Accomplishment Thread

[Ickathu]

FTFY And it is very addicting. Try to get your movecount down though. My best is 3:58 but that was 619 moves. Use piece groupings.

pffft. movecount is overrated unless you're using roux.

Time: 350.352 (5:50)
Movs: 909

2.597 m/s

lower movecount results in slower moving. Actually, it's probably the opposite.

 

[uberCuber]

wtf just happened o_O

(36.19), 37.14, 44.19, 40.71, (45.31) = 40.68 avg5

4x4 ofc

 

[Pokerizer]

Woohoo finally just broke ave sub 50's
Single/ Avg of 5/ Avg of 12/ 3x3: /34.67/45.92/49.32

 

[Kirjava]

My official average is faster than Andrew Kang's

 

[ben1996123]

3x3 12.34 average of 12 on video.

 

[Julian]

8.55 B2 U2 R2 U' R2 B2 L2 D2 U' F2 U2 B' U B' F' L' B L' B' L U2

x2 y D r U2 x' D
R' U R U' R U R'
U' L U L'
U' U2 R' U2 R U R' U' R
L' U L U' y' U' R U R'
R' F R U R' U' F' U R
U2 R U R' F' R U R' U' R F R2 U' R' U'

 

[BlakeJ]

Just got my second sub 20 solve today. Average of 12 was 23.22

 

[vcuber13]

lower movecount results in slower moving. Actually, it's probably the opposite.

I average about 680 moves and over 6 tps

 

[elcuber]

today I got my first sub 30 after 2 months of cubing!

 

[mdolszak]

Just got a 2:49.74 Ao5 3x3 solving in mirror. It was also my first ever average of 5.
It was frustrating.

 

[Riley]

3x3 Average of 5 PB: 10.09, so close to sub 10... Couldn't roll it.

Other PB's:
1:34.20 5x5 single
29.12 average of 5, 30.66 average of 12, 3x3 OH

Also:

My proudest cubing moment yet:

Solved the cube blindfolded in front of 240+ people for the Stanford Jazz Workshop Talent Show. I feel a little bad because I was the only one to get a standing ovation, with thundering applause. Probably most everyone else was way more talented than me, but it was an amazing experience.

Long version:

Spoiler

On stage, I took out two 3x3's from my jacket pocket, asking for two volunteers to scramble them. The MC took one, and a student in the front row took another. After about five seconds, the student popped four pieces (two edges, two corners) by accident. I then put them in, and then solved the corners, to see if I had put those in right. After that, I then, for some reason, solved the rest of the cube with a really weird method; I inserted the edges with M-slices and U's, and it was quite slow. Unfortunately, I came to the conclusion of two swapped edges, one flipped. While telling the audience what happened, I switched the pieces, through an awkward silence. I showed the cube solved and got a mini-applause.

Next, the MC who had scrambled the other cube, gave the cube back, and asked me, "So you're going to solve this... Blindfolded?" I responded with a nonchalant "I hope", receiving a hearty laugh from the audience. So he gave me the cube, I took out my blindfold, put it on my head, and started to memorize. The MC and a staff-counselor drummer then proceeded to proceeded to play the Jeopardy song on piano and drums. Eventually it grew to fancy variations on that, and I knew I had to start soon. After about 1 minute, they played "epic music" which was basically, half step octaves up, building much pressure and tension. Then, I put the blindfold down, did two seconds of solving, and put the cube behind my back, facing the audience. This act made the audience go crazy, and according to my brother, all stand up to see. The live music still went on during the whole solve. When they were cheering, I just knew I couldn't mess this up. At one point, I had a slight pause and probably was shaking too. But in the end, I finished the last turns, which made the audience erupt in roars. I took off the blindfold, held the cube up, and just felt awesome. Everyone was standing, clapping, and shouting. I even saw some cameras out. I got at least 15 high fives while going back to my seat in the audience, and 20+ congratulations later that day and the day after.

I tried reconstructing the solve later, but couldn't do it. All I have from my memo is (it might not even be right):
Edges: OR GK __ PL __ KT
Corners: AS __ IF __ PL, twisted corner = MU
I don't think any pieces were already solved.

