Lucky solve considered NL

[Godmil]

I think every time you archive a time better than your overall average, it is lucky, since you average should be your expected time.

Couple of days old but had to comment that luck refers to a random element that's out of your control. Your definition doesn't take into account improvements in skill (tps, look ahead, optimisation, alg selection, f2l pair selection, etc.).

 

[Jorghi]

All you said basically was

Algorithm
Execution
Recognition

 

[RNewms27]

Luck can be classified in too many ways, though I don't think a forced PLL skip should be considered lucky.

 

[chicken9290]

usually it refers to the skip of an entire stage like pll or oll.

 

[Phlippieskezer]

usually it refers to the skip of an entire stage like pll or oll.

If unintentional, usually.

But, yeah, the word "luck" is a bit too vague...

 

[DaveyCow]

noob terminology question: what's "NL"? (It's not in the wiki "terminology" page )

 

[Rpotts]

non-lucky.

 

[DaveyCow]

non-lucky.

ah duh :fp thx

 

[Jungleterrain]

We really need to remove this term from the lexicon.

I agree with Kirjava. Lucky is already defined in dictionary. I don't see why it should be limited to skip in speedcubing. Lucky is not a speedcubing word.

We should use "fullstep" more often.

I agree with all of these.

 

[Ranzha]

People should just use good judgment when they label things. Lucky doesn't have to be a skip. If your solution is 30 moves, and all steps are there, but the cases were easy, hell, I'm calling it lucky.

 

[Tao Yu]

Just one thing.. I can rarely force skips. I find it pretty lucky to run into a ZBLL that I know.

luck refers to a random element that's out of your control

There used to be a definition of "lucky" that said that if something happened less than 20% of the time, it was lucky.

Taking these definitions, I forced skip for me is quite lucky because it is not in my control to make me run into and OLL skip case or a ZBLL. And it certainly doesn't happen to me 1 in 5 solves(obviously full ZB users don't have to worry about this.)

So forced skips might not be NL after all(except for some people)