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[MarcelP]

You'll be sub-30 by then. I went from 1 min to sub-30 in 4 months, and you've got half that distance to go in the same time. And you are improving faster than I was.

I highly doubt it. Like I said, right now I am at a stage where improving is hard. But hey, that's the fun right?

I got sub-30 in a month (not bragging), and I suck at everything, so anything is possible.
Practicing like you are, and improving like you are, I agree with ThomasJE, you can do it.
Good luck!

Your improvement is amazing. I doubt even Feliks Z was sub 30 in his first month. You are definatly someone with potention!


I did a few videos. It had been a while since videoing is quite a hassle LOL

Mean: 42.08
Standard deviation: 1.80

1. 40.87 R2 B2 D2 R2 F2 D F2 U' L2 D' L2 B L D2 L' F R2 D' U F D' U
2. 40.75 F2 L2 U' L2 F2 D F2 D' U' F2 L B2 R' U' F' L B D2 F' R L'
3. 44.63 B2 D2 L2 D L2 F2 R2 B2 L2 U' R2 B' D B' L' D' F U' R D2 L'
[video=youtube_share;1-dslXxcY-U]http://youtu.be/1-dslXxcY-U[/video]

And another:

http://youtu.be/CYe9rougfd4

Averags 41.70

1. 43.25
2. 42.68
3. 39.18

 

[ThomasJE]

I highly doubt it. Like I said, right now I am at a stage where improving is hard. But hey, that's the fun right?

I suppose it is.

Your improvement is amazing. I doubt even Feliks Z was sub 30 in his first month. You are definatly someone with potention!

I know he was sub-20 in four months.

I did a few videos. It had been a while since videoing is quite a hassle LOL

That's a job for me tomorrow It'll be interesting how you have improved in this week.

 

[ThomasJE]

42.08 Mean of 3

Spoiler: Video

[video=youtube_share;1-dslXxcY-U]http://youtu.be/1-dslXxcY-U[/video]

Spoiler: Solve 1 (40.87)

R2 B2 D2 R2 F2 D F2 U' L2 D' L2 B L D2 L' F R2 D' U F D' U

x2 y // Inspection
D' R2' x U x' U' x' R U' x2 R' U2 x' U' l' U l // Cross
U' y' U R' U R y' R' U' R U' R' U R // F2L 1
U' y' L' U U L U' L' U L // F2L 2
U y R U' R' U' R U' R' R U' R' U y L' U' L // F2L 3
y2' U' R U' U' R' U U y' R' U2 R U' U' R' U R // F2L 4
F R U R' U' y' R' // OLL
U' U' U U x R D' R U2 R' D R U2 (R l) U2 // PLL
View at alg.garron.us

Stats:

[B]Step	Time	HTM	HTPS	ETM	ETPS[/B]
[COLOR="#FF0000"]Total	40.87	70	1.71	98	2.40[/COLOR]
Cross+1	13.08	22	1.68	31	2.37
F2L	29.49	54	1.83	75	2.54
LL	11.38	16	1.41	23	2.02

[B]%	Time	HTM	ETM[/B]		
F2L	72.2%	77.1%	76.5%		
LL	27.8%	22.9%	23.5%

I'm doing the other ones now.

EDIT: I think you did the second scramble wrong.

 

[MarcelP]

OMG, they say you can do the cross in 4 - 8 moves. I take about 20... Imbarassing..

 

[Goosly]

OMG, they say you can do the cross in 4 - 8 moves. I take about 20... Imbarassing..

You seem to solve the cross literally piece by piece. You can still improve a lot, just by learning to solve a cross decently

 

[MarcelP]

Yes, I know. I really practice a lot on cross. And when I do concentrate more I do them a lot efficient. Those are the times when my solves get in the low thirties. Right now cross is my weakest point I guess. It is not something for me that I can improve easily.

 

[Schmidt]

Cross help...again
If WO is oriented and WG is un-oriented and both are in U, you can solve them both by having Green on F, put WO on top of O center,do R', put WG above O center and do R'(complete WO) F (complete G)

 

[sneaklyfox]

Maybe look at this thread and see how others do their crosses.

