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[ben1996123]

I just can't do a double flick with my left hand. I know it sounds stupid bu I just can't

I can't either. You could do a U2 before then do L' U2 L2 U L2' U L2 U2 L'

 

[MarcelP]

Nice! You're definitely getting faster, and your TPS and HTM are much better. Your first pair was quite slow; it should be around 30-40% of the whole F2L; it took 53.5%. So maybe try to improve on 1st pair lookahead.

Thanks Thomas! I really appreciate it.

Just a matter of practice
Your rapid improvement is a testament to "practice makes perfect"

Thanks! Wow..

I can't do left double flick either.

Yeah, it's like writing with left. No matter how much you will practice you will never be as good as your dominant hand.

 

[MarcelP]

Ok, I soved the 4 X 4 about 10 times now so I made video to see how it looks. Man... that looks awfull LOL

In short:
building centers 40 seconds
Building pairs 2 minutes
make cross, F2L 1 minute
Figuring out last layer one more minute..

Lost of room for improvement..

[video=youtube_share;WRXHJTN15U0]http://youtu.be/WRXHJTN15U0[/video]

 

[ThomasJE]

Nice! I think you should start on build rings - there's a good video on it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxO54OfqcsE. And have you lubed it yet? Also, when you get to sub-2, I'll have to attempt to reconstruct (yes, a 4x4 reconstruction).

 

[MarcelP]

Wow, I am on fire today! Broke my Ao 12, Ao5 (on video) and Ao3.. Woohooo!

Average of 5: 27.52
29.00 26.48 27.08 (25.55) (33.81)

[video=youtube_share;7zbhwLHuMe8]http://youtu.be/7zbhwLHuMe8[/video]

Edit: I have been practicing my @ss of this weekend It paid out.. LOL

 

[moralsh]

No Raúl, I am being realistic. I am pretty sure that it will be very hard for me to make progress in this stage. I am confident that times will drop, how ever nothing more than one or two seconds per month. So averages of sub 30 is for me not realistic. I would be very nice if they happen around Christmas though

Wow, I am on fire today! Broke my Ao 12, Ao5 (on video) and Ao3.. Woohooo!

Average of 5: 27.52
29.00 26.48 27.08 (25.55) (33.81)

Ahem...

 

[Gordon]

Wooohoo, it's Christmas

 

[MarcelP]

Nice! I think you should start on build rings - there's a good video on it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxO54OfqcsE. And have you lubed it yet? Also, when you get to sub-2, I'll have to attempt to reconstruct (yes, a 4x4 reconstruction).

Thanks Thomas. I will look into that today. 4 X 4 is fun. I not expecting to be fast at it as on my 3 X 3 though..

Ahem...

LOL! No it's not Christmas yet, and I am not sub 30 yet. My Average of 12 has a PB of 33 something. And Christmas is on the doorstep.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Ok, so you want a PB Ao12 of sub-30. (Not just Ao5.) But I think Christmas is going to come early.

 

[MarcelP]

I think sub 30 Ao12 is not easy to get really soon. The Ao5 PB was a true lucky strike. Three easy scrambles. The chances of 12 easy scrambles are very low We will see...

 

[sneaklyfox]

I still don't think it will take you two months. Well, you can be pessimistic about it and be happy when it happens early.

 

[MarcelP]

How long did it take you to go from 40 secs to consistent sub 30? I am just waiting for that 'blockage' where my times will not improve. LOL. I truely believe it will come soon.

 

[ThomasJE]

How long did it take you to go from 40 secs to consistent sub 30? I am just waiting for that 'blockage' where my times will not improve. LOL. I truely believe it will come soon.

My first sub-40 Ao12 was 27th December. First sub-30 Ao12 was 3rd March. So a little over 2 months. Also, when you get to that 'blockage', the best thing to do is just practice, or do slow solves to improve lookahead.

 

[MarcelP]

I just had a nice scramble on my ShengEn FII:

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

Anyone care to reconstruct?

[video=youtube_share;ezgWg41Lwn4]http://youtu.be/ezgWg41Lwn4[/video]

 

[ThomasJE]

Nice! That G-perm definitely slowed you down; that could have been sub-20 if you had a better PLL. I'll reconstruct tomorrow.

