2016 New Years Resolutions / Goals

[Jaysammey777]

Goals in red for fail and green for success, comments in bold

Overall comments and thoughts on goals and the year in general:

I generally failed my time goals in events that I already did and practiced a lot a year ago, but met them in events that I wasn't really doing or didn't have the hardware for then.
I apparently can't force myself to learn algs or switch to better methods, ever.
The less specific a goal is, the better my chances are of meeting it.
From a year's distance, my noncubing goals looked so silly and inapplicable to my current life that I deleted them.
Overall, this was definitely not the best year ever for me, in a life sense (it probably was my best year in a cubing sense though). However, I think that when I look back in the future, I probably wouldn't have 2016 any other way.

You went to Louisiana without me

 

[Torch]

You went to Louisiana without me

Is this the first time you're hearing about this??

 

[joshsailscga]

First off, taking a 6-month break was not very conducive to getting faster
3x3: sub-13 global, sub-13 official average
learn COLL (minus S and AS) eh, mid-high 13 global, good enough. LOL only one comp this year and I epically failed 3x3
OH: sub-20 may be ambitious but shoot for the moon, right? I don't think I've gotten any faster...
actually learn how to do flick moves which is probably essential to get sub-20 yikes nope
maybe try ZZ lol nope I guess I'm stuck with CFOP now
4x4: sub-50 global + official average Actually yes to the official average, probably high-50 global. Very satisfied with that.
make Yau cross edges more efficient sorta...
5x5: sub-1:30 global + official average No improvement, didn't really do that much with it. I think if I made my Yuxin faster it would help.
this is really reaching but it is my favorite event right now so maybe...
learn all L2C + L2E cases lol none
SQ1: sub-30 global, get a Qiyi basically take out SQ1 and insert 3BLD
learn advanced cubeshape
learn 1-look EO and CP
learn some common EP's
3BLD achievements: comp success on first try, global sub-2 average, still chasing sub-1:30 success

Those are the only events I really care about right now
Maybe pick up 6x6 and 7x7 but probably not, I don't really have the time.

 

[asacuber]

UPDATE
2x2: Learn EG 1 (Posted the above when I knew like 3/4ths of CLL lol)
3x3: Sub 10.5
4x4: Sub 57 w/ yau(or another method like hoya or whatever)
5x5: Sub 1:55 and learn advanced centers and edges
6x6: Care, Sub 5 min
7x7,Skewb,squan,clock etc: Get one
BLD: Get a success ,3 min avg
Pyra: Sub 6 w/ L4E or 1 flip
Mega :Balint bodor, 2 min
OH: Sub 27, Learn ZZ?

UPDATE
2x2: Learn EG 1 (Posted the above when I knew like 3/4ths of CLL lol)
3x3: Sub 10.5
4x4: Sub 57 w/ yau(or another method like hoya or whatever)
5x5: Sub 1:55 and learn advanced centers and edges
6x6: Care, Sub 5 min
7x7,Skewb,squan,clock etc: Get one
BLD: Get a success ,3 min avg
Pyra: Sub 6 w/ L4E or 1 flip
Mega :Balint bodor, 2 min
OH: Sub 27, Learn ZZ?

2x2: almost...too lazy to learn the rest of the 8-9 alg xD
3x3: Duh low-mid 12
4x4: nope, 1:03-1:05 I guess (at least I learnt Hoya xD)
5x5: idc tbh
6x6: #explosion
Skewb (got one ) I'm sub 6.5... not bad at all for 8-9 months of skewbing
BLD: why m I so lazy xD
Pyra:Not bad, low 6
Mega: flat 3 min xD
OH: Really nice, I average around 25

 

[AlphaSheep]

3x3: Sub-15 official average.
4x4: sub-1:00 single at home
3OH: Sub-30 official average
7x7: Sub-9:00 mean
Mega: Sub-3:00 global average
Have official times in 14 out of 18 events.
Take an AfR from Conor

3x3 - Missed by a mile. Improved by less than a second the whole year. Official average went from 18.55 to 18.33... Lol
4x4 - Not even close. My PB is something like 1:20. Doesn't help that I did no 4x4 solves for most of the year.
3OH - Missed by 0.2 seconds. Should have happened in June. I should get it easily at my next comp.
7x7 - Had it easily by February. I think I overestimated 7x7.
Mega - Barely even practiced, so I forgot I even had this goal. Lol.
14/18 events - Yes. Just missing clock, 4BLD, 5BLD and MBLD now.
Taking an AfR from Conor - Yes. FMC mean was mine, but then he took it back

I'll wait until the 2017 thread before I set new goals.

