Racing to sub-20

Thanks @mafergut. I still haven't heard from them. I tried changing the email address associated with my account but the system is supposed to send a confirmation email and never does. I know my email accounts are working fine, so it must be a glitch with this new forum speedsolving.com has implemented. I'm gonna sit on it till Monday, then if they still haven't got it fixed maybe I'll just migrate to this account.

If anyone wants to squeeze in their average for round 498, now's the time! I'm gonna wait till Monday to close off round 498. I'd like to get back to my regular account...
 
Round 498 Results​

This was a tough round for most of us. No worries though, lets shake it off and move on to the next round :).

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*Please note: If you have not participated in over 10 rounds, and are NOT an alumni, Your stats will be deleted next round.
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Round 499
Potential Closing Time - May 13, 2016 || 12:01PM CST
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Scrambles for the 499th round:
  1. D B2 F2 D' B2 U' R2 B2 U F2 U F' L' F2 D' L' D' R' U R2 L
  2. D' R2 D2 L2 B2 R2 D F2 D' U B2 R' B' R L D R' D' F' D2 L2
  3. U R2 U' F2 U B2 D' B2 R2 U2 F2 L' B F2 D2 L F2 R U2 R B2 D'
  4. B2 U' L2 U' B2 D R2 U2 R2 U B' U' R2 L U R' B2 D' F2 D' B'
  5. F2 L2 D' F2 L2 U L2 D' L2 U' F2 R D F' D2 L D B2 D2 U'
  6. L2 D' R2 F2 D' F2 D2 R2 B2 L2 U' B D' L' D R B2 U R2 F2 D'
  7. U L2 U F2 U' B2 U L2 U B2 U' B' D L2 F2 R2 L U L' D2 U
  8. L2 U' F2 D' B2 R2 L2 U' B2 U' B2 L' F D2 F U2 B D' U L B' U
  9. R2 D' F2 D L2 D2 U' B2 D2 F2 R D2 F2 U' R' F' D' U2 B2 L
  10. L2 U2 B2 U' R2 U' F2 D F2 R2 U2 R' B2 R2 F' R2 F' R' D' U' B2
  11. U' F2 D' R2 L2 U F2 U2 L2 F2 L U' B' R' F U' L2 U R' D2
  12. L2 B2 F2 U' F2 D U B2 R2 D2 B2 R' F' D F' L D2 B U' F D2 U2
Good luck to everyone! This round closes on Friday the 13th. Are you superstitious? ;)
 
Round: 499
Cube: Qiyi Thunderclap
Method: ZZ, DCN CFOP
Average: 20.86 (ZZ), 20.70 (DCN CFOP)

0. ZZ, DCN CFOP
1. 22.85, 22.40
2. 21.47, (13.92[PB + OLL skip])
3. 24.19, 17.28
4. (17.83), (DNF (19.88))
5. 18.60, 16.09
6. 18.39, *26.15[messed up 2L OLL + COLL]
7. 18.49, 20.08
8. (24.93), 18.12
9. 24.18, 22.26
10. 18.82, 21.56
11. 21.47, 22.11
12. 20.07, 19.90

Nope, I'm not superstitious in that sense.
Oooh, very close averages... And, look, another PB with CFOP (WHY!). Dang, really, really fast.
And woops, I forgot to record the cross colour. Predominantly white, only about four yellows.
And wow, Roux looks really cool. I think I will start using that at comps if I can't find all my edges or see a really nice block.
I wont be here w/ roux for a while though, I'm doing really slow un-timed solves to increase my block building and LSE efficiency. I don't want to develop any bad habits such as leaning toward pairs over blocks.
*Haha, I use 2L OLL + some COLLs (Pi, H, 3 Us) + about 20 OLLs. After switching to ZZ, I stopped learning OLL and began to learn to COLL.
 
avg of 12: 19.96

Got one! Really focusing on calm turning, and it's paying off. :)
Not gonna solve of the 13th lol. Just kidding, I gotta practice! :p
I used all white cross.I will actually be using my solves in the background of a QnA video, so I will embed when it is uploaded.

