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PB this morning 1:02.98 - Sub 1 the goal in 2019. (p.s. it was a PLL skip).
Congrats! You’re getting there.
Are you planning to compete in Warm Up comp or WC?
PB this morning 1:02.98 - Sub 1 the goal in 2019. (p.s. it was a PLL skip).
I generally compete in every comp in Melbourne. So there will be quite a few next year including the WC!Congrats! You’re getting there.
Are you planning to compete in Warm Up comp or WC?
Got my first sub-5min on 6x6x6 today. 4:54.93 with a PB ao5 at 5:07.xx as well. A little surprised about and was fortunately enough to have that happen on the forum weekly comp. Still nearly last in the 6x6x6 competition, but I’m pleased to see the improvement, even if I’ll never get to a “fast” time, it’s a fun even to mix in from time to time for the weekly comp.
Anyone with upcoming comps soon?
Anyone with upcoming comps soon?
1) Trying to start learning UF buffers. Not that I'm expecting huge gain. Mostly, I need to drill edge comms any way, so, just switching to UF instead of spending more time & efforts for DF. Just started, looks like a long way to go, all those new finger tricks and grip...
I decided that's the last time I'm going to get involved in a DF-UF debate. The conclusion seems to be that some cases have more finger friendly algs with UF. However, the more I ask and the more I hear that answer, the more of a dilemma I face: continue to "waste" time on DF, or start again with UF. The bottom line is, because I have a busy life, I like to learn incrementally at my convenience, and I can't see myself ever being willing to throw out everything I've learned for DF and face a year of official DNFs while I get used to UF. I'm unlikely to ever reach a level where it makes a significant difference anyway.Huh. Same me. I was drilling DF and I've read Graham's post about his fingertricks. Mark (@mark49152) asked why UF is better than DF. I've checked Graham's answer, checked few comms. I liked them. Now I'm drilling UF. I'm gonna to back to practice 3bld when I go through all comms and I'll be able to figure out all cases.
I decided that's the last time I'm going to get involved in a DF-UF debate.
Ha! So thanks Mark. That were my thoughts too: drill DF or switch to UF and waste some time. My 54.xx is so painfull for me to watch and Grahams comms seemed to me so natural so I decided to switch. I give myslef 2-3 months to see where it leads. If I'm fine with my times, I'll stay.
Not sure how I handle 4/5BLD though. I may go with UF for 3BLD, DFr for 4/5 BLD which will sure be a regrettable decision in near future.
BTW, edge comms are much easier than corner comms - learning is not a much of issue but drilling will be. We’ll see.
I plan to stick with DF for 4/5BLD for now because I'm not convinced the benefits would be as significant as the UF folks claim for 3BLD. For example, u/d and f/b slices are not as nice anyway, so I expect to use r/l for most cases, which means lots of different algs from 3BLD anyway.It seems very reasonable. I dont know how I will do 5bld but maybe I'll stay with df/dfr. Yeah, edge comms are easier.
I plan to stick with DF for 4/5BLD for now because I'm not convinced the benefits would be as significant as the UF folks claim for 3BLD. For example, u/d and f/b slices are not as nice anyway, so I expect to use r/l for most cases, which means lots of different algs from 3BLD anyway.
For 3BLD I'm going to stick with DF until I'm sub-40. Once I'm the first sub-40 over-40 I'll reconsider whether DF is holding me back