Older cubers discussions

[MarcelP]

I see I should practice more. If it comes high, I do 100 - 200 solves per week...

Cubing does not come natural to me, I need to practice a lot to make the slightes improvement.

 

[Kattenvriendin]

But when it happens we're super happy!

 

[mark49152]

I've been cubing since Oct 2012 and my times are about 45-50. I practise most days although time is often limited by work and other commitments. Cubing's my way of settling the mind and unwinding stress I'm also in my mid-40s.

So far this year I shaved a second or two off my PLLs thanks to Jskyler's excellent videos and a lot of idle PLL drilling while concentrating on other things. But F2L is where I'm slowest so that's what I practise most. I got it down to about 20 secs (excluding cross) by slow solving, blindfold, metronome, etc, but am stuck there and still seem to spend lots of time fumbling or frantically searching for pieces.

I guess I was expecting it would be quite easy to get sub-40 and then sub-30 would be a challenge.

 

[MarcelP]

I've been cubing since Oct 2012 and my times are about 45-50. I practise most days although time is often limited by work and other commitments. Cubing's my way of settling the mind and unwinding stress I'm also in my mid-40s.

So far this year I shaved a second or two off my PLLs thanks to Jskyler's excellent videos and a lot of idle PLL drilling while concentrating on other things. But F2L is where I'm slowest so that's what I practise most. I got it down to about 20 secs (excluding cross) by slow solving, blindfold, metronome, etc, but am stuck there and still seem to spend lots of time fumbling or frantically searching for pieces.

I guess I was expecting it would be quite easy to get sub-40 and then sub-30 would be a challenge.

When I was averaging around your times I made this training video. I was sub 40 real soon after training like this:

http://youtu.be/hJdtWvsk_vE

I literally did nothing but these kind of solves for a week or so.

 

[MarcelP]

I did an another A0100 today to see if yesterday was a fluke.

Mean: 28.91
Average: 28.91
Best time: 19.87
Median: 28.40
Worst time: 38.01
Standard deviation: 3.89

Best average of 5: 25.72
23-27 - 23.46 (21.20) 25.55 28.14 (33.98)

Best average of 12: 27.05
27-68 - 25.77 (19.87) 26.41 29.93 30.13 22.86 (31.96) 28.14 27.47 26.18 28.40 25.18

Very nice times. I guess I am true sub 29 on color neutral

Around at the end of that best Ao12 I turned on the camera. The point is when I turn on the camera my hands take over and start to rush. I don't know why. Freaking annoying. Neverther less the Ao5 that followed was quite allright for someone my speed:

70. 26.18 B2 R2 D' L2 U' L2 U' B2 R2 B2 D B' R2 U2 R F R2 D F U2 L U
71. 28.40 R2 B2 D2 R2 U' R2 D' F2 U B2 U2 F' D L' U2 B' L U2 F' U' L' D2
72. 25.18 B2 D' R2 U2 F2 U' R2 F2 U' R2 B2 L F' L' D L' F D B2 D R'
73. 28.96 F2 L2 U F2 U F2 R2 B2 U2 L2 U L F D' B D2 B' R2 D' L' B U2
74. 25.42 B2 U' F2 R2 U' B2 F2 D R2 F2 D' L' D2 R' F R2 D' R' F D2 U'

[video=youtube_share;fFscF68YoDM]http://youtu.be/fFscF68YoDM[/video]

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Just did those 5 scrambles.. if you count in the fact that I see porcelain up close today I didn't do half bad at all!

Best average of 5: 37.51
1-5 - 40.73 (43.26) 37.86 33.94 (30.70)

1. 40.73 B2 R2 D' L2 U' L2 U' B2 R2 B2 D B' R2 U2 R F R2 D F U2 L U
2. 43.26 R2 B2 D2 R2 U' R2 D' F2 U B2 U2 F' D L' U2 B' L U2 F' U' L' D2
3. 37.86 B2 D' R2 U2 F2 U' R2 F2 U' R2 B2 L F' L' D L' F D B2 D R'
4. 33.94 F2 L2 U F2 U F2 R2 B2 U2 L2 U L F D' B D2 B' R2 D' L' B U2
5. 30.70 B2 U' F2 R2 U' B2 F2 D R2 F2 D' L' D2 R' F R2 D' R' F D2 U'


Sign of true addiction.. continuing to cube even though you are sick as a dog LOL

 

[MarcelP]

Sign of true addiction.. continuing to cube even though you are sick as a dog LOL

LOL, maybe you will find the healing force of cubing..

