Older cubers discussions

[Jason Green]

Well done, those are good times... I fear mines will be further from what I average and ao5 won't be under 30 seconds.

Where there other old cubers?

Thank you, and thanks to everyone!

I did not see any other older cubers. there was a very very young one, like probably 5. He could solve it in about 1:30. I thought I should get a picture with him of the oldest and youngest competitors but I did not get to.

 

[MarcelP]

Good job Jason! Great average as a first one! I did a lot worse on my first.

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

yeah It takes a few days some times for the result to become official. Be patient. LOL

I did not see any other older cubers.

Well Antony is no teenager

 

[mafergut]

Thank you, and thanks to everyone!

I did not see any other older cubers. there was a very very young one, like probably 5. He could solve it in about 1:30. I thought I should get a picture with him of the oldest and youngest competitors but I did not get to.

That photo would have been awesome! Anyway, congratulations for having your nerves under control in your first competition. I still wonder if I ever will go to one. Don't forget to add your WCA ID to your forum profile as soon as you get it

 

[h2f]

I still wonder if I ever will go to one.

Come on, why not? You will see that competition is a lot, lot of fun. I'm trying to be as often as I can and I take part in every event I can.

 

[muchacho]

Who know why but I was having a good day, so I tried to improve my ao100, it took me several sessions and 150 solves because of a DNF but I got it, 26.889 (previous one was 27.816 from 10 days ago).

 

[h2f]

Nice. But why don't you just delete dnf? I dont do it only when I practice bld events.

Edit: I have a good day too. I did a lot of events in weekly competition. And finally got good 3bld session with over 70% acc. I've decided to slow down with learning comms and focus on advanced M2 with few tricks and FU sticker as a second target.

 

[Jason Green]

Who know why but I was having a good day, so I tried to improve my ao100, it took me several sessions and 150 solves because of a DNF but I got it, 26.889 (previous one was 27.816 from 10 days ago).

Good job! Yes you really should compete when you can. I enjoyed it probably more than I expected. I was worried some about feeling more awkward being older and all, but I just grabbed a seat at a practice table and fit right in. (and my social skills are mediocre at best)

 

[mark49152]

I've decided to slow down with learning comms and focus on advanced M2 with few tricks and FU sticker as a second target.

I'm also focusing on just getting better with M2/OP. This post from the BLD accomplishment thread sums it up beautifully:-

Well my insight on comms since many folks are talking about them.

Oh wait i havent learned them i just memo in 10 seconds xDD

 

[muchacho]

Nice. But why don't you just delete dnf? I dont do it only when I practice bld events.

You cheater ...if I didn't count them then I would probably just DNF most of the solves where I screw something up and end with a more than 50 seconds solve, I'm trying not to do that.

Good job! Yes you really should compete when you can. I enjoyed it probably more than I expected. I was worried some about feeling more awkward being older and all, but I just grabbed a seat at a practice table and fit right in. (and my social skills are mediocre at best)

If I can I'll compete in 3 weeks:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=ZaragozaOpen2016

I should start practicing to pick up and drop the cube.

 

[h2f]

You cheater

Yeah.

I'm also focusing on just getting better with M2/OP. This post from the BLD accomplishment thread sums it up beautifully:-

I've seen it too. But my thoughts came out of myself - I had a week break and I've noticed when I do pure M2 it's a full automatic. When I add advanced tricks, it's semiautomatic. But when I add many comms - of course not. So I stopped. But i do comms for corners. And I've noticed my FU sticker become almost automatic and I've liked to add setups for it when I can. Now I want to improve my memo in all bld events.

 

[Lid]

New avg 12 PB again on 3x3x3 today - ba5 was vg also but not PB.

17.675, 15.483, 13.630, (13.363), (20.376), 15.861, 16.931, 16.655, 18.825, 15.034, 14.822, 14.289 = 15.921 (ba5 14.991)

 

[newtonbase]

Well done Lid.

You know when you just need a half decent solve to beat a PB and you make a complete hash of it? That didn't happen this time. Just broke my 2x2 single and averages up to AO 50 with one solve. 5.53 single, 9.00 AO5, 10.75 AO12, and 13.92 AO50.

 

[cubesp]

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

Well done!!

Better than my first (and only) competition!!

And you remember me "the list", but I don't remember the link !!
I'm not sure if I did it last october, so I ask too to get me on the list.

cubesp, Eugenio Spadafora, 1969, 2015SPAD01, Italy
first cube ordered 20th Jan 2015, Rubik's

 

[cubesp]

link found. request done to the list's owner

 

[Jason Green]

link found. request done to the list's owner

Doesn't Mike (last name?) own it? Logiqx on here?

 

[Jason Green]

Here's all the videos I took of myself during the solves. The first one was accidentally zoomed in but I posted it anyway.

OKCubing 2016: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeD7wOfgWL5eRKEGqEWuzKkAtiJXR76-_

 

[cubesp]

Doesn't Mike (last name?) own it? Logiqx on here?

Yes, he is The Owner!!

 

[cubesp]

Here's all the videos I took of myself during the solves. The first one was accidentally zoomed in but I posted it anyway.

OKCubing 2016: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeD7wOfgWL5eRKEGqEWuzKkAtiJXR76-_

Great !

 

[Logiqx]

Doesn't Mike (last name?) own it? Logiqx on here?

Yeah. It is overdue an update. Add your details to the thread so i dont forget.

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[Jason Green]

Yeah. It is overdue an update. Add your details to the thread so i dont forget.

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Thanks I'll add mine as soon as I get my WCA ID!