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Average moves per solve?

xyzzy

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From 20 slow solves:
11.45 moves for cross+1.
18.55 moves for the rest of F2L.
17.4 moves for LL (8/20 ZBLL, 12/20 2LLL).
Average 47.4 moves (standard error 1.1) for the whole solve.

(For the most part, I used the 11-move RU U perms instead of the 9-move optimal algs, so these could have been lower if I was trying to do linear FMC solves.)

I know my move counts in slow solves and my move counts in speedsolves are very different; I remember the last time I tried reconstructing my own solves, I was getting around 60 moves even though averaging below 50 moves in slow solves is ezpz. I might try recording an ao50 and reconstructing all of those to see if I've improved since. (Dang, this would be so much easier with one of those newfangled smart cubes.)

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edit: I just remembered, I reconstructed an OH ao12 I did before. 51.7 moves, 22.00 seconds. It was really lucky though, and probably not very representative.
 
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GenTheSnail

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Average movecount of 7 solves:
35.8 moves for F2L (ZZ with EOLine).
18 moves for LL (5/7 ZBLL).
54 moves total.

These were slowish solves but I tried to do what I would do in a speedsolve. There were a few instances where I could have canceled into LL and saved a move or two but I wouldn't have noticed in a speedsolve so I didn't.
For the two solves without ZBLL, I used the 7 move MU Uperm.

I might try to do actual speedsolves with recons to see true movecounts later. I average pretty close to 11.5.
 

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I tried to reconstruct an ao5, got 3 solves in and gave up, but here are my results as far as I know:
Solve 1: 57 (49 with ZBLL), 8.58
Solve 2: 47, 7.46
Solve 3: 61 (52 with ZBLL), 9.83
Solve 4: ?, 10.77
Solve 5: ?, 8.56
From those 3 solves, it shows that using ZBLL drops a significant amount off my solves, so when I learn it, I will be averaging low 50s or fewer in speedsolves.
 

TheCube4226

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I was wondering what the average amount of moves used per solve is in correlation with a person's average time? I average about 15-17 seconds, and use on average 55-65 (63 ao12) moves per solve. What about everyone else? If I get enough responses, I might compile this into a table for everyone else to compare to.
I average 13-14 and 60 moves per solve with CFOP (Full PLL and almost full OLL)
 

RouxCuber

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usually somewhere around 44 (Roux)
i average very low 10 on 3x3 (maybe sub 10 now, IDK), and mid 12 on OH
 
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