Goals Thread

[Randomno]

Odeer

I did still learn Ga, Gb, Ja, Na, Ra, Rb and better U perms.

 

[1davey29]

Goal: Learn all PLL perms.
Deadline: March 21, 2015

 

[JK]

End of 2015 goal:
Get 2x2 avg AsR

 

[nalralz]

Goals before December 20th (averages)
2x2: I don't care
3x3: Sub-11 (3 seconds to go)
4x4: Sub-50 (20 seconds to go)
5x5: Sub: 1:40 (35 seconds to go)
6x6: Don't care
7x7: Don't care
3x3 OH: Sub-20 (15 seconds to go)
All the rest: Don't care

 

[Puggins]

Also a non-cubing goal:
Bowl a 600 series before the end of the bowling season (~June 1st) (Current best is 593)

Bowled 639 this morning, 173, 243, 223

 

[lerenard]

Deadline: valentines day (for no particular reason, I just wanted a date in mid February.)

2x2: sub8
3x3: do an ao100 at least 6 times a week until I am at a sub25 ga.
4x4: sub 1:40
5x5: sub3
Pyra: learn to solve it on my own, then learn a better method. (So ambitious)

My reasoning with 3x3 is that I just do so many untimed solves and so few timed solves that I'm not practicing the basics as much as I'm learning new things. I always feel super rushed during solves so I want to just get really used to timed solves and just practice what I already know instead of trying to always learn new stuff. Then I'll go back to untimed solves. The other goals are just stuff I'd like to do.

I met all of my goals this time I suppose I will set some harder ones. Deadline is St. Patrick's days
2x2: sub5.5
3x3: sub18.5
Roux: sub25
4x4: sub75
5x5: sub135
Pyraminx:sub7
Square-one: learn to solve intuitively and then maybe learn a better method
Skewb: " "
FMC: sub35

 

[Iggy]

My long-term goals for now (deadline: end of 2015 I guess)

Get a big BLD WR
Get a non BLD AsR
Get a sub 10 official 3x3 average
Become sub 16 at square-1
Become sub 2.5 at 2x2
Get decently fast at big cubes (top 500 for all of them maybe)
Become sub 5 at skewb
Get a sub 1 official megaminx average

Most of these are probably too ambitious lol

Abandoning these

New goals:
Sub 2.3 global 2x2 average
Sub 1:05 global megaminx average
Sub 1:25 global 5x5 average
Sub 5 global skewb average
Sub 4:30 global 7x7 average

Deadline: end of 2015

 

[mpcuber1]

3x3: Sub 15 by end of summer
Full OLL by March 21 (17 left to go)

 

[guysensei1]

I have a whole year to do stupid stuff?
Alright!

1)Switch all my main speedcubes to blue body. This will involve buying stickerless cubes. Oh my.

2)switch to green cross Yau5. Because why the heck not

3)learn comms and be good at FMC so the NR is actually good FMC

 

[josh42732]

Goals:
Learn all OLLs (currently know 17/57)
Be Sub-12 (currently around 20-23)
Be sub-1 (4x4) (currently around 1:40)
Be sub-2 (5x5) (idk what my time is)
Be sub-1:30 3BLD (currently around 4 min.)
MBLD 5/5 (can't do it yet)
Learn Full commutators for edges and corners (can't do it yet)
4BLD (can't do it yet)
Sub-10 (7x7) (currently around 15 min)

Deadline
January 1, 2016 -or- June 25, 2016 (my 17th birthday)

That gives me a while to practice, get better, and a whole summer devoted to cubing. With marching band, it will be next to impossible to cube in the winter, so my deadline is basically first day of school, but I'm not letting myself down!

 

[Memphis3000]

Sub 15 by US Nationals(at 17.5 currently)
Convince my parents to let me go to US Nationals
Sub 4 2x2 with ortega by end of year(4.8 currently)
Sub 1 4x4 by end of year(1:30 currently)
3BLD get a comp success by July(best unoffical currently 5 cubies off, I've done 3BLD twice)
4BLD+5BLD learn it
Fix my Aochuang by 1 month from now
Change springs in 6x6 and get an official solve.

 

[Psyph3r]

Sub 30 3x3 by May.
Learn Intuitive F2L and Cross on bottom.
Learn 4LLL.
Learn an additional cube (2x2?).

 

[obelisk477]

Sub 30 3x3 by May.
Learn Intuitive F2L and Cross on bottom.
Learn 4LLL.
Learn an additional cube (2x2?).

I would suggest something bigger, or maybe blindfolded or FMC. I saw in your member intro that you are older (for cubing at least), and we folk tend to do better at things that require more concentration. It's just hard to generate the TPS of the young ones! But who knows, maybe you're an exception

 

[Psyph3r]

I would suggest something bigger, or maybe blindfolded or FMC. I saw in your member intro that you are older (for cubing at least), and we folk tend to do better at things that require more concentration. It's just hard to generate the TPS of the young ones! But who knows, maybe you're an exception

I am 26 years old so definitely not a speedcuber's primary age. I don't necessarily want to break records or compete for the top but I don't think my ultimate goal of sub 15 ao100 is out of reach for an oldie like myself.

I am also definitely interested in 3BLD and FMC at some point but I figure I need to cut my teeth on 3x3 before I go crazy in other areas.

 

[TopazRuby]

Short term goal: ranked in top 300 of Canada with US NATs 2015 average
Long term goal: in-competition sub-10 average before graduation (August 17, 2018)

 

[Tracks]

Sure we can't turn as fast as these young guys, but I don't think a sub-30 requires anything special. If I can do it at 42, you guys shouldn't have any problem doing it in your 20s. I would offer two tips to get faster. First, learn and improve F2L by doing A LOT of solves. Second, get a 2x2. It's basically an exercise in repeating all your 2nd look OLL and 1st look PLL algorithms over and over at a fast rate. This will teach your brain to eliminate pauses while you try to match up the correct case.

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

Sure we can't turn as fast as these young guys, but I don't think a sub-30 requires anything special. If I can do it at 42, you guys shouldn't have any problem doing it in your 20s. I would offer two tips to get faster. First, learn and improve F2L by doing A LOT of solves. Second, get a 2x2. It's basically an exercise in repeating all your 2nd look OLL and 1st look PLL algorithms over and over at a fast rate. This will teach your brain to eliminate pauses while you try to match up the correct case.

I usually have around 3tps-4tps and average around 13-14, you don't need fast turn speed, you need to work on efficiency.

 

[Psyph3r]

Sure we can't turn as fast as these young guys, but I don't think a sub-30 requires anything special. If I can do it at 42, you guys shouldn't have any problem doing it in your 20s. I would offer two tips to get faster. First, learn and improve F2L by doing A LOT of solves. Second, get a 2x2. It's basically an exercise in repeating all your 2nd look OLL and 1st look PLL algorithms over and over at a fast rate. This will teach your brain to eliminate pauses while you try to match up the correct case.

Thanks for all of the advice guys. I will keep you all updated on my progress in the accomplishments thread. I might even go to my first competition this year who knows!

 

[TDM]

I might even go to my first competition this year who knows!

If there's an opportunity to go to a comp, then definitely go. It doesn't matter how fast you are, it's definitely worth going to one.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

New goals:
2x2 sub 6
3x3 sub 20
4x4 sub 1:15
5x5 sub 2:30
6x6 sub 5:00
7x7 sub 7:00
mega learn it and sub 4:00
pyraminx sub 17
skewb sub 16
deadline by march 1st

nope
almost
nope
yep
i'll go with yes
nope
In the process of learning OCLL
yes
nah