2013 New Year's Resolutions

Ok, that happened a lot faster than I thought it would. About 3 weeks into pyraminxing, sub-6 Ao12=5.74:
6.51, 5.23, 5.40, 5.16, 5.38, 7.00, 4.93, 5.30, (8.68), 7.28, 5.21, (4.76)


Wow, you are good! I still don't really know how to solve it. I know just how to replace an edge and keep on doing that untill all are solved, resulting in sometimes over 2 minutes... LOL. I have a sub 30 official single though... ;)
 
Wow, you are good! I still don't really know how to solve it. I know just how to replace an edge and keep on doing that untill all are solved, resulting in sometimes over 2 minutes... LOL. I have a sub 30 official single though... ;)

Well when I was still a noob a few weeks ago I did the random edge thing that you're describing and did a couple of averages and they were all over 30 seconds. Then I learned keyhole method (I think). I've also heard of oka method. I'm not even sure how they're different or if they are. I'm sill half a noob lol. If you look on youtube you could probably find a couple of tutorials for it. Here are the two that I watched:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_CvrT5NFWY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=045nrROkRRU
 
Well when I was still a noob a few weeks ago I did the random edge thing that you're describing and did a couple of averages and they were all over 30 seconds. Then I learned keyhole method (I think). I've also heard of oka method. I'm not even sure how they're different or if they are.

Odder has a nice explanation of Pyraminx methods, click here.

The methods are similar, you just do the edges a little bit different.
 
2x2: Learn CLL, Sub 4 consistently, Possibly EG-1
3x3: Sub 15, Full OLL and PLL
4x4: Sub 1 and Color neutral
5x5: Sub 2
6x6: Get one :D
7x7: Sub 8
8x8 Get faster?
9x9: Get one :D
Pyraminx: Sub 6 consistently
3BLD: Solve a 3x3 Blindfolded

2x2: CLL, and almost sub3
3x3: Sub11 Full OLL and PLL
4x4: CN 4x4 is stupid, sub50
5x5: Yes
6x6: Yes
7x7: Yes
8x8: lol8x8
9x9: lol9x9 nope
Pyra: 4.16 Official average, I guess that's a success
3BLD: Solved 13 of them in one go.
 
Here's my post from last year:
2x2: lawl like 8 seconds now
3x3: 19-21 now
4x4: [1:15-1:20]
5x5: 2:30-2:50 now
6x6: [6:00]
7x7: [9:00]
3BLD: averaging about 2-2:45, consistency is realllly bad
OH: 40-50 now
Pyra: 6-7.5 now
Sq-1: 1:00 now

Goals for January 1, 2014:
3x3: 16
4x4: 55
5x5: 2:00
6x6: 4:00
7x7: 6:00
3BLD: 1:30
4BLD: sub15 success
Pyra: sub5
MBLD: 12 cubes sub 1 hour
Megaminx: 1:30

3x3: I'm inconsistent - between 18-22, but generally closer to 18-19. IMPROVEMENT DID NOT MEET GOAL
4x4: ~1:10 IMPROVEMENT. DID NOT MEET GOAL
5x5: 2:20 IMPROVEMENT. DID NOT MEET GOAL
6x6: 6:00 NO IMPROVEMENT. DID NOT MEET GOAL
7x7: 8:45-9:00 NO (probably) IMPROVEMENT. DID NOT MEET GOAL
3BLD: haven't done it since competition in November, but that had 2:48 success. NO IMPROVEMENT. DID NOT MEET GOAL
4BLD: no successes NO IMPROVEMENT. DID NOT MEET GOAL
Pyra: sub5 IMPROVEMENT. DID MEET GOAL
MBLD: haven't done it in ages. No idea, honestly. DID NOT MEET GOAL
Megaminx: 2:40 DID NOT MEET GOAL

well then. Rather pathetic.
Improved 3x3, 4x4, 5x5 and Pyra for sure. Not sure about megaminx, because I don't know what I averaged last year. I think I need to set better goals for next year.
 
All are global averages
2x2: lol idc
3x3: sub10
4x4: sub1
5x5: sub4
6x6: know how to solve
7x7: "
Pyra:sub13, learn good method (use bob burton now)
Mega: sub3, learn actual method
BLD: sub3, 75% success
OH: sub20, REALLY WANT THIS
SQ-1:sub1:30

Yeah, overall, just become more well rounded in cubing events. Right know I'm crappy at everything but 3x3

Okso i achieved all these goals except sq-1 is stupid and lolno at sub10 3x3. Idk why I set these goals so low, next time I'll be more ambitious. :)
 
Learn C*LL, become colour neutral.
2x2: Sub 3 Single (non lucky), Sub 6 Average
3x3: Sub 15 Single, Sub 25 Average
4x4: Sub 1 Single, Sub 1:30 Average
5x5: Sub 2:30 Single, Sub 3 Average

It's funny how you improve much more than you anticipate.

