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Racing to sub-20

Isaac VM

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Round 539
Method: Roux
Cube: Valk3
Ao12: 19.42 (Alumni)

18.323, 19.646, 21.240, (23.673), 16.762, 22.461, (15.739), 16.884, 17.951, 21.418, 18.965, 20.578

Solves 5-9 were an Ao5 of 17.199!
Good blocks = Good times, I need to improve my FB inspection/execution so I can get better lookahead into SB.
 

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Round 539
Method: Roux
Cube: Valk3
Ao12: 19.42 (Alumni)

18.323, 19.646, 21.240, (23.673), 16.762, 22.461, (15.739), 16.884, 17.951, 21.418, 18.965, 20.578

Solves 5-9 were an Ao5 of 17.199!
Good blocks = Good times, I need to improve my FB inspection/execution so I can get better lookahead into SB.
How so fast with roux I avg. like 1:10 with roux. But after all, I did DNF four solves in a row with CFOP, so I might run back to it
 

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How so fast with roux I avg. like 1:10 with roux. But after all, I did DNF four solves in a row with CFOP, so I might run back to it

One year ago, when I started Roux, I was averaging like 1:30. I stopped timing myself and began to practice block building and understanding LSE, when I re-started to time myself I was averaging like 40s as you can see here: https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/...and-race-to-sub-25.43738/page-92#post-1173642
My progress has been slow (I think) but I have really enjoyed the path. No need to stress yourself ;)
 

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Round 539
Method: CFOP
Cube: Aolong V2
Time: 19.91

(24.95), 20.21, 22.35, 18.21, 20.99, 21.48, 20.77, (15.93), 19.04, 17.04, 18.24, 20.76

Yay!!!! 3/3. I haven't been practicing much lately, so I am very happy to have crossed the barrier. I had a poor start but I didn't panic and my solves came around at the end.

I do white cross only. I am considering trying to do white/yellow. (CN, just no).

Does CN mean colour neutral?
Yup!
 

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Round 539
Valk 3M
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AO12: 24.21 (σ = 1.72)


Time List:
1. 26.48 D' B2 L2 U R2 U2 R2 U' R2 U L2 B' L D' R2 U' L' B2 D B' D2
2. 27.76 D U F2 D R2 U' F2 R2 B2 D R2 F U2 R' F2 U' L' F R D' F2 L'
3. 24.20 D L2 U F2 R2 B2 R2 D' B2 F2 U2 B' L' D2 U2 R' B' U2 R' L' B U'
4. 22.65 U F2 L2 B2 L2 U R2 D B2 L2 U2 B' D' L' F' D' R' B2 F D'
5. 20.93 D2 R2 B2 D F2 D' B2 F2 L2 B2 U2 R B' L' B' R F' D2 B U2 L' U'
6. 26.26 F2 U R2 L2 D' R2 U' B2 D' U2 B2 R' D' U L F2 U2 F D2 R' L2 U2
7. 18.74 L2 U' L2 U L2 U' R2 U' F2 R2 D' L F L' F U L D' L' F' D U
8. 24.77 U2 F2 U' B2 U F2 R2 B2 F2 U' L2 F' R2 L U R D2 B F U2 R
9. 25.56 L2 B2 D' F2 R2 U B2 L2 D' F2 U2 B' R' B2 D F L2 B' F2 D2 U
10. 23.94 D' R2 B2 L2 U B2 U' L2 D F2 D' L' D' B2 R B F2 L2 D' R D U2
11. 24.47 B2 R2 U2 R2 L2 F2 D B2 U2 L2 U' B' D2 F U B2 D L' B' F2 U2
12. 22.84 D B2 D' R2 F2 R2 B2 U' B2 F2 D' B L' F' L2 U' R U' F2 D' B2 U'

Hi, This is my first time, just rehearsing, not near sub 20 yet :)
 

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Round 539
Method: CFOP (Colour Neutral)
Cube: Gans Air
AO12: 21.68

20.99 Yellow,
(31.52 Green),
23.49 Blue,
31.28 Orange,
(15.55 White),
20.65 Blue,
19.50 Yellow,
23.02 Green,
18.83 Yellow,
19.46 White,
20.85 Blue,
18.71 White

Not a bad average, but I feel like I cheated... I solved half of these on White/Yellow, and none on Red. I spent a solid 5 seconds just staring at my second F2L pair on that 31.28 Orange solve, it just wouldn't click :/
 

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Round 539 Results

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Congratulations to @bgcatfan for graduating this round! Welcome to the race @mitja and don't worry @CubingBanana, you'll do better next round!

