2019 Cubing New Years Resolutions / Goals
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3x3 - Sub 10 average and learning Roux
4x4 - Sub 50
4x4 - Sub 50
Riley M
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3x3- sub 13
4x4- sub 50
square 1- sub 40
pyraminx- sub 8
4x4- sub 50
square 1- sub 40
pyraminx- sub 8
Zeke Mackay
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Goals:
(All PR Average / Global Average)
1/2 of these and I'll be happy
2x2: Sub 3
3x3: Low 8 / Sub 8
4x4: 36 or 37
5x5: Sub 1:20
6x6: Sub 3
7x7: Sub 5
OH: 15
3BLD: Sub 1:30
4BLD: Success
FMC: Sub 40
Feet: Low 40s
Pyra: Low 4
Mega: 1:20s
Skewb: 4
Squan: Mid 9
Go to 8+ Comps
Organize or be in the process of organizing a comp
Top 300 ITW Kinch
(All PR Average / Global Average)
1/2 of these and I'll be happy
2x2: Sub 3
3x3: Low 8 / Sub 8
4x4: 36 or 37
5x5: Sub 1:20
6x6: Sub 3
7x7: Sub 5
OH: 15
3BLD: Sub 1:30
4BLD: Success
FMC: Sub 40
Feet: Low 40s
Pyra: Low 4
Mega: 1:20s
Skewb: 4
Squan: Mid 9
Go to 8+ Comps
Organize or be in the process of organizing a comp
Top 300 ITW Kinch
bubbagrub
Veteran
I just realised I didn't do this for 2018, which is disappointing, so I'll do it this time.
Here are mine:
Here are mine:
- FMC: Sub-30 global average, and pure sub-30 official mean. Also, get a 21 and a 22 (official or unofficial; either will do...
) And no official DNFs. - Feet: Practise it again and get over competition nerves and therefore get an official sub 1:00 mean.
- Skewb: PR single and average.
- 3x3: Sub-20 PR average. Sub 15 PR single.
- 6x6 and 7x7: find competitions where I can actually compete in them, and maybe get official means. Oh, and get faster at them.
- Clock: practise it and get a sub-10 PB ao5, sub-15 PR ao5.
- 4x4: sub-1 PR single.
- MBLD: Not sure -- let's say 10 points. More realistically, 8 points.
- Nemesizer: Make it better. Add all the sensible things people request / suggest. And maybe some of the not so sensible ones. And probably a SQL export to make Sam happy.
- Competitions: Go to more than in 2018. Maybe even organise one.
- Live to see a day when people don't argue about the whole PR / PB thing and just get on with using them. And in a similar vein, live to see a day when the 3x3 WR gets broken again and no-one whinges about it.
mark49152
Premium Member
Attend more comps than in 2018
3BLD: sub-50 single & sub-1 mean official; average sub-50 at home
4BLD: sub-4 official
5BLD: sub-10 official
MBLD: 24 points official
6BLD: success
Switch to full 3style for all BLD
4x4: sub-1 official average and global at home
5x5: sub-2 official average and global at home
Basically copy-pasted from 2018
3BLD: sub-50 single & sub-1 mean official; average sub-50 at home
4BLD: sub-4 official
5BLD: sub-10 official
MBLD: 24 points official
6BLD: success
Switch to full 3style for all BLD
4x4: sub-1 official average and global at home
5x5: sub-2 official average and global at home
Basically copy-pasted from 2018
MattP98
Regular
Made the mistake last year of setting goals for more or less the middle of the year, easily surpassed all of them. Going to set some harder goals this year, I’ll be happy to achieve any of these.
3x3: Sub-11 global average, official sub-10 single.
2x2: Learn CLL, sub-4 official average.
4x4: Low 40s global, sub-30 PB single.
5x5: Sub-1:30 global, ~1:10 PB single.
6x6: ~2:20 global, sub-2:00 PB single.
7x7: ~4:00 global, ~3:20 PB single.
3BLD: Switch to 3-Style corners, ~1:10 global, official sub-1:00 single.
FMC: Properly learn commutators/conjugates, practice NISS, etc. Low 30s global, sub-30 official single.
OH: Acquire a good OH cube, sub-20 global.
Feet: Practise enough for an official average, comfortably sub-2:00 global.
Clock: Continue to practise and improve, UK top 5/world top 100 for single and average.
Mega: ~1:20 global, ~1:00 PB single.
Pyra: Comfortably sub-6 global.
Skewb: Learn Sarah’s Advanced, sub-4 global.
