Sixth 10k session (3rd March to 28th July):
# of sub-10 singles: 337 → 400
# of sub-9 singles: 61 → 75
# of sub-8 singles: 4 → 6 (still not as high as the fourth session, which had 8)
Average: 12.834 → 12.696
Median: 12.671 → 12.544
Best ao1000: 12.645 → 12.572
Cool, cool. Slow but steady improvement.
Other notable stuff: this session includes the first time I had three sub-10 singles in a row, as well as my first sub-10 ao5.
7th 10k session (28th July 2021 to 22nd October 2022):
# of sub-10 singles: 400 → 257
# of sub-9 singles: 75 → 39
# of sub-8 singles: 6 → 3
Average: 12.696 → 13.045
Median: 12.544 → 12.857
Best ao1000: 12.572 → 12.783
8th 10k session (22nd October 2022 to 17th June 2023):
# of sub-10 singles: 257 → 510
# of sub-9 singles: 39 → 71
# of sub-8 singles: 3 → 7
Average: 13.045 → 12.499
Median: 12.857 → 12.354
Best ao1000: 12.783 → 12.202
I never updated on the 7th session because it was trash (spent much less time on cubing; went to play Tetris instead), but with comps restarting in the country back in mid/late-2022, together with hanging out at the local cube store more (*), I also restarted practice.
Session-to-session improvement wasn't that drastic (if you ignore the outlier 7th session), but most of the good times were concentrated in the second half of the 8th 10k session; so far, the 9th session is at a 12.255 average. I'm getting sub-12 ao50s and sometimes even ao100s with some regularity these days.
Sub-10 proportion also breached 5%, so this is also the first time I've got counting sub-10s in the session average.
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Other: sub-10 ao5 on cam, small drop in PB ao200 (11.981 → 11.972), megaminx PB single (1:06.x in last week's weekly comp).
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(*)
I've been doing cubing coaching there almost every weekend, and one of my students has already surpassed me! Well, only the one so far. I hope the rest can catch up soon…
