Older cubers discussions

[Mike Hughey]

I’m going to begin tracking my DNF PB!! I think this is something I could be competitive at! Lol.

Here's someone you can shoot for being better than:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2006NORS01?event=333bf
(He's another oldie - I think I remember that he's older than me!)
He had 28 DNFs in competition before his first success. And the best part is that when he finally succeeded, he was at a competition that had a strict 10 minute cutoff, and his successful solve was 9:59.43.

 

[SpartanSailor]

I’ll take a 9:59.99 ... but 28 comps of DNF!?! Man... That would be years of nonsucesful attempts in comps. That is a record I hope NOT to beat!

 

[newtonbase]

After my first sub-10, 12 DNFs in a row, many were close but still....

Sub 10 though

I had 2 sub PB DNFs from 5 3BLD attempts earlier. Unfortunately my break was only 15 mins or I'd have got it.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I’ll take a 9:59.99 ... but 28 comps of DNF!?! Man... That would be years of nonsucesful attempts in comps. That is a record I hope NOT to beat!

No, not quite that bad. 28 attempts of DNF. Just 11 comps worth. And since then he's had quite a few successful solves.

 

[SpartanSailor]

I forgot... you can get up to 3 DNFs per comp so long as you’re under the time limit. But still...

 

[Mike Hughey]

I forgot... you can get up to 3 DNFs per comp so long as you’re under the time limit. But still...

I suspect you'll get a success fairly quickly, probably even the first time you try it in competition, and come nowhere near his record. :-D

But I always admired Bruce's persistence. He truly wouldn't give up.

 

[pglewis]

It should probably be tempered by remembering that blindfold techniques were still being hammered out back in 2006. Most of the reasonably experienced 3bld-ers in here are easily better or very close to the 1:28 WR at that time. I came into the game with an extra decade of development behind the craft and had the aid of experienced advice to guide me from the start but I'm sure a success wasn't quite the given back then that it is now.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Very true. I'm pretty sure I remember he was just using Old Pochmann. And at that time, any kind of success seemed like a big deal. And this was back when we had the official age lists. If I remember right, he got on the top 10 oldest BLD solvers list (as ranked by oldest age solving in competition) when he got that success.

 

[pglewis]

Having a good moment, got a PB Ao5 under 22 and would have been better had I started tracking a few solves earlier. I had a 20 and a couple 21s in four or five sub 23 solves before I decided it might be a good idea to start logging and the PB Ao5 included a 28 as the throw-out. Just a little more consistency for a few f2l cases and that Ao12 is gonna get busted good.

 

[SpartanSailor]

Some more dedicated BLD practice tonite. No success (current streak up to 5 ). But, I was pretty close a lot. Once I just forgot an entire cycle, but a couple attempts were off by only a couple flipped edges...

I noticed that after a few, my mind started to misremember my memos by inserting old memo cycles into my current solve... the mental fatigue builds up and makes more complicated.

Still takes me awhile, so 5 attempts in one night is about all I can manage time for (about an hour of practice uninterrupted).

 

[SpartanSailor]

Very true. I'm pretty sure I remember he was just using Old Pochmann. And at that time, any kind of success seemed like a big deal. And this was back when we had the official age lists. If I remember right, he got on the top 10 oldest BLD solvers list (as ranked by oldest age solving in competition) when he got that success.

There’s a top 10 oldest BLD in competition list? Where is this?

 

[SpartanSailor]

@pglewis I have hot and cold streaks too... seems like when I feel like everything is going well, I start the timer and THATS when things go off the rails.

Nice work with those times. That would be a good practice session for me!

 

[Mike Hughey]

There’s a top 10 oldest BLD in competition list? Where is this?

I'm very sorry to say that's long gone. It was really nice back when it existed. On the WCA Statistics page, they had lists for 10 oldest 3x3x3 solvers, 10 youngest 3x3x3 solvers, 10 oldest BLD solvers, and 10 youngest BLD solvers.

My middle daughter made a valiant attempt to get on the youngest BLD solvers list. She tried a number of times, and on the very last competition where she could have been the youngest ever (at the time so far), her final attempt had 2 twisted corners. :-(

They eventually took the lists away because they were concerned about exposing private data due to showing the ages. But it was really nice while it lasted.

 

[cmhardw]

Hi all,

Been away from the forum for quite a while. I’m still around and still cubing, but my practice time is limited lately.

I have a son now! His name is Thane and he is almost 3 months old. I like to wear him in a baby wrap and practice cubing, and he does not seem bothered by the sound of the cube clicking. I have even gotten in some blind solves this way

Katie and I still cube and attend competitions in the southeast. We’re both going to Nationals this year, which is a first since 2013 which doubled as Nats and Worlds.

Glad to be back to the forum, and to this thread in particular

 

[newtonbase]

Hi all,

Been away from the forum for quite a while. I’m still around and still cubing, but my practice time is limited lately.

I have a son now! His name is Thane and he is almost 3 months old. I like to wear him in a baby wrap and practice cubing, and he does not seem bothered by the sound of the cube clicking. I have even gotten in some blind solves this way

Katie and I still cube and attend competitions in the southeast. We’re both going to Nationals this year, which is a first since 2013 which doubled as Nats and Worlds.

Glad to be back to the forum, and to this thread in particular

Congratulations Chris. Your absence is excused.
I'm impressed that you are managing to get to any competitions with a little one.

 

[MarcelP]

Wow so, so much discussion in thread over the last week or so.

@MarcelP - Could KH in blind be anything else at all buddy?! How is the roux going matey?

Yeah, for me also a lot of posts to keep up with LOL. Still doing Roux, but do not seem t \o make any progress. But I am enjoying myself

Regarding the wine rack, it's not actually my kitchen... it's an airbnb that I stay in during the working week.

So how far do you live from work? (for me it is 1.5 hour single way with train, or one hour ny car).

 

[newtonbase]

Just got a 13:30 4BLD success despite a 3:31 phone call received during memo. The maths made me cry a little.

 

[cmhardw]

Just got a 13:30 4BLD success despite a 3:31 phone call received during memo. The maths made me cry a little.

That’s some solid distraction training though! Sounds like significant sub-10 solve soon in ideal conditions?

 

[newtonbase]

That’s some solid distraction training though! Sounds like significant sub-10 solve soon in ideal conditions?

The target is 3 solves in 30 mins on 15th April with a maximum of 2 DNFs.

 

[kbrune]

Yes, take out top/worst 5, total 10 in your calculation.

How did I not know this!