Hello!

I just hit my 3 month mark today since I started recording my results. Pretty decent drops in time. Progress is beginning to slow, but that's expected. As long as I'm still getting better, I'll be happy.


3/11 58.05 1:03.53 1:13.01

4/11 25.55 34.65 36.53
-55.98% -45.45% -49.97%

5/11 17.05 22.82 24.91
-33.26% -34.14% -31.81%

6/11 15.07 20.04 21.19
-11.61% -12.19% -15.01%

Total drop in 3 months:

3/11 58.05 now: 15.07 = -74.0%
3/11 1:03.53 now: 20.04 = -69.0%
3/11 1:13.01 now: 21.19 = -71.0%

I can't complain too much about that kind of drop in 3 months. It's so much more than I expected. When I read my first post, I sound quite uneducated about cubing, and it is funny to think that was only 3 months ago. My original goal was just to be consistently sub 1:00, and honestly, I can't even remember the last time I stumbled bad enough to go over one minute.

Anyway, thanks to all the people who have helped me along the way, particularly in the Roux help and discussion thread.

EDIT: Just broke my PB Single :)
 
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DeeDubb said:
I just hit my 3 month mark today since I started recording my results. Pretty decent drops in time. Progress is beginning to slow, but that's expected. As long as I'm still getting better, I'll be happy.


3/11 58.05 1:03.53 1:13.01

4/11 25.55 34.65 36.53
-55.98% -45.45% -49.97%

5/11 17.05 22.82 24.91
-33.26% -34.14% -31.81%

6/11 15.07 20.04 21.19
-11.61% -12.19% -15.01%

Total drop in 3 months:

3/11 58.05 now: 15.07 = -74.0%
3/11 1:03.53 now: 20.04 = -69.0%
3/11 1:13.01 now: 21.19 = -71.0%

I can't complain too much about that kind of drop in 3 months. It's so much more than I expected. When I read my first post, I sound quite uneducated about cubing, and it is funny to think that was only 3 months ago. My original goal was just to be consistently sub 1:00, and honestly, I can't even remember the last time I stumbled bad enough to go over one minute.

Anyway, thanks to all the people who have helped me along the way, particularly in the Roux help and discussion thread.

EDIT: Just broke my PB Single :)
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Interesting stats, i wish i had done what you are doing when i had first started, recording and analysing improvements and pbs as they go by. I''m sure your quick improvement in roux has to do with that high density learning you did in the beginning, good job.
 
PJKCuber said:
I'm wondering how you got those links in your signature without actually showing the link. eg . My Roux Solves
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Look up a guide on bbcode.

GuRoux said:
Interesting stats, i wish i had done what you are doing when i had first started, recording and analysing improvements and pbs as they go by. I''m sure your quick improvement in roux has to do with that high density learning you did in the beginning, good job.
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Yes, I did set some hurdles for myself pretty early. The only one I regret a bit is color neutrality early on, but that's something that will catch up with time. It's already getting there, I just need to do more practice solves.
 
At work, during my free time, I do solves on qqtimer (at home I use prisma, but I can't install stuff like that on my work computers). I've gone about 2 months without resetting and just hit 1000 qqtimer solves a bit ago. I decided to graph the results using Excel. It looks pretty cool I think:

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FailCuber said:
You break your PB's everyday? That's cool. Also, any news on the competition?
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Not anymore. That streak ended pretty quick. Sometimes I go for a couple weeks without breaking anything, then I have a few consecutive days.

As for the comp, I just talked to a friend who asked Ilkyoo, and Ilkyoo said there's actually nothing planned. So no idea.
 
So, I shredded my PBs today and got my first sub-20 Ao12! That was really exciting. I really wanted to break 20 ao12 (because of the friendly bet with some other cubers on the forum). I'm glad I succeeded. Now, I'm going to take a break from trying to get faster and work on CN, which will slow me down quite a bit for a while. But it's very important, so I'll work on it for a while. This will probably be the last time I break PBs for a few weeks (if I stick to this plan), but that's fine! I've always taken on challenging things that will help me later on (doing CMLL early, working on difficult block building strategies)
 
I'm taking a break from pushing my limits to add x2/y color neutrality. With x2/y2, I'm averaging about 27 seconds. With the other blocks (red/orange first block), I'm at about 35 seconds... It's gonna take some time to get low, but I've only been at it for a couple of days, so I'm sure it will get there. It's just tough not solving as fast as I can. Now I know how CFOPers feel when they try to switch to Roux.
 
Sorry for off topic but i think the next competition in korea will be in december 2014 and the next one is going to be jan 2015.
Also you improve a lot I didn't break any pb's for 1 month and a half.
 
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