Race to Sub-30 and Race to Sub 25

[muchacho]

Round 165
Race to sub-30 OH
Method: Roux
Cube: Thunderclap v1

Average: 35.79

33.69, (27.17), 34.02, 29.48, 38.57, (40.42), 36.66, 37.94, 34.51, 38.33, 35.03, 39.73

 

[Turn n' burn]

Round 165
Race to sub-25
CFOP (finally taking some initiative on those last plls)
Gans air

Generated By csTimer on 2016-12-24
avg of 12: 22.93

Time List:
1. 23.66 L F' D2 F R2 F' R2 F2 D2 F2 D2 U F2 R' D L U2 L2 F2
2. 25.19 L D B2 D2 F L' B' L D R' U' R2 U2 R2 D2 B2 R2 U' F2 U' L2
3. 19.51 D2 U2 B' U2 L2 D2 R2 B L2 B U2 R D2 B2 L' U' B L2 R D R2
4. (28.05) D F2 U2 F2 D B2 D' B2 U2 F' L B2 U' L' R2 D' L F2 U R'
5. (18.44) D2 F2 D B' R D R' F' B2 U' D2 F R2 B D2 B' U2 R2 F2
6. 22.47 R' B' L D' R2 L' F D R B D2 R B2 R2 B2 D2 F2 L' B2
7. 20.14 D' R F2 R' U2 R2 B D R F D2 R2 D' B2 D2 R2 F2 L2 F2 U'
8. 26.42 D U2 L2 B F R2 U2 F' R2 D2 B' R2 L' U' B' U B' U' L2
9. 26.59 F' U' D' L2 B' D2 R F' D' R2 D2 R2 B2 R2 F U2 F' D2 R2 B'
10. 24.21 F2 D' B2 L' D' L2 B R2 B L2 F2 U R2 U' R2 L2 U2 R2 B2 D
11. 22.04 D F' U2 B R2 D' F R D' B2 L2 D2 B2 L2 D F2 U' B2 D R
12. 19.02 R F2 U2 R2 D2 L' D2 R' B2 F2 R F L R' F D2 R' U' R F2 R2

 

[Mappo]

Round 165
Race to sub: 30
Method: CFOP, 2 look OLL+ and Full PLL, white cross
Cube: QiYi Valk3 Magnetic Stickerless
Ao12 27.30

28.79 (37.83) 32.67 24.83 (23.88) 26.44 28.54 25.88 26.27 30.98 24.04 24.52

wooohooo three sub 30s in a row. My Ao1000 is staying under 30s so happy this is a true average. So many things to still work on.... cross, xcross, f2l, edge control and finish learning OLL. Think I will need improvement in all to get consistent enough to get sub 25 Ao12.
My road to sub30 - started sometime in march

Spoiler: Chart

 

[theos]

Round 165
Race to sub-30
ZZ (OCLL, PLL)
Moyu Aolong V2
Ao12: 28.98

29.33, 28.95, 25.40, 31.19, (33.87), 30.77, 31.50, 30.71, 25.75, 26.37, (23.05), 29.83

Graduate sub-30 but not too happy with these times as it's worse than last week. That might be explained by having had no time to practice this week. I'll hopefully have some time in the next week and be able to put in a real effort at getting sub-25 in the future.

Spoiler: Notes

(4) Stumbled on PLL, but managed to fix it and not lose too much time
(5) Very slow F2L building blocks
(6) Stumbled on EO, but managed to fix it and not lose too much time

 

[Shaky Hands]

I'll post results and scrambles a bit later this week (Wednesday) due to the Christmas period. There's still time to enter round 165 if anyone else wants to do so. Hope everyone's had a good festive season. Cheers.

 

[Agguzi]

Round 165
race to sub 30 color nuetral
Method: CFOP (Green cross)
Cube: Gans air
Ao12: 33.649

24.733, 23.831, 43.022, 46.022, 30.195, 33.301, 43.912, 30.161, 39.704, 29.335, 36.543, 22.423

attempt to become color nuetral!!!


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[Shaky Hands]

Round One Hundred Sixty Five

Mappo and theos both graduate the Race to Sub-30 this week, using CFOP and ZZ respectively. Well done to them both as well as all others that entered.

Race to Sub 25

Spoiler

Race to Sub 30

Spoiler

Previous Graduates

Spoiler

For graduates prior to Round 144 when I took over running this Race from Brian Kremer, please refer to Page 1 of this thread.

