2018 New Year's Resolutions / Goals

[Fábio De'Rose]

2x2
Sub 8 Average [Global / Official]
Sub 5 Single [Official]

3x3
- Sub 15 Average [Global]
- Sub 20 Average [Official]
- Sub 9 Single
- Probably learn proper Roux

3x3 OH
-Sub 30 Average [Global / Official]

3x3 with Feet
- Not having a stroke every time I try to learn the event
- Official average would be nice

4x4
- Sub 1:30 Average [Global / Official]
- Sub 1 [Single, wherever]

5x5 through 7x7
- Official Average / Means

Megaminx
- Sub 2 Average [Global / Official]
- Sub 1:30 Single [Official]

Square-1
- Finally learn this [copious expletives] and get an official average

Clock
- Learn it alright
- Like... Sub 30 Global average? Dunno lol

Skewb
- Sub 15 Average [Global / Official]

Pyraminx
- Sub 10 Average [Official]

Now for the events that actually matter...

3x3 BLD
- Full 3Style [Corners]
- Sub 40 Average [Global]
- Top 5 NR [Single and/or Mean]
- Sub 30 Single [Official]
- Sub 10 Memo [Global]
- Podium at Nationals / Pre-Nats

4x4 BLD
- Get back to practicing the event
- Official Single [Achieved on Feb 24th]
- Podium at Nationals / Pre-Nats

5x5 BLD
- Learn it properly
- Official Single
- Podium at Nationals / Pre-Nats

MBLD
- Sub-hour, over-UNR (20 Points) at Home
- 15 Points [Official]
- Podium at Nationals / Pre-Nats

 

[TheSixthSide]

Only care about megaminx. I want to finish OLL (except 1 edge oriented cases, they're not worth learning), get top ten in the world, podium at asian champs, and close out the year with OcR avg

 

[cubeshepherd]

Single / Ao5 / Global Average
3x3: Sub 6 / Sub 9 / 9.9-9.5 [Single and Ao5 Achieved on April 9, 2018]
2x2: Sub 0.50 / Sub 1.60 / 2.0-2.2
4x4: Sub 30 / Sub 40 / Sub 45
5x5: Sub 1:05 / Sub 1:15 / 1:25
6x6: Sub 2:00 - 2:20 / Sub 2:30 / Sub 2:50
7x7: Sub 4:00 - 4:25/ Sub 4:30 / Sub 5:00
3x3 OH: Sub 11 / Sub 15 / Sub 20 [Single Achieved on April 30, 2018]
3x3 Feet: Sub 2:00 / Sub 2:30 / Sub 2:45 [Achieved on February 27, 2018]
3x3 FMC: Sub 28 - 31/ Sub 35 mo3 / Sub 40 mo3
Megaminx: Sub 50 / Sub 1:00 / Sub 1:05
Pyraminx: Sub 1.1 / Sub 2.6 / Sub 3
Skewb: Sub 1.0 / Sub 2.8 / Sub 3
Square 1: Sub 8 / Sub 10 / Sub 15
Clock: Sub 5 / Sub 7 / Sub 9 [Single achieved on April 5, 2018]
3x3 BLD: Sub 45.00 / Sub 55 / Sub 1:00
4x4 BLD: Sub 8:00 / Sub 10 / Sub 13 [Single and Global Average: Achieved on March 26, 2018]
5x5 BLD: Sub 15:00 / Sub 25 / Sub 30
3x3 MBLD: 15/15 Sub 1:00.00

 

[CarterK]

