Racing to sub-20

Round 489
19.86

19.51, 15.32, 21.53, 22.58, 22.54, (15.17), 16.52, 25.47, 18.58, 17.84, 18.66, DNF(21.51)

Sub 20!!! With a PB AO5 in there too. Went back to the old faithful AoLong V2 for this average. As pleased as I am I know it should've been better. I totally butchered a couple solves. Failed to AUF that last solve so I DNF'd and ended up with a counting 25, yuck.

 
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kbrune said:
I can't be upset though. It felt good to get the 20.03 with the new cube.
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Nice! What's the new cube?

Renox said:
Sub-20 once again! Probably due to the fact that i finally learned full PLL during the last week.
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Wow, you're definitely on your way to graduating if you only just learned full PLL and you're pulling down sub 20's already. I learned full PLL... a long time ago :)

Jason Green said:
Blah.
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No worries man. You had some good times in that average, and even a sub 20. Just a couple bad solves that hurt an otherwise decent average. I've posted many many rounds here without any sub 20's. It'll come :)
 
earth2dan said:
Round 489
19.86

19.51, 15.32, 21.53, 22.58, 22.54, (15.17), 16.52, 25.47, 18.58, 17.84, 18.66, DNF(21.51)

Sub 20!!! With a PB AO5 in there too. Went back to the old faithful AoLong V2 for this average. As pleased as I am I know it should've been better. I totally butchered a couple solves. Failed to AUF that last solve so I DNF'd and ended up with a counting 25, yuck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XygylJ4_M2A
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My Guanlong came in!!! It's everything everyone said it was 0___0
I little too light tho...
 
Joel2274 said:
My Guanlong came in!!! It's everything everyone said it was 0___0
I little too light tho...
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I just received one as well and yeah, it is lighter than I expected and softer plastic, it even feels like bad quality plastic if you compare it to an Aolong, Thunderclap or Tanglong but it's what the Meiying wasn't for me, very stable. I even did an unboxing video with a lot of stuff I bought with it.

earth2dan said:
Round 489
19.86

19.51, 15.32, 21.53, 22.58, 22.54, (15.17), 16.52, 25.47, 18.58, 17.84, 18.66, DNF(21.51)

Sub 20!!! With a PB AO5 in there too. Went back to the old faithful AoLong V2 for this average. As pleased as I am I know it should've been better. I totally butchered a couple solves. Failed to AUF that last solve so I DNF'd and ended up with a counting 25, yuck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XygylJ4_M2A
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Congratulations!!! It was a well deserved result and, as you say, it could have been even better so, go for it!

No more posts since yesterday so I'll edit mine to avoid double-posting.

Race to Sub-20 - Round 489 (Alumni)
Cube: Moyu Tanglong
Method: CFOP Dual CN (white/yellow)

Generated By csTimer on 2016-3-4
avg of 12: 19.34

Time List:
18.28, 17.56, 21.70, 16.94, 19.10, (16.16), 19.61, 19.19, (21.90), 21.80, 19.21, 19.96

I wanted to do this yesterday but I started to warm up and my times were horrible (like 21 average) so I decided it was not a good day for the race. Today it looks like my times went back to normal. Happy with no sup-22s but still not where I'd like to be (no sup-20s and 17-18 average).
 
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Round 489 Results​


  1. TheGamingCuber5 - 18.91 [1/3]
  2. mafergut - 19.34 [alumni]
  3. Renox - 19.7 [2/3]
  4. earth2dan - 19.86 [1/3]
  5. kbrune - 20.03 [0/3]
  6. Cris738 - 20.15 [0/3]
  7. Jason Green - 24.25 [0/3]

Another great round folks. Lots of sub 20's and a couple real close calls. Congratulations to everyone!
 
Round 490​

Scrambles for the 490th round:

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

Good luck to everyone!
 
Round 490
CFOP Guoguan YueXiao

Generated By csTimer on 2016-3-4
avg of 12: 19.817

Time List:
1. 18.464 D F' R D2 L F2 D2 F B2 D' L2 B U2 R2 U2 B2 R2 F2 B' U2 L2
2. 18.899 R2 D F' D' R' U' B R L' B' L2 U2 B R2 B' D2 F' U2 D2 F2
3. 17.958 D2 F2 L2 U' B2 F2 D B2 R2 F2 U2 L F' D B' R' D2 U' L2 B' D
4. 21.980 B2 U2 L2 U2 L F2 L2 U2 R F2 L2 B' L D' F' D2 F' U B R2 F
5. (17.380) B' U2 F L2 F2 D2 B' L2 F' D2 L2 U' F2 R F U L F2 D L2 U2
6. 18.256 B2 D2 U2 L' B2 R2 B2 R2 U2 R' U2 F D' R F2 L2 B' L D' R F
7. 22.809 U B2 L2 U B2 U L2 U2 F2 U2 B2 L F' D2 L D L2 U2 B R2
8. (25.033) L2 D2 F' D2 L2 R2 F D2 R2 D2 R2 D L F2 L D B' L' B' F D
9. 21.853 R L2 B' L' U D' B2 L' B' D L' B2 L' D2 R' B2 R2 U2 R U2 B2
10. 17.894 L2 B' L2 B2 L2 F L2 F U2 R2 F D U R D' B D L F2 R U
11. 18.231 R F' L2 U' L D F' D' B2 U B' D' F2 L2 D' R2 U R2 F2 R2 L2
12. 21.822 D' B2 D' B2 L2 D F2 R2 U' F2 U2 L' B' D2 R U R2 F2 L2 F

Guys...this is absolutely the craziest thing ever. I just got out of the sub 25 thread and now I'm on a sub-20 streak. This is 100% thanks to my new Guoguan because I haven't been practicing a whole lot or anything like that, I just sorta started getting a lot of sub-20 solves. wow...I'm gonna learn and practice as many OLLs as I can before next week to see if I can get the 3 streak.
Absolute craziness.
(BTW, does my 2 streak still count since I didn't compete in the previous round?)
 
