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[Rocky0701]

Hey Marcel, check out this super lol scramble. I was doing some OH solves because I haven't done any OH in forever, and got this scramble on qqtimer: D U2 L2 D L2 F2 R2 F2 R2 D' U2 R B' D U R F R' D2 R B'

Solution:
X2 Y // Orienation
U R L F' UW' // Cross
U R U' R' // First pair
U' L' U L // Second pair
Y2 U2 R U' R' U2 R U' R' // Third pair
U' L U L // Fourth pair

And then last layer was extremely inefficient because I use 4LLL for OH, so the time was still 10 seconds off of PB, but the F2L felt amazing. I got a 9.146 2H prepared solve after a few tries, and then a 4.358 for just the F2L.

 

[MarcelP]

Hey Marcel, check out this super lol scramble. I was doing some OH solves because I haven't done any OH in forever, and got this scramble on qqtimer: D U2 L2 D L2 F2 R2 F2 R2 D' U2 R B' D U R F R' D2 R B'

Solution:
X2 Y // Orienation
U R L F' UW' // Cross
U R U' R' // First pair
U' L' U L // Second pair
Y2 U2 R U' R' U2 R U' R' // Third pair
U' L U L // Fourth pair

And then last layer was extremely inefficient because I use 4LLL for OH, so the time was still 10 seconds off of PB, but the F2L felt amazing. I got a 9.146 2H prepared solve after a few tries, and then a 4.358 for just the F2L.

Very nice scramble indeed. With looking at your solution I did cross the same way leaving me two made pairs in the U layer.. But then I did other stuff then you did. Congrats on teh 10 seconds faster PB Scrambles like this make me feel I might slow down on Roux a bit and maybe start doing CFOP again

 

[h2f]

I had a competition last weekend. I've improved all my personal pbs: http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=789&compid=38
In 3x3 I've decided to solve with Fridrich becasue I've felt better with this method althoug I havent practiced it for 2 months. And in 3bld I got first offcial success and first final.

 

[Gordon]

I had a 21.4 with this scramble. First solve of the day and bad light, so not bad for me.

Yesterday I've registered for my next comp. Swiss Nationals 15 at the end of March. Let's see if I can brake any PBs.
Tomorrow I will do an average of five in every discipline I participate to find out which I have to practice most.

My goals are:
- 13x13x13 (yes...): sub four hours.
- 2x2x2: single: sub 7, average: sub 7.5
- 3x3x3: single: sub 22, average: sub 25
- 4x4x4: single: sub 1:45, average: sub 2mins
- 5x5x5: single: sub 4mins, average... won't happen

That would be official PBs in 2x2 and 3x3 single and average and 4x4 average. Let's see what happens...

I had a competition last weekend. I've improved all my personal pbs: http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=789&compid=38
In 3x3 I've decided to solve with Fridrich becasue I've felt better with this method althoug I havent practiced it for 2 months. And in 3bld I got first offcial success and first final.

That were hard cut-offs. And I thought the 3mins for 5x5 are hard

 

[h2f]

That were hard cut-offs. And I thought the 3mins for 5x5 are hard

We got very high level of speedcubing in Poland. Look at the avg's of finals: http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=789&cat=1&rnd=3

 

[Gordon]

True words. Not comparable with Switzerland.
But... that's good for me


Btw... Michał judged my 5x5 single Pb. I hope he maybe one day judge some other solve of mine, because he gave me luck

 

[MarcelP]

I had a competition last weekend. I've improved all my personal pbs: http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=789&compid=38
In 3x3 I've decided to solve with Fridrich becasue I've felt better with this method althoug I havent practiced it for 2 months. And in 3bld I got first offcial success and first final.

Nice! You are faster then me at everything but 3X3.. Congrats on your results.

I had a 21.4 with this scramble. First solve of the day and bad light, so not bad for me.

Yesterday I've registered for my next comp. Swiss Nationals 15 at the end of March. Let's see if I can brake any PBs.
Tomorrow I will do an average of five in every discipline I participate to find out which I have to practice most.

My goals are:
- 13x13x13 (yes...): sub four hours.
- 2x2x2: single: sub 7, average: sub 7.5
- 3x3x3: single: sub 22, average: sub 25
- 4x4x4: single: sub 1:45, average: sub 2mins
- 5x5x5: single: sub 4mins, average... won't happen

That would be official PBs in 2x2 and 3x3 single and average and 4x4 average. Let's see what happens...

Good luck on your getting your goals. You will succeed because you are cool at competitions

That were hard cut-offs. And I thought the 3mins for 5x5 are hard

Yeah same problem for me in Holland. All those guys are too damn fast.. I do not even try 6X6 and 7X7 and BLD in competition. Reaching those cuttoffs would mean crushing my PB's with 70% or so..