Race to Sub-25 Graduates
Round 144 GenTheThief (ZZ OH)
Round 145 muchacho (Roux CN)
Round 147 hagner (CFOP/Keyhole)
Round 149 Umm Roux? (Roux)
Round 154 Shaky Hands (CFOP)
Round 163 Loiloiloi (CFOP)
Round 163 Agguzi (CFOP)

Race to Sub-30 Graduates
Round 151 JustinTimeCuber (CFOP)
Round 151 Turn n' burn (CFOP)
Round 162 pipkiksass (CFOP 4x4)
Round 164 GenTheThief (RH OH ZZ)
Round 165 Mappo (CFOP)
Round 165 theos (ZZ)

 

[Shaky Hands]

Round 166 Introductory Cube Races
Planned round end date Tuesday January 3rd 2017
(NB: Races usually finish on a Monday. This round will finish on a Tuesday to allow a bit of catchup from public holidays in many countries. We'll get back to finishing on a Monday in the round after.)

Reminder: Please put the round number in your post when you submit your results. Thanks!​

Scrambles
1. L2 F L2 F D' R L' B2 F2 D L F' L U' R' L2 D L2 B R' U' F2 R' F2 L2
2. B L R' B' U D' L B2 R' F L R F B2 U' B2 F D R L B' F2 L D2 L'
3. F R B D2 U' R' D' B' F' D2 F' B2 R L' D2 F2 B D' L2 B U' D2 L' U D'
4. R U R L2 B' L' U F B' R2 U L2 F2 B' R2 U' R2 U L B2 D' U B2 U L2
5. U' B2 D' F U' F' L2 D F D2 B2 R2 B2 U2 D2 L2 R2 F2 U' R2 B' F2 U R2 B'
6. L2 R' D2 F' U' L B2 R' F' R U L2 D2 F2 D2 R' D' L R B2 D' U2 F2 B2 R'
7. U2 R2 F B2 R2 F B' L' B2 L2 D' R' L B F2 R D' L2 R2 U2 F U2 F2 U' F'
8. L' D' U2 F2 B2 U2 L' F2 D L' F U' F' L2 F L2 B' L2 D' U' F2 R' L' F' L
9. R B2 D2 B U' D2 F' D U2 F' B D' L' F U' D F2 U' B R L2 F L2 F B'
10. R B' U2 B2 R' L2 B' L F R2 B2 L F D U' B2 F2 R2 D U2 R2 F' U B' L
11. R B R2 D' R F2 L' D2 B2 D' F' R D' B2 R B2 L2 B' F L U' L2 U L R'
12. F2 B U' B' L2 F' D L2 F2 L R' F' U2 R2 D L F L R' D U F2 D' B F'

Good luck!

 

[muchacho]

Round 166
Race to sub-30 OH
Method: Roux
Cube: Thunderclap v1

Average: 35.51

(26.64), 41.85, 41.54, 27.73, 35.88, 33.93, 41.59, 34.43, 33.61, 41.80, 32.01, 32.84

 

[Jon Persson]

Round 166
Race to sub 25
CFOP
Moyu Weilong gts

Ao12: 30.34

27.306, 29.439, (44.602), 41.258, 23.722, 29.452, 27.106, 33.306, 33.856, (21.988), 29.689, 28.289

Really messed up solve 3 and 4. Was going for 1-look oll, messed up badly.

 

[Shaky Hands]

Round 166
Race to Sub 30
CFOP on 4x4
Qiyi WuQue 4x4

Ao12: 29.44

Had 2 successes at this weeks back then forgot I was doing this. I had lockups in the 2 sup-30 solves as I've not lubed this cube for a while now. Other than that, minimal variance.

29.20, (26.62,) 30.04, (35.62,) 29.57, 26.98, 27.86, 28.99, 29.92, 29.50, 29.18, 33.20

 

[Jon Persson]

I can highly recommend @Escher's thread on how to practice.

Thanks! Look like a good place to start if you want to structure the training a bit more seriously!

Just need to find the time...

 

[JanW]

Round 166
Race to sub 25
CFOP
MoJue M3

Ao12: 24.43
(28.16), 25.39, 24.27, 26.12, 22.26, (20.46), 23.27, 26.35, 25.79, 20.58, 26.83, 23.43

Looks like I never completed the race to sub 25. I should hopefully make it quite comfortably by now, but I'm still a long way off the race to sub-20, so I'll do this first. Last time I completed the race to sub 30 I was doing ZZ, now switched over to CFOP. Currently full PLL and a bit over 30 OLL algs in use.

I did this round without warmup. I'll do the rest of this race the same way. I think that's quite a good way to measure if I really can consider myself sub 25.

