Older cubers discussions

[newtonbase]

7/9 in 54:18 (40:06). Most cubes I've solved and equal PB on points. Slipped on 3BLD. No idea what happened on the other cube. Bought a coffee during memo.

Edit: other DNF was a memo error

 

[h2f]

My 5bld on cam. You can skip to 5:05 to see reaction which is very poor.

 

[pglewis]

In other news, I also got a new PB of 10.25 on 3x3... full step. I still can't shake that damned sup-10 monkey off my back!

Thing is, you just know you'll get three more the week after that first one finally arrives

 

[newtonbase]

8:40 4BLD. PB by over a minute with fastest memo by over 40s. Big surprise

 

[h2f]

Awsome Mark, @newtonbase! I'm gonna try some 4bld solves soon.

 

[SpartanSailor]

Just got home (early out today). Thought I’d get some extra 3BLD practice before tomorrow’s comp. Just did 3:13 (1:40/1:33)! My previous PB was 3:51. I’d be THRILLED with that tomorrow.

 

[pglewis]

Nicely done and good luck @SpartanSailor!

It's time to attack my Ao50 here, I'm out to get it sub 25 at last. I'm close, just a little more F2L and OLL polish for consistency.

 

[SpartanSailor]

8:40 4BLD. PB by over a minute with fastest memo by over 40s. Big surprise

That is pretty awesome. It’s a crazy feeling when you blow by a PB by a large margin. Always nice when it all falls into place.

 

[SpartanSailor]

Nicely done and good luck @SpartanSailor!

It's time to attack my Ao50 here, I'm out to get it sub 25 at last. I'm close, just a little more F2L and OLL polish for consistency.

My current session (only 225 solves) has a best Ao50 of 23.99 and current ao50 of 24.30.

I don’t usually concern with ao50, but do look at ao100 sometimes as a relative gauge. They are ALL much slower than I’d like. And they’ve moved backward since my last comp. I have more variability and hit faster times more often, but seem to have increased my errors too. That said, my focus is on 3BLD for now. I’m really enjoying seeing some serious improvement over the past couple months.

Like you said, more f2l practice and OLL and you’ll be sub-25 in no time.

 

[newtonbase]

Just got home (early out today). Thought I’d get some extra 3BLD practice before tomorrow’s comp. Just did 3:13 (1:40/1:33)! My previous PB was 3:51. I’d be THRILLED with that tomorrow.

That's a huge jump. Well done.

 

[chtiger]

8:40 4BLD. PB by over a minute with fastest memo by over 40s. Big surprise

Good job. Considering what thread we're in, I interpreted "by over 40s" to mean 'by people over 40 years old', and was confused for a bit. Then I had the 'Ohhh, I see' moment.

 

[SpartanSailor]

Just snuck in a sliver of a PB single 4x4 today too... I look forward to the day I have this type of luck in a competition. Lol

1:07.74 single. Full step with OLL parity. The edge pairing was like magic... I have never seen the pairs come together that well.

 

[newtonbase]

Good job. Considering what thread we're in, I interpreted "by over 40s" to mean 'by people over 40 years old', and was confused for a bit. Then I had the 'Ohhh, I see' moment.

I did notice that when I wrote it but I was in too much of a hurry to redo it.

 

[openseas]

Just got home (early out today). Thought I’d get some extra 3BLD practice before tomorrow’s comp. Just did 3:13 (1:40/1:33)! My previous PB was 3:51. I’d be THRILLED with that tomorrow.

Great job!

Hope to see you officially repeat it today!

 

[muchacho]

Reached 70000 timed solves, last 5000 solves were not bad but it's more like just a consolidation of the improvement during the previous 5000 solves. The goal of being sub-17 this year may be difficult to achive, I'm not totally sure I could say I'm even sub-18 right now.

 

[pglewis]

It's time to attack my Ao50 here, I'm out to get it sub 25 at last. I'm close, just a little more F2L and OLL polish for consistency.

Day 1 on the war vs sup :25 Ao50: the usual issue on a longer session, things went well until about 20-25 solves in. At my best I'm feeling right at the brink of another decent breakthrough, with solves ~22 that have hiccups and known issues, sometimes even CFOOP solves. Then I hit a spell where I can't get under 25 for a half dozen solves. That said, I knocked a half second off my previous Ao50 and have it down to 25.55 now.

[Edit: and, deleting four disaster sup 40 solves and doing four fresh ones it was 24.47, so it's that close.]

 

[openseas]

Just recruited one more oldie, John.

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2016GILL02

He will say hi soon

 

[SpartanSailor]

Have to admit, I’m a little disappointed after today’s competition. I did several events and even snuck in a slight improvement on my official ao5 PB, but still felt like it was a sloppy series of 3x3.

I went with my primary goal/event being 3BLD. lots of good practice leading and dropped My times by a few minutes! My PB is 3:13 as of yesterday and I even did a 3:16 sitting at the table warming up with Jae while Jeff practiced elsewhere. Then, when it counted, it came off the rails. 3xDNF. The encouraging bit is that I was pushing my memo and not playing it safe. But that cost me. In all three cases, I was unable to recall my entire memo and just unable to finish. Oh well, there’s always the next time.

Always nice to see Jae at events too—oldies representing!

 

[One Wheel]

Have to admit, I’m a little disappointed after today’s competition. I did several events and even snuck in a slight improvement on my official ao5 PB, but still felt like it was a sloppy series of 3x3.

I went with my primary goal/event being 3BLD. lots of good practice leading and dropped My times by a few minutes! My PB is 3:13 as of yesterday and I even did a 3:16 sitting at the table warming up with Jae while Jeff practiced elsewhere. Then, when it counted, it came off the rails. 3xDNF. The encouraging bit is that I was pushing my memo and not playing it safe. But that cost me. In all three cases, I was unable to recall my entire memo and just unable to finish. Oh well, there’s always the next time.

Always nice to see Jae at events too—oldies representing!

My competition didn't even go that well. I was 3 or 4 miles on the way to a competition about 90 miles away when I pulled up to a stop sign. I put the brake pedal on the floor, coasted through the intersection, and decided it really wasn't my lucky day anyway. I made it back home without killing anybody though, so it's not a total failure.

 

[SpartanSailor]

My competition didn't even go that well. I was 3 or 4 miles on the way to a competition about 90 miles away when I pulled up to a stop sign. I put the brake pedal on the floor, coasted through the intersection, and decided it really wasn't my lucky day anyway. I made it back home without killing anybody though, so it's not a total failure.

Wow! Getting home safe, that’s pretty good luck when your brakes fail.

Glad your okay.