Older cubers discussions

[h2f]

@moralsh @muchacho @mark49152 and all - thanks a lot. I had a a very good time. I was signed to OH, skewb, pyraminx and 2x2 but I knew I couldnt make it due to very high cutoffs and no practice time. I took it as a warmup before 3x3 - I knew I could make good times. First solve was bad with a lockup (I guess). In the 2nd I screwed PLL (G perm) and had to resolve cube. I didnt gave up and I've made 3 good solves. My single pb is 16.52 - I did it during previous competiotion. I'm happy about my ao5 and I'm happy I could make a 2nd round - look at the times: the 41st guy was still sub20.

In 3bld I had a very bad time. Too many emotions and I forgot my algs. DNFs were around 1:20. Last solve was very very safe - I didnt know times of other cubers... I had a good time during comps and in 5 days there are Polish Nationals... No time to rest - it's time to practice.

 

[pipkiksass]

After hitting my first sub-1:30 4x4 solve yesterday, I've just had 4 in the forum race to sub-xx on 4x4 comp.

Making massive strides forward - if only improvement came this easily on 3x3.

Oh yeah, I was going to learn OLL!!! :rolleyes:

 

[chtiger]

http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=1874&compid=11
eh, I guess I'll post these lackluster results here since I always post official comp results and I like reading others' comp results

MBLD - 5/7 51:22, satisfied with this, caught myself several times making mistakes and having to undo things so was expecting worse. One cube off by a twisted corner, other was about half scrambled. 2nd place behind @cmhardw who got a PB 8/8, congrats

3BLD - DNFx3 for 2nd comp in a row, ???. 1st solve was 2:18 and just off by a twisted corner, 2nd solve was way off and 2:50 something, 3rd solve couldn't recall edge memo and quit

3x3 - typical comp results for me, was hoping for a good single, but turning was just too sloppy
26.12, 23.81, 24.91, 24.29, 21.17 = 24.34
DNF, 26.95, 22.49, 22.28, 25.18 = 24.87

 

[mafergut]

I just wanted to say hello and tell you guys I put new 5x5 scrambles for the race! I got my 1st success at sub-3:00 Ao12 with PB (2:57.xx).

Also I want to say that I'm proud of this young fellow Spaniard cube genious called Berta García. Her new NR is amazing and she still has so much potential that I hope she goes to Worlds next year and gives us many more reasons to be proud. Watching that barely 9 second memo is incredible.

 

[newtonbase]

http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=1874&compid=11
eh, I guess I'll post these lackluster results here since I always post official comp results and I like reading others' comp results

MBLD - 5/7 51:22, satisfied with this, caught myself several times making mistakes and having to undo things so was expecting worse. One cube off by a twisted corner, other was about half scrambled. 2nd place behind @cmhardw who got a PB 8/8, congrats

3BLD - DNFx3 for 2nd comp in a row, ???. 1st solve was 2:18 and just off by a twisted corner, 2nd solve was way off and 2:50 something, 3rd solve couldn't recall edge memo and quit

3x3 - typical comp results for me, was hoping for a good single, but turning was just too sloppy
26.12, 23.81, 24.91, 24.29, 21.17 = 24.34
DNF, 26.95, 22.49, 22.28, 25.18 = 24.87

Well done. 2nd to @cmhardw is something to boast about.

I just wanted to say hello and tell you guys I put new 5x5 scrambles for the race! I got my 1st success at sub-3:00 Ao12 with PB (2:57.xx).

Also I want to say that I'm proud of this young fellow Spaniard cube genious called Berta García. Her new NR is amazing and she still has so much potential that I hope she goes to Worlds next year and gives us many more reasons to be proud. Watching that barely 9 second memo is incredible.

She's great. So quick at 3BLD and 4BLD and good at MBLD too. Looking forward to watching her progress. I hadn't heard of her before the Eurostar.

