What do you consider a good time for you?

[Hadley4000]

Everyone has time that they are happy or unhappy with. What are the times that are fast enough to make you excited to hit them? Also, say your average for a comparison.

My average is 34.xx, and I get happy (as lame as it is) at sub-30. Really happy at sub-25, and flip out at sub-20(3 times that's happened.)

 

[dChan]

For me, I get happy with 17 second solves(although only slightly) very happy with 16 second solves, and super happy with anything below that. My average right now is 19.95 seconds with a personal best of 14.00 seconds(full step). I have gotten a sub-14 solve but it was lucky(PLL skip - I only know how to force an OLL skip so anything besides that is lucky for me) so I don't count that as my personal best. But I can see how any cuber above 30 seconds would be happy with anything below 30 seconds. It is very reasonable!

EDIT: Oh, and for one-handed: anything below 30 makes me extremely happy even if I have them several times in a row.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Sub-30 average makes me quite happy; otherwise I'm usually pretty disappointed (even if it's actually a good average for me). Only beating my personal best gets me really excited (which is currently 27.34). I honestly don't care as much about singles - so what if you get a really lucky solve? My best there is 20.32, and my second best is 22.59, so maybe my attitude about singles is self-serving - I don't care as much because I don't get as many especially fast solves as other people do.

 

[dChan]

Sub-30 average makes me quite happy; otherwise I'm usually pretty disappointed (even if it's actually a good average for me). Only beating my personal best gets me really excited (which is currently 27.34). I honestly don't care as much about singles - so what if you get a really lucky solve? My best there is 20.32, and my second best is 22.59, so maybe my attitude about singles is self-serving - I don't care as much because I don't get as many especially fast solves as other people do.

I love singles that are non-lucky. I get fast singles everyday that are non-lucky so I still care about singles. When you get a fast solve and it is non-lucky it really pumps up your mood. Of course I can see how you would not care about the lucky ones but you can't say you don't care about all single times!

 

[SkateTracker]

I average around 27, so anything sub-25 is a good time for me, sub-20 is really good.

 

[Jacco]

For me, good ones are sub-20 solves. (Today I've got my first sub-20 average of 5, 19.84 =D)

 

[Mike Hughey]

I love singles that are non-lucky. I get fast singles everyday that are non-lucky so I still care about singles. When you get a fast solve and it is non-lucky it really pumps up your mood. Of course I can see how you would not care about the lucky ones but you can't say you don't care about all single times!

Actually, my 20.32 was technically non-lucky. And I guess it's true that I was kind of excited about it (enough to go back and reconstruct the solve, to make sure it wasn't lucky), but I was happier about my 31.32 avg of 100 that it was a part of. I've never had a lucky solve as fast as my 20.32 non-lucky one. But that one was still really easy because all 4 of the F2L pairs were right in front of me as I got to them, so I really never had to look for anything. And the OLL and PLL were both very easy ones. So I can't help feeling like even a non-lucky really fast solve is usually still a lucky solve. Maybe I'll feel differently if I ever get as good as you are, but for now I'm more interested in getting consistently better.

 

[Johannes91]

Whether I consider a time to be good or not depends on the scramble and the solve. If it was really easy but I made some mistakes, 10.xx can be a disappointment. But if it was difficult, 15.xx can be satisfying. On average, though, anything faster than my average is good for me.

So I can't help feeling like even a non-lucky really fast solve is usually still a lucky solve.

It takes a lot of luck to get a very easy yet "non-lucky" solve. So I think single solve records are mostly based on luck anyway and just don't mean much, and trying to define "lucky solves" is pointless.

 

[Mike Hughey]

So I can't help feeling like even a non-lucky really fast solve is usually still a lucky solve.

It takes a lot of luck to get a very easy yet "non-lucky" solve. So I think single solve records are mostly based on luck anyway and just don't mean much, and trying to define "lucky solves" is pointless.

I'm glad you agree with me, Johannes.

 

[Erik]

Everything below 10.75 is good, between 10.75 and 11.99 is ok, 12.00 to 12.50 is like: ah well not that bad, and everything above 12.50 is just slow (for me)

 

[dChan]

Actually, my 20.32 was technically non-lucky. And I guess it's true that I was kind of excited about it (enough to go back and reconstruct the solve, to make sure it wasn't lucky), but I was happier about my 31.32 avg of 100 that it was a part of. I've never had a lucky solve as fast as my 20.32 non-lucky one. But that one was still really easy because all 4 of the F2L pairs were right in front of me as I got to them, so I really never had to look for anything. And the OLL and PLL were both very easy ones. So I can't help feeling like even a non-lucky really fast solve is usually still a lucky solve. Maybe I'll feel differently if I ever get as good as you are, but for now I'm more interested in getting consistently better.

