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mark49152 said:
Was anyone here planning to do both MBLD and FMC? @bubbagrub?
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Yes... I was planning to do both... I'm not sure which I'll pick, to be honest. I was thinking of going for a jump in MBLD to maybe 6 or 7, but if I end up doing FMC, then it'll have to wait for another competition.

The cut offs mean I miss out on 6x6 and feet, but I'm ok with that. Plenty of other events. :-)
 
At last!

Megaminx PB Ao5 = 1:59.88

2:01.61, (1:54.41), (2:06.09), 1:59.81,1:58.21

Sorry it wasn't on film :(

I think my Megaminx times have officially overtaken my 5x5 times and I am close to being globally sub 2:10

Edit: Part of a 2:04.18 Ao12:-
2:02.53, 1:54.92,2:12.35, (2:40.37), 2:19.93,2:01.61, (1:54.41), 2:06.09,1:59.81, 1:58.21, 2:01.83, 2:04.47
 
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Wow guys, @Selkie, @muchacho, nice times! Sub-2 at Megaminx is pretty dang fast! I was disappointed because I didn't like the Galaxy that much but maybe I'll have to give it another try... on the other hand Juan Pablo Huanqui is sticking to his ridged dayan for the time being so... maybe I should stick to SS as well if that's what works for me... meaning 1min over your times but, also, I have not practiced seriously Megaminx (or anything) in quite a while.
 
@muchacho , @mafergut . Thanks guys. I still seem to be on a steady improvement and haven't hit a plateau yet though improvement is slowing. One thing I have noticed today is I am starting to use more lookahead on megaminx, especially for first 5 F2L slots.

This was the complete megaminx session including a single out of no where and 8 seconds faster than my next best solve!

MEGAMINX
number of times: 32/32
best time: 1:44.93
worst time: 2:40.37

current avg5: 2:12.30 (σ = 9.86)
best avg5: 1:59.88 (σ = 1.70)

current avg12: 2:10.30 (σ = 7.90)
best avg12: 2:03.81 (σ = 6.23)

session avg: 2:08.37 (σ = 8.76)
session mean: 2:08.86
 
MarcelP said:
I have done some FMC, invested some time in understanding complex matters. Even got a few good results, but I stopped because it takes so much time to practise. And that time I rather use on 3x3 practise.
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Same problem here but I didn't even get to the part where I invested time in understanding complex matters. I just have a minimal grasp of commutator insertion and not much else. And lately I have less and less time to practise, to the point that I am starting to think I now spend more time buying cubes than really solving them :p

I will confess that the surprise unboxing I had prepared for my last video was a Gans 356 Air but SpeedCubeShop let me down and you already beat me to that so... :( and, by the way, I'm still waiting for the cube. It has not even shipped yet!!! So I'm a bit angry with them right now. So, if I ever get the dang cube I will unbox it with the Valk 3 and some other new stuff.
 
jfly said:
I think that could make sense for older people, but probably doesn't make much sense for younger competitors. Here's the GitHub issue Jason was referring to: https://github.com/cubing/worldcubeassociation.org/issues/285. The WCA Software Team is pretty overwhelmed with work (check out our full list of issues), so I do not anticipate anyone working on this anytime soon. That said, if someone from here is interested in helping make it happen, please either drop me an email, or email [email protected] (I don't check speedsolving that often).
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Hi Jeremy. Thanks for the link.

I'm expecting to be pretty busy for the next few weeks but when I get some time, I'll try to get the WCA website up and running at home. I had a quick browse on GitHub so I can see what is involved regarding Vagrant, etc.

I see three pieces of work to move this forward:
1) Add consent to the user profile page, assuming the WCA approve.
2) Include YOB to the database export for those who have consented. Note: My over-40's script could be modified to use the official YOB at this point.
3) Add age rankings to WCADB.NET and/or worldcubeassociation.org. This is the biggest piece of work.

I might be able to help on the first couple of items once I have the WCA website running locally. Looking at my calendar and todo list, it'll probably be a few weeks / months before I find the time!
 
newtonbase said:
I hope you are all prepared for registration tonight! I thought it was at 7pm but it says 8pm. I'm going to enter as many events as possible so it will be a first for clock and skewb.
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I was refreshing every few seconds for the last minute and am still only #7. Slooowww....

EDIT: 35 on the list now and it's not even 5 past...
 
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