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Marcel's Bar Cross+1 Comp

Round 4 results
1. sneaklyfox 3.96 (2H)
2. MarcelP 5.99
3. mark49152 7.81 (ARRGH!!)

Congrats sneaklyfox!

Round 5 scrambles
1. U L2 F2 D2 F2 D' F2 U' B2 R2 U' L D' U L R U2 R U2 B' D2
2. B' D2 F2 U2 L2 F D2 L2 D2 R2 F' L B2 D' B2 U R2 D' L2 U' R
3. L' D2 B2 R' B2 D2 L2 B2 R' D2 R' B L' D B U F D L2 R B'
4. B' R2 D2 B D2 L2 U2 F' D2 F L2 D L2 B U R U2 L' R' B U
5. D F2 D2 B2 D F2 U' F2 L2 D' R2 F' L2 D U B2 D' R B' L' F
6. B2 D2 B2 R2 D R2 D U2 F2 U' B2 L D' R2 U2 F U2 L' B D' R
7. U2 B2 U2 B D2 F' L2 U2 B2 D2 U2 R F D' F U F2 L U2 L2 R2
8. B2 U B2 D2 L2 D2 R2 F2 R2 F2 U' B D B' F' R B U2 L2 F2 U2
9. B2 D2 F2 U L2 B2 U R2 D2 L2 D' F U' R D U2 L' D' B' L R2
10. U' F' D' R' D' F' R U2 D F2 R2 L2 U2 F' R2 B2 U2 F D2 L2
11. D B2 U' L2 D' R2 U R2 U L2 B' U L B2 R2 B R2 D R2 F'
12. L2 D2 F2 L' F2 R2 U2 F2 U2 R' B2 D' R F D R' U L' F' D L'

Closing time 05:55 UTC Mon 14 April...
 
mark49152 said:
Marcel's Bar Cross+1 Comp

Round 4 results
3. mark49152 7.81 (ARRGH!!)
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What is going on there Mark? LOL You are being punished for too much gain over the last months I guess... I gained a lot this week. After I discovered I could not get sub 25 Ao100 with 'stackmatted way' have I been practicing my @ss of. Yesterday I had a 22.23 Ao50. With the Moyu Dian Ma. Love that cube. Then the next 50 I started to change cubes between Weilong, LiYing and Cx3 and I finished 23.80 Ao100. Not great compared to the first 50 but I am more than satisfied with the progress. :)
 
Round 5 Cross + 1

Without warm up, first solves of the day. Not bad..

Mean: 6.20
Average: 6.23
Best time: 4.25
Median: 6.08
Worst time: 7.92
Standard deviation: 1.17

Best average of 5: 5.29
6-10 - 4.79 (4.25) (7.92) 4.84 6.25

Best average of 12: 6.23
1-12 - 7.64 7.07 5.84 5.90 7.84 4.79 (4.25) (7.92) 4.84 6.25 6.25 5.85
 
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MarcelP said:
What is going on there Mark? LOL You are being punished for too much gain over the last months I guess... I gained a lot this week. After I discovered I could not get sub 25 Ao100 with 'stackmatted way' have I been practicing my @ss of. Yesterday I had a 22.23 Ao50. With the Moyu Dian Ma. Love that cube. Then the next 50 I started to change cubes between Weilong, LiYing and Cx3 and I finished 23.80 Ao100. Not great compared to the first 50 but I am more than satisfied with the progress. :)
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Good progress Marcel. I have never tried with stackmat. I use my phone as a timer which is probably faster even than keyboard.

My solving has been awful this week. After getting a 22.13 PB ao50 the last few have been nearer 24 and I keep getting runs of 25-26 or worse. Lookahead and flow have both gone. I might take a break from timed solves and go back to substep practice for a while.
 
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MarcelP said:
What is going on there Mark? LOL You are being punished for too much gain over the last months I guess... I gained a lot this week. After I discovered I could not get sub 25 Ao100 with 'stackmatted way' have I been practicing my @ss of. Yesterday I had a 22.23 Ao50. With the Moyu Dian Ma. Love that cube. Then the next 50 I started to change cubes between Weilong, LiYing and Cx3 and I finished 23.80 Ao100. Not great compared to the first 50 but I am more than satisfied with the progress. :)
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I think a lot of the reason I do especially well in comps is because I practice everything stackmatted. Pickups are extremely easy to mess up when you're nervous, and stackmatting at home gets you used to them.
 