SQ-1: Learn some EPs, ~15 global.
4BLD: Sub-10:00 official single.
5BLD: Official success.
MBLD: Sub-hour 17 cubes, >=10 points officially.
Competition-wise:
Continue to attend as many comps as possible, including at least one foreign comp.
Organise, or be in the process of organising a comp.
Attend UKC and other major UK comps.
Be more active in the (UK) cubing community.
Finally in general:
Have no more than one UK nemesis.
Silver member.
Podium in anything.
Nemesise my 2018 results officially by the end of the year.
3x3: Sub-11 global average, official sub-10 single.
2x2: Learn CLL, sub-4 official average.
4x4: Low 40s global, sub-30 PB single.
5x5: Sub-1:30 global, ~1:10 PB single.
6x6: ~2:20 global, sub-2:00 PB single.
7x7: ~4:00 global, ~3:20 PB single.
3BLD: Switch to 3-Style corners, ~1:10 global, official sub-1:00 single.
FMC: Properly learn commutators/conjugates, practice NISS, etc. Low 30s global, sub-30 official single.
OH: Acquire a good OH cube, sub-20 global.
Feet: Practise enough for an official average, comfortably sub-2:00 global.
Clock: Continue to practise and improve, UK top 5/world top 100 for single and average.
Mega: ~1:20 global, ~1:00 PB single.
Pyra: Comfortably sub-6 global.
Skewb: Learn Sarah’s Advanced, sub-4 global.
SQ-1: Learn some EPs, ~15 global.
4BLD: Sub-10:00 official single.
5BLD: Official success.
MBLD: Sub-hour 17 cubes, >=10 points officially.
Competition-wise:
Continue to attend as many comps as possible, including at least one foreign comp.
Organise, or be in the process of organising a comp.
Attend UKC and other major UK comps.
Be more active in the (UK) cubing community.
Finally in general:
Have no more than one UK nemesis.
Silver member.
Podium in anything.
Nemesise my 2018 results officially by the end of the year.
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3x3: Practice more than I did this year and reach sub-11 globally (Maybe even sub-10.5, but that probably won't happen)
Clock: Globally sub-9 perhaps? No idea whether or not this is realistic
3BLD: Reach a higher success rate and practice a bit maybe.
MBLD: Unofficial 4 points.
In general:
- Try and go to more competitions
- Improve in all the events I didn't mention (aside from 4BLD and 5BLD since I can't do those)
- Start consistently uploading solves to YouTube
- Stop buying every new expensive 3x3 that comes out XD
I might add more to this or change it as the end of 2018 comes closer.
Clock: Globally sub-9 perhaps? No idea whether or not this is realistic
3BLD: Reach a higher success rate and practice a bit maybe.
MBLD: Unofficial 4 points.
In general:
- Try and go to more competitions
- Improve in all the events I didn't mention (aside from 4BLD and 5BLD since I can't do those)
- Start consistently uploading solves to YouTube
- Stop buying every new expensive 3x3 that comes out XD
I might add more to this or change it as the end of 2018 comes closer.
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Duncan Bannon
Veteran
For now:
2x2- Sub WR single, Average sub 2 (the same % improvement from last year to this leaves me a 1.98) - Win a comp
3x3- Sub 8 Single - Average sub 12 - Finally learn PLL and maybe even OLL
4x4- Sub 40 single - Average sub 50
4BLD - Get a success
2x2- Sub WR single, Average sub 2 (the same % improvement from last year to this leaves me a 1.98) - Win a comp
3x3- Sub 8 Single - Average sub 12 - Finally learn PLL and maybe even OLL
4x4- Sub 40 single - Average sub 50
4BLD - Get a success
SM cubing
Regular
Ok here goes
2x2: sub 5 average, sub 2 single
3x3: sub 20 average, sub 12 single
4x4: sub 1:45 average, sub 1:25 single
5x5: sub 3:00, idk when it comes to single
6x6/ 7x7 no skills whatsoever
Pyra: sub 8 average, sub 4 single (I haven't been practicing)
Mega: sub 2:10 average, sub 2:00 single
Square 1: sub 1:30 average, sub 45 single
Everything else I don't practice
2x2: sub 5 average, sub 2 single
3x3: sub 20 average, sub 12 single
4x4: sub 1:45 average, sub 1:25 single
5x5: sub 3:00, idk when it comes to single
6x6/ 7x7 no skills whatsoever
Pyra: sub 8 average, sub 4 single (I haven't been practicing)
Mega: sub 2:10 average, sub 2:00 single
Square 1: sub 1:30 average, sub 45 single
Everything else I don't practice
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WombatWarrior17
Veteran
3x3: Sub-10. Kinda a tough goal for me, but I might as well try.
