2 U F'
10. 22.272 B2 D' F2 L2 D' L2 F2 U2 L2 D L F L B' D2 R' U B U F2
11. 25.656 D2 F2 D L2 D F2 L2 D' F2 U R2 B' D F2 L B2 F L F L F U2
12. 19.359 B2 U2 B2 L2 U L2 B2 D F2 U F' D2 L F U B' R' F2 R U

Graduated! But I will not be leaving this thread anytime soon.
 
earth2dan said:
Round 488
20.45

21.62, 20.69, 21.80, 20.77, 21.52, (17.45), 19.72, (22.73), 20.63, 18.53, 18.45, 20.78

Trying a different cube again this week. Used my new stickerless Thunderclap. I'm pretty happy with this average and I really like the cube, but the colours can be very difficult to recognize in low/yellow light. I wish the green and orange were a little more prominent. I find my OLL recognition really suffers with these colours. I ordered a stickered one to see if that makes a difference, also bought a YueXiao. So much for not buying any more cubes :/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUESVhO16vw
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Nice solves man! I also ordered a YueXiao along with a guanlong. Hopefully the YueXiao will replace my very old aolong
 
Round 488

I literally just graduated from the race to sub 25, so I'm gonna be here quite a while. :) This is about my normal practice average...

Generated By csTimer on 2016-2-24
avg of 12: 23.59

Time List:
1. 23.11 D2 R2 D F2 D' R2 B2 U B2 F2 L2 F D' B' R' L U' F2 D U2 L'
2. 24.51 U' R2 F2 D' F2 U R2 U R2 U' L2 F' D2 B D' L2 B F L D B' U'
3. 20.67 U L2 B2 R2 D' R2 U' R2 D' B2 U2 F' U R2 U' B2 L2 F' L U L2
4. (20.27) U F2 U' B2 F2 U' B2 L2 B2 L2 D L' B' D' L2 U F U2 B2 U2 R' U2
5. (27.58) F2 D' B2 R2 D' L2 D' R2 L2 D U2 L B2 U F L U2 B' D B' F' R'
6. 21.57 U R2 D' R2 B2 D2 B2 L2 U2 L2 U2 B' U B' R' B D2 F L' B2 F2 U'
7. 25.55 U R2 D2 B2 R2 B2 U' R2 D2 B2 L2 B L' B' U2 F L' B' D' R2 U
8. 23.52 R2 L2 U' L2 D R2 U' L2 B2 R2 U R' L' B R U' F2 R2 B F R2 F'
9. 22.91 D B2 D R2 D L2 U' R2 D2 B2 U2 R' L' B' F' R' F' D F2 U F'
10. 25.06 B2 D' F2 L2 D' L2 F2 U2 L2 D L F L B' D2 R' U B U F2
11. 23.43 D2 F2 D L2 D F2 L2 D' F2 U R2 B' D F2 L B2 F L F L F U2
12. 25.48 B2 U2 B2 L2 U L2 B2 D F2 U F' D2 L F U B' R' F2 R U
 
Joel2274 said:
Nice solves man! I also ordered a YueXiao along with a guanlong. Hopefully the YueXiao will replace my very old aolong
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Thanks :) I'm really looking forward to the YueXiao. Heard lots of great things about it.


Jason Green said:
Round 488

I literally just graduated from the race to sub 25, so I'm gonna be here quite a while. :) This is about my normal practice average...
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Welcome aboard! I've been here for over a year and I expect I'll be here a while yet...
 
earth2dan said:
Thanks :) I'm really looking forward to the YueXiao. Heard lots of great things about it.




Welcome aboard! I've been here for over a year and I expect I'll be here a while yet...
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Yeah. Kind of took a risk though because i haven't seen any broken-in reviews yet :/
 
earth2dan said:
I moved to Winnipeg when I was 18 so... 15 years ago... Yikes :/ I still have lots of family and friends down there so I try to get out to visit every couple years.
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Too bad your not still in the area. Would be cool to have a fellow speed cuber close by! Have you been to any competitions?
 
Sorry folks. Took Friday off to go on an ice fishing trip and forgot to start the next round before I left. I'll post Round 489 right away.

kbrune said:
Too bad your not still in the area. Would be cool to have a fellow speed cuber close by! Have you been to any competitions?
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Yeah I haven't met any other speedcubers in Winnipeg yet either. Though I'm sure they're here. I haven't been to a competition yet. I would love to, but the closest one to home since I started cubing was once in Edmonton (a 13 hr drive). When I have a more spare time I'd like to get the ball rolling on organizing a competition in Winnipeg.
 
