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@Logiqx: proselytizing! Bring 'em aboard :D. Also, I was curious when you time algs on the Stackmat if you start with the cube already in your hand. Seems the fair way to time algs, and also I know from a week or so ago that I'm lucky to execute a single U turn in .4 with the cube starting on the mat. 2x2 times amaze me :eek:
 
Logiqx said:
The world will have another six cubers aged from early 20's to mid 40's. :)
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A friend of mine (age 38) ask me to teach him cubing when he saw me solving. I'm giving a cube him tomorrow.

Today I did ao100 with yellow crosses mostly (I think 70%). I got sub-20 ao100 with a lot of nice singles with yellow on bottom. Very promising.
 
pglewis said:
@Logiqx: proselytizing! Bring 'em aboard :D. Also, I was curious when you time algs on the Stackmat if you start with the cube already in your hand. Seems the fair way to time algs, and also I know from a week or so ago that I'm lucky to execute a single U turn in .4 with the cube starting on the mat. 2x2 times amaze me :eek:
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When timing algs, I start and stop with my hands holding the cube. I uploaded a decent E-perm a while ago (1.22s) which shows how I start / stop the timer. The stackmat time is a bit higher (1.26) because I am careful not to stop it early.


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Logiqx said:
When timing algs, I start and stop with my hands holding the cube. I uploaded a decent E-perm a while ago (1.22s) which shows how I start / stop the timer. The stackmat time is a bit higher (1.26) because I am careful not to stop it early.
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Nice, this is why y'all are my heroes! Also makes me feel a little better ;). I was timing my V-perm last night and can just barely sub-3. I was surprised that my old, well worn AoLong V2 seemed to be the fastest for me on that one, too bad it's not good for M slices and does corner twist from time to time. The Gans Air has also seemed quick for algs for me lately. I've either lucked into a sweet spot on the tensions or my turning style is changing as I get faster.

Not really worried about TPS, my TPS should be plenty good for my sub 20 goal and I know it'll be much faster in a year or two just naturally. But a man with a timer can't help it...
 
Logiqx said:
OLL complete. Final push tomorrow to get the guys through PLL.

The world will have another six cubers aged from early 20's to mid 40's. :)

I'll task the guys with teaching the team members who were on holiday this week.

I'm going for the pyramid marketing approach. ;)

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You'll conquer the world this way. Eventually.
 
Logiqx said:
Showing people how to finger trick today got me wondering how fast I can execute Sune / Anti-Sune.

Answer: Generally 0.60s on the stackmat but I get an occasional 0.56s

Can anyone in the over-40 club get sub-0.5s? :)

Edit 1: A few 0.52 and 0.54 times. So close...

Edit 2: 0.50s... I'm giving up for now!
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1.5 - 1.6 for Sune with a lone 1.4 mixed-in. (Gans Air and Valk)

Edit: multiple 1.4s with the AoLong V2, same with my Thunderclap with a lone 1.3
 
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Logiqx said:
Showing people how to finger trick today got me wondering how fast I can execute Sune / Anti-Sune.

Answer: Generally 0.60s on the stackmat but I get an occasional 0.56s

Can anyone in the over-40 club get sub-0.5s? :)

Edit 1: A few 0.52 and 0.54 times. So close...

Edit 2: 0.50s... I'm giving up for now!
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I still have a long way to go to be over-40, I just want to say your times are really impressive. On stackmat I can do a sune in 0.86 and an anti-sune in 0.78, but those are my best times (on csTimer I got a 0.49 sune though). Good job! :)
 
15 attempts, best was 1.14, mean was 1.35.

I've never timed algs, but might look to optimise some of mine in light of this discovery. If my best OLL is maybe 1.5 in a solve, then I doubt I ever get a sub-4 last layer. I know with decent lookahead I can come out of F2L around 10 seconds fairly regularly, but I know my PLLs vary massively in time, from sub-2 to well sup-4, or even 5ish.

I often feel that I'm on a decent solve at F2L, nail an easy OLL, then still end up around 20 seconds, so maybe it's time to drill PLLs? (mentally adds this to the ever increasing to-do list, along with BLD cross, which I still can't do 50% of the time; learning OLL; practicing lookahead; slow turning...)

In other (not) exciting news, I got a 16.604 single 3x3 on 4x4 today. Lookahead is SO much easier on 4x4, when you can't quite turn as fast - I'm considering using 3x3 on 4x4 for lookahead training for 3x3 in general. Has anyone tried this?

I'm currently on 6 months' sick leave, and wondering how those of you with jobs manage to find time to be so good at so many puzzles?! When I go back to work in February I'll definitely miss all the cubing time I currently have (and probably wish I had devoted more to learning OLL and focussed practice!).
 
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