Racing to sub-15

[EntireTV]

No luck here, but I did have some better lookahead. Pretty inconsistent as well

Generated By csTimer on 2016-7-25
avg of 12: 17.06

Time List:
1. 18.31+ R2 F2 U2 B2 U' B2 L2 D F2 U L2 B' D' U' F' R' B' F' R B2 D'
2. (20.25) D2 F2 L2 R U2 R F2 R F2 R2 F2 B R' B2 U2 B R F' D' F'
3. (12.93) U F R2 D' F' U D B' R D' F2 U' R2 U R2 U' F2 U B2 U2
4. 19.27 D2 R2 F' D2 U2 L2 F L2 U2 B D B L D2 U L R B' L F'
5. 15.77 R2 B D2 L F U' F L D L2 B' D2 L2 D2 F' L2 F2
6. 18.96 L2 R2 B2 R2 U R2 D L2 D F2 U R' U L' U2 B L' U' R' F' D'
7. 14.08 L2 U2 B' L2 D2 B2 L2 F' U2 L2 B' D L' D2 F2 D' B2 L' B' R2
8. 14.28 D F2 R2 U' R2 U2 L2 F2 U L2 B' F L' B2 U' R2 F2 U F' L' B
9. 15.93 D R2 B2 D' R2 U L2 U2 F2 L2 D2 R' D' F2 L F' D2 B' F2 R' B2
10. 18.59 L2 U B2 L2 B R B2 L F' R' D B2 L2 F2 B2 D2 R2 U' F2 L2 D'
11. 17.80 U2 B2 F' R2 B2 L2 U2 F L2 F L B R2 F2 L U L2 B2 R' U
12. 17.63 R2 U F2 U F2 D' B2 L2 D' L2 R2 B' D2 R' B F R2 D L2 D2

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

Graduation week =)

Also, super nice solve on scramble 11 with CFOP. Geeze man, was an effortless solve.

Round 53
Method: Roux
Session average: 14.365

Spoiler

1. 13.760
2. 15.887
3. 15.184
4. (16.888)
5. 12.576
6. 16.379
7. 13.335
8. 14.832
9. 13.259
10. 14.052
11. 14.384
12. (12.068)

Round 53
Method: CFOP
Session average: 15.129

Spoiler

1. 16.225
2. (20.924)
3. 12.804
4. 14.664
5. 14.575
6. 14.556
7. 13.760
8. 13.617
9. 18.155
10. 17.927
11. (10.849)
12. 15.008

 

[KFcuber]

It's my first post and it seems im gonna be here for a long time

About my average: Things started really good for me but didn't end very well. These were the first 12 solves of the today btw

Average of 12:17.44
1 16.41
2 17.89
3 16.77
4 12.92
5 17.45
6 16.99
7 13.28 (yayy counting 13)
8 17.72
9 19.55
10 19.68
11 21.68
12 18.61
solve: 12/12

 

[CxCxC]

Cube : GuoGuan YueXiao
Method : ZZ
Times : 15.62, 17.18, 17.31, 16.03, 16.37, 17, 14.78, 17.08, 17.38, 17.87, 14.77, 17.25
Ao12 : 16.55

Comments : getting better at EOLine, block-building still sucks, inspection is bad, look ahead isn't great. I am still not happy

 

[mafergut]

Long time since I did myself an average on this thread. I'm so far from sub-15 that it doesn't really matter. I started really nice but ended up barely sub-20.

Round 54
Cube: Moyu Hualong
Method: CFOP Dual CN

Generated By csTimer on 2016-7-29
avg of 12: 19.82

Time List:
(15.63), 18.40, 19.93, 18.73, 18.05, 20.92, 21.67, (21.84), 19.29, 20.41, 21.63, 19.16

 

[Sitkhom]

Finally!!!
Round 54
Cube: Custom Yuexiao
Method: CFOP
Avg 12: 14.87
Time list: 11.46 18.11 14.64 14.29 15.35 13.22 19.05 14.84 16.12 14.91 12.28 14.89

 

[Cris738]

Round 54 with Roux
Cube: Guoguan Yuexiao

Ao12: 17.15
Best Ao5: 15.07(solves 1-5)
Best Single: 12.59

14.55, 15.56, 17.73, (22.37), 15.08, 17.25, (12.59), 18.86, 16.79, 20.71, 20.77, 18.14

 

[mafergut]

Round 54 Results

Thank you all for participating. Congratulations to @JonnyWhoopes for graduating this week with Roux! Now it's CFOP time! Also congrats to @Sitkhom for your 1st success after several close calls.

