Accomplishment Thread

[advincubing]

I just discovered this thread for the first time. I started cubing exactly a year ago today (at the ripe young age of 34). Had I posted a goal at that time, it would have been simple: Being able to solve a cube consistently without a cheat sheet and without mistakes. A year later, my personal best 3x3 is 28 seconds, and I just finished learning all the PLLs. More work ahead, to be sure, but it's always fun remembering back to when I was pleased with just being able to solve a cube at all! I'm glad I took the time to document the year's progress in painstaking detail on my cubing blog.

Two goals for the upcoming year:

(1) Get a sub-30 Ao5 on camera, with faster crosses and improved F2L (fewer cube rotations, cleaner/more efficient inserts, etc.). I'm not that far away, but my solves are not as "clean" or smooth or consistent as I would like.

(2) Keep up the blog and produce higher quality content for it.

 

[leonparfitt]

4x4 PB's are in Bold
number of times: 100/100
best time: 46.06
worst time: 1:17.98

current avg5: 59.36 (σ = 4.10)
best avg5: 52.46 (σ = 2.39)

current avg12: 1:01.57 (σ = 5.67)
best avg12: 54.79 (σ = 2.72)

current avg100: 58.80 (σ = 5.51)
best avg100: 58.80 (σ = 5.51)

session avg: 58.80 (σ = 5.51)
session mean: 59.10

 

[antoineccantin]

56.61 2-4 relay

 

[erikoui]

19.89 mo100!
Beat my deadline by 2 months!

 

[antoineccantin]

8.96 OH single and 13.44 avg12. Both PBs

 

[leonparfitt]

Megaminx First sub 1.50.xx

1:48.08
R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- U
R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ U
R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ U'
R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ U
R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ U
R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- U

 

[mitch1234]

First sub-8 3x3 single 7.623, its about time too.
Reconstruction if anyone one is interested:
http://tinyurl.com/algx-L2ULF-L-Ru
6+ TPS helped this solve a lot be because not much was special except the PLL skip.

 

[stevecho816]

5:08.89 7x7 average of 5.

5:27.17, 5:07.89, 5:08.84, 5:09.95, 5:06.76

Still no sub 5 single

 

[mitch1234]

5:08.89 7x7 average of 5.

5:27.17, 5:07.89, 5:08.84, 5:09.95, 5:06.76

Still no sub 5 single

Man you are just trying to dominate everything. Sub-5 wasn't terribly hard to break, just keep at it.

 

[Rubiks560]

2:59.52 MO3
3:02.41 AO5
3:04.03 AO12

6x6

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

First sub60 single with K4. 59.65

D2 f u' f r2 R F' u2 B' u' R2 F L u2 D f' D' R' f' r' R' u L R f L' r' R D' L' F2 r D r' f' B2 L' R' U' r2

 

[qqwref]

More minx PBs ;D


best time: 1:04.96 (wtf lol)

best avg5: 1:16.68 (σ = 5.04)
1:19.36, 1:10.87, (1:23.10), 1:19.82, (1:04.96)

best avg12: 1:18.11 (σ = 5.28)
(1:04.96), (1:41.54), 1:16.56, 1:29.10, 1:13.25, 1:14.25, 1:21.25, 1:17.17, 1:22.47, 1:16.56, 1:19.79, 1:10.74

 

[Iggy]

3.77, 4.72, 6.36, 4.03, 5.44, 3.50, 3.77, 5.09, 13.78, 5.44, 4.77, 4.47 = 4.79 pyra avg12

 

[Tao Yu]

qcube PB
9.813 (10.383) (8.934) 9.684 9.371 => 9.623

14.341 10.378 9.813 10.383 (8.934) 9.684 9.371 10.525 11.609 15.051 11.244 13.381 (24.271) 16.015 17.586

ugh...

last three solves were caused by a mistake during PLL

Best avg 12 was 11.07

 

[TheNextFeliks]

4x4 PB: 2:20.xx. First sub-2:30 reduction solve. Influenced PLL skip.

