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[newtonbase]

@newtonbase:. Yes that's how I practise. Lots of 4 cube attempts to work on speed. Then occasional big attempts to stretch my memo. If you're shooting for 8 or 12 next comp you want to have done that many at home a few times to feel comfortable with that amount of memo. If you're struggling to fit it into the hour, go back to the 4 cube attempts to work on speed. I also rotate my 4 cube attempts through all my rooms so they all get equal use and stay familiar.

Thanks. Yes, I am planning to rotate rooms. I still have the attempt from Saturday stuck in my regular rooms. Pretty sure I could get at least the same result with those same cubes in front of me now. I need to overwrite it.
A throbbing Che Guevara loves David Hasselhoff's gassy moustache.

 

[One Wheel]

I don't usually post PBs here, but this one got me pretty excited: 3:54.70 6x6 single, beat the previous best by 28.99 seconds, and could theoretically have been better if I'd been lucky enough to not get OLL parity.

That is the scramble I used, though to be honest I don't even remember for sure what center I solved first, so I don't suppose it matters much.

Edit: followed that up today with getting my rolling 3x3 Ao100 under 30 seconds for the first time: 29.94. Ao50 is at 28.82.

 

[mark49152]

Thanks. Yes, I am planning to rotate rooms. I still have the attempt from Saturday stuck in my regular rooms. Pretty sure I could get at least the same result with those same cubes in front of me now. I need to overwrite it.
A throbbing Che Guevara loves David Hasselhoff's gassy moustache.

What's your orientation? I wonder if I can recognise which cube that was

 

[pglewis]

After a few days of regular practice sessions again I'm on the brink of another breakthrough. Still a lot of sup-30s due to ongoing adjustments but my fastest solves are on the move again. I hit a spell last night with a dozen solves where half were sub 25, the other half 28-32... nothing in the 25-27 range at all. And with more sub 24-25 solves I'm reaching the point where I'll expect at least one sub 20 in a decent session of 50-100 solves. Got another high 19 last night along with a pile of 20s and 21s. Most of that is from F2L adjustments that are solidifying, my final full OLL push still has a way to go but continues to slowly and steadily get better as well.

 

[newtonbase]

What's your orientation? I wonder if I can recognise which cube that was

WCA. I'll be impressed if you get it.

1/4 in 24ish today. I started a spreadsheet to track progress but as usual I forgot to note my memo time. Managed the full range of errors, memo, execution and recall.

 

[openseas]

Unfortunately I'm not competing before February so @openseas probably has that one in the bag. Might be ya race to sub 1:30 by then. The first solve on Saturday was a 1:40ish DNF. Should have had it.

Haha, what an honorable race!

My next comp is Dec - skillcon 2017. I'll be tied up with some transitions, not much of 3BLD practice. Could have gotten sub 1:50 last time if I did not flipped already perfectly solved cube :-(.

I'm determined to organize more comps in DFW area next year so that Jason can compete without much of travel

 

[openseas]

Woo hoo. Scraped top 10 for over 40s 3BLD.

Congratulations!

@newtonbase BTW, what was the link? I thought I bookmarked it but can't find.

 

[mark49152]

WCA. I'll be impressed if you get it.

1/4 in 24ish today. I started a spreadsheet to track progress but as usual I forgot to note my memo time. Managed the full range of errors, memo, execution and recall.

I can't now recall any of the memo from Saturday. It's totally gone except for the two pairs I swapped in error (LP OS) since I thought about those so much

Smashed my PB for 4/4 today - 7:16

 

[Jason Green]

I don't usually post PBs here, but this one got me pretty excited: 3:54.70 6x6 single, beat the previous best by 28.99 seconds, and could theoretically have been better if I'd been lucky enough to not get OLL parity.View attachment 8673
That is the scramble I used, though to be honest I don't even remember for sure what center I solved first, so I don't suppose it matters much.

Edit: followed that up today with getting my rolling 3x3 Ao100 under 30 seconds for the first time: 29.94. Ao50 is at 28.82.

Nice job on 6x6. I still average like 3:30 on 5x5.

I'm determined to organize more comps in DFW area next year so that Jason can compete without much of travel

That would be great, thanks!!

 

[newtonbase]

Congratulations!

@newtonbase BTW, what was the link? I thought I bookmarked it but can't find.

It's here https://github.com/Logiqx/wca-ipy/blob/master/README.md

 

[newtonbase]

Where are the competition scrambles stored please? I'd like to work out exactly where I went wrong in MBLD.

Well done on the 4/4 PB @mark49152

 

[mark49152]

Where are the competition scrambles stored please? I'd like to work out exactly where I went wrong in MBLD.

Well done on the 4/4 PB @mark49152

Thanks. They are here on the scramble tab: http://wcadb.net/results.php?id=WSMO2017

 

[newtonbase]

Thanks. They are here on the scramble tab: http://wcadb.net/results.php?id=WSMO2017

Thanks.
Did you stick to MBLD for the 4/4 or was there a 3BLD in there?

 

[mark49152]

Thanks.
Did you stick to MBLD for the 4/4 or was there a 3BLD in there?

Stuck to MBLD. I do it exactly the same as a 4-block in a bigger attempt. I average about 8:30-9 so that one was unusually fast.

 

[newtonbase]

Stuck to MBLD. I do it exactly the same as a 4-block in a bigger attempt. I average about 8:30-9 so that one was unusually fast.

I'll take half that speed at the moment.

 

[mark49152]

I'll take half that speed at the moment.

Are you working on speed, or capacity & accuracy?

 

[Selkie]

Well apparently since Windows Movie Maker has gone out of Microsoft support they have removed the download. Not sure if anyone has a download of it for Windows 10 lying around? I have had to try a few other options and settled on Lightworks which seems to do the job without too much of a steep learning curve.

So with some delay by first Weston-super-Mare Open video. 5x5 Round 1:-

Average: 1:58.50
2:01.07, (2:01.89), 2:00.17, (1:53.91), 1:54.26

Off the pace with the first three solves but the last two were judged by @Shaky Hands , enough said

PS: Need to get out of the habit of glancing at the timer. I did it on far too many solves this comp.

 

[newtonbase]

Are you working on speed, or capacity & accuracy?

Current plan is to work on speed just so I can then work on more cubes in my limited practice time. Some degree of accuracy would be nice so I'll be looking at where I went wrong each time.

 

[mark49152]

Current plan is to work on speed just so I can then work on more cubes in my limited practice time. Some degree of accuracy would be nice so I'll be looking at where I went wrong each time.

Makes sense I guess. Do you have a system? How many times do you review?

 

[newtonbase]

Makes sense I guess. Do you have a system? How many times do you review?

I've only done it once but I'm hoping to get away with a single good review. If I'm making too many errors then I may make adjustments.