Time List:
1. (16.64) D B2 F2 D' B2 U' R2 B2 U F2 U F' L' F2 D' L' D' R' U R2 L
2. 19.34 D' R2 D2 L2 B2 R2 D F2 D' U B2 R' B' R L D R' D' F' D2 L2
3. 18.83 U R2 U' F2 U B2 D' B2 R2 U2 F2 L' B F2 D2 L F2 R U2 R B2 D'
4. 20.77 B2 U' L2 U' B2 D R2 U2 R2 U B' U' R2 L U R' B2 D' F2 D' B'
5. 19.00 F2 L2 D' F2 L2 U L2 D' L2 U' F2 R D F' D2 L D B2 D2 U'
6. 21.18 L2 D' R2 F2 D' F2 D2 R2 B2 L2 U' B D' L' D R B2 U R2 F2 D'
7. (22.68) U L2 U F2 U' B2 U L2 U B2 U' B' D L2 F2 R2 L U L' D2 U
8. 20.17 L2 U' F2 D' B2 R2 L2 U' B2 U' B2 L' F D2 F U2 B D' U L B' U
9. 19.50 R2 D' F2 D L2 D2 U' B2 D2 F2 R D2 F2 U' R' F' D' U2 B2 L
10. 17.17 L2 U2 B2 U' R2 U' F2 D F2 R2 U2 R' B2 R2 F' R2 F' R' D' U' B2
11. 22.64 U' F2 D' R2 L2 U F2 U2 L2 F2 L U' B' R' F U' L2 U R' D2
12. 21.04 L2 B2 F2 U' F2 D U B2 R2 D2 B2 R' F' D F' L D2 B U' F D2 U2
 
Round 499
AO 12:20.66

19.5, 20.64, 25.0, (17.48), 20.96, 18.95, 1.75, 18.98, (29.28), 20.44, 19.20, 25.02

This round was all over the place but it should have been a sub-20 but the 29 second and two 25 second solves killed me.
 
Race to sub-20 - Round 499
Cube: Moyu Tanglong
Method: CFOP Full CN

Generated By csTimer on 2016-5-13
avg of 12: 19.80

Time List:
20.52[orange], (17.81[red]), 19.98[yellow], 20.20[red], 18.57[red], 20.24[orange], 23.60[green], 18.47[white], 18.76[white], (24.23[green]), 19.61[blue], 17.98[yellow]

Again an average saved by the white & yellow solves. Only two or three decent solves on other colours. It took ages to warm up and get in range of sub-20. Lately it's not strange that I would start with cold hands and be doing 22-26 sec solves for a long while. It also took some getting used to my Tanglong after a week or so of using a Yuexiao and not liking how its corners catch on me.
 
Round 499 Results​

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Bonus points to @CornerCutter for still rockin the Zhanchi! I just dug out my Zhanchi and did a few solves and to my surprise, it felt great! I forgot how nice the ol Zhanchi was :)

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Round 500!!!
Potential Closing Time - May 20, 2016 || 12:01PM CST
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Scrambles for the 500th round:
  1. R2 D2 R2 B2 D' R2 B2 R2 D R2 U' L F2 L B' D' F' U' B F' L' D2
  2. B2 F2 D F2 R2 F2 U2 L2 U' R2 U' R B' D U' R2 F2 D2 R' D' B' U'
  3. F2 D R2 D L2 D2 F2 D2 F2 D' B2 L D B2 D' U2 R' D' R2 L2
  4. D2 B2 L2 U' F2 R2 U2 L2 F2 U L' U' R L2 B' F2 U F2 D' L'
  5. D L2 D L2 B2 U2 B2 U' L2 B2 L' B' L F2 U2 L B' R D' F2 U'
  6. R2 U2 B2 U' F2 U R2 F2 D B2 U2 R' F' D2 L' U2 B R L F' D' U'
  7. L2 D' B2 D L2 B2 D R2 B2 D' F2 R D2 U' R U' B L D2 B D
  8. D2 R2 L2 B2 U' L2 U R2 U' R2 D' F L' U' R' U B R2 U F2 L2 D
  9. U2 B2 U' F2 D R2 B2 L2 U L2 U2 F' D L2 B' F2 R' F' L' U2 B'
  10. D' L2 D F2 D' R2 U2 F2 U' L2 F2 L' D2 F' D L B' D' R' B2 L'
  11. D R2 D B2 F2 U' R2 B2 U' B2 D F' D2 B2 R2 U2 L' U R' D2 U
  12. B2 U2 F2 U' F2 D B2 D' B2 F2 U' R D2 F R B' U L2 U R D L'
Good luck to everyone! This is the big 500, let's all practice and have a good warm up for this weeks average so we can knock it out of the park! :)
 
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Round 500
Ave: 22.01

22.04, 15.72, 29.07, 19.29, 21.03, 23.28, 19.68, 23.49, 23.73, 26.89, 24.34, 16.33

There was a time when 24+ solves were becoming rare in my sessions.. I need to realign my expectations with my current practice time. Used to do ao100 almost everyday 2 years ago. Now my practice time for 3x3 is the forum comps.

I'll choose to focus on the good. The 15 and 16 felt pretty good!
 
Round 500
Cube - GuoGuan YueXiao
Method - CFOP
ao12 - 24.30

1. 17:59
2. 27.96
3. 24.53
4. 23.04
5. 25.68
6. 26.63
7. 28.57
8. 27.33
9. 25.81
10. 21.25
11. 18.03
12. 25.14

Not so happy about the 28 and 27, but pleasantly surprised with the 17 and 18.
 
