Also, since I had to take 2 days off of cubing since my dog ate it, and those two days I spent waiting for my new AMAZING DIY cube I will do the Roux 50 solve marathon on Wednesday.
[size=24pt]FROM PETRUS WEEK[/size]
What's been good the past week:
(meaning what i do and don't like about Petrus)
PROS:
-I finally figured out how to do f2l like, yesterday. This meaning, I finally actually can solve it and not just get lucky.. lol
-Doing the actual solves is really easy for me now, and I have little to no trouble doing them.. however, i'm obviously not doing these are record times.
-I only needed to learn 2 algorithms, and if I stick to Petrus/ continue like this on Petrus I will learn the COLL and edge permutation algs (7 i think?)
-I got a new pb for fewest moves, at 73, before it was around 125 hahaha.. yeah i sucked.
CONS:
-Without the COLL and the cross perm algs, solving the last layer takes FOREVER. Most of my time is wasted on this step.
-I personally am not very good at anticipating/finding pieces before i need them. I was pretty decent with the basic LBL method meaning I could find each edge or corner I needed whilst putting in a edge/corner prior to putting in the one i found..... eh, i confused myself.. I could find pieces easily. Using petrus there is too much of the cube to find each piece, particularly speaking of building the first block, and expanding it. This will obviously come over lots of practice, but another most of my time is wasted looking for
pieces.
-This method I can also use for big cubes, Roux, obviously, I can't turn M as easily.
WHAT I HOPE TO FIND IN ROUX THAT I DIDN'T IN PETRUS:
-I hope that I will be able to locate pieces easily-er.
-I hope that I will be able to memorize everything as fast, if not faster, than I did with Petrus. I learning how to actually solve the thing with Petur swithin a day, no alg sheets needed. Because Roux has a lot of really short algs (like MUM') I hope that by the end of the day/part way through the second day I will be able to do the same.
-I hope I will generally be able to solve it faster with my knowledge of Petrus. I don't know if knowing Petrus will somehow help me when solving Roux, who knows. It might help me in building the 1st and 2nd 1x2x3 blocks. Who knows.
-I hope that the method itself isn't as hard as I think it will be. Maybe I'm just exaggerating myself/psyching myself out knowing that tomarrow I'll have to re-learn I just spent a week on learning, and basically throw all my skills away for at least a week, if not more if I stick to it.
finally,
-I hope that by learning both Petrus and Roux (and potentially Heise, just for the sake of learning) I will expand my knowledge of the cube and will be able to adapt to the scramble given to me when it comes time to solve. I hope that I will be able to quickly see that I could build a 1x2x3 block faster than a 2x2 block or vice versa, and will be able to solve the cube faster than if I only knew one single method. I hope that by knowing both methods I will be able to always solve the cube in the most effecient way I can see, instead of just knowing one method where it might not be so effecient.
Well, thats all I have to say, around 5pm EST I'll post up my averages.. I'll do some big 50 solve marathon or something lol.. no warm up.
-Smartyy!
okay.. so here's my times. I am so glad I got an average of sub-2min.. it took me a month just to get that with LBL, and i got it within a week with Petrus. If Roux is as good as everyone says it is, I am very anxious to see what times i get with it:
Cubes Solves: 50
----- JNetCube Best Average for Mon Jun 09 04:01:26 GMT 2008 -----
Average: 1:50.68
Fastest Time: 1:27.19
Slowest Time: 2:19.93
Standard Deviation: 06.89
Individual Times:
1) 1:33.21 B2 F R L D L D2 U B R2 B D' F2 R D' U L D F2 U' B F R' L B'
2) 1:53.72 B' L B R2 B2 F2 R D' B U2 D' R2 D' R F' L U2 F2 U R' U L D B2 F
3) 1:47.89 R2 B2 U2 L2 B2 D B' L R B U2 L' B R D2 U L' B' R F U2 L2 R2 U' R'
4) 1:49.41 R' U' R' D2 R' B' F' D2 B L' R' D' B2 F2 D' U R B' L' D' U2 L' U2 R' B2
5) 1:55.83 R B L2 B' U' B F' U2 R' B2 L2 F U2 D2 L R' D B F2 L' D2 B' L' B2 R
6) 1:58.75 F U' B L F2 L2 F2 B' R F2 R2 B R D L R B2 U2 D L' D' R' F' R' U'
7) 1:51.63 U D R L' D B' D' F2 R2 D B' U2 R D' U' F2 R F R2 L2 F' U' D2 R' L2
8) (2:19.93) D L D L U B U2 L' D B2 L' U D' B' R L2 F2 D B2 L F L2 U F B2
9) 1:53.60 R F' D' U' B U2 B2 L' U' F' U L2 D' U2 F2 L' B2 L' R' B' L' R U D L2
10) 1:52.03 L2 B' R2 F2 B R F L F2 R2 B' U B2 U B' R L2 U L' D2 U F' L2 F' L'
11) 1:50.74 U2 F2 R U2 B L U R' B' U B R F2 B2 D2 U' L' U' B' F' U D F' D L
12) (1:27.19) B2 D2 B' U2 L2 F L D R' D' L2 B F2 R B' U2 R' L F2 L F D U2 R' F
**afterward notes**
some things I could have improved on:
-actually speeding up.. i felt like I was solving it normally (like just solving for the sake of it) just a bit faster, so I am actually really surprised i got these times.
-finding the damn pieces! god! I spent at LEAST 10+ seconds on each solve just finding the corner, or edge or whatever when building the freakin' block!