 

[mDiPalma]

11.79, 13.00, 13.48, 12.40, 15.68, 13.08, 12.75, 13.20, 14.11, 16.85, 14.91, 13.57 = 13.62 average of 12

:O

 

[aznanimedude]

How many xeos?

 

[mdolszak]

3x3 Average of 5 PB: 10.09, so close to sub 10... Couldn't roll it.

Other PB's:
1:34.20 5x5 single
29.12 average of 5, 30.66 average of 12, 3x3 OH

Also:

My proudest cubing moment yet:

Solved the cube blindfolded in front of 240+ people for the Stanford Jazz Workshop Talent Show. I feel a little bad because I was the only one to get a standing ovation, with thundering applause. Probably most everyone else was way more talented than me, but it was an amazing experience.

Long version:

Spoiler

On stage, I took out two 3x3's from my jacket pocket, asking for two volunteers to scramble them. The MC took one, and a student in the front row took another. After about five seconds, the student popped four pieces (two edges, two corners) by accident. I then put them in, and then solved the corners, to see if I had put those in right. After that, I then, for some reason, solved the rest of the cube with a really weird method; I inserted the edges with M-slices and U's, and it was quite slow. Unfortunately, I came to the conclusion of two swapped edges, one flipped. While telling the audience what happened, I switched the pieces, through an awkward silence. I showed the cube solved and got a mini-applause.

Next, the MC who had scrambled the other cube, gave the cube back, and asked me, "So you're going to solve this... Blindfolded?" I responded with a nonchalant "I hope", receiving a hearty laugh from the audience. So he gave me the cube, I took out my blindfold, put it on my head, and started to memorize. The MC and a staff-counselor drummer then proceeded to proceeded to play the Jeopardy song on piano and drums. Eventually it grew to fancy variations on that, and I knew I had to start soon. After about 1 minute, they played "epic music" which was basically, half step octaves up, building much pressure and tension. Then, I put the blindfold down, did two seconds of solving, and put the cube behind my back, facing the audience. This act made the audience go crazy, and according to my brother, all stand up to see. The live music still went on during the whole solve. When they were cheering, I just knew I couldn't mess this up. At one point, I had a slight pause and probably was shaking too. But in the end, I finished the last turns, which made the audience erupt in roars. I took off the blindfold, held the cube up, and just felt awesome. Everyone was standing, clapping, and shouting. I even saw some cameras out. I got at least 15 high fives while going back to my seat in the audience, and 20+ congratulations later that day and the day after.

I tried reconstructing the solve later, but couldn't do it. All I have from my memo is (it might not even be right):
Edges: OR GK __ PL __ KT
Corners: AS __ IF __ PL, twisted corner = MU
I don't think any pieces were already solved.

Wow, congrats! I can't imagine how nervous you must have been.
Way to pull it off!

 

[mDiPalma]

How many xeos?

lol man like 2 or 3 i guess

i only do the easy pair preservation variety in speedsolves.

 

[Cubetastic]

New pb average of 5 3x3
18.81, 18.25, 18.47, 14.12, 16.77 = 17.28 Average of 5

 

[Robert-Y]

Megaminx:

Best average of 12: 1:06.48
7-18 - 1:05.64 1:04.09 1:05.94 1:08.57 1:06.97 1:00.96 1:07.32 1:06.14 1:11.52 (1:12.51) (57.02) 1:07.68

 

[Divineskulls]

Megaminx:

Best average of 12: 1:06.48
7-18 - 1:05.64 1:04.09 1:05.94 1:08.57 1:06.97 1:00.96 1:07.32 1:06.14 1:11.52 (1:12.51) (57.02) 1:07.68

What's your PB single/avg5? :O


My accomplishment: I cut my fingernails too short yesterday, and I successfully took a break from megaminx (for pretty much all day), because it hurt my fingers a lot. But they're better now.

 

[Robert-Y]

50.37, 1:04.33.

I hope I can sub 1 avg of 12 soon...

