5x5 Race thread!

Round 17
Average of 12: 1:49.03

1:50.28
2:08.83
1:52.43
1:35.94
1:50.81
1:43.87
1:42.95
1:49.74
1:50.41
1:41.76
2:21.59 - popped on parity at 1:10 :(
1:39.18

The pop could have been sub 1:30. Other than that everything was pretty bad compared to the last few weeks.
 
Hey guys. I am moving right now so I don't have any internet except for 3G on my phone. I can't get internet to use CStimer to post new scrambles on my laptop until tomorrow. If anyone wants to post scrambles that would be awesome, but they'll for sure be up tomorrow.
 
Round 18 Scrambles (sorry if I'm not Rocky0701)

Race to sub 3
ao12=3:00.47 (this just straight out pisses me off)......

1.3:20.83 F' Lw2 U Bw2 Lw Fw Uw' U R Bw' R2 Lw2 Bw Dw Uw2 L' R Uw' U2 Lw' Uw' Bw2 Uw D2 R2 D Dw' Rw Lw' L2 Uw' F U' Lw2 R2 B2 Bw U Fw R' L2 U2 B2 F' Rw' Lw' F' Fw' R' B2 Rw' Uw' Bw2 D Fw Bw2 Lw2 F R F'

2. 3:01.22 Dw F Lw' F' B Fw2 Lw2 F' Bw2 B Rw' Fw L' D2 Fw' F2 U' L2 B2 Bw' Lw2 Bw2 D2 F2 Bw Dw Rw D' Dw' R Bw Fw F2 Rw2 Fw2 U2 R Dw Fw2 Uw' Bw2 B Dw2 Bw Dw' Uw F' Uw Rw2 Fw' Bw U2 Dw Fw2 B' F Rw R Uw' L'

3. 2:50.63 Uw2 F B L' Dw L2 Fw' Uw R Bw' Uw2 L2 F' B' Bw2 D R Fw F' Bw2 L2 Dw Uw Lw' B' F Lw Rw Bw2 L' F2 B Lw2 R Bw2 B Lw Bw2 F2 B2 L2 Rw' B' Uw2 Fw2 L' Bw2 F Uw2 Fw2 Uw' Fw' F' R Lw' Uw' Bw' F' Rw Dw'

4.3:02.08 Lw' L2 Bw Fw L2 Rw2 Dw' U2 Uw2 Lw Fw' B2 Bw' Lw R Uw U Lw2 F' Rw' Bw D2 Bw2 L2 Dw' Uw2 Lw' Uw' R2 Rw' Uw2 Dw' U2 L' Lw Bw2 F L2 D Bw2 Uw L2 Bw Fw2 L2 F Lw2 Rw' Uw' L2 U Fw Uw Dw Bw Dw Uw U2 D2 F

5.2:51.12 L' Rw' D' R D' L' Rw D2 Uw Bw' B' Dw' Bw2 F2 Dw U Uw2 Bw' Fw' D' Bw Lw' R2 Dw U2 Uw' L2 D' U' F' Uw U2 Fw' Rw' Dw D2 Rw B' Fw' Lw2 D2 B2 U F' R Bw2 D R2 D' U2 Lw Fw' Lw L2 Dw' Bw2 L2 Lw R' F

6.2:38.09 L Rw U D' Lw' L2 D2 Uw2 Rw D Rw D L' D' Rw' U' Fw Dw Uw2 U' R' Rw D Fw' Dw' L2 Fw B2 R' D Lw Dw2 U Uw L' Rw' U2 Uw' Lw' R' Bw' Uw' D' Lw2 R2 Bw' Rw' Dw' R L2 F Uw' Bw F' Rw' D2 Lw2 Dw Fw2 D

7.3:07.44 U B Fw' Rw2 Bw B' Lw' B2 Bw2 U L' Bw' Lw' L F L2 Dw' Uw2 Lw L2 Fw Bw2 U' Fw2 Lw2 Rw' Dw2 R' F' R' B2 Dw' R' F2 B' Fw U R' L2 Fw Uw U' Dw2 B Bw L' Rw2 U2 Bw Dw' Bw2 F Dw U Rw' Uw F' B2 Rw D