-Concentrating.. i was listening to buckethead in the background and every once in awhile i was listening to the music more than I was solving the cube Tongue
[size=24pt]FROM PETRUS WEEK[/size]
What's been good the past week:
(meaning what i do and don't like about Petrus)
PROS:
-I finally figured out how to do f2l like, yesterday. This meaning, I finally actually can solve it and not just get lucky.. lol
-Doing the actual solves is really easy for me now, and I have little to no trouble doing them.. however, i'm obviously not doing these are record times.
-I only needed to learn 2 algorithms, and if I stick to Petrus/ continue like this on Petrus I will learn the COLL and edge permutation algs (7 i think?)
-I got a new pb for fewest moves, at 73, before it was around 125 hahaha.. yeah i sucked.
CONS:
-Without the COLL and the cross perm algs, solving the last layer takes FOREVER. Most of my time is wasted on this step.
-I personally am not very good at anticipating/finding pieces before i need them. I was pretty decent with the basic LBL method meaning I could find each edge or corner I needed whilst putting in a edge/corner prior to putting in the one i found..... eh, i confused myself.. I could find pieces easily. Using petrus there is too much of the cube to find each piece, particularly speaking of building the first block, and expanding it. This will obviously come over lots of practice, but another most of my time is wasted looking for
pieces.
-This method I can also use for big cubes, Roux, obviously, I can't turn M as easily.
WHAT I HOPE TO FIND IN ROUX THAT I DIDN'T IN PETRUS:
-I hope that I will be able to locate pieces easily-er.
-I hope that I will be able to memorize everything as fast, if not faster, than I did with Petrus. I learning how to actually solve the thing with Petur swithin a day, no alg sheets needed. Because Roux has a lot of really short algs (like MUM') I hope that by the end of the day/part way through the second day I will be able to do the same.
-I hope I will generally be able to solve it faster with my knowledge of Petrus. I don't know if knowing Petrus will somehow help me when solving Roux, who knows. It might help me in building the 1st and 2nd 1x2x3 blocks. Who knows.
-I hope that the method itself isn't as hard as I think it will be. Maybe I'm just exaggerating myself/psyching myself out knowing that tomarrow I'll have to re-learn I just spent a week on learning, and basically throw all my skills away for at least a week, if not more if I stick to it.
finally,
-I hope that by learning both Petrus and Roux (and potentially Heise, just for the sake of learning) I will expand my knowledge of the cube and will be able to adapt to the scramble given to me when it comes time to solve. I hope that I will be able to quickly see that I could build a 1x2x3 block faster than a 2x2 block or vice versa, and will be able to solve the cube faster than if I only knew one single method. I hope that by knowing both methods I will be able to always solve the cube in the most effecient way I can see, instead of just knowing one method where it might not be so effecient.
Well, thats all I have to say, around 5pm EST I'll post up my averages.. I'll do some big 50 solve marathon or something lol.. no warm up.
-Smartyy!
okay.. so here's my times. I am so glad I got an average of sub-2min.. it took me a month just to get that with LBL, and i got it within a week with Petrus. If Roux is as good as everyone says it is, I am very anxious to see what times i get with it:
Cubes Solves: 50
----- JNetCube Best Average for Mon Jun 09 04:01:26 GMT 2008 -----
Average: 1:50.68
Fastest Time: 1:27.19
Slowest Time: 2:19.93
Standard Deviation: 06.89
Individual Times:
1) 1:33.21 B2 F R L D L D2 U B R2 B D' F2 R D' U L D F2 U' B F R' L B'
2) 1:53.72 B' L B R2 B2 F2 R D' B U2 D' R2 D' R F' L U2 F2 U R' U L D B2 F
3) 1:47.89 R2 B2 U2 L2 B2 D B' L R B U2 L' B R D2 U L' B' R F U2 L2 R2 U' R'
4) 1:49.41 R' U' R' D2 R' B' F' D2 B L' R' D' B2 F2 D' U R B' L' D' U2 L' U2 R' B2
5) 1:55.83 R B L2 B' U' B F' U2 R' B2 L2 F U2 D2 L R' D B F2 L' D2 B' L' B2 R
6) 1:58.75 F U' B L F2 L2 F2 B' R F2 R2 B R D L R B2 U2 D L' D' R' F' R' U'
7) 1:51.63 U D R L' D B' D' F2 R2 D B' U2 R D' U' F2 R F R2 L2 F' U' D2 R' L2
8) (2:19.93) D L D L U B U2 L' D B2 L' U D' B' R L2 F2 D B2 L F L2 U F B2
9) 1:53.60 R F' D' U' B U2 B2 L' U' F' U L2 D' U2 F2 L' B2 L' R' B' L' R U D L2
10) 1:52.03 L2 B' R2 F2 B R F L F2 R2 B' U B2 U B' R L2 U L' D2 U F' L2 F' L'
11) 1:50.74 U2 F2 R U2 B L U R' B' U B R F2 B2 D2 U' L' U' B' F' U D F' D L
12) (1:27.19) B2 D2 B' U2 L2 F L D R' D' L2 B F2 R B' U2 R' L F2 L F D U2 R' F
**afterward notes**
some things I could have improved on:
-actually speeding up.. i felt like I was solving it normally (like just solving for the sake of it) just a bit faster, so I am actually really surprised i got these times.
-finding the damn pieces! god! I spent at LEAST 10+ seconds on each solve just finding the corner, or edge or whatever when building the freakin' block!
-Concentrating.. i was listening to buckethead in the background and every once in awhile i was listening to the music more than I was solving the cube Tongue
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