Alex Lau 3x3 ER - 7.52

[PranavCubes]

Congrats! ER single next please?

The ER single is technically the WR single right?

Congrats, Alex!! Great work!

 

[SolveThatCube]

Someone is now within a second of the WR
Congrats Alex. Having the fastest two official solvers using Roux and CFOP is pretty cool.

Yeah.

 

[TankRed]

The ER single is technically the WR single right?

Yep

I wish I learnt Roux before... I have loved this method since I discovered it, but I was already "fast" (for me) at CFOP and I didn't switch :/

 

[GuRoux]

Yep

I wish I learnt Roux before... I have loved this method since I discovered it, but I was already "fast" (for me) at CFOP and I didn't switch :/

I switched to roux when i was averaging 25 seconds with CFOP, so it might not be too late. In fact, I think a good number of people switch at about that time.

 

[Erik]

Kinda cool that there were at least 2 7.08's this weekend Mats also got one in the finals of De Wilg open.
Congrats Alex!

 

[Logiqx]

Way to go Alex.

I'm a bit gutted to have missed that performance. I was hoping to drop in for the final (I only live a few miles away) but I was late back from my weekend activities and couldn't make it. Doh!

Second fastest person for 3x3 average. Please keep blazing the trail for Roux!

 

[brian724080]

Good job!

I switched to roux when i was averaging 25 seconds with CFOP, so it might not be too late. In fact, I think a good number of people switch at about that time.

Haha I switched to ZZ when I averaged around 18 seconds on CFOP

 

[Antonie faz fan]

Kinda cool that there were at least 2 7.08's this weekend Mats also got one in the finals of De Wilg open.
Congrats Alex!

Whe are stil waiting for you to get one under that

 

[kinch2002]

alex lau hot...

Yep

Also he is fast

 

[DeeDubb]

I'm bummed there's no vid. Is it cause Alex doesn't like being filmed during his solves? I remember his 5.96 had to be stealthily filmed.

 

[TDM]

I'm bummed there's no vid. Is it cause Alex doesn't like being filmed during his solves? I remember his 5.96 had to be stealthily filmed.

Yes. Most of his official solves aren't filmed.

 

[GuRoux]

Yes. Most of his official solves aren't filmed.

Sad, I would have liked to have seen it.
Maybe if we're lucky there might be a reconstruction.

 

[~Adam~]

I blame Ben for solving at the same time as Alex. He normally catches them on film. I would blame Noah for not being there but he has that Atlantic Ocean thing as an excuse.

 

[5BLD]

Sad, I would have liked to have seen it.
Maybe if we're lucky there might be a reconstruction.

I could relook at the scrambles and try to remember what I did. But reconstructions with no video is a little silly.

 

[DeeDubb]

I could relook at the scrambles and try to remember what I did. But reconstructions with no video is a little silly.

The second best cuber in the world not being filmed is a little silly too Alex!

 

[Artic]

The second best cuber in the world not being filmed is a little silly too Alex!

Seriously, I agree. What is it....some kind of crazy superstition? You think it's going to mess you up? Give you bad luck? Jinx you?

No offence, but not liking your solves filmed is really silly.

 

[XTowncuber]

Seriously, I agree. What is it....some kind of crazy superstition? You think it's going to mess you up? Give you bad luck? Jinx you?

No offence, but not liking your solves filmed is really silly.

I would say it's pretty clear that you have never been in a high pressure situation with a good chance at breaking a WR. Cameras can be just one more distraction. (particularly if there are a lot of them, all pointed at you)

 

[DeeDubb]

I don't mind, and if he believes he solves better without the pressure of a camera, then that's fine. It's just more of a greed thing for me as a fan of watching Alex's solves.

 

[Divineskulls]

Seriously, I agree. What is it....some kind of crazy superstition? You think it's going to mess you up? Give you bad luck? Jinx you?

No offence, but not liking your solves filmed is really silly.

Have you ever been to a comp? Have you ever been good enough to set records? Add the pressure of someone filming you, and it's enough to make most people AT LEAST a little nervous. And some(like myself) get very nervous. That's why I rarely film official solves, at least. I've tried, but I get worse times. Not filming official solves is not silly at all.

Edit: ninja'd

 

[kcl]

I would say it's pretty clear that you have never been in a high pressure situation with a good chance at breaking a WR. Cameras can be just one more distraction. (particularly if there are a lot of them, all pointed at you)

lol especially when all the iPhones make that ding noise at once *chris*