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Big jumps are exciting: Just smashed my 7x7 single. Was 6:03.31, got a 5:45.67. Didn't feel nearly as good as the solve a couple prior that the timer failed to start :-(.
That’s a great 7x7 single. Well doneBig jumps are exciting: Just smashed my 7x7 single. Was 6:03.31, got a 5:45.67. Didn't feel nearly as good as the solve a couple prior that the timer failed to start :-(.
Question about comms:
I know what pieces this is referring to, but I don’t understand the notation. Can someone translate this into actual moves for me?
UF>UR>DB: [R': [M2, U' R U]]
Thanks!https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Commutators_and_Conjugates
I tend to think of the portion before the colon (conjugate) as the setup/restore move so that part breaks down to: R' [M2, U' R U] R
The comma is the notation for the commutator itself ([A, B] = A B A' B'), so the whole thing then becomes: R' (M2) (U' R U) (M2) (U' R' U) R
Question about comms:
I know what pieces this is referring to, but I don’t understand the notation. Can someone translate this into actual moves for me?
UF>UR>DB: [R': [M2, U' R U]]
Question about comms:
I know what pieces this is referring to, but I don’t understand the notation. Can someone translate this into actual moves for me?
UF>UR>DB: [R': [M2, U' R U]]
That’s fantastic!I was just trying to time some 5x5 splits and ended up with this:
Total - F2C - 4C - F8E - L4E - Cross+F2L - LL
1. 2:27.82 - 14.71 - 22.83 - 40.33 - 40.94 - 23.19 - 5.79 (Last split is just PLL)
2. 2:35.63 - 14.69 - 24.09 - 1:00.64 - 15.48 - 28.80 - 11.91
3. 2:14.24 - 20.52 - 25.89 - 39.76 - 19.62 - 17.16 - 11.27
4. 2:05.94 - 14.90 - 26.91 - 42.54 - 11.61 - 21.19 - 8.76
5. 2:00.66 - 18.94 - 16.84 - 45.94 - 14.33 - 16.99 - 7.59
The last two are overall PB singles, last 3 beat Mo3 by 9 seconds, Ao5 by 2.64 seconds. Not sure how that happens: stopping the timer more times should take longer.
On my quest to an official sub-3 time for 3BLD... last nite was not bad. I did several untimed successful solves to work on edge flips and corner twists. Then, as soon as I started timing... the DNF train pulled into the station. But, not until after a 2:56 and a 3:08.... then, it was 5 DNFs in a row for simple errors like not seeing the flipped edge or twisting a corner the wrong way. Nevertheless, I feel like my memo is coming along from all the recent attention/practice. Of course, ALL my other events are slowing down. But, that’s going to happen so I can get the improvements I want in 3BLD. I’m pretty sure my untimed ones are in that same time range, so I’m encouraged.
Good to focus when you’re hot! I’ll get back to focusing on 3x3 and 4x4 when I get this sub-3 3BLD. For now, though, I’m enjoying the focused attention on one event.Hammer on that memo and you'll be where you want in no time! Might even be worth a day or two of memo-only runs.
I'm doing the same thing with singular focus but on 3x3 still. I'll plateau again eventually and return to brushing up my blind solving but I want to keep pushing this while excellent progress is going on.
I haven't tried this for several months, but I always experienced the same thing. So I totally empathize!Sorry to keep posting mundane speedsolving stuff, but I’ve been chasing the elusive sub-1:00 4x4 single today. It still eludes me. I keep getting really smooth to f2l and think “this is surely it” and then get double parity and a G-perm and finish in 1:10-1:15, or get a really bad solve but decent LL and end up at 1:12. I just can’t seem to string all the good parts together in one solve. Someday.
Seriously, I can relate. More than you know... It’s a true frustration for me. Meanwhile, I go to comps and I see everyone around me dropping tikes and getting into the 50s all the time, but 2 months ago they could barely get sub-2. How did they improve SO much while I have seriously not improved in almost a year. I get a few lucky streaks occasionally, but those only get me around 1:10 averages with an super rare 1:05 or something.Sorry to keep posting mundane speedsolving stuff, but I’ve been chasing the elusive sub-1:00 4x4 single today. It still eludes me. I keep getting really smooth to f2l and think “this is surely it” and then get double parity and a G-perm and finish in 1:10-1:15, or get a really bad solve but decent LL and end up at 1:12. I just can’t seem to string all the good parts together in one solve. Someday.
Seriously, I can relate. More than you know... It’s a true frustration for me. Meanwhile, I go to comps and I see everyone around me dropping tikes and getting into the 50s all the time, but 2 months ago they could barely get sub-2. How did they improve SO much while I have seriously not improved in almost a year. I get a few lucky streaks occasionally, but those only get me around 1:10 averages with an super rare 1:05 or something.
I’ve shifted my focus to 3BLD for a bit to work toward that sub-3 US Nationals qualifier.... and I have to admit last week I was feeling good but I’m working an a DNF streak over 20 attempts now. The past couple days have just been awful—lots of missed flipped edges or just plain memo failures. I feel like all my event are stagnating and I don’t know how to change up my practice to get off this plateau.
I definitely feel like I’m improving overall, but the past couple days have been a bad luck streak. It’ll come together and when it does, I’ll forget all about this little bump in the road. Or at least won’t be bothered by it;-)Even at my peak with 3bld I needed to be in a good concentration mode while sighted solves are far less taxing. Sometimes with 3x3 it seems like a few days off can get me out of a funk when I return, especially if I've been working on a lot of new things. It's like my brain is still processing and absorbing the information without solving. Blind DNF streaks all I can really do is commiserate but at least the law of averages says you're due for a hot streak.