Clock and Other Things (Clock is Back)

[Clock_Enthusiast]

PB single is 4.28, Yours is 4.18, correct?

That’s a really good one! And yeah, mine’s 4.18

 

[DynaXT]

Imagine having a sub 5 single…

 

[NetherCubing]

Of course! Firstly, make sure you have a good clock—the Qiyi is by far the best and will allow for the best times. Learn to use your thumbs on the bottom dials if you haven’t already. This is something which takes getting used to, but it will help you a LOT in the end. Practice getting used to certain movements—see what it feels like to do +6 or -1. This will help you perform them faster while solving!

Good luck reaching sub-10! It’s a big milestone, though it will start getting trickier to get faster past that point. With lots of practice you can do it!

Thank you so much!

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Noflip has begun.

 

[HarrisonM]

Noflip has begun.

sheerin?

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

sheerin?

I took some elements from Caleb’s tutorial, but I played around with the equations and found some things which work easier for me.

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Just got another clock PB average! 5.50!

1. 5.80
2. 5.38
3. 7.16
4. 5.24
5. 5.31

 

[DynaXT]

You’re also good at beating it less than an hour after missing it by <0.05

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

You’re also good at beating it less than an hour after missing it by <0.05

It’s a lifestyle.

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

New megaminx average PB! Only by a little. Would have been way better if I didn’t butcher the last solve. 1:56.89

 

[Imsoosm]

New megaminx average PB! Only by a little. Would have been way better if I didn’t butcher the last solve. 1:56.89

Do you know full 4LLL? What cube do you use?

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Do you know full 4LLL? What cube do you use?

I use a Dayan v2! It's a bit too small for my hands, but I really really love it. I need a better last layer method. I basically do LBL I'm pretty sure. It eats up a lot of time.

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

I just got an 11.93 3x3 single. It was fullstep and I'm shocked. This beats my last PB by over 2 seconds.

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Got my second QiYi clock! Set it up and got the exact same average as my PB. Dunno why I couldn’t just get .01
second fewer, haha.

 

[baseballjello67]

Which competition?

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Which competition?

Cubers Flood Watertown!

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Time to set some goals for this next comp. These are very subject to change, but represent more reasonable ideal scenarios. I’ll list my goal time, then my larger goal/I will be extremely happy if I get this time. Historically, nerves have gotten to me pretty bad at comps. I’m mostly worried about clock, since that doesn’t go too well under pressure for me. But by then, I’m hoping that my times decrease a bit more overall!

2x2: Sub-5; Sub-4

3x3: Sub-21; Sub-20

Pyraminx: Sub-4.75; Sub-4

Skewb: Sub-6.5; Sub-5.75

Clock: Sub-6.3; Sub-6 (With a Sub-5 single??)

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Just smashed by PB clock single. 3.73!!

Same time as Nathaniel Berg’s chair-flip WR.

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Primary goal for this comp is to get top-100 global for clock average (and possibly single!). I’m hoping that I can do really well in clock and pyra—been getting more sub-4 pyra averages recently.

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Likely going to two more comps in November!

Both have clock!