8. 2:46.28 Dw Bw2 B F' Dw R' Fw U' Lw2 Bw2 U' L2 D2 R2 Rw2 L2 Fw' R2 Lw' Uw' B D' Lw Dw2 Lw Fw' Dw' U' F' R Uw' L' Bw2 L Bw' Uw' Bw' Uw2 F' Lw Fw Dw' U D' L' Rw' Bw2 Lw' F Bw2 R L' B Dw F2 Lw Rw Bw F2 Fw

9.2:49.30 Lw' R Dw' R' Bw' B F' Rw R2 Bw U Lw' B2 Fw' Bw L2 D2 L2 Bw' Dw' B' Dw' Fw2 Rw Uw' D2 B U Dw Fw2 Dw Rw Bw Fw' Uw Bw2 D' L2 B D' U' Dw2 R Dw2 R' Rw' F' Fw Rw2 Bw2 Lw' Bw' Rw Dw' Rw' U2 Fw2 F Bw2 R2

10.3:06.35 L Fw' R2 B D B' Fw' Dw F R2 D2 Dw' F2 R D2 L2 Fw2 Lw2 Fw2 Rw2 U Rw' U L' Lw2 R' B' Bw' Uw U' Rw D B2 L' F2 Uw' Rw' U' D' B D Dw2 Fw2 U2 F' Lw' Uw' U' Rw Dw' F' L Rw' U Rw2 R2 Bw Dw2 Uw2 R

11.3:17.29 Fw Bw2 Lw Bw2 L D2 L2 U F L2 Bw D2 Bw B' Fw2 R' U' Fw L Rw U R Bw' R' Lw L' F2 Lw2 R' L Rw' D' R2 Dw' Fw2 Uw' Dw' D' L' D B L2 B' Bw Fw Rw' U2 R2 D' B2 F' R D Uw2 B F D' B R Fw

12.3:13.00 Rw2 Uw' F' R' Lw2 L2 F2 B D Dw Rw R B Dw Fw' Bw Dw Rw B Bw2 Lw Dw' L' F R Bw Uw2 U Dw' Rw' Bw F R2 U' Lw2 Uw' Rw2 Lw2 D' Fw Dw2 Lw B' U Rw2 Bw2 Uw' Rw2 Dw2 L' Lw2 Dw' F Bw2 U2 D' Rw D' U2 Lw'
 
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Round 18
Race to sub 2
Average: 1:53.05

1:51.94, (1:33.73), 1:55.37, 1:52.88, 1:49.06, 1:57.56, 2:03.09, 1:51.44, (2:21.25), 2:00.20, 1:50.68, 1:38.24
Wow I managed to corner twist on the 2:21 o_O. Extremely surprised about the two sub 1:40s :D. Yay PBs

@pyr14 You'll smash 3 mins in the next averages then! :D Cubing always tends to troll you sometimes, though the opposite might happen; I got a 9.99 single last week :P
 
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Round 18: Race to sub-2

2:09.78 Ao12: [(1:49.63), 2:06.78, 2:06.59, 2:19.36, 2:04.33, 2:07.68, 2:19.01, 2:03.89, (2:25.48), 2:17.51, 2:09.64, 2:03.03]

Definitely should be better, but it's been a while since I seriously practiced 5x5. Plus my 5x5 needs some work, it's not very good right now.
 
Round 18
Race to sub-1:30
Average: 1:53.93

1:56.88
1:47.52
1:55.51
1:47.72
1:48.18
1:42.72
1:56.59
2:00.63
1:51.71
1:58.59 - pop
1:55.92
2:40.56 - pop during parity

what...
After these solved I lubed my cube and got a sub-1:40 average of 5 with a 1:27 single. Guess I should lube it more.
 
Round 18

Race to sub 1:45
1. 1:36.87
2. 1:47.43
3. (1:30.90)
4. 1:51.67
5. 1:41.18
6. 1:40.68
7. 1:52.43
8. (2:11.12)
9. 1:48.39
10 1:47.30
11. 1:49.98
12. 2:01.63

Average of 12: 1:47.75 (σ = 6.69)

Deviation has gotten worse...
 