*Please note: If you have not participated in 10 rounds, and are NOT an alumni (green), your stats will be deleted next round. If you ARE an alumni, your stats will be hidden, but not deleted.
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Round 540
Potential Closing Time - Mar 24th, 2017 || 12:01PM CST

Scrambles for the 531st round:
  1. F2 R2 F2 D R2 U' F2 D2 F2 U' F2 L' B U' F' U' B2 R D' L B'
  2. F2 R2 F2 R2 F2 U2 B2 D' F2 L2 U2 L' D F2 U R2 B' L' F2 D2 B2 U'
  3. U F2 U2 F2 L2 U B2 U R2 U' L2 F R' B R' D B2 F' R2 B L U2
  4. D' F2 U' R2 L2 D' F2 R2 D R2 B' R L U F' D' U' F' R U
  5. R2 U' F2 U F2 R2 U2 R2 U B2 U B' U L' F' L B' D2 R D L
  6. F2 R2 D' B2 D2 R2 D2 R2 D' L2 F2 L F2 U' F L2 D' F L' U' F2 L
  7. D2 R2 B2 R2 B2 U B2 U' F2 R2 B2 L' D2 B2 U B R2 F2 L' F D U'
  8. U' F2 R2 U B2 F2 L2 D R2 L2 U2 R B' D B R F' L2 B R' D
  9. B2 D F2 U' B2 R2 D B2 U2 B2 U2 R' D R' F' D R F L2 D' L
  10. F2 D R2 F2 L2 D2 R2 D' B2 D' U2 B U2 R F2 L D' F' U' R D'
  11. L2 D' L2 B2 U2 B2 F2 U' L2 D' R' F D2 F' D U' B' F2 L F2 L2
  12. D F2 R2 U R2 D U R2 L2 F2 U B' R L D2 R' F' L' U' L' D'
Good luck to everyone!
 

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Round 540 (Alumni)
Cube: Valk3
Method: CFOP Full CN

avg of 12: 20.67
18.57[green], 20.74[blue], 19.73[white], (15.43[white]), 17.71[orange], 20.49[blue], 26.68[blue], 23.37[orange], 22.13[yellow], 19.43[white], (DNF), 17.76[white]

Made a mistake on that 26.xx blue cross, extracting an F2L pair while inserting another, got nervous and lost the little lookahead I had to start with. Then I made the wrong J-perm for a DNF on the 11th. Yahoo! Things cannot get worse than this... or can they?
 

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Round 540
Method: Roux
Cube: Gans 356
Ao12: 19.776 (alumni)

19.540, 21.305, 23.504, 17.240, 18.108, 17.570, 19.890, (23.691), (16.435), 21.550, 18.988, 20.065

Didn't warm up properly, but also I had a hard time building my blocks :/
I really like the feel of my old gans, I don't know if I will switch.
 

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Round 540
Method: CFOP
Cube: Aolong v2
Ao12: 18.66
(43.54), 16.85, 19.29, 18.92, 15.94, 18.32, 15.86, 18.36, (15.10), 19.87+, 20.26, 22.97

One of the 15s was my first ever LL skip. Unfortunately, the F2L in that solve was absolutely atrocious.
 

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Round 540
Method: CFOP (Colour Neutral)
Cube: Gans 356
AO12: 22.62

21.10 Yellow,
19.70 Blue,
31.75 Red,
15.01 White,
22.63 Green,
27.73 Red,
21.29 Blue,
(32.45 Orange),
23.16 Green,
20.15 White,
(14.73 White),
23.72 Blue

Slower than last weeks average, but I think this was a much better colour neutral average for me with at least one solve on every colour. Only 3 White cross solves this time. Red and Orange are still the worst by far, but my practice is still focused on Blue/Green so that's to be expected for now.

Interestingly, my White cross times seem to be improving as well with colour neutral practice. I had clearly become lazy with lookahead on my White cross solves. Now that I'm focusing so much harder on lookahead with the other colours, that same focus is carrying over to my White cross solves. Learning to be colour neutral is helping me break some old bad habits :)
 

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Round 540
Method: CFOP (Colour Neutral)
Cube: Gans 356
AO12: 22.62

21.10 Yellow,
19.70 Blue,
31.75 Red,
15.01 White,
22.63 Green,
27.73 Red,
21.29 Blue,
(32.45 Orange),
23.16 Green,
20.15 White,
(14.73 White),
23.72 Blue

Slower than last weeks average, but I think this was a much better colour neutral average for me with at least one solve on every colour. Only 3 White cross solves this time. Red and Orange are still the worst by far, but my practice is still focused on Blue/Green so that's to be expected for now.

Interestingly, my White cross times seem to be improving as well with colour neutral practice. I had clearly become lazy with lookahead on my White cross solves. Now that I'm focusing so much harder on lookahead with the other colours, that same focus is carrying over to my White cross solves. Learning to be colour neutral is helping me break some old bad habits :)
Couldn't you just look at the centers and memorize those, make an L that matches up with 2 centers and then go from there?
 

