[Unofficial] Rubik's Cube Mile: 5:37.53

[isaacthecuber]

Isaac Wappes: 5:37.53
Asher Scott: 8:12.87
Brad Wise: 9:33.00

Really cool to have a crowd...sorry if they're a little annoying.
This is the fastest I have heard anyone doing this sooooo, UWR? The cubes took about a minute, mile about 4:37.

Scrambles:
Lap 1: R2 B' R' D B' F2 L R' D2 R' D2 L' R D2 B' L2 R' F' L' B' L' R2 D2 R2 D U R2 B R' F'
Lap 2: U' L2 B' L2 B2 L' U R B' U' B D' L2 D U' L2 R' B D U B2 U F' D L2 D2 B2 L2 R2 F
Lap 3: D' R2 F' D' U' R' B2 F' L2 R2 B2 R2 D U2 L D R2 U' F U' F U L' R' U2 R U' F R' U2
Lap 4: U2 R2 U2 L D L' B U F' U2 L2 D2 U2 L2 R2 D2 F2 R U' B' F2 D2 F2 R2 U B2 L B2 D' U2

 

[IanTheCuber]

What grade are you in? At my parochial school, an eighth grader ran a mile in 5:40. I did one in 8:02.

 

[ianography]

That was some... interesting commentary...

Nice solves, and nice running. Do you take Track or Cross Country?

 

[isaacthecuber]

I'm in 11th grade. Do you mean a cube mile or just a regular mile?

And I do both. Cross country season just ended so track starts in 2 weeks!

 

[Ltsurge]

I've got a mile comming up in Australia (1500m Classic) on thursday
Aiming for 4:15 .... (Grade 10) Gonna get slaughtered by a man child who runs 4:08 and is two years younger. I'll do a rubik's mile when I'm on holidays in a few weeks.

 

[TheMachanga]

Awesome, I've always wanted to try this, but I don't live near a track.
Fast time, it makes me feel slow because I'm not sub 5 yet .

I've got a mile comming up in Australia (1500m Classic) on thursday
Aiming for 4:15 .... (Grade 10) Gonna get slaughtered by a man child who runs 4:08 and is two years younger. I'll do a rubik's mile when I'm on holidays in a few weeks.

Hold old is grade 10?

 

[Ltsurge]

I was 15 in october;
Why is this fast or slow in the US?

I came 9th in Qld last year for xc but the winner in my age did 12:40 for 4k :O. I did 13:56 :fp

 

[30secondsolver]

im gonna do this
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[isaacthecuber]

I was 15 in october;
Why is this fast or slow in the US?

It's pretty good. We run 1600 in my state, so 4:15 1500 would be about 4:33 1600. At my school that would be like a varsity, almost state qualifying time.

 

[Ltsurge]

Sorry; what's varsity sport?

 

[MalusDB]

do a rubiks 6miler (10k)! A cube after each km! If you could sub 38 that that would be pretty impressive!
That was a strong last lap from Asher! I haven't ran in a while but 65 secs for 400m is always strong

 

[ben1996123]

I would do this, but 1500m takes me like >10:00.

 

[tx789]

I did 1 1500m once only to see how many point it was worth in the decthlon

 

[qqwref]

Why would you run 1500m when you could go 109m more and have a nice even mile? #doesntdotrack

 

[Ltsurge]

Why would you run 1500m when you could go 109m more and have a nice even mile? #doesntdotrack

Because 1500m is a metric mile and 1609m is an imperial mile.

BTW I did 4:21 at my meet :fp Was on track for a sub 4:20 (no pun intended), racing round the last lap for a 68 when some random stepped out and hit me as I was comming round. Screwed my rhythm, ended up with a 70 last lap

 

[Micael]

Nice, I once did it in about 7min. I never heard of anything faster than what you just did. Lets call it the new UWR :tu

Edit: Next time do that extra 9m (for 1609m). Still, if you follow beemile rules you can walk that 9m while cubing the first one, so it should barely have any impact on the final time.

 

[TheMachanga]

Why would you run 1500m when you could go 109m more and have a nice even mile? #doesntdotrack

I asked why the Olympic standard is 1500 and not 1600, because each lap is exactly 400m and it makes more sense to run 4 laps than 3 3/4 laps. This is because the world uses metric system, and 1.5 kilometers makes more sense than 1.6 kilometers.

 

[qqwref]

the world uses metric system

lol

and 1.5 kilometers makes more sense than 1.6 kilometers.

Actually, 1.6 km makes a lot of sense in terms of the short-race progression 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, etc. The only real advantage 1.5 km has is that it's a more "round" number, but if we're going for that, why not just skip straight from 1 km to 2 km?

 

[JasonK]

the world uses metric system

lol

Well considering that there are a grand total of 3 countries that don't officially use it, that's a fair statement to make.

 

[Tim Major]

I did a mile (or 1600) in 6:51 today. Best time out of the few times I've done it at this school.