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mark49152 said:
Fangshi v2. My F2L practice regime was...
  • 10 solves (pairs only) solving each pair with eyes closed, with as fast TPS as possible;
  • 10 solves (pairs only) stopping before each insert to find the next pair; then insert and setup next pair with as fast TPS as possible (eyes open);
  • 10 solves (pairs only) solving each pair with eyes closed and mentally tracking corner of next pair;
  • 10 solves (pairs only) solving each pair with eyes closed and mentally tracking corner and edge of next pair (hard!);
  • 10 solves (pairs only) going slow and looking ahead, trying to achieve continuous smooth movement and never look at pieces being solved.

Sometimes I'd do 20 or more of each of course, time permitting. Next target is cross and cross-F2L transition :D
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Good stuff! I have a White and Original color ShuangRen V2. I like them so much but I have converted to being a black cube solver. So I ordered a black one now :)

That is good practice. Do you know I still can not do cross blind. Well, at least not with 15 secs inspection. If I do it with my eyes closed I have a 60% success rate I think.
 
MarcelP said:
Do you know I still can not do cross blind. Well, at least not with 15 secs inspection. If I do it with my eyes closed I have a 60% success rate I think.
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I am about the same. I get tripped up by missing that pieces will be affected by earlier turns and won't be where I think they will when I come to insert them.

Blind cross practice is OK but ultimately the point of that is to free your eyes to find the first pair. So my plan is to combine with some of the F2L practice techniques I've been using, like mentally tracking first F2L corner while solving cross blind, etc. So far I've found it much harder, as cross isn't executed from muscle memory like most F2L cases are.
 
mark49152 said:
After a month of intensive F2L and lookahead practice I did my first session of timed full solves last night and smashed all my PB averages by over 3 seconds. Ao50 down from 31.77 to 28.60, ao12 from 29.88 to 26.35 and ao5 from 27.95 to 23.03. Man, I can strongly recommend targeted practice! :D
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Awesome! I know I should do targeted practice if I want to progress faster, but I'm having too much fun just solving. Unfortunately it doesn't get me faster. But I'm not too disappointed. I am still improving but just really really slowly. (And also I blame my sleep deprivation for the rest of it.) Anyway, now I'm trying to practice 4x4 and 5x5 more and sometimes practicing on big cubes helps look ahead. I like my Sulong for practice because it cuts very well but it's slower so I'm forced to do "slow down and look ahead". I get some good times with my Sulong! I couldn't get my Chilong very good. I haven't taken it apart to properly lube and tension yet, but my feeling is that I will still like Sulong better. I haven't done anything to my Sulong. It's so good out of the box. Only once I tried some maru on it and it became as fast as other cubes which was pretty cool. It's oddly like my Fangshi though. It's like I practice on my Sulong and then move to Fangshi for a bit more speed.

I am writing a long post because I lost internet for 5 days now and it won't be back up for another several days at least. Boohoo! I'm at Timmies. :D

Weisu has not arrived yet boohoo. But I got my SS 5x5 from TheCubicle yesterday and instantly smashed all my PBs with it. Now I average about 3:35 or so. Still haven't gotten that first sub-3 yet. (3:00.15!!!) It's fun though.

Oh yeah, and I got another surprise in the mail. When I went to check, I saw I got something and it was TheCubicle and I was happy for my 5x5 and stickers, lube, bags, etc. But then I looked further in my mailbox and I had another package and I thought maybe it was the Weisu but it was TheCubicle again and I was really confused because I know I only ordered one cube and accessories. I looked in that one and it was... a Dayan megaminx (black, ridged). But I didn't order it? I didn't have a megaminx. So I have to check with them to see why I got it. Christmas present? Haha... I don't think I need to send it back to them, right? Anything like this ever happen to you before?

