Race to sub-X on a 3x3 -- 25+

[FireCuber]

Oops, sorry guys. I will get the next round up sometime today.

 

[FireCuber]

Round 50 Results:
@kubnintadni 1:06.29
@Aprylart 43.48 [3/3]

Round 51: (ENDS - June 11th)

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

Congratulations to @Aprylart for graudating sub-45!!

Good luck for all!

 

[kubnintadni]

Round 51
Cube: Valk 3
Race to sub-60
Method: ZZ

ao12: 87.11 (0/3)

1. (137.60)
2. 64.73
3. 109.05
4. 83.12
5. 83.05
6. 93.61
7. 105.04
8. 83.38
9. (59.12)
10. 96.61
11. 90.60
12. 61.95

2: Such a lucky solve. Yellow top, red front, and everything just came together.
3: Messed up EO somewhere and had to correct it during F2L. Otherwise pretty acceptable.
5: Messed up the U-perm and had to use some LSE to fix it. LSE is so handy for recovering from failed algs.
8: I am getting a lot of 83.xx.
12: Insane F2L skips.

So I switched to ZZ. I started out with LBL, then moved to Roux, then to ZZ, then back to Roux, and now I'm switching back to ZZ. I really should stick to a method, but there are so many interesting variations to ZZ. It's really hard to find variations on Roux that don't defeat the purpose of Roux by being basically Roux-with-more-moves. One thing I'm doing differently this time around with ZZ is that I'm using a 2-orientation CN: yellow top, with either Blue or Red front. Makes EO-Line harder, but not by as much as I had expected now that I'm getting more used to it.

On another note, I had my doubts as to whether it was practical to solve a mirror cube by feel alone, but I managed to do it (took me like 20 minutes, and I used LBL, but oh well) yesterday evening, and I think I may have changed my mind here. I'd love to hear Claudio Garanzini's thoughts on finding F2L pieces to pair up. I would find that the hardest part about CFOP, I think, but I'm not convinced it's impossible to learn to do at speed. Also, are there any mirror cubes with good corner-cutting? Mine (Z-cube) will cut a fraction of a cubie normal, and absolutely nothing reverse. Pretty smooth otherwise.

EDIT: Added in parentheses around best and worst times. The ao12 was already correct because I just copied it from my timer.

 

[FireCuber]

Next round up today!

 

[Aprylart]

Round 51
Cube: JiaoShi MF3RS
Race to sub-43
Method: CFOP

Ao12: 44.13 [0/3]

1. 41.94
2. 41.53
3. 46.41
4. 45.19
5. 42.15
6. 49.25
7. 40.21
8. 45.98
9. (29.42)
10. 46.65
11. 42.00
12. (51.07)

Not so bad for doing this at 11:00 p.m. I even got my second best solve with the 29.42! Maybe I'll make my goal next time.

 

[FireCuber]

Round 51 Results:
@kubnintadni 1:27.11
@Aprylart 44.13

Round 21: (ENDS - June 18th)

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

Great job guys! Keep up the good work!

 

[kubnintadni]

Round 52
Cube: Valk 3
Race to sub-60
Method: ZZ

ao12: 86.33 (0/3)

1:27.471
1:21.581
1:14.636
1:38.335
1:17.714
1:34.069
1:40.883
1:38.148
1:08.008
(2:25.403)
(1:00.870)
1:22.467


4: Messed up EO and had to correct during F2L.
5: Terrible F2L, but got a EPLL skip.
8: Bad time, but happy because I successfully mirrored a J-perm. (I've only learned one of them so far)

Not much to say. Glad I didn't worsen, but I didn't really improve either. Well, I'm going to keep on doing slow solves to work on my F2L (there is so much flailing around trying to set up a RUR' (or mirrors) insert right now. I really need to expand my repetoire of F2L cases. Even with my hackneyed LL, sub-60 should be easy if I just focus on F2L and EO-Line, though EO-Line is improving as I do more solves, so I'll save specific focus on that for later.

I'm still sticking to two orientations. I'd be curious to experiment with full <x2, y> CN, but the benefits for ZZ are so slim, I can't help but think that the far more experienced ZZ solvers than me are right about more than a little CN in ZZ being not worth it. If I ever get to the point where EO-Line is easy to plan out, I might play around with it some, though. I'd need a way to quickly decide between the 8 orientations, though. I get the impression that that's like the recog for the CP of the last 7 corners, though: great if you can recog it fast, but you're not going to recog it fast.

 

[FireCuber]

Next round up tonight!

 

[FireCuber]

Round 52 Results:
@kubnintadni 1:26.33

Round 53: (ENDS - June 25th)

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

There you go guys!

@kubnintadni Great job and I hope you graduate sub-60 soon!

Have fun!

 

[Foreright]

Round 53
Cube: Weilong GTS2m
Race to Sub-45
Method: CFOP

Ao12: 47.709

One of my first posts on here so go gently please!

Cubing in the office when no-one's watching so a couple of the times, notable the last, were interrupted resulting in mistakes! This incidentally contains my best Ao5 @ 40.392 and my second best Ao3 ever.