Single / Ao5 / Global Average
3x3: Sub 6 / Sub 9 / 9.9-9.5
2x2: Sub 0.50 / Sub 1.60 / 2.0-2.2
4x4: Sub 30 / Sub 40 / Sub 45
5x5: Sub 1:05 / Sub 1:15 / 1:25
6x6: Sub 2:00 / Sub 2:30 / Sub 2:50
7x7: Sub 4:00 / Sub 4:30 / Sub 5:00
3x3 OH: Sub 11 / Sub 15 / Sub 20
3x3 Feet: Sub 2:00 / Sub 2:30 / Sub 2:45
3x3 FMC: Sub 28 / Sub 35 mo3 / Sub 40 mo3
Megaminx: Sub 50 / Sub 1:00 / Sub 1:05
Pyraminx: Sub 1.1 / Sub 2.6 / Sub 3
Skewb: Sub 1.0 / Sub 2.8 / Sub 3
Square 1: Sub 8 / Sub 10 / Sub 15
Clock: Sub 5 / Sub 7 / Sub 9
3x3 BLD: Sub 45.00 / Sub 55 / Sub 1:00
4x4 BLD: Sub 8:00 / Sub 10 / Sub 13
5x5 BLD: Sub 15:00 / Sub 25 / Sub 30
3x3 MBLD: 15/15 Sub 1:00.00

Some of these really don't add up, for example you aren't going to get a sub 2 6x6 single when you average 2:50. You might want to change your singles for 6, 7, and FMC.

 

[cubeshepherd]

Some of these really don't add up, for example you aren't going to get a sub 2 6x6 single when you average 2:50. You might want to change your singles for 6, 7, and FMC.

Thank you very much for pointing that out. I originally based my single off of my ao5 pb and I did not think to much about the global average. I decided to leave my original time and add a time gap to be between because I would like to see how close I get to my original goal at the end of this year. I hope that you understand my goal hope for this year and that you are fine with me leaving the original time as well as adding a gap.

 

[cubeshepherd]

3x3 Feet: Sub 2:00 / Sub 2:30 / Sub 2:45

Done! New goals
Single: sub 45
Ao5: sub 55
Global Average: sub 1:05

 

[Cubed Cuber]

-get to 2nd round in my first comp
-be fully sub-20 and get consistent sub-20 times
-average sub-10 (cross+F2L)
-get my own 6x6 and 7x7

 

[Tyler Fresh]

I'm quite late, but here I go
2x2: Don't care, dumb event
3x3: Learn full pll and sub 13 global
4x4: sub 45 global
5x5 sub 1:30 global
6x6 sub 2:30 global
7x7: sub 4 global
For comps I would like to podium at least once in any event.

 

[asacuber]

Time for a new beginning, have failed goals for last 2 years so...

2x2: Sub 2, Top 20 official
3x3: Sub 10, global and official
4x4: Sub 50, g & o
5x5: 1:40 g&o
6x6: sub 4
7x7: sub 7
OH: sub 18
pyr: don't care much but 4.5ish
skewb: sub 4, g&o
FMC: sub 35
squan: get one(mine broke and is crappy), sub 20
3x3 feet: 1:20 consistent
mega: idrc, 1:40

Pick up some blind around the way
top 500 kinch
go to 4 comps, try for one mumbai comp(will probably happen, Udaan Open 2018 is in Jan)
balance cubing chess and studies more properly
Try and get a few more cubes

My goals aren't far fetched at all(or so I think).

Oh wow.

2x2: Sub 2 most def, 77th in the world :/ looking to improve that soon

also top 20 is... hard. Ill just go for top 35/30/25 next comp(in less than 2 weeks )

3x3: Yes, almost. 9.74 ao100 and official 10.02 lol. But as i said im having a comp so yay

4x4: Yes of course, hoping to break sub 45/44 by the end of this year

5x5: Yeah I'm trying, but not yet

6x6 and 7x7: Just stopped caring but hopefully i do a session and both will be achieved xD

OH: Yep!

Pyr: Yes and yes! going for 3.6-3.8 next comp

Skewb: Yes, 3.69 ao100

FMC: I guess?? idk

Squan: Yea i used to avg 18 but my volt lost a piece

3f: Sub 1 global!!

Mega: Yes!

Didn't really pick up that much blind xD

top 500 kinch: Yes

4 comps: yes, 2 so far and 3rd is just around the corner

Balancing: Just quit chess, balancing is still not very great

Few more cubes: Yea got quite a bit

Overall Reallllllllllllllllly good, but tbh these weren't very ambitious so yea

 

[1973486]

Eh why not do a mid-ish-year review

Only goal is to practice stuff

How did I forget I'd posted in the thread 3 days before. And this goal isn't going to well.

