Metronome discussion thread

Yeah it's in the settings portion of it. I found it on accident while trying to make my stackmat timer work with my computer :P

Go to file > configuration > 2 Options (cont.). It's on the second line. Enable Metronome? Delay (slider bar). Apply/save. :)

Edit: I started trying this out. I put the delay on the CCT metronome at 750 (which I assume that value is milliseconds, as 1000 was awful close to 1second) so in theory it should be 1.5 beats per second. I was able to reach sub35 with this 750 quite easily a few times as long as I do my LL at full speed, however if I do my LL at 1.5tps with the metronome I found myself taking almost a minute! Right now my average is below 30 but it fluctuates quite a bit.

What did this do for my look ahead? Oh wow, it gave me GREAT insight. If I can get to where I can steadily do 2tps with the metronome, and my LL at full speed, I think I can sub20 in a month easy even with as little time as I have to practice. It would definitely help for me to find a metronome for my Nokia N810 or something so I could do this on the go. With my look ahead, I could see some wasted moves that I usually do quite a bit in advance. An example is that I noticed usually I would insert my pair, usually the finishing move would set me up for an easy case with another pair so I could just not do that last quarter turn, pair the next pair, then do that quarter turn, and then go right into that next pair.
 
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Using a metronome is something that changed my cubing completely. I struggled to break sub20. I was stuck around 20-23 seconds for almost a year, until one day I did 30 minutes of metronome solving. After that, I did an 18 second average. Since then, I probably do about 30-60 minutes of metronome solving every day as practice. It's helping me a lot!
 
What does it matter if it did, Dene? It will help some people, it won't help others. Sure this might even be a placebo thing (doubt it), but let's say it is. If it is, it's enough of an effect to really help some people out, sometimes all people need is that sugar pill to break barriers.

If it works for you, it does, if not, who cares? It's just something to try. Not to mention if the OP wanted to make this a poll to see if it really helped people or not, it'd almost be a good thing if it didn't help you (and others) so we wouldn't see only success out of this "experiment."
 
I don't really use the metronome anymore, but I used it when I was starting to look ahead. It helped me a lot back then when I just wouldn't look for any pieces other than the ones I was solving. After a while you start doing that naturally though and there's no point in solving a pair at a fixed BPM when you already know how you're going to solve the next pair.

Until then it's really helpful though.
 
fatboyxpc said:
What does it matter if it did, Dene? It will help some people, it won't help others. Sure this might even be a placebo thing (doubt it), but let's say it is. If it is, it's enough of an effect to really help some people out, sometimes all people need is that sugar pill to break barriers.

If it works for you, it does, if not, who cares? It's just something to try. Not to mention if the OP wanted to make this a poll to see if it really helped people or not, it'd almost be a good thing if it didn't help you (and others) so we wouldn't see only success out of this "experiment."
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Don't get me wrong; I'm not against the use of this. I would just like to know if anyone that is already fast (say sub15) found it helpful in getting to, say, sub13.

The use of this by someone that is struggling to get sub20 is of no value to me.
 
Dene said:
fatboyxpc said:
What does it matter if it did, Dene? It will help some people, it won't help others. Sure this might even be a placebo thing (doubt it), but let's say it is. If it is, it's enough of an effect to really help some people out, sometimes all people need is that sugar pill to break barriers.

If it works for you, it does, if not, who cares? It's just something to try. Not to mention if the OP wanted to make this a poll to see if it really helped people or not, it'd almost be a good thing if it didn't help you (and others) so we wouldn't see only success out of this "experiment."
Click to expand...

Don't get me wrong; I'm not against the use of this. I would just like to know if anyone that is already fast (say sub15) found it helpful in getting to, say, sub13.

The use of this by someone that is struggling to get sub20 is of no value to me.
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You could try it out yourself and tell us cubers! Set it to a high tempo and test it out. (above 150)
 
I'm with koreancuber, why not just give it a shot? But you can't just solve it less than ten times and expect to call it an experiment. :P

Since you're already sub15ish I'd say that you could be quite beneficial :P Although don't forget some people don't really need this in order to get better at look ahead, but I think since it sets the pace for you and forces you to slow down without having to "think" about slowing down, it's just a natural way to help somebody. I'd suspect though that it'd certainly help you get to sub13 if you practiced correctly.
 
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