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Goals Thread

As a newbie of with about 2 months of cubing experience I've moved from total beginner's method, to beginner with 2 look OLL and 2 look PLL, to CFOP while learning F2L cases. As I moved to F2L my times went from 1 minute 20 avg to 1 minute 50 avg. I'm slowly bringing those times back down to the 1:20 range as I become more familiar with F2L.

Goal: By the end of August I want to have an avg of 10 solves in under 1 minute. I think it's doable. I'm losing a lot of time in my cross building and F2L so if I can get that down to 30 seconds or less I should easily get under 1 minute.
 
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I have a comp tomorrow so:
2x2: PB's (don't really care)
3x3: PB's, make finals?
4x4: PB's (at least sub 53 avg)
OH: PB's
Pyraminx: sub 10 avg, PB single
Mega: sub 1:55 avg, PB single
Sq1: 35ish avg at least, decent single.
Have fun
Get a speedstacks timer from someone.

I'll like to get half of these.
 
Ordway Persyn said:
I have a comp tomorrow so:
2x2: PB's (don't really care), no on both. yes on don't care
3x3: PB's, make finals? Average (12.92), all 3 were sub last pb, not single. Made finals! (8th)
4x4: PB's (at least sub 53 avg) 42 single, missed Sub 53 (and likely pb average) by a corner twist on 4x4. WUUUQUEEEEE :mad:
OH: PB's. no, another sub 30 single though.
Pyraminx: sub 10 avg, PB single 8.57 avg, 3.67 lol single (it was like 6 moves, my home pb is 3.61)
Mega: sub 1:55 avg, PB single sub 1:50 average, 1:37 single
Sq1: 35ish avg at least, decent single. 35.79 avg (literally 35ish), 32 single (I'm fine with it)
Have fun, Yep!
Get a speedstacks timer from someone. no, but i got some cubes

I'll like to get half of these. 10.5/17
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Nice comp. Finals were head to head and It was quite a cool experience.
 
My complete goals in all events by the end of this year.

Firstly, complete all singles and averages. Everything else should be easy, but as I suck at big cubes, I need lots of practice to match 6x6 and 7x7 cutoffs.

Backup goals (should be fairly easy) in parenthesis

Events
2x2: sub-4 average (sub-4.5 average)
sub-3 single (sub-3.5 single)
Not high on my preference list. I think I haven't got any motivation on learning other methods than ortega for now. I need to work on predicting my oll case and with some practice I think I can even make the sub-4 average.
3x3: sub-15 average
sub-12 single
Nothing else really matters than getting global sub-15 average. I'm only around 17 at the moment. No idea how difficult these goals turn out to be.
4x4: sub-1 average
Again I'm not quite sure about my improvement on 4x4. Sub-1 is a nice mark which I'd like to achieve also globally. Something is holding me back at the moment, my pb single is just 1:00.xx. Some way to go for sub-1 averages.
5x5: sub-2:10 average (sub-2:20 average)
sub-2 single (sub-2:10 single)
Should be fairly easy with some practice.
6x6: sub-5 global average
I just want that mean, we'll see what kind of cutoffs there are gonna be in my future comps.
7x7: Same thing here
3BLD: sub-1 mean
sub-50 single
Need to work my way to full 3-style corners and start using some comms for edges too.
FMC: 35 mean
sub-30 single
Not much to say, fmc seems to be fairly luck-based
OH: sub-35 average (I don't care)
sub-30 single
Doesn't matter at all, one of my least favourite events
Feet: sub-1:15.74 mean (sub-1:30 mean)
I guess it'll be NR3. Need to practice more.
Mega: sub-2:10 average
sub-2 single
Pyra: sub-4.5 average (sub-5 average)
sub-3 single (sub-3.5 single)
I was thinking I could really start practising pyra.
Squan: sub-24 average (sub-26 average)
Haven't practised barely at all lately. After all I like the event. I have no hope making these goals at the current practice rate.
Skewb: sub-8 average (sub-9 average)
sub-6 single (sub-7 single)
Again I haven't practised lately. But it's an event I don't care about.
Clock: borrow someone's and get an average
4BLD: sub-6 single
Chances for a better one. Execution holds me back.
5BLD: sub-20 single
MBLD: NR (17pts)
Absolutely my biggest goal for now. I've started practicing more and more and showing that the nr is in sight.
 