 

[moralsh]

Marcel, I'm about 1 month behind you and I plan to make it to sub 30 by christmas, I'm confident you'll be there really soon, it's gonna take a lot of practice but everyday practicing becomes a little easier, at least for me

I think that you have an analytic mind and that this approach is very good for speedcubing, I also think that you don't need a special set of habilities to get around 20, just practice. After that I guess you also need to be fast . I might be wrong, though.

Keep it up!

 

[ben1996123]

Spoiler: Video

[youtubehd]ezgWg41Lwn4[/youtubehd]

Spoiler: Solve 1 (22.81)

Scramble: R2 B2 U' R2 D B2 D' L2 U R2 D F' D2 F' L D' U F2 R' D2 B U

z2 y // Inspection
D L x U2 x2' U2 x // Cross (4/4)
L' U2 L U2' y U' L' U L // 1st Pair (8/12)
L U L' U L U' L' // 2nd Pair (7/19)
U2' U' R U2 R' y U R U' R' // 3rd Pair (9/28)
U' L' U' L // 4th Pair (4/32)
R U R' U R U2 R' // OLL (7/39)
U2' R2 u R2 U R2 D' R' U' R x U2 x' R' U R // PLL (14/53)
View at alg.garron

[b]Step	Time	HTM	HTPS	ETM	ETPS[/b]
[color="red"]Total	22.81	53	2.32	60	2.63[/color]

Cross+1	5.77	12	2.08	16	2.77
F2L	13.14	32	2.44	37	2.82
LL	9.67	21	2.17	23	2.38

[b]Step		Time	HTM	ETM[/b]
Cross+1/F2L	44%	38%	43%
F2L/Total	58%	60%	62%
LL/Total	42%	40%	38%

 

[MarcelP]

Nice! That G-perm definitely slowed you down; that could have been sub-20 if you had a better PLL. I'll reconstruct tomorrow.

Thanks Thomas, but look again, that is no G-perm That is one of my slowest PLL's. Still faster than a 2 step PLL (for me )

Marcel, I'm about 1 month behind you and I plan to make it to sub 30 by christmas, I'm confident you'll be there really soon, it's gonna take a lot of practice but everyday practicing becomes a little easier, at least for me

I think that you have an analytic mind and that this approach is very good for speedcubing, I also think that you don't need a special set of habilities to get around 20, just practice. After that I guess you also need to be fast . I might be wrong, though.

Keep it up!

Thanks Raoul. I was looking for your progress in the sub 30 contest. I hope it will be added. I think you are right. Everyone should get to low 20 solves without having young agile hands. Sub 30 is my main goal for now. I mean a graduation in the sub-30 contest.

Spoiler: Video

[youtubehd]ezgWg41Lwn4[/youtubehd]

Spoiler: Solve 1 (22.81)

Scramble: R2 B2 U' R2 D B2 D' L2 U R2 D F' D2 F' L D' U F2 R' D2 B U

z2 y // Inspection
D L x U2 x2' U2 x // Cross (4/4)
L' U2 L U2' y U' L' U L // 1st Pair (8/12)
L U L' U L U' L' // 2nd Pair (7/19)
U2' U' R U2 R' y U R U' R' // 3rd Pair (9/28)
U' L' U' L // 4th Pair (4/32)
R U R' U R U2 R' // OLL (7/39)
U2' R2 u R2 U R2 D' R' U' R x U2 x' R' U R // PLL (14/53)
View at alg.garron

[b]Step	Time	HTM	HTPS	ETM	ETPS[/b]
[color="red"]Total	22.81	53	2.32	60	2.63[/color]

Cross+1	5.77	12	2.08	16	2.77
F2L	13.14	32	2.44	37	2.82
LL	9.67	21	2.17	23	2.38

[b]Step		Time	HTM	ETM[/b]
Cross+1/F2L	44%	38%	43%
F2L/Total	58%	60%	62%
LL/Total	42%	40%	38%

Thanks Ben!

 

[sneaklyfox]

Right... that is a Y perm. You don't like the standard F (R U' R' U') (R U R' F') (R U R' U') (R' F R F')?

 

[MarcelP]

In the beginning when I was learning PLL's I could not perform a F or 'F without regrip. That might have changed. So I will look into this standard again