Shaky Hands
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Mine?
Mark's talking about the "Pyra" I'm "solving" on my WCA profile image. Hence all the bad puns and in-jokes above.
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Mark's talking about the "Pyra" I'm "solving" on my WCA profile image. Hence all the bad puns and in-jokes above.
Cool!
h2f
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Shaky Hands
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Thanks. I guess it's proof that cubers don't spend all their time indoors. 
EDIT: For anyone wondering, it's me on Sgurr Dearg (also known as The Inaccessible Pinnacle) on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland.
EDIT: For anyone wondering, it's me on Sgurr Dearg (also known as The Inaccessible Pinnacle) on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland.
mark49152
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newtonbase
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Shame about cube 2. The only one you needed in the correct orientation was the only one where it was wrong. Excellent save on cube 3!
Tap tap tap.
Shaky Hands
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Great work @mark49152. Well done.
Jason Green
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Great job on all the results guys, nice video too @kbrune!
pglewis
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I'm at the stage of improvement where I'm wildly inconsistent but breaking new ground on the best singles, so I'm not tracking any sessions for a bit but still running the Stackmat in case a good one turns up. Another best by .8, gettin' closer.
Easy 5-move cross with two edges already placed, sune+F-perm last layer.
Easy 5-move cross with two edges already placed, sune+F-perm last layer.
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JohnnyReggae
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Took a walk at work today with my new GTS M, which feels quite different to my other GTS M ... weird. Anyway ... got another OH PB 22.27
Quite chuffed with that one with a lucky PLL skip, could have been quicker if I hadn't done that y2 at the end. Should have done a z instead. This is the first time I've tried to reconstruct an OH solve ...
D2 L2 B2 U2 B' L2 B' D2 L2 F' R2 D F' R' F L2 F2 L2 R D'
z2 // inspection
D F' R' y R' y U' R2 D //cross 7
R U2' R' y' R U R' // 1st 13
y' R U2' R' U' y' R U2' R' U R U' R' // 2nd 24
y U' R U2' R' U R U' R' // 3rd 32
y2 U R U' R' // 4th 36
U' R U R' U R U2' R' U' // oll pll-skip 45
// = 22.27 @ 2.02tps
22.27Quite chuffed with that one with a lucky PLL skip, could have been quicker if I hadn't done that y2 at the end. Should have done a z instead. This is the first time I've tried to reconstruct an OH solve ...
D2 L2 B2 U2 B' L2 B' D2 L2 F' R2 D F' R' F L2 F2 L2 R D'
z2 // inspection
D F' R' y R' y U' R2 D //cross 7
R U2' R' y' R U R' // 1st 13
y' R U2' R' U' y' R U2' R' U R U' R' // 2nd 24
y U' R U2' R' U R U' R' // 3rd 32
y2 U R U' R' // 4th 36
U' R U R' U R U2' R' U' // oll pll-skip 45
// = 22.27 @ 2.02tps
mark49152
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I have forgotten parity in a couple of previous comp attempts and been unable to go back and fix it because I used to just set the solved cubes aside. That's the sole reason I switched to putting all the cubes back in place. So it's ironic and annoying that this time I made the same mistake but my safety net completely failed to help
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newtonbase
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Your layout is interesting. Not sure I'd like that row at the front of the table. I'll need to make a decision on that when I start doing a decent number of cubes.I have forgotten parity in a couple of previous comp attempts and been unable to go back and fix it because I used to just set the solved cubes aside. That's the sole reason I switched to putting all the cubes back in place. So it's ironic and annoying that this time I made the same mistake but my safety net completely failed to help
mark49152
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I think most BLDers use a similar layout, in blocks, front to back. I recently started executing last block first since it gets the least reviews. I think the front block is not as close as it might look, and there's a Stackmat to keep it on the table, otherwise I might have been more cautious. Not sure why I pushed the last block away from the rest - that wasn't calculated, maybe it just seemed natural since that was first to be executed.
JohnnyReggae
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So close to the 1 minute mark with 4x4 ... 1:03.11 . At least it's a new PB
newtonbase
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2/4 MBLD yet again. Couple of edge cycles off on cube 1 but misscramble so can't trace it. Transposed 2 words on cube 2 in recall so all the corners were wrong.
Got a second successful blindsolve in, and my failures are starting to look more promising. Overall, I'm happy with the progress. Just have to keep trying. Keep trying... Keep trying...
I think my main issue is mistakes in tracing right now. Once I get past that, and a bit more confident, I can start to push on speed, because I'm no speed demon right now... I suspect the real focus at the start is just get consistent. Then push. I should think about memorizing my verbal memo method soon. If I can get that down it might help, long term. But the memorization will take a bit. (I don't actually memorize things like algs and whatnot quickly... that's part of why I use PAO vs. letter pair words.)
I think my main issue is mistakes in tracing right now. Once I get past that, and a bit more confident, I can start to push on speed, because I'm no speed demon right now... I suspect the real focus at the start is just get consistent. Then push. I should think about memorizing my verbal memo method soon. If I can get that down it might help, long term. But the memorization will take a bit. (I don't actually memorize things like algs and whatnot quickly... that's part of why I use PAO vs. letter pair words.)
newtonbase
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Tracing is very important. Get it wrong and you're stuffed. I had trouble for quite some time due to confusing the top and bottom layers which I put down to using white on top for blind. I don't think there are any shortcuts, you just need a lot of practice.
"Anyway ... got another OH PB .. 22.27"
Good OH time, there, Johnny. I find it hard to recreate OH solves, too, I think it's the cube rotations that cause me to stumble.
Is that your normal approach to the second slot case? I recommend you familiarise yourself with using the sledgehammer/mirror to make that pair, even if it needs odd cube rotations (or good F /F' moves).
So it could be performed as:
y' x U R' U' R x' y' R U R' .......2nd slot
And the 4th slot, as you say, the y2 wasn't needed.... z rotations are an essential part of my OH weaponry :
z R U R' U' z' ......4th slot
Good OH time, there, Johnny. I find it hard to recreate OH solves, too, I think it's the cube rotations that cause me to stumble.
Is that your normal approach to the second slot case? I recommend you familiarise yourself with using the sledgehammer/mirror to make that pair, even if it needs odd cube rotations (or good F /F' moves).
So it could be performed as:
y' x U R' U' R x' y' R U R' .......2nd slot
And the 4th slot, as you say, the y2 wasn't needed.... z rotations are an essential part of my OH weaponry :
z R U R' U' z' ......4th slot
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I can tell that. My tracing for corners is usually good... edges is still a bit shaky. But more attempts, and it'll get there.
Practice is the order of the day, as you said. Just keep going. I've had to go through this with other mental activities, and games. Practice, practice, practice, and be careful not to re-enforce too many bad habits
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kbrune
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Really wish I had WiFi at work. All these videos I forget to watch when I get home! Looking forward to you mbld video mark!
