Older cubers discussions

[NewbieCuber]

It starts to snowball too, especially as you get below a minute. It seems a bit unfair but the faster you can solve, the more practice you get during your allotted time.

For algs I'd focus on OCLL for 2-look OLL, if you don't have those down yet: https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/OCLL There's only 7, recognition is relatively easy, and you'll be using them a lot. Keep a cheat-sheet handy if you want, they'll get into muscle memory fairly quickly. I still 2-look OLL more than half the time at just a smidge under 30 seconds now.

It's probably time to start browsing for a competition nearby you. Cut-off for 3x3 is normally a very generous 10 minutes in order to accommodate practically anyone who can solve; you have plenty of cushion there. I'm a big cheerleader for getting more of the elderly generation to log official times.

Those algs are exactly what I'm working on. I don't have all of them memorized yet but 4 or 5 of them are pretty solid.

"Elderly"!? Why you youngster. In my day we used actual Rubick's Cubes and we lubricated them with sand. :confused: And we only solved in the snow (or something like that)

I'd like to go to a comp. But I'd want to get below 1 minute consistently (which may not be all that far away).

 

[newtonbase]

I'd like to go to a comp. But I'd want to get below 1 minute consistently (which may not be all that far away).

Just go. Guaranteed PB in your first comp and if it's slow then it's an easy target next time.

 

[pglewis]

Just go. Guaranteed PB in your first comp and if it's slow then it's an easy target next time.

This. Unless you just have no interest in it whatsoever; it's all about getting what you want to get out of it. Otherwise, whatever arbitrary time you'd like to be below before going will be a moving target. What's 1:20 or :58 matter for your first comp if you'll be at :30 next year?

 

[Jason Green]

I updated the over-40s rankings again yesterday.

Congratulations @Jason Green on the sub-17 average!

Thank you, thanks again for the awesome work on the list!

 

[mark49152]

I updated the over-40s rankings again yesterday.

Woohoo! Fastest elderly 4BLDer

Any chance of adding unofficial big BLD means as well?

 

[muchacho]

3x3 Ao5 PB, but not by much, from 15.321 to 15.284

Spoiler

48153 13-jul-2017 11:39:44 00:15.113 F2 L2 U' R2 F2 R2 D L2 U2 B2 F2 L U2 B' L B' L2 U' B2 R' F'
48152 13-jul-2017 11:39:11 00:15.614 U' R2 L2 D L2 U' R2 U' F2 R2 U' B L B' L' B' D' B2 R D' F2
48151 13-jul-2017 11:38:33 00:19.959 D U' R2 U F2 R2 D B2 U R2 U' L F D U' L D2 F' U B R' F'
48150 13-jul-2017 11:37:57 00:15.126 D' U2 B2 U' R2 L2 U2 F2 R2 B2 U2 R' D' L2 B R2 U' F' L' F' U
48149 13-jul-2017 11:37:24 00:14.544 R2 D' L2 U' B2 D L2 U2 R2 L2 U B' R' L2 F2 R2 L' U R' L D2

 

[h2f]

@mark49152 got 14/14 in mbld! Awsome Mark!

 

[Selkie]

Yeah huge congratulations @mark49152 .

I have to confess I have been working from home today and had the live stream on, not much work done though I have seen some great cubing, not least Felik's 2:06.x 7x7 WR single, that is 8 seconds faster than the WR he set last weekend. 8 seconds!! He has a new magnetic 7x7 this week

 

[pglewis]

@mark49152 got 14/14 in mbld! Awsome Mark!

We all knew it was coming! Congrats Mark, and what a weekend to do it.

 

[newtonbase]

He's provisionally 3rd in the UK with that result but there's 2 rounds lto go and 3 close rivals at the comp.

 

[mark49152]

Thanks guys. I'm very pleased with my MBLD result, of course. Scrambles were pretty good and all went to plan on the day. My time keeping was good, I even had time for an extra review and didn't have to rush execution, so I'm ready for more cubes .