 

[sqAree]

Events:

2x2: sub3, learn CLL, EG-1 and EG-2, 1-look
3x3 (priority): sub10 single, average sub15 (currently 22), learn OLL, ZBLL, get dual cn and switch to cross on bottom ._.
4x4: learn yau and be sub1
5x5: learn how to solve, compete
OH: learn PLL+OLL for OH, sub20
Pyraminx: sub4, get rid of LBL ._.
Megaminx: sub2, get rid of my crappy way to solve LL
BLD: sub1, learn turbo/3-style
MBLD: official 4 points
FMC: get a mean

Cubing in general:

Attend at least 4 competitions (5/4), make it to Euro 2016, podium in one event at one comp.
Stay strong to never touch any Skewb, Square-1 or clock.

General:

Find a way to combine cubing and studies that doesn't result in me skipping every single course.
Learn a martial art, get back into piano, learn a language, read the ~200 unread books that feel bored at my home.

It was just when I began cubing and I had no idea where to go and what to strive at, so some goals are off by far and I started other events. Some in-depth comments:

2x2: I completely lost interest in that event and stopped training a while ago. Still using Ortega I'm at ~4.5 global average.
3x3: I have two sub10 singles in fact, average sub15 was my main goal for 2016 so I'm especially happy having achieved this. I learnt OLL like 7 times and forgot the algs every time, atm back to 2-look. ._. ZBLL was just unrealistic, haven't really started. I was dual CN a few times but tend to fall back into white cross habits after a while.
4x4: Mainly due to really bad hardware and too many parities I stopped this event too. Before that I improved a lot though, global average is ~1:20.
5x5: I'm sub3:00 which is decent for an event I don't train. I prefer this to 4x4 though.
OH: It's always been my favourite event, so I put a lot of dedication into this! Not only have I learned full OH PLL and OLL, also OH COLL (without sunes) and started learning OH ZBLL. Not yet sub20 but soon (sub24 atm).
Pyraminx: Same as 2x2, I just lost interest. I hate tips and tips hate me.
Megaminx: I have enough sub2 singles and a sub2 ao5, so I'm "as good as" sub2. Still using sune and sexy spam for LL. ._. The SS Aurora made this event attractive again after I lost interest.
BLD: I learned M2 instead of Turbo and it helped me improving a lot, so I call that a success! It became one of my main events.
MBLD: The most frustrating event. I can easily do 4 points, but various circumstances keep preventing me from actually competing. I ordered 12 Thunderclaps just for MBLD so next year I will avenge.
FMC: Not only a mean but also a 30 move official single. I love FMC but I rarely have the time (or am too tired) to concentrate for one hour.

6x6: I would have never thought I would do 6x6 but I won a cube, so I told myself why not competing. However, I'm slow and won't train.
Feet: Another surprise mention. It started with a stupid challenge, then I took it more and more seriously and suddenly enjoy.
4BLD: I tried only once and it was a success.

Cubing: It's nice that I managed to attend 5 out of 4 competitions, but I feel like I need some time to actually improve after each comp. Podium was in reach with MBLD.. >.<
I found out that I always had a Square-1 at home and that I can't solve a Skewb intuitively. I still find Clock stupid even though I don't know what that puzzle is exactly.

Life: No time for stuff like martial art, piano or a language, because I managed to balance uni now. Started reading the books but the number of unread books at home increased.

 

[joshsailscga]

It's nice that I managed to attend 5 out of 4 competitions

Wish I could figure out how to do that

 

[OLLiver]

3x3: Full ZBLL minus S/As, able to execute entire last layer in sub 3.2 seconds (shouldnae be hard) Be able to do ZBF2L/ZBLS/EOF2L/EOLS **** well. Overall get official sub 10 NZ NR avg (slightly optimistic), using ZB method. Also sub 8.5 official Single (NZ NR)
4x4: Sub- Dene
5x5: DNF
2x2: maybe learn ZB for 2x2. AKA CLL but this may not happen
3OH: no improvement likely, maybe try to import some ZB.

Pyra: Do I look like I have time for pura

Skewb: Sub 2m official average.

well skewb goals were achieved. something came out of this year after all...

