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[h2f]

For the next few weeks my plan is to work on 3BLD memo. I need to push that to be faster anyway, and getting into faster memo habits will hopefully have a knock-on effect on my 4BLD times.

Thats my plan too - I've fihished my 3style list of algs (they are based only on few tricks, it's rather adv m2) and next I'm going to prepare my list of words. I have one but it needs correction. I'm looking through a list of Roman Strakhow (luckily I know Russian a little bit) looking for a better words/images for strange pairs: AE, OU etc. I've done 10% of it but I've noticed my memo is much better. I hope this will let me push memo to 15 seconds and whole solve to be around 1 minute.

I gave also a try of Hoya and I found it much better than Yau5 - it's similiar to pure reduction which I prefer over Yau5. I did 5 times without practice of Hoya and they are similiar to my normal times. It's promising cause it shows with a little practice I might be sub-3. I will back to it after a competiotion next week.

 

[Shaky Hands]

Here's some of my solves from Exeter. The 5x5 solve is Hoya of course . It wasn't the fastest but I chose it because it had the best angle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcXlT9B7EI

Love the editing of the 2x2 solves!

 

[muchacho]

Here's some of my solves from Exeter. The 5x5 solve is Hoya of course . It wasn't the fastest but I chose it because it had the best angle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcXlT9B7EI

The 2x2 solves looked way too fast for my eyes

I've never had a CCS order take longer than 3 weeks to arrive. I ordered my 13x13 from CCS and it was here in two days! TWO DAYS!

2 days is amazing. 1 to 2 weeks is fairly typical

Nice to hear that, because I ordered a Guansu and some megaminx tiles there 2 weeks ago, in the mail they send me this "Usually,it will takes about 2-8 weeks for delivery or even a little more days." got me nervous. By the tracking number apparently the package left China 10 days ago.

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Skewb PBs
Ao5: 10.272 (was 11.887)
Ao12: 11.704 (14.530)
Mo100: 15.789

 

[Selkie]

Hoya FTW. Would you still use Freeslice for L8E or switch to AvG instead?

Very nice. I've been doing more 5x5 than any other event lately and this really makes me want to give Hoya5 a go

I'm going to have to have a look at Hoya after North London.

Very nice. I've been doing more 5x5 than any other event lately and this really makes me want to give Hoya5 a go

Maybe I will give Hoya a third try. Im practicingn yau5 in last few weeks and my times are around freeslice.

I gave also a try of Hoya and I found it much better than Yau5 - it's similiar to pure reduction which I prefer over Yau5.

Thanks for the comments all. I was down to sub 2:15 globally with freeslice and I fell I could possibly get down to that for Hoya by London comp? Its a great method with great lookahead and lots of lovely little tricks and nuances you can learn or not learn. Love it.

@Mark - Funny you should mention that. I have found freeslice highly unoptimised for the last four edges when the cross edges are in place so will be switching to AVG for all last 8 edges, yes but that will be after London.

A Qiyi 2x2?! Better get one. I'm getting a spare G4 too as I love mine so much. Anything else I need to own before I check out?

Oh I need a stickerless one of course

30.25 AO12 PB with a Thunderclap.

Brilliant

Here's some of my solves from Exeter. The 5x5 solve is Hoya of course . It wasn't the fastest but I chose it because it had the best angle.]

Nice video Mark :tu

 

[Logiqx]

30.25 AO12 PB with a Thunderclap.

Nice. Sub-30 soon Mark!

Meanwhile in commuter land... another low-16 session average on the train. wtf!

Spoiler

Title: 3x3x3 Cube
Scrambler: 3x3x3 Simple
Session: 203
# of solving: 18
# of penalty: 0
# of DNF: 0
Std Dev: 1.271
Best of all: 12.368
Worst of all: 18.745
Average of all: 16.281
Best Avg of 5: 15.113
Best Avg of 12: 15.740
Avg of Inspection: 1726:58.161
---- Generated by KingEn Timer v3.3

Solving times: 17.682 16.119 15.329 18.745 18.509 12.368 14.841 16.031 15.628 14.870 15.804 17.217 18.382 17.334 16.254 13.916 15.505 17.084

 

[newtonbase]

Here's some of my solves from Exeter. The 5x5 solve is Hoya of course . It wasn't the fastest but I chose it because it had the best angle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcXlT9B7EI

Some nice solves and I liked the 2x2 medley.

