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New 3x3 PB ao50 of 27.39. What's interesting about this ao50 is that 11 solves were sup-30 but 14 were sub-25. Generally my solves are now clustered in the mid-high 20s with just a few sup-30s where my lookahead breaks down or I fumble an alg or seize up at recognition. It's like the basic skills are coming together and if I could just find better consistency and rhythm I think I could get sub-25 in a few weeks. Targeted practice is definitely paying off...!
 
mark49152 said:
New 3x3 PB ao50 of 27.39. What's interesting about this ao50 is that 11 solves were sup-30 but 14 were sub-25. Generally my solves are now clustered in the mid-high 20s with just a few sup-30s where my lookahead breaks down or I fumble an alg or seize up at recognition. It's like the basic skills are coming together and if I could just find better consistency and rhythm I think I could get sub-25 in a few weeks. Targeted practice is definitely paying off...!
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Nice Mark! You are improving fast. I remember clear that 26 secs was my worst plateau so far. I hope you will skip that part.. LOL.
 
kclejeune said:
How does that even happen o.O
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Because this thread is more like a bar than a forum.

I'll explain:

Marcel is the barman. His name is above the door. Got a problem? You can lean up against the bar and tell Marcel - he's always ready to lend an ear.

Mark, Sneakly, Gordon, Kennan, Schmidt, etc., you are the regulars. You sit at a table in the corner, listening to the jukebox. Your conversations vary, but for the occasional visitors like myself, there tend to be themes that reoccur!

And more than anything else, it's a place you can come and post where you won't be judged, and you'll get a reply in minutes, because it's probably the most visited thread in the forum. For good reason - friendly staff, good beer... hang on, which was the bar and which was the thread again? I've lost track of my metaphor!
 
pipkiksass said:
Because this thread is more like a bar than a forum.

I'll explain:

Marcel is the barman. His name is above the door. Got a problem? You can lean up against the bar and tell Marcel - he's always ready to lend an ear.

Mark, Sneakly, Gordon, Kennan, Schmidt, etc., you are the regulars. You sit at a table in the corner, listening to the jukebox. Your conversations vary, but for the occasional visitors like myself, there tend to be themes that reoccur!

And more than anything else, it's a place you can come and post where you won't be judged, and you'll get a reply in minutes, because it's probably the most visited thread in the forum. For good reason - friendly staff, good beer... hang on, which was the bar and which was the thread again? I've lost track of my metaphor!
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Lolol truth. I'm just not sure how he only managed to see the second post of the first page, since both the first and third posts mention sub 1 MINUTE lol
 
@Pip: LOL, very good. It's your round :)

Whatever I've been drinking, it worked, because PB smashed again tonight. Ao50 = 26.49, almost a second off since breaking it yesterday. Consistency is the key - this time there were 15 sub-25's, 7 of which were sub-23, and only 5 sup-30s. In fact I did 28 solves before the first sup-30, and that only happened because I was getting shaky with excitement.

God I love cubing :D
 
I was stuck at a 26 second plateau for about 2-3 weeks, but that might be because of a vacation :P

Anybody else hate how the sun goes down at like 5:30 and cubing sucks because bad light? No? Just me? My room is awesome but has bad lighting.
I got a sub20 AO5 yesterday. Today I only got 1 sub 20 and my average was 26. I don't even know anymore haha.
 
pipkiksass said:
Because this thread is more like a bar than a forum.

I'll explain:

Marcel is the barman. His name is above the door. Got a problem? You can lean up against the bar and tell Marcel - he's always ready to lend an ear.

Mark, Sneakly, Gordon, Kennan, Schmidt, etc., you are the regulars. You sit at a table in the corner, listening to the jukebox. Your conversations vary, but for the occasional visitors like myself, there tend to be themes that reoccur!

And more than anything else, it's a place you can come and post where you won't be judged, and you'll get a reply in minutes, because it's probably the most visited thread in the forum. For good reason - friendly staff, good beer... hang on, which was the bar and which was the thread again? I've lost track of my metaphor!
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Hehe... so true... good analogy. For some reason I've lost interest in the forum so I don't check all day anymore (I don't know why... probably just too busy). But I still check this thread. Best place to hang.
 
I had an awefull Ao100 today. Sup 25 (ARRGGGG!!!), But this one made my day:

With two step OLL since I am to lazy to learn this last one ;)

18. 15.52 D' R2 L2 D F2 D' U R2 U F2 R2 F D2 L U' L' F D' L F2 U2 R

[video=youtube_share;kkGMjZxvH3o]http://youtu.be/kkGMjZxvH3o[/video]
 
MarcelP - 15.52 unofficial single

[video=youtube_share;kkGMjZxvH3o]http://youtu.be/kkGMjZxvH3o[/video]
D' R2 L2 D F2 D' U R2 U F2 R2 F D2 L U' L' F D' L F2 U2 R

x2 // Inspection
R' U' L2' D2' // XCross
y R U R' // F2L 2
y2 U' R U' U' R' U2 y' R U R' // F2L 3
y U' R U' U' R' U R U' R' // F2L 4
U' r y R U R' U' (z' y) R' // EO
F' r U R' U' L' U l // CO
U' R' U' R y R2 u R' U R U' R u' R2 U // PLL
View at alg.garron.us
Code: 
[B]Step	Time	HTM	HTPS	ETM	ETPS[/B]
[COLOR="#FF0000"]Total	15.52	45	2.90	52	3.35[/COLOR]
Cross+1	1.93	4	2.07	4	2.07
F2L	7.56	23	3.04	29	3.84
LL	7.96	22	2.76	23	2.89
					
[B]%          	Time	HTM	ETM		[/B]
Cross+1/F2L	25.5%	17.4%	13.8%		
F2L/Total	48.7%	51.1%	55.8%		
LL/Total	51.3%	48.9%	44.2%
 
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