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Mike Hughey

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After my first try with 15, I'm thinking maybe it might be a bit too much:

8/15, 60:00:00 [42:23] (done for the weekly competition)
Working on last cube when time ran out.
Off by:
3 edges
2 edges
4 corners
11 edges
2 edges
5 edges
6 edges

Can you tell I have trouble remembering edges? :)

I was planning another whole review at the end but realized I was out of time and had to skip it. That slowed me down a bit in execution since I had a few significant recall pauses.

The first few cubes were really hard to memorize, but the 8 or so in the middle were actually rather easy. So I'm not sure how typical this was for me.
 

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After about 3 months of practicing I'm still not have stable sub-30: pb 20.274 (pll skip), best ao5 26.161, ao12 27.443 and ao100 32.444. Few hours a day practicing. Started at Fabruary from pb 52.041, ao5 1:05.657, ao12 1:13.738 ;)
 

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After about 3 months of practicing I'm still not have stable sub-30: pb 20.274 (pll skip), best ao5 26.161, ao12 27.443 and ao100 32.444. Few hours a day practicing. Started at Fabruary from pb 52.041, ao5 1:05.657, ao12 1:13.738 ;)
I think that's a pretty good pace! I don't remember my exact progression but it took me about 1 year to get sub 20 (I think a little over a year to be consistent). It was around 6 months before I had my first sub 20 single, so sounds like you're progressing faster than I did on that. :)
 

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I think that's a pretty good pace! I don't remember my exact progression but it took me about 1 year to get sub 20 (I think a little over a year to be consistent). It was around 6 months before I had my first sub 20 single, so sounds like you're progressing faster than I did on that. :)
Thanks! But to be completely honest - 3 months ago is not the first time when I met the cube. First was over 30 year ago, in 80s. It was very surprising that after more than 30 years I remembered basic principles of layer by layer solving and 2 or 3 algs for last layer - I think this is what is called "beginners method" now. Of course it was simple solving not speedsolving. So it is like 15 sec inspection and 5 sec solving ;).
 
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Thanks! But to be completely honest - 3 months ago is not the first time when I met the cube. First was over 30 year ago, in 80s. It was very surprising that after more than 30 years I remembered basic principles of layer by layer solving and 2 or 3 algs for last layer - I think this is what is called "beginners method" now. Of course it was simple solving not speedsolving. So it is like 15 sec inspection and 5 sec solving ;).

Very similar story, I think I was experimenting with F2L before I gave it up because while learning F2L the second go-round I was having very strong deja vu.

I've been working on speedsolving a little over 2 years and still really only mid 20s at best in a longer average. I'm not really "a natural" but I'm stubborn.
 

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Thanks! But to be completely honest - 3 months ago is not the first time when I met the cube. First was over 30 year ago, in 80s. It was very surprising that after more than 30 years I remembered basic principles of layer by layer solving and 2 or 3 algs for last layer - I think this is what is called "beginners method" now. Of course it was simple solving not speedsolving. So it is like 15 sec inspection and 5 sec solving ;).
Oh yeah that's just 1 year after I got into speed cubing. That was not my first time to solve a cube either. About 7 or 8 years earlier I had learned Petrus from his website just because I wanted to solve a cube. I never really timed myself, and would go so long without picking one up I would forget parts of it. I did not even know notation at that point, I just learned by watching his animations to memorize the algs.
 

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I confirmed for my upcoming comp that that they are using a 10 min cumulative time for 3BLD. Good think my practice times have dropped. Just too bad my accuracy has dropped with them.

I guess I’ll have to dial it in a litttle toghter in the next 10 days... with any luck, I can get a nice 4min range success in my first two attempts.
 

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20s? I don't see one coming soon. Been cubing 2-3 years now. (I mainly cube OH, so 20s is actually quite quick.)
 

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Sad day: I broke my main Gan SM.

I took it apart to clean it, and tighten it up to deal with my nails going between the pieces. The tightening, turns out to have destroyed the edges. I don't think I'll ever be able to tighten the cube correctly without major hacking. That said, I am considering that hacking, if I can get the 1xSM Magnet I lost doing the work. Let's just say it wasn't my day.

Happier day: I made a Gan SUM.

I took the core from my Gan SM dead, and put it in my UM. I always thought the UM lacked "travel", in the springs, and it made the cube feel harsher than needed, did 2/3rds of a lube job on it. (I'm not sold I'm done yet...) Angstrom Gravatas + Dignatas + DNM-37. I need to lube the core, but I haven't decided on final springs yet.

The Gan SUM is an interesting cube. It is a bit "looser" like a SM, but not as loose as an SM, it keeps some of the stiffness from the UM, and noisiness. (The cube can clack quite loudly.)

We'll see how I like this Gan SUM compared to my other SM, as I clean that cube out and prepare it for more use...

*sigh*
 

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Hi all! Another week or two since I last visited. Hi @Jason Green I hadn't seen you post in a long time. I hope everything is going well. Do your kids cube already?

Not sure if I told you that I finally registered for Euros in Madrid, but only for 3x3. Anyway my left thumb injury is not getting any better so I'm afraid I will not be able to compete, or if I compete I will be very, very slow, like in not even sub-30 (it hurts to just grip the cube). At least I'll go watch and meet some people.

@muchacho, I just finished today editing my short video about Roux. I will publish it in my channel this week. Finally I decided to feature your PB single solve in it ;) Maybe next episode is ZZ. Any ZZ solvers out there that can help?
 

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Hi all! Another week or two since I last visited. Hi @Jason Green I hadn't seen you post in a long time. I hope everything is going well. Do your kids cube already?

Not sure if I told you that I finally registered for Euros in Madrid, but only for 3x3. Anyway my left thumb injury is not getting any better so I'm afraid I will not be able to compete, or if I compete I will be very, very slow, like in not even sub-30 (it hurts to just grip the cube). At least I'll go watch and meet some people.

@muchacho, I just finished today editing my short video about Roux. I will publish it in my channel this week. Finally I decided to feature your PB single solve in it ;) Maybe next episode is ZZ. Any ZZ solvers out there that can help?

What form of help do you need with ZZ. I use it on 3x3, especially OH.
 
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