Older cubers discussions

[mafergut]

Illness is not working with 4x4
I seems like I cannot break the 1:30 barrier (global average).

By the way, I have 3 small orders coming. Maybe I will do a delayed "unboxing" video of the dozen or so cubes I bought in the last couple of months. One of the nice things waiting to arrive is the new Shengshou 2x2 Megaminx

 

[MarcelP]

V perm: R U' R U R' D R D' R (U' D) R2' U R2 D' R2'

Can be done regripless by doing all U and D moves with left hand, pushing and pulling. Takes a while to get used to it but it flows beautifully

Those first 4 moves are too akward for me the rest is pretty cool.

 

[Jason Green]

Those first 4 moves are too akward for me the rest is pretty cool.

I just realized your last video did not show up in my subscription feed. That's weird, was it private or something?

 

[h2f]

I got few pbs - in 4x4, 5x5, OH (single) but 3 dnf's in 3bld. Only 2nd solve was off by 2 edges - I took wrong rotation before filipping edges. The first and 3rd were both mess. From a point of view of statistics this means I get mo3 next time.

My son was 5th in clock with nice ao5 in first round. Both we had a very good time.

http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=1629&compid=42

 

[muchacho]

Congrats!

Your son is fast, will he try BLD?

 

[h2f]

@muchacho, Thanks. After many talks which I do for a long time he finally decided to "give a try". We start lessons tomorrow wit Turbo/OP mixture - I know it may be hard but OP/OP is not for him. We were trying it and it didnt work. He managed to make pb ao5 in 3x3 and decided to learn last 25 olls. He stopped practicing a year ago after a failure in clock during Gdańsk Open 2015. I think he needed time to think over it.

 

[Jason Green]

That's great! I didn't recall any of our kids from the oldies cubed. Anyone else? I assume your son is Jakub? Nice job both!

Videos of you or him?

 

[bubbagrub]

Wow -- congrats @h2f and your son -- his times are very impressive!

That's great! I didn't recall any of our kids from the oldies cubed. Anyone else? I assume your son is Jakub? Nice job both!
Videos of you or him?

My son, Joseph (aged 11) cubes. I taught him when he was about 8. Here's his WCA profile. He could be so much faster if he'd practice more, but Clash of Clans, MineCraft and chess all take precedence for him at the moment...

 

[h2f]

Wow -- congrats @h2f and your son -- his times are very impressive!



My son, Joseph (aged 11) cubes. I taught him when he was about 8. Here's his WCA profile. He could be so much faster if he'd practice more, but Clash of Clans, MineCraft and chess all take precedence for him at the moment...

Thanks. I know what you mean - my boy plays CS GO, he also came through Minecraft and all the stuff...

 

[mafergut]

I tried to teach my 12-year old son last year and he managed to get around 40-50 seconds with CFOP 4LLL but then he just lost interest. I am trying to get him into cubing again... unsuccessfully for now.

 

[mark49152]

Those first 4 moves are too akward for me the rest is pretty cool.

The trick is to push the U with left index.

 

[Chree]

V perm: R U' R U R' D R D' R (U' D) R2' U R2 D' R2

I always liked the mirror just because it has the same first 4 moves as that standard V. Never did try to make it regrip less though.

R' U R' U' R D' R' D R' (U D') R2 U' R2 D R2

 

[MarcelP]

I just realized your last video did not show up in my subscription feed. That's weird, was it private or something?

No, unlisted.. So you can post the url but it is not found via subscription.

 

[h2f]

No, unlisted.. So you can post the url but it is not found via subscription.

Thats bad cause one has look through this thread to see it.

BTW I'm just doing ao100 with CFOP just for fun.

 

[MarcelP]

The trick is to push the U with left index.

Maybe you could post an excecution video? My V perm is one of the slowest (3+ secs). I need an improved one

Thats bad cause one has look through this thread to see it.
BTW I'm just doing ao100 with CFOP just for fun.

Nah, I have hundreds of video's online.. I do not want to bother the subscribers too much with averages.. I need to do a Ao100 too. I think I will try wednesday. Post your results please.

 

[h2f]

Nah, I have hundreds of video's online.. I do not want to bother the subscribers too much with averages.. I need to do a Ao100 too. I think I will try wednesday. Post your results please.

It's not one day ao100 - I've started it yesterday during comp and finished today but it shows I'm not so down with CFOP:

Spoiler

solves/total: 100/100

single
best: 17.06
worst: 34.01

mean of 3
current: 22.01 (σ = 2.43)
best: 18.94 (σ = 2.35)

avg of 5
current: 21.88 (σ = 2.24)
best: 19.27 (σ = 2.09)

avg of 12
current: 21.72 (σ = 2.33)
best: 20.63 (σ = 2.24)

avg of 50
current: 22.26 (σ = 2.22)
best: 21.75 (σ = 1.94)

avg of 100
current: 22.11 (σ = 2.20)
best: 22.11 (σ = 2.20)

Average: 22.11 (σ = 2.20)
Mean: 22.26

Time distribution:
16+: 5
18+: 16
20+: 35
22+: 18
24+: 16
26+: 7
28+: 1
30+: 1
32+: 0
34+: 1

 

[Selkie]

@h2f Well done on the Pbs at comp and awesome that your son was competing

@mark49152 , @Chree - Think I told Mark at comp I suck at any algs with D/D' in them but those V perms have some promise. Going to take a look at them

 

[Selkie]

Beginning to get some of the lost time back following my break. Just got this Ao5, faster than my fastest on video (13.54s) and I believe my 5th fastest average. All but the 10.x were fullstep

Average of 5: 13.44
1. 13.86 B L' F' U2 B2 L F L U' D B2 R' F2 U2 B2 U2 R F2 L B2 R2
2. 12.43 D' B2 D' B2 R2 D2 U' L2 B2 F2 U2 B' F U' F2 L' U' F2 R D2 U
3. (14.35) F U L2 U' B U' D R B' D2 L2 B2 R' F2 R U2 F2 B2 R F2
4. (10.82) L2 B L2 F2 D2 B' D2 F U2 B' U' R2 D2 B L R2 F2 L'
5. 14.04 U2 F' R2 U2 F D2 B' F2 U2 R2 F' R' B L' U B R' F2 D2 U2 F2

 

[mafergut]

Beginning to get some of the lost time back following my break. Just got this Ao5, faster than my fastest on video (13.54s) and I believe my 5th fastest average. All but the 10.x were fullstep

Average of 5: 13.44
1. 13.86 B L' F' U2 B2 L F L U' D B2 R' F2 U2 B2 U2 R F2 L B2 R2
2. 12.43 D' B2 D' B2 R2 D2 U' L2 B2 F2 U2 B' F U' F2 L' U' F2 R D2 U
3. (14.35) F U L2 U' B U' D R B' D2 L2 B2 R' F2 R U2 F2 B2 R F2
4. (10.82) L2 B L2 F2 D2 B' D2 F U2 B' U' R2 D2 B L R2 F2 L'
5. 14.04 U2 F' R2 U2 F D2 B' F2 U2 R2 F' R' B L' U B R' F2 D2 U2 F2

I feel so slow whenever you post one of these averages

 

[mark49152]

Maybe you could post an excecution video? My V perm is one of the slowest (3+ secs). I need an improved one

Sure I will try to. Work is busy and I am travelling the next couple of weeks. I still haven't got round to making that Hoya video. I will do both once I get some time. Need to get some practice in for the Macc comp too!