OH: Sub-15.
5x5: Sub-2.
Clock: Sub-15.
Square-1: Sub-30/Actually practice.
Mega: Practice.
Learn more ZBLLs.
OH: Sub-15.
5x5: Sub-2.
Clock: Sub-15.
Square-1: Sub-30/Actually practice.
Mega: Practice.
Learn more ZBLLs.
willtri4
Veteran
3x3: Sub-12
3bld: Sub-50
Mbld: 12 points
Sq1: Sub-12
4x4: Sub-45
5x5: Sub-1:30
Mega: Sub-1:15
Clock: Sub-7
These are all pretty doable if I keep practicing consistently, which I've never done for a full calendar year.
3bld: Sub-50
Mbld: 12 points
Sq1: Sub-12
4x4: Sub-45
5x5: Sub-1:30
Mega: Sub-1:15
Clock: Sub-7
These are all pretty doable if I keep practicing consistently, which I've never done for a full calendar year.
Tsavong Lah
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I'm not even a month into this, but if I can score consistently sub-20 on a 3x3, I would be ecstatic with that. 30 might be more realistic, but why not.
My other goal involves having a great cube collection, without the wife laying into me for spending too much on cubes
My other goal involves having a great cube collection, without the wife laying into me for spending too much on cubes
CuberFles
Member
That is a very good point indeed
I don't REALLY need a Valk M AND a GAN356Air SM AND a 354M...I don't even have a wifeMy other goal involves having a great cube collection, without the wife laying into me for spending too much on cubes
And it's never been a goal really, but it keeps stacking up by now... Goals:
3x3 sub-45
4x4 sub 2:30
5x5 sub 6:00
6x6 sub 12:00
7x7 sub 18:00
2x2 - 5x5 relay sub 10:00
Learn Megaminx
Learn 3x3 BLD
Rubix Noob
Regular
3x3: sub-13 and sub 10 average.
3x3 OH: sub-40
4x4: Sub 1
Pyraminx: Learn L4E and sub-8
3x3 OH: sub-40
4x4: Sub 1
Pyraminx: Learn L4E and sub-8
leudcfa
Regular
(global avg)
3x3-sub 10.5
4x4-sub 40
5x5-sub 1:20
6x6-sub 2:30
7x7-sub 3:45
OH-sub 19
BLD-sub 1
sq-1-sub 14
mega-sub 1
4bld-sub 7
5bld-sub 12
3x3-sub 10.5
4x4-sub 40
5x5-sub 1:20
6x6-sub 2:30
7x7-sub 3:45
OH-sub 19
BLD-sub 1
sq-1-sub 14
mega-sub 1
4bld-sub 7
5bld-sub 12
AbsoRuud
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1. Sub 20 single 3x3x3.
2. Sub 25 Ao5 3x3x3,
3. Attend at least one competition.
4. Learn 4x4x4,
5. Learn 5x5x5
6. Learn Skewb
7. Learn Pyraminx.
8. Learn 2BLD.
9. Learn 3BLD.
10. Sub 2 single 2x2x2.
11. Sub 5 Ao5 2x2x2.
I think that's enough goals!
2. Sub 25 Ao5 3x3x3,
3. Attend at least one competition.
4. Learn 4x4x4,
5. Learn 5x5x5
6. Learn Skewb
7. Learn Pyraminx.
8. Learn 2BLD.
9. Learn 3BLD.
10. Sub 2 single 2x2x2.
11. Sub 5 Ao5 2x2x2.
I think that's enough goals!