 

[pglewis]

Comp coming up in about a month so I'm going to detour my planned routine. I was going to start slowly absorbing more OLLs-- maybe a new group every week or three-- but I'm going to put a moratorium on that and stick with OCLL and ~8 others where the recognition is already comfortable for me. PLL amnesia was a problem at my first comp and my PLL execution isn't fast even when I'm hitting on all cylinders so I'm going to pick a PLL perm per day and spam the heck out of it as part of my practice (extra time on Ns so I'm not tempted to 2-look those in speedsolves). Unlimited-time cross inspection has been added as well as trying it blind. Blind pair practice is now part of the daily routine and will stay that way. I'll probably hit the timer a lot harder in the two and a half weeks leading up to it since I've learned it can take me a bit to transition back to my "timer legs" after slow solve practice. And a big one is I need to practice with more distractions and with adrenaline going. I'm keeping my goals very conservative in an attempt to keep the pressure off myself until it's all old hat: get 2x2 and 3x3 averages. Sub 50 3x3 average and at least one sub 40 single would be nice. If it's closer to my home results then bonus.

 

[h2f]

http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=1874&compid=11
eh, I guess I'll post these lackluster results here since I always post official comp results and I like reading others' comp results

MBLD - 5/7 51:22, satisfied with this, caught myself several times making mistakes and having to undo things so was expecting worse. One cube off by a twisted corner, other was about half scrambled. 2nd place behind @cmhardw who got a PB 8/8, congrats

Very nice result in mbld. Congrats.

 

[pglewis]

Comp coming up in about a month so I'm going to detour my planned routine. I was going to start slowly absorbing more OLLs-- maybe a new group every week or three-- but I'm going to put a moratorium on that and stick with OCLL and ~8 others where the recognition is already comfortable for me. PLL amnesia was a problem at my first comp and my PLL execution isn't fast even when I'm hitting on all cylinders so I'm going to pick a PLL perm per day and spam the heck out of it as part of my practice (extra time on Ns so I'm not tempted to 2-look those in speedsolves). Unlimited-time cross inspection has been added as well as trying it blind. Blind pair practice is now part of the daily routine and will stay that way. I'll probably hit the timer a lot harder in the two and a half weeks leading up to it since I've learned it can take me a bit to transition back to my "timer legs" after slow solve practice. And a big one is I need to practice with more distractions and with adrenaline going. I'm keeping my goals very conservative in an attempt to keep the pressure off myself until it's all old hat: get 2x2 and 3x3 averages. Sub 50 3x3 average and at least one sub 40 single would be nice. If it's closer to my home results then bonus.

Oh, and no 4x4 distractions! (Stickerless WuQue arrived today)

 

[teacher77]

@teacher77: Congrats on the milestone! Any idea what was different about that solve or what you've been working on that got you there?

Good question... I have many solves around 22, 23 seconds. I'd say at least one in each 40-50 solves. 21 seconds is more rare but happens at least twice a week. So I'd just say that this one 18.45 sec single is a statistical gaussian tail, the "one in a thousand" solves that just occured because of chance. Quite the same thing as the rare screw-ups that take 45 seconds.

From what I remember, one pair was formed when I finished the cross, but that was unplanned for. And I think a second pair formed by chance as well. I'd love to be able to reproduce those instances where you insert a pair and happen to find another all ready to be inserted, but how ?

 

[Shaky Hands]

I'd love to be able to reproduce those instances where you insert a pair and happen to find another all ready to be inserted, but how ?

I suspect there are some NR/CR/WR reconstructions with this happening.

 

[defhacks]

From what I remember, one pair was formed when I finished the cross, but that was unplanned for. And I think a second pair formed by chance as well. I'd love to be able to reproduce those instances where you insert a pair and happen to find another all ready to be inserted, but how ?

https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Multislotting ?

Almost every mention of it I've heard had a phrase along the lines of "but, in practice it may not be worth the trouble"




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[mark49152]

https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Multislotting ?

Almost every mention of it I've heard had a phrase along the lines of "but, in practice it may not be worth the trouble"

Yeah I spent quite some time looking into this and analysing the benefits. Recognition is hard and it doesn't save many moves on average. However, it's definitely worth learning how to avoid breaking up a second pair if you spot that there are two ready to insert. It's also worth learning how to insert in a manner that breaks/extracts the next pair if you spot it's a nasty case.

 

[h2f]

So silent...
I think I'm sub19 in global. I hit 18.66 ao100 which is almost the same as my pb. And todays 4th solve I think was the fastest fullstep I've done - 12.93.

