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I started in May 2019 aged 61. I became pretty obsessed with it and I still am. My current PB is just over 17 seconds and my average is 31.47. I would imagine I am one of the oldest members of this forum and sadly I think sub 10 is beyond me although sub 15 may be possible. I only do 3x3 and...

Thanks What would you recommend to improve on the 2 look OLL & PLL I currently use? Cheers

Cheers Tabe, I definitely agree with that, I am currently sub-32 :cool: I obviously need to change something now to progress, so I will ‘attempt’ to learn full PLL as a few people have suggested.

Cheers Ben I think the average of 1,000 solves has to be fair. The amazing thing is how little my average changes now - I expect you are the same? I will get the very occasional sub 20 and a few nightmares where I find myself starting over towards the end when I realise something is wrong and...

An interesting thought is what does being 'SUB 30' actually mean? I currently calculate my average out of 1,000 solves which I record in batches of 10 i.e. I record 100 batches of 10 solves each (1,000 solves) to calculate my average. My last 1,000 solves averaged 31.53 which included a best...

Hi Cube Red. I think it got a little bit of interest because I was unusually old to start cubing and a few people could relate to that. I am now 63 and my true average is 31.7 seconds give or take a tenth either way. I dont think I will ever truly average sub 30 because I record my solves in...

Sorry for the VERY late reply but thanks for the tip above. Ive been working hard on my cross with the help of that video and Ive improved it massively. I now challenge myself to beat my average solve time over 1000 solves (100 x sets of 10) and my current average is 31.81 which hardly changes...

Thanks for that Michael - I understand now. Thanks for pointing that out Kauhu - I literally had no idea that you had to start a scramble with White Top & Green Front. I have been practicing today using the correct method and whilst predictably it has no effect on my times it does make me feel...

Thank you joshsailscga very much for your great and helpful analysis. I can see that a lot of effort went into your post and it was very much appreciated. I was particularly impressed to learn that I can manage 3 turns per second and thank you as well for the finger-trick tip- I will definitely...

I always position the 1st corner piece I notice on the top with any white on it (assuming you start with a white cross) to the top left position, then I position its associated edge to the middle right position. There are various ways to achieve this but its pretty intuitive. Its then easy to...

Hi Guys, 24 weeks ago I introduced myself as a 61-year-old newbie hoping to capture a sub 30 on film and also to average sub 30 for 10 consecutive solves (still working on that one) https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/aiming-for-a-sub-30-average-aged-61.76619/ At the time I had done over...

Nice times - Is that full OLL & PLL you are learning now? How are you getting on with learning them?

Hi everybody, As its been about 100 days since I last posted here I thought I would tell you how my single solve PB & my goal of a sub 30 - 10 solve average is coming along. My single solve PB has now reduced from 29.35 to 21.91 & my 10 solve average PB has reduced from 41.35 to 34.81. My...

Not sure if i should be asking here but... I use a GAN356X and yesterday I slammed it flat on the table in frustration :) Today its definitely a bit stiff and something has changed. Just wondering if its easy to strip down and see whats wrong? Any help would be appreciated.

P Thats how I feel although everybody says speed doesn't matter - its literally about taking part and hopefully the worst of the crisis will be over by then (Fingers crossed). Anyway you will smash your PB over the next few months

About 10 months Mark, but Ive been pretty obsessed with it there’s a competition near St Mary Redcliffe in September. Maybe see you there.

Hi Mark Blimey - that’s quite a coincidence. I started a members intro thread last Monday “aiming for a sub 30 average - aged 61” and I live in Bristol UK as well. Best of luck with your cubing.

Thank you. I have just printed those off and will try to get my head around them.

Does anybody else use numbers to remember the algorithms? For my 2 x 2nd look PLL algorithms which involve U & M moves I just remember 11-21-21-122 U’ & 21-22-212 instead of M U M2 U etc....

I think thats just about doable