Personal bests in competition?

[Escher]

Jealous of all these PBs

The only thing I've had that has ever even been slightly close to a PB must be FMC since I think I've attempted 2 outside of comp

My PB avg 12 is over a second faster than my official single >:-[

 

[DavidWoner]

5x5 avg 3 times, 5x5 single twice, almost 3 times.
Master Magic single and average from CMU 09
And megaminx mean from Cubetcha was probably PB.

 

[Jani]

Meh, I always got PBs in every competition I attend.
Except Indonesian Open, which is my first comp, and I only compete 3x3.
I think that because I don't get nervous on stage.

Jakarta Open 2010:
- Average 4x4
- Average 5x5 (maybe single too, i don't remember)

S'pore Open 2010:
- Average Magic
- 5x5 Single
- 4x4 Average

Indonesia Champ 2010:
- 5x5 Average
- FMC

Asian Champ:
- Pyraminx Single
- Megaminx Average
- 5x5 Single
- 7x7 Average

Jakarta Ceria
- 7x7 Single and Average
- OH average
- WF Single (pll skip, though)

See what I mean?

 

[tim]

Yes, i got 5x5 and 7x7 single PBs in competition and of course 24/24 multi bld.

/edit: And 3x3x3 OH - just because i never practice it.

/edit2: I forgot my epic 4x4 single i beat Sébastien with. He left the timer with a 1:06. And i said: "I can beat that easily" to him. I got a 1:05 which was my PB by over 10 seconds at that time. My other four solves at that round were 1:40, 1:21, 1:16 and 1:17.

 

[Sebastien]

In general I think it's very easy to set PBs in competition, since there are always puzzle you never or very rarely practise at home. So for me for example my official 6x6x6 times and 7x7x7 single are PB.
To make it more ridicoulous: My official Master Magic times are PB, since I once learned how to solve and since that time only use these 5 solve to warm up for magic.

 

[Lucas Garron]

In general I think it's very easy to set PBs in competition, since there are always puzzle you never or very rarely practise at home.

But what about significant PBs for puzzles you practice a lot?

I did a few thousand solves last weekend, and only two (3?) timed sub-10s. The 8.05 is a significant PB, and in addition to a good scramble and a good cube (I bought an F2 at iRubiK) there's something about a good competition environment that can get me to focus very well at times.

But it goes the other way, too, especially if I don't have time to warm up. My competition solves tend to have very many or very few mistakes, and I would really like to know how I can carry the fewer mistakes into home practice.

 

[Daniel Wu]

A 62 second 4x4 solve at US Nationals. Directly following that, I practiced 4x4 until I got a sub 60 a few hours later in the hotel room.

 

[drewsopchak]

for events i havent practiced a lot in preperation i do good. i had a shameful 1:47.xy for megaminx at nationals mainly because i was nervous...

 

[RyanO]

My 1st round 3x3 average of 22.77 at Chicago Open 2010 was a PB by a lot at the time. I didn't beat it for another 3 months or so.

 

[Dene]

Only the one for me. My most recent 4x4 single of 47.44s. It even had PLL parity

 

[ben1996123]

Only the one for me. My most recent 4x4 single of 47.44s. It even had PLL parity

What is your square 1 single PB? Just noticed you have an official 11, lucky or not?

 

[Sa967St]

I don't even get close to PBs in competitions.

 

[Dene]

What is your square 1 single PB? Just noticed you have an official 11, lucky or not?

I can't remember the solve, probably luckyish although I don't think I skipped a step.

I don't know my PB for sq1 but for a legit solve probably around 9s.

 

[Tall5001]

I got a 2x2 average PB 3x3 OH single PB Pyraminx single PB 5x5 single PB

 

[James Ludlow]

2x2 single
3x3 avg
5x5 single
6x6 single and avg
Pyra avg
Mega single
Magic single.

Not at the same comp.

 

[ElectricDoodie]

I need to go to a competition, so I can start setting some official solves.

 

[danthecuber]

I need to go to a competition, so I can start setting some official solves.

Yeah, there's a comp in Florida on march 19 in winter park, if that's close to you...

 

[pappas]

Never got any pb's at comps. I remember getting a really good 4x4 avg at my first comp though. I fail at comps.

 

[LarsN]

I never had a sub30 single for 3x3OH at home. Then I went to Euro2010 and had to go through the qualifier with a best of 2 format. Got a non-lucky 23.68 on the second attempt, winning the round I was completely shocked.

 

[rishabh]

i got a 20.69 while practicing during a comp , dont think that counts ...

i thrashed it later though with a 18.xy