Racing to sub-20

[mitja]

Round 539
Valk 3M
CFOP


AO12: 24.21 (σ = 1.72)


Time List:
1. 26.48 D' B2 L2 U R2 U2 R2 U' R2 U L2 B' L D' R2 U' L' B2 D B' D2
2. 27.76 D U F2 D R2 U' F2 R2 B2 D R2 F U2 R' F2 U' L' F R D' F2 L'
3. 24.20 D L2 U F2 R2 B2 R2 D' B2 F2 U2 B' L' D2 U2 R' B' U2 R' L' B U'
4. 22.65 U F2 L2 B2 L2 U R2 D B2 L2 U2 B' D' L' F' D' R' B2 F D'
5. 20.93 D2 R2 B2 D F2 D' B2 F2 L2 B2 U2 R B' L' B' R F' D2 B U2 L' U'
6. 26.26 F2 U R2 L2 D' R2 U' B2 D' U2 B2 R' D' U L F2 U2 F D2 R' L2 U2
7. 18.74 L2 U' L2 U L2 U' R2 U' F2 R2 D' L F L' F U L D' L' F' D U
8. 24.77 U2 F2 U' B2 U F2 R2 B2 F2 U' L2 F' R2 L U R D2 B F U2 R
9. 25.56 L2 B2 D' F2 R2 U B2 L2 D' F2 U2 B' R' B2 D F L2 B' F2 D2 U
10. 23.94 D' R2 B2 L2 U B2 U' L2 D F2 D' L' D' B2 R B F2 L2 D' R D U2
11. 24.47 B2 R2 U2 R2 L2 F2 D B2 U2 L2 U' B' D2 F U B2 D L' B' F2 U2
12. 22.84 D B2 D' R2 F2 R2 B2 U' B2 F2 D' B L' F' L2 U' R U' F2 D' B2 U'

Hi, This is my first time, just rehearsing, not near sub 20 yet

 

[CornerCutter]

CornerCutter
Round 539
Cube: Valk 3
Method: CFOP - of course CN

Ao12: 17.89

1. 19.75
2. (15.18)
3. 16.67
4. 18.58
5. 20.22
6. 16.16
7. 18.68
8. 18.31
9. 15.95
10. 18.39
11. 16.15
12. (21.78)

Nice! Almost sub-18!

@earth2dan I like CubeSkills.com as well! I'm learning a lot!

 

[earth2dan]

Round 539
Method: CFOP (Colour Neutral)
Cube: Gans Air
AO12: 21.68

20.99 Yellow,
(31.52 Green),
23.49 Blue,
31.28 Orange,
(15.55 White),
20.65 Blue,
19.50 Yellow,
23.02 Green,
18.83 Yellow,
19.46 White,
20.85 Blue,
18.71 White

Not a bad average, but I feel like I cheated... I solved half of these on White/Yellow, and none on Red. I spent a solid 5 seconds just staring at my second F2L pair on that 31.28 Orange solve, it just wouldn't click :/

 

[earth2dan]

Round 539 Results

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Congratulations to @bgcatfan for graduating this round! Welcome to the race @mitja and don't worry @CubingBanana, you'll do better next round!

Spoiler: Overall Standings

*Please note: If you have not participated in 10 rounds, and are NOT an alumni (green), your stats will be deleted next round. If you ARE an alumni, your stats will be hidden, but not deleted.

