Racing to sub-20

R497 Alumni (CFOP, Aolong v2)
Generated By csTimer on 2016-4-26
avg of 12: 13.439

Time List:
13.865, 12.570, 15.594, (17.963), (12.334), 13.066, 13.331, 12.924, 13.511, 12.787, 13.828, 12.913

Woo!, I'm practicing for the race to sub 15 as I have one more to go over there. the solve that came after this average was a 13.615 that rolled it to a 13.413 ao12.
 
Round 497
Cube: Qiyi Thunderclap
Method: ZZ, CFOP
Average: 22.42 (ZZ), 24.17 (CFOP)

1. 18.65, 22.86
2. 21.65, 22.30+
3. (17.57), 27.52
4. 23.17, 22.97
5. 20.30, 29.39
6. (28.22), 25.35
7. 27.65, 23.49
8. 23.40, 25.70+
9. 20.99, 20.04
10. 24.81, (29.62)
11. 19.48, (19.11)
12. 24.02, 22.11

Times were everywhere today. Some good, mostly bad though.
And again, ZZ was better than CFOP. I'm glad this is happening even though it seems strange.
While my CFOP is still recovering, I think I'm gonna go DCN, because it's easy and I still suck at CFOP so why not nothing to lose.
 
GenTheThief said:
... oookay, nevermind. This is much harder than I thought. Cross finding and F2L corner tracking is so weird but 2OLL and PLL is the same. Nevertheless, I shall continue with DCN CFOP.
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My path to CN was hard but I look at it this way; I believe CN is the way to go, if only to increase chances of easy cross. I still fall back to white/yellow if I don't see anything right away. So assuming I want to eventually be CN, well, why spend any time getting faster at F2L without CN first? So I just bit the bullet and started practicing... not by picking a color, but by letting the scramble dictate. For 2 weeks straight every time I practiced, hand scramble or computer-generated, the color on UFR was the color of my cross and I just rolled with it. Makes for a nice random distribution and gets your mind's-eye trained a bit more to think about things generically as you plan F2L. The way I see it the more you train single or dual-color F2L the harder it is going to be to unlearn and relearn CN. I'm still maybe 10% slower on F2L with the red/orange/blue/green solves, but I've overcome the initial mental block I used to have when attempting them.
 
trackdork said:
The way I see it the more you train single or dual-color F2L the harder it is going to be to unlearn and relearn CN.
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I totally understand, I've been teaching my little brother F2L, and he just picks up his cube and starts cross with whatever colour is on top, which isn't what CN is about, choosing the best cross, not the first, but it's a good start I guess. It takes me something like 10 second to realize what he did and what F2L pieces to look for. If I was starting out, I probably would have been CN, but it takes much more time to get good at F2L.
And I don't really care how good I can get with CFOP, CN or not. It's a secondary method for me. My main method is ZZ, which I might consider becoming Y-axis CN, but I still have a long way to go before I can find the my EOLine twice in under 15 seconds. I don't think I'm ever going to go full CFOP CN, just because the benefits aren't worth the work. DCN is hard enough right now. And the only reason I'm practicing CFOP is if I can't find my EOLine in a comp I'll just switch to CFOP, which has a much less demanding first step. And after a couple more months practice, that shouldn't be a necessary precaution. I think I will still continue with CFOP practice just because.
 
Ordway Persyn said:
R497 Alumni (CFOP, Aolong v2)
Generated By csTimer on 2016-4-26
avg of 12: 13.439

Time List:
13.865, 12.570, 15.594, (17.963), (12.334), 13.066, 13.331, 12.924, 13.511, 12.787, 13.828, 12.913

Woo!, I'm practicing for the race to sub 15 as I have one more to go over there. the solve that came after this average was a 13.615 that rolled it to a 13.413 ao12.
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Holy smokes! Nice average @Ordway Persyn. Hopefully you can pull off another sub-15 in that race this week.

@trackdork and @GenTheThief. If I could start over I would definitely learn CN from the start. And anyone that I teach to solve, I will teach CN. I'm a hopeless white cross solver for speedsovling. I keep telling myself I'll focus on learning CN once I'm consistently sub-20 on white cross so... Maybe in another year :P
 
Race to sub-20 - Round 497
Cube: Moyu Tanglong
Method: CFOP Full CN

Generated By csTimer on 2016-4-28
avg of 12: 19.27

Time List:
21.18[red], 17.66[red], 18.49[red], 18.70[blue], 19.85[blue], 18.93[green], (23.01[yellow]), 18.20[red], 21.02[white], 17.04[white], (16.82[white]), 21.54[red]