00:45.031
00:52.484
01:00.393
00:56.174
00:48.192
00:47.708
00:45.933
00:45.068
00:38.724
(00:35.021)
00:37.385
(01:01.463)

9-11: Very fast for me (ie. s) cross followed by easy F2L resulted in some good times.
12: A work colleague asked me a question just as I was transitioning to the last layer and I screwed up my OLL.

Trying to concentrate on not rotating the cube to look for F2L pairs - this was the difference in the fastest times above ie. zero rotations. It's really difficult to do when the timer's ticking though...

All in all I should have been closer to 45 seconds here if I learnt to slow down a bit and not panic!

 

[asdfghjklohhnhn]

Round 53
Cube: Moyu Weilong GTS2M
Race to Sub-40
Method: LbL

Ao12: 41.2564

33.616
(48.820)
47.186
45.122
43.196
45.545
38.556
47.861
(30.844)
32.441
39.902
39.139

Half of my solves were in my goal, but the other half were slower than the good half was fast!

9-12: I noticed I was not going to make it unless I stepped up my game and I did

10: it took me way too long to finish the f2l(~29), but luckily the third layer was just one algorithm away to solved so I ended up getting a good time

12: I messed up near the beginning and took a couple seconds to find my place again

 

[FireCuber]

Round 53 Results:
@Foreright: 47.70
@asdfghjklohhnhn: 41.25

Round 54: (ENDS - July 2nd)

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

Sorry for being so late with posting the results

Welome @Foreright and @asdfghjklohhnhn!

Good luck!

 

[Foreright]

Round 54
Cube: GAN Air SM
Race to Sub-45
Method: CFOP (4LLL)

Ao12: 40.963

40.220
42.471
44.419
33.821
43.275
37.348
(52.243)
(32.732)
37.292
46.894
42.647
41.248

This is more in line with the averages I've been seeing recently... I've been practicing f2l and forcing myself to see both edge and corner before solving / inserting rather than inserting an edge and then looking for the corner and inserting that and it's starting to pay dividends. Had quite a few solves in the low 30s when everything flows. Actually this set of solves felt quite slow as I've changed my U and A-perms and it takes (what seems like!) an age to recognize them at the moment. Certainly at least 3 of these ended in a U-perm and I could easily have knocked 2-3 seconds off the above if I had them up to speed.

My current average of 100 is 42.06 so I'm pretty happy right now!

 

[FireCuber]

Round 54 Results:
@Foreright 40.96 [1/3]

Round 55: (ENDS - July 9th)

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

Great job @Foreright! Just two more sub 45's and you got it!!

Hope you all have a great 4th!!

Happy cubing!

 

[Foreright]

Round 55
Cube: GTS2m
Race to sub-45
Method: CFOP (3.1LLL)

Ao12: 38.516 (1/3)

00:37.9
00:38.5
00:34.1
(00:47.580)
00:39.9
(00:30.0)
00:42.9
00:33.8
00:31.254
00:41.1
00:42.3
00:43.4

I learnt 3 of the G perms (a,b,d) over the weekend and am working at assimilating those into solves - I had one G(a) perm in this list. Need to learn a better F perm than M'2 U M'2 (T-perm) M'2 U' M'2 also as it's horrifically slow albeit easy to remember! New U-perms are starting to feel a bit more natural now also. I need a better A(b) perm as I find my current one pretty tricky to execute. Goal for next week is to learn G(c) and as above, a better F and A(b) perm - that will then be full PLL.

Of the above:

1. Fumbled an A-perm badly - wasted at least 2 seconds as I practically dropped the cube
4. Slow but didn't really feel it - not really sure what happened although I struggled to find a couple of F2L pairs
5. Failed to recognize E-perm until I started doing Y+Z instead...
6. Tricky cross but saw all F2L pairs with no pauses. Felt very slow and smooth which I guess is the key!
7. Fumbled the Y PLL I was left with
9. Really simple / quick cross and almost no gaps in F2L
10. F-perms... I hate F-perms...

 

[FireCuber]

Round 55 Results:
@Foreright 38.51 [2/3]

Round 56: (ENDS - July 16th)

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

Good luck guys!

 

[Metallic Silver]

Round 56
Cube: MF3RS2
Race to Sub-15
Method: Petrus

avg of 12: 14.08

Time List:
1. 13.56
2. 13.92
3. 14.48
4. 14.99
5. 11.99
6. 14.02
7. 13.43
8. 14.26
9. 14.77
10. 15.34
11. (17.99)
12. (11.24)

 

[FireCuber]

@Metallic Silver I think you have the wrong thread. This is a Race to Sub X on 3x3 -- 35+ race thread, not sub 15.

Just letting you know.

I think there might be a Race to sub 15 on 3x3, but I am not sure. If not, maybe you could consider starting one.....??

 

[Metallic Silver]

@Metallic Silver I think you have the wrong thread. This is a Race to Sub X on 3x3 -- 35+ race thread, not sub 15.

Just letting you know.

I think there might be a Race to sub 15 on 3x3, but I am not sure. If not, maybe you could consider starting one.....??

oh crap.... i thought it means sub 35 and below, not above, sorry about that, dont count my results in

 

[FireCuber]

oh... i thought it means sub 35 and below, not above, sorry about that, dont count my results in

Ok, I understand.