Round 5 Cross+1
Average: 4.30
5.86, 5.86, 3.91, 3.93, 4.54, 4.09, 3.72, (6.33), 3.60, 3.64, 3.80, (3.48)

Hmm... I wonder how good this would have been if I were not holding a baby in my lap for the first 5 solves and if my kids were not simultaneously trying to throw a blanket over me through the first two solves.
 
MarcelP said:
LOL, yeah kids can be a pain while solving
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Yeah totally. I mean, I was just breaking my PB Ao5 when on the 5th solve I just started the solve and my son comes in and says, "Mommy!" and I'm so distracted because the rest of the solve I'm wondering what he wants to tell me. Fortunately, I already had 4 good solves and still managed to break my PB Ao5, yay! Whew! Otherwise I would've been really annoyed.

Edit: Also Ao12.
 
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sneaklyfox said:
Edit: Also Ao12.
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Yeah! You are on an improvement streak right? Very nice. What is your new Ao12 PB?

kclejeune said:
Does anyone else do skewb? It's fun.

I'm kinda ticked right now.. 4.35 almost UWR ao12 but it had a counting 7.
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I have a skweb and I have solved it maybe 12 times. It is fun yeah, but so much different than 2X2, 3X3, 4X4. I do not intent to practice this puzzle. I think I average 2 minutes LOL..
 
kclejeune said:
Does anyone else do skewb? It's fun.

I'm kinda ticked right now.. 4.35 almost UWR ao12 but it had a counting 7.
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I don't really skewb. Have one and have solved it and right now not planning on practicing it. Nice times! Just keep practicing and hope you get a real WR!

MarcelP said:
Yeah! You are on an improvement streak right? Very nice. What is your new Ao12 PB?
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New Ao12 PB is 13.79 (0.04 improvement). I hope I'm on an improvement streak. I've been at crawling pace for a year though I do feel that I am still improving which is encouraging. I hope I never truly stagnate. That would be a killer.
 
Marcel, you think almost every cube is a great cube. You use so many different cubes. Do you actually have a main?

And guess what?! I did it again! New PB Ao12 = 13.53
14.43, 14.91, 15.85, 12.85, 12.28, 13.21, 11.59, 14.00, (16.77), 12.30, (11.25), 13.91
 
Congrats Sneakly! You are on a roll.

I wish I shared Marcel's enthusiasm for every new cube. I also buy most new cubes, and enjoy unpacking and trying them, but most of them are a disappointment and don't get used for long. I always go quickly back to my favourite ShuangRen v2, which has been my main for almost a year. It will take a very special cube to replace my main!
 
mark49152 said:
I wish I shared Marcel's enthusiasm for every new cube. I also buy most new cubes, and enjoy unpacking and trying them, but most of them are a disappointment and don't get used for long. I always go quickly back to my favourite ShuangRen v2, which has been my main for almost a year. It will take a very special cube to replace my main!
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Not sure about the enthusiasm; I wouldn't have any money! But I used to agree with you on not replacing my main, my ShuangRen's been my main since early September... but now, I'm starting to think it locks up too often. Unfortunately, without buying another cube, my choices are limited to a couple of dead Dayans, an Aurora (can't reverse corner cut), a SS wind (which is even worse at reverse corner cutting), and a WeiLong which I can't control. And it's not black. And the colours are way too bright. I was thinking of getting a new cube, probably a GuHong v2, and I did get some money for my birthday a week ago which I could use. But do you not find the ShuangRen locking up a lot? I get a lot of +2s...
 
TDM said:
Not sure about the enthusiasm; I wouldn't have any money! But I used to agree with you on not replacing my main, my ShuangRen's been my main since early September... but now, I'm starting to think it locks up too often. Unfortunately, without buying another cube, my choices are limited to a couple of dead Dayans, an Aurora (can't reverse corner cut), a SS wind (which is even worse at reverse corner cutting), and a WeiLong which I can't control. And it's not black. And the colours are way too bright. I was thinking of getting a new cube, probably a GuHong v2, and I did get some money for my birthday a week ago which I could use. But do you not find the ShuangRen locking up a lot? I get a lot of +2s...
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Ok, you need both enthusiasm AND money! I am still using my SR v1 sometimes. My PB Ao5 and Ao12 I set the other day were done on it. (Today's records were with the WL.) Some days the SR will lock on me if I'm too jittery with my hands but if I'm more calm and controlled it's really nice.
 
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