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[MarcelP]

Wooowww Marcel, AMAZING results for your first competition. CONGRATS! You are faster than me @ My The First Competition

Keep it hot! I don't know about top 10 40+ ers , I bet you are 1 of them ( sorry if I'm wrong) Kattenvriendin, thank you for supporting Marcel .

Thanks Maria. I am happy with these results too!

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Kattenvriendin, thank you for supporting Marcel .

You're welcome! He's the first Dutchie to contact me here, so he IS kinda special hehe

We'll meet at the Dutch Open for the first time, I hope? You can't miss me, I am the girl with the crazy long hair lol

 

[MarcelP]

You can't miss me, I am the girl with the crazy long hair lol

I hope to be there. I am easily spotted too. I am 230Lbs and tattooed..

 

[MarcelP]

I don't get that many sub 30's but every now and then the scramble gods throw me a nice cross:

U' R2 B2 U2 R2 B2 D' F2 D2 L2 U R D' U2 R2 B' L D R2 L2 U

26 seconds on a brand new ShengEn FII:

[video=youtube_share;t85K2lPvR2w]http://youtu.be/t85K2lPvR2w[/video]

(23 seconds on second try with black ZhanChi )

 

[lcsbiffi]

Oh that was a nice solve btw did you like the fII ? I use one as my main while i wait for my lubix zhanchi.

 

[MarcelP]

I just love it. I just have to buy some glew (spelling?) to fix the caps that come off on fast solves.

 

[BenVdd]

Glue and nice solve!

 

[cowabunga]

I just love it. I just have to buy some glew (spelling?) to fix the caps that come off on fast solves.

bicycle glue works fine for me

 

[MarcelP]

bicycle glue works fine for me

Awesome tip. Now I do'nt have to go to the store

Glue and nice solve!

Thanks Ben!

 

[lcsbiffi]

Yeah, I glued most of the caps on, except the center caps so I can adjust the tension. Does your fII cut corners well ?

 

[ThomasJE]

I don't get that many sub 30's but every now and then the scramble gods throw me a nice cross:

U' R2 B2 U2 R2 B2 D' F2 D2 L2 U R D' U2 R2 B' L D R2 L2 U

26 seconds on a brand new ShengEn FII:

Nice! You have definitely improved your TPS. I'll try to reconstruct it later.

 

[MarcelP]

Does your fII cut corners well ?

It's allright. About 40 degrees.

Nice! You have definitely improved your TPS. I'll try to reconstruct it later.

Thanks!

 

[ThomasJE]

MarcelP - 26.22 Single

Spoiler: Video

[video=youtube_share;t85K2lPvR2w]http://youtu.be/t85K2lPvR2w[/video]

U' R2 B2 U2 R2 B2 D' F2 D2 L2 U R D' U2 R2 B' L D R2 L2 U

x z' // Inspection
L' U' (x R2') // Cross
U L' U' L U' U' y R' U' U' R U' R' U R // F2L 1
U y' R' U R U' R' U' R // F2L 2
U' U2 y' R' U2 R U' y R U R' // F2L 3
y' U' R U' R' U y L' U' L // F2L 4
r y R U l' B' z' R' // OELL
F' x L U R' U' L' U l // OCLL
L U' R' U L' U2 R U' R' U2 R U' // PLL
View at alg.garron.us

Stats:

[B]Step	Time	HTM	HTPS	ETM	ETPS[/B]
[COLOR="#FF0000"]Total	26.22	65	2.48	78	2.97[/COLOR]
Cross+1	5.24	15	2.86	19	3.63
F2L	16.21	39	2.41	49	3.02
LL	10.01	26	2.60	29	2.90

[B]%	Time	HTM	ETM[/B]		
F2L	61.8%	60.0%	62.8%		
LL	38.2%	40.0%	37.2%

2.48 TPS - that's much better than before. Your move count is also much lower - You still have some weird fingertricks though - but they may disappear over time. Nicely done!

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Oh wow.. so cool!

 

[MarcelP]

2.48 TPS - that's much better than before. Your move count is also much lower - You still have some weird fingertricks though - but they may disappear over time. Nicely done!

Thomas, you are awsome. Thanks so much. I love seeing these break downs. 2.48 TPS. Wow.. practice is paying off..

 

[MarcelP]

A few tips:
- Lube your 2x2. I can't put it any other way. Your cube looks so slow.
- Learn some fingertricks. You do a turn, then another turn, then another turn... Try being more fluent with your turns.
- Look at this tutorial. The blue lines are recognition points, so that should help.

So I did all these things, I have practiced this week for about 1,5 hour in total. Allready I see great improvement. I guess with a new WitTwo that is comming my way I will be sub 10 in no time

Mean: 12.14

1. 14.92 U2 R U' R F2 R' U' R U2
2. 8.27 F2 R' F2 R F2 R U F2 U'
3. 13.22 R2 U2 F' U2 F U2 F R'

 

[ThomasJE]

You've improved! Look at this video - there are some useful PBL fingertricks.

 

[MarcelP]

Thanks Thomas. That's helpfull. Do you use Ortega? And congrats with your 1000th post on Speedsolving.com

 

[ThomasJE]

Thanks Thomas. That's helpfull. Do you use Ortega? And congrats with your 1000th post on Speedsolving.com

Thanks. Yes, I use Ortega, and I average around 5.5 secs. I am considering switching to Guimond though, but sometimes, you skip a face, so it's easier to do an Ortega solve rather than a Guimond solve.

EDIT: Fun fact - I am one of 130 people that have 1,000 posts or more.

 

[MarcelP]

Since I learned so much from you I would really see some solves from you. Please set up an account on Youtube!!