Older cubers discussions

[newtonbase]

WoW @mark49152 that's impressive accuracy! Congratulations on the gold medal. A pity it was not PB. Didn't you just get the same result in Worlds? So, was this slower than that or what?

World's was 14/14 but slower.

 

[mark49152]

WoW @mark49152 that's impressive accuracy! Congratulations on the gold medal. A pity it was not PB. Didn't you just get the same result in Worlds? So, was this slower than that or what?

At Worlds I did 14 in 58 something, then 16 in just over an hour - I hit the time limit just before the last cube so probably would have been 61-62. So 16 in 56 mins today is significantly faster. Also my memo today was as strong as the 14/14 whereas the 16 attempt at Worlds was a bit rushed and unreliable

Congrats Mark, @mark49152

Thanks Grzegorz!

 

[Jason Green]

Awesome job @mark49152! I know we've discussed in the past but I wonder how many over 40 podiums there have been? Maybe we could track them on the over 40s rankings?

 

[mark49152]

Awesome job @mark49152! I know we've discussed in the past but I wonder how many over 40 podiums there have been? Maybe we could track them on the over 40s rankings?

Thanks Jason. The older pioneers like Mike, Mats, Francois and Ron have lots of podiums. Francois had 108 golds. I dont know how many were won in their 40s though.

 

[openseas]

Wow, congrats @mark49152 !!! Great job!!!

 

[pglewis]

WoW @mark49152 that's impressive accuracy! Congratulations on the gold medal. A pity it was not PB. Didn't you just get the same result in Worlds? So, was this slower than that or what?

His best at World's was a 14/14 which is scored 14; 14/16 is officially scored as 12 since you subtract the unsolved puzzles from the successes. This provides a strong incentive not to over-bid-- attempting 40 quickly in the hopes of landing 20-- and shifts the focus of the event to a combination of accuracy and time management.

Unofficially, however, this has to feel like a PB, knowing time management is what @mark49152 has been working on. With 4 mins to spare I s'pose we can expect a 17 or 18 attempt next time?

 

[pglewis]

It was very motivating to me for 3x3 to help me pursue sub 20. Not just knowing how fast others did it but that it was attainable. I guess a follow up would be, what do you consider the "sub 20 equivalent" for blind?

Dredging this up because I thought of another quick and dirty metric that might be used: comparing WR 3x3 single with 3-bld. Roughly rounding for "ballpark" and easier math, lets say that's 5 and 20 respectively. :20 on 3x3 would be 4x the WR, so that would equate to about 1:20 for 3-bld. 1:00 might roughly equate to 15 for 3x3.

Using that rough metric, my PB near 4 mins would be vaguely equivalent to 1 min sighted. Just a ratio of 4:1 as @h2f originally suggested.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Thanks Jason. The older pioneers like Mike, Mats, Francois and Ron have lots of podiums. Francois had 108 golds. I dont know how many were won in their 40s though.

I know Mats and I were both over 40 when we went to our first competition. Mats was (well) over 50.

 

[mark49152]

Unofficially, however, this has to feel like a PB, knowing time management is what @mark49152 has been working on. With 4 mins to spare I s'pose we can expect a 17 or 18 attempt next time?

Yeah as I said above, it feels like progress. I'm not ready to go above 16 yet though.

 

[newtonbase]

I only really practice 3BLD but I'm still 4x my 3x3 best. Maybe I'm practicing the wrong event.

 

[mark49152]

I only really practice 3BLD but I'm still 4x my 3x3 best. Maybe I'm practicing the wrong event.

What do you mean? Your PB 3BLD single is 4x your PB 3x3 single?

 

[newtonbase]

What do you mean? Your PB 3BLD single is 4x your PB 3x3 single?

Roughly, yes.

 

[mark49152]

Roughly, yes.

That doesn't sound too crazy. Mine are also about 3.5x to 4x. How's your BLD going?

 

[newtonbase]

That doesn't sound too crazy. Mine are also about 3.5x to 4x. How's your BLD going?

I'm improving but I'm very inconsistent. Over 2 mins annoys me and it it takes sub 1:40 to raise a smile. The other day I got a 1:12 DNF by a single move on a setup which would have been a 10s PB. Also got a 1:32 success followed by 2 sub 1:30 close DNFs. Just need to have a decent comp.

Edit: Also, I am using the occasional corner comm in timed solves and can do full untmed solves with nothing else but I tend avoid any with more than 1 setup move. They cause errors.

 

[mark49152]

I'm improving but I'm very inconsistent. Over 2 mins annoys me and it it takes sub 1:40 to raise a smile. The other day I got a 1:12 DNF by a single move on a setup which would have been a 10s PB. Also got a 1:32 success followed by 2 sub 1:30 close DNFs. Just need to have a decent comp.

Yeah the next time you get a success at comp, that official PB will be smashed for sure. It's just a question of when, not if.

Looking at the final results from Guildford it seems Andy pretty much cleaned up. The BLD events were the only ones he didn't get a PB in. Nice haul, congrats Andy!

 

[newtonbase]

Yeah the next time you get a success at comp, that official PB will be smashed for sure. It's just a question of when, not if.

Looking at the final results from Guildford it seems Andy pretty much cleaned up. The BLD events were the only ones he didn't get a PB in. Nice haul, congrats Andy!

Any solve slower than my official PB would kill me. I'd much rather DNF.
Andy needs to slow down. He's getting far too good. Maybe I'll send my kids to him for a visit while I practice. Should break his stride.
What happened in your blind events @Shaky Hands? What did you try in MBLD?

 

[Shaky Hands]

Thanks @mark49152. Yes it was a really successful competition for me. When I manage to PB in events like one-handed that I don't practice at all, I know things are falling into place. I really enjoyed the event selection at this comp too. Happy to have been there and also to witness the first time that a World Record has been gained by someone in the UK since I started going to comps.

@newtonbase - I haven't done babysitting since the 1990s and would suggest you find someone sober and responsible! In MBLD I attempted 3/3 and got 1/3. The 1st cube was correct; the 2nd cube was out by 1 or 2 corners; the 3rd was vomit. In 3BLD, first attempt the scramble was actually really good for me but I realised I'd messed up memo somewhere as the number of targets didn't match either odd or even; so I quit that solve. On the 2nd attempt my edges were good, but my corners weren't. BLD stuff will come together a bit more for me I'm sure. I've had a small number of solves sub-3m at home and I know if I dedicate some time to it as I did immediately before Peterborough Open, that I can improve. Trouble is I just love solving 5x5 and bigger cubes and that hogs a lot of my cubing time.

 

[newtonbase]

I haven't done babysitting since the 1990s and would suggest you find someone sober and responsible!

They know little of sober and responsible.

I know if I dedicate some time to it as I did immediately before Peterborough Open, that I can improve. Trouble is I just love solving 5x5 and bigger cubes and that hogs a lot of my cubing time.

It doesn't take much to get your success rate up. Just do a couple of solves every day. Learning new stuff and getting faster is what I find much harder.

 

[openseas]

I only really practice 3BLD but I'm still 4x my 3x3 best. Maybe I'm practicing the wrong event.

I'm like 7x lol.... a lot to improve.

 

[openseas]

I know Mats and I were both over 40 when we went to our first competition. Mats was (well) over 50.

Well, age, yes (first comp over 40s) , podium, no

There were couple of chances for MBLD but I blew it by one corner twist.

In Tx, no chance of getting any podium from any BLD events.