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Selkie said:
Ouch they do not come much closer but by looking at the times in the shot it wont be long before you get one under the bar :)
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Yeah and those were some older times of mine too, as my phone was on charge so I was using my tablet to time. I usually use my phone. After this one I got a 2:41 ao5 and 2:48 ao12, which wasn't too bad since I was still messing up every few solves and getting 3 and a half ish, haha.

I just need to practice more, I've learned tons of new things recently, not enough practice of any of them! [emoji14]

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EvilGnome6 said:
Ouch. You'll get there. At least you weren't trying to beat a 2:00 cutoff at a comp. I saw a competitor miss a 1:20 cutoff with a 1:20.00 at a competition in California. I really felt for the kid.
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That would be heart breaking...

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“If you look closely you can actually pinpoint the exact moment his heart breaks in two.”

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It looks like I got a little improvment in other events than 3x3. I got 31 moves solution in FMC which gave me 29.66 mo3 in last 3 solves in weekly competition (33, 25, 31). I also got 13.36 ao100 in skewb.
 
Selkie said:
Don't think I ever popped my Shenshou 6 but wow this Moyu was far more difficult to put back together. Always found even order cubes the worst to rebuild with the hidden inner mechanism for the non existent middle layer.
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Yeah the AoShi is punishing. I can't get mine right. An 1/8 turn makes a difference. Too tight and it feels awful, too loose and it feels unstable, locks often, and melts too frequently. I might try switching to ShengShou for a while.

Anyhow, when it stays together my progress is OK. Ao5 PB 5:51, single 5:26, but globally around 6:20. If I can get consistently sub-6, I might compete in Manchester. Also came so close to my first sub-1 4x4 single - 1:00.79. At the moment I'm only practising 6x6, 5x5 and 4x4, roughly equally.
 
Nice results Mark. I would start practicing 6x6 (and i want to solve 6x6 blindfolded in the future) but solves are so long, and I got only SS which is terrible.
 
mark49152 said:
Yeah the AoShi is punishing. I can't get mine right. An 1/8 turn makes a difference. Too tight and it feels awful, too loose and it feels unstable, locks often, and melts too frequently.
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I have 3 AoShis. Two of them are stable on moderate tensions. One of them is much more prone to popping, even on tighter tensions. Go figure.
 
Well I had a great time at the competition! I ended up with a 27.75 ao5 which is not far off from where I am at, so I am satisfied. Nerves definitely did affect me I could feel it. I was averaging around 25 most of the morning practice with a few sub 20s which was cool. :)

I guess once the official results are online I can be added to the "how fast are the over 40s thread"? :)

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Nice one Jason, that's so cool! Congrats :) I can't wait until I can finally complete although at this rate I'll be having terrible times in about 6 different events, lol, rather than something decent in one.

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Jason Green said:
Well I had a great time at the competition! I ended up with a 27.75 ao5 which is not far off from where I am at, so I am satisfied. Nerves definitely did affect me I could feel it.
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Awesome, good job :). Were you more nervous than you expected? I always am. I tell myself it's only cubing and doesn't matter, but the nerves always get to me anyway...
 
mark49152 said:
Awesome, good job :). Were you more nervous than you expected? I always am. I tell myself it's only cubing and doesn't matter, but the nerves always get to me anyway...
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I don't know if it was more, I've bowled in some things above my ability and I definitely have a hard time doing that so I knew my nerves can get pretty bad. That's why my goal was to just get an average really. I'm glad I didn't have to completely redo f2l because of a botched Perm like I do sometimes. In prep for this I had a couple of near minute solves that I usually just quit when I practice. :)

I had the plus two which I think I spun as I released, and I inserted one f2l slot wrong and had to fix, but the rest was not too bad.

It was a little different feeling than I expected. I feared starting inspection and not remembering how to make a cross. Or staring for 10 seconds to try and remember the next step in a solve. Instead I would pick up my cube and after a couple of seconds of inspection, I would think "hey, this is my cube!" It didn't seem like my own at first for some reason. :)
 
I forgot, the only thing different than I expected was that we got up after each solve and went back to the waiting area to be called again. Maybe it was because of the time and only having 8 stations to solve. It seemed to work fine.

Hey, the results are on cubecomps now. Can that get me on the over 40 list? I'm excited to be on there. :) I suppose it has to be on WCA and I have my ID first though.

http://m.cubecomps.com/competitions/1336/events/1/rounds/1/results

Edit - born in 1974 BTW
 
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