Not bad at all! It's a little bit funny that two of the worst solves are actually on yellow and white. I was trying to push too much trying to get the most of my "preferred" cross colors and I spoiled the solves with bad lockups. Same happened with the last solve, trying to finish with a good time. This is clear in the fact that there are almost no solves in the 19-20 range, they are almost all either sub-19 or sup-21. If I were able to put nerves aside I would do better.
 
earth2dan said:
@mafergut I like how you track and post your results over in the sub-15 thread, so I'm totally ripping you off, hope you don't mind ;).
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Sorry for doubleposting. Yesterday I forgot to comment that, of course, I don't mind you being inspired in my way to track results. By the way, very nice results at big cubes in the weekly comp. Especially in 5x5 I'm soooo far from those times.
 
Round 497
Cube: Gans 356
Method: CFOP
AO12: 19.93

(22.86), 21.91, 18.69, (15.93), 19.08, 19.50, 19.56, 19.63, 17.73, 21.15, 21.23, 20.85

Oh boy, here we go. Two sub-20 rounds in a row. Lets see if I choke again :P

@mafergut Thanks! I haven't made much progress on big cubes in a while, but I did practice 4/5 a lot to get to where I am. I feel like I've hit a wall with 4x4, where my 5x5 times continue to slowly improve.

Results and next round will be up soon.
 
Round 497 Results
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*Please note: If you have not participated in over 10 rounds, and are NOT an alumni, I will be deleting your stats after next round.
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Round 498
Potential Closing Time - May 6, 2016 || 12:01PM CST
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Scrambles for the 498th round:
  1. R2 F2 U2 B2 D' L2 U' B2 F2 U' L2 F' D U' F2 L2 D L B' D2 U2
  2. R2 L2 U B2 R2 U R2 L2 D L2 U2 R F' D' B L U' F' R' D'
  3. L2 D2 L2 D R2 U' B2 D2 U' B2 U L' D2 L2 F' U2 B D' F2 R F'
  4. B2 D' B2 R2 U' F2 R2 D2 U L2 B' L B' F2 D' B' U2 R2 D2 R
  5. U R2 U F2 R2 B2 R2 U F2 D' U R' D2 F' L D' L2 B R D2 U2
  6. F2 U F2 R2 U2 B2 R2 L2 U2 B2 U B D' F' L' U' B2 R2 B' U'
  7. U L2 U R2 L2 D L2 D B2 U' B' L' F' D L' U R B D' B U2
  8. F2 U2 F2 U L2 U' F2 D L2 D' F L' B2 D L U' R B F' R'
  9. D F2 D' R2 D' F2 R2 D B2 R2 U2 L' U B' D' L2 B2 F L' B2 R
  10. L2 F2 D' B2 R2 L2 D R2 L2 F2 L2 B' U L F2 R2 D' U F' R2 D' U'
  11. D R2 D B2 F2 U B2 D' F2 D2 B L' U R D' B' R2 U2 R2 L2 U'
  12. U' L2 B2 R2 L2 D2 F2 L2 D' F' U F2 L U' B D2 R F L2

Good luck to everyone!
 
Round: 498
Cube: Thunderclap
Method(s): ZZ, DCN CFOP
Average: 23.44 (ZZ), 24.37 (DCN CFOP)

0. ZZ, DCN CFOP
1. 23.30, 25.90 Y
2. (18.93), 25.52 W
3. 22.52, 24.97 W
4. 22.46, 19.90 Y
5. 20.66, (18.06) W
6. 23.68, 18.55 W
7. 21.44, 27.56 Y
8. 25.54, (28.36) W (I got caught up on COLL because I forgot the alg)
9. 23.61, 22.37 W
10. 22.27, 24.30 Y
11. 28.83, 27.59 W
12. (30.35+), 26.97 Y

ZZ was very nice, though those last two solves were just weird. Pretty consistent all in all.
DCN CFOP on the other hand... that one was everywhere, except, I'm glad to say, 30+.
DCN F2L is just weird. I can't seem to find any of the pieces. The sub-20 yellow was very nice and unexpected.
 
Race to sub-20 - Round 497
Cube: YueXiao
Method: CFOP 4LLL (almost 3LLL)

Best average of 12: 26.908
1-12 - (32.307), 24.715, 28.315, 22.369, 27.572, 27.164, 29.682, 28.886, 25.674, (20.391), 27.470, 27.241

Hey guys, fresh back from North London Open today (Single 19.61, Average 25.27), and decided to revive my old speedsolving.com account, and what better way to do just that than to join a race to sub-20 competition?!

