Accomplishment Thread

[Tim Major]

Statistics for 3x3x3 Cube:
Session average: 13.51

Best average of 5: 12.52 = (12.23), 12.61, (13.85), 12.58, 12.37


Best average of 12: 13.00 = 12.37, (14.59), 12.81, 12.38, 13.53, 12.54, 13.12, 14.02, 13.37, (10.37), 13.19, 12.67

I was aiming for sub-13.5 average of 100 and sub-13 average of 12. FML.

You achieved the sub 13 a12 though, kinda. Well, maybe not, but still a good a12 and a100. Almost hard to believe how close you were. I left some good stats to look at. Kind of weird that the a100 and mean of 100 were the same. Shows how consistent you must be.

ZOMG!! YESS!!! SUB-50 avg of 40!!!

If you are that slow, do you think you could help us out by NOT posting the scrambles? Nobody is going to go "wow that's a really nice time, lemme try the scramble" if your best time ever is a 34. Much better to post the times first and the scrambles only if requested.

Or put them in a spoiler tag. Everyone starts slow though.

 

[qqwref]

Everyone starts slow though.

Just because everyone starts slow does not mean everyone starts out as a noob. What do you think I did first, got sub-20, or made hundreds of posts on a forum and posted tons of scrambles just in case anyone thought they could replicate my "amazing" times? (Hint: it's not the forum-related one.)

 

[Edward]

ZOMG!! YESS!!! SUB-50 avg of 40!!!

If you are that slow, do you think you could help us out by NOT posting the scrambles? Nobody is going to go "wow that's a really nice time, lemme try the scramble" if your best time ever is a 34. Much better to post the times first and the scrambles only if requested.

Everyone is slow at one point.
Edit:
and noone said to the fast people "can i get scrambles" but they still post them.

 

[Tim Major]

Everyone starts slow though.

Just because everyone starts slow does not mean everyone starts out as a noob. What do you think I did first, got sub-20, or made hundreds of posts on a forum and posted tons of scrambles just in case anyone thought they could replicate my "amazing" times? (Hint: it's not the forum-related one.)

I was a n00b, but I still am. I'm a post whore, and average 28-30. I have sympathy for fundash.

Edit: But yes, I agree the many scrambles were annoying. Please edit them out of you post fundash.

 

[qqwref]

and noone said to the fast people "can i get scrambles" but they still post them.

I guess I need to explain *why* we ask fast people for scrambles when they get good single solves.

Here's the deal: the faster people are at 3x3 (and pretty much any other event where the scramble affects the time), the less stuff like lookahead and luck affects their times, and the more the scramble itself does. Someone who averages 50 seconds and gets a 35 or 40 second nonlucky solve almost never did it because the scramble was really great... it's usually because they just did better than usual on that particular solve. Thus, the scramble is completely useless to anyone else. (And if it is just a normal time for you? Who cares! I can generate hundreds of normal scrambles a second. I am not going to try a scramble just because someone who averaged 50 seconds got a 50 second time.) But if someone who averages 13 or 14 seconds gets a sub-10 solve, it's almost certainly going to be a really nice scramble... usually it has a short cross/xcross or an easy F2L. So what I'm saying is, if fast people get times that are great for them, it's usually because the scramble was really nice, and that's why other people want to try it. There is absolutely no point in posting scrambles (or putting every time on a new line, by the way) if you are slow enough that your own inconsistency has more effect on a given time than a good scramble does.

I also don't understand why noobs like you can't figure out even the simplest rules of English grammar, but that is an argument for another time. All I can tell you is that having no grammar will earn you no respect.

 

[Shortey]

Hell yeah.

4x4 Single. 1:06.58.

 

[Tim Major]

I use grammar and punctuation. I never really thought about what you said, and I always tried that 35 second solve's scramble on my cube, but what you put forward tells me, what's the point? I will try not to be such a post whore, (I've been trying this recently and failing).


ON-TOPIC: 5x5 new pb. 6.42.06. With super vaselined 5x5, that is incredibly loose. The centre pieces twist out soooo much.

 

[Novriil]

Yayy..
I got my QJ 4x4, DX sq-1 and QJ megaminx

Now first 4x4 average of 5: (DNF), 2:15.51, 2:01.72, (1:52.74), 2:18.91 = 2:12.04

Sq-1 avg is about 6minutes and megaminx 12-15 minutes The PLL keeps messing it up.

 

[Shortey]

Sq-1:

As I haven't learnt the parity alg yet (going to do that today or tomorrow), I took five solves that didn't have parity, and made an average out of them.

