Racing to sub-20

Mike Hughey said:
We'll be there fairly late Thursday evening. We're going to Kings Island on Thursday. :D

And back to 3x3x3: you're getting better!
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Oh, hope you guys have a blast at King's Island. With the temperatures in this region lately, the water rides will probably be amazing. I will be getting in with Shaden and Chester sometime Wednesday evening. You will have to give us a shout Thursday after you get settled.

Yes, I am very slowly getting faster. I managed to get two sub 20's in one average of 100 a few nights ago, that is a first for me. I could probably get close to 20 if I were to learn full OLL, but I almost feel like that would be cheating. My f2l is so bad, I'm basically going to focus on that for awhile. I really need to just suck it up and learn some f2l algs to avoid the rotations. I think I am probably rotating at least 5-6 times during f2l. :(

It looks like your are getting fairly close yourself...
 
Round 131 - 28.44

12: 00:31.41 x
11: 00:25.21 x
10: 00:28.96 x
9: 00:25.54 x
8: 00:29.64 x
7: 00:27.53 x
6: 00:29.94 x
5: 00:25.41 x
4: 00:32.91 x
3: 00:26.00 x
2: 00:33.41 x
1: 00:27.03 x

Much better than last time.
Still not satisfied though.
Did this right before bed after a long day, I feel if I were more awake it would have been better.
 
Round 131

Average: 20.76

Mean: 20.64
Standard deviation: 2.53
Best Time: 15.76
Worst Time: 24.33

21.45 17.11 (24.33) 22.25 18.22 21.60 22.44 21.04 18.91 20.67 (15.76) 23.86
 
Round 131 Results​

  1. aaronb 19.15
  2. MCcuber96 19.68
  3. antoineccantin (OH) 20.21
  4. Brest 20.76
  5. Deluchie 20.77
  6. Akuma 20.81
  7. adragast 21.05
  8. CommaYou 21.61
  9. cubersmith 21.84
  10. Yttrium 21.86
  11. Magellanic 21.89
  12. Mike Hughey 22.39
  13. miDiPalma 22.58
  14. Selkie 23.18
  15. jla 23.30
  16. ThumbsxUpx 23.65
  17. Innocence 24.01
  18. Thunderbolt 24.14
  19. RyanReese09 (ZZOH) 24.32
  20. 4EverCuber 25.25
  21. CRO 26.17
  22. Carson 27.55
  23. PlayerTP 27.69
  24. majikat 28.44
  25. James Ludlow (with 6x6x6) 28.73
  26. tx789 29.96

aaronb is just one round away from graduating - good luck next round!

Alumni (these people have already achieved sub-20 three times with no over 20 results in between, and therefore are considered to have graduated):
  1. cityzach 15.87
  2. chrissyD 17.87
  3. tozies24 18.53
  4. Tall5001 19.82
  5. insane569 20.76

Congratulations to everyone!
 
ROUND
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Potential Closing Time - August 11, 2011 || 12:01PM EST​

Scrambles for the 132nd round:
  1. D2 R D2 R D' R' U R2 B L' U B' L2 R' D' L F2 U
  2. U2 B D' L' B R2 U B' L' U' F' L2 F L2 D' B2 D2 U
  3. U2 L2 U L' R U2 L R2 D B D U B' D2 L' D2 F' L'
  4. F2 U L2 B2 D F R' D2 U' F' D' F L' D L2 R B U'
  5. R' D' U2 F' U B' D' F U2 R D2 R2 B' L' B' R' B'
  6. U2 L F2 U' B2 D2 U' L2 D F2 R B R' D' L' R2 D' R'
  7. L' B L F' D' U2 F' U' B L' U' B U2 R' F' U B L2 U'
  8. L U L' B2 L B2 U' B2 D' R B' U' F2 U L2 D2 L' U'
  9. B2 L D' L F' L2 F' L B U' L' D L D2 U' R2 U' L'
  10. U2 F' D F2 R' F L' F L2 D U' L' F R' D R2 U2 R
  11. D2 R' D' R2 D' U' L2 R F' U' R2 B2 L' F U2 L' B' D2 U'
  12. D U' B D2 B L' D' B' D R B U2 R B L2 D' R' F2
 
Round 132
22.81
(26.22), 21.54, (18.55), 25.82, 20.13, 20.95, 23.82, 24.76, 23.02, 23.31, 20.31, 24.41

Typical average for me with lots of stupid mistakes. It seems like I have at least improved mentally over the past six months, just not physically. Six months ago, I'd get a 23 second average, and it seemed like that was as fast as possible for me. Now, I still get a 23 second average, but every solve feels like it would have been 3 seconds faster if I hadn't done so many obviously wrong things along the way. It's as if my thinking/recognition has improved, but my fingers won't keep up. It's not finger speed so much as it is my fingers refusing to do what I want them to do. I had quite a few cases here where I made the wrong moves (knowing they were wrong as I was doing them - my fingers were not doing what I wanted them to do) and had to undo them.