 

[TheCoolMinxer]

Atleast 1 NR 7 (8) NR's lol, easily got that haha
Get all official events (gold Club) yes (now it's just the silver club but technically I got it )
Podium at Euros yesss, 3rd in 2x2 (lol), 4th place in Megaminx and Feet weren't bad either
Top20 for sum of ranks avg yay, now 6th in the world wtf

I guess this is possible It was, and it wasn't to hard tbh

 

[Hssandwich]

Global averages:
2x2: sub 2.5- learn EG-1 no eg1 but yeah
3x3: sub 10- learn full OLL minus dotsts but sure
4x4: sub 45- keep going with Hoya officially but probs not @ home
5x5: sub 1:40- Keep going with Hoya yeah
6x6: sub 4 ye
7x7: sub 7 yes
Skewb: sub 3.5- learn more algs nope oops
Pyraminx: sub 3.3- improve my L4E sometimes
Clock: sub 12 nope
Square-1: sub 15- full EO+most EPs yep easily/no
Megaminx: sub 1:40 probably?
OH: sub 20 yeah
3BLD: sub 1:30 indeed
4BLD: sub 15 indeed
5BLD: get a success indeed
MBLD: 5 points yup

Comps:
All events: Get an average that reflects global average hmmmmmmm not really
Help organise a comp
Join the all events club not quite this year. Just need 5BLD, FMC mean and 7x7 mean, should hopefully have all minus FMC mean by the end of the year
Podium in every event at least once: noooooo
2x2 DONE
3x3
4x4
5x5
6x6
7x7
OH
BLD DONE
Mega
Pyra DONE
Skewb DONE
Square-1 DONE
Clock
4BLD yeah
5BLD
FMC uk champ not to play shabby
MBLD DONE

 

[OLLiver]

goals by 31st december 2016. learn COLL+REMAining 30 algs for 2LL on OH

 

[Ninja Storm]

2x2: finish CLL? It's been two years, might as well
3x3: sub8yes officially
4x4: sub35no
5x5: sub1:10, sub1 singleyes officially, yes at home
6x6: sub2:15kinda
7x7: sub3:15no
OH: sub12yes officially
BLD: Learn M2nope
Megaminx: Sub1:20yes
Square-1: Sub20yes, sub16 actually
Clock: clockclock
Skewb: Get the Qiyi, sub5 at home?no, but 4.12 officially
FMC: fum cuhfum cuh

Hold a meaningful record of any kind. no
Successfully organize a two-day competition. no
Prank someone again. yes
Travel outside the east coast area to a competition. Europe baby
Make sure Kim doesn't quit because he gets nervous in competition. yes

IRL Goals:
-get internship yes
-stop eating excessive amounts of gum no
-actually run a 5k with Andy no

 

[DanpHan]

Goals (a lot might be a bit unreasonable):

2x2: idk idk
3x3: Consistently sub-7.5, sub-7.5 average and sub-6 single in comp. average about 8, decent enough, decent enough official avg, single is mediocre
4x4: Consistently sub-32. lolno, about 35, but i blame my hardware
5x5: Consistently sub-1:05 and official sub-1 single. kinda close, i hate the hardware though
6x6: Consistently sub-2:20 easily, but not really satisfied
7x7: Consistently sub 3:15 no, basically avg the same
OH: Consistently sub-14 no, avg about 15
Mega: Consistently sub-1 yep
Pyra: idk, consistently sub-5 lol i have no idea
Sq1: no idea avg sub 20, i guess thats a success for me, dont really care though
Clock : Consistently sub-8 i mean i basically quit, dont really care
Skewb: lol lol

 

[hamfaceman]

Having started in May 2015, here are my goals for next year.

2x2: Sub 4, perhaps learn CLL.
Currently averaging ~4.6 with Ortega
Averaging basically 4 flat rn, still using Ortega though.

3x3: Sub 15 global average at least and look into Roux.
Currently averaging ~ 18 with Fridrich
This was a stupidly easy goal. Averaging sub 12 now. Did not look into Roux.

4x4: Learn Yau, sub 1:15
Currently averaging ~ 1:35 with Redux
Averaging around 55 now with Yau.

5x5: Practise, Get an official average
Yep and yep.

6x6 and 7x7: Get one maybe
Got both, and I competed in 6x6 in November. I still suck at both though.

Pyra: Learn 1-flip or something, sub 5 perhaps
Currently averaging ~ 6.5 with LBL
lolno

Skewb: Just keep practising, sub 8 official average
Currently averaging ~ 8.5 with a variation of Sarah's Beginner
Did not practise at all, but sub 8 official average was pretty easy.