Spoiler

D F2 L U2 L B2 L U2 F2 U2 R2 F2 D' L B U' B U2 L2 B
x2
F' R'U L2 D'//
U' R U2 R' U2 L' U' L//
R U' R' U R' U' R//
U2 R U' R' U' L U L'//
U' R U R' U2 R U' R'//
U' F R U R' U' F'//
R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R U2

alg.cubing.net

55htm/12.93=4,25 tps

I think it's a very nice solve - no rotations and easy pairs.

 

[JohnnyReggae]

I've been out of the loop for almost 2 weeks. Moved house last week which was fairly traumatic given everything that happened in the build up to the move and the move itself. At least it is now done and I can settle down to some cubing.

In all of this I attended a Competition on the weekend. Was my first competition as a Delegate which went off quite smoothly. There were 4 events: 3x3, 2x2, 3x3 OH, and Pyraminx. I managed to get competitions PB's in all the events so am quite happy with that. I missed out on the 2x2 final by 1-10th of a second, so was a little disappointed with that. Also a little disappointed with my showing in 3x3 as I had been doing quite well leading up to the comp, but on the day I just couldn't really pull it together as well as I wanted to. We had Anthony Brooks as a guest over from the USA who was brought out by the organisers Speedcubes.co.za. It was great to meet him, he is such a great guy and very accommodating to everyone and spent a lot of time showing the younger competitions some tips and tricks the whole day.

http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=1886&compid=3



Also during my house move I managed to get about 5 4x4 solves in 1 night late and managed a new PB again, taking 2 seconds off my previous PB:
1:13.17 B' Fw2 L2 R B2 R' D U2 Rw Fw B Uw' Fw Rw U2 Rw R2 U' L' R' Rw' U2 Fw' L D2 L Fw' D2 Fw2 F2 L' U B' Fw L' R' Fw2 F2 D2 R'

During the competition Speedcubes were selling cubes so bought 2 new ones:
Valk 3 - I like the cube but it catches a bit which I need to get used to and I haven't been able to resticker it in my preferred shades so recognition is a little off. I'd like to see this cube with magnets as I can see the potential for OH.

Curvy Copter - What an awesome puzzle. Such a nice refreshing different solve and the jumbling makes things quite interesting.

 

[h2f]

I've edited my ao5 from GLS CUP VI:

 

[pipkiksass]

Wow, just sat down and worked out how many OLLs I actually KNOW, as in fully in muscle memory, and it's only 30 (inc solved).

Thats not including 8 that are partly-known.

Better get learning!

 

[megagoune]

I signed up for my first competition: Montreal Open Winter 2017. I registered for 3x3, 4x4 and pyraminx.
I don't want to stress myself out with goals, so here is my list of goals

1. get a WCA id. (I think that should be not too hard )
2. see how competitions are organized and connect with people to see how I can help organizing in the future.

And I have a list of "nice to have":
1. Don't freak out too much during solves.
2. Get a sub-30 single in 3x3. (I currently average around 25-26 at home, so I think it's realistic)

Do you guys think I should buy a timer to practice with one? How difficult is it to adjust to it?
Will anyone go to that competition?

 

[pglewis]

Do you guys think I should buy a timer to practice with one? How difficult is it to adjust to it?

Great to hear you're getting to a comp! I'd get a Stackmat timer for home if you can; they're very simple to use and compact/portable, nearly zero learning curve. At the very least be familiar with the location of the reset button and press it every time you sit down to solve as it's easy for the judges to forget and you don't want to realize it won't arm itself at 12 seconds into your inspection time.

Otherwise, I figure just a deep breath before inspection and remind myself that I've done thousands of solves. Just do what I always do without "trying" to go fast.

 

[One Wheel]

Do you guys think I should buy a timer to practice with one?

I don't have a timer, and had absolutely no issues with timers at my one competition. very simple and straightforward. I would much rather my money on new puzzles than on a timer. If I was a lot faster it might be a different story, but it sounds like I'm about 8 seconds slower than you, and I'm guessing I would need to be around 10-12 seconds on 3x3 for it to be worth it.

 

[muchacho]

For faster events like 2x2 would be more important, if you care about 2x2.