 

[GoldCubes29]

Round: 166
Race to Sub: 30
Method: CFOP
Cube: Guoguan Yuexiao 3x3

Generated By csTimer on 2016-12-30
avg of 12: 29.58

Time List:
1. (39.71) R2 F2 D U' B2 D' L2 U' L2 F2 U2 F' L' F' D' R2 U R' B F' D2
2. 26.67 L D2 F2 R F2 L' U2 L R2 U B D L' F' U R' U2 F' D2
3. 30.35 F' U2 L' F' B' R B2 U B' D F L2 F2 R2 U2 L2 B L2 F2 D2 L2
4. 37.63 L D2 R' D2 B2 R2 U2 B2 U2 L' U2 F' D U F L' B2 D' U' L' R'
5. 33.82 U' R F2 U R2 L' U' F D2 B D R2 U' L2 B2 R2 U2 R2 D2 R2 D
6. 30.47 R2 D2 B L2 B L2 U2 L2 F' L2 F' L' U' B' D U' B2 R' U' L2 U2
7. 23.12 F' U D L' F2 B D2 B L' R2 B2 U' D2 R2 D B2 D F2 B2 D
8. 31.13 D2 F2 L' B' R L U B L2 F U2 R2 U' F2 D F2 U2 R2 F2 U2
9. 29.23 U' F2 L2 D2 L B2 U2 R' D2 L D2 U2 B' L' R' B' U' B2 F U' B
10. 26.68 L2 U2 L2 F U2 R2 U2 B U2 B' R' F D R U' L2 F L' R'
11. 26.59 L' F' U2 F2 L B D' L F' R2 B R2 U2 L2 D2 F2 L2 D2 F'
12. (20.34) D2 B R B U R' U R2 F2 U2 R2 B' R2 F U2 B' L2 U2 L

20.34 would've broken my PB if I didn't have that 1 second pause in trying to recognize a Y-Perm

 

[Agguzi]

Round 166
Race to sub 30
Method: CFOP (CN)
Gans Air

20.164 (Yellow)
26.542 (White)
21.978 (Orange)
21.653 (Orange)
18.689 (White)
25.873 (Green)
21.811 (White)
21.283 (White)
21.124 (White)
24.842 (Yellow)
21.256 (Orange)
19.441 (Blue)
22.054 (Orange)

Ao12: 22.054

Best avg after becoming CN with majority of solves non white cross!!!!



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[LindyHoppingCuber]

Round 166
Race to Sub-25
Cube: Weilong GTS
Method: CFOP

Ao12: 24.56
Mo12: 25.27


1. 29.30
2. 21.78
3. 21.45
4. 20.81
5. 27.79
6. 24.86
7. 21.02
8. 26.43
9. (20.55)
10. (37.06)
11. 30.90
12. 21.25

I've been working on getting full PLL and a rotation-less F2L. Messed up on a G-Perm on solve 10 and 11! Practice makes perfect.

 

[theos]

Round 166
Race to sub-25
ZZ (OCLL, PLL)
Moyu Aolong V2
Ao12: 26.71

30.98, (32.76), 27.45, 27.65, 29.41, 25.14, 23.32, 25.78, 23.78, 26.39, 27.15, (22.91)

After graduating sub-30 last week, I've returned to go for sub-25. Took me a while to get going and I blame the heat here while I have no air conditioning Even though I was nearly 2 seconds short of the goal, I feel like I'm still improving and that sub-25 is attainable.

Spoiler: Notes

(1) Messed up EO
(2) Whole F2L was very awkward for some reason

 

[pipkiksass]

I've been working on getting full PLL and a rotation-less F2L. Messed up on a G-Perm on solve 10 and 11! Practice makes perfect.

I can highly recommend full PLL, but rotationless F2L is over-rated. Sometimes NOT rotating actually impedes lookahead - better to rotate and insert in a back slot, giving you a chance to see what's in the front.

I don't think fully rotationless F2L is natural , if you look at some reconstructions of good cubers solves, there's normally rotation. If you're interested in my 2 cents, concentrate on looking at the next F2L pair, and inserting efficiently, whether or not that includes rotations.


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[LindyHoppingCuber]

I can highly recommend full PLL, but rotationless F2L is over-rated. Sometimes NOT rotating actually impedes lookahead - better to rotate and insert in a back slot, giving you a chance to see what's in the front.

I don't think fully rotationless F2L is natural , if you look at some reconstructions of good cubers solves, there's normally rotation. If you're interested in my 2 cents, concentrate on looking at the next F2L pair, and inserting efficiently, whether or not that includes rotations.


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Thank you for the insight! I've been working on look ahead too and that seems to be helping get my average down.

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[Loiloiloi]

Round 166
Race to Sub-30
Cubicle Thunderclap
8355 Method
Mo12: 35.18
Ao12: 35.31

1. 35.36
2. 35.79
3. 27.56
4. 33.66
5. (44.04)
6. 40.33
7. 42.99
8. 35.09
9. 35.34
10. (25.01)
11. 28.06
12. 38.93

Got my first sub-30 ao5 with this method yesterday, learned it a couple weeks ago. Felt like it's time to bring it to the Race thread. Didn't even hit sub-35 but I think I can do better next time, should have sub-30 in a few weeks. Can't wait till I'm sub-25 with a three algorithm beginners method lol