Btw guys, I received the new YuXin 4X4 and it is awesome..

[video=youtube_share;uGcCHNLHHn0]http://youtu.be/uGcCHNLHHn0[/video]

 

[mark49152]

Just crushed every 3x3 PB: 1/5/12/50/100 = 13.15/16.89/18.01/19.02/19.61. That was unexpected - it's not like I've been practising loads. What I have been doing though is loads of PLL and OLL attacks, which I guess has improved my TPS and turning accuracy.

Anyway, first ever sub-20 ao100 . For the first 50 I was on fire, averaging 19.07, but as the session went on I got nervous... around solve 80 it completely fell apart and the last 20 averaged about 21 seconds so I'm pretty pleased to have made it .

 

[MarcelP]

Just crushed every 3x3 PB, see sig. That was unexpected - it's not like I've been practising loads. What I have been doing though is loads of PLL and OLL attacks, which I guess has improved my TPS and turning accuracy.

Anyway, first ever sub-20 ao100 . For the first 50 I was on fire, averaging 19.07, but as the session went on I got nervous... around solve 80 it completely fell apart and the last 20 averaged about 21 seconds so I'm pretty pleased to have made it .

Awesome Mark! Nice to see improvement on your 3X3.. I think I will get back to CFOP soon so I can try to catch up with you

 

[Rocky0701]

Just crushed every 3x3 PB: 1/5/12/50/100 = 13.15/16.89/18.01/19.02/19.61. That was unexpected - it's not like I've been practising loads. What I have been doing though is loads of PLL and OLL attacks, which I guess has improved my TPS and turning accuracy.

Anyway, first ever sub-20 ao100 . For the first 50 I was on fire, averaging 19.07, but as the session went on I got nervous... around solve 80 it completely fell apart and the last 20 averaged about 21 seconds so I'm pretty pleased to have made it .

Holy crap! That is a huge jump. Congrats man! Your first sub 20 ao100 feels so good.

 

[mark49152]

Thanks guys. Yeah Marcel, come back to CFOP - it's a little less motivating when you're not in the race!

 

[Gordon]

What's going on??
I've just smashed my 4x4 PBs...
single: 1:30.44 (-7+ seconds)
avg of 5: 1:44.13 (-15+ seconds)

Spoiler

avg of 5: 1:44.13

Time List:
1. 1:31.97 Rw U Fw' D2 R' F' Uw2 Rw U R2 U2 Rw' L D U' Uw' B' L2 F2 U2 F' Fw2 B2 U Rw2 Uw U' B Uw2 U F Fw R D2 Uw' L' R Fw' D' U
2. 1:47.84 L' R Rw F' Fw' R' L2 Rw2 F' R2 F Rw2 F2 Fw2 Uw' F2 Uw2 R' B2 Uw2 D2 Fw' Uw U Rw' B' U F' Fw2 B L U2 Fw Rw Fw' F' Rw Uw' U' Rw
3. (1:52.84) L2 F Rw2 U L' Fw2 L R' Fw2 B2 L Fw2 U2 Rw2 L U2 Rw2 Uw U2 Rw' U Fw2 B2 Rw' Uw2 F2 R Fw D U B2 R2 B2 Fw' F2 R L2 B2 R D'
4. 1:52.57 Rw D' F' U B' D' Rw U' D' B2 L' B F' Fw2 Rw D' R2 Uw2 R2 U2 Fw' R2 Fw' Rw U Uw' F2 Fw R' B F Fw2 Uw D L2 B' Uw U2 F' L
5. (1:30.44) Rw' Fw U Rw B' F R2 Uw' L2 Uw2 L2 Rw Fw' D2 B2 Rw2 R B L F' Uw2 Fw' L' D B' F2 Uw2 L2 D F B2 D2 F B Fw' L Fw' Rw L2 U'

I hope that I can keep this level until the next comp.

I used the mini AoSu.

 

[MarcelP]

What's going on??
I've just smashed my 4x4 PBs...
single: 1:30.44 (-7+ seconds)
avg of 5: 1:44.13 (-15+ seconds)