2x2 - Sub 6 official average
3x3 - 11.12 single and 16 official average
4x4 - 43 Single and Sub 49 Ao5, Sub 56 Ao100
5x5 - 1:49 single and Sub 2 Ao5
 
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Be sub-15 3x3 and learn OLL
Be sub-1 (at least) 4x4
Be sub-2 (at least) 5x5
Be sub-4 2x2
Be sub-10 (at least) Pyraminx
Be sub-30 Square-1
Be consistent BLD and sub-2

Well that was a fail.
3x3: Full OLL. Sub-15 ao5 but average more like 15-16.
4x4: not even close
5x5: not even close
2x2: sub-4 ao12s but not global
Pyraminx: Yeah sometimes. Haven't done a serious session in forever.
Square-1: There was a time I was but not anymore
BLD: Yes surprisingly
 
Kind of copy from earlier post...

Cubing:
- 2x2 get back to sub-6 before any comps got DNF at comp lol but at least one sub-6 single
- 3x3 get past sub-16 barrier kind of failed... kind of stuck
- 3x3 OH get sub-25 Ao12 done
- pyraminx I really don't know what to expect by the end of the year because so far it's been going awesome. Is sub-6 too ambitious? I started pyraminxing about a week ago. done
- clean, re-lube, re-tension, and re-sticker all my favourite cubes with half brights done
- only make one more order of cubes (this is gonna be hard) failed miserably
- go to my first competition done
- get a sub-15 single during labour would have done but labour didn't happen

IRL:
- give birth to two healthy babies done
- do not get a C-section failed
- go to bed earlier, get more sleep did and then failed after babies arrived
- eat less junk food doing it
- make daughter practice violin and piano regularly I only get half marks for this one
- potty train son still fail

I guess some of these are staying for 2014.
 
I feel like I've responded to this before...
CUBING:
3x3: Sub-12YES
4x4: Sub-1:00YES
5x5: Sub-1:20NO
6x6: Sub-3:00EHHHHH
7x7: Sub-4:30YES
OH: Sub-18EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY
That's.. Pretty much all I care about

IRL:
Get a jobMORE THAN MINIMUM WAGE
Get my learner's permitYES
Get a better SAT scoreWHO CARES 35 ON ACT
Ditch some leg fatGAINED MUSCLE
Get to 1500 eloGOLD V CLOSE ENOUGH
Complete a PMD NuzlockeNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 
- Start learning algs again
- Actually practice BLD to some extent
- Improve at various stuffs


Don't feel like acting like I can predict what events I'll be most interested in several months from now, so I'm not going to list specific times I want to achieve.

-Well, I learned almost all of Square-1 EP, won't be finishing until shortly after 2014 starts though. Don't remember learning much else.
-Improved official 3BLD from 2:42 to 1:26 and got official 7/8 in 43:xx when I had never had a multi success at all before this year
-List of improvements and stuff:
2x2 (from low 4 to low 3)
3x3 (from low 12 to low 11)
4x4 (from low 40's to high 38)
5x5 (from mid-1:20's to sub-1:15)
6x6 (from like 2:45 to sub-2:15)
7x7 (from like 4:30 to sub-3:30)
OH (from barely sub-30 to almost sub-20)
Megaminx (from barely sub-2 to ~1:18)
Pyraminx (from lolidk to low 6)
Square-1 (from ~30 to ~16)
3BLD(from mid-to-low 2's to ~1:30)
Learned to multiBLD (in a couple of weeks went from only having tried (and failed) a couple of 2-cube attempts at home to having an official 7/8)
Learned to 4BLD (failed officially, but got at-home success of 10:55)
Learned to skewb (kinda, only practiced for a few days, which got me mid-11 average)

I'd say this was a decent year for me.
 
Hopefully I can actually get around to all these goals...

2x2: stop being nervous in competition and break WR

3x3: official: make WC13' finals. At home: sub 9.5 average of 100

4x4: get a 4x4 that doesn't suck so bad that it makes you want to throw it at a kitten

5x5: same as 4x4

6x6: sub 2:30

7x7 sub 4

OH: Sub 17

I pretty much just want to be good at other events that aren't just 2x2 and 3x3.

IRL:

Stay in shape
Don't make cubing a burden to practice
Get drivers permit (lol. 16 and still haven't taken drivers ED)

2x2: did it 3 times 8D
3x3: got sub 9.5
4x4: did that
5x5 nope...
6x6: nope
OH: nope
7x7: well I was sub 4 for a bit

IRL:
Woekout: Well, I stayed in shape but didn't start working out till November.

Dont make cubing a burden: I guess I didn't cube as much

Get permit: epic fail...I did not do it.
 
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