Just done an AO50 on 2x2 ranging from 5s to a stunning 44s. If I could eliminate errors I'd be comfortably sub 10s.

 

[MarcelP]

Here's some of my solves from Exeter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcXlT9B7EI

The 15 was really sweet. Man, I need a nice official single now!

 

[Selkie]

Motivated by such great progress in 3x3 my you guys I just did an average of 100. I should have filmed from the start but only filmed the second 50 and my hands were tired at that point and my solves a little more camera shy.

The best Ao50 is a PB and sooo close to sub 15.5

stats: (hide)
number of times: 100/100
best time: 10.68
worst time: 25.67

current avg5: 17.32 (σ = 0.43)
best avg5: 14.66 (σ = 0.60)

current avg12: 16.93 (σ = 1.37)
best avg12: 15.04 (σ = 1.30)

current avg50: 16.34 (σ = 1.30)
best avg50: 15.53 (σ = 1.19)

current avg100: 15.93 (σ = 1.30)
best avg100: 15.93 (σ = 1.30)

session avg: 15.93 (σ = 1.30)
session mean: 16.01

times (reset, import):
13.22, 16.28, 14.67, 14.06, 15.26, 15.81, 14.30, 19.23, 16.34, 13.63, 17.85, 13.81, 16.60, 15.16, 13.52, 16.77, 15.42, 10.68, 15.45, 13.65, 17.53, 17.53, 17.26, 17.99, 13.62, 15.95, 17.52, 15.75, 15.80, 13.72, 15.35, 14.70, 16.86, 14.00, 16.04, 15.25, 16.16, 15.51, 15.57, 12.82, 15.32, 16.03, 17.29, 16.24, 15.12, 14.59, 15.10, 18.79, 15.08, 15.69, 16.22, 15.36, 15.17, 25.67, 15.77, 15.35, 18.52, 19.05, 14.64, 15.84, 13.71, 16.16, 15.56, 15.68, 14.28, 16.51, 15.92, 15.16, 16.04, 17.37, 19.53, 15.86, 15.63, 15.46, 15.33, 17.65, 15.68, 15.88, 16.17, 15.69, 15.97, 14.49, 13.37, 19.24, 16.84, 18.32, 15.24, 17.84, 14.10, 14.19, 19.55, 16.01, 16.47+, 17.67, 16.95, 16.83, 19.85, 17.64, 16.49, 17.50

 

[Shaky Hands]

Very impressive Chris. Only 6 of these are within the range of my PB. Good to see you banging in all these tiny times.

 

[Logiqx]

Motivated by such great progress in 3x3 my you guys I just did an average of 100. I should have filmed from the start but only filmed the second 50 and my hands were tired at that point and my solves a little more camera shy.

The best Ao50 is a PB and sooo close to sub 15.5

stats: (hide)
number of times: 100/100
best time: 10.68
worst time: 25.67

current avg5: 17.32 (σ = 0.43)
best avg5: 14.66 (σ = 0.60)

current avg12: 16.93 (σ = 1.37)
best avg12: 15.04 (σ = 1.30)

current avg50: 16.34 (σ = 1.30)
best avg50: 15.53 (σ = 1.19)

current avg100: 15.93 (σ = 1.30)
best avg100: 15.93 (σ = 1.30)