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Round 541
Potential Closing Time - Mar 31st, 2017 || 12:01PM CST

Scrambles for the 541st round:
  1. U2 B2 L2 D U2 B2 D' L2 U2 B2 L U' L' U F' R' L' D F L' D
  2. U' R2 D' L2 B2 U B2 L2 B2 L2 D F' L' U2 L' F' R D2 F' R2 D' U'
  3. D U R2 U' L2 D' R2 B2 R2 F2 U' L B2 R2 L D U' L B' D' R' F
  4. L2 D R2 F2 U L2 U2 R2 F2 D' R2 B' F' D' B2 R B2 F2 U R2 F2 U'
  5. B2 D2 U' F2 D' F2 L2 D' B2 R2 U' L' F L' U' B R2 D' F' D2 U2
  6. U2 F2 D2 B2 L2 D L2 F2 D' B2 U' R B' L2 B' D2 L2 U' B R' D2 U'
  7. D' U2 B2 L2 U B2 U' B2 R2 U R U B' U' R' L' D B R2 L
  8. D L2 B2 U R2 D2 F2 L2 B2 F2 L' B' U L F2 L2 F' U' R F D2
  9. R2 U2 R2 U L2 U F2 D2 R2 B2 U2 F' U' R B2 F2 D' L' U R' B
  10. U2 B2 F2 D' F2 L2 U' R2 L2 D' F2 L F R' B U' R F' L2 U' L' D2
  11. D2 F2 R2 B2 D B2 D2 B2 U R2 U2 B R D2 R F R L D' R2 B
  12. U' L2 D2 U R2 B2 U F2 D2 L2 B2 L' B' R' B D L' D2 U2 B L U
Good luck to everyone!
 

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Round 541
Method: CFOP CN
Cube: Gans 356 Air

Generated By csTimer on 2017-3-24
avg of 12: 36.035

Time List:
1. (25.567) U2 B2 L2 D U2 B2 D' L2 U2 B2 L U' L' U F' R' L' D F L' D
2. 39.222 U' R2 D' L2 B2 U B2 L2 B2 L2 D F' L' U2 L' F' R D2 F' R2 D' U'
3. 39.709 D U R2 U' L2 D' R2 B2 R2 F2 U' L B2 R2 L D U' L B' D' R' F
4. 34.914 L2 D R2 F2 U L2 U2 R2 F2 D' R2 B' F' D' B2 R B2 F2 U R2 F2 U'
5. 38.195 B2 D2 U' F2 D' F2 L2 D' B2 R2 U' L' F L' U' B R2 D' F' D2 U2
6. 38.460 U2 F2 D2 B2 L2 D L2 F2 D' B2 U' R B' L2 B' D2 L2 U' B R' D2 U'
7. 35.292 D' U2 B2 L2 U B2 U' B2 R2 U R U B' U' R' L' D B R2 L
8. 33.527 D L2 B2 U R2 D2 F2 L2 B2 F2 L' B' U L F2 L2 F' U' R F D2
9. 36.164 R2 U2 R2 U L2 U F2 D2 R2 B2 U2 F' U' R B2 F2 D' L' U R' B
10. 36.474 U2 B2 F2 D' F2 L2 U' R2 L2 D' F2 L F R' B U' R F' L2 U' L' D2
11. (47.763) D2 F2 R2 B2 D B2 D2 B2 U R2 U2 B R D2 R F R L D' R2 B
12. 28.394 U' L2 D2 U R2 B2 U F2 D2 L2 B2 L' B' R' B D L' D2 U2 B L U

Very happy with first solve. Learning new F2L algs, so ready to make a comeback.
 

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Back in the race.

Round 541
Method: CFOP
Cube: Valk 3

Ao12: 22.12
23.78, (27.59), 23.54, 20.70, 20.06, 21.97, 22.36, 24.60, 24.11, 21.11, 18.88, (17.67)

Not very happy with this performance. Earlier today my rolling Ao12 stayed below 22 for a very long time. The first few solves were a bit shaky. On 2nd solve I messed up OLL and had to rebuild a couple of F2L pairs. Oh well, at least this leaves room for improvement! :)
 

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Round 541 (Alumni)
Method: CFOP Dual CN
Cube: Valk 3

avg of 12: 19.06
19.63, 19.35, 17.24, 19.87, (14.46), (24.60), 17.33, 17.86, 19.39, 20.47, 22.11, 17.29

Bad, even for full CN, but this was just my regular white/yellow because during warmup I saw that today I couldn't solve properly. Thinking about not timing my solves for a while... maybe for a year or two. The feeling right now is the more I solve the slower I become. So, this is not a plateau, it's more like a slight ramp up again. Maybe my brain is starting to slow down at a mere 46 years old?
 
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