Round 540
Potential Closing Time - Mar 24th, 2017 || 12:01PM CST​

Scrambles for the 531st round:

1. F2 R2 F2 D R2 U' F2 D2 F2 U' F2 L' B U' F' U' B2 R D' L B'
2. F2 R2 F2 R2 F2 U2 B2 D' F2 L2 U2 L' D F2 U R2 B' L' F2 D2 B2 U'
3. U F2 U2 F2 L2 U B2 U R2 U' L2 F R' B R' D B2 F' R2 B L U2
4. D' F2 U' R2 L2 D' F2 R2 D R2 B' R L U F' D' U' F' R U
5. R2 U' F2 U F2 R2 U2 R2 U B2 U B' U L' F' L B' D2 R D L
6. F2 R2 D' B2 D2 R2 D2 R2 D' L2 F2 L F2 U' F L2 D' F L' U' F2 L
7. D2 R2 B2 R2 B2 U B2 U' F2 R2 B2 L' D2 B2 U B R2 F2 L' F D U'
8. U' F2 R2 U B2 F2 L2 D R2 L2 U2 R B' D B R F' L2 B R' D
9. B2 D F2 U' B2 R2 D B2 U2 B2 U2 R' D R' F' D R F L2 D' L
10. F2 D R2 F2 L2 D2 R2 D' B2 D' U2 B U2 R F2 L D' F' U' R D'
11. L2 D' L2 B2 U2 B2 F2 U' L2 D' R' F D2 F' D U' B' F2 L F2 L2
12. D F2 R2 U R2 D U R2 L2 F2 U B' R L D2 R' F' L' U' L' D'

Good luck to everyone!

 

[mafergut]

Round 540 (Alumni)
Cube: Valk3
Method: CFOP Full CN

avg of 12: 20.67
18.57[green], 20.74[blue], 19.73[white], (15.43[white]), 17.71[orange], 20.49[blue], 26.68[blue], 23.37[orange], 22.13[yellow], 19.43[white], (DNF), 17.76[white]

Made a mistake on that 26.xx blue cross, extracting an F2L pair while inserting another, got nervous and lost the little lookahead I had to start with. Then I made the wrong J-perm for a DNF on the 11th. Yahoo! Things cannot get worse than this... or can they?

 

[CubingBanana]

Round 540
Cube: Valk 3
Method: CFOP CN
Times:
34.548
1:07.01
31.435
31.300
32.432
27.550
33.849
38.882
27.514
34.015
34.168
29.548

Avg. 32.772 (so close to PB avg according to phone)

 

[CubingBanana]

I redid the minute solve.I would have gotten 32.401 avg

 

[Isaac VM]

Round 540
Method: Roux
Cube: Gans 356
Ao12: 19.776 (alumni)

19.540, 21.305, 23.504, 17.240, 18.108, 17.570, 19.890, (23.691), (16.435), 21.550, 18.988, 20.065

Didn't warm up properly, but also I had a hard time building my blocks :/
I really like the feel of my old gans, I don't know if I will switch.

 

[PurpleBanana]

Round 540
Method: CFOP
Cube: Aolong v2
Ao12: 18.66
(43.54), 16.85, 19.29, 18.92, 15.94, 18.32, 15.86, 18.36, (15.10), 19.87+, 20.26, 22.97

One of the 15s was my first ever LL skip. Unfortunately, the F2L in that solve was absolutely atrocious.

 

[earth2dan]

Round 540
Method: CFOP (Colour Neutral)
Cube: Gans 356
AO12: 22.62

21.10 Yellow,
19.70 Blue,
31.75 Red,
15.01 White,
22.63 Green,
27.73 Red,
21.29 Blue,
(32.45 Orange),
23.16 Green,
20.15 White,
(14.73 White),
23.72 Blue

Slower than last weeks average, but I think this was a much better colour neutral average for me with at least one solve on every colour. Only 3 White cross solves this time. Red and Orange are still the worst by far, but my practice is still focused on Blue/Green so that's to be expected for now.

Interestingly, my White cross times seem to be improving as well with colour neutral practice. I had clearly become lazy with lookahead on my White cross solves. Now that I'm focusing so much harder on lookahead with the other colours, that same focus is carrying over to my White cross solves. Learning to be colour neutral is helping me break some old bad habits

 

[CubingBanana]

Round 540
Method: CFOP (Colour Neutral)
Cube: Gans 356
AO12: 22.62

21.10 Yellow,
19.70 Blue,
31.75 Red,
15.01 White,
22.63 Green,
27.73 Red,
21.29 Blue,
(32.45 Orange),
23.16 Green,
20.15 White,
(14.73 White),
23.72 Blue

Slower than last weeks average, but I think this was a much better colour neutral average for me with at least one solve on every colour. Only 3 White cross solves this time. Red and Orange are still the worst by far, but my practice is still focused on Blue/Green so that's to be expected for now.

