Jason Green
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I probably couldn't hide, I'd be wanting to practice or get more grown ups into cubing. [emoji14]Thanks!!
one of the goals is "hiding myself in the cubers fathers group till stackmat time" !!
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moralsh
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LOL... I gotta say, at the three comps I've been to so far, I've found myself having part admiration, part sympathy for the little groups of parents that sit there all day for two looong days with their iPads and books, watching their offspring indulge in their passion. It makes me wonder what my daughter will have me watching in a few years
You'll probably add annoyance to that list of feelings if you ever organice, most parents are ok and some even help out but some others expect that the center of the universe for everybody is their son/daughter and keep asking questions they should know better than you like "What is the next event my son competes in?" or that are posted elsewhere like anything regarding timetable or just anything that was clearly stated in the emails prior to competition.
We have some grouo of oldies in spanish copetitions, and we usually mix with anyone mature enough to not be annoying, and if the conversations are cubing related, pretty much with everyone.
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I had EXACT same solution.
12.87 first try
10.14 second
9.37 3rd
Nice scramble, isn't it? Talking about good scrambles... Have you guys ever had a LL skip? I must have speedsolved a rubik's cube at least a hundred thousand times and I have NEVER had a LL skip
Jason Green
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I had EXACT same solution.
12.87 first try
10.14 second
9.37 3rd
This was fun, I've never looked up or tried easy scrambles, or even the same scramble more than once. I tried it 3 times I think, and the last time I got down to 16.x something.
I guess that's about as fast as my hands can go right now, because I pretty much knew what I was doing by that try.BTW, I had another PB of 20.38 last night! I knew it was fast and got excited that I might actually break 20. After doing this easy scramble 3 times and only getting 16, I guess it tells me my look ahead / pauses are improving.
Jason Green
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I'm pretty sure I've had a LL skip, but not 100% sure. Anytime I get an OLL or PLL skip it kinda shocks me, and my recognition is probably just as slow as what case I have.Nice scramble, isn't it? Talking about good scrambles... Have you guys ever had a LL skip? I must have speedsolved a rubik's cube at least a hundred thousand times and I have NEVER had a LL skip
h2f
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If you like a little boring movies - my 4bld solve.
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Have you guys ever had a LL skip? I must have speedsolved a rubik's cube at least a hundred thousand times and I have NEVER had a LL skip
No, never..
This was fun, I've never looked up or tried easy scrambles, or even the same scramble more than once. I tried it 3 times I think, and the last time I got down to 16.x something.
BTW, I had another PB of 20.38 last night! I knew it was fast and got excited that I might actually break 20. After doing this easy scramble 3 times and only getting 16, I guess it tells me my look ahead / pauses are improving.
I tried some scrambles more than 50 times a year or two years back. It helped me in becoming more 'handy' with the cube. It is real good practice. And then I mostly ended up 12 - 13 - 14 seconds at a scramble,,
Great reaction! Good job man. I never could (and woudl) do that.
Jason Green
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Impressive. I just watched some intro videos on 3bld tonight. Mainly out of curiosity, I'm not going to learn it anytime soon if ever. But I understand the concepts.
I guess I must not have had a LL skip probably, since I haven't been cubing a lot for a real long time. Maybe it was an easy OLL and PLL skip that made me think so.
h2f
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I got a lot of LL skips in the last time but they were PLL skips. I dont remember if I ever had LL skip.
muchacho
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If someday I get a LL skip I'm sure I will not forget it, being a Roux solver that may have very little probabilities.
I think I'm going to try solving the same scramble a few times, even if it's like cheating it must feel good to solve a cube a few seconds faster than your PB.
I used to not save DNF solves on the Prisma Puzzle Timer so I could easily see my averages, but I decided to just stop doing DNFs, I think this is my first real Ao100 on 3x3: 33.58 seconds
I think I'm going to try solving the same scramble a few times, even if it's like cheating it must feel good to solve a cube a few seconds faster than your PB.
I used to not save DNF solves on the Prisma Puzzle Timer so I could easily see my averages, but I decided to just stop doing DNFs, I think this is my first real Ao100 on 3x3: 33.58 seconds
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I'm without words. Any speedcubing feats we can brag about are just nothing compared with big cube BLD solving. I'm impressed, sir! You have my admiration. And I know what I'm talking about, as I was able to succeed at 3BLD once or maybe twice with Old Pochman. It took me like 15-20 minutes or even more (and at least 10-15 failures) and I decided it was too much for my brain so I can only glimpse at the challenge of doing a 4BLD. One thing is reading you about it in the forum but a very different thing is seeing the video. My most sincere congratulations! Not boring at all, if you ask me.
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Not that I've seen the full video, but not boring at all, really impressive. I think I'll try to learn bld in the future.
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I've had 3 LL skips! Search this thread for more infoNice scramble, isn't it? Talking about good scrambles... Have you guys ever had a LL skip? I must have speedsolved a rubik's cube at least a hundred thousand times and I have NEVER had a LL skip
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I had a another nice sub 18 Ao12.... if it wasn't for my batteries to die in solve 11..
A nice 13 in there too (Blue cross at 2.50)... I think I should start consider myself sub 19..
A nice 13 in there too (Blue cross at 2.50)... I think I should start consider myself sub 19..