Right now, I'm doing CFOP, almost exclusively white cross with the very occasional yellow cross. I need to stop being lazy on F2L by inserting the corner then edge when it's not an easy case and learn a few more PLLs. For some reason I do a lot of U-perms the wrong way! I know how to recognise them and everything, but I just sometimes do it wrong! It has been getting better recently though.

Solves were meh. Pretty standard and there were a couple +2s on there. All were white cross and all were full step.
 
Race to sub-20 - Round 498
Cube: Moyu Tanglong
Method: CFOP Full CN

Generated By csTimer on 2016-5-2
avg of 12: 21.29 [0/3]

Time List:
19.95[blue], 21.20[green], 20.42[blue], 19.87[yellow], 26.48[red], 18.92[green], 21.73[blue], 24.21[white], 20.52[red], (DNF), 19.58[white], (18.30[yellow])

I can't remember the last time I did this bad. It was being a meh average already when I completely spoiled a solve on red and then another one... on white!!! The DNF (another completely spoiled solve that I didn't even care to finish) and the lack of any really good solve in the whole 12 completed the disaster this week. I didn't even get sub-21 :(
 
Dunno if these scramble were harder than usual, but I completely failed this one. There goes my streak! It's okay, I'll get it next time. I need to practice more!

Best Ao5: 21.58
Cube: YueXiao
Generated By csTimer on 2016-5-2
avg of 12: 21.92

Time List:
1. 23.38 R2 F2 U2 B2 D' L2 U' B2 F2 U' L2 F' D U' F2 L2 D L B' D2 U2
2. 20.94 R2 L2 U B2 R2 U R2 L2 D L2 U2 R F' D' B L U' F' R' D'
3. 22.98 L2 D2 L2 D R2 U' B2 D2 U' B2 U L' D2 L2 F' U2 B D' F2 R F'
4. (16.31) B2 D' B2 R2 U' F2 R2 D2 U L2 B' L B' F2 D' B' U2 R2 D2 R
5. 22.97 U R2 U F2 R2 B2 R2 U F2 D' U R' D2 F' L D' L2 B R D2 U2
6. 22.11 F2 U F2 R2 U2 B2 R2 L2 U2 B2 U B D' F' L' U' B2 R2 B' U'
7. 24.43 U L2 U R2 L2 D L2 D B2 U' B' L' F' D L' U R B D' B U2
8. 20.09 F2 U2 F2 U L2 U' F2 D L2 D' F L' B2 D L U' R B F' R'
9. 17.59 D F2 D' R2 D' F2 R2 D B2 R2 U2 L' U B' D' L2 B2 F L' B2 R
10. 23.40 L2 F2 D' B2 R2 L2 D R2 L2 F2 L2 B' U L F2 R2 D' U F' R2 D' U'
11. (24.91) D R2 D B2 F2 U B2 D' F2 D2 B L' U R D' B' R2 U2 R2 L2 U'
12. 21.24 U' L2 B2 R2 L2 D2 F2 L2 D' F' U F2 L U' B D2 R F L2
 
Round 498
Cube: Gans 356
Method: CFOP
Ao12: 20.48

18.94, 20.81, (17.76), 20.66, 20.90, 20.05, 17.95, 23.63, 18.96, (24.05), 20.80, 22.04

*ack* ... the sound of me choking :/ Oh well, start again next week :P
 
Round 498
AO12: 21.18

21.54, (22.39), 20.82, 19.01, 22.15, 21.35, 21.97, (18.79), 21.93, 21.11, 19.84, 22.04

I mean on the bright side this average was fairly consistent but I felt really slow for this average.
 
earth2dan said:
[...]Ao12: 20.48
18.94, 20.81, (17.76), 20.66, 20.90, 20.05, 17.95, 23.63, 18.96, (24.05), 20.80, 22.04
*ack* ... the sound of me choking :/ Oh well, start again next week :p
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Dang those 3 last solves... :( I know you can do it but, at least for me, there are days when I just can't solve properly. Look at my average this week as an example. Next week it will be better.
 
Round 498
Ave: 22.93

22.75, 23.07, 23.86, 20.86, 24.08, 19.31, 20.30, 27.15, 25.17, 21.25, 22.82, 25.16

Well... trend suggests I'll be joining the sub 25 race soon...
 
Hey guys, it's Dan. I don't know what happened to my @earth2dan account, but I got a notice that there's a problem with my email address and now they've locked my account so I can't post... I sent the team a message but haven't gotten a response yet. Hopefully they get it sorted out. I'll give it another day, if they don't get it fixed then I'll just use this account to post this rounds results and start the next round.
 
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