Projected Times Thread

[Nukoca]

Here's my chart of times so far, I've been keeping track about a month. To early to tell what my projected times are, but if I keep it up, I'll probably find a pattern somewhere. Does anyone know of a program where you can do this digitally by the way? I want to be able to insert my previous times, and keep putting them in to get a "big picture."

Here's the chart:

 

[ThatGuy]

There a program out there somewhere. However, its most likely that time increase is not linear so you have get a lot more points (50+) and graph them out. Then you need to plot residuals and find the best fitting type of graph (exponential, power, etc) You shouldn't connect the point because that will get rid of the big picture. I'm not quite sure how much you understand.

 

[Nukoca]

There a program out there somewhere. However, its most likely that time increase is not linear so you have get a lot more points (50+) and graph them out. Then you need to plot residuals and find the best fitting type of graph (exponential, power, etc) You shouldn't connect the point because that will get rid of the big picture. I'm not quite sure how much you understand.

I realize it won't be a straight line. I was connecting them so I could tell what order they're in, they're kind of close together. At any rate, I'm definitely improving, I don't need the chart to tell me that.

 

[ThatGuy]

oh. i see. make the connected lines lighter then. You should make your timespans bigger (daily) and take a lot more averages(?) for a pattern to come more quickly. It isn't necessary to know what order their in, keep a written record of that.

 

[mrbiggs]

cubemania.org keeps a graph like that, and it allows you to download your results so you can mess around with them in excel for those of us who enjoy such a thing.

 

[mcciff2112]

cubemania.org keeps a graph like that, and it allows you to download your results so you can mess around with them in excel for those of us who enjoy such a thing.

This is true. I assume those times are averages? Because cubemania.org does not graph single times, just averages of 5. And I believe that they needed to condense the server size so now they only show your most recent 100 averages on the graph, though it still has all the earlier records somewhere.

 

[Nukoca]

This is true. I assume those times are averages? Because cubemania.org does not graph single times, just averages of 5. And I believe that they needed to condense the server size so now they only show your most recent 100 averages on the graph, though it still has all the earlier records somewhere.

Yeah, they're averages.

 

[Kian]

good thing you put 0 on that graph.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

good thing you put 0 on that graph.

you don't know the POTENTIAL of this guy

 

[Nukoca]

Dang it. Cubemania.org won't let me insert my previous times. If I want to use their graph, I have to start over.

 

[Anthony]

Everyone progresses at a different rate, but here's how my times went down.
1 Month 1:20
3 Months 35
4 Months 28
5 Months 23
6 Months 21
7 Months 19
8 Months 18
9 Months 17
1 Year 16
13 Months 15
14 Months 14

 

[Lord Voldemort]

You can do it off of excel, can't you?
I don't know if they allow you to choose what type of regression curve though.

 

[shelley]

Of course it does. The kinds of applications Excel can be used for certainly don't end at middle school math.

 

[Lord Voldemort]

Why would you need anything for middle school math except a basic calculator?

 

[Ellis]

Why would you need anything for middle school math except a basic calculator?

You need a calculator for middle school math? Sorry about that :rolleyes:

 

[JLarsen]

I've asked before, but nobodies really actually helped me too much on the subject. Anyone feel like helping me graph this beast? Someone told me they would take on the challenge but I haven't heard from them in a few months now.

 

[jacob15728]

The TI calculators have a nice regression feature, but you should probably get more data.

 

[Deleted member 2864]

I use CCT but then after each 12 or so solves, I enter them on rubetimer.com. It graphs your daily average along with your best and worst solves. I then just use print screen, crop it, and you're good to go.

it may take a while to enter all your progress at this point though, so you risk starting over again.

 

[Dene]

I don't see what's wrong with good old Excel. It should work fine...

 

[MichaelErskine]

OpenOffice Calc FTW \o/

Google Docs if you want to work online and share your charts with others.