That's the thing with comps. No matter how you're doing at home, it can all be very different under comp pressure.This time I wanted the average, but in reality probably had like a 75 or 80 percent chance at it, so I was sweating it a little more.
So far I've been spoiled like that for sure! I was right in what I said the strength of the field keeps getting better too. Now it's taking 16 seconds for round two, I feel like if I can get there some day it'll take 12.
The problem is that they only put through 24/73 to the second round. That's a small second round. I would say the distribution of times was fairly typical. In the comps I've been to, the second round threshold has varied between high 20s when they've put through the maximum 75% down to low 20s when they've put through about half. Those would have held for Dallas Fall 2016 too.I was right in what I said the strength of the field keeps getting better too. Note it's talking 16 seconds for round two, I feel like if I can get there some day it'll take 12.
Eurostar looks favourite for me. The venue is only 2 miles from the station.
That sounds awesome.
It is. With the right connections I could be door to door in 4 hours.
It just depends how easily you can get to London.
Nice improvement. If you want a nice stickerless 4x4 I'd recommend the CB G4. The Yuxin Blue is also good they say but will take some break in, lubing and tensioning, maybe even spring swap, whereas the G4 will only require break in. Both are smaller (60mm) than the Guansu, which for me is a plus. If you want a regular size one (62mm) the KungFu CangFeng can be an option.
I used to use VHLS in practice all the time. I only use the easy cases some of the time now, and the only split pair case I use is to avoid a dot OLL. I think they're advantageous in OH and big cubes more than 2H. However, very useful for practicing COLL.
I have used it in the past, but I don't think it's any better than some basic edge control. My problem with it was that I solve to all four slots and trying to mirror VHLS was just awkward, especially to back slots. Except for the very simplest cases of course, which are really only edge control techniques anyway.
