[Official] [European Champion] Alexander Lau - 8.02 Average (European Championship 2014)

[Lucas Garron]

From the team that brought you the heart-pounding thriller "[US Champion] Collin Burns - 8.32 Average (US Nationals 2014)" comes an entirely new endeavour in EUROVISION TABLECAM FOOTAGE. Witness the incredible performance of Alexander Lau in "That Really Fast Roux Guy Destroys All The Competition in Denmark".

(Trivia: I had this finished before the end of the awards ceremony. Haven't had internet until now.)

 

[BillyRain]

Can't believe how NOT nervous he looks compared to our local comps.

Alex

 

[Renslay]

Woah! Congrats to those results!
I can't imagine all the pressure...

 

[Noahaha]

Can't believe how NOT nervous he looks compared to our local comps.

Alex

It's definitely because of my amazing coaching

Congrats again, Alex!

 

[moralsh]

Yay, congrats on your European championship, Next stop worlds!

 

[DeeDubb]

ROOOOOOOUX!!!

Alex, You are such a beast. I love seeing you embrace the spotlight. Congrats!

 

[Bryan Chia]

amazing solves !

 

[guysensei1]

Dang, if that last solve didn't have the small fail, it would have been sub-8...

 

[Faz]

Dang, if that last solve didn't have the small fail, it would have been sub-8...

I don't think he really minds though

Congrats Alex, great win! You do look really calm, like Billy said.

 

[5BLD]

It's definitely because of my amazing coaching

Congrats again, Alex!

This
The jog helped- although I now have a bruise on my left arm from hitting the door on the way out!

Also I was really quite nervous- I just used a couple breathing exercises to calm myself down between solves.

 

[~Adam~]

Can't believe how NOT nervous he looks compared to our local comps.

Alex

Almost everyone was disappearing into the land of music between solves. Alex didn't seem to need that distraction from the crowd.

Great job dude.

I felt kinda awkward hoping that the 4 cubers to follow wouldn't perform too well.

 

[amostay2004]

Really happy for Alex on this one. He's been one of the best cubers in the world for a while now and finally he gets a major title

Congrats!

 

[BboyArchon]

Awesome, congrats Alex

 

[AvGalen]

He will be an inspiration for many people to try other methods. I really liked how he ALMOST had a DNF and +2 in this average but managed to take control. A deserved champion.
Also: WOW level at Euro and US Nats. To get podium you now need a low 8 average

 

[Brest]

Alexander Lau - 8.02 3x3 av5 - Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014

Spoiler: Video

[youtubehd]dEUTlGFOkuI[/youtubehd]

Spoiler: 1st solve

B2 R2 D2 B' L D' F2 D' F2 L F' U B L F' D2 U2 R F2

x // inspection
U R' l' U L2 U' // Lblock
(l' R') U r U R U R2 r' U2 R' U R // Rblock
U2 R U' R' U2 R U' r' // Rpair
U' L' U2 L U2 r U' r' F // CMLL
M' U' M U M' U M' // EO
U2 M' U2 M' U M2' U2 M2' // EP
View at alg.cubing.net

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	7.78	52	6.68	54	6.94	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Lblock	1.27	5	3.94	6	4.72		Lblock/F2B	35.2%	20.0%	23.1%
Rblock	2.34	20	8.55	20	8.55		Rblock/F2B	64.8%	80.0%	76.9%
[COLOR="blue"]F2B	3.61	25	6.93	26	7.20	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]F2B/Total	46.4%	48.1%	48.1%[/COLOR]

CMLL	1.76	11	6.25	12	6.82		CMLL/Total	22.6%	21.2%	22.2%
[COLOR="blue"]LSE	2.41	16	6.64	16	6.64	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]LSE/Total	31.0%	30.8%	29.6%[/COLOR]
L10P	4.17	27	6.47	28	6.71		L10P/Total	53.6%	51.9%	51.9%

Spoiler: View as executed

B2 R2 D2 B' L D' F2 D' F2 L F' U B L F' D2 U2 R F2

x // inspection
U R' l' U L2 U' // Lblock
(l' R') U r U R U R2 r' U2 R' U R // Rblock
U2 R U' R' U2 R U' r' // Rpair
U' U' U L L2' U2 L U2 r U' r' F // CMLL
M' U' M U M' U M // EO
M' M' U2 M' U2 M' U M2' U2 M2' // EP
View at alg.cubing.net

Spoiler: 2nd solve

U' B2 D R2 U' F D' R2 U B' F2 L' D2 R B2 F' D2 B2 R2

x2 y // inspection
R' U2 R U2' D' L // Lblock
U l U' x // LB pair
U' R2' U R' U' R' r' U' // Rblock
R2' U r // Rpair
U2 L' U' L U r U' r' F // CMLL
U' M' U M' U2 M' U M' // EO
U2 M U2 M U' // UL/UR
M U2 M U2 // EP
View at alg.cubing.net