EDIT, BTW it took me over a year to break my average of 12 pb, so I'm quite pleased with this. The reason why I haven't progressed that much this year is that someone took my only megaminx at a competition in november and it wasn't until 2 months ago when I ordered my own megaminx again (exams).

 

[antoineccantin]

Finally finished my Feet avg1000!

Took a couple weeks. Notice the improvement; first avg5: 1:36.086, last avg5: 51.64

Overall stats:

number of times: 1017/1018
best time: 39.110
worst time: 2:28.538

current mo3: 51.640 (σ = 0.40)
best mo3: 47.474 (σ = 3.15) PB in bold

current avg5: 51.640 (σ = 0.40)
best avg5: 48.145 (σ = 1.00) PB underlined

current avg12: 54.185 (σ = 2.59)
best avg12: 50.209 (σ = 2.92) PB in orange

current avg50: 53.920 (σ = 3.79)
best avg50: 53.837 (σ = 3.90) PB in large font

current avg100: 55.650 (σ = 4.33)
best avg100: 55.650 (σ = 4.33) PB in italics

current avg1000: 1:04.154 (σ = 7.75)
best avg1000: 1:04.154 (σ = 7.75) PB

session avg: 1:04.617 (σ = 8.33)
session mean: 1:06.013

PS. I only included the times for the best avg1000 in the spoiler.

