Race to sub 5 (7x7)

[choza244]

Awesome, PB! (I've been practicing 7x7 too much this week)

Round 15

Average: 7:52.36

Individual Times:
8:16.50, (7:29.49), (8:18.92), 7:31.60, 7:48.99

 

[uberCuber]

Awesome, PB! (I've been practicing 7x7 too much this week)

If you were actually practicing it too much, your hands would be hurting too much to set a new PB

 

[choza244]

yes, but today they are better, yesterday they were hurting really bad

 

[rock1313]

(6:47.20), (DNF), 6:54.50, 7:22.97, 7:25.52 = 7:14.33

I know I can do better

 

[Mikel]

19:28.88, 16:48.09, (19:35.75), (15:45.02), 18:10.89 = 18:09.29 PERSONAL BEST WOOT

 

[Mike Hughey]

Round 15
6:47.22
(7:50.52), 6:38.34, 7:02.80, (6:36.46), 6:40.53

Wow!!!!! I'm not sure I've ever had a sub-7 average before, but certainly this is my PB. I was so happy with how my 6x6x6 turned out when I added gobs of differential lube to it, that I couldn't resist trying it on my 7x7x7. My 7x7x7 was a little loose, but not nearly as much so as my 6x6x6, and I think I clearly added too much, but even so, it seems to have helped some. It also seems like I may have suddenly gotten a little better at centers; I actually had a sub-3 on centers on the 6:38.34 solve, and my centers were consistently better than they've been before. In any event, 6:30 is really starting to look possible for Nationals!

 

[choza244]

Oh nice Mike, at least someone that tries the diff oil on the 7x7, was it the traxxas oil?

 

[Mike Hughey]

Oh nice Mike, at least someone that tries the diff oil on the 7x7, was it the traxxas oil?

It was the OFNA (although I suspect OFNA and Traxxas are probably almost identical, since they compete directly in the RC world). I should caution that I definitely added too much; if I had added about half that amount (perhaps about 3 big drops, instead of 6), it might have done better. And my 7x7x7 was a little looser than average. If you had a tight cube, I'd think it could be pretty deadly, but for a cube that's too loose it seems to work very well.

 

[Georgeanderre]

Round 15 Results:

Mike Hughey - 6:47.22
Georgeanderre - 7:06.96
Rock1313 - 7:14.33
Choza244 - 7:52.36
Mikel - 18:09.29

Link : (not on my computer so i dont have the code)

Round 16 Scrambles Below

 

[Georgeanderre]

Round 16 Scrambles:​

1. 2U' 2B' D F' 2U 2L2 2B' 3U 3D 2B2 D' 2D 2F 3F' B 3D' 2D2 2U' 2R2 F' 3B 3D2 2L2 U 2L2 2U' 3U2 3B B' 3U 2R 3U2 2L2 3L2 L B 3L' U2 3R' 3L 3B2 2F R' 2B2 3D' 2L2 3B 3F' L2 2R' 2D2 2R2 2B' B' 2R L D 2U2 2L 2R2 3R 2F2 U' F2 3U' 2U B' R' 3F2 2B 3L 2B B2 U' 3U F' 3U 3F L' 2B 2F2 2D B' 3R2 L2 3D2 3R 2U2 3L' 3F2 L R2 3D' L 2U2 3R 3B' 2F 2L2 L

2. U2 3B2 F 3L2 2U B' 2B 2L2 L D' 3U' 2B' 2L2 3D 2F' F2 D2 F' B D' 3F2 B' 2R2 D2 2U' 2B2 3U2 2L 2D' 3L' U' 2U' 2L' 2R 2U2 2L2 3U' 2F2 2R 3L' 2B D2 3D' 2B' 2L R2 D 2D2 3L2 D2 3R' U2 3L' 2D 3L2 L2 2B2 3L 2B2 2D 2F2 3D 2D 2B2 2U 2F 2D 3B 2B 2D2 3B' 2F' 2B' 3F2 2L2 R 3B 2D2 2U 3B2 2U2 3B 3L' R F2 2U2 3D' 2L 3R' 3F2 L U2 2L' L' 3L2 U D2 2F' R 3B

3. B D2 2F2 2B 3D 3R 3U2 3L2 3U2 2L2 3B 3F' 3R2 D' F2 3B2 3U' R U' 3D2 2F' 3D2 3R U2 R' 3D' L2 B 2R2 R' U2 B U 3U 3L' 3B' 3D 2R 3B' 2F R U' 3R2 2U2 D' 3D 3U2 2B R' 3U2 2L' 3U2 F B' 3D' B2 3R' 2L' 2B' 3F2 D 3D' F 2R' 2F2 3D2 2D2 2R 2F' B2 U 2D2 2R' 2D2 L 2F F D 2L2 3D U 3U' 2L' R U' 2U' 3U2 2L 3D2 3U 2L 3F 2D 3B' 3F' 3D2 2B' 3F' 2D' 2B2