Spoiler

avg of 5: 1:44.13

Time List:
1. 1:31.97 Rw U Fw' D2 R' F' Uw2 Rw U R2 U2 Rw' L D U' Uw' B' L2 F2 U2 F' Fw2 B2 U Rw2 Uw U' B Uw2 U F Fw R D2 Uw' L' R Fw' D' U
2. 1:47.84 L' R Rw F' Fw' R' L2 Rw2 F' R2 F Rw2 F2 Fw2 Uw' F2 Uw2 R' B2 Uw2 D2 Fw' Uw U Rw' B' U F' Fw2 B L U2 Fw Rw Fw' F' Rw Uw' U' Rw
3. (1:52.84) L2 F Rw2 U L' Fw2 L R' Fw2 B2 L Fw2 U2 Rw2 L U2 Rw2 Uw U2 Rw' U Fw2 B2 Rw' Uw2 F2 R Fw D U B2 R2 B2 Fw' F2 R L2 B2 R D'
4. 1:52.57 Rw D' F' U B' D' Rw U' D' B2 L' B F' Fw2 Rw D' R2 Uw2 R2 U2 Fw' R2 Fw' Rw U Uw' F2 Fw R' B F Fw2 Uw D L2 B' Uw U2 F' L
5. (1:30.44) Rw' Fw U Rw B' F R2 Uw' L2 Uw2 L2 Rw Fw' D2 B2 Rw2 R B L F' Uw2 Fw' L' D B' F2 Uw2 L2 D F B2 D2 F B Fw' L Fw' Rw L2 U'

Yeah, my times are with the mini also faster good stuff man!

@Mark I probably will go back to CFOP. I have reached sub 30 which was quite hard. I think I will do Royx only recreatinal only from now on. No HARD CORE practice. I kind of missed practicing CFOP.

 

[mark49152]

What's going on??
I've just smashed my 4x4 PBs...
single: 1:30.44 (-7+ seconds)
avg of 5: 1:44.13 (-15+ seconds)

Congrats Gordon, nice improvement!

@Mark I probably will go back to CFOP. I have reached sub 30 which was quite hard. I think I will do Royx only recreatinal only from now on. No HARD CORE practice. I kind of missed practicing CFOP.

The best thing Roux practice can do for you is help your CFOP times . Are you CN with Roux?

 

[MarcelP]

The best thing Roux practice can do for you is help your CFOP times . Are you CN with Roux?

I am x2, y CN. Some of the fastest Roux-ers are only x2 CN. CN in Roux is very hard because LSE depends on recognition of colors. I have no problems with the y CN (meaning I can do red, orange, blue and green as Left Block) because I am CN in CFOP. I recognise pairs in any color. I have not yet started to learn CMLL or do real LSE training. I bet if I would do that I would come close to CFOP times. I just do not know at this point which method I like better. CFOP is easier. With Roux I have to think really hard. Blocks are hard but are not my weakest point. It is pure anything after blocks that holds me back. I have solves with 8 - 10 seconds on first two blocks and still finish sup 20.. Argghh.. If I have a F2L in 10 seconds in CFOP my time will definatly be sub 17..

 

[h2f]

Btw... Michał judged my 5x5 single Pb. I hope he maybe one day judge some other solve of mine, because he gave me luck

He is a very kind person. I like to watch his solves, they are so calm and fluent.

Nice! You are faster then me at everything but 3X3.. Congrats on your results.

Thanks. I'm slowly improving.

Btw guys, I received the new YuXin 4X4 and it is awesome..

http://youtu.be/uGcCHNLHHn0

I was scrambling 4x4 in competiton for a top cubers and their cubes were Moyu's and modede SS. I got Aosu too but I've felt big difference between mine and for example Kaleta's Aosu. I dont know if it's a matter of lubrification or maybe the cube had so many solves.

 

[Gordon]

Yeah, my times are with the mini also faste

I kind of like my regular size more, it's much more easy to turn, but on the other hand, I like the size of the smaller one more...
In german you would say 'Zwickmühle' for this dilema.

 

[h2f]

With Roux I have to think really hard. Blocks are hard but are not my weakest point. It is pure anything after blocks that holds me back. I have solves with 8 - 10 seconds on first two blocks and still finish sup 20..

Wow, you are fast in Roux. I still do blocks in 17-20 seconds. I have to practice it. I didn't because of cmlls, but now I've learnt them all. 2-look cmll is a little boring. I think you will be soon more efficient in LSE.

 

[MarcelP]

Wow, you are fast in Roux. I still do blocks in 17-20 seconds. I have to practice it. I didn't because of cmlls, but now I've learnt them all. 2-look cmll is a little boring. I think you will be soon more efficient in LSE.

Most of my first two blocks are around 15 seconds. But I do get some very fast blocks. That is when no edge is in DB I know LSE comes with practice. I just need to find time to actually practice that. All the time I have been practicing Roux, I have been focussing on blocks.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Just crushed every 3x3 PB: 1/5/12/50/100 = 13.15/16.89/18.01/19.02/19.61. That was unexpected - it's not like I've been practising loads. What I have been doing though is loads of PLL and OLL attacks, which I guess has improved my TPS and turning accuracy.

Anyway, first ever sub-20 ao100 . For the first 50 I was on fire, averaging 19.07, but as the session went on I got nervous... around solve 80 it completely fell apart and the last 20 averaged about 21 seconds so I'm pretty pleased to have made it .

Awesome, Mark!