Spoiler: Times

(1:32.939), (1:31.775), (1:36.088), (1:39.231), (1:41.370), (1:49.716), (1:38.545), (1:48.346), (1:43.200), (1:53.111), (1:36.238), (1:58.313), (1:44.447), (1:32.673), (1:37.080), (2:02.602), (1:40.608), (1:41.425), (2:00.531), (1:32.192), (1:40.307), (1:28.520), (1:44.890), (1:37.090), 1:26.090, (1:29.970), (1:27.610), 1:14.010, 1:14.050, 1:00.590, 1:07.170, 1:24.830, (1:29.720), (1:32.430), (1:30.650), (1:44.990), 1:22.012, (1:29.410), (47.520), 1:24.570, (1:26.830), (1:27.756), 1:23.205, (1:30.219), 1:19.685, 1:07.360, (1:33.306), (1:40.448), 1:20.017, (1:31.086), 1:18.399, 1:20.166, 1:04.432, 1:00.779, 1:12.204, 1:16.913, 1:08.410, 1:20.250, (1:46.110), 1:17.641, 1:03.562, 1:06.669, 1:03.279, 1:19.927, 1:17.727, 1:24.006, 1:21.010, 1:13.760, 1:15.418, (1:32.120), 1:24.040, 53.620, 1:06.920, 54.460, 1:05.560, 1:18.460, 1:08.300, 1:04.081, 1:20.376, 1:14.930, 1:05.500, 1:07.001, 1:16.590, 1:16.638, 1:23.886, 1:06.504, 1:13.258, 1:09.340, 1:16.839, 1:17.240, 1:21.634, 1:13.168, 1:01.555, 1:15.803, 1:20.545, 1:11.110, 1:23.189, 1:21.602, 1:06.251, 1:12.913, 1:20.871, 1:10.447, 1:02.509, 1:24.897, 1:20.017, (1:27.426), 1:09.176, 1:20.194, (1:26.766), 1:19.500, 1:08.423, 1:13.394, 1:09.677, 1:05.003, 1:10.500, 1:09.909, 1:15.390, 1:17.780, 1:22.750, 1:11.557, 1:14.442, 1:17.981, 1:08.426, 1:21.762, 1:08.708, 1:17.570, 1:15.360, 1:08.423, 1:21.327, 1:06.499, 1:17.450, 1:13.008, 1:23.833, 1:17.297, 1:19.016, (1:31.730), 1:08.838, 1:05.941, 1:04.419, 1:11.913, 1:13.293, 1:15.571, (1:26.567), 1:11.610, 1:11.571, 1:18.118, 1:10.530, 1:13.232, (1:30.646), 1:19.079, 1:12.250, 1:09.568, 1:02.345, (1:28.435), 1:18.879, 1:05.830, 1:18.346, 59.367, 1:13.666, 1:08.899, 1:04.530, 1:04.006, 1:09.055, (1:29.877), 1:12.246, 1:01.050, 1:19.461, 1:08.680, 1:11.090, 1:03.579, 1:12.066, 1:15.117, 1:17.255, 58.486, 1:01.036, 1:08.202, 1:03.075, 59.774, 1:03.123, 1:05.699, (1:28.049), 1:10.056, 1:24.751, 1:10.916, 1:06.878, 1:14.345, 1:10.883, 1:23.446, 1:07.750, 58.315, (1:26.563), 1:01.946, 1:11.821, 1:21.133, 1:03.655, 1:11.877, 1:20.791, 59.021, 1:05.381, 1:25.830, 1:17.317, 1:15.047, 1:04.920, 1:15.930, 1:15.418, 1:12.666, 1:19.571, 1:12.133, 1:05.591, 1:17.446, 1:09.390, 1:09.596, 1:17.853, 1:15.657, 1:07.850, 1:13.752, 1:13.576, 1:12.603, 1:01.951, 1:01.290, 1:10.056, 1:16.504, 1:15.659, 1:10.418, 1:04.012, 1:12.419, 1:06.971, 59.459, 57.249, 1:12.204, 1:24.133, 1:09.349, 57.623, 1:14.249, 1:09.735, 1:13.543, 1:08.443, 1:09.057, 1:07.725, 1:01.806, 1:19.709, 58.444, 1:05.485, 1:13.721, 1:09.439, 1:06.854, 1:05.833, 1:19.256, 1:14.146, 59.394, 1:11.247, 1:06.958, 1:10.493, 1:02.833, 1:21.701, 1:12.719, 1:08.499, 1:18.110, 1:13.331, 1:04.441, 1:12.233, 1:12.027, 1:10.542, 1:13.751, 54.432, 1:06.831, 59.736, 1:05.845, 57.595, 1:09.780, 1:15.528, 1:12.150, 1:07.542, 1:02.670, 1:17.862, 1:00.135, 1:14.909, 1:14.521, 1:10.720, 1:10.581, 1:03.530, 59.916, 1:02.526, 1:02.051, 1:05.555, 1:04.613, 1:03.780, 1:11.419, 1:09.083, 1:08.157, 1:11.782, (40.240), 59.946, 1:15.381, 53.240, 54.407, 52.089, 1:07.353, 1:13.173, 1:13.493, 1:05.001, 1:15.888, 1:08.041, 1:13.372, 1:08.633, 1:01.413, 1:12.858, 1:06.742, 1:01.743, 1:03.183, 1:13.030, 1:07.024, 58.018, 1:16.861, 1:08.370, 55.147, 1:05.427, 1:03.369, 56.485, 1:12.890, 1:11.302, 1:09.856, 1:20.313, 1:07.130, 57.723, 59.196, 57.891, 1:00.630, 1:11.511, 1:11.652, 1:01.610, 1:09.913, 1:08.610, 1:03.516, 1:04.848, 59.056, 1:02.470, 1:07.710, 1:12.693, 1:05.191, 1:06.964, 1:17.672, 54.836, 1:05.586, 1:17.742, 1:12.938, 1:08.723, 59.797, (47.417), 1:11.499, 1:08.980, 1:23.236, 1:14.990, 59.047, 1:06.663, 59.368, 1:07.920, 1:00.392, 51.323, 1:02.956, 57.848, 1:09.436, 1:03.661, 59.709, (50.379), 57.770, 1:07.851, 1:08.884, 57.967, 57.883, 1:11.919, 1:13.801, 1:01.396, 1:03.317, 1:23.576, 1:00.175, 1:09.573, 1:13.902, 1:09.851, 1:11.618, 1:16.495, 56.720, 1:03.750, 1:07.972, 1:00.611, 1:15.120, 1:15.825, 1:08.839, 1:10.433, 56.227, 1:00.182, 59.333, 1:09.915, 1:10.856, 1:13.610, 1:11.030, 1:00.686, 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