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Jason Green said:
I have a 55mm Fangshi and I like it quite well. A Lingpo I tried at last comp I liked better. :)

At the KC comp today and pleased with results so far. 21.50 3x3 average with a 20.00 single (actually 20.005). PB 2x2 single of 7.77. And two official 4x4 results of 2:03 and 1:48, an all time PB.

Just 5x5 left and I will not make hard cut probably. Although I came close once last night. :)

http://m.cubecomps.com/competitions/1482/events
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Nice job Jason! It was nice meeting and judging you today. Also that was a really fun comp! Also I remember that 7.77 2x2 single
 
Rocky0701 said:
Nice job Jason! It was nice meeting and judging you today. Also that was a really fun comp! Also I remember that 7.77 2x2 single
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Thanks @Rocky0701! I'm sorry I've already forgot your name. One reason cubing appealed to me was to exercise my poor memory. :)

I have really loved being at the three comps I went to. Wish I had one every month!

I think everyone would agree we welcome the input from younger cubers here, despite the thread name. To me it's more about having a place for us to have some cubers we feel we can compare to.

PS - 21.80 average, the .50 was a typo.
 
Jason Green said:
Thanks @Rocky0701! I'm sorry I've already forgot your name. One reason cubing appealed to me was to exercise my poor memory. :)

I have really loved being at the three comps I went to. Wish I had one every month!

I think everyone would agree we welcome the input from younger cubers here, despite the thread name. To me it's more about having a place for us to have some cubers we feel we can compare to.

PS - 21.80 average, the .50 was a typo.
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No problem! That's ok, I'm awful with names too. I'm Quinton. 3BLD would be the perfect event to try then! I started out just doing 2x2 BLD and then went up from there.

Yeah, comps are a blast and a good motivation to keep practicing.

Awesome, I used to post here all the time, but then stopped when the title changed. I'll think I'm here to stay then.
 
@Jason Green Congrats - great ao5!

Thank you all for kind words. I'm happy with my results and with my 3rd place in 3bld. It was very hard day - the venue was too small for 80 people: it was hot and stuffy. I had a very hard day. I'm a little dissapointed with my 3x3 results. In first round my hand shaked, no look ahead etc. I was practicing so hard in last week and hoping for being around 20. In second round it was a little better but still no around 20. I havent practiced other events, so pb in 2x2 is nice and ao5 in skewb also seems fair.
 
Okay, I found the time to practice one hour this week ;) Had a nice Ao12 in there:
Average 17.26.. don't you just hate it when 19's mess up your average... LOL
32. 14.71 L U2 R U' B L' D' R' U' F2 B2 U2 R2 B2 D2 R' D2 B2 L' B2
33. 18.50 U F2 R' L U2 F B2 D' R B' L2 D R2 U F2 U' R2 D' B2 U
34. 14.85 U' R2 F2 L2 D2 R2 U B2 F2 D2 B' L U' F' R' D2 F' D' L2 F
35. 17.19 F U D' L2 B R' B' D' B D2 B' U2 R2 U2 D2 F2 L2 U2 B' R
36. 19.65 B2 D L2 B2 U R2 U2 F2 D' F2 U' B F D2 L F' R' U' L2 B' L
37. 16.02 D R' D F B' R' F2 B D L2 U2 D2 F2 B L2 B' U2 D2 R2 B'
38. 16.92 R' B2 F2 R' U2 B2 L R2 D2 U2 B U2 L F2 R F' U B' U2
39. 14.39 F2 D2 R2 U' B2 L2 D' L2 B2 U B U L' R2 U F' L2 R D' B'
40. 21.47 D' R' F L' U2 B D B2 U' B2 D2 R' D2 B2 D2 L' F2 R' D2 B2
41. 19.10 F2 U L2 U' R2 D2 B2 U' R2 D2 L' U2 R2 F L' R D R' F'
42. 18.84 B' L' B2 R2 U2 F' U F' D' L' F2 U2 F2 U2 L' B2 L U2 L2 U2
43. 16.79 U L F2 R B2 D2 R' B2 U2 L R2 D' B' L D2 R' B L2 U F'
44. 16.54 D' L' R' B2 D2 L B2 L F2 R D2 L' B R U2 R U' R2 U'
 