Interestingly, my White cross times seem to be improving as well with colour neutral practice. I had clearly become lazy with lookahead on my White cross solves. Now that I'm focusing so much harder on lookahead with the other colours, that same focus is carrying over to my White cross solves. Learning to be colour neutral is helping me break some old bad habits

Couldn't you just look at the centers and memorize those, make an L that matches up with 2 centers and then go from there?

 

[earth2dan]

Round 540 Results

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Spoiler: Overall Standings

*Please note: If you have not participated in 10 rounds, and are NOT an alumni (green), your stats will be deleted next round. If you ARE an alumni, your stats will be hidden, but not deleted.

Round 541
Potential Closing Time - Mar 31st, 2017 || 12:01PM CST​

Scrambles for the 541st round:

1. U2 B2 L2 D U2 B2 D' L2 U2 B2 L U' L' U F' R' L' D F L' D
2. U' R2 D' L2 B2 U B2 L2 B2 L2 D F' L' U2 L' F' R D2 F' R2 D' U'
3. D U R2 U' L2 D' R2 B2 R2 F2 U' L B2 R2 L D U' L B' D' R' F
4. L2 D R2 F2 U L2 U2 R2 F2 D' R2 B' F' D' B2 R B2 F2 U R2 F2 U'
5. B2 D2 U' F2 D' F2 L2 D' B2 R2 U' L' F L' U' B R2 D' F' D2 U2
6. U2 F2 D2 B2 L2 D L2 F2 D' B2 U' R B' L2 B' D2 L2 U' B R' D2 U'
7. D' U2 B2 L2 U B2 U' B2 R2 U R U B' U' R' L' D B R2 L
8. D L2 B2 U R2 D2 F2 L2 B2 F2 L' B' U L F2 L2 F' U' R F D2
9. R2 U2 R2 U L2 U F2 D2 R2 B2 U2 F' U' R B2 F2 D' L' U R' B
10. U2 B2 F2 D' F2 L2 U' R2 L2 D' F2 L F R' B U' R F' L2 U' L' D2
11. D2 F2 R2 B2 D B2 D2 B2 U R2 U2 B R D2 R F R L D' R2 B
12. U' L2 D2 U R2 B2 U F2 D2 L2 B2 L' B' R' B D L' D2 U2 B L U

Good luck to everyone!

 

[CubingBanana]

Round 541
Method: CFOP CN
Cube: Gans 356 Air

Generated By csTimer on 2017-3-24
avg of 12: 36.035

Time List:
1. (25.567) U2 B2 L2 D U2 B2 D' L2 U2 B2 L U' L' U F' R' L' D F L' D
2. 39.222 U' R2 D' L2 B2 U B2 L2 B2 L2 D F' L' U2 L' F' R D2 F' R2 D' U'
3. 39.709 D U R2 U' L2 D' R2 B2 R2 F2 U' L B2 R2 L D U' L B' D' R' F
4. 34.914 L2 D R2 F2 U L2 U2 R2 F2 D' R2 B' F' D' B2 R B2 F2 U R2 F2 U'
5. 38.195 B2 D2 U' F2 D' F2 L2 D' B2 R2 U' L' F L' U' B R2 D' F' D2 U2
6. 38.460 U2 F2 D2 B2 L2 D L2 F2 D' B2 U' R B' L2 B' D2 L2 U' B R' D2 U'
7. 35.292 D' U2 B2 L2 U B2 U' B2 R2 U R U B' U' R' L' D B R2 L
8. 33.527 D L2 B2 U R2 D2 F2 L2 B2 F2 L' B' U L F2 L2 F' U' R F D2
9. 36.164 R2 U2 R2 U L2 U F2 D2 R2 B2 U2 F' U' R B2 F2 D' L' U R' B
10. 36.474 U2 B2 F2 D' F2 L2 U' R2 L2 D' F2 L F R' B U' R F' L2 U' L' D2
11. (47.763) D2 F2 R2 B2 D B2 D2 B2 U R2 U2 B R D2 R F R L D' R2 B
12. 28.394 U' L2 D2 U R2 B2 U F2 D2 L2 B2 L' B' R' B D L' D2 U2 B L U

