AJT17
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For the RS3M V5, or the GuHong?Do you feel like the ball core is really beneficial? Do you think maglev or dual - adjustment would also work?
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For the RS3M V5, or the GuHong?Do you feel like the ball core is really beneficial? Do you think maglev or dual - adjustment would also work?
RS3M V5. But I might as well also ask is the Maglev good for the GuHong?For the RS3M V5, or the GuHong?
Doesn't the GuHong only have maglev and normal?For the RS3M V5 the corner to edge magnets felt a bit on the weak side, so I feel like the ball core helps the cube to be more stable overall. For the GuHong I could barely notice the ball core. So for the V5 I would say the ball core is beneficial, but on the GuHong it isn't as important.
The maglev one I have does have a ball core, so I believe that it is just a standard feature for the cube.Doesn't the GuHong only have maglev and normal?
Good luck with the championships!I'm leaving for the championship tomorrow morning! For the past day or two I have been starting to catch a cold, so hopefully it can pass before Saturday and Sunday. I think that today was probably the worst day of the sickness compared to my recent experiences, so it should be better by at the latest Sunday, which is the most important day for me.
Current Goals
3x3: Get SR average, maybe sub 10 too.
2x2: improve something.
OH: Get a sub 15 average, and make finals. Maybe become Rocky Mountain Champion.
4x4-7x7: Nothing really.
Squan: Make cutoff.
Pyra: Make an improvement.
Skewb: Make an improvement.
3BLD: Maybe a success, though I haven't practiced full BLD yet, so I don't know how well that will go.
Clock: Get a sub 14 average and sub 11 Single.
Overall I just want to do good in OH and nothing much else will matter, so hopefully my dedication to OH over the past month will pay off and I can get what I am hoping for. I also want to try some new ways to help relax myself during solves and try and find better ways to combat my nerves so I don't mess up on good averages. When I get back I will make sure to share any findings for fighting nerves and how well my strategies worked, or if they had no effect.



That's really sad, I was hoping you would do good considering how much effort you put into it. As for comp nerves I'm not really sure. I have only have been to 1 comp and going into it I put in very little practice due to my schedule and registration so I wasn't too nervous (not saying you shouldn't practice). Perhaps, like you said, you can focus on more events. I'm not too sure of other relaxation strategies other than breathing and music but if I think of anything else I'll tell you.This is gonna be a long post, so be prepared. My entire review/results of the championships.
Results
3x3: The first round was not that good, just barely sub 12. Second round was good until the end, almost sub 11.
2x2: Both rounds were pretty good for me, 4.5, and 5.2 averages.
4x4-7x7: I didn't make cutoff for all big cubes, and I skipped out on 5x5 to have a longer break to practice and just relax.
OH: This went horrible, I didn't have enough time to practice since it was the first event of the day, so I got a horrible average. It ended up being just barely sub 18 average, which is almost 2 seconds slower than what I usually averaged and what I wanted to get.
Skewb: It went how I expected since I didn't practice it at all.
Pyraminx: Same as Skewb, no practice lead to average results.
Clock: I ended up DNF the first time because I didn't solves the clocks to 12 because I didn't account for the puzzle rotating during scrambling, as I never did actual comp sims, just scrambling with 12 at the top, then starting to inspect. So that was a critical error on my part.
Squan: Parity screwed me over, so I didn't make cutoff.
BLD: The first scramble was better than I could have ever hoped for with no flipped edges, twisted corners, or parity. It only had one cycle break for corners and one for edges. I got the super easy memo of HQ UD PO CP Corners, and VQ PT DX LI SR KE edges. I ended with just over 7 minutes and I knew I was not going to be able to get anything else with only 3 minutes left, so I just DNS the other solves.
Review
Overall this competition was pretty bad for me, and I definitely should have practiced more events instead of only 2 or 3. The only real thing that made this competition feel like it was worth it was my BLD success. OH was an astronomical failure because I was super nervous and nothing I did really worked. I tried to listen to music up to my group, but that didn't help, then I tried to control my breathing, but I felt like that also didn't work. So I really don't know what I can do to help control my nerves better. I still loved going to a championship for the first time, but I really screwed myself over by not practicing most events.