Race to Sub-20 - Round 490 (Alumni)
Cube: Moyu Tanglong
Method: CFOP Dual CN (white/yellow)

Generated By csTimer on 2016-3-5
avg of 12: 18.25

Time List:
17.15, (21.25), 19.01, 17.33, 18.15, 20.19, 15.35, (14.93), 21.04, 17.97, 20.99, 15.29

Much more consistent lookahead this time. Only the second solve was bad in that regard, as the two counting 21s (well, almost, as one is 20.99 :)) were due to a small mistake during the solve so, I'm happy that they were "just" 21s. Very happy about the two counting 15s and all the solves were full step. Let's push for sub-18 next time!
 
Race to sub-20
Round 490
Cube : Gans 356s

Time list:

Session average: 19.05

1. (13.93)
2. 17.84
3. 20.82
4. 18.53
5. 17.59
6. 19.95
7. 16.82
8. 20.74
9. 20.19
10. (24.52)
11. 19.22
12. 18.77

hmmm i had a good start but then i messed up some of the solves. But still sub-20 :-D
 
Round 490 with Roux

Ao12: 19.31
Best Ao5: 18.56(solves 7-11)

(14.55), 20.73, 24.57, 17.50, 19.42, (27.61), 16.74, 20,90, 20.54, 15.59, 18.39, 18.63

Back on track with the road to sub-20
 
Round 490

Ave: 21.82

21.98, 23.81, 25.83, 19.39, 18.02, 18.32, 25.30, 18.71, 24.44, 22.24, 22.12, 21.84

Ugghhh.... looks like I'll need to Start accepting that I'll never be sub 20.
 
Joel2274 said:
(BTW, does my 2 streak still count since I didn't compete in the previous round?)
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That is some impressive progress! Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you miss a round. You're 2/3 now :)

mafergut said:
Much more consistent lookahead this time. Only the second solve was bad in that regard, as the two counting 21s (well, almost, as one is 20.99 :)) were due to a small mistake during the solve so, I'm happy that they were "just" 21s. Very happy about the two counting 15s and all the solves were full step. Let's push for sub-18 next time!
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Nice Average! I was pretty pumped for that counting 15 I got last round too :) Sub 18 next time eh? Go for it!

kbrune said:
Ugghhh.... looks like I'll need to Start accepting that I'll never be sub 20.
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Bah! You can do it! Little steps :)
 
R490 Alumni (CFOP):

Generated By csTimer on 2016-3-8
avg of 12: 14.899

Time List:
12.319, 15.888, (16.910), 13.478, 15.147, 15.112, 14.387, 14.506, 15.499, 16.030, (10.284), 16.627

The sub 15 thread hasn't been updated for a while. Nice single, last solve was my own scramble as I miscounted.
 
Round 490
19.95

19.81, 21.56, 21.06, 19.03, 20.19, 25.52, (16.29), 18.78, 19.91, (25.78), 16.40, 17.24

Phew! Oh man that was a close one. I super choked on that 10th solve and thought I blew my chances for a sub-20 average. Then I was able to finish off with two really good solves to squeeze out another sub-20 round. I've never had two sub-20 rounds in a row :)

I still feel like I made a lot of mistakes this round, so I know there's still lots of room for improvement.

 
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earth2dan said:
Round 490
19.95

19.81, 21.56, 21.06, 19.03, 20.19, 25.52, (16.29), 18.78, 19.91, (25.78), 16.40, 17.24

Phew! Oh man that was a close one. I super choked on that 10th solve and thought I blew my chances for a sub-20 average. Then I was able to finish off with two really good solves to squeeze out another sub-20 round. I've never had two sub-20 rounds in a row :)

I still feel like I made a lot of mistakes this round, so I know there's still lots of room for improvement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERWdJ2DezqU
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Nice way to overcome the self pressure and come out victorious with those two last solves!!! I know you can pull it off again next time, but who is going to run this show if you graduate next week? :)
 
mafergut said:
Nice way to overcome the self pressure and come out victorious with those two last solves!!! I know you can pull it off again next time, but who is going to run this show if you graduate next week? :)
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Thanks! Don't worry, I'm a loooong ways off the race to sub-15 so even if I graduate I'll be here for a good long while yet. It'd be cool to put an [alumni] beside my name though :)
 
earth2dan said:
Thanks! Don't worry, I'm a loooong ways off the race to sub-15 so even if I graduate I'll be here for a good long while yet. It'd be cool to put an [alumni] beside my name though :)
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I've heard someone say that the RTS15 thread is dead so maybe they need someone to revive it, when you feel ready to move there. I still need to at least start getting more low 18s and high 17s before event thinking to go there. If you want my advice, keep using your Aolong v2, it looks like it's working :)
 
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