Accomplishment Thread

[Swordsman Kirby]

Petrus was my first choice but I found it too complicated. I only have 8 OLLs left in Full Fridrich- after that I'll probably pick up the COLLs so I have a better chance at Petrus.

-niKo

8 OLLs? That's about the same as me, and I don't plan on trying to get 3x3 faster ever, since it's kind of wasted effort. It's not like I get faster.

 

[jackolanternsoup]

Finally got a 3x3x3 cube and got a sub-40 average so I'm quite happy.. And a sub-30 PB

 

[MiloD]

Holy Cow! 2:08.30 BLD

I know I have had at least a couple of sub 2's that I didn't time (one I reset the timer when I put my hands down but I'm sure it was sub 2 as it had < 50 seconds of memo and awesome execution) but I am happy with this. I definitely made big jumps recently. I feel like I can get sub 2 again this week.

edit: OMGOMGOMG! 2:23.28 5x5...and I know I can beat it again soon...I improved a lot yesterday on 5x5...

breakdown was like 0:43 - 1:05 - 0:35

I should do another avg tonight....

also my 4x4 times are looking worse and worse as I improve on all my other cubes.....I want to do something about that....but alas...my cube sucks hard....oh well, the east sheen is in the mail...

 

[Siraj A.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldz5kLza5iE

Oh yeah!

 

[MiloD]

My first non lucky sub-20: 18.60

13-14 second f2l, sune + 3 edge cycle

 

[Dene]

First ever partial-Petrus average of 12:

Average: 26.35 seconds
Individual Times: 24.05, 26.25, 28.72, (38.55), 24.68, 27.55, 31.91, 22.94, 23.36, (22.00), 24.68, 29.33

Pretty good. I'm getting the hang of this, and I like it! The variability is amazing, however I'm still restricted to choosing a bottom colour and after doing the first 2x2x2 block, to continue in a Fridrich style solve, except leaving the whole face free, instead of having the remaing cross colour there.

 

[Lofty]

Statistics for 04-10-2008 18:35:17

Average: 19.97
Standard Deviation: 1.72
Best Time: 16.78
Worst Time: 25.16
Individual Times:
1. 18.26 B D' L2 R' F' L' D' U2 B2 U' B2 L2 U L' B2 D' U L2 D R' U L2 R2 B2 F
2. 20.84 U F2 L2 R2 F D2 U' B' L2 B' L2 D2 U' B' F2 U' F2 L2 R' B2 L2 D' B D U
3. 20.44 U' L' D2 L' R2 B L' D' B' F' R' B2 L' R2 U' R2 D' L R' B2 F2 R U L2 F2
4. 22.17 L B' L2 B F' L' F' L2 R' U L2 R D B' F' R D U B' F' D' B D' U2 R
5. 18.32 D L' D2 U2 L2 R B D' U' F U F L2 R2 U2 F' D' U' L B2 L2 R2 D2 B F2
6. 21.79 B L' R B L' D2 B' D B2 L2 B2 F' D' B' U2 R' D2 U' B2 F2 R' B F' D2 R
7. 17.53 D B R U' B F2 D B' F' D' U B F D2 L B2 D' B F' U L2 U F2 L' D'
8. 21.20 D2 B2 F' L2 F2 L R D2 B2 U2 L' R' B2 L B2 R2 D R D F' D' U B' U R2
9. 18.13 D2 B L R' U B F2 D U' L B F U' B2 F2 R2 B' D2 B' F' R D U L R'
10. (25.16) L2 B2 D2 L R' B2 F' L2 R D U L' D2 U' L' B F' U B F' R U R2 B F2
11. 21.03 B2 R' D U L2 R2 D' B F' D' L B U B U B2 L R U' R2 B R U L R2
12. (16.78) L2 F L' R D' B2 L R D U B2 L' R2 B D2 U F' R' D2 U F L R2 B F2
AHHHHHHH!!!!! Fastest is an EP skip since i did COLL.

 

[qqwref]

Congratulations Lofty, you made it! Good job!

Well I got a similarly insane average on 4x4 yesterday. But it wasn't just an average of 12... it was an average of 100! I had one pop-DNF.

