"NEW" Race to Sub-30!

[PianoCube]

Round 141 ZZ
Average: 27.33

28.55, 26.90, 24.05, 31.07, 27.27, 29.11, 27.77, 31.35, (21.12), 23.59, (39.83), 23.66

I'm quitting OH for a while to do ZZ instead. Will probably start doing OH ZZ when I graduate.

Comment about the average: WHAT JUST HAPPENED? I did an Ao100 with ZZ earlier today, and the best Ao12 I could get were 30.12. Almost 3 seconds improvement just like that?
I learned ZZ a while ago, but never really practiced until this week. I guess it is quite easy to learn when you are a CFOP user.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Round 141 (Roux)
Average: 24.16
23.54, 23.84, 24.75, 21.33, 23.24, 22.40, 25.29, (27.87), 25.68, (19.80), 25.66, 25.87

YESSSS!!! New PB Ao12!!!! In fact, I also just noticed that my worst single time is still better than last week's average!

 

[MarcelP]

Round 141 (Roux)
Average: 24.16
23.54, 23.84, 24.75, 21.33, 23.24, 22.40, 25.29, (27.87), 25.68, (19.80), 25.66, 25.87

YESSSS!!! New PB Ao12!!!! In fact, I also just noticed that my worst single time is still better than last week's average!

OMG, Roux should be your main method. I bet you can come real close soon

EDIT: by the time you graduate from the race to sub 30 it's too late to enter the sub 20 contest. You will be sub 20 on Roux by then

 

[Schmidt]

Schmidt : Roux : 40.63 (σ = 5.22)

36.94, 32.88, 33.53, 47.72, 41.43, 48.91, 34.43, 40.00, 43.81, 42.16, 51.88, 37.33

Maybe I should practise, instead of just doing 12 Roux solves a week.

 

[sneaklyfox]

OMG, Roux should be your main method. I bet you can come real close soon

EDIT: by the time you graduate from the race to sub 30 it's too late to enter the sub 20 contest. You will be sub 20 on Roux by then

I keep getting incredible times. I can hardly believe it myself and sometimes think it's a fluke. I was just sub-20 with CFOP when I watched a tutorial on Roux. Tried about a dozen solves of about 2-3 minutes for a solve. Thought that blockbuilding would be hopeless for me. Thanks to you, MarcelP for trying Roux that time in your thread that got me started. I was totally not planning to switch methods and still not planning to unless I am truly sub-20 consistently. Then... maybe I'll consider it. But I'm still thinking of learning ZZ and CN... hmm...

 

[PianoCube]

But I'm still thinking of learning ZZ and CN... hmm...

Go ZZ!
It's cool, and feels super awesome when doing OH, and you'll always get easy OLLs, and... and... and... you should try it.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Go ZZ!
It's cool, and feels super awesome when doing OH, and you'll always get easy OLLs, and... and... and... you should try it.

After I graduated from this thread with OH, I haven't been practicing much OH at all. I WAS going to try one month of CN, but the more I think about it, the more I think it could just be a waste of time. I wonder if I just try less time and see, for example, if I could get just as fast with a single odd cross colour, like green, to determine whether I should continue trying CN or not. Or maybe I will do ZZ next, as you suggest. Personally I find it more fun to learn a new method than to do CN solves although both are fun. I really like OH too. Hmm... I wish Brian did the sub-20 race too. I really love the graphs and charts.

@PianoCube: How long have you been practicing ZZ? You already got a sub-30 average. Do you know any WV or COLL or do you just do OLL/PLL after F2L?

 

[acohen527]

Round 141: Petrus 28.52!

Spoiler

Number of solves: 12
Best Time: 21.74
Worst Time: 34.03

Session Avg: 28.52

Individual Times:
29.30, 30.78, 31.98, 27.61, 27.18, 26.97, (21.74), 28.69, (34.03), 28.94, 29.00, 24.71

Graduation time!

 

[CarlBrannen]

Round 141, average: 41.57

32.77, 40.06, 45.10, 35.27, 43.64, [54.49], 37.68, 54.31, 44.13, (27.93), 39.71, 43.02

 

[MrBoomblaster]

Round 141

Average: 21.87

21.43, 24.60, 22.40, 23.17, 21.94, 19.45, 19.39, 25.80, 21.77, 22.03, 21.64, 20.31

 

[PianoCube]

@PianoCube: How long have you been practicing ZZ? You already got a sub-30 average. Do you know any WV or COLL or do you just do OLL/PLL after F2L?

I learned ZZ some months ago, but started to actually practice this week. I did my first ao100 yesterday, and that is probably more than half of my ZZ solves so far, so I'm still a noob (I even mess up EO in something like 1/5 of the solves). I'm only using OLL/PLL right now, but I might learn someting more fancy sometime in the future.

 

[TP]

Round 141
Average = 44.30

39.59 47.94 40.45 47.53 43.13 42.55 39.24 48.92 (38.46) (55.90) 47.69 39.17

Wrong F2L insertion on nr 10 which forced me to redo the last pair. I´m using 13 of 21 PLL algorithms instead of regular 2 look PLL. My PLL recognition is slower now since i check if i know the PLL case or not, it will get better since i just started learning 1 look PLL.

 

[ljackstar]

Round 141
45.67 43.69, 45.98, 53.38, 42.18, 40.47, 50.73, 45.55, 38.28, (1:39.20), (35.28), 51.11, 45.34

The 1:39 was a super pop, mad me very sad.
Other wise I lost about 3 sec so happy with that, especially since I've been adjusting my tension all day

 

[skippykev]

Round 141
Average: 34.83
31.00, 30.46, 35.32, (24.67)*, [39.55], 34.61, 35.44, 35.94, 36.59, 38.95, 37.48, 32.55
*THE ALMIGHTY PLL SKIP!

 

[sheep1234]

Round 141
Speed

Average:30.01(gah)

Times:
27.22, 31.32, 27.64, 33.73, (46.72), 32.35, 31.89, 29.39, 30.58, 27.50. (21.17), 28.51

Really tired, had a huge pop on the fifth solve, and I'm back above 30 seconds. Not my cubing day.
Also, I wish people would stop talking to me while I'm trying to cube.

 

[MarcelP]

Round 141
Speed

Average:30.01(gah)

LOL, so close..

 

[clockface256]

Also, I wish people would stop talking to me while I'm trying to cube.

This. I was so rude to one kid who kept talking: "ooh, that was so close!" Or "dude you almost figured it out!" I know how to solve it! Now leave me to time myself in peeeeeace! X/ in retrospect I do feel a little bad for getting so upset with him for just trying to be nice..

 

[MarcelP]

Round 141

Color neutral CFOP:

Average: 32.29
33.25 30.44 (35.44) 31.63 (27.49) 34.51 28.41 34.04 33.47 28.49 35.36 33.33

I am pleased with these results since I have had a few bad days (timing wise)

 

[rudra]

Round 141

Color neutral CFOP:

Average: 32.29
33.25 30.44 (35.44) 31.63 (27.49) 34.51 28.41 34.04 33.47 28.49 35.36 33.33

I am pleased with these results since I have had a few bad days (timing wise)

wow. You are getting close to your a012 with CN.

 

[omer]

Round 141, Speed
Average: 29.85

27.58, 24.36, 29.74, 34.08, 26.22, 30.26, 34.95, 42.31, 26.18, 28.78, 29.19, 31.53

Sub-30 ! I was really nervous on that last solve, almost got above 30 avg because of it...

It's not much better than last round but it's something