Australian Nationals 2016 (Sydney)

[Dene]

Roughly how fast is one required to be in order for clock to be run? I only started doing clock yesterday and have probably done about 120 solves ever so hopefully I can practice enough to be a fast enough scrambler.

I'd want at least twice as fast.

But funny you mention that, because it tells you something. If there's so much demand for clock, and you can get this quick in a day, then why do most people suck? This is why we haven't done clock much...

 

[pyr14]

I'd want at least twice as fast.

But funny you mention that, because it tells you something. If there's so much demand for clock, and you can get this quick in a day, then why do most people suck? This is why we haven't done clock much...

yeah, plus most people have really bad clocks...

this took like 10 years to upload....

 

[bryson azzopard]

So im not fully against clock or anything like i registered for it but ill probably drop out of it but multi-blind has more people registered than clock does so i dont really see the demand for the event that takes miminal time to solve as to an event that goes for upto an hour. So i dont think there really is such a demand for clock with only 13 (12 ill probably drop out) with 91 people registered. Just my opinion

 

[Dene]

@Edbert again you'd make a sufficient back-up, but not suitable as a main scrambler.

 

[ottozing]

At canberra we were 1/2 ahead then come clock and 1/2 behind.

Orly interesting thanks for the insight (others certainly seem to have misrepresented that!)

My b, I guess I just assumed it ran fine because we ended on time without cutting anything at the comp

In any case, I like that people in this thread are actually trying to get competent at clock instead of just blindly demanding it be run without any intention of helping out, so I owe my thanks to you Dene

 

[Dene]

If only you could make it, the clock covers that I spent many hours making wouldn't go to waste after being used only once ^_^

 

[RhysC]

@Dene My PB clock avg is 12.xx and tbh I much prefer the new WCA scrambles and I can confidently scramble using them. I'll try and upload something for you, however my internet is uber-slow so uploading is basically a whole bunch of procrastination ;_;

 

[Turbo Chicken]

Scrambling is roughly 8-10 seconds faster than before now.

Really this is a DNF average because I overinspect pretty much every solve...

 

[megaminxwin]

So im not fully against clock or anything like i registered for it but ill probably drop out of it but multi-blind has more people registered than clock does so i dont really see the demand for the event that takes miminal time to solve as to an event that goes for upto an hour. So i dont think there really is such a demand for clock with only 13 (12 ill probably drop out) with 91 people registered. Just my opinion

4BLD and 5BLD combined have less people than clock, and discounting you, 7x7 has the same number as clock. Should we get rid of those as well?

 

[Dene]

@William better, but still needs more work. I'd want someone to be averaging maybe about 10s per scramble before I was confident enough.

 

[RhysC]

Mods pls rename the thread "Dene vs. The Clock Community". (/s)

One thing that I've forgotten to mention is that some people have really poor clock hardware; either way too stiff or way too loose and smooth (no clicks). This can be very detrimental to scrambling quickly. However, if there are decent clocks being scrambled, I think we could fairly confidently hold the event and keep it on time.

 

[FastCubeMaster]

I'm ordering a clock just so that I can enter!
But don't worry, I'll be decent by the time the competition comes.

 

[Turbo Chicken]

@William better, but still needs more work. I'd want someone to be averaging maybe about 10s per scramble before I was confident enough.

Considering Tomas' scrambles took on average about 13 seconds, it might be hard for a beginner like me to average 10 seconds per scramble... Or anyone else to average 10 seconds per scramble for that matter.

 

[Dene]

Oh dear how sad, someone who only just learnt to solve clock is heartbroken that they can't immediately compete in it. Life is hard sometimes...

 

[thatkid]

https://www.facebook.com/events/1261447577222059/

There's the facebook event for it guys, share it around

 

[bryson azzopard]

Yo dene surely we can have 2 rounds of 3bld this nats considering there is 26 people registered already yeah?

 

[FastCubeMaster]

Yo dene surely we can have 2 rounds of 3bld this nats considering there is 26 people registered already yeah?

Yes please

 

[Dene]

It's a possibility. Of course it'd only be 8 people, so better get practising.

 

[Kevin Luong]

Can schedule be up sooner please?

 

[pyr14]

Can schedule be up sooner please?

schedules are easier to make when max competitor limit reached or registration closes. that way they can know how long they should make an event with the confirmed amount of competitors for each event.