1. 18.18 B' R B2 L U B U R2 D L2 R' B' F2 L R2 F' R2 L U2 B2 L2 B L2 R F2
2. 17.81 R2 L' B2 R2 U D B2 D B2 L' D' B2 L' R' D' U' B2 U D L2 U D L2 F B2
3. 20.76 F L' D R2 D2 F' U' L2 F2 D R' B L' R D' F2 D F' R' L B2 U R' D' L2
4. 24.67 R U2 R2 U2 B L R2 F U F2 R2 F' L2 D2 L2 U2 D' R2 F' D F2 B' L2 F2 R'
5. 13.72 F2 U D' F2 L R F D U2 R' L D L' B U2 D B' R B2 R F2 B D2 B D'
6. 17.72 U2 D R2 D' U2 F2 D' U2 L2 B2 L R' F2 B2 R2 L2 F2 U2 B2 U F2 R D2 F2 B
7. 17.58 F L B' U' B F R' U L F2 D' U' B D F' D B2 L F2 L' B F L2 F U2
8. 18.62 R2 D' B R' D2 F U L R U2 B2 R' B R B2 U B' D2 B L2 F2 R' D2 F2 D'
9. 18.74 L D' B2 L D2 B R B F' R' U' R2 L2 F R' F B D' L D' R2 B' D' B' L2
10. 17.73 U2 B' L' F2 R' B2 D' U2 F D2 R B2 R D' B R' B U F' L' U' B' F' L F'
2. 17.81 R2 L' B2 R2 U D B2 D B2 L' D' B2 L' R' D' U' B2 U D L2 U D L2 F B2
3. 20.76 F L' D R2 D2 F' U' L2 F2 D R' B L' R D' F2 D F' R' L B2 U R' D' L2
4. 24.67 R U2 R2 U2 B L R2 F U F2 R2 F' L2 D2 L2 U2 D' R2 F' D F2 B' L2 F2 R'
5. 13.72 F2 U D' F2 L R F D U2 R' L D L' B U2 D B' R B2 R F2 B D2 B D'
6. 17.72 U2 D R2 D' U2 F2 D' U2 L2 B2 L R' F2 B2 R2 L2 F2 U2 B2 U F2 R D2 F2 B
7. 17.58 F L B' U' B F R' U L F2 D' U' B D F' D B2 L F2 L' B F L2 F U2
8. 18.62 R2 D' B R' D2 F U L R U2 B2 R' B R B2 U B' D2 B L2 F2 R' D2 F2 D'
9. 18.74 L D' B2 L D2 B R B F' R' U' R2 L2 F R' F B D' L D' R2 B' D' B' L2
10. 17.73 U2 B' L' F2 R' B2 D' U2 F D2 R B2 R D' B R' B U F' L' U' B' F' L F'
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h2f
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Well, Im glad to read this. My ego grows up, etc. I've prepared multiblindfolded too. It's 4/5 from the first day. I gave some speed to video. My son is holding a sheet (and looks tired and bored).
The attempt started a few minutes before 20:00.
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muchacho
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Well, for a judge it must be quite boring to wait 20 minutes in an almost silent room with nothing to do or see, I would probably had fallen asleep. And then holding the paper for 10 minutes may not be a pleasant task. I wouldn't volunteer to be a judge for a 1 hour attempt
moralsh
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Well, for a judge it must be quite boring to wait 20 minutes in an almost silent room with nothing to do or see, I would probably had fallen asleep. And then holding the paper for 10 minutes may not be a pleasant task. I wouldn't volunteer to be a judge for a 1 hour attempt
it's not that bad, In the memo phase you can check your phone or even cube a bit (at least I don't care if my judge cubes) and in the solving phase of you are checking how the solve is going, it doesn't get boring.
H2f, I tried the same as you, 4Bld and a 5 cubes multi, but with way worse results, guess I need to keep practicing
I need to get faster on my center comms, as I think take more than half of the execution because I don't have the set ups muscle-memorized and have to think it every time.
Logiqx
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Nice scramble, isn't it? Talking about good scrambles... Have you guys ever had a LL skip? I must have speedsolved a rubik's cube at least a hundred thousand times and I have NEVER had a LL skip
Yes. I've had two LL skips; once untimed and once timed (14s).
I've also had 3 cross skips which are approximately half the probability of a LL skip for a CN solver.
h2f
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it's not that bad, In the memo phase you can check your phone or even cube a bit (at least I don't care if my judge cubes) and in the solving phase of you are checking how the solve is going, it doesn't get boring.
H2f, I tried the same as you, 4Bld and a 5 cubes multi, but with way worse results, guess I need to keep practicing
Nice to hear you did 4bld on the comp. You had a better time than mine.
On the earlier comp I tried 7 cubes - it was 5/7. And the day after I did 4/9. I need practice multi too. My pb is 7/7 in around 40 minutes. Maskow told me how he did practice multi. He made 1 attempt per day in the rythm: first day try, second day - try, 3rd day - rest, 4th day - try, 5th try, 6 and 7th day - rest. And he was adding as much cubes as possible to make them in 1 hour limit.
On the earlier comp - 3 weeks before Nats - I was trying 4bld but failed all attemptes. During last 3 weeks I made maybe 6-7 attempts and It worked on Nats.
Now I make a break from big bld but Im gonna back to 5bld in two weeks and make one attempt per day. At the moment I switching to Turbo and comms. I was talking wiht Jałocha if UF buffer is better than DF for comms it he said definietly it is. After one day of solving with Turbo and some comms I must say he was right.
Marcel - nice ao12 - I did only review of it but looks great. I'm gonna to watch it later.
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