Round 488 Results
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  1. Bogdan - 17.74 [3/3] Graduates!
  2. mafergut - 19.56 [alumni]
  3. Joel2274 - 19.63 [1/3]
  4. SlowSari - 19.69 [3/3] Graduates!
  5. Renox - 19.73 [1/3]
  6. Cris738 - 19.97 [2/3]
  7. rightmanten - 20.07 [0/3]
  8. earth2dan - 20.45 [0/3]
  9. kbrune - 21.23 [0/3]
  10. Jason Green - 23.59 [0/3]
  11. Yetiowin - 25 [0/3] (OH)

Great round everyone! Lots of sub 20's. Special congratulations to Bodgan and SlowSari for graduating this round! Remember you can stick around as alumni if you're not quite ready for the sub 15 race.
 
Round 489
Potential Closing Time - Mar 4, 2016 || 12:01PM CST​

Scrambles for the 489th round:

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

Good luck to everyone!
 
Round 489
Ave: 20.03

17.83, 18.39, 19.11, 20.33, 19.28, (15.93), 20.69, 21.29, (22.80), 21.26, 20.93, 21.20

Lol captain choke rears his ugly head again! Lots to say about this average!! I decided to use my new cube which is the smoothest cube I've ever owned but the colours are a different shade and the edges and centers are shaped slightly differently. I wasn't expecting to come any where near sub 20 since the changes in appearance were throwing me off a bit in practice. All of a sudden an ao5 of 18.93 happens. Then a sub 16(with a fourth pair skip that has never happened to me before). I just about **** myself!

So what happens next? The prospect of an easy sub 20 ao12 gets in to my head and then my mind ruins he next 6 solves! Which could have easily all been sub 20.

I can't be upset though. It felt good to get the 20.03 with the new cube.
 
earth2dan said:
Yeah I haven't met any other speedcubers in Winnipeg yet either. Though I'm sure they're here. I haven't been to a competition yet. I would love to, but the closest one to home since I started cubing was once in Edmonton (a 13 hr drive). When I have a more spare time I'd like to get the ball rolling on organizing a competition in Winnipeg.
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Yeah that's always the issue. No competitions near by.

First thing to do if you ever get serious about making a comp happen is to find a cube base in winipeg. If the numbers aren't there the delegates won't put the effort into a comp. (Assuming you didn't know any of this already ). If there's enough interest then you could contact a delegate. I think it's Kristopher de asis out west. But Dave Campbell is also a good contact for info.

I'm going to host a comp as an organisers in Ottawa at some point. Get some experience and possible become a delegate if the need for another one is there!
 
Round 489 with Roux

Ao12: 20.15:mad:
Best Ao5: 18.90(Solves 3-7)

17.72, 25.28, 16.81, 16.98, (26.79), 20.64, 19.08, (16.24), 24.41, 20.70, 20.16, 19.70
 
Round 489
CFOP
Ao12: 19.70(:D)
Times:
1. 20.21
2. 23.18
3. 21.66
4. 20.59
5. 19.28
6. 16.34
7. 19.40
8. 21.59
9. 19.33
10. 18.63
11. 19.94
12. 15.93

Sub-20 once again! Probably due to the fact that i finally learned full PLL during the last week.
 
Round 489

Method - CFOP

Blah.

Generated By csTimer on 2016-3-2
avg of 12: 24.25

Time List:
1. 23.44 B2 D' R2 F2 D L2 U R2 B2 R2 U' R F U B2 F2 L F2 D B D2
2. 23.58 F2 D' B2 D R2 B2 R2 U2 R2 F2 U2 L B' L' F2 R' F2 L D B2 U2 L
3. 31.14 F2 U' B2 R2 D2 L2 U' R2 U' F2 U B L' U R' D R U2 L D R U2
4. 23.13 U F2 R2 D L2 D' U2 R2 U' B2 U2 R' F' D U B2 R' D R L' B L2
5. (31.49) R2 U2 F2 U' F2 U R2 D2 U' B2 U' F' L' B U F2 L' D' R' B2 L U'
6. 22.04 F2 U2 F2 D' B2 D B2 R2 D2 U2 F2 L D' B2 D' R D' U2 B' R2 L'
7. (19.62) U2 F2 R2 F2 D' R2 D' F2 U2 F2 L2 B' R U B R F U2 B2 F2 D'
8. 23.02 U2 R2 D B2 D R2 U2 L2 B2 R2 U' F L2 U L2 B D2 L' B R U' L'
9. 24.85 F2 D2 B2 L2 F2 U R2 D B2 D L2 F' U2 L' F D' L' B2 R' F2 R2 D
10. 22.69 B2 R2 D B2 U' L2 F2 D2 L2 D2 U' B' U' F2 R2 B' D L' B2 F L' U'
11. 25.69 F2 R2 F2 D L2 D2 B2 F2 U' R2 U B L' D2 R' D2 F2 L2 F R2 L'
12. 22.87 U' B2 D2 L2 D B2 U' L2 D R2 D R' F L' U R' D' U2 L2 B U F'
 
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