OH: Sub 40, actually turn well
Currently averaging ~ 45
Averaging 23 now, I still don't turn well.

Sq-1: Sub 40 perhaps
Currently averaging ~ 55
Sub 20 now.

Feet: Do it at least once
Nope.

BLD: Try to learn it
Tried, and failed.

Clock: no
Actually practised a little bit, and podiumed at a comp in September. Wasn't expecting that.

 

[Bindedsa]

3x3: sub 8 Done
OH: sub 12 and NR? Done / Nope
Skewb: NAR & win nationals Done / NOPE
Learn some more algs Kinda
Actually practice other events, at least 2x2. Kinda practiced 2x2

 

[YouCubing]

oh it is on.
2x2: sub-4 global, learn full CLL
3x3: sub-15 global, learn full OLL and some COLL
4x4: learn Yau, global sub-1
5x5: sub-1:45 global, don't fall into the Yau/Hoya pit
6x6: get an Aoshi, gitgud and global sub-4
7x7: get an Aofu, gitgud and global sub-7
Pyra: learn full 1-flip, sub-6 global
Mega: learn full 4LLL, sub-2 global
Skewb: lol, no one cares about Skewb (aka learn full L5C and stop sucking)
SQ1: global sub-25, learn some real EP
Clock: make mine comp legal, global sub-13
OH: global sub-30
FT: actually do it, global sub-2
FMC: don't suck
3BLD: learn it
every non-WCA puzzle that no one cares about: UWR

wewlad lets see

Spoiler

2x2: sub-4 global (not quite), learn full CLL (still no wtf)
3x3: sub-15 global (I think by the end of the month I'll have a sub15 avg1000), learn full OLL (nah) and some COLL (ye)
4x4: learn Yau (I tried, didn't work), global sub-1 (I wish)
5x5: sub-1:45 global (not really), don't fall into the Yau/Hoya pit (yep)
6x6: get an Aoshi (got a yuxin kek), gitgud (kind of) and global sub-4 (yeah)
7x7: get an Aofu (yup), gitgud and global sub-7 (lmao global sub6)
Pyra: learn full 1-flip (lmaono), sub-6 global (yep)
Mega: learn full 4LLL (still no), sub-2 global (i did not anticipate the release of the xmd galaxy so i got sub1:35 kek)
Skewb: lol, no one cares about Skewb (aka learn full L5C and stop sucking) (true, no, kind of)
SQ1: global sub-25 (lmao 13 official avg), learn some real EP (I think so)
Clock: make mine comp legal (I got a new one lol), global sub-13 (sub12)
OH: global sub-30 (sub28)
FT: actually do it (pretty sure I did that), global sub-2 (1:35 official mean)
FMC: don't suck (i got a 29 official overall pb so i'd say i did this just a little)
3BLD: learn it (1:38 official single)
every non-WCA puzzle that no one cares about: UWR (lmao nobody cares, not even me anymore)

unfinished: 9
finished: 19
not bad I'm surprised how accurate my predictions turned out to be, considering what I averaged back then
this was my first full year of cubing, so I'll do a global avg improvement thing

Spoiler

2x2: 5.8 to 4.2
3x3: 19.7 to 14.9
4x4: 1:21 to 1:02
5x5: 2:25 to 1:51
6x6: 5:08 to 3:36
7x7: 8:44 to 5:29
meg: 2:16 to 1:34
pyr: 7.2 to 5.9
skewb: 10.4 to 7.8
sq1: 30.5 to 15.6
clo: 15.4 to 11.1
oh: 39 to 27
ft: 3:36 to 1:55
3bf: DNF to 1:30
4bf: DNS to ~14:00
5bf: DNS to DNS (I'll do an attempt of christmas day)
mbf: DNS to global-ish 3 or 4/5 in 25:00-30:00

it's been a terrible year for everything except cubing

also you can't say 2016 was completely awful because the chris train meme was born in 2016 soooo

 

[OLLiver]

3x3: Full ZBLL minus S/As, able to execute entire last layer in sub 3.2 seconds (shouldnae be hard) Be able to do ZBF2L/ZBLS/EOF2L/EOLS **** well. Overall get official sub 10 NZ NR avg (slightly optimistic), using ZB method. Also sub 8.5 official Single (NZ NR)
4x4: Sub- Dene
5x5: DNF
2x2: maybe learn ZB for 2x2. AKA CLL but this may not happen
3OH: no improvement likely, maybe try to import some ZB.

Pyra: Do I look like I have time for pura

Skewb: Sub 2m official average.

