Personal bests in competition?

Have you achieved a your personal best solve on any puzzle (ever) at a competition


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3x3x3 single: 8.05
5x5x5 single: A lot of my NRs; 1:33.40 is still my PB since 1.5 years
2x2x2 single: 1.06; since a year
3x3x3 one-handed: 39.96, I think
FMC: 39 (first attempt)
Megaminx single: 1:36.44, which was a PB by 30 seconds, was done with Takao's megaminx (different color scheme), and is my PB since 2 years
Pyraminx single: 5.43? (and maybe 11.02 average, unbeaten for 2 years)
Square-1 single: 16.80
Clock single: 9.93? (maybe not a PB, but I think my second sub-10)
6x6x6 single: 4:22.08 (I don't practice)
7x7x7 single: 6:28.82 (I don't practice)
 
I beat my previous at home 5x5 single PB 4 times at my last comp, LOL. 1 was warming up and 3 were official. The competition average almost beat my at home single. I have no idea how this happened. Now that the comp is over, I can't get anywhere close to these times. They are still PB's. (My reasoning is that my edge pairing was way faster)
 
i actually once had a 41.xx 4x4 solve but it was really long time ago. usually i couldnt get sub50. but at german nats i somehow had perfect lookahead and BOOM 43.88 NR :D
well my only real PB was in clock. 25.xx it was like my 10th solve :P
 
i actually once had a 41.xx 4x4 solve but it was really long time ago. usually i couldnt get sub50. but at german nats i somehow had perfect lookahead and BOOM 43.88 NR :D

I had a similar experience at DC Spring. PB at the time was just a bit lower than 1:05, but I usually couldn't get anything sub 1:10 (averaging 1:20's). Just like you, I had perfect lookahead on one solve, and got a 1:05.81 single (nonlucky :)) in that comp. Not PB, but it is the solve that I am happiest about out of all my competition results. I now can get a time around that a lot more frequently, averaging somewhere in the range of 1:05 to 1:10.
 
At Ohio Open 2010, I was practicing 4x4 at lunch and I got a 1:56 (my pb at the time). Then on my 4th official solve I got a 1:34.75.

Edit: Also, at DeVry, I got my pb 5x5 single (2:51.08)
 
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My first ever official 3x3 solve (German Open 2009) was a PB single ever :D The time was 17.84 (my PB at home was 19.89) and only my second sub-20 ever! I also smashed my home PB avg of like 25.xy with a 21.68 avg :D Even my 2nd round avg was better than my home PB avg.
My 2x2 7.65 avg at my first comp was my first sub-10 avg I think :p
My 5x5 solve at that comp (4:48.56) was also my first sub-5.

More PBs:
2:03.52 5x5 single and 2:21.82 avg at Essen Open 2009
1:44.73 5x5 avg at German Open 2010
28.84 clock single German Open 2010 (omg furzd sub30 :eek:) and 32.98 avg
19.08 clock single Dutch Open 2010 (omg furzd sub20 :eek:)
3:31.22 6x6 single Cologne Open 2010
2/2 15:45 Aachen Open 2010 (first 100% success ever)

My best PB was probably my 1:19.55 5x5 solve at German Nationals 2010 because it beat my old PB by 9 seconds and was a National Record at the time :) ps: I've still not gotten any times anywhere near that :p
 
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My 10/10 3x3x3 multi at the Ohio Open was way faster than anything I've ever done outside competition.
I've gotten personal bests at megaminx, both single and average, several times in competition. I don't know why, but my megaminx times are always WAY faster in competition than they are at home. Maybe it's the lighting? Maybe I just don't try hard enough at home?
 
5x5 average at UK Masters 09, average was 2:52 with all solves sub 3. Was my first sub 3 average.

EDIT: Are people saying PB's they beat in official solves? Or just in practise? Because my 2:52 5x5 average was official...
 
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- My 25.95 second 3x3x3 one-handed solve at the 2004 US Nationals also was my pb single at the time.
- 4:46.19 is still my pb single 4x4x4 blindfolded solve, which I did at Chattahoochee Spring 2009.
 
Currently:
Magic single: 0.88
7x7 single: 3:56 :D:D:D sub-4

Making a list of previous PB's done in competition would be a bit longer but impossible to retrieve :P

Edit: oh and for some reason: multi BLD (I never tried more than 2 at home xD)

Edit 2: and FMC I can count the number of non-competition FMC attempts on one hand.
 
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