2020 Cubing Goals / Resolutions

[One Wheel]

Now that we’re at the end of 2019 I want to update my goals:

Official: at this point I think I’ll likely only go to one comp in 2020, so what I think I can do there:

Event: (current official PB single, average) goal upper limit single, average
3x3: (17.93, 23.26) 17.93, 23
5x5: (2:30.62, 2:46.75) 2:10, 2:20
6x6: (4:59.15, 5:19.15) 4:00, 4:15
7x7: (6:30.73, 6:44.96) 6:00, 6:20
Megaminx: (2:43.05, 3:09.89) 2:40, 3:00
3x3 With Feet: (1:16.28, 1:27.88) 1:10, 1:25
4x4 With Feet: (7:44.xx, none) 5:00, 7:00
FMC (DNS) 45
3BLD: (DNF, DNF) 5:00, DNF
MBLD: (DNS) 2 points

At home global (current) goal global averages:
4x4: (1:25) 1:10
5x5: (2:25) 2:10
6x6: (4:20) 3:50
7x7: (6:30) 5:55
3x3 with Feet: (1:30) 1:00
4x4 with Feet: (8:00) 4:00
3BLD: (DNF/4:00-7:00) 3:00
4BLD (DNF) 12:00
5BLD (DNF) at least one success
MBLD (DNF) 5 points

As good a time as any to check these.

Official: I may be nearly the only person who got to go to all the competitions I planned to this year.

3x3: nah.
5x5: 1:49.54 single, 2:13.54 average, smashed my goal.
6x6: 3:44.70 single, 4:01.08 average, smashed my goal.
7x7: 5:49.91 single, 6:01.83 average, smashed my goal again.
Megaminx: 2:22.62 single, 2:52.43 average. On a roll!
3x3 with Feet: 1:10.46 single, 1:29.80 average. I actually improved both of these, my WCA official best Feet average is 1:29.88, not 1:27.88.
4x4 with Feet: did not compete.
FMC: 53. Eh, at least I got a success.
BLD: I have still never gotten an official blindfolded success.

At home: missed everything, closest on 5x5, and I have gotten a couple of 4bld successes but very slow.

 

[asacuber]

Last year:



2x2: World Class, learn TCLL (like 10% through rn). I might not be satisfied with 1.31 avg later on so maybe beat it at least?
3x3: Sub 8
4x4: 34-37 global
Skewb: Be satisfied at the end of the year. Don't know how this will turn out tbh. Sub Indian NR avg at the end of the year
Pyra: Improve by some margin, get a dumb official average
FMC: Incorporate more domino/get much more consistent, better (28ish global atm)
Squan: Learn like, 3 sets of CSP. Sub 12 maybe?
3BLD: Successfully incorporate M2/OP
OH: Sub 14

Maybe get another record?
Maybe get a FIDE rating?
Maybe go to Indian nats or maybe even Asians?


I went really overboard last year and expected too much of myself. Kinda choosing to focus on a few events and hoping my kinch/sor will lift itself up automatically.
Also going in with really low expectations for number of comps :/ I went to 4 comps in the first 6 months and none in the second half (and probably till March)

kind of quit in the middle of the year. achieved fmc only and kinda skewb (i peaked in julyish for skewb and in the summer for fmc)
winning c@h once and getting best single for 2x2 once as well was pretty cool. might get back into 2x2 though, who knows

goals for next year:
go to a comp if there is one
maybe start producing music
maybe grind fmc next summer
chess tournament seems hard but if there is one in the summer ill go maybe

 

[GenTheSnail]

3x3: sub 10 global/official but idrc (if my OH is sub 12 I hope my 2H will follow suit) - Mostly nothing happened here, although I reaffirmed eoline as my preferred and the superior start.
OH: sub 12 global/official, sub10 single, WR100, win a comp, SRs - No comps. I did get a 14.2 ao100 though, which I'm pretty happy with, given my circumstances.
Mega: sub 45 global/official, sub 40 single, WR100, win a comp, SRs - I quit mega in the summer to focus on ZBLL and OH. I think I'm still sub 1 though.

Finish ZBLL by summer (1.5 sets of Pi, 2 of U and H, most of L [but they'll just be inverses], most of S and S/A) - 6 months late but I did finish ZBLL
Learn Mega PLL - No progress

These are the only events that still matter anymore since Feet has been removed.


But since Feet was removed, I can try other events, I guess: - I practiced 3BLD to the extent that I got a sub 4 solve and was very excited.

