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[Duncan Kimmett]

your consistent ao1000 should be how you measure your global average. I made the mistake of using consistent ao100s, and thought i was a second faster than i really was. switch to ao1000 people.

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

Oh, also, YouTuber custom cubes are scams. Just look up a lube tutorial, buy the lubes, and do it yourself. Also, you aren't J Perm. Why would you like his setup? Same with all the others. They cost much more than just buying the lubes and the cube and setting it up.

 

[GloopyGum]

Lol definitely not. In fact, your argument is actually an argument against your statement. Since fewer people possess the skill set necessary, you have to beat way fewer people to get top 100 in MBLD.
See it like this: imagine if one person in the world was a speedcuber, and everybody in the world played chess competitively. With your reasoning, it would be harder to beat the speedcuber at speedcubing than to beat everybody else in the world at chess, because the skill set for speedcubing would be much less common. However, that is quite unlikely to be the case, because if you have only 1 speedcuber in the world, that person is probably not sub 5 or something, whereas if everyone plays chess, there are probably some absurdly good people in there.

Another fun comparison:
The person with MBLD WR100 has a MBLD kinch of 37.38, and the person with 3x3 average WR100 has a 3x3 kinch of 70.00, almost twice as high.

Just wanted to add my two cents: top 100 in MBLD is easier because much fewer people are willing to seriously practice it compared to 3x3

 

[Kami]

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Bro was averaging 10, 2 months ago. Seems sus

bro improving your average by 0.7 seconds isnt sus.

 

[Garf]

I think with big cubes and mega there’s little to no luck involved in some of the steps, and luck really matters in LL for mega. It’s pretty much turn and look ahead for the other stuff.

 

[ProStar]

your consistent ao1000 should be how you measure your global average. I made the mistake of using consistent ao100s, and thought i was a second faster than i really was. switch to ao1000 people.

I don’t do nearly enough solves for Ao1000 to be accurate

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

I don’t do nearly enough solves for Ao1000 to be accurate

I feel like this is true for a lot of people

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

I don’t do nearly enough solves for Ao1000 to be accurate

exactly, stop resetting sessions. Do it all in one session. Along with letting you measure longer averages, it lets you keep track of pbs much easier. I am at around 48,000 solves in my current session.

 

[ProStar]

exactly, stop resetting sessions. Do it all in one session. Along with letting you measure longer averages, it lets you keep track of pbs much easier. I am at around 48,000 solves in my current session.

I don’t do nearly enough solves for the last 1000 to be accurate to my current average

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

I don’t do nearly enough solves for the last 1000 to be accurate to my current average

oh, okay. That's fair. I assume you use ao100s?

 

[I do Cubing]

I prefer looser tensions because it has better cornercutting

 

[randomness...]

non-magnetic big cubes seem outrageous to me because I can't turn a big cube (other than 4x4) well enough when it doesn't have magnets. I would like to understand your perspective.

I cant turn on even a magnetic 4x4 sometimes, it just feels too catchy (like the magnets are too strong or layered)
I don't like a catch on big cubes, because it hitches the flow of 90% of solves ive done with magnetic 4 or bigger
its just my personal preference, but I do think its better

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

I cant turn on even a magnetic 4x4 sometimes, it just feels too catchy (like the magnets are too strong or layered)
I don't like a catch on big cubes, because it hitches the flow of 90% of solves ive done with magnetic 4 or bigger
its just my personal preference, but I do think its better

hmm. I think that magnets are less important on 4x4 but more important the larger it gets, just for control.

 

[randomness...]

hmm. I think that magnets are less important on 4x4 but more important the larger it gets, just for control.

I would disagree and say that needing magnets is a skill issue on turning, but I have a major skill issue if I do that
I just used 4x4 because that was the event I practiced the most

 

[JDAW6]

I would disagree and say that needing magnets is a skill issue on turning, but I have a major skill issue if I do that
I just used 4x4 because that was the event I practiced the most

Bro just called out the top cubers for hav8ng a skill issue

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

Bro just called out the top cubers for hav8ng a skill issue

JDAW6: *proceeds to have a skill issue*

 

[randomness...]

Bro just called out the top cubers for hav8ng a skill issue

yes look at AP, who has sub 10's with a non magnetic QiYi 9

 

[JDAW6]

yes look at AP, who has sub 10's with a non magnetic QiYi 9

Mate stop lying , under 10 sec is impossible on 9x9

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

Mate stop lying , under 10 sec is impossible on 9x9

Me means sub 10 minutes bruv

 

[randomness...]

Mate stop lying , under 10 sec is impossible on 9x9

sub 7 MINUTES!, I'm sorry