Anyway, if I don't reply right away, you know why but I will see it when my internet comes back up or if I can't stand it anymore and come back to Timmies to check. :)
 
sneaklyfox said:
Anyway, if I don't reply right away, you know why but I will see it when my internet comes back up or if I can't stand it anymore and come back to Timmies to check. :)
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Good to hear from you.. wow you are fast on the 5 X 5. That is insane. ;)


So that's where my megaminx went to.. LOL.. No, I have a SS and NEVER use it ;) I love my SuLong also very much. In fact, I want to do an Ao100 on my SuLong today to see if I am faster on SuLong than on ChiLong. ChiLong is definatly my main.
 
mark49152 said:
My F2L practice regime was...
  • 10 solves (pairs only) solving each pair with eyes closed, with as fast TPS as possible;
  • 10 solves (pairs only) stopping before each insert to find the next pair; then insert and setup next pair with as fast TPS as possible (eyes open);
  • 10 solves (pairs only) solving each pair with eyes closed and mentally tracking corner of next pair;
  • 10 solves (pairs only) solving each pair with eyes closed and mentally tracking corner and edge of next pair (hard!);
  • 10 solves (pairs only) going slow and looking ahead, trying to achieve continuous smooth movement and never look at pieces being solved.
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I must try this.
 
New BP Ao12: 20.49

Mean: 21.11
Average: 21.12
Best time: 17.28
Median: 21.35
Worst time: 24.75
Standard deviation: 1.90

Best average of 5: 19.44
11-15 - 18.62 (21.62) 19.93 (17.28) 19.76

Best average of 12: 20.49
6-17 - 18.31 20.76 21.35 (24.75) 22.57 18.62 21.62 19.93 (17.28) 19.76 23.26 18.71

1. 21.15 L2 D2 B2 R2 D' B2 F2 L2 B2 F2 U' B' U F' U R' D2 F R' B2
2. 21.29 D F2 D' F2 U B2 D F2 U2 F2 U' B' L B U2 B F' U' L' B2 F' D'
3. 22.14 R2 L2 D R2 U' F2 U' R2 L2 D2 B2 L F' D L2 B' L' D2 L2 F2 U2
4. 21.73 R2 F2 R2 B2 D U2 L2 B2 D' U2 R2 F R' L B' U2 R L2 D F L2 U'
5. 21.42 R2 B2 F2 D' L2 B2 F2 U' F2 U' F' U' B' L2 U' L2 F R' L2 D2 U2
6. 18.31 L2 F2 R2 B2 U B2 F2 L2 B2 L2 D2 F R' U2 B2 U R' D' F' D2 B
7. 20.76 L2 B2 F2 D R2 D2 F2 R2 D' L2 D' L' B' R D2 L' D2 F' D' R2 L
8. 21.35 F2 U' F2 U B2 U2 R2 U2 L2 U2 B2 R B2 U' R2 F R' U2 B' U R U2
9. 24.75 D L2 U' F2 R2 D L2 B2 D' L2 D R L2 D U2 F U R' U F' R
10. 22.57 D' L2 F2 D U2 L2 U' L2 F2 R2 U2 B' U2 F' D2 R L' F' U2 L F U'
11. 18.62 F2 D L2 U' B2 U' F2 D2 R2 B2 U' L D2 U L' F' U' F' R' B' L
12. 21.62 U' B2 F2 D L2 D2 U L2 U F2 L D2 F' D2 R' U' R2 F L2 B U2
13. 19.93 U2 F2 L2 U R2 D' R2 L2 D R2 D F U L2 B U' L2 D' R' L2 D U'
14. 17.28 U' B2 D F2 U L2 U' L2 U2 L2 U' F' R' B D' L2 F' L2 B2 F U'
15. 19.76 B2 L2 D' L2 D' B2 D' R2 L2 U2 L2 B R D2 L' D F L U' L2 U2
16. 23.26 U' B2 R2 L2 D2 R2 D R2 B2 U F L F2 D2 B R2 U2 F U L' U'
17. 18.71 L2 D R2 F2 D' B2 U' L2 F2 R2 U' L' D L2 F' L' U L B R2 D
18. 23.73 U' B2 U2 F2 U2 R2 U L2 U' R2 U' R' D' F' D U' L' D F R' U'
19. 22.64 U2 R2 U B2 R2 F2 U' R2 U L2 D L' B2 R' F' R F D B' F' R2 D'