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	9.31	49	5.26	56	6.02	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Lblock	2.30	10	4.35	12	5.22		Lblock/F2B	41.7%	43.5%	48.0%
Rblock	3.21	13	4.05	13	4.05		Rblock/F2B	58.3%	56.5%	52.0%
[COLOR="blue"]F2B	5.51	23	4.17	25	4.54	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]F2B/Total	59.2%	46.9%	44.6%[/COLOR]

CMLL	1.06	9	8.49	10	9.43		CMLL/Total	11.4%	18.4%	17.9%
[COLOR="blue"]LSE	2.74	17	6.20	21	7.66	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]LSE/Total	29.4%	34.7%	37.5%[/COLOR]
L10P	3.80	26	6.84	31	8.16		L10P/Total	40.8%	53.1%	55.4%

Spoiler: View as executed

U' B2 D R2 U' F D' R2 U B' F2 L' D2 R B2 F' D2 B2 R2

x2 y // inspection
R R2' U U R U' (U' D') L // Lblock
U l U' x // LB pair
U' R2' U R' U' R' r' U' // Rblock
R2' R R' U r // Rpair
U U L' U' L U r U' r' F // CMLL
U' M' U M' U2 M' U M' // EO
U2 R r' U2 R r' U' // UL/UR
R r' U2 l L' U2 // EP
View at alg.cubing.net

Spoiler: 3rd solve

D2 B L2 F' U B' U B D2 B2 U R' F' L R2 F2 D2 F

y x' // inspection
D L' D' // Lblock
M' x' U' // LB pair
(r' L') U' R U' R U' R U' // Rblock
R2' U' R U R' U' R // Rpair
U R' U2 R' D' R U2 R' D r2 // CMLL
U M U' M // EO
U2 M2' U // UL/UR
M U2 M' U2 M2' // EP
View at alg.cubing.net

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	6.98	42	6.02	46	6.59	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Lblock	1.18	5	4.24	6	5.08		Lblock/F2B	31.5%	25.0%	28.6%
Rblock	2.57	15	5.84	15	5.84		Rblock/F2B	68.5%	75.0%	71.4%
[COLOR="blue"]F2B	3.75	20	5.33	21	5.60	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]F2B/Total	53.7%	47.6%	45.7%[/COLOR]

CMLL	1.44	10	6.94	10	6.94		CMLL/Total	20.6%	23.8%	21.7%
[COLOR="blue"]LSE	1.79	12	6.70	15	8.38	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]LSE/Total	25.6%	28.6%	32.6%[/COLOR]
L10P	3.23	22	6.81	25	7.74		L10P/Total	46.3%	52.4%	54.3%

Spoiler: View as executed

D2 B L2 F' U B' U B D2 B2 U R' F' L R2 F2 D2 F

y x' // inspection
D L' D' // Lblock
M' x' U' // LB pair
(r' L') U' R U' R U' R U' // Rblock
R2' U' R U R' U' R // Rpair
U R' U2 R' D' R U2 R' D r2 // CMLL
U R r' U' R r' // EO
U2 M2' U // UL/UR
R r' U2 M' U2 M2' // EP
View at alg.cubing.net

Spoiler: 4th solve

U' F2 U F2 L2 U' L2 U B' F2 R' D2 B' D2 B D' F U2 R2

y' // inspection
l F U2 // Lblock
x R U2' F2' // LB pair
R' M' U2 M2' U' // Rblock
R2 U' (M' R') U2 R U' R' // Rpair
U2' R U2' R' U2 R' F R2 U R' U' F' // CMLL
M2' U M' U M' // EO
M' U2 M U' M2' U' M2' U2 M2' // EP
View at alg.cubing.net

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	7.69	46	5.98	53	6.89	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Lblock	1.50	6	4.00	8	5.33		Lblock/F2B	41.7%	31.6%	38.1%
Rblock	2.10	13	6.19	13	6.19		Rblock/F2B	58.3%	68.4%	61.9%
[COLOR="blue"]F2B	3.60	19	5.28	21	5.83	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]F2B/Total	46.8%	41.3%	39.6%[/COLOR]

CMLL	1.57	12	7.64	13	8.28		CMLL/Total	20.4%	26.1%	24.5%
[COLOR="blue"]LSE	2.52	15	5.95	19	7.54	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]LSE/Total	32.8%	32.6%	35.8%[/COLOR]
L10P	4.09	27	6.60	32	7.82		L10P/Total	53.2%	58.7%	60.4%

Spoiler: View as executed

U' F2 U F2 L2 U' L2 U B' F2 R' D2 B' D2 B D' F U2 R2

y' // inspection
l F U2 // Lblock
x R U' U' F2' // LB pair
R' M' U2 M' M' U' // Rblock
R2 U' (M' R') U2 R U' R' // Rpair
U' U' R U2' R' U2 R' F R2 U R' U' F' // CMLL
r M' R' U M' U' U U M' // EO
M' U2 M U' r M' R' U' r M' R' U2 M2' // EP
View at alg.cubing.net

