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Guess i should give up my dream to hold the 3x3 wr.
[WR] Mats Valk 4.74 3x3 single
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Daniel Lin
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lol same
stoic
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I'd count Tony Fisher too, although he's not going to be speedsolving with his giant 3x3 any time soon...It's interesting how Mats is one of very few people who uses his own cube (at least without the magnets) and method (at least subset). Only other two I can think of are Chris Tran and Erno Rubik. Pretty cool group to be in.
Xtremecubing
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For his 5.55 he used VLS to get a U perm, for this one he used VLS and then got a PLL skip.
asacuber
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But the last slot was U R U' R' which meant that he did not have to use VLS
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Yeahhhh, that's a bit of a stretch.
As the first real VLS world record I would say this is the first time in history that someone has set a world 3x3 record with their own method? Also, with no ready-made pairs, I agree this is definitely one of the more complex solves that resulted in a 3x3 single record. Inspirational. Chris Tran said in his ZZ-CT talk that these days you have to get 'really lucky' to get a 3x3 single record; Mats proves this is not the case (yet). With an easy cross and a PLL skip I would count this record as only mildly lucky.
biscuit
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A PLL skip definitely counts as lucky.
DanpHan
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this is an good solve
congregations to vats malk
congregations to vats malk
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ruwix
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Lucas is still the first to solve the cube under 5 seconds and I have a feeling that the new record isn't getting such a big media attention. RIP Lucas when someone solves it under 4
gateway cuber
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this was part of a 6.89 WR#3 average. Incredible, I thought Mats' glory days were over.
4.6x - Feliks (he's the only one (currently) who could achieve that in comp).
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Sajwo
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You can't be serious... There are at least like 50 people who could do that.
oliviervlcube
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Call them
DGCubes
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If Mats were 0.05 seconds faster he would've done that. Basically anyone sub-9 has the potential for that with a nice scramble.
I would agree -- lucky single times tend to be around half of your global average or just a little more...
TheSilverBeluga
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Hyo-Min Seo got a 4.94 in comp when his previous PB was 7.21. Assuming a direct correlation, anyone with a 6.84 single or lower could theoretically get a 4.69 in comp. That's a good 121 people.
Xtremecubing
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Yeah, lots of people have the ability to get that time, they just need a decent scramble, good execution, and some luck to do it.
Sajwo
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I don't quite understand your reasoning. What if someone with 12s average gets a 6.84 single (I also don't understand why exactly 6.84)? Do you also think, that he's capable of getting sub4.75? Because for example I have official 6.87 and I am 100% sure that I won't ever get sub5 solve, even at home. It's much more convenient to say, that everyone with let's say low8 average is able to get WR-like time.
Tony Fisher
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Sorry if this has already been done but I have made a new edit with a timer inserted, close up and close-up & slow. I purchased usage rights from Newsflare.com/MatsValk (not a direct link).
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