Mean of 100 (not counting pop): 1:01.95
Best average of 12: 58.61 (my first sub-1 was in this avg100 too)
Best average of 5: 55.28
Best time: 49.79
# of solve times below the NAR single: 8

Well I'm really proud of this... even if I never get a better average (of 12 or 100), I don't care! I'm sub-1!

 

[Lofty]

Wow! Congrats to you as well! I can't believe your average of 100 was almost under 1.

 

[pjk]

Nice Lofty, on your b-day.

Micheal, amazing. What is the avg time for the 3x3 stage?

 

[alexc]

I completed my first 6x6 on the nxn sim in 17:59.something, can't remember. It was really challenging and fun.

 

[qqwref]

pjk: I'm not sure... I timed an average of about 20 seconds with doing 3x3 on 4x4, but that was with no parities and inspection. During a 4x4 speedsolve I only look at the timer when I start the LL, and for a good solve that's under 50 (or even under 45 sometimes), so I don't actually know how long the 3x3 normally takes me.

 

[joey]

----- JNetCube Session Statistics for Fri Apr 11 19:46:43 BST 2008 -----

Cubes Solved: 100
Total Pops: 0
Average: 16.19

Fastest Time: 09.68
Slowest Time: 20.08
Standard Deviation: 01.78

The 9.68 was a PLL skip. I think another 14.xx was lucky, but thats it.

My best average of this session: 15.54 seconds
SD: 1.05
Individual Times: 15.53, 13.39, 16.94, 15.16, (17.94), (11.15), 15.77, 17.09, 15.21, 15.05, 15.25, 16.05

 

[alexc]

I solved a 7x7 in 44:35.27. This was the craziest thing I've ever attempted in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought it was really hard, specially the centers. It was really fun though, even though it was REALLY slow.

 

[Kenneth]

Prevoius...

Now I improved my best single time solving the I.Q.Ball to 1 minute 58.12 seconds

My method is much better now and the average is currently around 3 minutes but going down, probably I can average around 2:30 after just a litte more of the practice paractice parctice part.

Update : now it's 1:35.28 ... Was suprised to see the time becase it did not felt any faster than the ones before.

 

[Leviticus]

Beat my 5x5 and Megaminx record: 5x5- 2.42.05 and megaminx- 2.10.72 (chinaminx)

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

New personal best for 3x3: 12.17

Scramble:
B' L2 R' U2 B U L2 R' F2 D' L2 U' L' R' D' U' R2 D' U2 R' U' B' L R2 D

X-Cross: F' D2 F2
2nd slot: U y L' U L U' L U L'
3rd slot: y L U L'
4th slot: U y L' U2 L U L' U' L
OLL: U2 x' R U' R' F' R U R' z x R' U R
PLL: U2 M2 U' M' U2 M U' M2

40 moves. It was a 3 move extended cross, so is it lucky or no?

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

New personal best for 3x3: 12.17

Scramble:
B' L2 R' U2 B U L2 R' F2 D' L2 U' L' R' D' U' R2 D' U2 R' U' B' L R2 D

X-Cross: F' D2 F2
2nd slot: U y L' U L U' L U L'
3rd slot: y L U L'
4th slot: U y L' U2 L U L' U' L
OLL: U2 x' R U' R' F' R U R' z x R' U R
PLL: U2 M2 U' M' U2 M U' M2

40 moves. It was a 3 move extended cross, so is it lucky or no?

I would say lucky, but it's not like I care about single solves.

 

[Kenneth]

Prevoius...

Now I improved my best single time solving the I.Q.Ball to 1 minute 58.12 seconds

My method is much better now and the average is currently around 3 minutes but going down, probably I can average around 2:30 after just a litte more of the practice paractice parctice part.

Update : now it's 1:35.28 ... Was suprised to see the time becase it did not felt any faster than the ones before.

Improved a little to 1:33.78 .... It is probably the UWR.

Too bad the puzzle is so hard to find, it is really nice for speed, most is done using intuition and a decent solve is some 100-120 turns. A estimation is that a really fast cuber can do this puzzle in about 40 seconds at the best, averages around 1 minute must be possible, maybe even a little better.

Don't even think about OH, it's horrible

 

[alexc]

1.05 2x2 single on the NxN simulator. Complete LL skip, but it was still awesome. I'm ranked 8th now!