3BLD: 40s memo? sub 1:30? official mean? SRs?
4/5BLD: official successes?
MBLD: 8+ ?????
MegaBLD: success

FMC: learn things, official sub 30 mean, SR? - I still do linear efficient ZZ solves for FMC

get really good at clock and get the best results for jotan klosko's first comp stats - not yet
this is also the only way I'll get feliks away from me as a nemesis (idk if this is next year though, it doesn't have to happen right away)
E: so at the end of 2019 I think had 5 nemesises (drl, tommy cherry, stanley, max siauw, henri gerber), and now that feet is gone I have 37. Not as bad as I thought, but it's going to be a lot harder to get rid of them all [actually, dropping 2 seconds in OH (which shouldn't be too hard) will get rid of a fair number, but there's still going to be a lot left]. -- apparently feliks doesn't like clock, so that will be easy to knock him off as a nemesis. Unfortunately, other people do. My main strengths are still going to be OH and Mega, but getting good FMC results will help narrow things down a lot too.

cuz i need to get my OH times sub my pyra/skewb times before I can clean those up so I can say that I solve OH faster than pyra/skewb. Maybe if I get that then I can push those both sub 5? -- official mid 12 is going to be so easy. a mid 8 single will be a lot harder; I'm not sure if I want to wait for that.
sum of ranks sub 40k? - sure. I don't even know where that would put me

So basically the only thing I accomplished this year was ZBLL.
And I'll take it

 

[ProStar]

So basically the only thing I accomplished this year was ZBLL.
And I'll take it

Did you finish it today or yesterday?

 

[GenTheSnail]

Did you finish it today or yesterday?

I was drilling algs up until midnight yesterday. This morning before I reviewed anything, I tested the algs I had been learning and got (a very slow) 100% accuracy. So I finished learning on December 31st 2020.

 

[ProStar]

I was drilling algs up until midnight yesterday. This morning before I reviewed anything, I tested the algs I had been learning and got (a very slow) 100% accuracy. So I finished learning on December 31st 2020.

Hmmm..... it's close, but I'll give it to you. Congratulations, you're not a failure.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

Edit: revising my goals...My 2020 goals including increasing my 3x3 knowledge and beginning to speed solve big cubes which I've always solved casually:

3x3: sub 20 average. Focus on cross efficiency and smart solutions to F2L. Learn new finger tricks to break bad habits. Learn full OLL.
4x4: sub 2:00 average consistently (currently ~6mins w/ less than (10) timed solves under my belt)
5x5: sub 3:30 average
BLD: Relearn blind (I did it a lot in college) and successfully complete multi-blind solves for the first time ever
Megaminx: Learn a speed method and actually begin speed solving this puzzle (I've never timed a minx solve but i really like the mechanics)
Square-1: solve it! I'm trying to figure it out intuitively but haven't cracked it yet

Go to a competition for the 1st time ever...This is mostly to engage with the community and obviously not to podium

I had a crazy year...health issues with my mother, studying for my engineering licensure exam, and I became a dad...I didn’t work on much more than 3x3 last year. I focused on non-wca puzzling more than a lot of speed solving.

I met my BLD goal but that’s it. Overall I’m quite happy with how 2020 went given the time I spent. Moving my 3x3 & 4x4 goals to 2021. Not sure I’ll be doing any mega or squan solving though.

 

[BenChristman1]

Version 3
The goals in green are the ones that I am changing.

3x3: Full CFOP and sub-18 global
2x2: Sub-5 global, maybe learn CLL
4x4: Sub-1:20 global
5x5: Sub-2:40 global
6x6: Sub-7 global
7x7: Get a good cube (not Shengshou)
Pyraminx: Sub-9, maybe learn intuitive L4E
Megaminx: Sub-2:30 global
Skewb: Sub-13 global
Square-1: Sub-40 global
OH: Sub-30 global
Other:
Maybe learn 3BLD (already know 2BLD)
Go to 2+ more comps (who knew what 2020 would have in store for us lol)
Get a total of 55 puzzles (I'm at 48 right now)

Since I don't see myself improving much between now and the end of the year, I'm going to look at my previous goals now.

3x3: Nope, I do know full PLL, though, and I am sub-17.
2x2: I'm sub-4.5, but have not learned CLL.
4x4: Yes
5x5: Yes
6x6: Easily, I'm around 5:00 right now
7x7: Got the MGC and average around 8:00
Pyraminx: Yes and no
Megaminx: Yep
Skewb: Nobody cares
Square-1: Yep
OH: Nope. I think it's the only goal that I didn't achieve.
Other:
Learned 3BLD and got my 2nd ever success today!
Once again, who knew what 2020 would become?
I'm at a total of 51, so that might increase after Christmas, so I'll update this again then.

Pyraminx: I am not globally sub-9 anymore, but that is because I learned L4E.
Other: I ended up with 56 puzzles after Christmas!