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If you're at 9 seconds average I'm not sure learning CLL is the best you can do. I know that the usual advice is, the sooner you learn the more advanced method the better but you should be able to get sub-5 at least with Ortega / Varasano and with CLL, unless you are able to one-look your solves...

I know what you mean. I do OH just once in a while and some PLLs just vanish from muscle memory. With 2x2 I keep my algs fresh thanks to @muchacho David's weekly race ;)

@chtiger Those are really nice results! Very nice 3x3 and SQ1 singles and skewb average. Sorry about clock. You still have lots of PBs you can set on big cubes if you decide to try them at your next comp ;) Wow! Second sub 6min 6x6 single of the day and this one is much better: 5:37.76. Almost...

That's a pretty strong way to graduate. Congrats, sir!

Round 79 - Race to sub 5 Method: Ortega / Varasano Cube: Moyu Weipo stickerless avg of 12: 5.15 (0/3) 4.38, 5.09, 5.19, 4.86, 5.52, 4.81, 5.03, (5.76), 5.35, 5.63, (4.35), 5.57 So close, yet so far... back to square one again.

@JanW I wish I was able to do that. It's more than enough for me if I just keep my old times after some weeks without practising any event. Do you do LBL or Ortega (or other)? My 1st sub-6min 6x6 solve finally! 5:54.10. Still too slow compared with 4x4 and 5x5 so... I need to practise more. By...

Round 80 Results Thank you all for participating. No graduates this week. Detailed standings here: Race to Sub 15 - Round 81 Expected closing time: Sunday, April 2nd Scrambles (generated with csTimer): 1. F' U2 B2 U2 F R2 B D2 F R2 F U R' B U2 R F' D R' F2 R 2. B R U2 R B L' F D B R' L2 U'...

Round 80 Method: CFOP Dual CN Cube: Guanlong FF stickers (ciotheking color scheme with pink :)) avg of 12: 19.05 19.49, 19.16, 19.88, 20.78, 18.21, (14.48), 17.60, 19.92, 20.16, (26.17), 18.04, 17.17 I thought it would be fun to the the average this week with this cube I stickered with Chris'...

I think that would be a good idea. There are two types of solves where I spot 1 pair I want to preserve during cross. The ones that turn out to be too complex and I end up wasting more time than I save (or I completely fumble the solve) and the ones that are easy to see how to preserve the pair...

Round 541 (Alumni) Method: CFOP Dual CN Cube: Valk 3 avg of 12: 19.06 19.63, 19.35, 17.24, 19.87, (14.46), (24.60), 17.33, 17.86, 19.39, 20.47, 22.11, 17.29 Bad, even for full CN, but this was just my regular white/yellow because during warmup I saw that today I couldn't solve properly...

Maybe there's still hope for my attempt to go full color neutral. Full step PB on non-white/yellow cross: 1. 14.42[orange cross] R' D2 U R2 D' F2 L2 R2 F2 U' F2 D L' D F R2 B' L D U2 F' 3-move cross and easy-to-preserve 1st pair seen in inspection. Very easy F2L and meh LL. The only other...

You should definitely check this thread. Very interesting information about compared times between different puzzles. Your compared averages are more or less in line with standard ones but, yeah, probably your 7x7 is a tad faster than, say, 4x4.

Welcome @Tabe. You are certainly in the right thread and forum :) I am 46 and, yeah, I also feel old and slow and all that but with enough practice and good "hardware" improvement is certainly possible to get your PB well below your current age. You have already tried lots of puzzles so, that's...

@pipkiksass Congratulations! Tell me your secret! I've been stuck at mid-18 average for ages now. Also, welcome @conanthewarrior. You are soooo young! I'm also well above 40 myself.

My problem is that I have to turn very carefully and slowly (most clearly on 6x6,as 7x7 is odd layered and is more difficult to pop) so, even though lookahead is better, my times are awfully worse than 4x4 or 5x5. I'm sure it's also that I have practiced less but still... Example: 5x5 Ao100...

I was going to get my 1st sub 6min 6x6 single, looked at the timer, plenty of time for LL... or was it? Little lockup here, little hesitation there, dang PLL parity... final time 6:00.35 :( Conclusion, 3x3 stage on 6x6 takes me ages... well, and centers and edge pairing too but you know what I...

Yeah, the only way I could break that barrier was doing hundreds of solves. But now I'm stuck again at around 1:10 to 1:15. The road to 1 min average is harder and harder. But then there's 5x5 and 6x6... and 7x7 so fun does not end. [emoji1] Sent from Tapatalk

Nice to see you back but I can understand that life usually gets in the middle. Had you just said... 4th children??? I've got one and I think I'm busy! :-)

Another full CN Ao50 and... 20.01, improved with 2 extra solves to 19.92. Time to forget about being full CN and try to go back to mid 18 with just white and yellow? Or time to keep trying until I succeed? Also my turning accuracy is terrible lately, not sure if this is an effect of big cube...

That's what I call "by the seat of the pants" :) Good job!