3x3: Sub 10 average (if it goes as well as this year should be easy)
2x2: Sub 3 average (need to learn some EG)
7x7: Something good (7x7 is terrible right now, so is my cube so maybe I'll get a better one)
3BLD: Low 1 single
Feet: Sub 40 mean (or more likely average)
Clock: Something good (I average something like 12 now despite a sub 10 official avg, want to get back into it some time)
Mega: Maybe sub 1:30 average (I'm pretty bad at Mega at the moment)
Skewb: Low 5 average (got 3 5s in an average last comp and I can still improve a lot)
Square-1: PBs

Other stuff:
Successfully organise comp
Stop wasting most of my time doing nothing
Make some Square-1 video tutorials (i.e. advanced stuff)

3x3: No, got down to 10.5 though. Occasions where I'm performing well enough to PB are very rare, but it's definitely possible. I still avg 12 at home...
2x2: Getting closer in this too, but like I said I should really learn some EG.
7x7: Got sub 5 by getting a modern cube, but can probably get down to low 4.
3BLD: No. Failed sub 1:30 so many times (PB is 1:30.01). Might try learning corner comms this year.
Feet: Well I was right about it being an average. My PB is still a mean though, because I keep failing and haven't been motivated to practice (partly because I need to set it all up unlike every other event).
Clock: Got a magnetic Clock in March and some pretty good PBs, I would like to reach sub 8 though.
Mega: In January I got my first 3 sub 1:30s (overall) in 1 average, then later I practiced a lot and now I'm sub 1:20. Want to get sub 1:10 (or at least 1:14 for 2007).
Skewb: Haven't practiced Skewb at all after losing mine, but I got a Wingy recently so I can definitely do this. Mid 4 would be ideal...
Square-1: Average PB, single really shouldn't be too hard but I keep getting 6s and 7s on easy scrambles.

Comp: yes, was quite pleased with it.
Wasting time: Uhh, not really.
Tutorials: No. I still want to though.

Goals this year were a lot less ambitious after massively failing previous years, so I didn't include goals for a few events that I've improved in. Also one I forgot to include was keeping my PB streak, which is hanging by a thread.

 

[Elo13]

All of the times are official
2x2: Still don't care, maybe a sub-5 average
3x3: Sub-13 average, maybe faster if I decide practice
4x4: Sub-40 average would be cool
5x5: Practice, sub-1:30 average would be cool
6x6: Practice, PB average
7x7: Practice, PB average
OH: Sub-15 average
Feet: Sub-30 average
FMC: Sub-30 mean
BLD: Practice, sub-2 mean
Mega: Practice, sub-1:15 average
Pyra: lol
Skewb: lol
Sq-1: Practice, sub-30 average
Clock: Get one, sub-15 average
4BLD: Practice, success
5BLD: Learn, success
MBLD: Practice, NR4 (>6 points)

Priorities:
Feet=OH>rest>pyra/skewb/2x2

Stay nemesis-free, focus on fewer events if need be

Learn M2 doubleflicks for OH
Learn r2 doubleflicks for OH
Learn U2 moves for Feet
Learn at least one set of ZBLL for Feet

Organize a comp
Contribute to the community in a new way

2x2: 4.50 average, still don't care
3x3: 10.77 average
4x4: No, haven't practiced
5x5: No
6x6: No practice but got a PR average
7x7: No
OH: Yes, 13.68 average
Feet: No, 31.00 is still pretty nice
FMC: No
BLD: No, haven't practiced (got a nice single though)
Mega: Yes, 58.84 average
Pyra: lol
Skewb: lol
Sq-1: No
Clock: No
4BLD: No
5BLD: Learned but no
MBLD: No

DRL nemesized me a few weeks ago and I couldn't get free again last weekend because I DNFed 4BLD twice.