Very happy with first solve. Learning new F2L algs, so ready to make a comeback.

 

[JanW]

Back in the race.

Round 541
Method: CFOP
Cube: Valk 3

Ao12: 22.12
23.78, (27.59), 23.54, 20.70, 20.06, 21.97, 22.36, 24.60, 24.11, 21.11, 18.88, (17.67)

Not very happy with this performance. Earlier today my rolling Ao12 stayed below 22 for a very long time. The first few solves were a bit shaky. On 2nd solve I messed up OLL and had to rebuild a couple of F2L pairs. Oh well, at least this leaves room for improvement!

 

[mafergut]

Round 541 (Alumni)
Method: CFOP Dual CN
Cube: Valk 3

avg of 12: 19.06
19.63, 19.35, 17.24, 19.87, (14.46), (24.60), 17.33, 17.86, 19.39, 20.47, 22.11, 17.29

Bad, even for full CN, but this was just my regular white/yellow because during warmup I saw that today I couldn't solve properly. Thinking about not timing my solves for a while... maybe for a year or two. The feeling right now is the more I solve the slower I become. So, this is not a plateau, it's more like a slight ramp up again. Maybe my brain is starting to slow down at a mere 46 years old?

 

[Isaac VM]

Round 541
Method: Roux
Ao12: 18.64 (alumni)

Lista de tiempos:
19.59, 18.57, 16.40, 23.91, 19.43, (14.97), 15.16, 17.21, 17.91, (28.97), 21.13, 17.04

Two counting 20s ugh! that's how you ruin a good average :/

Thinking about not timing my solves for a while... maybe for a year or two. The feeling right now is the more I solve the slower I become. So, this is not a plateau, it's more like a slight ramp up again. Maybe my brain is starting to slow down at a mere 46 years old?

You could try a week of untimed solves, work on efficiency, finger tricks, lookahead, drill algs, etc... A year or two may be a lot of time. I don't think your age is the problem

 

[CornerCutter]

Round 540 Results

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Spoiler: Overall Standings

*Please note: If you have not participated in 10 rounds, and are NOT an alumni (green), your stats will be deleted next round. If you ARE an alumni, your stats will be hidden, but not deleted.
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Round 541
Potential Closing Time - Mar 31st, 2017 || 12:01PM CST​

Scrambles for the 541st round:

1. U2 B2 L2 D U2 B2 D' L2 U2 B2 L U' L' U F' R' L' D F L' D
2. U' R2 D' L2 B2 U B2 L2 B2 L2 D F' L' U2 L' F' R D2 F' R2 D' U'
3. D U R2 U' L2 D' R2 B2 R2 F2 U' L B2 R2 L D U' L B' D' R' F
4. L2 D R2 F2 U L2 U2 R2 F2 D' R2 B' F' D' B2 R B2 F2 U R2 F2 U'
5. B2 D2 U' F2 D' F2 L2 D' B2 R2 U' L' F L' U' B R2 D' F' D2 U2
6. U2 F2 D2 B2 L2 D L2 F2 D' B2 U' R B' L2 B' D2 L2 U' B R' D2 U'
7. D' U2 B2 L2 U B2 U' B2 R2 U R U B' U' R' L' D B R2 L
8. D L2 B2 U R2 D2 F2 L2 B2 F2 L' B' U L F2 L2 F' U' R F D2
9. R2 U2 R2 U L2 U F2 D2 R2 B2 U2 F' U' R B2 F2 D' L' U R' B
10. U2 B2 F2 D' F2 L2 U' R2 L2 D' F2 L F R' B U' R F' L2 U' L' D2
11. D2 F2 R2 B2 D B2 D2 B2 U R2 U2 B R D2 R F R L D' R2 B
12. U' L2 D2 U R2 B2 U F2 D2 L2 B2 L' B' R' B D L' D2 U2 B L U