ZBLL : RIP
NR: DONE
sub 8.5 single ( got a 6.60)
4x4 ( not even sub dene)
5x5 (DNF done)

 

[uyneb2000]

2x2: lol get good?
3x3: Actually get a comp average that reflects how fast I am. Also, sub-8 global
4x4: nah
5x5: sub 1:20?
6x6: sub-3?
7x7: nah
Pyra: Sub-4
Skoob: sub-4.5
Squan: Learn algs, sub-17
Everything else: nah

Now for actual stuff

Grades: Maintain 4.0
Sports: Varsity in Tennis and maintain swim as well
Everything else: don't screw up too badly lmao

gonna fail a lot of these

3x3: nope
4x4: I'm around sub-40 now so sure
5x5: sub-1:25 just about so im getting there
6x6: no
7x7: no
Pyra: no
Skewb: no
Squan: I actually achieved this. In fact, I got to sub-17 by January of this year. I average like 11 now.
Everything else: no

Grades: lol i don't have a 4.0 anymore because IB is rip but they're fine still so whatever
Sports: ohyup
Everything else: I did ok

failed a lot of these

 

[Ordway Persyn]

2x2: sub 4.5 maybe, possibly learn CLL no but sub 5 is good enough
3x3: sub 11.5, full CoLL and some E-Z LL cases no, no
4x4: sub 45 lol no
5x5: sub 1:25 no
6x6: sub 2:40 no
7x7: sub 4:15 no
OH: sub 30 no
Feet: actually do some solves. yes
Megaminx: sub 1:20 nah
Pyraminx: sub 7 no
Skewb: sub 7 no
Square-1: sub 25, learn more algs double no
Clock: get one whenever Qiyi releases that clock
3Bld: Learn it, Get a decent success rate, and sub 2:00 yes Depends no
4Bld: Success no
5Bld: Learn it no
MBld: average ~5/5 nope
FMC: sub 40 solution. yes (I think it was a 38
Get my yellow cross recognition good enough to use on big cubes. I've never attempted (I am fully dual on 3x3)
go to at least 3 comps 2 in 2016 one in early 2017 = close enough.
hold the Louisiana SR for most of the events (and keep track and learn what all the current results are for Louisiana)
a few (5x5, mega average)

Irl:
get a good SAT score haven't attempted yet
become an Eagle scout no

well I was a little ambitious when I made this and a little lazy when it came to practice.

 

[Scruggsy13]

Some goals for now:

2x2: Sub-4.5 average at least, learn CLL
3x3: Sub-12 average, sub-8 single
4x4: Sub-50 average, sub-40 single
5x5: Sub-1:40 average, sub-1:25 single
6x6: Sub-3:30 average, sub-3 single
7x7: Sub-5:30 average, sub-5 single
OH: Sub-20 average, sub-15 single
BLD: Sub-1:15 singles, maybe start learning comms
FMC: Actually do the event
Feet: Practice?
Sq-1: Sub-35 average, sub-25 single
Pyra: Sub-8 average, sub-4 single, but I don't care much for pyra
Mega: Sub-2 average, sub-1:45 single
Skewb: Sub-7 average, sub-4 single
Clock: Sub-12 average, sub-8 single
4/5BLD: Learn both (hopefully)
Multi: Expand my limit beyond 3 cubes

Competition-wise: Compete in more events, go to more competitions if the opportunity is presented (maybe persuade parents to go to US Nats since it's on the west coast), podium in events that people actually care about, and stop getting nervous in BLD and actually getting good times and hopefully a mean

General: Have a successful rest of junior year, write strong college apps when the time comes, try to enjoy life

I suppose it's about time to check back on these...

2x2: barely practiced
3x3: got both
4x4: got both, although only have one sub-40
5x5: got both, and officially
6x6: got both officially
7x7: got both officially
OH: failed both of these
BLD: got the times, but haven't begun learning 3style yet
FMC: sort of, I'm terrible
Feet: not really, but feet's a crappy event anyway
Sq-1: got both officially
Pyra: got both, pyra's still stupid
Mega: got both officially
Skewb: got both
Clock: got both
4BLD: learned it but haven't gotten a comp success
5BLD: learned it but haven't tried a full attempt yet
MBLD: yes, pushed myself up to 10 and I can definitely fit in more

Competitions: podiumed in five different events (3BLD, MBLD, mega, 7x7, clock) so I guess that's something, got a 3BLD mean

General: all right I guess, still dying trying to finish apps


all in all not bad