I will have trouble posting the next round on time because of US Nationals; I'm thinking I will probably post it early, on Wednesday night, with a placeholder for results, and then I'll go back and add results when I get the chance after the round is over (which might be as late as next Monday).
 
21.52, 22.05, 18.04, 24.44, 21.31, 19.14, (15.05), (28.52), 20.19, 23.01, 23.75, 20.33
=21.38

best avg5: 19.50 (σ = 1.36)

current avg12: 21.38 (σ = 1.92)
best avg12: 21.38 (σ = 1.92)

nice, but i really have to get consistent...
 
Round 132

25.78


Standard Deviation: 2.28

1. 26.56
2. 24.50
3. 25.83
4. 23.61
5. 29.11
6. 23.59
7. 26.50
8. 27.55
9. (22.56)
10. (30.41)
11. 25.39
12. 23.80

Seemed to have reached a plateau. I haven't noticed any improvement at all these past few months. If anything I think I'm getting worse.
 
Round 132
Average: 25.97


Time:
(18.11), 28.72, 22.92, 23.78, 28.85, 22.54, 27.62, 27.43, 25.21, 24.84, (DNF!), 27.83

Last round before nationals...
This started off great, but then went downhill fast. This is still a very fast average for me, so I can't complain about that. On one solve, the 28.85 I believe, I forgot my left N perm so I had to do a 2 look... otherwise it would have been a ~22. I was pretty furious about the DNF... I scrambled the cube, but then forgot to go back to the timer tab before I started the solve. The solve felt really fast, and may have been a sub-20... I guess I will never know.
 
Round 132- Alumni

20.73, 19.18, 19.10, 18.01, 18.73, 19.12, 19.27, (17.39,) 17.46, 18.39, 19.29, (27.51) ==>> 18.93
No idea what I was doing when that last solve OLL came up I guess. Pretty consistent otherwise :)
 
Round 132 -- 28.65

12: 00:31.87 x
11: 00:27.44 x
10: 00:32.99 x
9: 00:28.10 x
8: 00:25.56 x
7: 00:25.21 x
6: 00:24.76 x
5: 00:27.78 x
4: 00:30.08 x
3: 00:31.44 x
2: 00:26.02 x
1: 00:40.26 x

no improvement this time...earlier today I got a 26 second average.
Got super discouraged by that first solve, but decided to keep going....
 
Round 132

Average: 21.45

22.46, (23.54), 22.92, 21.34, 20.84, 22.34, 21.26, (18.05), 20.27, 21.24, 18.65, 23.22

Very pleased with this average. Not only first sub 22 average in the race but also the first time I have been so close to a pb ao12 in the thread too. Lookahead just seems to be great today. Not sure if its moving off a plateau or all the 4x4 and 5x5 I have been doing but I shan't complain :)

EDIT: Just checked, 5th best Ao12 I've done and it includes 5th best Ao5 in it.


number of times: 12/12
best time: 18.05
worst time: 23.54

current avg5: 20.05 (σ = 1.07)
best avg5: 20.05 (σ = 1.07)

current avg12: 21.45 (σ = 1.30)
best avg12: 21.45 (σ = 1.30)

session avg: 21.45 (σ = 1.30)
session mean: 21.34
 
Last edited:
Round 131 - Colour Neutral Speed - CFOP

Average: 21.70

(15.80), 18.30, 21.69, 18.91, (25.56), 25.43, 23.27, 20.18, 23.34, 23.68, 24.55, 17.65

The 15.80 was NL, H OLL into J perm. Why do I always start well then fail at the end?
 
Average: 21.61

Times:

1. 21.95
2. 17.39
3. 23.14
4. 24.18
5. 19.37
6. 19.91
7. 23.68
8. 21.58
9. 26.80
10. 21.43
11. 23.24
12. 17.57

Probably one of my best AO12's so far but I'm not statisfied until I graduate :D
 
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