Good luck to everyone!

Hey earth2dan,

I'm moving on to race to sub-15! I have had lots of fun here, it's been great!

Thanks for hosting this Race every week!

 

[earth2dan]

Maybe my brain is starting to slow down at a mere 46 years old?

I really doubt that. Especially considering the vast improvements you made on big cubes lately. I would just put the timer away for a little while and solve for fun. My CN practice lately is almost all untimed.

I'm moving on to race to sub-15! I have had lots of fun here, it's been great!

Good luck! I'll be here for a long while yet, so you're always welcome to come hang out with us slowpokes

 

[mafergut]

@earth2dan & @Isaac VM Thanks for your feedback. I'll follow your advice. No timing of 3x3 solves for some weeks. I'll miss participating here, though.

 

[Ludovicus]

Round 541
Method: CFOP
Cube: Moyu WeiLong GTS

Average of 12: 18.61
21.10, 17.87, (28.64), 16.30, 19.24, (15.53), 19.91, 18.80, 21.22, 16.30, 18.00, 17.34

1. 21.10 U2 B2 L2 D U2 B2 D' L2 U2 B2 L U' L' U F' R' L' D F L' D
2. 17.87 U' R2 D' L2 B2 U B2 L2 B2 L2 D F' L' U2 L' F' R D2 F' R2 D' U'
3. 28.64 D U R2 U' L2 D' R2 B2 R2 F2 U' L B2 R2 L D U' L B' D' R' F
4. 16.30 L2 D R2 F2 U L2 U2 R2 F2 D' R2 B' F' D' B2 R B2 F2 U R2 F2 U'
5. 19.24 B2 D2 U' F2 D' F2 L2 D' B2 R2 U' L' F L' U' B R2 D' F' D2 U2
6. 15.53 U2 F2 D2 B2 L2 D L2 F2 D' B2 U' R B' L2 B' D2 L2 U' B R' D2 U'
7. 19.91 D' U2 B2 L2 U B2 U' B2 R2 U R U B' U' R' L' D B R2 L
8. 18.80 D L2 B2 U R2 D2 F2 L2 B2 F2 L' B' U L F2 L2 F' U' R F D2
9. 21.22 R2 U2 R2 U L2 U F2 D2 R2 B2 U2 F' U' R B2 F2 D' L' U R' B
10. 16.30 U2 B2 F2 D' F2 L2 U' R2 L2 D' F2 L F R' B U' R F' L2 U' L' D2
11. 18.00 D2 F2 R2 B2 D B2 D2 B2 U R2 U2 B R D2 R F R L D' R2 B
12. 17.34 U' L2 D2 U R2 B2 U F2 D2 L2 B2 L' B' R' B D L' D2 U2 B L U

Statistics:
Mean: 19.19
Average: 18.61
Best: 15.53
Median: 18.40
Worst: 28.64
Deviation: 3.35

Comments:
I've had quite an improvement since last time i was here (many months ago lol). I got a much better cube (from rubiks brand to weilong gts). And i also am on the verge of being sub20 constant (i was sub25 by then). I still get some sup20 solves/averages pretty ofthen tho, and if i don't practice everyday my ao100 goes to 20.x s or even 21.x s sometimes lol. Soon i'll be aiming to sub15, i'm thinking of starting to practice doing yellow cross later aswell.
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