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Jason Green said:
Great job! Glad you are using the guoguan, it validates me liking it in my mind. :) Better times even than the GTS?
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I've been switching between that, the Weilong GTS and the Thunderclap. I'll do some time comparisons if I get a chance. I have a suspicion that the Thunderclap is best for me but I may be biased as it served me so well it my last comp when I switched to it at the last minute.
 
Jason Green said:
Great job! Glad you are using the guoguan, it validates me liking it in my mind. :) Better times even than the GTS?
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Yeah, I get very fast singles with GTS. I have had a few 11s and a 10. But it is too fast for me to get great averages. It is still a very nice cube and it gives a very nice sensation solving it. But I suspect it is better for people with 10TPS. :)
 
newtonbase said:
I've been switching between that, the Weilong GTS and the Thunderclap. I'll do some time comparisons if I get a chance. I have a suspicion that the Thunderclap is best for me but I may be biased as it served me so well it my last comp when I switched to it at the last minute.
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A lot to be said for sticking to a cube that has faired well in comp. I switched to my XMen Tornado between rounds 1 and 2 in Exeter and haven't swapped again yet :)

@MarcelP NIce average Marcel, I do like your turning style :)
 
Crushed my Ao5 pb twice today. First 23.56, about 1 second faster than old pb, then 20 solves later 22.99. Also new Ao12 pb, 26.51, and first sub-20 full step single (headlights and U perm). In total there was 3 sub-20 solves in 100 solves. I would say that I'm now faster with ZZ than I was with my previous technique.

Now I know all of PLL except the G perms. The one that is causing me the most trouble is V perm. I learned it weeks ago, but still keep messing it up. Currently I'm using R' U R' d' R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R F but I consider looking at other alternatives. The d' is very awkward to execute, can't figure out how to grip the cube and which fingers to use for that move. It disturbs the flow, then I lose track of where I am and where I'm supposed to go. Any good suggestions?
 
JanW said:
Crushed my Ao5 pb twice today. First 23.56, about 1 second faster than old pb, then 20 solves later 22.99. Also new Ao12 pb, 26.51, and first sub-20 full step single (headlights and U perm). In total there was 3 sub-20 solves in 100 solves. I would say that I'm now faster with ZZ than I was with my previous technique.

Now I know all of PLL except the G perms. The one that is causing me the most trouble is V perm. I learned it weeks ago, but still keep messing it up. Currently I'm using R' U R' d' R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R F but I consider looking at other alternatives. The d' is very awkward to execute, can't figure out how to grip the cube and which fingers to use for that move. It disturbs the flow, then I lose track of where I am and where I'm supposed to go. Any good suggestions?
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That's the standard V-perm and I've gone back to using it for 2H but I've always hated it. My OH alg is this: R' U2 R U2 L U' R' U L' U L U' R U L'.
Transposed to RUD it can be pretty nice for 2H: z D' R2 D R2 U R' D' R U' R U R' D R U'
 
I'm still trying to get used to the way Chris Olson does it after recently changing my V-perm to that one but I think it's a nice way of executing it. Haven't tried the one @mark49152 suggests, though.

Apparently being ill and running a fever helps with 5x5 progress. I just crushed my PB Ao5 and Ao12:
Ao5 improved from 3:27.xx to 3:20.xx with the weekly comp scrambles and later improved again to 3:14.xx
Ao12 improved from 3:30.xx to 3:20.xx
 
Interesting alg @mark49152! It's not in the algdb, but the inverse is. I will try this as well.

In the regular V perm I do the ending a bit different than Chris Olsen. The last R' U R' F R F I instead perform as R' U l' U R U. This is a lot easier to me than doing the F moves the way he does them. The only downside is that it requires a rotation before AUF, or AUF with B face.
 
I'm improving... sooo slowly...

Ao5: 18.638 (was 18.681 from 9-Jun) solves 2-6 below
Ao12: 20.226 (was 20.272 from 25-Jun)

21961 03-jul-2016 10:42:41 00:19.591 U2 R2 U' B2 L2 B2 U2 F2 D F2 D' L' D' B' D2 U2 B L2 B' R' B2 U2
21960 03-jul-2016 10:41:45 00:22.015 F2 U' L2 D' F2 U2 R2 F2 L2 U B2 L U2 R2 D L' U' R L' U' F D2
21959 03-jul-2016 10:40:52 00:19.847 L2 F2 U B2 U' R2 F2 U F2 D' F2 R' B' R U' L B2 D2 R2 D2 F
21958 03-jul-2016 10:40:07 00:21.015 D2 F2 R2 F2 U F2 U' L2 D' U B' D' R U F' L D' R U2 R2 U'
21957 03-jul-2016 10:38:48 00:21.247 R2 D2 B2 U2 B2 U2 L2 D F2 R2 U R' U' F D' B2 L U2 B D L
21956 03-jul-2016 10:37:50 00:18.894 D' B2 U' R2 F2 R2 L2 D' F2 D' R2 B' R D' R' F L2 U L B'
21955 03-jul-2016 10:37:03 00:16.679 F2 D R2 U2 R2 U' R2 D' R2 U F L U R' B' F' D' B2 F D L'
21954 03-jul-2016 10:36:11 00:20.118 R2 F2 D' R2 D2 L2 U' L2 D B2 D' L B U L2 F2 L2 F' D U2 B
21953 03-jul-2016 10:35:29 00:18.767 L2 D' L2 U' R2 L2 D R2 L2 F2 U B' D' F' U2 L B R B D L'
21952 03-jul-2016 10:34:47 00:18.254 F2 U' F2 R2 U B2 D B2 U' R2 D' B' L D' F' U F L B' U'
21951 03-jul-2016 10:34:02 00:28.526 R2 L2 U R2 B2 U2 R2 U L2 D' R' B' L' B' F2 U' R L' U L U2
21950 03-jul-2016 10:33:17 00:22.512 U F2 D' B2 U2 B2 R2 U R2 F2 U' F D' R U' B' R' D F2 R F
 
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