What was your worst "If only I..." moment?

[NamesYUNoLeft]

Those moments where you say, "Ugh, that would have been sub-15 if I did that R-Perm from the other angle!" or, "I should have inserted that last F2L pair with the sledgehammer technique for an OLL skip."

Basically, what was your worst case of "speedcubers regret?" </made_up_terms>

 

[antoineccantin]

Either if only I didn't messup on the counting 11.5 in my 10.16 or at the same comp when if I wouldn't have popped on the last turn of the last solve of an OH average that would have been my first sub-15 and top 10 in the world.

 

[Rubiks560]

One of my worst was definitely nationals 2012 2x2 finals.

I needed a sub 2.2 2x2 solve for WR and I had a 3 move face into one of the fastest EG-1 cases. (It even canceled a move) I got like 2.36 on it...
that solve easily should have been sub 1.5.

 

[NamesYUNoLeft]

One of my worst was definitely nationals 2012 2x2 finals.

I needed a sub 2.2 2x2 solve for WR and I had a 3 move face into one of the fastest EG-1 cases. (It even canceled a move) I got like 2.36 on it...
that solve easily should have been sub 1.5.

Ouch.

 

[ottozing]

In my 1.99 OcR average I was so nervous on the 4th solve that I just did the first thing I saw even though there was a 1 move face on another side which went into a really easy EG-1. Cost me a 1.8x average.

 

[jeff081692]

If only I kept practicing consistently I would be sub 10 by now.

 

[Weston]

Probably this official OH average: 13.77 12.97 12.34 21.03 18.71

On the first solve If I did the mirror of the OLL I would have gotten a PLL skip instead of a Y perm. So I would have 2 counting sub 13s, and then 2 chances to not screw up. High chance for NAR average (all I needed was a sub 15) and NAR single(was 11.28), and possible WR average.

 

[ChickenWrap]

I was extremely close to my first sub3 6x6 single...I got excited and dropped the cube at 2:30 (just started the 3x3 stage), then 5 pieces popped out, and I ended up getting a 3:16 with a +2 since I didn't AUF. Fail!

 

[Noahaha]

If only I hadn't wasted so much time on non-BLD events... I would be so much better at BLD right now.

 

[Faz]

There are probably heaps, but these are the worst ones I can think of

2x2 average: 1.36 2.13 2.81 3.02 1.41
Did the wrong CLL and had to do a Y perm on the 2.81, would've been a 1.7x average in may 2013.

Also, resetting the timer/timer fail on my last 5x5 solve at worlds which cost me the win :s

 

[Hays]

If only I hadn't looked at the timer and gotten the 6x6 single world record.
If only I hadn't looked at the timer and gotten the 5x5 single world record.
If only I hadn't looked at the timer and gotten the 7x7 single world record.

 

[Jaycee]

If only I hadn't looked at the timer and gotten the 6x6 single world record.
If only I hadn't looked at the timer and gotten the 5x5 single world record.
If only I hadn't looked at the timer and gotten the 7x7 single world record.

I laughed. I'm so sorry...

 

[Mike Hughey]

At World Championships last year, if only I had checked to see that my feet were together before stopping my third 5x5x5 BLD solve. I had 2 pieces left to swap, and I had my feet together to remind me of that. But I was excited because I knew I was fast, and I forgot to check my feet. I could have been on the podium, set a new sub-11 NAR, and had a mean of 3 5x5x5 BLD.

 

[Tim Major]

Could've had a comfortable sub 2.5, maybe sub 2 solve in my OcR average

Would've been top 10 single and average, instead I'm 12th for average and wasn't even top 100 for single at the time.

 

[Nilsibert]

Overall, my worst "if only.." is if only I started speedcubing 8-9 years ago when I learned how to solve a 3x3. I did look at (a) site(s) which explained petrus and CFOP(as far as I remember), and thought "oh that's too complicated, I at least can solve it" without giving it a chance.
I wonder how I'd do today, assuming I'd still do it.

 

[natezach728]

I was practicing OH, got an unintentional X-cross, fast F2L and I got to OLL "if only I didn't plus 2" I would have had a 11.67 single, which would been a pb but with the plus 2, 13.67, would only be 0.06 off my PB XD

 

[kcl]

First comp.. 3x3.

(10.06), (16.06), 12.06, 14.93 grrr, 11.66

If I hadn't failed the 14.93 I could've gotten a sub 12 average.. I was averaging 13 at the time. It sucked. Ended up with 12.88 average because the dang counting 14.9.

 

[uyneb2000]

If only I had not spent so much too on PLL recog for my 9.08, it could be a sub-9...

 

[uberCuber]

6x6 finals at Worlds: 2:39.98, 2:17.87, 2:16.80

3rd place was a 2:19 mean; if I had done decently on the first solve, I could have podiumed. Of course, I wasn't the only one to have a really bad solve that round. :rolleyes:

 

[Weston]

If only I hadn't looked at the timer and gotten the 6x6 single world record.
If only I hadn't looked at the timer and gotten the 5x5 single world record.
If only I hadn't looked at the timer and gotten the 7x7 single world record.

If only it wasn't against the rules to use a post-it note to cover the timer?