 

[ThomasJE]

ZZ Ao100:

Spoiler: Times and Stats

number of times: 100/100
best time: 16.20
worst time: 39.38

current avg5: 26.67 (σ = 1.02)
best avg5: 20.47 (σ = 0.29)

current avg12: 25.59 (σ = 1.82)
best avg12: 23.05 (σ = 2.21)

current avg100: 24.96 (σ = 3.64)
best avg100: 24.96 (σ = 3.64)

session avg: 24.96 (σ = 3.64)
session mean: 25.01

21.63, 30.02, 26.44, 35.74, 20.98, 29.59, 34.47, 28.16, 19.31, 25.64, 33.00, 23.47, 25.28, 27.63, 25.84, 26.64, 24.14, 22.17, 22.72, 20.30, 24.75, 26.58, 24.67, 26.97, 31.98, (16.20), 23.11, 18.42, 24.88, 27.38, 23.20, 26.64, 24.12, 20.77, 20.13, 27.55, 21.97, 22.91, 25.28, (39.38), 28.81, 30.56, 25.56, 23.23, 25.25, 25.65, 22.13, 25.48, 18.54, 21.11, 29.34, 19.37, 22.61, 26.64, 26.15, 22.82, 24.74, 21.02, 26.16, 22.18, 26.36, 24.51, 29.07, 23.97, 31.15, 20.24, 20.88, 27.43, 20.28, 19.92, 24.72, 26.48, 25.61, 22.84, 27.70, 28.45[1 piece pop], 34.54, 21.16, 23.94, 28.93, 20.64, 20.47, 25.33, 25.16, 21.07, 24.77, 23.13, 19.82, 27.17, 19.23, 24.17, 25.93, 30.14, 23.55, 22.50, 26.20, 28.09, 25.72, 28.17, 24.39

Part of my 4219.5 cube marathon. Hoping to get another 100-150 solves in today.

 

[FinnGamer]

Average of 5: 14.46
1. (22.74) U' L' R L B' L' B' R l r b u
2. (9.36) U R' L B' U' R' U B R' b u'
3. 12.82 R B' U B' L B R L' l' r b'
4. 15.34 U B U' L B' U R' B l' r u'
5. 15.23 U R U' L' U B' L B r' b u
Pyra pb

 

[uvafan]

ZZ Ao100:

Spoiler: Times and Stats

number of times: 100/100
best time: 16.20
worst time: 39.38

current avg5: 26.67 (σ = 1.02)
best avg5: 20.47 (σ = 0.29)

current avg12: 25.59 (σ = 1.82)
best avg12: 23.05 (σ = 2.21)

current avg100: 24.96 (σ = 3.64)
best avg100: 24.96 (σ = 3.64)

session avg: 24.96 (σ = 3.64)
session mean: 25.01

21.63, 30.02, 26.44, 35.74, 20.98, 29.59, 34.47, 28.16, 19.31, 25.64, 33.00, 23.47, 25.28, 27.63, 25.84, 26.64, 24.14, 22.17, 22.72, 20.30, 24.75, 26.58, 24.67, 26.97, 31.98, (16.20), 23.11, 18.42, 24.88, 27.38, 23.20, 26.64, 24.12, 20.77, 20.13, 27.55, 21.97, 22.91, 25.28, (39.38), 28.81, 30.56, 25.56, 23.23, 25.25, 25.65, 22.13, 25.48, 18.54, 21.11, 29.34, 19.37, 22.61, 26.64, 26.15, 22.82, 24.74, 21.02, 26.16, 22.18, 26.36, 24.51, 29.07, 23.97, 31.15, 20.24, 20.88, 27.43, 20.28, 19.92, 24.72, 26.48, 25.61, 22.84, 27.70, 28.45[1 piece pop], 34.54, 21.16, 23.94, 28.93, 20.64, 20.47, 25.33, 25.16, 21.07, 24.77, 23.13, 19.82, 27.17, 19.23, 24.17, 25.93, 30.14, 23.55, 22.50, 26.20, 28.09, 25.72, 28.17, 24.39

Part of my 4219.5 cube marathon. Hoping to get another 100-150 solves in today.

That's exactly what I averaged 5 months ago.

 

[Michael Womack]

4x4 PB: 2:20.xx. First sub-2:30 reduction solve. Influenced PLL skip.

You get the same times as me.

 

[TheNextFeliks]

27.04 Ao10. Only one 30+ sec solve.