Statistics for 10-24-2009 19:02:40

Average: 1:10.52
Standard Deviation: 2.94
Best Time: 56.05
Worst Time: 1:29.20
Individual Times:
1. 1:12.22 (-2,2) / (0,3) / (0,1) / (3,4) / (2,2) / (-2,4) / (0,2) / (0,4) / (-4,4) / (-2,5) / (4,1) / (3,4) / (-4,0) / (0,1) / (-5,5) / (-4,0)
2. (1:29.20) (0,-1) / (0,3) / (0,4) / (3,0) / (1,3) / (0,2) / (0,1) / (4,0) / (-5,2) / (6,1) / (4,5) / (6,0) / (1,0) / (0,3) / (-2,4) / (-1,2) / (-3,0) /
3. 1:12.96 (0,6) / (0,6) / (6,3) / (-4,3) / (0,3) / (0,3) / (0,1) / (4,3) / (0,2) / (0,5) / (0,4) / (6,0) / (6,2) / (0,4) / (3,2) / (-4,3) / (0,3) /
4. (56.05) (3,-4) / (-3,6) / (-5,1) / (6,3) / (6,0) / (-4,2) / (-2,1) / (3,2) / (0,3) / (0,1) / (5,0) / (0,4) / (4,2) / (2,0) / (0,4) / (0,2) /
5. 1:06.39 (0,0) / (6,-3) / (-3,3) / (1,2) / (-2,0) / (0,2) / (4,2) / (0,2) / (-4,4) / (2,0) / (0,2) / (6,3) / (0,4) / (2,0) / (0,2) / (4,4) / (-2,5)

Sub-1 single is awesome for me. I only know one EP. =P

EDIT: Sq-1 Parity Algorithm: Learnt.

 

[Muesli]

Sq-1:

As I haven't learnt the parity alg yet (going to do that today or tomorrow)

Nice average. I found the parity alg was easy to remember until you get it back into a square shape. That's the point where you can't refer to the shape to remember the moves.

 

[Truncator]

18.91 non-lucky 3x3.

My second ever sub-20, was really easy scramble:

Spoiler

B' L D' U B2 D' L' R2 B' L' B2 D U' B' R D' L2 F D2 B2 F L2 F U R

x' z U L x' R' u R u' D' R
U' L U2 L' d R U' R
U' L' U L
U' R' U' R
U F R U R' U' F' U' F' r U R' U' r' F R (2-Look)
U y l U' R D2 R' U R D2 R2

I know it's not that great but I thought I'd post it anyway.

 

[dbax0999]

1:50.99 Megaminx single. First sub-2! National Record here I come

 

[Escher]

FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Average: 10.01
Standard Deviation: 0.64
Best Time: 8.18
Worst Time: 11.94
Individual Times:
1. 9.14 F2 D' B L R F' U' F' D2 B2 F U L' D' B L R' D' B L B' F2 U R2 B2
2. (11.94) B' D' U L2 B' F2 R' B D B2 F2 D' F' L' U2 F D2 U' B2 D' B2 L' R2 D' U
3. 10.24 B2 L2 D2 U2 B2 L' R U' L D' L2 R B2 F R' F U2 L2 R2 F L R' B R' D2
4. (8.18) F2 D L R' D2 U B2 R D' U' B R2 F' R2 F' L2 R2 B2 D' U' R B2 L' D' U2
5. 10.66 U B2 F2 R' U' B' F2 L2 R F R' D' U' B L2 R2 F2 L' F2 D2 U R' B2 R B2

 

[joey]

Lol, you suck.

 

[dunpeal2064]

woo solved a rubik's magic in 3.75 seconds! haha... i know, not much of a feat, but i just bought it like an hour ago and its entertaining =)

 

[DevenNadudvari]

Official sub-12 single sub-15 AVG and 1st place in clock with a10.xx AVG!!

 

[phases]

Got a mirror block cube for my birthday from my mother-in-law, it's fun!

So, solved my first mirror block. Obviously if you can solve a 3x3 you can solve it but - still is a bit of a challenge!

 

[4Chan]

Hay guise

I can use ZBLL in 75% of my solves now!
I did a few averages of 5, and got 24, 24, and 23.

I'll upload the 23 for scrutiny in a few minutes, hahaha.

My CFOP average is 15 though. >.<

 

[Jake Gouldon]

1:09 4x4 with Yau. I like the method, but I'm no good at it.

 

[Faz]

FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Average: 10.01
Standard Deviation: 0.64
Best Time: 8.18
Worst Time: 11.94
Individual Times:
1. 9.14 F2 D' B L R F' U' F' D2 B2 F U L' D' B L R' D' B L B' F2 U R2 B2
2. (11.94) B' D' U L2 B' F2 R' B D B2 F2 D' F' L' U2 F D2 U' B2 D' B2 L' R2 D' U
3. 10.24 B2 L2 D2 U2 B2 L' R U' L D' L2 R B2 F R' F U2 L2 R2 F L R' B R' D2
4. (8.18) F2 D L R' D2 U B2 R D' U' B R2 F' R2 F' L2 R2 B2 D' U' R B2 L' D' U2
5. 10.66 U B2 F2 R' U' B' F2 L2 R F R' D' U' B L2 R2 F2 L' F2 D2 U R' B2 R B2

HAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.