Thanks pyr14! Also good idea posting scrambles along with your times.
Round 18
Race to sub 2:00
Average: 2:01.748
2:00.379 2:10.485 (2:38.110) 1:52.447 1:55.137 (1:48.798) 2:10.586 1:58.552 2:00.752 2:00.812 2:01.801
 
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Round 19! Ends next Thursday

1. Rw2 Dw L' Rw' R Fw' U2 Rw R U' L Dw' B2 D2 B2 Fw Lw2 Dw2 D2 Lw' D2 U' Bw2 R2 Rw' U Uw2 Bw U B Lw' Bw2 B2 R2 F2 Rw' Fw' R2 Rw2 B Dw2 Lw2 U2 B2 Lw2 L F' Lw' R U' F' Uw' Bw2 Lw F Lw' Fw R' B2 Bw
2. Bw L2 Fw' U' Bw' U2 Lw2 Bw' R Bw R2 Lw U F' D2 B' D2 U R' L' F Rw' F2 R' Fw2 Uw' Bw Lw2 Uw2 Rw R2 D2 Fw' Bw U2 Dw' B' Fw D Lw' Fw2 F' Dw' U L' F2 U' Dw' Fw D2 Uw2 Rw B' F2 Uw Lw L Rw' Dw Fw
3. Dw' U' Rw2 B2 Fw2 D U Bw2 D' Uw' R' Fw' Bw2 F Uw2 Bw R2 Uw2 U' R' D' Lw2 Fw U2 Lw2 Fw2 L Lw' Uw2 Dw' B Fw D' R2 Fw' Uw U' D Fw' R2 F2 B2 U' Fw2 L' Dw' Bw' Uw' F' Fw2 Bw2 R L Fw B2 Lw2 Uw' L F2 Uw
4. Lw' L2 F D Rw2 Bw' U Rw2 F2 B Dw R D2 Lw2 L2 Bw Fw B U2 Dw2 F2 D Fw Lw R2 F' D B2 Uw R Fw Dw R' Uw Fw2 Dw2 F' Dw2 Uw' D Lw2 Uw' Lw' Fw' B' U Uw Fw2 D2 Bw2 L Uw D Dw2 Fw Lw Fw L R2 B2
5. Bw Lw' Dw F Bw Lw2 Fw2 Rw2 U2 L2 Dw U2 Lw L2 D2 Bw2 U Dw F' L D' Bw Rw2 Bw Fw B R Fw Rw Uw' D' Dw' R Bw' L2 B2 Bw' Uw' L2 Fw' D Dw F B2 Fw2 Dw Rw' Fw B' D' U Fw2 F Lw F D U2 R' Dw B
6. Rw Bw U2 Fw' Bw L' B Rw Dw' Fw' D2 U R' Lw Rw' F' Bw' Rw B2 Dw R Uw' Dw' B' Uw' Dw2 Lw2 U' Dw' D' Bw D Bw B2 Rw Uw' D' L2 R F' D B' D U2 B F' Uw2 R2 Dw2 B2 D2 Dw Bw D Bw2 Dw R2 Lw' Bw B2
7. F' D' B' Fw R B2 Uw2 Fw2 R2 Fw2 Rw Bw2 Dw2 L Uw' D2 R2 Fw2 Lw' L2 R Bw R2 U' L2 U F' Rw2 R' F' B U' Dw2 B2 Rw Uw' U D' F Lw D' Uw U Rw' Lw' Dw U Fw' B L2 Uw2 Lw' Rw2 R2 L2 Bw' Fw2 L Dw2 Uw
8. B D2 F2 D' Dw' Lw Uw Dw R D2 Dw2 Fw2 B Rw2 Uw2 R2 U' Rw2 U2 D2 Dw2 L2 U L2 Fw2 F' R' D2 B' Bw2 Uw Fw Uw L Rw' F2 Lw2 D2 F2 D Fw2 Uw2 Dw2 Rw' Uw2 U' Dw' Fw' Bw2 Dw R2 L B2 F2 Rw R2 Dw2 L Fw' L'
9. R2 F2 R' U2 Uw' B' Dw2 Bw' Fw' Lw' Bw2 Rw F R' Bw U2 Lw' F D' Dw' B2 Fw' Rw' F Fw' Rw' B' Lw' F Lw2 F B Fw2 Dw' F' Bw2 Fw Lw2 Uw Bw2 R' Bw' U2 Lw' F B Fw U' B Rw' Lw2 Dw Uw' U2 Bw D' B' U2 R' L
10. D Bw Dw' U Uw' Bw2 Fw Rw L' D L Uw2 B2 Bw2 R2 L2 Rw' U' Rw' Dw D' Fw' Dw' Rw R2 Fw2 Rw2 Bw Dw' Lw Fw' R2 Uw2 Bw2 D' Fw F' Lw' Rw2 Bw Dw U Rw' R2 Fw2 D Lw Rw2 D2 U L' R Uw Fw Bw2 Uw D' R' Dw B'
11. D U Rw2 Bw2 D' F Bw' U Rw Dw D2 L2 Dw2 B Fw Dw F Uw2 Lw F2 B' Bw2 Fw2 D Bw2 Fw2 U2 Dw' B' Dw U2 Bw2 U' B' R' B' F' Lw U' Rw2 Lw2 D Uw' L2 B2 Lw Rw' B' R B U' Dw' Uw B2 F2 Rw2 U Rw' Uw' F2
12. U' D B2 R' Bw2 Dw B F U' L2 Dw' Lw R' Uw Dw2 Bw2 D Dw' Uw F U F' B U L Uw2 Lw Bw2 Rw2 Bw' L' F L Dw D Rw' Lw' F' Fw' Bw Dw Uw' L2 Dw' Fw Lw F' Lw L' R2 U2 Bw2 Uw2 Rw' Uw2 Rw2 Uw2 R' Fw' L
 