Detailed standings here:

Spoiler: R54 Standings

Race to Sub 15 - Round 55
Expected closing time: Sunday August 7th

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

Good luck to you all!!!

 

[Aysha]

Round: 55
Method: CFOP
Cube: Weilong GTS

Average of 12: 19.225

Times:
1. 22.62
2. (24.41)
3. 19.26
4. 17.21+
5. 19.25
6. (16.49)
7. 17.94
8. 21.90
9. 16.53
10. 17.34
11. 19.10
12. 21.10

Ehh I'm not too happy about this :rolleyes:

 

[anuj9994]

I am trying to break the sub 20 barrier. How should i approach it. My tps and look ahead is not great. Thanks

 

[mafergut]

I am trying to break the sub 20 barrier. How should i approach it. My tps and look ahead is not great. Thanks

This is a question that you should best post on one of the help threads. But you already seem to know what you can improve. To increase TPS you should just drill your algs and in order to improve lookahead you should just do slow solves, maybe practice with blind cross and blind pairs. And you can join the Race to Sub-20 thread to get some motivation

 

[anuj9994]

but doing slow solves while doing f2l will slow me down...in excess of 30 seconds

 

[mafergut]

but doing slow solves while doing f2l will slow me down...in excess of 30 seconds

slow solves concentrating in lookahead will help you be more efficient (if you think on different ways to insert pairs) and reduce pauses which, in the long run, will make you faster.

 

[anuj9994]

ok i will try. My times are getting slower about 50 seconds with look ahead. So you can imagine my look ahead is bad. But I think i can do 20 seconds this month..my pb is 27.95...Thanks

 

[mafergut]

ok i will try. My times are getting slower about 50 seconds with look ahead. So you can imagine my look ahead is bad. But I think i can do 20 seconds this month..my pb is 27.95...Thanks

When you said you were trying to break the sub-20 barrier I assumed you would be around 21-23 seconds on average with some sub-20 singles. If your times are higher than that maybe there are other things you still need to do so I think the video of solves seems to me more and more like a good idea.

 

[anuj9994]

from the past few days i avg around 40 seconds....it is because of lack of look ahead i am not able to solve it quicker

 

[mafergut]

from the past few days i avg around 40 seconds....it is because of lack of look ahead i am not able to solve it quicker

Then you're not trying to break the sub-20 barrier, maybe the sub-40 barrier. At this stage there is maybe different advice for you, like trying to be efficient (movecount-wise) in your F2L, learn to insert on back slots, learn to use lefty insertions if you are right-hand dominant, be able to plan the whole cross during inspection. To break sub-40 there's not really any need of turning fast at all, not even of lookahead, you maybe still need a better understanding of the cube and how it works (again, F2L efficiency, for example).

So, keep practising and, if you want more specific advice post a video (there's a specific thread for that, called Solve critique).

 

[anuj9994]

Thanks, I'll keep in touch with you. My aim is to break the sub-20 barrier this month. In a month from 1:30 to 40. So wish me luck...

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

Round 55
Method: CFOP
Session average: 15.925

Spoiler

1. 16.801
2. 16.932
3. 14.220
4. 14.841
5. 12.280
6. 16.109
7. 17.288
8. 16.900
9. (12.224)
10. 18.849
11. 15.027
12. (21.920)

 

[Cris738]

Round 55 with Roux
Cube: Guoguan Yuexiao

Ao12: 18.06
Best Ao5: 17.44
Best Single: 13.89

17.69, (23.65) 19.08, 21.11, 14.83, 16.73, 18.60, 20.20, 20.18, 14.68, (13.89), 17.44

This is probably ome of my worst averages, but that's to be expected as I'm still working on CMLL recognition.