My current average 12-17 on 3x3 / the decision on music and whether it helps

[tom0989123]

This average is with my very cold hands.

I have known Full PLL for five months, and I know more than half of Full OLL.
My cross is under 6 seconds, F2L is 6 seconds OLL, and PLL is under 4 for each.


so I've discovered that I'm something of a musical speed cuber (example)

My AO5 with no music 18.49, 22.12 + 2, 17.71, 13.04 and 15.78 + 2

My AO5 with music: 15.42, 16.79, 13.74, 14.46, and 12.78

 

[PiKeeper]

If you actually want to figure out whether music helps you solve better, then I’d recommend doing an ao100 with music and one without. And ao5 is way too luck based to draw any reliable conclusions from.

 

[Gecko777]

This average is with my very cold hands.

I have known Full PLL for five months, and I know more than half of Full OLL.
My cross is under 6 seconds, F2L is 6 seconds OLL, and PLL is under 4 for each.


so I've discovered that I'm something of a musical speed cuber (example)

My AO5 with no music 18.49, 22.12 + 2, 17.71, 13.04 and 15.78 + 2

My AO5 with music: 15.42, 16.79, 13.74, 14.46, and 12.78

you should get your cross to be either 1-looked or 2-looked, and under 3.5 every time.

 

[tom0989123]

If you actually want to figure out whether music helps you solve better, then I’d recommend doing an ao100 with music and one without. And ao5 is way too luck based to draw any reliable conclusions from.

how would you plan out an AO100 in one day and would it be an accurate experiment if it wasnt done all in one day?

 

[tom0989123]

you should get your cross to be either 1-looked or 2-looked, and under 3.5 every time.

is their a video per-say that isn't a Jperm one not saying he doesn't help but his cross videos don't help me.

 

[PiKeeper]

how would you plan out an AO100 in one day and would it be an accurate experiment if it wasnt done all in one day?

It would definitely be more accurate if it was done in one day. I’m not sure what you mean by planning out an ao100 though, you just need to sit down and do 100 solves.

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

The one concern with relying on music (if you decide it's beneficial to practicing) is the fact that you cannot have electronic headphones of any kind while competing, and therefore, couldn't use music during official solves. Do you think that practicing with music would impact switching to no music during official solves?


It's also true that you will need to do MANY solves with and without music to determine effectiveness. There are variables aside from music you'll have to take into consideration as well, such as time of day, amount of sleep you've gotten, etc. It would be difficult to test this in a perfectly controlled environment, but it would still be interesting to see if there's any difference. I'd say it would take well over 100 solves to properly document any significant differences, as such heavy environmental variations exist alongside randomized scrambles. Also, I wonder if the type of music or other related factors impact anything; for example, the BPM of songs or volume at which you listen to them.

 

[Gecko777]

is their a video per-say that isn't a Jperm one not saying he doesn't help but his cross videos don't help me.

It's more intuitive and you learn it well by doing untimed practice solves.

 

[tom0989123]

It would definitely be more accurate if it was done in one day. I’m not sure what you mean by planning out an ao100 though, you just need to sit down and do 100 solves.

an AO is Average Of I knew this when I was like 5.
and planning it out so, any person in the world can plan some thing but to do a 100 of some thing in one day you would need to take brakes every so often so how would you plan out an AO100 in one day hope this makes more sense.

 

[tom0989123]

It's more intuitive and you learn it well by doing untimed practice solves.

ok thank

 

[tom0989123]

The one concern with relying on music (if you decide it's beneficial to practicing) is the fact that you cannot have electronic headphones of any kind while competing, and therefore, couldn't use music during official solves. Do you think that practicing with music would impact switching to no music during official solves?


It's also true that you will need to do MANY solves with and without music to determine effectiveness. There are variables aside from music you'll have to take into consideration as well, such as time of day, amount of sleep you've gotten, etc. It would be difficult to test this in a perfectly controlled environment, but it would still be interesting to see if there's any difference. I'd say it would take well over 100 solves to properly document any significant differences, as such heavy environmental variations exist alongside randomized scrambles. Also, I wonder if the type of music or other related factors impact anything; for example, the BPM of songs or volume at which you listen to them.

oh ok I see where your going from this um I would say that this test is only for me to have my related out comes from and I guess if some one ell's
tried to do this test the out comes wouldn't be the same ether they would listen to different music or wouldn't find it as help full as me.

Fair point on paragraph one where you would heavily rely on music to get you through if you where at a comp but I didn't know that your not allowed to have electronic head phones of any sort.

and for me to have an accurate our come like you said it would be hard but I'm willing to this,
when I have my results I will include ever single bit of detail.

 

[PiKeeper]

an AO is Average Of I knew this when I was like 5.
and planning it out so, any person in the world can plan some thing but to do a 100 of some thing in one day you would need to take brakes every so often so how would you plan out an AO100 in one day hope this makes more sense.

All you need to do is find sometime during the day when you have about an hour and a half of free time and then do your solves. You can take breaks if you feel like it, but there’s no need to plan anything out. It’s pretty normal for cubers to just sit down and do 100 or more solves if they have the time to do so.

 

[GeographicalCuber]

I personally think that getting used to music doesn't affect comp solves that much as I always listen to podcasts at home and it has no effect on my comp results.
I also think the main reason that you might get faster times is that you're blocking out the background noise making it easier to concentrate

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

yo, I also listen to music when cubing (only If I have my headphones with me). the music gives some rhythm to the solve, and it gets you and keeps you in the zone. I've found that certain genres are better that others. worst to best: rap, classical (except vivaldi's "four seasons" and Beethoven's fifth, hip hop, pop, rock, instrumental themes, feel good r&b, ragtime, swing era jazz. jazz is very good in my opinion as the beats are well defined and the music is extremely rhythmic if you can understand it. it also depends on the cube you are using. if you are doing 3x3, then the previous list is fine, but for big cubes, classical also works along with tango. maybe I'm crazy i dunno.