Future
For the future I am really going to start grinding OH more so I can get some good results. I will try out some new ways of practicing to see what fits me better too. When they announce SEC I will consider going to it as long as travel and schedules line up. As I will likely not go to as many competitions next year, I will probably just go to one or two bigger comps to make up for it. I will not currently set expectations for next years big comp that I may go to, so I don't get my hopes up, or set impossible goals like I did for this one. Then after 2024 I will be grinding for Worlds and I will see what I can do in OH when the time comes.
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I was also hoping I wouldn't get nerves as bad as I did, but it did end up happening, and it did mess with my mental state at some points during the comp. Maybe practicing in a more comp style setting could help out with nerves and how to start the solve since I would need to put my hands on the timer. I will probably do at least one day a week of comp style practice using the timer and maybe a cube cover too, and maybe this will help.That's really sad, I was hoping you would do good considering how much effort you put into it. As for comp nerves I'm not really sure. I have only have been to 1 comp and going into it I put in very little practice due to my schedule and registration so I wasn't too nervous (not saying you shouldn't practice). Perhaps, like you said, you can focus on more events. I'm not too sure of other relaxation strategies other than breathing and music but if I think of anything else I'll tell you.
I hope your looking to the bright side and not letting it ruin your sanity. ( This happed at my 4rth comp with 3x3). Looking on the bright side, congrats on the 3BLD success that is really impressive!This is gonna be a long post, so be prepared. My entire review/results of the championships.
Results
3x3: The first round was not that good, just barely sub 12. Second round was good until the end, almost sub 11.
2x2: Both rounds were pretty good for me, 4.5, and 5.2 averages.
4x4-7x7: I didn't make cutoff for all big cubes, and I skipped out on 5x5 to have a longer break to practice and just relax.
OH: This went horrible, I didn't have enough time to practice since it was the first event of the day, so I got a horrible average. It ended up being just barely sub 18 average, which is almost 2 seconds slower than what I usually averaged and what I wanted to get.
Skewb: It went how I expected since I didn't practice it at all.
Pyraminx: Same as Skewb, no practice lead to average results.
Clock: I ended up DNF the first time because I didn't solves the clocks to 12 because I didn't account for the puzzle rotating during scrambling, as I never did actual comp sims, just scrambling with 12 at the top, then starting to inspect. So that was a critical error on my part.
Squan: Parity screwed me over, so I didn't make cutoff.
BLD: The first scramble was better than I could have ever hoped for with no flipped edges, twisted corners, or parity. It only had one cycle break for corners and one for edges. I got the super easy memo of HQ UD PO CP Corners, and VQ PT DX LI SR KE edges. I ended with just over 7 minutes and I knew I was not going to be able to get anything else with only 3 minutes left, so I just DNS the other solves.
Review
Overall this competition was pretty bad for me, and I definitely should have practiced more events instead of only 2 or 3. The only real thing that made this competition feel like it was worth it was my BLD success. OH was an astronomical failure because I was super nervous and nothing I did really worked. I tried to listen to music up to my group, but that didn't help, then I tried to control my breathing, but I felt like that also didn't work. So I really don't know what I can do to help control my nerves better. I still loved going to a championship for the first time, but I really screwed myself over by not practicing most events.
Future
For the future I am really going to start grinding OH more so I can get some good results. I will try out some new ways of practicing to see what fits me better too. When they announce SEC I will consider going to it as long as travel and schedules line up. As I will likely not go to as many competitions next year, I will probably just go to one or two bigger comps to make up for it. I will not currently set expectations for next years big comp that I may go to, so I don't get my hopes up, or set impossible goals like I did for this one. Then after 2024 I will be grinding for Worlds and I will see what I can do in OH when the time comes.
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Good luck with practicing!I was also hoping I wouldn't get nerves as bad as I did, but it did end up happening, and it did mess with my mental state at some points during the comp. Maybe practicing in a more comp style setting could help out with nerves and how to start the solve since I would need to put my hands on the timer. I will probably do at least one day a week of comp style practice using the timer and maybe a cube cover too, and maybe this will help.
Thank you!I hope your looking to the bright side and not letting it ruin your sanity. ( This happed at my 4rth comp with 3x3). Looking on the bright side, congrats on the 3BLD success that is really impressive!
Good luck with practicing!