Liberty Science Center Open 2011

[RyanReese09]

What? Random.

Should have made it coffee boy.

 

[s3rzz]

gunna be there, first comp. get ready to see bad averages people

 

[JyH]

gunna be there, first comp. get ready to see bad averages people

I'm sure you'll improve a ton before this competition.

 

[mmitchev]

Are you allowed to drive out of state with a junior license. I would totally go if I could do that.

 

[RyanReese09]

You should check your states laws on that. I don't know if it varies between states. It's allowed in Maryland, but you do have the regular restrictions, such as no driving past midnight (minus circumstances)

 

[brandbest1]

again, what are the cutoffs for the events?

also, can we tell you, for bld, if we go over 10 minutes so the judge uses a stopwatch?

 

[JyH]

again, what are the cutoffs for the events?

also, can we tell you, for bld, if we go over 10 minutes so the judge uses a stopwatch?

We don't know the cutoffs yet.

Yes.

Sub 14 average, here I come!

 

[Bob]

Cutoffs will depend on the number (and speed) of competitors registered and thus will not be decided until closer to the event.

BLD will, however, have a single time limit of 10 minutes or less.

 

[brandbest1]

Cutoffs will depend on the number (and speed) of competitors registered and thus will not be decided until closer to the event.

BLD will, however, have a single time limit of 10 minutes or less.

Shoot.

 

[JyH]

Shoot.

Practice...?

 

[bluecloe45]

ill try my best to be there. My schedule is so ****ing busy.

 

[RyanReese09]

If you can't sub10 BLD, then you have clearly done under 5 attempts in your life.

 

[Mike Hughey]

If you can't sub10 BLD, then you have clearly done under 5 attempts in your life.

That's not fair. It's not that easy for everyone. However, it is true that if you practice and work at it, you should be able to manage.

(My daughter is now managing sub-10 on most of her attempts, even if she still misses almost all her attempts, but it took her quite a while to get down to 10 minutes. And I am pretty sure it took me more than 5 solves to get sub-10. It's not fair to ridicule people (like me) who are slower.)

 

[blah]

GO BECCA GOGOGO AT DAYTON

[/hijack]

 

[RyanReese09]

That's not fair. It's not that easy for everyone. However, it is true that if you practice and work at it, you should be able to manage.

(My daughter is now managing sub-10 on most of her attempts, even if she still misses almost all her attempts, but it took her quite a while to get down to 10 minutes. And I am pretty sure it took me more than 5 solves to get sub-10. It's not fair to ridicule people (like me) who are slower.)

I didn't mean to offend anyone. I was being genuinely honest. It's true that some people, your daughter for example, has trouble sub 10'ing, but that is not the case for 95% of cubers. If sub10 is an obstacle, then I would love to see a video of them blding.

Also, I didn't mean 5 as an exact number. My point being, if you want to compete in BLD, and you're not happy about 10 minutes as the cutoff, you should consider practicing it. The cutoffs are always generous for BLD (almost always, actually). 5 was exaggerated, to some point.

Rebecca is also not using her method to her full potential. She could get faster if she learned more algs. Most people don't have a problem with that.

 

[Mike Hughey]

You're right in that 10 isn't that difficult of an obstacle; I just think that claiming something like 5 solves might be overly discouraging to some people. I also think of Bruce Norskog, who took 28 tries to get his first successful solve in competition, and that one was 9:59.43 (with a 10 minute cutoff! I really wish I had been there to see that!). It's easy for you; it's not that easy for some people.

Rebecca is also not using her method to her full potential. She could get faster if she learned more algs. Most people don't have a problem with that.

Rebecca has been able to execute in 5 or 6 minutes from the beginning, and now she can easily execute in 3 minutes; her problem is memorization. More algs would certainly help her speed up, but they've never really been the problem if she's just shooting for 10 minutes.

 

[brandbest1]

or is it my method? i use seerusgod's method.

 

[Mike Hughey]

or is it my method? i use seerusgod's method.

How long does it take you to memorize? to solve?

In my experience, solving method is almost never the problem to get sub-10. Either you're slow at memorizing (which you can tell because your memorization phase uses up most of the 10 minutes, or maybe even more than 10 minutes), or you're slow at recalling your memorization (which you can tell because you have long pauses between each algorithm you perform). I suspect improving your memorization alone can get you sub-10, and one way to accomplish that is just to practice a lot. If that isn't working for you, try experimenting with different methods for memorizing - letters, images, numbers, visual, etc. Hopefully something will work and get you sub-10.

Like I say, my daughter Rebecca (who is 10, and barely sub-1 at 3x3x3 speed) can perform execution blindfolded in about 3 minutes with one of the worst methods out there. I really doubt your method is the problem.

 

[blah]

one of the worst methods out there

Now, now, don't be too hard on her/yourself.

 

[brandbest1]

I'm probably just going to wait outside for about a half an hour. Don't know how long it will take to get to lsc. anyway, I will "try" to do awesome in Magic. (sub-1, here i come!) I don't have a timer, so i don't really know my times, but they are somewhat close to 1 second. I've decided to screw OH and BLD and just compete in 2x2-4x4 and the Magics.