"NEW" Race to Sub-30!

[MatsBergsten]

Round 161: 40.65 (so rusty and some bad cubes (I used twelve different)
44.03, 40.01, 44.50, 80.65, 26.93, 35.88, 34.01, 40.56, 41.62, 49.82, 36.15,40.00

Round 162: 37.23 (a little better, warmup helps )
36.78, 42.03, 41.66, 36.00, 37.08, 41.58, 34.77, 31.81, 32.04, 38.61, 36.75, 37.01

 

[Brian Kremer]

Round One Hundred Sixty-One and One Hundred Sixty-Two Results

Round One Hundred Sixty-One and One Hundred Sixty Two Results​

Congratulations to Gordon, who graduated in round 161, and TDM, who graduated in round 162!

Brian - thanks for running this comp and for the way you present the results each week, which is great! Much nicer than a simple list like most other forum comps. This comp is the highlight of my cubing week

Have a great vacation!

anyway. Enjoy your vacation!

Thank you! And the vacation was great!

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Grad Graph

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[Brian Kremer]

Round One Hundred Sixty-Three Scrambles

Round One Hundred Sixty-Three
Potential Closing Time - Monday, June 24
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Scrambles
1. L' R F D' L' R2 B2 F' D' L F' L R' F2 D' U' L' R' U L' D2 B F2
2. D U' B' F' D' U B D U' R F2 D2 R D U' R' D2 B D2 B R2 B F'
3. F' D U2 R U2 R' D U2 B D2 U2 R B L' R2 F D2 B2 F' R U' L2 R2
4. R' B2 L2 B2 F2 D' L2 R2 B2 D' F' L2 U2 F' L D B' F' L' R2 F2 U2 B'
5. F2 D' U2 L' R D2 F D U B2 F2 D2 R2 D' R2 B F2 R' F' D' R B2 F2
6. L' R' D' U2 L' D B2 F2 D U R' D2 L2 D U F' R' F' L D R B L
7. R' U' L' R2 B2 F2 D2 L R D2 B D2 B2 L2 R U' F' D' R2 B2 D' B' L'
8. L' R2 F' R B' D' L2 U B L' B' F D B2 F D U B' F' L F U' B2
9. B2 F' D' B2 L2 U2 L' B' L2 D2 B2 L2 R2 B F2 D' U' R2 F' D' U2 L R'
10. R F' L' R2 D2 U' B F' D U2 F' D2 U' B F' D2 L R2 F' D' B F2 R'
11. F L R' B2 L R D2 B' F' L2 B2 F R U F2 D F2 R D' B D U F'
12. D L D' U R' D B L' U L' B' F D' B2 R' F L' R F' U2 F' D' B'

 

[TDM]

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That makes me look like I haven't put in any effort Now I'm sub-30, I'm going to concentrate on ZZ (except for the race to sub-25).

Round: 163
Event: ZZ
Times: 53.21, 51.79, 44.72+, 52.58, 38.04, 39.82, 43.77, 32.40, 40.81, 39.95, 44.84, 44.67
Average of 12: 44.10

I usually average sub-45, so I don't really know what was happening to begin with in solves 1, 2 and 4. 10th solve was easy, but I was REALLY slow. Overall, not a good average, but not a bad one either.

 

[skippykev]

Round 163
23.86, 29.75, 32.84, 30.49, 28.19, (41.02), 37.63, 32.60, 28.57, 28.19, (21.64), 30.28
=30.24

Ridiculous. And I did very well in the practice average of 12 beforehand! Too many awkward mistakes halfway through this average. Let's hope nothing bad like this happens again next week!

 

[curtishousley]

Round: 163
Event: 5x5 last step
Average: 46.34

54.03
1:07.83
48.63
42.30
50.45
50.33
34.68
33.34
44.55
48.38
45.83
44.21

Just got a shengshou 5x5 in the mail today, wanted to join the race to help me on my handling and recognition since I am new to doing 5x5 speed

 

[LucasSVK]

Round - 163
Speed
Times : 25.15 , 43.43 , 25.88 , 26.78 , 31.74 , 26.50 , 31.78 , 36.72 , (43.59) , 30.27 , 34.97 , (24.48)
Avg12 = 31.32sec

Lucas

 

[ySoSrs]

Round 163 - Speed

Average: 28.70
29.22, 28.86, 31.78, 26.93, (24.05), 29.70, (31.80), 29.24, 25.28, 29.56, 26.52, 29.95

Damn I missed a round! :O Didn't do much 3x3 at all this week, was learning 4x4. When I started a session just now I couldn't get under 30 sec average at first, but then suddenly I got nothing but sub 30 times, so I thought it was time to do the race. Pretty happy I could pick up my pace so fast again after not doing timed 3x3 solves for more than a week. This is a good Ao12, only two times sup 30 so I'm happy. I hope I can continue this so I can graduate soon.