Round 500
Cube: Aolong V2 (actually my back-up main, I can't find my YueXiao at the moment)
Method: CFOP (2-look OLL)

1. 17.99
2. 20.86
3. (15.67)
4. 17.89
5. 21.62
6. 19.94
7. 20.19
8. 19.68 (I had to re-do this one because people around me were being obnoxious. I used a different scramble.)
9. 20.85
10. 21.95
11. (23.42)
12. 18.15

10 of 12: 19.91
 
Round: 500
Cube: QiYi Thunderclap
Method: ZZ, DCN CFOP
Average: 21.26 (ZZ), 20.81 (DCN CFOP)

0. ZZ, DCN CFOP
1. 19.66, 24.50 y
2. 23.93, 19.12+ w
3. 21.66, (30.58) y Just awful F2l, took forever to find my pairs
4. 20.14, 23.85 y
5. 19.48, 21.72+ y
6. 21.22+, 21.72+ y
7. 20.13, 22.51 w
8. 22.30, (15.91[w])
9. (29.32) Messed up EO really bad, 20.16[w]
10. (18.61), 15.95 (Forgot to note cross colour for the last couple solves)
11. 24.71, 17.60
12. 19.31+, 21.56

Ugg, nothing went well today. Times going all over the place and a ton of +2s. Only good things are the 2 15s ones.
Not satisfactory at all, even though I pulled of a decent average.
 
Round 500
Cube: Aolong V2
Method: CFOP (2-look OLL, No G-perms)
All white cross

1. 19.46
2. 24.48
3. 24.27
4. 19.43
5. (30.40) (Messed up on OLL, had to redo 2 pairs.)
6. 23.54
7. 20.97
8. 26.51
9. (18.32)
10. 18.66
11. 25.78
12. 26.29

I need to be more consistent. My F2L is okay, but I struggle to find my first pair on some occasions.

10 of 12 = 22.94
 
Race to sub-20 - Round 500
Cube: Moyu Tanglong
Method: CFOP Full CN

Generated By csTimer on 2016-5-19
avg of 12: 19.64

Time List:
(15.81 [green]), 17.61[blue], 20.18[green], 20.55[blue], 18.88[white], 20.91[green], 22.36[green], (24.31[orange]), 19.26[white], 20.73[red], 16.95[yellow], 18.96[white]

Lucky start and end of the average for yet another sub-20 but completely unsatisfying session. The funny thing is that most of the over 20 solves were in fact PLL lockups and not problems with F2L on CN crosses. Got lots of PLLs among those I hate the most in the average, like V-perms (like 3 consecutive ones) and not a single T-perm, or A-perm. Just one U-perm. Don't worry, I will fail next week :)
 
Cube: YueXiao

Woohoo. Just got a pb ao5 so I decided to go for the contest after being warmed up. Good lookahead and tps! Almost sub 20 soon? Edit: JUST GOT MY FIRST SUB-20 AO100

avg of 12: 19.95

1. 21.63 R2 D2 R2 B2 D' R2 B2 R2 D R2 U' L F2 L B' D' F' U' B F' L' D2
2. 17.76 B2 F2 D F2 R2 F2 U2 L2 U' R2 U' R B' D U' R2 F2 D2 R' D' B' U'
3. 18.40 F2 D R2 D L2 D2 F2 D2 F2 D' B2 L D B2 D' U2 R' D' R2 L2
4. (15.17) D2 B2 L2 U' F2 R2 U2 L2 F2 U L' U' R L2 B' F2 U F2 D' L'
5. 24.69 D L2 D L2 B2 U2 B2 U' L2 B2 L' B' L F2 U2 L B' R D' F2 U'
6. 16.98 R2 U2 B2 U' F2 U R2 F2 D B2 U2 R' F' D2 L' U2 B R L F' D' U'
7. 17.73 L2 D' B2 D L2 B2 D R2 B2 D' F2 R D2 U' R U' B L D2 B D
8. 19.42 D2 R2 L2 B2 U' L2 U R2 U' R2 D' F L' U' R' U B R2 U F2 L2 D
9. 18.00 U2 B2 U' F2 D R2 B2 L2 U L2 U2 F' D L2 B' F2 R' F' L' U2 B'
10. 24.80 D' L2 D F2 D' R2 U2 F2 U' L2 F2 L' D2 F' D L B' D' R' B2 L'
11. (24.87) D R2 D B2 F2 U' R2 B2 U' B2 D F' D2 B2 R2 U2 L' U R' D2 U
12. 20.10 B2 U2 F2 U' F2 D B2 D' B2 F2 U' R D2 F R B' U L2 U R D L'
 
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