Yes learned M2 doubleflicks
No did not learn r2 doubleflicks
Yes learned U2 moves
No, going to switch to roux

No
No, but maybe switching to roux for feet will count?

I've practiced way fewer events than I thought I would.
Basically all of these would be still possible but I'm most likely not competing again this year.

 

[DGCubes]

About 2/3 done with the year... let's check these out.

Some of these are pretty bold... we'll see how it goes.

2x2: sub-4 global average Yeah, I thought I was at the beginning of this year lol.
3x3: sub-10 global average, sub-10 official average, sub-8 official single Very close for all of these. Definitely doable by the end of the year.
4x4: sub-40 global average, sub-40 official average Not yet.
5x5: sub-1:20 global average, sub-1:20 official average, sub-1:10 official single Yes for the official average, no for the other two.
6x6: sub-3:00 global average Yes.
7x7: sub-4:30 global average Not yet, but most likely with a Hays.
Pyraminx: sub-3 global average, top 10 in the world for average again, sub-2 official single, podium at Nationals Very close to sub-3 global, not top 10, no sub-2, but yes podium at Nats.
Megaminx: practice a little bit, 1:05 global average perhaps? Yes! Averaging around 1:03 now.
Skewb: sub-5 official average Not yet.
Square-1: any official PB Yes, both of them!
Clock: get a good clock, sub-12 global average, sub-10 official single No good Clock/sub-12 global yet, yes sub-10 single.
OH: practice enough to get a sub-20 official average Not yet, but I definitely think I can.
Feet: sub-40 official average No, 43.09. I average 38 though, so this could happen if I compete again.
3BLD: any official mean, sub-1:30 official single Not yet.
4BLD: any official single Yes!
5BLD: any official single Not yet, but very close.
MBLD: get a PB at home, get 4 or more points officially Not yet.
FMC: practice a lot, ~28 global average, sub-30 official mean, sub-28 official single, podium at Nationals No podium, yes official mean and single, not yet for global.

Other cubing goals:
50K+ subscribers on YouTube Not yet.
Hang out/video chat with cubing friends a lot Yeah boi.
Go to Nationals Done!
Learn more than 10 algs all year Probably not lol.
Get some difficult non-WCA puzzles and derive solutions for them It's just a little pie.

Overall goal: Achieve at least 66% of these goals. I don't want to count, so I'll wait until the end of the year.

I'm actually really surprised that I said these were bold goals. All of them seem very in reach now! (besides FMC podium at Nats lol)

 

[AMCuber]

2x2: sub 5 average, sub 4 single
3x3: sub 16 avg in comp
4x4: sub 1:15 avg
Skewb: sub 3 single, sub 7 avg
OH: sub 35 avg
These are all official.

 

[Zeke Mackay]

3x3: Sub 9 Generally no, globally 9.3 on good days
2x2: Practice a bit, maybe get a PB average officially, I'm currently pretty bad Yep
4x4: Sub 45 average, again, really hard, but I might do it. I actually did it!
5x5: Sub 1:40 average. Yeah
6x6: Do it maybe. Have one not break. Yeah
7x7: Do it, get a good one. Sub 7 single. Easy
Squan: Sub 12 Did it

 

[Tyler Fresh]

I'm quite late, but here I go
2x2: Don't care, dumb event
3x3: Learn full pll and sub 13 global
4x4: sub 45 global
5x5 sub 1:30 global
6x6 sub 2:30 global
7x7: sub 4 global
For comps I would like to podium at least once in any event.

ya i quit cubing but i hit most goals

 

[WombatWarrior17]

2x2: sub-5.

3x3: sub-15.

4x4: sub-1:15.

5x5: Actually be decent.

OH: sub-30 at least.

Pyra: sub-10

Skewb: Be good.

Square-1: Actually practice.

3BLD: Learn it.

It's 2x2, so yeah, I don't care.
I'm sub-15 on 3x3.
I don't care about 4x4 anymore.
I'm decent at 5x5 now.
I'm waaay past sub-30 OH, I'm almost fully sub-18 now.
I don't care about pyra anymore.
I haven't practiced skewb at all.
I've practice square-1 some.
I did learn BLD and have a solve.

