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Horay!!! I finished today an Ao100 continuing the Ao50 I did some days ago with the Yuexiao and got a new PB Ao50 (18.39) and Ao100 (18.48) after 3 months without any 3x3 PBs (and, I have to admit, also with barely any Ao100 done in those 3 months). I still lock up quite a bit with the Yuexiao but when I don't, oh my, it's fast! Also lookahead seemed to be quite good... at times. If I could maintain it reliably solve after solve I would get many more 16s and below. I also got PB Ao12 in there and a top 3 Ao5.
 
Encouraging start to my ZZ endeavor. I did 75 timed solves the last 2 days and 50 more today. First 2 days it was a bit slow, but it seems I'm getting the hang of it faster than I expected. All records from today - 1/5/12/50: 27.54/30.63/33.15/35.16. The Ao50 included 10 sub-30 solves and at best there was 16 consecutive sub-40 solves. Quite a leap, considering that the first 2 days I averaged around 44 seconds. This is still all with 2-look OLL.

I find that the EOLine is not that bad. Only once did I manage to mess it up today to find bad edges during F2L. But this part I have also practiced the most. The big difference for today was that I started doing 6 edges mostly as 3+3 instead of 4+2. I knew that this was often the way to go, but hadn't quite wrapped my head around the logic until it clicked today. I'm also getting a lot more comfortable with planning the full EOLine, including how to place FD and BD edges during inspection. Earlier I had some problems following how those pieces would move around while flipping the bad edges. In today's solves, I had that worked out every single time. Inspection time is possibly a bit over 15 seconds though... :rolleyes:

F2L is the tricky part. I know lots of cool fancy tricks, but whenever I try to implement them, it just takes too long. Also, finding the pieces early can be tricky, as any edges can be on the bottom L/R as well.

Last layer is okay, I guess. Getting used to the A-perm now, not confused anymore about which version to use. However, I think it's safe to say that I have the slowest E-perm in this thread. Need to work on that one. Most sub-30 solves had some kind of skip at some point, possibly all of them. If I can manage to learn full OLL PLL for 2lll, this should help quite a bit.

Anyway, maybe I should get back into the race to sub-30 already next week. :)
 
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JanW said:
However, I think it's safe to say that I have the slowest E-perm in this thread. Need to work on that one.
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I doubt that ☺️

I'm working as a poll clerk for the European Election in the quietest polling station in the area. I should get a months worth of practice in one day. My fingers will be bleeding.
 
Nice solves!

U2' during LSE seems strange, it's like you lose grip with the cube with your left hand (apart from the thumb).


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New ao5 PB: 18.780 (was 19.503 from 10-may)

18739 28-may-2016 14:52:08 00:18.600 L2 D' L2 U' B2 R2 D' L2 D' R2 B' R2 F D2 L U' F D' L B'
18738 28-may-2016 14:51:22 00:17.815 D2 U2 F2 L2 U R2 D' L2 U' L' D' U2 B' R' F2 L2 U B2 R2 U2
18737 28-may-2016 14:50:34 00:24.982 L2 U' F2 L2 D' F2 L2 F2 R2 L2 U B D' R' L' U' L2 D2 U F2 D
18736 28-may-2016 14:49:53 00:19.927 U' R2 F2 D' F2 D' U2 B2 D R2 B2 L' F R2 F' R2 L2 B U' F2 L U2
18735 28-may-2016 14:49:07 00:16.366 F2 L2 U2 B2 F2 D' R2 U2 L2 B2 D2 B D' F' L2 B U R' F U2 F
 
I have just finished my first avg of 100 for ages... most of the last 20 solves or so were everything but good. I would have been better for my ego, if I had quit after the first 50...