Cube: Black YJ ChiLong
 
MarcelP said:
Good to hear from you.. wow you are fast on the 5 X 5. That is insane. ;)

So that's where my megaminx went to.. LOL.. No, I have a SS and NEVER use it ;) I love my SuLong also very much. In fact, I want to do an Ao100 on my SuLong today to see if I am faster on SuLong than on ChiLong. ChiLong is definatly my main.
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My internet came back this morning! :)

Great job with new PB, Marcel! Soon... very soon you will get that sub-20 Ao12 and you'll feel great! It's fun to see how far you've come since this thread was started. And now it's like you have your own little following. Can the person who starts a thread see all the statistics of that thread (like how many people have subscribed to your thread?) because I wonder how many people have subscribed to Marcel's thread.

Well, I admit I haven't tried hard enough to make my Chilong good. I haven't done any lube to it still... only loosened it half a turn on each side. It got better but Sulong is definitely preferred. I count Fangshi, Weilong and Sulong as my main cubes that I use right now. But haven't played with them for a few days because...

My Weisu FINALLY came on Friday!!!!!!!! I was also sick with a fever on Friday so someone else got it at the door. They didn't bother to tell me until later. ("Did you get your cube?" "Whaat CUBE?!?!") I had considered making an unboxing video and first solve video before but as I was sick and just wanted to get it out finally after the long long wait, I didn't make a video (sorry). I was amazed how smooth it was and the corner cutting is amazing compared to my sad cube. I beat my PB single on the very first solve with it by 2 seconds and a few solves later got a 1:15.87 as well. But I was still very sick and tired so I didn't do much with it the rest of the evening as I slept. Next day I wasn't feverish anymore... and got my current PB single (1:06.24). Of course smashed all my other PB Ao5 and Ao12 with it. And yeah, the slight sluggishness went away after some 70ish solves and it's only getting better. I'm now at maybe 120 solves with it or something like that.

Oh yeah, and the megaminx I mentioned was a shipping mistake... it was meant for someone else in Canada but they told me I could keep it! So I get a free megaminx. I've solved it a couple times so far. It takes me forever though. I am a total megaminx noob. Wow, too many new cubes to play with. Should keep me busy for awhile...
 
sneaklyfox said:
My Weisu FINALLY came on Friday!!!!!!!!
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I hope you are feeling well again. Nice that you love your Weisu! I am still waiting for my original color Weisu and suposedly ShengShou V6 :) No, I can not see any statistics on this topic. I am really glad this topic exists. It is the only reason why I come here.. LOL.. No, I also really like the weekly competition so that is not true.
 
MarcelP said:
Did you quit cubing for a while? I could not stay away even if I wanted to. :)
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I still cube once in awhile, but I'm not very active in the forums now (besides the weekly comp thread that I've been updating). Maybe two to three solves a day? I should post up an avg video soon though... it's been a long time since I made a video on Youtube lol.

sorry for the late reply, I just remembered I posted on this thread xD
 
Just had a fulle step sub 14: (last solve in a Ao50 23.xx)

50. 13.62 D' L2 U' R2 D L2 U' F2 U2 L2 B2 L' U F' R B' R' D' L2 B D2 U2

y (white on U, red on F)
R D2 R' L U' R' F R D'
//and from here it is pretty obvious ;) Two pairs in U layer but after slotting the first one a third pair comes in U layer.. Awesome
 
mark49152 said:
Yay! 58.39 on the 45th completed attempt. :D Probably just as many failed attempts. Man my left hand aches now!
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Ok I have made a word doc with 21 PLL pictures. I have tried about 20 times before I had a full PLL attack without making a mistake. I got around 1.40. I guess I really really suck at this. I take at least 1 second per picture (like this
G3.gif
) before I remember the algorithm.
 
Yeah I memorized a sequence and do them without following a list. I can imagine that would slow me down. The sequence is sort of in muscle memory now along with the algs. Lockups and fumbles are what makes the difference for me between a good and bad attack. I average about 1:04 and that 58 was with no fumbles or catches at all, which is rare for me :D
 
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