 

[mark49152]

Setting tougher goals this year

And... I missed all of them!

Make it to at least Euros and UK Champs

UK Champs yes, Euros no. It was too busy a year.

3BLD: sub-50 single & sub-1 mean official; average sub-50 at home
4BLD: sub-4 official
5BLD: sub-10 official
MBLD: 24 points official
6BLD: success
Switch to full 3style for all BLD

Nope. Came closest in 3BLD, with an official 50.14 and 1:05 mean. No improvement in PB for any of the others. Still using 90% advanced M2/r2/U2 with 3style only for corners.

4x4: sub-1 official average and global at home
5x5: sub-2 official average and global at home

Nope, and no improvement.

Same goals will carry over to 2019.

 

[Hazel]

Alrighty
2x2: Eh maybe practice a bit, learn HD if I get into it
3x3: Get! Better! with! Roux! (assuming I switch fully from CFOP). Maybe sub-17?
4x4: Practice a bit. Maybe get closer to sub-1
5x5-7x7: Maybe do a few solves.
OH: Meh. Do a few solves maybe.
3BLD: Practice.
3x3x5 Fisher: If I'm still interested in this, maybe get to a sub-3:30 global average?

I forgot about this!
2x2: Practiced a little, didn't learn HD
3x3: Heh I switched back to CFOP after not that long.
4x4: I think so!
5x5-7x7: Yep!
OH: Yep!
3BLD: Yes, didn't improve too much tho lol
3x3x5 Fisher: I stopped doing that not long after making these goals so nope!

 

[Thom S.]

Let's give it a try

All of my goals

2x2: if I buy one, my goal is to one-look, otherwise build one myself
3x3: I don't care about time, but I want to have at least 100 ZBLLs memorized, sub 20 would be nice
4x4: aquire 4x4,become sub one
5x5: aquire 5x5,become sub two
6x6:don't aquire 6x6, develop the method everyone will be using
Megaminx: touch it again
3BLD: somewhere between sub 2 and 1:30
4BLD: pretty consistent success rate
5BLD: somewhat consistent success rate
Square-1: Get ATR in Single and Average

Competitions: Have luck and find one that's not 4 hours away

High goals, but I want to be busy so I can always practice something

Built one, otherwise no
No
Aquired one, otherwise no
No
No
No
No
No
No

No

High goals and I archieved none of them

 

[MattP98]

Goals this year are really to learn bigBLD and practise as many events to make as many qualifications as I can, before Euros would be nice. =) Goals for then really:
3x3: Comfortably sub 15
4x4: Sub 1:00
5x5: Sub 2:00
6x6/7x7: Sub 4:00 and sub 6:00 respectively, maybe..
BLD: Sub 3 with an improved success rate, also want to get more into MBLD to beat 2/2
OH: Sub 30
Clock: Sub 15
Mega: Sub 2:00 by UKC
Pyra/Skewb: Sub 6
Sq-1: Low/sub 20
Would really like to aim for bronze member this year too, we'll see.

Met most of these goals officially - a sure sign of setting the bar too low. =P Will remember that for next year.
Sadly didn't make it to Euros (though I did meet all the qualifications I cared about), but at least made it to UKC.

3x3-7x7: Pretty much bang on, comfortably under each of these targets.
BLD: Sub-2:00 on 3BLD, can comfortably sub-hour 10 MBLD cubes. Learnt bigBLD and have successes in 4/5BLD.
OH: Met this in January and have barely improved since then.
Clock: Hugely surpassed all my expectations here; getting a good clock in August made a huge difference! Mid-7 current global and top 10 UKNR for single and average.
Mega: Just about pulled this off before UKC.
Pyra/Skewb: Skewb definitely yes. Pyra nearly.
SQ-1: Low 20s global.
Bronze member: Came within 5 moves with a really stupid 5BLD DNF. Will hopefully meet this by January in the new year! =)