[Unofficial] Daniel Chan - 20.14 OH Average of 5, 16.58 & 15.24 OH Single, and 13.47 Average of 5

[dChan]

Hey all,

I had a bit of a filming session yesterday. I was trying to get a sub-19 OH average of 5 on video, but the battery on the camera ran out before I could do so. I figured I ought to post something up, since I hardly ever film myself practicing (something I hope to change soon, since it's a good way to practice). These are what I have from that short session:

Thanks,
-Daniel

 

[joey]

Holy crap, you're way faster than I realised

 

[dChan]

Darnit! I've lost my element of surprise. I was hoping if I ever get to race you in person, I'd be able to get you to take a handicap of some sort.

 

[Anthony]

You, me, and Weston could actually be a pretty nice OH podium. :3
ESPECIALLY compared to our last Texas comp... (Top 3 were: 27, 45, 49 avgs.)

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Stop being so fast, Dan -_-

 

[dChan]

@Anthony: I'll try to make it for sure. Still trying to figure out what my situation will be, but it doesn't look too bad so far.

@Calvin: Tell that to all the people that are faster than me!

 

[Shortey]

Holy crap, you're way faster than I realised

Yeah. I thought he was 17 3x3 and 25-30 OH. :O

 

[dChan]

@Morten: Shhh, let's pretend I actually am 17-ish for speed and 25 to 30 for OH. Might help me fly under the radar and win a competition one of these days, heh.

 

[XXGeneration]

If it's not too much trouble, I'm just starting OH and am averaging about 30 seconds. What do you use for the fingertricks R' and U?

What I do is I use my pinky for R', pushing against FRD, and for U I push LBU.

 

[Daniel Wu]

Hey! Someone else who uses R2 D R' U2 R D' R' U2 R' over R2 D' R U2 R' D R U2 R. Great solves.

 

[Forte]

Hey! Someone else who uses R2 D R' U2 R D' R' U2 R' over R2 D' R U2 R' D R U2 R. Great solves.

What else do they use ):

 

[dChan]

@XXGeneration: No trouble, at all. What you described is exactly what I do. I wouldn't suggest copying me, though. My fingertricks aren't as great as the Japanese ones. The only person I know that's fast with the "push-and-pull" style I use is Jeremy Fleischman (a.k.a. JFly, number seven in the world, currently). Try checking out Weston's OH turning video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ezGCA0U_WQ He uses Japanese fingertricks. I recommend learning from him and not me.

EDIT: Whoops, the R' you describe is actually not what I do. That's the Japanese-style, haha. Sorry, I misread.

@rickcube: Both are actually part of my COLL algorithms. So, I use whichever algorithm is appropriate for the COLL case. Thanks a bunch, mate!