Older cubers discussions

[mark49152]

I have no idea how you can solve 6x6 that fast Chris. We're not far apart on 4x4 and 5x5 but I struggle to get under 6 minutes on 6x6. Obviously I don't practise it enough, but my improvement is so slow that it's not a good enough return on my time and I lose motivation.

 

[Selkie]

I have no idea how you can solve 6x6 that fast Chris. We're not far apart on 4x4 and 5x5 but I struggle to get under 6 minutes on 6x6. Obviously I don't practise it enough, but my improvement is so slow that it's not a good enough return on my time and I lose motivation.

Probably practice more than anything my friend. Generally 5x5 times are double of 4x4 times and 6x6 double of 5x5 times. Think @Logiqx did some analysis at some stage. I have well and truly plateaued on 4 and 5 and quite frustratingly at globally 1:02 for 4x4 and 2:02 for 5x5. I should practice more.

My 6x6 times have come on a lot recently. I tend to practice 6x6 on the train on the two days a week I spend in London commuting from Oxfordshire where I stay with family so the 4 or so hours a week is really paying off. I think I am about ~3:40 globally so really trying to push myself to hopefully make the 3:30 mean cut at London Open.

The 3:09.xy was a really lucky solve. I spotted three edges with three of four already paired whilst on last 2 centes and managed to preserve them Yau style. That together with no parities, an easy WV case to force OLL skip and U Perm made it PB by over 5 seconds.

I am not too worried by the 2:10 average cut for 5x5 at London but really should be concentrating on some 4x4 too with the 1:00 cut. Looking forward to seeing you good gentlemen, its been far too long though really looking forward to seeing @Logiqx for a pint and some solves next Wednesday after work in London.

 

[mark49152]

Yeah I saw Mike's analysis and when I started practising 6x6 seriously I set my target as a bit over double my 5x5 global. I got nowhere close to that though . 3:40 is impressive and proportionally much stronger than your 4x4 or 5x5.

 

[One Wheel]

Probably practice more than anything my friend. Generally 5x5 times are double of 4x4 times and 6x6 double of 5x5 times.

I've noticed my big cube pb singles follow that curve pretty well, with 7x7 being a bit of an outlier: roughly 1:23/2:45/5:27/8:51. I don't do enough solves to fairly state a global average, because by the time I do 100 solves or more on a big cube my times will have improved. Instead I use the times below which I am satisfied that, while it may not be a pb, it's not bad. In general that's about the median of the last couple of week's solves. Those figures are at 1:45/3:18/6:00/9:45 currently. Not sure what to make of that. Am I just slightly less bad at bigger cubes? Higher standards for bigger cubes? I don't know.

 

[pglewis]

I've been poking my head in regularly to follow progress but not much news to report here. Crunch time with work which has cut into my practice time severely, but I'm still hovering ~30 on 3x3 after kicking the dirt of the cleats today.

Next comp in a week. My official 3x3 is 44.90/48.36 and it's not putting much pressure on myself to want to see a sub 40 average even without much recent practice. Getting a sub 30 single in there would be nice but I'm at a good "don't care" stage... official 20s can wait until next time, I get tons of them at home it's all a moving target anyway. Will have to relearn Varasano/Ortega for 2x2 because that's what we all do every comp. This'll be my 4x4 debut so a guaranteed PB there. Soft cut is 2:00 so I could even get an average if lightning strikes. Plan to do coffee shop distraction practice all week to get in shape.

 

[Logiqx]

Looking forward to seeing you good gentlemen, its been far too long though really looking forward to seeing @Logiqx for a pint and some solves next Wednesday after work in London.

Likewise.

I've noticed my big cube pb singles follow that curve pretty well, with 7x7 being a bit of an outlier: roughly 1:23/2:45/5:27/8:51.

That's about right... 7x7x7 should be around 1.6x of your 6x6x6.

I haven't touched a big cube (4x4x4 upwards) in almost 3 months (Peterborough). I tried some timed 4x4x4 solves last week and I have slowed down somewhat; averaging ~1:17 instead of ~1:12. I think I'll ignore 5x5x5 upwards leading up to London and Paris as I don't have much time to practice between now and those comps. I also haven't done any small puzzles in recent months (2x2x2, Pyra, Skewb) so I'll try to get back to my times from February / March, making sure I don't neglect 3x3 which is my focus nowadays. I've also been neglecting to do OH practice or timing but I think I'm probably sub-30, albeit somewhat inconsistent.

I lost motivation to practice after the last competition but my recent 3x3x3 improvement is encouraging. My last 1000 timed solves average ~16.8 and last 500 timed solves average ~16.6. Working towards sub-16...

 

[muchacho]

Mo100 PB: 18.703 ...not much improvement from yesterday (18.771) but nice to have 2 consecutive good days.