round 19

race to sub 3

times: 2:42.54, 2:38.75, 2:53.04, 2:42.47, 2:55.12, 2:43.48, 2:46.36, 2:39.75, 2:47.96, 2:58.59, 2:45.62, 2:51.03

ao12... well all times are under 3min!!! YES SUB 3!!!!

the ao12 was 2:46.74
 
Round 19
Race to sub 2
Average: 1:59.05

1:56.85, 1:59.04, 1:59.69, (DNF(1:59.77)), (1:35.28), 1:46.63, 2:10.34, 2:06.29, 1:57.14, 2:05.87, 1:49.03, 1:59.62
Just Sub 2 :) I managed to do the wrong U perm on the DNF and thought it was solved. Oh well, I got a 1:35 the solve after :D

ao12... well all times are under 3min!!! YES SUB 3!!!!

the ao12 was 2:46.74
I called it :P Good job!
 
Round 20! Ends next Friday

1. F2 U' F L R' Lw2 B' Fw2 D U' Bw2 Lw' B2 R2 Dw F2 L2 Bw Uw2 R L' U2 F' U' Fw U Rw2 Fw2 Lw' B2 D' U2 B Fw Rw2 Uw2 U2 D2 Bw Dw2 R' D' B U2 Fw2 F B Lw2 Rw' F2 Bw2 Lw2 L' Dw Lw' D Dw2 U2 Lw L2
2. Uw B U D B' Fw2 Dw' F2 L2 Rw2 D2 L2 D2 Fw R Uw2 U' Lw Dw' L' D' R Uw2 Lw2 R Rw' F U' L' F2 Lw' Dw F Dw2 F2 L D' Fw' Lw' Fw2 Lw2 Dw B D2 Fw' Uw D2 Bw R2 D2 U Dw F Uw Fw Uw B L' R Rw2
3. Lw' F' Lw Bw Fw' D' Fw' L2 Bw B' Lw' Bw' Lw' B Uw U' Fw D Lw2 R Bw' R2 Bw' F' R2 Rw' B' D U2 Dw L' B U Lw2 F' Rw Dw Fw Uw' Dw U2 F' Lw Rw' Bw Rw' Lw' Bw Rw2 F Rw D Lw' Rw2 B2 L' D2 Lw U' B
4. Fw' Uw' R2 B2 Lw' D' R Rw' Bw' Lw' R2 B' Uw Bw' Dw2 R' Fw Dw' R2 F' U2 L F2 L Bw' D2 B Dw2 Lw' R F2 B Uw Bw2 R2 D' L2 Lw' R' Bw2 Dw' Rw' F2 Rw' D' U2 Lw' U Bw' R Uw2 R' B' Rw Fw' B' Rw D2 L' Rw
5. D2 Lw F Fw2 Bw L' Uw' Bw F' U Bw' L2 Bw2 Dw2 Rw' Dw Uw' Rw' L D' Dw' F Uw L Fw Uw Fw' B Uw2 Lw' U' Uw' Dw F' D Rw R' Uw D2 R Dw L' D' Rw R' Lw Uw F' Bw D2 Dw F2 Uw2 R' L2 Bw2 Uw Fw L2 Dw2
6. Rw2 R Uw Fw' Uw2 Rw2 Lw2 Uw Lw2 F' D Lw' Uw R' B' F2 R Bw U2 R' Rw2 Dw R Bw Uw' Dw' Lw' U' R' Bw2 Dw2 B Lw L' U' L2 D2 L F2 D' Dw2 U2 Fw D' B' D' Uw2 B Uw D2 R2 U' Dw' Fw L2 F Rw' Dw D2 U
7. Dw2 R Uw2 Dw F U2 Lw' R U Lw F' Lw U' R Bw' B' F' R' Rw Bw2 Dw' L Rw B' F2 Fw Rw2 Lw B R' Fw2 B R Lw' Uw2 D' F Uw2 R Dw' Bw2 Rw2 Bw L2 R2 D2 F2 D Uw2 B' Bw Rw' Bw B2 Fw U' Lw D Lw U