However, here are the results:

number of times: 100/100
session average: 29.38 (σ = 2.85)
session mean: 29.47 (σ = 3.61)

current mean of 3: 35.68 (σ = 3.70)
best mean of 3: 24.72 (σ = 2.74)

current average of 5: 32.06 (σ = 2.59)
best average of 5: 25.65 (σ = 1.50)

current average of 12: 30.30 (σ = 3.19)
best average of 12: 27.08 (σ = 1.76)

current average of 100: 29.38 (σ = 2.85)
best average of 100: 29.38 (σ = 2.85)

best time: 21.66
worst time: 39.95

24.94
29.41
33.11
26.63
31.24
27.23
29.10
28.96
26.93
27.28
34.72
30.00
27.68
29.03
29.22
30.50
29.36
30.24
32.71
23.92
32.43
26.40
23.77
26.63
26.77
32.92
24.58
27.98
29.81
33.56
32.33
27.13
34.89
28.45
21.66
34.76
25.24
29.67
29.10
28.06
28.52
32.32
26.73
22.73
26.35
26.80
34.35
28.51
32.02
29.08
33.78
25.98
34.69
23.68
27.83
22.66
28.26
25.87
32.98
26.56
27.79
26.40
28.44
30.02
25.95
30.47
31.21
27.24
37.24
36.31
28.51
35.24
31.16
27.05
31.97
27.81
38.91
28.02
31.26
27.77
29.10
31.70
25.96
36.27
33.09
28.28
28.64
29.38
25.84
32.12
34.02
25.73
32.18
25.16
27.88
29.07
29.06
33.74
39.95
33.36

Looks like times from 2-3 years ago, but are from today :)
 
mark49152 said:
Oh yeah, haha, seems the "like" button doesn't get used much outside this thread!
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A clear sign of where the most likeable people on this board are hanging out. ;)

Perm of the day: F-perm. I really like this one. Nice, regripless and quite fast. I instinctively started doing it so that I place right ring finger at DFR at the start and the finger stays glued to that sticker throughout, guiding the R layer and doing all the clockwise R moves. This seems to work pretty well for me.

I can't promise I'll add one new PLL alg/day, most likely I won't. But tomorrow I'll go for J-perms. I figured I'll start with those that are easy to recognize, those with one solved face. That way, during solves I won't need to spend much time pondering if the PLL case is one that I already know, before I go on with 2 look PLL.
 
I bought a new camera today. A cheap immitation GoPro. It was only 44 euro's but the quality is awesome.. I tried filming a short average. And what do you know.. I got a full step 12 secs solve in there.. Although I had two on cam this week, these are very rare.. LOL anyway, I modded the Weilong GTS. Small corner mod, and changed the stickers to my own scheme and it is perfect now.

4. 19.67 F2 U' D2 F' L' B' D R L F2 U B2 R2 B2 D2 R2 D B2 R2 F2
5. 16.20 F2 U' B2 U L2 U' B2 U2 F2 U R2 B U2 B R2 F2 U2 L R D' R
6. 17.72 F D F' U' L' B' D2 B' R U' F2 U R2 D' R2 F2 U2 R2 D R2
7. 12.92 B' F2 R2 D' B2 L2 U' F2 L2 U' B2 L2 R' F L2 D U2 L' D' L2 R
8. 17.01 U2 F2 L B R U2 B U B U D R2 D L2 D F2 D B2 D2 B2

//12.92 B' F2 R2 D' B2 L2 U' F2 L2 U' B2 L2 R' F L2 D U2 L' D' L2 R
y2 // inspection
R' D R' L F2 // CROSS (5)
U2 U L U' L' // 1ST (5)
y' R' U R U' R' U' R //2ND (8)
R U2 R' U2 R U' R' //3RD (7)
y' U2 L' U L U' L' U' L // 4TH (10)
f R U R' U' f' // OLL (6)
R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R U2 // PLL 12
//53 MOVES IN 12.92 = 4.1 TPS
alg.cubing
 
MarcelP said:
//12.92 B' F2 R2 D' B2 L2 U' F2 L2 U' B2 L2 R' F L2 D U2 L' D' L2 R
y2 // inspection
R' D R' L F2 // CROSS (5)
U2 U L U' L' // 1ST (5)
y' R' U R U' R' U' R //2ND (8)
R U2 R' U2 R U' R' //3RD (7)
y' U2 L' U L U' L' U' L // 4TH (10)
f R U R' U' f' // OLL (6)
R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R U2 // PLL 12
//53 MOVES IN 12.92 = 4.1 TPS
alg.cubing
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Awsome. Nice tps and lookahead.

muchacho said:
Nice solves!

U2' during LSE seems strange, it's like you lose grip with the cube with your left hand (apart from the thumb).
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Thank you. I hope it works. It was hard to me to make U2' but I do M/M' with right hand so it was hard to me to make U2.
 
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