I bought a Fisher, Windmill and Axis cubes, which is the easiest of the first two?

 

[h2f]

MBLD practice for me too this week. I find I struggle to improve at multiple BLD events simultaneously. If I work on MBLD I get worse at 4BLD and 3BLD, etc.

I guess you do an anlysis of the attempt, Mark. I just get a one made by Kamil P. and it's so much precise that I can see all the things I can improve and check in next attempt. Kamil mentioned me that it's very important and helpfull and he should do it earlier. I guess 13/14 in 55:24 it's your new PB. Time to change a signature.

 

[newtonbase]

Mo100 PB: 18.703 ...not much improvement from yesterday (18.771) but nice to have 2 consecutive good days.

I bought a Fisher, Windmill and Axis cubes, which is the easiest of the first two?

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Only got the Fisher but it's pretty easy and fun. You need an alg for an edge pointing up and a couple of centre twisting algs. I have them written down somewhere if you want?

 

[muchacho]

Thanks, but don't worry, I don't know when I will try, and maybe I'll resign before needing those algs, I'll search them if needed.

 

[mark49152]

I guess you do an anlysis of the attempt, Mark. I just get a one made by Kamil P. and it's so much precise that I can see all the things I can improve and check in next attempt. Kamil mentioned me that it's very important and helpfull and he should do it earlier. I guess 13/14 in 55:24 it's your new PB. Time to change a signature.

Yes I video each attempt and analyse my time splits for first memo, full review and light review of each block, as well as execution. From that I calculate averages per phase and per cube. It helps me plan time management, set targets for more cubes, and tweak my system.

13/14 55:24 is PB on time, and the most cubes I have completed within an hour. I have attempted 16 but ran over the time limit and only got 11 correct.

 

[mafergut]

Mo100 PB: 18.703 ...not much improvement from yesterday (18.771) but nice to have 2 consecutive good days.

I bought a Fisher, Windmill and Axis cubes, which is the easiest of the first two?

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Nice cubes. All of them are easy enough to solve. I have the axis and a crazy yileng, which is quite similar to the windmill and fisher.

 

[h2f]

Yes I video each attempt and analyse my time splits for first memo, full review and light review of each block, as well as execution. From that I calculate averages per phase and per cube. It helps me plan time management, set targets for more cubes, and tweak my system.

13/14 55:24 is PB on time, and the most cubes I have completed within an hour. I have attempted 16 but ran over the time limit and only got 11 correct.

I've analyzed your attempt and it seems you do as me (or I do as you) in memo: cubes 1-4, next 5-8etc... I looked through Shivam's, Kamil's and Mark's video and they go: 12, 12, 34, 34, 56, 56, 78, 78, 1-8. So they do it in pairst till they get block of 8. Next they skip to new block of 8. It looks like they can memo and review cubes faster thanks to that scheme.

 

[mark49152]

I've analyzed your attempt and it seems you do as me (or I do as you) in memo: cubes 1-4, next 5-8etc... I looked through Shivam's, Kamil's and Mark's video and they go: 12, 12, 34, 34, 56, 56, 78, 78, 1-8. So they do it in pairst till they get block of 8. Next they skip to new block of 8. It looks like they can memo and review cubes faster thanks to that scheme.

Maybe, I don't know. I figure what matters is how many times you review each cube and how long each takes, and the order is not so important unless it aids fewer or faster reviews, or more reliable memo.

I used to do blocks of 2 until I got to 10 cubes then started doing blocks of 4 instead because I was getting better results with a longer interval before reviewing each cube. But maybe that is only because I'm slower.

My system is this: memo one block; then review that block checking the memo against the cube again. If it's not the first block, then in between memo and review I will check my recall of the previous block (you see me pointing at the cubes). So in between each check of a cube, I am checking 7 other cubes. I like to have that longer interval because it seems a better test of whether the memo has stuck.

 

[h2f]

@mark49152 Thanks. I'll check few ideas to see how they go.

 

[Lid]

Short comp report (in event+round order) ...
Friday:
6x6: Three single PBs in row ... mean 4:18 / 4:02 single :: 2x PB
7x7: Didn't expect too much here ... mean 6:38 / 5:47 single
Saturday:
2x2: 4.79 a5 = PB, weeee sub5
3x3: 16.02 a5, PB by 0.57
4x4: 1:05.67 a5 & 58.53 single :: 2x PB :: parities: O,OP,P,P,P
Pyra: 9.79 a5 PB ... beats last comp by 0.07, had done 0 solves since then
Skewb: what? (No solves since last comp here either)
OH: OK not more, 28.45 avg
Sunday:
Mega: bad start good ending! 1:49.55 a5 PB by 8s+
Sq1: PB single & avg, expected more thou ... 18.15/20.45
2x2 2nd rnd: harder scambles, none had a made block, just sub6 avg

Events that I skipped: 5x5,Clock,FMC,BLDs,feet

Other older cubers, Mats B got 10/10 MBLD & a 5BLD mean of 3! (16:29 best 14:31)

Next comp? No clue ...
Got myself two new X-man VOLT Sq-1 to play with thou.