4BLD was not so good. The scrambles were good and so was my memo, but I fouled up the first two with silly execution errors. Both were 5.2x and the first off by only two centres. Took it carefully on the third for a 7.09 success. It's nice to have a result on the board but that's slow for me these days.

This competition is awesome! It's fantastic seeing all the best in the world here.

 

[chtiger]

3x3 Ao5 PB, but not by much, from 15.321 to 15.284

Spoiler

48153 13-jul-2017 11:39:44 00:15.113 F2 L2 U' R2 F2 R2 D L2 U2 B2 F2 L U2 B' L B' L2 U' B2 R' F'
48152 13-jul-2017 11:39:11 00:15.614 U' R2 L2 D L2 U' R2 U' F2 R2 U' B L B' L' B' D' B2 R D' F2
48151 13-jul-2017 11:38:33 00:19.959 D U' R2 U F2 R2 D B2 U R2 U' L F D U' L D2 F' U B R' F'
48150 13-jul-2017 11:37:57 00:15.126 D' U2 B2 U' R2 L2 U2 F2 R2 B2 U2 R' D' L2 B R2 U' F' L' F' U
48149 13-jul-2017 11:37:24 00:14.544 R2 D' L2 U' B2 D L2 U2 R2 L2 U B' R' L2 F2 R2 L' U R' L D2

you need to get to another comp

Woohoo! Fastest elderly 4BLDer

and now MBLD too. Excellent. Good luck tomorrow.

 

[newtonbase]

This competition is awesome! It's fantastic seeing all the best in the world here.

I'm very jealous. A day isn't going to be enough.

 

[oneshot]

I updated the over-40s rankings again...@Jason Green on the sub-17 average!

Where can I find this?

 

[rjpcal]

I updated the over-40s rankings again yesterday.

Congratulations @Jason Green on the sub-17 average!

Any chance of adding me to the over-40s rankings?

WCA: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2016PETE06
Birth year: 1974

I learned the Ideal Solution as a kid in the 80s (averaged 1:30-2:00 with that method), then last year picked up CFOP and started attending competitions when my then-10yo-son took up an interest in speedcubing.

Thanks!

 

[muchacho]

you need to get to another comp

There is no one near enough for now.

Where can I find this?

https://github.com/Logiqx/wca-ipy/blob/master/README.md

Oh, Ron recently beat the OH single, didn't know that.

 

[h2f]

Thanks guys. I'm very pleased with my MBLD result, of course. Scrambles were pretty good and all went to plan on the day. My time keeping was good, I even had time for an extra review and didn't have to rush execution, so I'm ready for more cubes .

4BLD was not so good. The scrambles were good and so was my memo, but I fouled up the first two with silly execution errors. Both were 5.2x and the first off by only two centres. Took it carefully on the third for a 7.09 success. It's nice to have a result on the board but that's slow for me these days.

This competition is awesome! It's fantastic seeing all the best in the world here.

Thanks for info. Guys from Poland taking part in mbld are my friends. Wojtek Szatanowski is a very well known cuber with over 100 comps and a member of board of Polish Speedcubing Association. I've heard the venue for mbld attempt was pretty bad. Maskow wrote on FB that people were walking around and he had problem to be fully focused.

 

[mark49152]

I've heard the venue for mbld attempt was pretty bad. Maskow wrote on FB that people were walking around and he had problem to be fully focused.

There were almost 100 competitors on rows of small tables in 3 large rooms, but there was enough space between, IMO.

There were organisation problems with slow submission and not enough scramblers, meaning it started 50 minutes late, and at lunchtime when people were getting hungry too. Let's see if they can fix the issues today.

 

[h2f]

Ok. I know Maskow has a tendency to overrate problems with organization of the event.

 

[mark49152]

I think all competitors can expect the environment of a huge competition to be very different to smaller local competitions. That's inevitable and part of the challenge I guess.