 

[PianoCube]

Round 163 OH
Average: 31.24

36.38, 31.77, (24.98), 26.63, 28.59, 34.52, 28.93, 27.80, 28.02, 37.40, 32.33, (39.91)

Bah. Two sub 30 averages in a row and now this :fp
I got "two in a row" at least four times I think in the race to sub 20 before I graduated there, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[Sam Cubes]

AVERAGE: 28.27
Round: 163 Speed
Event: speed
Times: 33.35 32.53 28.43 26.92 31.60 26.92 28.07 23.40 20.55 20.75 30.79 37.17

That kinda sucks that I didn't get a sub-20 on the 9th or 10th. On the fastest solve the scramble left me with a one move cross, the F2L case just flowed so nicely an easy 2-look, but I got a G-perm I didn't recognize, and by the time i was done I wasted 5 seconds D:

 

[Dino]

Round: 163
Speed

Average of 12: 47.35

Times: 57.57, 42.31, 44.78, 42.97, 48.09, 51.01, 48.93, 1:09.01, 39.42, 42.01, 34.76, 56.48.

First Sub 50

 

[mark49152]

Round 163 - speed
Average = 34.80
Not bad considering I had no time to practise this week.

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12: 00:32.60 x
11: 00:36.24 x
(10: 00:24.80 x)
9: 00:36.16 x
(8: 00:43.03 x)
7: 00:36.58 x
6: 00:32.03 x
5: 00:34.62 x
4: 00:34.79 x
3: 00:34.88 x
2: 00:38.84 x
1: 00:31.26 x

 

[Brian Kremer]

Round One Hundred Sixty-Three Results

Round One Hundred Sixty-Three​

No graduates this week.

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[Brian Kremer]

Round One Hundred Sixty-Four Scrambles

Round One Hundred Sixty-Four
Potential Closing Time - Monday, July 1
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Scrambles
1. L2 B' L2 R' D U B' F' D2 U F2 D' R D' U' F' U B F L R2 D U'
2. L' D' U' B2 R B F2 R B' F R2 U2 B' F D' U R F' L B F2 L2 B
3. L' R F' D2 R D2 L2 B' D2 L U2 L2 R2 B L' F' D' R U2 B2 F L2 F'
4. B F U' B' L' D U' B2 R D' U' F' L R2 B2 F2 U L' R' D U2 B' D
5. U B2 L' R U R' D U L' R2 B' D2 U L' R B F' L' R2 B' F' D2 B2
6. B F' U L2 U' L B2 F2 D2 F L R U2 L R B2 F' L2 D2 R2 D' U2 F
7. D F2 L R' F' D2 B' F' L2 R2 B2 F' D' L D U2 R' B F2 L2 R2 F2 D
8. D2 B D' U R2 B2 F2 D R2 B L' R2 F2 R B U2 B' R' D U2 L' D' B'
9. B D2 R' D2 U B' R' B' R' D2 U2 F' D F2 L' B D' B F' R2 B' F L'
10. D B' F L R D' U2 B F' D U' L' R' F D2 L2 R2 F' L' B2 U B2 D2
11. F L R2 U R' U' B2 D2 L2 R2 B F' D2 U' B D L D' U L' D L F
12. D U2 B D U2 L B' D U' F L2 R' U' R' D U L' D' R' D' L' B2 F2

 

[YddEd]

Round 164
28.98, 25.81, 31.59, 33.32, 30.91, 25.58, 23.01, 36.32, 23.05, 37.78, 26.67, 34.48 = 29.67
Ugh, only if I didn't drop the cube on the 10th solve...
+ The blocks were so easy

 

[LucasSVK]

Round 164
Speed
Times : 29.59s 26.19s 24.49s 32.13s 26.88s 29.33s (23.92s) 27.78s 34.57s 28.78s (35.04s) 30.22s
Avg12 : 29.00s
The times are not correctly sorted ..
Finally i got sub 30 in this "contest" ..

 

[TDM]

Sorry, I should have made myself clearer last week. Am I able to participate again, but using a different method?

 

[curtishousley]

Sorry, I should have made myself clearer last week. Am I able to participate again, but using a different method?

I'm sure they would have no problems with that, just include what method you are currently racing with. I just started up again in here for the last step in 5x5 and they accepted me

 

[curtishousley]

Round 164
Event last step of 5x5
Average 40.18

34.56 , 44.99 , 41.55, 39.26 , 42.03 , 39.68 , 39.90 , 38.38 , 39.66 , 39.24 , 42.74 , 39.36

This 5x5 is harder than I expected, it's so hard to keep everything aligned to keep it turning!

 

[TDM]

I'm sure they would have no problems with that, just include what method you are currently racing with. I just started up again in here for the last step in 5x5 and they accepted me

I know, and it is said in the thread rules that you can do this, but my results weren't included in the last round, so I was just asking if I could restart as I didn't before.
Edit:

Round: 164
Event: ZZ
Times: 38.41, 46.83, 34.74, 52.68, 55.08, 41.09, 36.22, 35.13, 38.00, 41.56, 38.63, 47.20
Average of 12: 41.58

Results are there if you want them.