My humble progression

[a small kitten]

But 10 seconds?

And that 55 sec bld is quite insane for that short amount of time.

 

[Poke]

I'm so jealous of your progression. I wish I had the time to improve that fast.

 

[Xekill]

Competitions can do strange things to your nerves.

I concur. A sub-30 in my practice time, but in competition, constantly getting 35++ seconds solves. damn.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

UPDATE: I haven't had much time to cube due to a very bad case of business and sleep deprivation. However, I have started to cube again, and I will make my best efforts to get a sub-20 average by the end of this month.

Regrettably, my chances of achieving such a goal have lowered significantly because of the aforementioned business, but said business is more important than speedcubing.

 

[abr71310]

Man, I feel like crap right now since I've basically been cubing for a month longer and have yet to break sub-20 SINGLE barrier, let alone average...

Come to think of it, I've yet to break sub-25 average.... ARGHH...

Way to go kid, keep kicking my ass in something I should have been good at my entire life (and started when I was in grade 6...)

 

[Chuberchuckee]

ALMOST sub-20. .22 seconds away...

Cubes Solved: 12/12
Number of Pops: 0
Average: 20.22
Standard Deviation: 2.44
Best Time: 16.62
Worst Time: 25.23
Individual Times:
1. 19.65 L2 U B' F2 R' B D U' L2 R B L2 F' D' U F' R' B D2 B F' D2 U2 R D'
2. 17.42 L R D2 U L2 R D2 L' F R2 B' D U' B F2 D2 U2 B2 R D2 R2 U2 R' B2 F'
3. 20.39 R' U B2 F2 L' R F2 D2 B F' D2 U' F R' D' R B2 D2 L2 D2 U' B' L' R' D'
4. 22.96 B L' R2 D2 B2 F D2 U' R' U' L2 R' B F' U2 R B' D U2 R2 D2 R' U2 B F
5. 20.26 U2 L' B2 F2 L2 R D2 L2 R' B2 R' F' D' F' D' U R2 D2 L R' B F' D2 R2 F'
6. 16.62 B' D' U2 B2 L2 D B F2 D' F R' B' F2 L' D2 U' L D2 U2 F L2 R' B2 F' L'
7. 17.20 B F' U L R2 F D' U L B F2 D' U2 L' R' U' R' B D2 B L2 R D2 U' R
8. 21.50 D L F L' R D U' F' D' U L R' F U2 R' F D F U2 L R B F' U F2
9. 25.23 R' B' F2 L' U2 B2 U2 R' F' R2 D U L D U' B' F' U B2 F2 U F2 L2 B' F
10. 18.53 B' L D' L' F2 U2 B2 F L2 R2 D R D L R' D2 U' R B F' L2 F R2 F' R2
11. 20.76 D' U' L B2 F' L U L R2 B F2 R' U' B D' B F U2 B2 F2 D B' U2 F L'
12. 22.11 D' U' F D2 U' L' U' L2 R' U2 B' F L2 R B' F L2 R D2 B' F D2 U' L2 R


I'M GETTING CLOSE! Escher, prepare to eat your monitor!

 

[JohnnyA]

That's looking good! I spent months stuck at the 19-20 boundary and only recently broke it, but the consistency of your times looks promising

Make sure you iron out times like the 25.23

 

[byu]

Nice job, you must practice a lot

 

[Nilxchaos]

Let's see.. I started a few days before him... At the same stuff as him (3LLL), and get 50 second averages. LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jeez.... Everywhere I go it's people who started near me and are 30> seconds faster than me. Sigh.

Great job though, incredible progression. Cannot wait for the sub-20.
Good luck.

 

[Thieflordz5]

Let's see.. I started a few days before him... At the same stuff as him (3LLL), and get 50 second averages. LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jeez.... Everywhere I go it's people who started near me and are 30> seconds faster than me. Sigh.

Great job though, incredible progression. Cannot wait for the sub-20.
Good luck.

Well, I think he focused on F2L more than on whatever you're focusing on, and he probably practiced more... I've been cubing for 2 years, the first was all intuitive solving... sigh... the headaches...

That's some pretty fast progression, I, personally, have to break the sub-30 average barrier but I'm close...

Good, luck...

 

[Chuberchuckee]

[...]
Well, I think he focused on F2L more than on whatever you're focusing on, and he probably practiced more[...]

Yes, I primarily practice F2L. However, I have been distracted lately by OLLs and PLLs and my times have stagnated. I will continue to focus on F2L and that will probably help me break the 20s barrier by the end of this month. I just filmed myself doing an average of 12 and I found that I pause too much during F2L. However, whenever I get a sub-11 or sub-12 cross+F2L, I always seem to get a sub-20 solve.

Moral of the story: F2L is the most important step.

PS I still haven't learned full OLL. I'm going to take a look at the ones I still need to learn and plan out my schedule for these algorithms. I seriously think PLLs are more important, though. :/

 

[abr71310]

Wait, so you DON'T know all 21 PLLs?? -- I say learn the 21 PLLs first, since those are the concepts you need to master before even thinking about farther than 2-look OLL...

I'd then learn some special cases for F2L since even the hardest ones take me about 2s per pair...

if you're able to pre-inspect/solve cross and one pair in inspection, I'd say you have a week before breaking sub-20...

I'm almost sub-25 (got a 26.90 AVERAGE!!!! with a 22.59 in there XD), and I know for a fact I still pause for about 5 seconds, finding all 4 pairs at once and tracking them as I solve (it makes the overall solve faster, but the fact that I pause at ALL is seriously hindering my progress towards sub-20).

 

[Chuberchuckee]

I know 18 PLLs because I HATE the E-perm and I forgot the two N-perms (I dislike them as well because they get in the way of my J-perms, which I like much better for some reason).

That's a cool idea for F2L actually, because you're training yourself to track multiple pieces at once! Sure, you waste 4 seconds, but it's great practice for the future...


byu: You probably practice more, though. 15 seconds average already? Amazing.