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Hahaha who knows!!!

 

[omer]

When I was averaging around your times I made this training video. I was sub 40 real soon after training like this:

http://youtu.be/hJdtWvsk_vE

I literally did nothing but these kind of solves for a week or so.

Is this still the way you would solve those pairs? Like in this video? Or are you aware that there are much easier and faster ways to solve those pairs?

 

[MarcelP]

Is this still the way you would solve those pairs?

No, that is when I just started to learn F2L. Now I do it in better ways

 

[mark49152]

When I was averaging around your times I made this training video. I was sub 40 real soon after training like this:

http://youtu.be/hJdtWvsk_vE

I literally did nothing but these kind of solves for a week or so.

Looks a bit like one-sided ZZ. I experimented with ZZ for a while using F2L rather than block building and found that some awkward cases don't occur whereas some other cases are more awkward to solve. Generally I don't think my problem is how to solve the cases, it's finding the pairs.

Just got an 18.3 ao12 for F2L tonight. So, complaining about slow improvement works as a psychological tactic!

 

[Schmidt]

So, complaining about slow improvement works as a psychological tactic!

I suck at cubing [sits back and wait for the effect to kick in]

 

[mark49152]

I suck at cubing [sits back and wait for the effect to kick in]

Yeah my crosses are dreadful and still just as slow as when I started (reaches for cube...)

 

[MarcelP]

it's finding the pairs.

Yes, I know what you mean. When I started out learning F2L I had an average of 1.30 (one minute thirty). I could take up to ten seconds to find a pair. Simply because I did not know what was a pair of a slot and what might be an edge that belongs in the U layer. Training like I did in the video really speeded me up on the recognition of the pairs.

 

[uniacto]

90 pages and still going strong. very cool.
Also, isn't it awesome to look back at you old videos and see how much you've improved? It give you a nice feeling inside haha. Or at least it does with me xD

 

[MarcelP]

Also, isn't it awesome to look back at you old videos and see how much you've improved? It give you a nice feeling inside haha. Or at least it does with me xD

Yeah, I have never looked back at the old video's but I remember clearly doing one minute solves and still feel fast LOL.. This years goal is getting sub 25. Being sub 30 now does indeed give me a great feeling inside.

 

[kunparekh18]

Re: Hi, Marcel from Holland here

Yeah, I have never looked back at the old video's but I remember clearly doing one minute solves and still feel fast LOL.. This years goal is getting sub 25. Being sub 30 now does indeed give me a great feeling inside.

You still have a year! You'll achieve 15s averages easily in that time

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[uniacto]

Yeah, I have never looked back at the old video's but I remember clearly doing one minute solves and still feel fast LOL.. This years goal is getting sub 25. Being sub 30 now does indeed give me a great feeling inside.

psh, at the rate you're going, you can get sub 25 before summer starts.

 

[MarcelP]

You still have a year! You'll achieve 15s averages easily in that time
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Thanks, but I highly doubt it.. I think my speed will not take me further than being around the 20 seconds mark no matter how hard I try.

psh, at the rate you're going, you can get sub 25 before summer starts.

That would be very cool


So, I have been working on my OLL's. Status is 41/57

Yesterday I learned:

R U R' U (R' F R F') U2 (R' F R F')

R U2 R2 F R F' U2 M' U R U' r'

M U R U R' U' M' R' F R F'

And now I can not do Rb PLL any more:

R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2

I have been doing that PLL for 6 months and I can not perform it today even if my life depended on it.. LOL oh man I hate learning new algs..

 

[kunparekh18]

Re: Hi, Marcel from Holland here

Nice! Learn at least the dot case OLLs. The rest, even if you forget, you can solve with 2Look. And, there is also a way to avoid dot cases if you don't know already

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