Biggest cubing Letdown

Hmm.... my biggest cubing letdown I must say was when I was averaging about 45(with a 30-35s f2l) I got a 14 second F2L and when I looked at the timer I got excited and popped the cube! The cubies went all over the floor. I had just gotten my first DIY cube from PuzzleProz and wasn't used to it yet.(It was soooooooo smooth!)To this date my best F2L is still only 15. Grr....
 
I had an awesome solve going, and got a PLL skip, looked up to the screen and it just switch to 9 sec, so I hit space, or so I tought, I missed space and ended up with a time of 10.34. :(
 
DNF on 4x4 BLD with two wings swapped. I don't think anything more needs to be said. I have yet to get a success in 4x4 BLD (although I haven't made very many attempts).
 
I'm still new to speedcubing, so my bad luck/letdowns have been pretty few, but this one is similar to Alex DiTuro's. Last week (when my average was like 1 min 10 sec still, with a ~50 sec F2L), I was doing a solve and looked at the timer after my [nonlucky] F2L, while I was doing an algorithm, and the time was like 20 sec. I got really excited, and then the cube locked up because I wasn't paying attention. I then proceeded to forget the rest of the alg I was doing and got a 2:00+ solve. (my F2L times now are still 35 sec+)
 
My biggest let downs in cubing would be 1- not meeting my goal of sub 20 after one year of cubing. 2- Not making it to the us open this year, I have a family reunion 3- Never learning bld (too lazy!) Jason: I remember that us open let down. I was there.
 
The 20.00 ave a few days before my first sub-20 ave. Would of put me 4th on UWR for Shortest time to reach sub 20 seconds average if it were 0.01 faster :P

And also, my 15.xx averages and 30.xx OH averages...
 
When I was first going for a sub 20 average (I did like 10 averages in a row!) I had a really good one going, but messed up the last few solves and got 20.01. Also, I've gotten about 5 national records that somebody else broke in the same competition, and right now I have 5 seconds, 5 thirds, and 0 firsts in Canada overall. And I've attempted 2 cubes multi bld 3 times today, and all three had the second cube off by about 4 pieces (first was only 2 edges oriented!)
 
Biggest cube letdown?

When you do averages of 12 and 5 more than 7 times and two days, and you don't get a sub 30 second average. Recently I've gotten averages of 30, 31, and 32 seconds, but no sub 30 second average!!! I've tried so hard! :mad:

Well, I need to improve on my F2L BIG time. I can't keep a consistent F2L under 15 seconds.... If I do that, I'll get a sub 30 second average :). Also, my PLL needs work.... 4.5 seconds average per algorithm o.O
 
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i wouldve gotten 4x4 blind successful 2 weeks ago (i got two yesterday) but it popped on the very last turn!! also at armonk i wouldve gotten a 2 second 2x2 time but the timer didnt start!!! also i wouldve gotten 11 seconds but it popped on the last turn!!
 
Rubik's Cube Fan said:
Biggest cube letdown?

When you do averages of 12 and 5 more than 7 times and two days, and you don't get a sub 30 second average. Recently I've gotten averages of 30, 31, and 32 seconds, but no sub 30 second average!!! I've tried so hard! :mad:

Well, I need to improve on my F2L BIG time. I can't keep a consistent F2L under 15 seconds.... If I do that, I'll get a sub 30 second average :). Also, my PLL needs work.... 4.5 seconds average per algorithm o.O
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15s F2L? my F2L is about 20 second avg. and I get 29-31s usually. very unusual.
 
shelley said:
4x4 BLD DNF off by a 3 edge cycle at the Utah Open. The time was 13:52. Sigh.
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For me it was Chattahoochee. 2 4x4x4 BLD DNFs, the first off by just 2 edges, the second off by just 2 centers. And the edges I actually had memorized and forgot to do. And the 5x5x5 BLD DNF I was sure I had right, and in just 25 minutes (would have put me second in the world), but then I pulled the blindfold off and found it scrambled. It was a huge letdown to miss all 3 big cubes BLD.

And Shelley, even if it was disappointing, congratulations on coming so close! It's amazing you were under 14 minutes and almost got it in competition just a couple of weeks after your first successful 4x4x4 BLD solve! I bet you'll get one the next time.

I've been wondering if Utah and DC shared scrambles for the competition (I know there has been talk about sharing scrambles when multiple competitions are held at the same time). If so, I'm wondering if those 4x4x4 BLD scrambles were really tough - even Chris missed them both, so I'm guessing they were hard scrambles, in DC at least.
 
We generated our own scrambles for Utah. Well, Leyan did anyway. And I don't think he shared them with the east coast.
 
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