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Race to Sub-25 CFOP 3x3x3 1. L R2 D2 U' B' R2 F U2 F2 L2 F L2 R' D2 L2 F' D U' - 24.58 2. U' F L B2 D L2 D' U' B D L2 B U2 L R' D2 U2 L' - 21.96 3. R F' U F U2 R2 D L R B F' D2 L2 D F U2 R2 D - 27.64 4. D2 U' B F' L' D' U L U2 R' F' U2 R B2 L R F L - 26.72 5. R2 F' R' D' U' F R2 U R B2 U L U2...

Round 125 - Race to Sub-25 - CFOP Time List: 1. B F' L R2 F U' R U F D' L2 D' B' F2 L' D' R2 B' - 30.12 2. L' R' D F2 L R2 U F2 D' L R2 D2 U' F R D' R2 B - 25.18 3. U2 F D2 U2 R2 B' F' D U' B2 D' U2 B' R2 D2 L U' R' - 22.87 4. L U' F R' D2 R' B F L' D2 B R' U2 R U' B' F' D2 - 23.13 5. D' F D...

I have been selling speedcubes on Ebay for the last 8 months and I received a takedown notice from Ebay just yesterday. I argued my case but was politely told to take it up with Seven Towns. I have emailed them and I'm waiting for a response. I didn't realise this was so widespread. I guess...

Yeah, I'm still having issues. I thought it was just a blip but it's still there. I'm getting some solve times of nearly a minute now! And I haven't been that slow for a long time. I don't really know why. I can still get quick times sometimes, but overall I seem to be very sloppy lately. I will...

I was going to suggest this. It would be nice to see I am ranked like 300th in UK or something, rather than 25,000th in the world.

I was averaging about 31-33 seconds quite recently. For some reason I seem to have got a couple of seconds slower the last week. I use F2L, full PLL, 2 look OLL plus the two T-shape OLLs, I can usually plan out my cross but only occasionally can see into the first F2L pair. I use a weilong v2...

Thanks for the advice. I just took a day off and went back to it. Scores now picking up again. 34.21, 30.22, (40.45), (28.14), 29.22, 34.42, 33.84, 37.38, 33.49, 34.58, 38.29, 31.88. ao10/12: 33.75.

Thanks for the reply. I think it may be a combination of things. I haven't lubed the cube in a long while, I am starting to turn faster so maybe that's having an effect, and this is probably my first real barrier. I'll keep plugging away and see what happens.

I use CFOP, and have recently been getting ao12s of between 31 and 33 seconds. I have been getting more and more sub-30 times, where now in an ao12 I will normally get 2 or 3 sub-30 times. I have been finishing most ao12s with nothing above 40 and most being around 35s. My NL PB is around 23...

Sub-30 so far.

Round 81 Speed (23.20), 39.65, 36.36, 34.77, 36.80, 32.71, 39.80, 33.08, 35.69, 30.65, (45.38), 30.89, ao12 = 35.04 Terrible. What's really annoying is I've been getting ao12s of around 31-33 seconds all week. I really need to work on my consistency.

I rarely listen to music while solving - I like the sound of the cube. Saying that, if I am around other people, I get a bit self-conscious so try to turn quietly, which affects my times.

Yeah, but would any informed person buy a Guanlong from, say, Amazon and pay $5.99 when they could buy from zcubes or something, and pay perhaps $2, for example. I'd say probably not, but the reason they buy from Amazon is they are ignorant about the fact they can get the same cube cheaper...

I'm about the same as you. 3 months and 3 weeks cubing. ao12 is just under 35 seconds, PB of 20, non-lucky PB is 23.67. I've seen some people on these type of threads who say they took over a year or whatever to get sub-20, but now they are sub-15. I think if you keep at it you will get faster.

1. People are different. 2. Some people have more time to put into it than others. 3. Some people train in a more focussed way. If you are just straight solving you will not improve as fast as someone who is targeting their weak areas systematically. When I just solve I get faster pretty...