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GenTheThief said:
Goals for Michigan 2017!
Bold=Bonus goal
Blue: Completed goal and happy with result
Green: Completed goal but msad with result
Orange: Missed goal but happy with result
Red: Missed goal and sad with result

2x2
sub-3 single
sub-4 average
wow. I'm not sure if I thought I would practice or what, cause this sure didn't happen. who cares though?

3x3
sub-10 single - 12.18
Sub-13 average - 13.02, (12.38+2=14.38), 12.18, 14.27, 17.15 = 13.89. without +2 would be 13.22
No counting sup-14 - Messed up LL on the 17. Could've been a mid 13.

4x4
sub-1:00 single - 56
sub-1:05 average - 1:08

5x5
Sub-1:55 single - 1:49
sub-2:00 average - 2:08 no practice

6x6
Mean (4:30 cutoff)
Sub-4 Mean
3:47.07, 3:48.62, 4:03.97 = 3:53.22

7x7
?
Borrow someones cube and have practiced 6x6 enough to get a mean also (7:00 cutoff) - Bought an MF7s on sale. 5:59.96, 6:27.85, 6:01.96 = 6:09.92

FMC
sub-35 single - 32, 2GLL canceled into psuedo block
sub-38 mean - 32, 39, 38 = 36.33 (matched yu nakajima mean's. 1 nemesis down)
But if I practice - no practice just lucky scrambles
sub-30 single
sub-35 mean
sub-33.33 mean

OH
Sub-14 single - 15.13
Sub-17.5 average - 18.80 fail average in first round
Finals (Finals) 20 fail average in finals. corner twist on first solve, forced H perm cause wrong zbll
Sub-17 average

Megaminx
Sub-1:00 - 1:01 (but scored as 1:03? might ask about that)
Sub-1:05 - 1:15 lol ouch
Podium - 11th. Even if I had practiced, podium was way to fast

Square-1
Practice - lol no
Sub-30 single dnf
Sub-40 average i'm okay with it though

3BLD
Sub-3 single 3:44
Sub-4:30 mean 3:44, DNF(~4:05), DNF(3:43)
Sub-4 mean

4BLD
Sub-20m attempts 26
Success dnf
Podium? wouldn't have

5BLD
sub-60 attempt
Looks like someones tried to solve it
Success, Podium
So, I didn't know that there was a time limit. I was memoing extra safe with enough reviews to feel safe. as I started memoing xcenters at ~40m I kept messing up and my review didn't match up with my memo, and I really wanted to get it right. finally found what I was doing wrong at around 55m, which was also the time I found out, based on physical cues of other people, that there was an hour time limit. woops. Just kept memoing and stopped without having turned it at all.
If I had gotten a success I would have podiumed though


MBLD
7/7
or 6/7 under 54:29 (IL SR)
7/7 sub-50
no practice, wasn't sure if I could do 7. went for 5. perfect memo, 2 edges flipped at 51 cause my judge forgot to stop me but still would have been 4/5 50:00.

Finish full U and T ZBLL as well as L 2GLL. - 100% L 2GLL, 90% of T, 80% of U
Use my algs ZBLLs fast enough to make it worth it not to have done COLL/EPLL. - yep
Don't mess up recognition/which alg goes to which case. - forced an H perm during OH cause wrong zbll. other wise yep
Get there on time - yep
Don't mess up judging - Jacob reprimanded me for starting to cube during his 5x5(?) solve but otherwise yep
Still be able to warm up to do well in my main events (3x3, OH, Mega) - warmed up fine just failed when it counted
Beat James in several events - yep
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day 1, (5x5, 6x6, 7x7, FMC, and MBLD) all went well
day 2, (3x3, OH, Mega) I failed pretty hard

fun comp, messing up OH finals and megaminx kinda ruined the second day for me though.
 
goal for christmas:

3x3: Get a new PB at 19 seconds or lower
Megaminx: get a new pb of 5minutes or lower
Mirrorblocks: Get a new average of 50 sec or below.