Wow, no one has ever said that to me before! Thanks, Mike. I do like consistency too, which is why I hate it when I get several good solves but then my average is screwed up by a very bad time(well it would have to be two bad times because when you do a rolling average you don't count your worst time).

@Johannes91: Well, whenever I get fast solves now-a-days they are mostly solves in which I really concentrated so I would not say that single solve records are mostly based on luck. I don't count easy solves as personal bests just like I don't count lucky solves as personal bests. This is why I like fast single times, because my definition of a fast single time is a full-step(unless I force an OLL skip) relatively regular solve that was done fast. lol, this is getting complicated.

 

[Karthik]

lol, this is getting complicated.

Thats why we better try and not define "lucky" solves.

As for the question in topic,anything in 16-19 makes me happy.Anything below that is really nice and anything above that if not for a difficult solve is bad for me.

 

[Kickflip1993]

I had my first sub 20 average today (19.79) and had one solve sub 20 with a pop, that makes me laugh a bit, and everything sub 19 is awesome, and sub 16 makes me scream like a little baby if it is non lucky ( had 15.06 lucky PLL skip today)

 

[fanwuq]

On ryanheise sim: sub-19 is nice. 19-22 is average. over 24 is really bad.

On real cube: sub-24 is what I should get if I don't make stupid mistakes. 26-30 is ok but bad. over 32 is really bad.

 

[joey]

Sub-14 is good. Sub-13 is great! Sub-12 is awesome! Sub-11 is omg! Sub-10 is OMGG!! Sub-9 is OMFG I PLL SKIPS!

 

[Lofty]

for OH sub-20 is good and sub-17 is great sub-15 is a 1LLL (either by luck or forced).
For 2H Sub-15 is a good time and thats about it.

 

[dChan]

Sorry, I have to clarify what makes me happy:

----- JNetCube Best Average for Wed May 14 11:58:12 PDT 2008 -----

Average: 19.65

Fastest Time: 15.70
Slowest Time: 23.90
Standard Deviation: 01.71

Individual Times:
1) 23.65 U2 R D R' L' B' F' L2 F' U2 L2 D R2 L U' L' D2 U2 F B2 D' R' B U2 L'
2) (15.70) F2 D' U2 R' B2 L2 D B D L2 F U' D L' R2 B' U D B' F U2 D' R' U2 D
3) 19.48 R B' D' L' B L' D L2 B' L' U L' U' B2 R2 F2 U2 D2 R2 B' U2 D L B2 D'
4) 19.50 B' R2 D2 L2 U F2 U2 R' U R L2 D R2 B L R' F L U' R' F D' L' B L'
5) 18.94 U2 L U L R2 D U R U2 B2 D B' D' R' L' U2 D B F D' R F2 R D2 L'
6) 21.48 B' R B L' F R L' U' B' D F2 B' U' L' F' R2 U2 R' F L F U' B L2 B
7) 18.75 U B D' B' L2 U2 F B U' R L2 D2 U B D2 U2 R' L2 D F2 R F' D L' R
8) 19.67 D2 R' B F2 R2 F L' R U2 L D2 L D' B D2 F2 L R2 F U D2 R2 U2 B' L2
9) 17.72 U F B2 R2 U L U R' U L' F' B2 R' L' B F R' L U B2 L2 D R' U B'
10) 18.80 L' D' F2 R2 D' U B' D' L U R L' F D2 B2 L2 B' R' D' F B2 D' U' F2 B2
11) (23.90) B U' F' B' L U' F2 R' U F' B' R' D' B2 D2 U' B' L2 R2 D' L' R F D2 U2
12) 18.52 B2 L2 R F' R2 B2 U L R F R L B D' B2 R' U L2 R U' F' R2 B2 L' F

 

[alexc]

I'll just put in a bunch of puzzles.

2x2: For a single sub 6 usually is exciting. For average sub 7. Anything above 7 makes me mad!

3x3: A sub 17 solve is good. A 17-18 s average is also good. Over 20 = BLAH!

4x4: Sub 1:20 single, sub 1:40 average.

3x3oh: Sub 30 single, sub 35 average.

3x3bld: sub 1:30 is good! sub 1:20 is ever better! Over 1:40 is bad...

 

[martijn_cube]

sub30 makes me happy, above 30 not i still avg above 30 sec. so i still have to much above 30 solves.

 

[CanadianPires]

I usually avg 31-33ish so sub 30 solve is good, sub 27 is really good and sub 24 is awesome! anything over 36 is dissapointing...