Kattenvriendin
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Yes practice. But I am practicing my color neutral already, and one is enough 
Hi, Gordon from Swizerland here!
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I think I have never been below 5 minutes. I totally suck at 4 X 4 and 5 X 5 etc. But I do think it is great fun just to solve them. Nice PB! I might work on that a little bit too
Last week I bought a 8x8 and 9x9 and since then I started with bigger cubes again. I like to solve them just for fun. And after solving a 8x8 or 9x9, the 3x3 seems very small in my hands
My 5x5 - 7x7 are not that good cubes, so I don't use them, but my 4x4 starts to get broken in.
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I would bet most of my cubes that I will not be at 1:30 in two months even if I wouldn't do anything else than 4x4.
BTW... new PB: 3:32.92, even with parity (the other one was without)
B F2 L' B' Fw2 L Rw2 B Rw Uw2 R' D' L' B D2 U' F U' L2 R' D2 U2 Fw2 R U' Rw' B' Fw2 Uw U2 F L Fw2 Rw' F U' B2 F' R' F
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Kattenvriendin
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Good going!! With parity at that.
When I hit parity I whimper, and then get my cheatsheet to get out of it. DNF solve then I wager lol
When I hit parity I whimper, and then get my cheatsheet to get out of it. DNF solve then I wager lol
Gordon
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OK. Finished the five solves from the weekly competition:
Average of 5: 4:27.44
3:37.45, 5:15.26, 4:44.10, 3:32.92, 5:00.76
The last solve was disapointing. I didn't pair up two dedges and when I realised that, I had to redo a part of the F2L. And I also had nearly one minute to do the last OLL / PLL / Parity part. I guess a time around 4 minutes should have been possible.
Previous Avg of 5 PB was 4:42.22
Average of 5: 4:27.44
3:37.45, 5:15.26, 4:44.10, 3:32.92, 5:00.76
The last solve was disapointing. I didn't pair up two dedges and when I realised that, I had to redo a part of the F2L. And I also had nearly one minute to do the last OLL / PLL / Parity part. I guess a time around 4 minutes should have been possible.
Previous Avg of 5 PB was 4:42.22
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Now that I achieved my goal to get sub 30 with CN I have decided to take things slower on 3 X 3. I just train OLL's mostly now. So now I can spend more time on other cubes. I have ordered a ShengShou 6 X 6 and a MegaMinx. Hope they will arrive this week
I think a 7 X 7 will be next 
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I can barely solve the 4x4 lol hahaha I don't know the alg for oll parity or pll parity :S
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This morning I assembled the third cube out of my six colored ZhanChis.
This time the white one.
Here are the three first solves:
It is a bit a strange video angle, but it shows me that I realy have to improove my cross.
Especially in the second solve, the cross took me more than five seconds and then I still had to check if it was correct.
I started with F2L at about 7 seconds and finished at 23. Until now I always thought that the F2L is my weakest part, but it seems that it is the cross.
Times breakdown for second solve:
Cross: ~7 seconds
F2L: ~16 seconds
OLL: ~4 seconds (2-Look)
PLL: ~5 seconds (a N-Perm)
Scrambles and times:
1. 42.32 B2 U2 R2 D2 R2 D' L2 R2 D B2 R2 B U2 L2 D' R U' B2 L' R' D'
2. 32.03 D2 L2 U2 B2 U B2 D' B2 L2 B2 U' B' L D' U2 B L2 F2 R F2
3. 36.32 L2 D L2 U' B2 U' B2 R2 U B2 F D B L' R2 F' R F2 D B2 U
This time the white one.
Here are the three first solves:
It is a bit a strange video angle, but it shows me that I realy have to improove my cross.
Especially in the second solve, the cross took me more than five seconds and then I still had to check if it was correct.
I started with F2L at about 7 seconds and finished at 23. Until now I always thought that the F2L is my weakest part, but it seems that it is the cross.
Times breakdown for second solve:
Cross: ~7 seconds
F2L: ~16 seconds
OLL: ~4 seconds (2-Look)
PLL: ~5 seconds (a N-Perm)
Scrambles and times:
1. 42.32 B2 U2 R2 D2 R2 D' L2 R2 D B2 R2 B U2 L2 D' R U' B2 L' R' D'
2. 32.03 D2 L2 U2 B2 U B2 D' B2 L2 B2 U' B' L D' U2 B L2 F2 R F2
3. 36.32 L2 D L2 U' B2 U' B2 R2 U B2 F D B L' R2 F' R F2 D B2 U
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Two of the three parity cases are realy simple. They are nearly the same just one has a setup and a 'teardown' part.