session avg: 15.93 (σ = 1.30)
session mean: 16.01

times (reset, import):
13.22, 16.28, 14.67, 14.06, 15.26, 15.81, 14.30, 19.23, 16.34, 13.63, 17.85, 13.81, 16.60, 15.16, 13.52, 16.77, 15.42, 10.68, 15.45, 13.65, 17.53, 17.53, 17.26, 17.99, 13.62, 15.95, 17.52, 15.75, 15.80, 13.72, 15.35, 14.70, 16.86, 14.00, 16.04, 15.25, 16.16, 15.51, 15.57, 12.82, 15.32, 16.03, 17.29, 16.24, 15.12, 14.59, 15.10, 18.79, 15.08, 15.69, 16.22, 15.36, 15.17, 25.67, 15.77, 15.35, 18.52, 19.05, 14.64, 15.84, 13.71, 16.16, 15.56, 15.68, 14.28, 16.51, 15.92, 15.16, 16.04, 17.37, 19.53, 15.86, 15.63, 15.46, 15.33, 17.65, 15.68, 15.88, 16.17, 15.69, 15.97, 14.49, 13.37, 19.24, 16.84, 18.32, 15.24, 17.84, 14.10, 14.19, 19.55, 16.01, 16.47+, 17.67, 16.95, 16.83, 19.85, 17.64, 16.49, 17.50

Very nice!

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[h2f]

@Chirs, very very nice ao100.

I did few solves with Hoya and got 2:57.34 single after few solves. Last 8 edges were freeslice. Luckily I start remember all Hoya tricks with tredges. Mark, do you do AvG with all 8 tredges or just 4. When I was watching your solve I wasnt sure but it looked like you do it with 8.

 

[Lid]

@Chris, very nice

Did a timed gigaminx solve today... 21:50 ... need my own colorscheme ...

2nd day with CB G4: 1:05.94 a12, almost PB

(55.44), 1:05.41, 1:14.60, 1:09.05, 1:07.17, (1:15.02), 55.85, 1:13.82, 1:02.51, 1:10.71, 1:02.10, 58.21

 

[Jason Green]

Chris, you'll upload your ao50? I'll have some good YouTube this evening with you and Mark if so.

 

[Selkie]

Thanks all, really pleased since I have not done a whole lot of 3x3 practice recently.

Sorry I didn't Jason as the second ao50 was sup 16. Will try and get a sub 15.6 Ao50 on film in the next few days.

 

[Chree]

Thanks all, really pleased since I have not done a whole lot of 3x3 practice recently.

Sorry I didn't Jason as the second ao50 was sup 16. Will try and get a sub 15.6 Ao50 on film in the next few days.

You're progressing really quickly how often do you get to do long averages like that?

Edit: Breaks help. Sometimes when I don't get to do a lot of practice, when I finally come back to it, I get a little bit of a speed boost. Albeit, temporarily.

 

[kbrune]

Man this thread is on fire. Can't keep up! Too many posts I wanted to comment on but didn't have time.

Congrats on everyone's comp results and improvements. Keep up the good work!

@newton. I felt the same way about Pyra. After 2-3 months of solving I'm finally starting to be able to solve more hen 1 piece during inspection and getting a better understanding of where hidden pieces will go.

 

[Selkie]

@Chris, very nice

Did a timed gigaminx solve today... 21:50 ... need my own colorscheme ...

2nd day with CB G4: 1:05.94 a12, almost PB

(55.44), 1:05.41, 1:14.60, 1:09.05, 1:07.17, (1:15.02), 55.85, 1:13.82, 1:02.51, 1:10.71, 1:02.10, 58.21

I need a gigaminx, look really fun though I suspect it would take me over an hour Nice times on the 4x4 Stefan, the CB losing the locking. Think mine has ~500 solves now and is as smooth as butter. Love the CB G4 so much and cannot see anything replacing it in the near future. PB Ao5 1.00.8x, Ao12 1.05.xx so we are very similar in times

You're progressing really quickly how often do you get to do long averages like that?

Edit: Breaks help. Sometimes when I don't get to do a lot of practice, when I finally come back to it, I get a little bit of a speed boost. Albeit, temporarily.

I was sub 20 about 4 years ago, sub 18 6 months after then. There I stayed on a very long plateau averaging 17.8x for 3 years. 6 months ago with some concentrated practice again I got to sub 17 (16.7ish). The last 6 months have involved a lot of practice and sub 16 overall. Very recent improvement, like this week. That is probably a combination of switching to stickerless which has helped most times and recently being to a comp which always motivates me

 

[Jason Green]

This makes me very excited! A note from the principal!!

 

[Shaky Hands]

Great to hear of the advance excitement Jason. Hope it's a really positive experience for all involved. When's the big date?

 

[Selkie]

Looks like an awesome take up Jason