 

[muchacho]

Improved Mo100 PB a bit, now 18.540

But I still suck with antisune cases

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45738 29-may-2017 17:18:38 00:17.203 U L2 U B2 D L2 F2 U R2 D2 F2 L' U B' U2 R B' U L2 D' F'
45737 29-may-2017 17:18:00 00:17.590 F2 U L2 F2 D R2 D' L2 D' B2 D' L' B D2 B' R2 D' U B' R F U'
45736 29-may-2017 17:17:23 00:17.207 D' R2 U' B2 L2 U2 B2 U' L2 F2 R2 F' R D2 B2 U' F U2 B' R
45735 29-may-2017 17:16:45 00:18.421 B2 D F2 R2 U' R2 B2 U F2 D' B2 L' B R2 D F' R2 L' B' D' L2
45734 29-may-2017 17:16:11 00:16.654 L2 U2 B2 U B2 U' F2 D B2 U' L2 F R D2 L2 B D R2 L' B D U'
45733 29-may-2017 17:15:31 00:16.839 U' F2 R2 B2 D L2 U2 B2 R2 D F D B' L F D' U L B' D U2
45732 29-may-2017 17:14:52 00:17.462 U F2 L2 U L2 D' R2 F2 U F2 D B R L' D2 F' U2 B2 D' R2 U L2
45731 29-may-2017 17:14:17 00:16.288 F2 D R2 D' R2 D B2 R2 B2 U' L2 B F2 R' U2 L F D B' F R
45730 29-may-2017 17:13:41 00:15.991 F2 L2 F2 U F2 D2 L2 B2 R2 U R' D2 F L D F R2 D' U2 B' U'

 

[mafergut]

Hi guys! All of a sudden I realized (to be more precise somebody has made me realize) I'm spending way too much time cubing, basically ALL my spare time. And that's not a good sign. I have been obsessed with getting faster at this or that event, to the point that if I'm in the middle of a timed solve, my wife and son have developed the habit of avoiding any disturbance, which is frustrating for them. That's not good either.

I think it's time for me to take this hobby much less seriously. I don't want to forget how to solve but I don't want to be upset if I do not improve or if I can't find time to practice or whatever...

So if you start to see me around here much less frequently, if at all, now you know why. And if anybody has the time to take over the Race to sub-15 thread they will be welcome as I don't think I can keep running that either.

Happy cubing and I'lll see you around... from time to time.

 

[newtonbase]

Short comp report (in event+round order) ...
Friday:
6x6: Three single PBs in row ... mean 4:18 / 4:02 single :: 2x PB
7x7: Didn't expect too much here ... mean 6:38 / 5:47 single
Saturday:
2x2: 4.79 a5 = PB, weeee sub5
3x3: 16.02 a5, PB by 0.57
4x4: 1:05.67 a5 & 58.53 single :: 2x PB :: parities: O,OP,P,P,P
Pyra: 9.79 a5 PB ... beats last comp by 0.07, had done 0 solves since then
Skewb: what? (No solves since last comp here either)
OH: OK not more, 28.45 avg
Sunday:
Mega: bad start good ending! 1:49.55 a5 PB by 8s+
Sq1: PB single & avg, expected more thou ... 18.15/20.45
2x2 2nd rnd: harder scambles, none had a made block, just sub6 avg

Events that I skipped: 5x5,Clock,FMC,BLDs,feet

Other older cubers, Mats B got 10/10 MBLD & a 5BLD mean of 3! (16:29 best 14:31)

Next comp? No clue ...
Got myself two new X-man VOLT Sq-1 to play with thou.

Some great results. Well done.

Hi guys! All of a sudden I realized (to be more precise somebody has made me realize) I'm spending way too much time cubing, basically ALL my spare time. And that's not a good sign. I have been obsessed with getting faster at this or that event, to the point that if I'm in the middle of a timed solve, my wife and son have developed the habit of avoiding any disturbance, which is frustrating for them. That's not good either.

I think it's time for me to take this hobby much less seriously. I don't want to forget how to solve but I don't want to be upset if I do not improve or if I can't find time to practice or whatever...

So if you start to see me around here much less frequently, if at all, now you know why. And if anybody has the time to take over the Race to sub-15 thread they will be welcome as I don't think I can keep running that either.

Happy cubing and I'lll see you around... from time to time.

There are more important things than cubing. It's important to remember that.

 

[mark49152]

@mafergut, we'll miss you - I hope you are able to find the right balance and continue cubing and posting here.