World Record Single 15.71 seconds

[Rama]

Thibaut Jacquinot did 15.71 seconds at the Murcia Open wich falls on a Thursday and Murcia is almost in the middle of nowhere!

Anyway I am glad a European guy finally got the WR for OH.

Will I sound stupid if I am shure that this time will get beaten EASILY?

 

[gillesvdp]

Yep, nice time.

What about the average ?

 

[ExoCorsair]

Wow, that's awesome.

You're not the only one who thinks that that time will be beaten easily.

 

[Worms]

edouard chambon win in 3x3 and 3x3 oh with two ER.
before the competition jacquinot did 2 non oficials WR

 

[pou-pou]

Murcia is almost in the middle of nowhere!

Hay! The Finnish Opens' are just like around the corner

 

[pjk]

Wow, congrats.

 

[alexgoldberg]

Anybody have a video of this solve? Or Chris's previous one-hand world record?

 

[hdskull]

Thibaut Jacquinot did 15.71 seconds at the Murcia Open wich falls on a Thursday and Murcia is almost in the middle of nowhere!

Anyway I am glad a European guy finally got the WR for OH.

Will I sound stupid if I am shure that this time will get beaten EASILY?

lol, the Dzoan bros won't let that one get by, they'll practice harder now to get it back. I predict either Yu Jeongmin or one of the Dzoans will get the next OH record.

 

[Lofty]

Do you guys think it will be broken at the KCRC Busan?
That is seriously some speedy OH... for something like this would it be like extended cross and/or easy cases or just a really smooth solve?
I also would very much like to see a video of either this new WR or the former WR.

 

[hdskull]

Do you guys think it will be broken at the KCRC Busan?
That is seriously some speedy OH... for something like this would it be like extended cross and/or easy cases or just a really smooth solve?
I also would very much like to see a video of either this new WR or the former WR.

That Lee Jae-yong guy has been bragging a lot (didn't he say he had a 13 sec OH solve and 18 avg ?), i want to see him go crazy. i'm sure gungz is gonna go crazy again (probably improve in OH ranking again)

 

[gillesvdp]

I also had a sub 12 seconds OH solve...the only 'thing' was that it was a last layer skip

 

[Lofty]

lol well both you and Rama do have times around that fast in the UWR don't you Gilles?
I was just looking at the results and that wr is about 10 seconds faster than all his other solves. Was there any kinda luck or just a good solve?
Once I finish learning my OLL I should be able to avg sub 30... then just gotta cut my time in half from there...but I've been saying once i finish my OLL for months...

 

[gillesvdp]

It is not necessarily luck.
I think it is the curse of a too good start.

Somehow, if you focus on OH only, you might have a few good solves.
But if you happen to have a very good beginning, then your other solves will be crap.

For example, look at my OH average at the German Open 2007:
23.22, 21.77, 23.53, 27.06, 35.84

That's why I have stopped practicing OH as my main event. Though my times are not that bad. ;-)

 

[Lofty]

hmmm I don't quite get the logic of that...
you think you would get better as you warmed up and practiced, got used to the nerves of being in a competition and other things. But i've never been to a comp and my OH is nowhere near as good as yours. (35 avg)
Anyway i just wanna see the video. Is he a lefty?? i hope so!

 

[gillesvdp]

I am not sure if he solves with his left or right hand.

As for the OH curse, the biggest problem is that your times are much more influenced by stress than any other puzzle (except the magic maybe).
So you either need to be very good at keeping yourself cool OR you have to consider OH as your NOT primary event, which will of course remove all stress.

As for me, I tried the 1st option for a long time and I am nowhere today (7th best average though). So I want to give a shot to the 2nd strategy.

 

[Lofty]

if i ever go to a competition i think the stress will be very bad for no matter what I am doing since i am a naturally shy person and have done very little cubing in front of other people.
If i was in the records with the times i have now i will be top 50, thats good enough for me.
I think I'll pick the start of pratice practice practice.

 

[Worms]

photo of the WR

 

[hdskull]

Lee jae yong is a freaking liar, both of his 2H and OH weren't nearly as fast as he claimed it to be.

and what's happening to gungz ? from 11.75 avg to 13 to 14 ?

photo of the WR

there's no video and only a picture ? man i want to see how he did it as well as Chris's video

 

[ExoCorsair]

and what's happening to gungz ? from 11.75 avg to 13 to 14 ?

Probably +2s.

 

[pjk]

And if you look, at the same competition as Gungz 11.76 avg, in the final he has like 13.xx. So it is pretty consistant.