I dont have any more puzzles right now
 
T1_M0 said:
My complete goals in all events by the end of this year.

Firstly, complete all singles and averages. Everything else should be easy, but as I suck at big cubes, I need lots of practice to match 6x6 and 7x7 cutoffs.

Backup goals (should be fairly easy) in parenthesis

Events
2x2: sub-4 average (sub-4.5 average)
sub-3 single (sub-3.5 single)
Not high on my preference list. I think I haven't got any motivation on learning other methods than ortega for now. I need to work on predicting my oll case and with some practice I think I can even make the sub-4 average.
3x3: sub-15 average
sub-12 single
Nothing else really matters than getting global sub-15 average. I'm only around 17 at the moment. No idea how difficult these goals turn out to be.
4x4: sub-1 average
Again I'm not quite sure about my improvement on 4x4. Sub-1 is a nice mark which I'd like to achieve also globally. Something is holding me back at the moment, my pb single is just 1:00.xx. Some way to go for sub-1 averages.
5x5: sub-2:10 average (sub-2:20 average)
sub-2 single (sub-2:10 single)
Should be fairly easy with some practice.
6x6: sub-5 global average
I just want that mean, we'll see what kind of cutoffs there are gonna be in my future comps.
7x7: Same thing here
3BLD: sub-1 mean
sub-50 single
Need to work my way to full 3-style corners and start using some comms for edges too.
FMC: 35 mean
sub-30 single
Not much to say, fmc seems to be fairly luck-based
OH: sub-35 average (I don't care)
sub-30 single
Doesn't matter at all, one of my least favourite events
Feet: sub-1:15.74 mean (sub-1:30 mean)
I guess it'll be NR3. Need to practice more.
Mega: sub-2:10 average
sub-2 single
Pyra: sub-4.5 average (sub-5 average)
sub-3 single (sub-3.5 single)
I was thinking I could really start practising pyra.
Squan: sub-24 average (sub-26 average)
Haven't practised barely at all lately. After all I like the event. I have no hope making these goals at the current practice rate.
Skewb: sub-8 average (sub-9 average)
sub-6 single (sub-7 single)
Again I haven't practised lately. But it's an event I don't care about.
Clock: borrow someone's and get an average
4BLD: sub-6 single
Chances for a better one. Execution holds me back.
5BLD: sub-20 single
MBLD: NR (17pts)
Absolutely my biggest goal for now. I've started practicing more and more and showing that the nr is in sight.
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So, two comps in sight. Estonian Open 2017 (doing 33, 44, pyra, 3bld, mbld) in two weeks and Kirkkonummi Open 2017 (all events) in three weeks.

Same goals. My chase to the MBLD NR is officially on!

But with 7x7 I have no chance for the 6:30 cutoff. Struggling with the 8:00 time limit as my pb isn't even sub-8:rolleyes:

6x6 and 7x7 means are possible but unlikely. 6x6 cutoff will be 4:00 (my pb is 4:21) and 7x7 cutoff 6:30 (pb 6:49). At comps I tend to do better in big cubes, but I still don't think I could pull pbs by 20 seconds at both events on the first try. We'll see.

But hopefully I'll have even the bronze membership after these comps. Then the silver is waiting until the Finnish Championship.
 
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JustAnotherGenericCuber said:
Goals for my first comp on Saturday

3x3: Sub 15 average, sub 13 single, possibly make 2nd round
4x4: sub 1:25 single, Sub 1:35 average
Pyraminx: Sub 7.5 average, Sub 5 single
Megaminx: Sub 2:15 average, sub 2:00 single
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3x3: 16.55 1st round avg, 14.86 avg and 12.71 single second round (3/3 goals)
4x4: 1:32.47 avg, 1:23.96 single (5/5 goals)
Pyraminx: 7.08 avg, 4.94 single (7/7 goals)
Megaminx: 1:58.33 single (best of 1) (8/8 goals)
I guess I need to raise my expectations for myself. I'm not happy about getting 4 +2s though.
 
