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This is my SS competition nr. 900

Perhaps sort of stupid of me to "like" Dans post when I perhaps is the most ardent follower of Shens weekly reports. I really like them. On the other hand I understand the need for simple algorithms and other things like that. I have much harder to learn new things nowadays (like doing bld both...

35.02 count as an oldie I guess, but I am actually going to a comp tonight

No, not any longer, it was twenty years ago. But perhaps almost a hundred. And some special places like where it's 999999 (among the first thousand decimals).

Looks nice! I'm not there yet :). According to the post by Stefan Pochmann who at least then had (total) access to the DB, he was 93 years old at 2013 and 90 at the competition. So older in birth / age yes but not at the competition (according to OtaMota or the link) Zieminski is 94 today (or...

Then he will totally dominate the 80+ kinch list, as all persons there only have done 3x3 except for Hideaki Tomoyori who has also done 3x3bld.

So today I took part of a not exactly normal competition (WCA). Exactly 50% of the competitors were over 50 years. (4/8).

of course if you do that yourself :)

Now I tried (but only a little) Hoya / Yau. But I wonder what's the real point is. (I don't doubt that is better than my reduction -> 3x3) Is it the thing not to have to look for edges "down left" or is it that it's easier to form edges/dedges while not all centers are done? If I pair edges with...

Is it worth to try to learn hoya (for 4x4 and larger). I have a 4x4 average 2:07.14 that was set in 2014. Been doing the same algs since round 2010 or so I guess. (reduction to 3x3 and then solve "as usual"), How much work is it? Or should I go for a more expensive cube / lube instead? :)

Stupid of me :). Sorry. No problem then.

Thanks! Don't forget to do the same for multi as for 4/5-bld. As for using best of single/avg for big cubes I'm for it (with your arguments) but I don't insist on it. I can do a 7x7 faster than my official 22 minutes but three solves for an average total time sub 45 minutes is not probable...

Again: I do really like this, to be able to compare myself to other 60- or 70-years old persons. :) And I do not think you should alter this if you don't want to. Still: it says: singles for 4-bld, 5-bld and multi. single or avg for 3-bld and FMC. Maybe the exception for 3-bld is reasonable...

I think that is very reasonable thinking for FMC where the preferred way of competing is mean of three. But (as far as I know) in blind we never compete in mean of three, it is best of three (or best of two). So if there are two different persons who hold the WR in 5-bld best of 3 and 5-bld...

I like your work much :). But I wonder why my kinch score for 3-4-5 blind (60+) seems to be based on averages and not single results?! (and I share Mikes reservation against facebook in general)