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I'm in Nebraska. (Cue Cyoubx's Friends users laughing at the inside joke.)
But in all seriousness, I had this really cool (or, as suggested by the title, possibly really dumb) idea that I think will really help me improve, and FINALLY allow me to become the best cuber in Nebraska. (Currently I'm in 4th with 20.56 Kinch, so I just need 4.51 more Kinch to take that sweet, sweet #1!)
So here's the premise: There's a 6-part musical masterpiece known as "Everywhere at the end of time" by The Caretaker that's been making its rounds across the Internet the past few years. This work focuses itself on what it's like to be a dementia patient. Because it is really scary the first few listens, I would not recommend it to anyone who is easily frightened or under the age of 14. However, its length is fascinating: 6 hours, 30 minutes, and 31.800 seconds. The first 3 stages are roughly 45 minutes each, with 10-16 songs per stage, and remind one of songs from the 1920s to the 1940s. The last 3 stages, however, consist of 4 20-minute droning, garbled pieces of music each, clocking in at 80 minutes per stage. It may sound like a horrible way to spend one’s afternoon, but I quite like it and think the ending makes it all worth it.
In any case, I thought recently about how much good 6 hours, 30 minutes, and 31.800 seconds could do me for each event. And you know what I think? It's extremely likely that I could get a lot done in that time, and set an innumerable plethora of PBs. Hence my challenge for improvement:
I want to listen to Everywhere at the end of time 17 times this summer, and each time I listen to it, I want to practice a different event, and I want to do it in WCA event order.
Obviously, this will be difficult and arduous for some events. Not for others. For example, I could really use some practice in 2x2 and 6 1/2 hours would help me achieve my 2x2 goals. This will take me roughly 111 hours, which is basically 12 hours a day for 10 days, or 6 hours a day for 17 days. It will most likely take me a couple days for each event. But I'll hopefully get in some valuable practice.
If any of you are up for the same challenge, that'd be pretty cool as well.
Before this, however, I’m planning on finishing 1000 solves on megaminx (200 down, 800 to go!) to get sub-1:00 and doing 1000 solves on clock to get sub-10, followed by 1000 skewb solves to get sub-8, and finishing it off with another 1000 clock solves just to make absolutely sure that nobody can possibly take my clock state record for the next 3 years. (Plus I think it'd be nice to get sub-7 at clock after 3 years of not practicing all that much.)
Lots to do this summer -- I'd better start doing it now! I plan to stream some of my practice sessions so you're free to pop in whenever you want to. I might end up making some music for streams before the big challenge so that I can avoid copyright while also keeping my content interesting.
But in all seriousness, I had this really cool (or, as suggested by the title, possibly really dumb) idea that I think will really help me improve, and FINALLY allow me to become the best cuber in Nebraska. (Currently I'm in 4th with 20.56 Kinch, so I just need 4.51 more Kinch to take that sweet, sweet #1!)
So here's the premise: There's a 6-part musical masterpiece known as "Everywhere at the end of time" by The Caretaker that's been making its rounds across the Internet the past few years. This work focuses itself on what it's like to be a dementia patient. Because it is really scary the first few listens, I would not recommend it to anyone who is easily frightened or under the age of 14. However, its length is fascinating: 6 hours, 30 minutes, and 31.800 seconds. The first 3 stages are roughly 45 minutes each, with 10-16 songs per stage, and remind one of songs from the 1920s to the 1940s. The last 3 stages, however, consist of 4 20-minute droning, garbled pieces of music each, clocking in at 80 minutes per stage. It may sound like a horrible way to spend one’s afternoon, but I quite like it and think the ending makes it all worth it.
In any case, I thought recently about how much good 6 hours, 30 minutes, and 31.800 seconds could do me for each event. And you know what I think? It's extremely likely that I could get a lot done in that time, and set an innumerable plethora of PBs. Hence my challenge for improvement:
I want to listen to Everywhere at the end of time 17 times this summer, and each time I listen to it, I want to practice a different event, and I want to do it in WCA event order.
Obviously, this will be difficult and arduous for some events. Not for others. For example, I could really use some practice in 2x2 and 6 1/2 hours would help me achieve my 2x2 goals. This will take me roughly 111 hours, which is basically 12 hours a day for 10 days, or 6 hours a day for 17 days. It will most likely take me a couple days for each event. But I'll hopefully get in some valuable practice.
If any of you are up for the same challenge, that'd be pretty cool as well.
Before this, however, I’m planning on finishing 1000 solves on megaminx (200 down, 800 to go!) to get sub-1:00 and doing 1000 solves on clock to get sub-10, followed by 1000 skewb solves to get sub-8, and finishing it off with another 1000 clock solves just to make absolutely sure that nobody can possibly take my clock state record for the next 3 years. (Plus I think it'd be nice to get sub-7 at clock after 3 years of not practicing all that much.)
Lots to do this summer -- I'd better start doing it now! I plan to stream some of my practice sessions so you're free to pop in whenever you want to. I might end up making some music for streams before the big challenge so that I can avoid copyright while also keeping my content interesting.
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