Ordway Persyn said:
Goals for tomorrow's comp

3x3: sub 14 averages, PB single No (14.08 and 15.99), Yes (10.66)
4x4: PB average, sub 47 single Yes (48.08), Yes
3BLD: success Yes!!
MBLD: success 1 cube solved, 1 off by a lot, and one off 2 flipped edges.
OH: PB's average
Pyra: PB average, decent single Yes(8.31), I guess
Square-1: PB's both
Have fun Yup
Don't get caught in Harvey on the way home. looking alright..
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12/14
 
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Competition Cuber said:
Goals for the World Championship. Blue goals are secondary goals.

2x2: sub-4 average, sub-3.0 single. Yes
sub-4.5 average, sub-3.2 single

3x3: sub-11 average, sub-10 single? No, 15 average, best single was a 12.
sub-11.5 average, sub-10.3 single

4x4: sub-1:00 average, sub-59 single Nope lolololololol DNF average.
sub-1:02 average, sub-1:01 single

skewb: sub-7 average, sub-6 single No, but still got PB
sub-7.5 average, sub-5.3 single

Pyraminx: sub-6 average, sub-4.8 single. no
Beat PB average (6.48) YESS, sub-5.2 single NO
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Ops, forgot about these.
 
Goals to be done before Atlantic Open Fall 2017, October 21st:

3x3:
- Incorporate 2-look pll recog in solves
- Actually be white/yellow cross neutral
- Learn more random F2L stuff
-At least start learning COLL

Sub-10 Global average

Square-1:
- Learn all important EP's
- Practice
Sub-20 Global Average

3BLD:
- Actually start practicing.
-Sub-2 global average (and stop DNFing all the time: at least 70% success rate)

Everything else: Just don't get any slower
 
Two competitions in September:

Speedcubes.co.za Johannesburg 2017
  • 3x3 - PB single and average. My official single and average have moved less than 0.3 seconds in almost 2 years in spite of my times at home having improved by around 4 seconds in that time. A 17.xx average and 14.xx single would be welcome.
  • 3x3 OH - Sub 30 average again. I doubt I'll get a PB again though.
Big 'n Weird Pretoria 2017
  • 6x6 and 7x7 - Finish the means without popping or going over the time limit.
  • Feet - Sub 4:30 mean. This would beat my home PB, but since I don't practice at home it doesn't mean much. Edit: Actually tried properly practicing feet solving at home for the first time. Seems getting fast at feet is easier than I thought. Updating this goal to a sub-2:30 mean.
  • Clock - 16.30 mean. That's what I need for a continent KinchScore of 50 for clock.
  • Square-1 - Sub 50 average. Should be easy if I can get in any practice.
 
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Wiscube 2017

Single/Average
3x3: sub 11/13, no counting 14, Finals?
7x7: sub 5:30/5:50, pure sub 6
BLD: sub 3/4, mean
Feet: sub 40/50, no sup 55, win
OH: aww shoot there isn't any
Megaminx: Get this fast again, sub 60/65, no sup 70, Podium

Don't mess up any ZBLLs + drill all algs. Get the last T CP sets usable.
Get there on time.
Chill with friends.
Help the competition go smoothly via judging/scrambling, but still give myself enough time to warm up for my events.
 
AlphaSheep said:
Speedcubes.co.za Johannesburg 2017
  • 3x3 - PB single and average. My official single and average have moved less than 0.3 seconds in almost 2 years in spite of my times at home having improved by around 4 seconds in that time. A 17.xx average and 14.xx single would be welcome.
  • 3x3 OH - Sub 30 average again. I doubt I'll get a PB again though.
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Met all my goals and exceeded them
  • 3x3: (17.xx average and 14.xx single) - 15.53 average, 13.55 single. Far better than what I was hoping for.
  • 3x3 OH: (Sub 30 average again) - 25.18 average and 23.51 PB single.
Also, my comp PB streak has remained intact. Just 3 weeks until my next comp.
 
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