 

[MarcelP]

Cross help...again
If WO is oriented and WG is un-oriented and both are in U, you can solve them both by having Green on F, put WO on top of O center,do R', put WG above O center and do R'(complete WO) F (complete G)

I think I can figure that out, just not in 15 seconds..

Maybe look at this thread and see how others do their crosses.

Ok, that might help..

 

[Goosly]

We all once solved our cross just like you do now, so don't worry You will get better at it

 

[sneaklyfox]

I think I can figure that out, just not in 15 seconds..

Good if you can figure out a good cross (8 moves or less usually). Doesn't matter if it takes you a lot longer than 15 seconds at first. Take as much time as you need to figure out an efficient cross. Do more like that and eventually it won't take as long to figure it out.

 

[PeelingStickers]

Solving the cross in one go takes time to work out, I feel the most important thing to knowing how to do it is understanding your orientation.

It may sound obvious because it is: remember that red/white is opposite orange white and blue/white is opposite green/white. If you are colour neutral (I'm not ) remember the other opposites, white yellow. Don't just remember them while not solving, anyone can do that. Remember them AS you solve the cube, know where each piece should go in relation to eachother and their adjacent colours so you can just do a D or a D', I ignore the centre's until the last turn as they can be distractive and restrictive.

Your improving fast, You started about a month after me and are improving at around the same rate, you should have no problem getting to sub 30 anytime soon, certainly sub 40 in the next fortnight or so

 

[MarcelP]

Do more like that and eventually it won't take as long to figure it out.

Thats exactly what Guus is telling me. I will do more and longer cross training for now and see how it improves in the next few weeks.

You started about a month after me and are improving at around the same rate, you should have no problem getting to sub 30 anytime soon, certainly sub 40 in the next fortnight or so

Thanks! I would be very happy with just sub 40 for now.

 

[MarcelP]

Someone posted a lucky scramble in the race to sub 30 topic

L2 D' B2 R2 U' F2 U B2 F2 D F2 R' L' D' R2 B R U F

I tried the scramble and got a 25 seconds on the first solve: http://youtu.be/Hm-BoSL9gcc

But I got a 22 seconds on the second try.. Of course I do not count it as a PB but it is nice to see with easy cross and easy pairing that my fingers are capable of low twenty solves. What more can a man ask for.. LOL

[video=youtube_share;3rcGew83s-s]http://youtu.be/3rcGew83s-s[/video]

 

[ThomasJE]

Someone posted a lucky scramble in the race to sub 30 topic

L2 D' B2 R2 U' F2 U B2 F2 D F2 R' L' D' R2 B R U F

I tried the scramble and got a 25 seconds on the first solve: http://youtu.be/Hm-BoSL9gcc

But I got a 22 seconds on the second try.. Of course I do not count it as a PB but it is nice to see with easy cross and easy pairing that my fingers are capable of low twenty solves. What more can a man ask for.. LOL

Well, we now know you need to work on your cross. I got 17.38 on my first try (got an OLL case I knew and an A perm), but I hesitated during F2L, so it could have easily have been sub-15.

 

[MarcelP]

Thomas, could you pratice the scramble a few times and then make a video like I did? I would love to see the difference compared to my video. Would also be fun to proove that sub 15 solve

 

[ThomasJE]

Thomas, could you pratice the scramble a few times and then make a video like I did? I would love to see the difference compared to my video. Would also be fun to proove that sub 15 solve

Yeah, I'll try that tomorrow. I'll stackmat it too.

 

[Crazycubemom]

wooow Marchel and Thomas, AWESOME! Keep it hot!

 

[sneaklyfox]

Well, we now know you need to work on your cross. I got 17.38 on my first try (got an OLL case I knew and an A perm), but I hesitated during F2L, so it could have easily have been sub-15.

Practice makes a lot of difference. If you remember what you did, it's not look ahead anymore though. It's memory. I got 16.74 on my first try but I also hesitated during F2L. Second try... 12.04...

 

[MarcelP]

Second try... 12.04...

Don't you think that after a few more practices that you could solve this scramble sub 10? Would be fun right?