- switch opposite dedges: r2 U2 r2 Uw2 r2 u2
- switch adjasent dedges: (R U R' U') r2 U2 r2 Uw2 r2 u2 (U R U' R')
For the third one (fliped dedge) I use this one: (r2 B2) (U2 l) (U2 r') (U2 r) U2 (F2 r) (F2 l') (B2 r2)
It took me a while to learn this one, but now it works without thinking
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Maybe a good time to start colour neutral which gives you more easy crosses. That's why I started CN in the first place. I average cross on a good day around 4 seconds. In CN find more 2 - 5 move crosses which take no more than 3 secs
I have a slower N-perm I think. Also your F2L is great. I think indeed that focus on cross is the best thing right now.
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I tried once to get CN, but gave up after a few days (one or two, I can't remember).
But I will give it a new try.
As reference, I take my last avg of 5 two days ago:
34.00 (individual times: 36.48, 32.88, 31.52, 38.50, 32.63)
First i did an avg of 5 with yellow cross to see where I am:
39.09 (individual times: 40.38, 43.89, 36.32, 34.64, 40.56)
I must say that I am surprised. I thougt that it will be much worse.
But I will give it a new try.
As reference, I take my last avg of 5 two days ago:
34.00 (individual times: 36.48, 32.88, 31.52, 38.50, 32.63)
First i did an avg of 5 with yellow cross to see where I am:
39.09 (individual times: 40.38, 43.89, 36.32, 34.64, 40.56)
I must say that I am surprised. I thougt that it will be much worse.
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Just did an average of 5 on yellow cross:
Best Time: 29.552
Worst Time: 35.408
Avg of 5: 32.605
I'm pretty happy with these times.
Best Time: 29.552
Worst Time: 35.408
Avg of 5: 32.605
Individual times:
5. 29.552 (F2 D2 L B' U2 B2 R F L B' D F2 D2 B' D' B L' B2 U R U2 F L F2 D)
4. 33.803 (F U' L' D' B2 U' F R B R U2 B' U B D' L2 U2 F' U2 B2 R2 U2 R F' D2)
3. 35.408 (D2 F' U' F2 L F' D B L2 B D' R2 F L F' U B' L2 F2 U R F' U' B' L2)
2. 32.837 (R B U L2 F L2 F2 R U F2 R' F' U' L' U2 L U L2 U F L2 U' L F' D2)
1. 31.175 (F2 D F R2 D' F' R2 F' U' F2 U2 F R D2 L2 F' R' F' R' F' R2 F' D' L' B)
5. 29.552 (F2 D2 L B' U2 B2 R F L B' D F2 D2 B' D' B L' B2 U R U2 F L F2 D)
4. 33.803 (F U' L' D' B2 U' F R B R U2 B' U B D' L2 U2 F' U2 B2 R2 U2 R F' D2)
3. 35.408 (D2 F' U' F2 L F' D B L2 B D' R2 F L F' U B' L2 F2 U R F' U' B' L2)
2. 32.837 (R B U L2 F L2 F2 R U F2 R' F' U' L' U2 L U L2 U F L2 U' L F' D2)
1. 31.175 (F2 D F R2 D' F' R2 F' U' F2 U2 F R D2 L2 F' R' F' R' F' R2 F' D' L' B)
I'm pretty happy with these times.
Kattenvriendin
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Well done!!
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Awesome! I think I see a new CN solver being created
lcsbiffi
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Awesome! I think I see a new CN solver being created
Marcel is becoming a legend lol
"The Creator of CN Solvers"
Kattenvriendin
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Hehe.. he sure got me going!
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I would say I finished the yellow-only phase with the avg of 12 of 34.33 in the race-to-sub-30 thread.
Next color will be blue.
OK, done the first avg of 5 on blue:
40.78 Individual times: 43.72, 56.49, 40.95, 34.77, 37.66
Next color will be blue.
OK, done the first avg of 5 on blue:
40.78 Individual times: 43.72, 56.49, 40.95, 34.77, 37.66
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That's really not too bad. My first try on blue was a lot worse
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I will try that color neutral thingy after UAM open I'm getting jealous of all of you
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Nice Job! Here are some things that I think that you could improve upon:
1. Start out by improving you cross. You can take a look at Badmephistos tutorials because those are some great ones to learn how to improve you cross.
2. Improve you Turns per second. That could be your biggest area you need to improve on.
I'm really not an expert, but take a look at these and see if they help you:
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?6085-How-to-Get-Faster-using-the-Fridrich-CFOP-Method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad2NdgoAg8I
1. Start out by improving you cross. You can take a look at Badmephistos tutorials because those are some great ones to learn how to improve you cross.
2. Improve you Turns per second. That could be your biggest area you need to improve on.
I'm really not an expert, but take a look at these and see if they help you:
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?6085-How-to-Get-Faster-using-the-Fridrich-CFOP-Method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad2NdgoAg8I
Kattenvriendin
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I disagree with Ramo. Do not focus on your TPS. You are better off improving other things. TPS is nice but it will come on its own. No need to practice specifically on that. If you rotate U 50 times in a few seconds before inserting a pair you have a high TPS but nothing to show for it *giggle*
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