4. L2 2L 2D2 3U' 2B 3F' 2U L' 2F' L R' U2 3R2 2L2 2F2 2R 3B L' 3D2 2L2 F' 3R' 3B' 3D 3F 2L2 3U' L' 3D' L' D U 3U2 2B 3L2 3F 2R' U' D' 2D' 3B 3R 2F 2R2 3F' B 2R2 U2 3B2 3U B F2 2D2 U B2 F 3U 2L D B R2 3D2 F' 3L' 3R' B2 2D U' 3R' 2D L2 B 3L2 2R' U 2L B' 3U' 3F' L' 3R 3F2 2R' R 3D' 3B 3R' 3U2 3F 3R 2U' F B2 3R' 3L' U 2R 2U2 F2 2B

5. 3F2 3D 2B D2 2U2 2R' 2U2 3L 2B2 2L' F 2B2 2F' 3U2 2F 2R2 3L 2B 2D' 3U L' 2D 3R' 3U2 F 2L R 3L' 2F2 2L2 2U 3R2 U B2 R' 3R2 L 2B 2U' 2F2 3D 3B' L' U2 R2 3D' 3B2 3F U2 2D2 D2 3B2 2F2 2D2 3L R U2 B 3U' F 3U' 3B2 3F' U' L2 3L2 B 3U F' U2 2B' 2F' 3L' 3D' L 3B' F 2F2 B U2 3R2 3U 3D 3F 3L2 2L 3R' 2F2 B2 L2 3F' F D' 3F 3U2 2B 3F 2L' R 2R2

Al links will be added as soon as im on my own computer

 

[Georgeanderre]

It was the OFNA (although I suspect OFNA and Traxxas are probably almost identical, since they compete directly in the RC world). I should caution that I definitely added too much; if I had added about half that amount (perhaps about 3 big drops, instead of 6), it might have done better. And my 7x7x7 was a little looser than average. If you had a tight cube, I'd think it could be pretty deadly, but for a cube that's too loose it seems to work very well.

I did a similar thing with my cube, the white yellow axis was far to loose to me (I couldn't control it without tuning the cube very slow) ... so i put in a load of 80kwt diff oil and it sorted it right out, im almost back to the speed i was before it was messed up

 

[rock1313]

I don't think I can be in this race anymore because an oblique center poped out and I can't find it. I was looking for that one piece for hours.

 

[choza244]

Round 16

Average: 8:11.77

(7:46.71), (8:31.63), 8:19.72, 8:26.15, 7:49.43

Bad Avg

 

[uberCuber]

It also seems like I may have suddenly gotten a little better at centers; I actually had a sub-3 on centers on the 6:38.34 solve

Gah wat; I can now confirm that I definitely suck at centers. I have never sub-3'd centers before, and I have gotten a couple sub-6 solves.

Congrats on the improvement, btw.

 

[Georgeanderre]

Gah wat; I can now confirm that I definitely suck at centers. I have never sub-3'd centers before, and I have gotten a couple sub-6 solves.

Congrats on the improvement, btw.

... im sub 2:50 centres (on average), but only get sub 7 every dozen or so solves

 

[uberCuber]

Round 16

8:34.98, 6:20.31[centers 3:25 edges 5:45], 5:47.04[centers 3:10 edges 5:17], 6:42.14[centers 3:40 edges 6:05], 6:20.61 = 6:27.69

Ugh. This is terrible. The first solve, I have no idea what happened. I finished the centers at ~3:25, which is pretty normal for me; then when I look at the timer when I'm finishing edge pairing, it is suddenly a ridiculously terrible time, and I have no idea why; the edge pairing didn't feel that bad.... And the rest of the solves (except for the 5:47) all felt horrible. The last time I practiced 7x7, which was pretty recently, I got a 6:10 avg....

On a bright note, the 5:47 is a PB by 10 seconds!
And guess what. The centers were not sub-3. I finished centers at about 3:10, and finished the edge pairing at 5:17.

 

[AvGalen]

Gah wat; I can now confirm that I definitely suck at centers. I have never sub-3'd centers before, and I have gotten a couple sub-6 solves.

Congrats on the improvement, btw.

Congrats Mike. Sub 3 on centers is something that hardly ever happens to me either. Normally it is about 3:25 for Centers, 2:00 for Edges and 0:35 for 3x3x3. Sub 6 solves are normally because of fast centers (50% of the time), faster edges (25% of the time) or easy last layer (25% of the time). Sup 6 times are normally because of POPS, bad light, or a horrible last layer

 

[phantom_thief]

Round 16
ao5 = 6:30.26

(6:10.28), 6:48.72, 6:27.97, 6:14.08, (6:51.02)

 

[APdRF]

I post this here because I think that you can answer this better:

What should be the step breakdown for a sub-6 average on 7x7?

My step breakdown is:

~3:30 Centers
~1:50 First 8 edges
~1:00 Last 4 edges
~0:40 3x3 part

What should I focus more on?

Thanks!

PD: I missed last round, but I will post the results og this as fast as I can .

 

[Mike Hughey]

I really think there's lots of room for improvement on centers there. I probably average about 3:30 on centers, and my overall average is just now starting to get sub-7; I've only had 2 sub-6:30 solves ever.