Spoiler: 5th solve

D2 U2 R2 F' R2 U F' R2 B U2 R' F' L D2 B2 R B U' F2

y' x' // inspection
M' u // Lblock
R2 U' M' U' (M R) B // LB pair
U2 M' U2 r' U' // Rblock
R2 U' R' U' R U R' U2 R U' R' // Rpair
U R' U2 R' D' R U2 R' D R2 // CMLL
U M' U2 M' U2 M U M' // EO
U2 M2' U' // UL/UR
M' U2 M' U2 // EP
View at alg.cubing.net

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	8.58	53	6.18	55	6.41	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Lblock	1.75	9	5.14	9	5.14		Lblock/F2B	47.0%	36.0%	34.6%
Rblock	1.97	16	8.12	17	8.63		Rblock/F2B	53.0%	64.0%	65.4%
[COLOR="blue"]F2B	3.72	25	6.72	26	6.99	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]F2B/Total	43.4%	47.2%	47.3%[/COLOR]

CMLL	2.07	13	6.28	13	6.28		CMLL/Total	24.1%	24.5%	23.6%
[COLOR="blue"]LSE	2.79	15	5.38	16	5.73	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]LSE/Total	32.5%	28.3%	29.1%[/COLOR]
L10P	4.86	28	5.76	29	5.97		L10P/Total	56.6%	52.8%	52.7%

Spoiler: View as executed

D2 U2 R2 F' R2 U F' R2 B U2 R' F' L D2 B2 R B U' F2

y' x' // inspection
M' u // Lblock
R2 U' M' U' (M R) x' U // LB pair
x U2 M' U2 r' U' // Rblock
R2 U' R' U' R U R' U2 R U' R' // Rpair
U R' U R' R U R' D' R U2 R' D R2 // CMLL
U M' U2 M' U2 M U M' // EO
U2 M2' U' // UL/UR
M' U2 M' U U // EP
View at alg.cubing.net

Spoiler: Statistics

Average (removing fastest and slowest solve)

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	8.02	50.33	6.28	54.00	6.74	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Lblock	1.51	6.67	4.42	7.67	5.09		Lblock/F2B	41.4%	29.0%	31.5%
Rblock	2.14	16.33	7.64	16.67	7.80		Rblock/F2B	58.6%	71.0%	68.5%
[COLOR="blue"]F2B	3.64	23.00	6.31	24.33	6.68	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]F2B/Total	45.4%	45.7%	45.1%[/COLOR]

CMLL	1.80	12.00	6.67	12.67	7.04		CMLL/Total	22.5%	23.8%	23.5%
[COLOR="blue"]LSE	2.30	15.67	6.81	15.33	6.67	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]LSE/Total	28.7%	31.1%	28.4%[/COLOR]
L10P	4.37	27.33	6.25	29.67	6.78		L10P/Total	54.6%	54.3%	54.9%

Mean (5/5)

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	8.07	48.40	6.00	52.80	6.54	[/COLOR]	[B][SIZE="4"]%[/SIZE]
							Step		Time	STM	ETM[/B]
Lblock	1.60	7.00	4.38	8.20	5.13		Lblock/F2B	39.6%	31.3%	34.5%
Rblock	2.44	15.40	6.32	15.60	6.40		Rblock/F2B	60.4%	68.8%	65.5%
[COLOR="blue"]F2B	4.04	22.40	5.55	23.80	5.89	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]F2B/Total	50.0%	46.3%	45.1%[/COLOR]

CMLL	1.58	11.00	6.96	11.60	7.34		CMLL/Total	19.6%	22.7%	22.0%
[COLOR="blue"]LSE	2.45	15.00	6.12	17.40	7.10	[/COLOR]	[COLOR="blue"]LSE/Total	30.4%	31.0%	33.0%[/COLOR]
L10P	4.03	26.00	6.45	29.00	7.20		L10P/Total	50.0%	53.7%	54.9%

Best from each field

[B]Step	Time	STM	stps	ETM	etps[/B]
[COLOR="red"]Total	6.98	42	6.68	46	6.94[/COLOR]

Lblock	1.18	5	5.14	6	5.33
Rblock	1.97	13	8.55	13	8.63
[COLOR="blue"]F2B	3.60	19	6.93	21	7.20[/COLOR]

CMLL	1.06	9	8.49	10	9.43
[COLOR="blue"]LSE	1.79	12	8.12	15	8.63[/COLOR]
L10P	3.23	22	6.84	25	8.16

 

[scylla]

Is this the first Roux Title, considering only world and continental championships?

 

[XTowncuber]

Pretty sweet solves. Huge congrats Alex, you deserve it.

 

[Iggy]

Yay, good job

 

[AvGalen]

Is this the first Roux Title, considering only world and continental championships?

I would say that nothing else comes to mind. I think it is even the first non-Fridrich one (except for the early days)

 

[Ulbert]

his LSE looks so sick! congratz!!

lol I accidently wrote LSD instead of LSE... to bad I found that mistake huehuehue