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Dylan Swarts
Veteran
Okay. Let's do this
3x3: Sub 10 avg (very hard but I can try) sub 7 single
4x4: sub 45 avg
5x5: sub 1:25 avg
6x6: sub 3
7x7: sub 4:30
OH: sub 30
3BLD: Sub 1
4BLD: Sub 8
5BLD: Sub 13
MBLD: 15 cubes
I don't really like the other events so meh
3x3: Sub 10 avg (very hard but I can try) sub 7 single
4x4: sub 45 avg
5x5: sub 1:25 avg
6x6: sub 3
7x7: sub 4:30
OH: sub 30
3BLD: Sub 1
4BLD: Sub 8
5BLD: Sub 13
MBLD: 15 cubes
I don't really like the other events so meh
Julio974
Regular
Getting sub-16 in 3x3 (currently sub-20) and get used to FreeFOP (currently CFOP)
Average under 1:10 on 4x4 (currently sub-1:50)
Learn 5x5 (I’m not really going towards big cubes)
Fall from 8 to 5 seconds average on Skewb
Fall from 9 to 5 seconds average on Pyraminx, learn a more optimized LBL
Getting from barely sub-50 to sub-25 in Sq1
Constantly averaging sub-2.5 in MMinx (currently averaging sub-3)
Constantly averaging sub-40 in KMinx (currently averaging around 1:05)
Falling from 30 to 20 seconds of average in Clock
Do a feet solve without corner-twisting
Falling from 40 to 25 seconds of average on OH
Do 2bld and 3Bld solves
Get in at least 3 National French top-100s
Go to french championships and get good times there
Become sub-3 (currently sub-5) on Ivy cube and become sub-15 (currently sub-30) in Redi Cube
Become my high school’s monthly champion and keep this title
Become sub-30 in 15-puzzle (because why not?)
I hope I can do all of that next year!
Average under 1:10 on 4x4 (currently sub-1:50)
Learn 5x5 (I’m not really going towards big cubes)
Fall from 8 to 5 seconds average on Skewb
Fall from 9 to 5 seconds average on Pyraminx, learn a more optimized LBL
Getting from barely sub-50 to sub-25 in Sq1
Constantly averaging sub-2.5 in MMinx (currently averaging sub-3)
Constantly averaging sub-40 in KMinx (currently averaging around 1:05)
Falling from 30 to 20 seconds of average in Clock
Do a feet solve without corner-twisting
Falling from 40 to 25 seconds of average on OH
Do 2bld and 3Bld solves
Get in at least 3 National French top-100s
Go to french championships and get good times there
Become sub-3 (currently sub-5) on Ivy cube and become sub-15 (currently sub-30) in Redi Cube
Become my high school’s monthly champion and keep this title
Become sub-30 in 15-puzzle (because why not?)
I hope I can do all of that next year!
TJardigradHe
Regular
3x3- Definitely a sub 10 official average, maybe even before 2019 (There's a comp I'm going to in December), and also get sub 9 by February/March (I average 9.5), and maybe sub 8 by the end of 2019 (that's really ambitious though)
2x2- I don't really care, maybe a sub 3.5 official average but that's it (I currently average around 3.5)
4x4- Official sub 40 single and average (I average right at 40-41 seconds), maybe even faster
5x5- Get sub 1:15, also break my 1:09 pb. Also, sub 1:15 official average (I average 1:25)
6x6- Sub 2:30, compete more and get a sub 2:40 official mean (I currently average 2:50)
7x7- I currently don't do 7x7, but I hope to get into it
OH- Sub 15 official average (I currently average 18)
Feet- Get sub 50, hopefully go to some comps with feet (I currently average 55)
Clock- Get sub 10, and go to some comps with clock and get a sub 10 average (I currently average 13)
Megaminx- Get a sub 1:40/1:30 official average (I have a comp with mega in February) I currently average 1:40
PYRAMINX- Get Korean Nr and/or Asr for average (single will be hard). Also, if I get the chance, go to korean championships and podium Pyra, or go to US Nats. I currently average 2.7
Skewb- Get a sub 5 official average (I average 4.xx)
Square-1- Get sub 23 official average ( I average sub 25)
Also, maybe learn BLD and FMC
2x2- I don't really care, maybe a sub 3.5 official average but that's it (I currently average around 3.5)
4x4- Official sub 40 single and average (I average right at 40-41 seconds), maybe even faster
5x5- Get sub 1:15, also break my 1:09 pb. Also, sub 1:15 official average (I average 1:25)
6x6- Sub 2:30, compete more and get a sub 2:40 official mean (I currently average 2:50)
7x7- I currently don't do 7x7, but I hope to get into it
OH- Sub 15 official average (I currently average 18)
Feet- Get sub 50, hopefully go to some comps with feet (I currently average 55)
Clock- Get sub 10, and go to some comps with clock and get a sub 10 average (I currently average 13)
Megaminx- Get a sub 1:40/1:30 official average (I have a comp with mega in February) I currently average 1:40
PYRAMINX- Get Korean Nr and/or Asr for average (single will be hard). Also, if I get the chance, go to korean championships and podium Pyra, or go to US Nats. I currently average 2.7
Skewb- Get a sub 5 official average (I average 4.xx)
Square-1- Get sub 23 official average ( I average sub 25)
Also, maybe learn BLD and FMC