8. D' Uw' Dw2 Rw2 D Rw Uw Bw Dw' L' Rw2 Lw2 R B R' F D2 Rw' L B F Rw' Bw2 Uw2 Lw2 Rw' U' Fw L' Fw' U Lw B Bw Fw' U2 F2 U2 B' D2 B2 F' Rw2 U Rw Dw' Uw2 B F Lw' R' B' Dw' L2 D B Uw' Dw2 Lw' F
9. Rw Uw' Bw2 U Rw' Dw' Uw2 Bw' R Fw U' Uw D2 Fw' Uw2 Fw2 L D' R2 F2 U' Fw' Bw D U' F2 R' Bw' U Bw' D Bw2 F Dw Fw2 Lw' D2 Uw R F L2 B' F R2 Dw2 Rw F R Fw Lw' L Fw2 Rw2 U2 L2 Dw L' Bw' Lw2 R
10. Dw' B2 U' Fw2 D' F' Dw Rw2 B L D2 Uw' Lw2 U' Lw F U2 Lw Uw2 Lw F' R2 Rw2 Dw' F' L' Fw2 R D Lw' Uw2 R2 Rw' U B D2 U Dw L B2 Bw Lw Fw' B2 Lw' Dw2 L' Lw2 D2 U2 Rw2 U' Bw' Lw F' B2 Bw' Rw R D2
11. Fw' Dw2 Fw F' Uw2 Bw2 U' R Bw2 Fw Rw2 B' F D2 U2 B D' R Fw' B D' Dw' B Rw R Bw' Lw R2 D F R' Dw Lw Dw' F' R' D' Dw' Lw' Uw2 R' B2 D' Lw' Dw2 F R2 F' Rw' D2 Fw Uw D2 Dw' F' U' F' Bw' B R
12. R' F2 Bw2 U2 Bw2 Uw' B' D B Uw Dw2 Bw' B Rw2 Lw' L D2 R2 Lw Fw B U' Rw' Lw' Bw Fw R L B2 D2 L' F2 Fw R Rw2 D Bw R' B L2 Bw F B' Fw D Dw Rw' Bw Fw2 Lw L Fw' F2 B2 L Uw2 L Rw2 Bw' L2
 
2:58.83, 3:23.95, 2:55.28, 3:21.87, 2:43.38, 3:06.38, 3:12.56, 2:53.68, 3:23.03, 2:43.98, DNF(2:49.79), 2:47.74

race to sub 3 (round 20)

ao12 = 3:04.73

this is what happens when you hardly practise 5x5.
 
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Race to sub-5
Round 20
Average: 6:31.26

1. 6:31.34
2. (9:06.86)
3. 8:01.74
4. 6:29.45
5. 7:28.35
6. (4:58.52)
7. 6:53.57
8. 5:42.73
9. 6:34.35
10. 5:37.83
11. 6:33.67
12. 5:19.53
 
Round 20: Race to sub-2

2:04.46 Ao12 [2:09.65, 2:09.95, 2:08.29, 2:08.93, 2:12.33, 1:52.68, 2:01.94, 1:57.26, 2:06.18, (2:28.12), 1:57.38, (1:52.26+)]

Still chugging along at this barrier, although my edge pairing has definitely improved. Thinking about investing in a Moyu 5x5.
 
Round 20

Race to sub-1:45:
1. 1:45.91
2. 1:39.38
3. (1:29.99)
4. 1:48.51
5. 1:51.19
6. 1:50.62
7. 1:44.83
8. 1:34.16
9. 1:33.24
10. (1:52.67)
11. 1:39.89
12. 1:45.82

Average of 12: 1:43.36 (σ = 6.41)

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Also...
Dat sub 1:30 solve tho! Second best solve ever.
 
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