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@MarcelP Nice average, that beats my PB which is a high 17 IIRC
@h2f, I think your official 3BLD doesn't really represent your speed, same with 3BLD, you need more comps!
@Jason Green Please, improve slower or it will be impossible to keep up with you.
@Logiqx I might try to relearn and practice Petrus, need something to improve my FMC skills and stop DNFing every attempt
@mafergut @Selkie I might join with mega if I find the time, I'd like to have an official average and that won't be possible averaging around 4 minutes.

I have two more comps before ending the first half of the year (both organizer again :p) in which I'll try to sub 10 4BLD, finally do 5BLD and join the sub 20 3BLD club. Other Objectives are 5+ points in MBLD (Might attempt 9-10), Mega average, 3BLD mean (and break my streak of 6 consecutive solving 2 and failing one) and sub 6 6x. I really need to stop liking almost all the events.
 
@MarcelP Nice average
Meant to be doing 5x5 practice today and I got in a few timed solves including a 4:19 then a 4:18, both PBs. I'm sure it was a PB AO5 too (around 4:30?) but I was only using a stopwatch and didn't write anything down. Maybe I can sub 4 mins in the next couple of days if I get some free time.
 
Congrats Grzegorz and Jason. Will there be some videos?

Nice average Marcel and good luck with Petrus to Michael, and also good luck to Raul organizing, thanks for doing that even if I can't go to any of those comps.

My weekend practice was devoted mostly to corners BLD, I'm liking it.
 
muchacho said:
Congrats Grzegorz and Jason. Will there be some videos?

Nice average Marcel and good luck with Petrus to Michael, and also good luck to Raul organizing, thanks for doing that even if I can't go to any of those comps.

My weekend practice was devoted mostly to corners BLD, I'm liking it.
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Yes, I live streamed a lot on Facebook. I think you can see, maybe be able to browse my page without being on FB even? Can you navigate to my page I'm not sure. Here is one.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156820235860425&id=894935424

I think I'll actually edit a compilation video this time. I'm not sure if I'll upload every individual solve, maybe my PBs and some other footage into the compilation. I'm not sure yet.
 
Logiqx said:
@h2f + @Jason Green: Let me know when your results are on the WCA site.

Note: The WCA database export completes ~3am (UTC) so that needs to run before I can run my Python script.
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Ok. I will. I think it'll in few days.

muchacho said:
Congrats Grzegorz and Jason. Will there be some videos?

Nice average Marcel and good luck with Petrus to Michael, and also good luck to Raul organizing, thanks for doing that even if I can't go to any of those comps.

My weekend practice was devoted mostly to corners BLD, I'm liking it.
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I filmed few solves in 2x2 and 3x3 but batteries were down during 3bld and I got only first dnf.
 
Jason Green said:
Yes, I live streamed a lot on Facebook. I think you can see, maybe be able to browse my page without being on FB even? Can you navigate to my page I'm not sure. Here is one.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156820235860425&id=894935424

I think I'll actually edit a compilation video this time. I'm not sure if I'll upload every individual solve, maybe my PBs and some other footage into the compilation. I'm not sure yet.
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It asks me to log in, then it lets me play the video.
efattah said:
I never got my 9.90 3x3 PB on video but I posted a 10.60 in the new method thread:
https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/...oncept-idea-thread.40975/page-91#post-1167223

I'm 41 and haven't been cubing since the 80's.

Eric Fattah
Vancouver, BC
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Nice solves, interesting method, do you know all those algs? What do you average?

Also, will you try to solve some cubes underwater? how much time can you hold your breath?

And welcome!
 
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