Hi, Gordon from Swizerland here!

[Gordon]

New single PB! first sub-20 solve, with PLL skip. 18.59
Scramble: L2 B2 U F2 D2 R2 F2 U' L2 U R2 B U R F2 D2 U' R2 F R2

 

[MarcelP]

Nice! I had 22.39 on white cross and 27.someting on green cross.. I also noticed your two in a row sub 27 entries in 3 X 3 X 3 weekly Nice. We are about at same speed now.

 

[pipkiksass]

New single PB! first sub-20 solve, with PLL skip. 18.59
Scramble: L2 B2 U F2 D2 R2 F2 U' L2 U R2 B U R F2 D2 U' R2 F R2

Nice, my first sub 20 was also an 18.xx, after having LOADS of 20.xx solves, I somehow skipped a whole second!

Update your sig?

 

[Gordon]

Since yesterday I've got a new 5x5 and just beat my PB with the first timed solve:

6:30.675

~30 seconds improvement compared to last PB and ~90 seconds faster than the average solves on my old 5x5

 

[MarcelP]

Since yesterday I've got a new 5x5 and just beat my PB with the first timed solve:

6:30.675

~30 seconds improvement compared to last PB and ~90 seconds faster than the average solves on my old 5x5

I will be attending a few more competions this year and I registered for 5X5X5. I have timed a few solves. I just seem not to get fast enough to get a valid score. Most of my solves are around 15 - 18 minutes.. I must be doing somthing really wrong LOL.. In a competition the clock stops at 10 minutes.. So I suspect I will get nothing but DNF's.

Btw, did you learn any new algoritms to handle edge parity on 5X5?

 

[Gordon]

At the comp where I registered is the time-limit for 5x5x5 at six minutes, and the cut-off for beein allowed to do 5 solves is at two minutes. So I have to practice a bit to be able to get sub six minutes.

But.... I've just got my first sub six solve: 5:59.33

I have not learned new algos yet, but I could have used one in that sub six solve, because I lost a decent amount of time for this case:

 

[kunparekh18]

At the comp where I registered is the time-limit for 5x5x5 at six minutes, and the cut-off for beein allowed to do 5 solves is at two minutes. So I have to practice a bit to be able to get sub six minutes.

But.... I've just got my first sub six solve: 5:59.33

I have not learned new algos yet, but I could have used one in that sub six solve, because I lost a decent amount of time for this case:

I would have done

R U R' F R' F' R = flipping alg

x' z
flipping alg
Dw flipping alg Dw'

can't visualise what would happen after that, lol, i hope it solves the case or at least solves one edge with parity on the other

 

[MarcelP]

I would have done:

x' z
R2 d2 R U R' F R' F' d2 R2 (I believe)