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Jason Green
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I should learn that mine is really slow. 
JanW
Veteran
Thanks Mark! That one looks vaguely familiar. Perhaps it was the one I was using earlier. I'll play around with it and see how well I can get those lefty U2s to work on a 4x4.
Well, I have been practicing, not a LOT, cause I have no more time but I'm getting inconsistently around 45-55 seconds, with some good (had one of 33.02) and other bads like 1:20 or so... I know I have not practice this for long but boy it is hard to low the times, at least to be consistent...
I can see the cross is costing me a lot of time too, and when I finish f2l I'm almost at 35~ and after that, I only know the "beginner" method, so I basically use sune and anti sune and some other like this one F (R U R' U')x3 F' for OLL and then I know T perm and J perm (I can finish a solve with one of these like one in 20 or so) and the beginner method from badmephisto...
I'm trying hard to avoid learn all algorithms but it's getting frustrating not getting any kind of improvement... well, at least not visible...
I can see the cross is costing me a lot of time too, and when I finish f2l I'm almost at 35~ and after that, I only know the "beginner" method, so I basically use sune and anti sune and some other like this one F (R U R' U')x3 F' for OLL and then I know T perm and J perm (I can finish a solve with one of these like one in 20 or so) and the beginner method from badmephisto...
I'm trying hard to avoid learn all algorithms but it's getting frustrating not getting any kind of improvement... well, at least not visible...
Logiqx
Veteran
You should really be spending around 2/3 of your time on cross+F2L and 1/3 on LL.
I'd suggest you learn 2-look OLL which is only 3 algs for edge orientation and 7 algs for corner orientation. Badmephisto has a video on it.
This will help to speed up your LL and reduce the variance in your times.
JohnnyReggae
Veteran
I've been dabbling with ZZ over the last couple days trying to pick up where I left off around 2 months ago. It still takes me an age to find all the bad edges and come up with a strategy to solve the EOLine. Finding the edges are not really a problem, but rather how to move everything. Still doing the Line separate from the EO as I can't think of both at the same time. So I've done an ao50 which hasn't turned out to bad considering and my times are starting to become more consistent, not great times but consistent at least. Stats from the ao50:
single
best: 24.18
worst: 1:04.13
mean of 3
best: 30.23
avg of 5
best: 31.10
avg of 12
best: 32.81
avg of 50
best: 36.92
single
best: 24.18
worst: 1:04.13
mean of 3
best: 30.23
avg of 5
best: 31.10
avg of 12
best: 32.81
avg of 50
best: 36.92
Thanks, I will try that and see how it goes, usually the big diference is in a mess up cross or in a mess up OLL alg...
I will try and learn those algs and see how it goes, I guess then I should start learning F2L algs...
Thanks!
One Wheel
Legend
I'm not sure how useful f2l lags are. I know about 3 cases, and either setup into one of them or just do it intuitively. I'm not exactly a speedster (35 seconds) but I think my time is better spent learning LL algs. I suspect you would be happiest just practicing f2l, and learning 2- look OLL and a few more PLL algs. I recommend cyotheking's video on U-perms like a pro, and an A-perm to add to what you have.
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JanW
Veteran
I did my first Ao100 in a few weeks. Got my first sub-27 Ao100, first sub-26 Ao50 and minor improvements to Ao12 and Ao5. Getting closer to sub-25! But only 2/100 solves were sub-20. That milestone seems so far away still. But I will get there!
JustinTimeCuber
Legend
remember guys don't feed the trolls
JustinTimeCuber
Legend
most accurate statement ever 10/10I dont troll to get attention. I do it to give myself a laugh cuz i got no friends to make me laugh
pglewis
Veteran
Sounds like we're both at about the same level on times. Definitely a lot of time you can trim from your cross + F2L alone. I've bolstered my last layer with full PLL and it hasn't trimmed a huge chunk off my faster times but it has helped cut down the slower ones, which equates to better averages. Logiqx won't steer you wrong, I love the experience, advice, and encouragement here.
newtonbase
Premium Member
There are 62 people entered for 3BLD at the UKs next month. That's more than double the number that competed last year and only 4 short of the number of people with an official solve. Blind is getting very popular.
Jason Green
Veteran
Yeah I should've started cubing a year or two earlier.
With 3x3 around here at the first of the year seemed like barely sub 20 usually made second round. Now I'm close to sub 20 and it's taking more like 17-18. I really just want to travel back to the 80's (with today's hardware though).
newtonbase
Premium Member
You could be World Champion.Yeah I should've started cubing a year or two earlier.
pglewis
Veteran
Lacking a time-machine (paradoxes, people, paradoxes!), I think we can still find a way to end up world-class if we classify properly. I might be top 5 in the world for right-handed, over 45 Aquarians who don't take sugar in their coffee. Assuming I've whittled it down to 5 or less
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mark49152
Premium Member
Wow that is a lot. I make it 64, of whom 51 are Brits. Of the Brits, 33 have a prior success, so half of the 66 currently ranked are registered for UKC.
Last year 45 competed of whom 35 were Brits, and 28 (21 Brits) got a success.
newtonbase
Premium Member
Ah, I misread last year's results. There were lots of people in 29th place. Including me. It's not as spectacular an increase as I'd thought. It'll be PB or DNF for me this competition again. I want top 30 ranking by the end of it.
