Racing to sub-20

[WombatWarrior17]

Round 554
Method: CFOP
Cube: GTS 2m
Ao12: 18.28 3/3
Time List:
1) 16.26
2) 17.80
3) 17.73
4) 20.75
5) 19.71
6) 18.79
7) (24.52)
8) 17.21
9) 16.97
10) 18.47
11) 19.13
12) (14.50)

 

[Nicholas Kang]

Round 554
Method: CFOP
Cube: GTS2 M
Ao12: 17.20 [1/3]

Time List:
1) 16.97
2) 19.90
3) 19.32
4) 21.21
5) 17.39
6) 18.85
7) (21.93)
8) 18.94
9) 20.48
10) 17.03
11) (14.78)
12) 19.81

 

[Nicholas Kang]

Edit:
My Ao12 ISN'T 17.20, it's actually 18.99.

 

[LegendaryMJS]

Round 554
CFOP Yellow Cross
Gan 356 Air UM
Sub-20

Ao12: 20.56

Time List: 17.97, 18.67, 19.79, 22.41, 25.16, 21.99, 21.22, 18.97, 19.91, (31.98), 19.51, (17.93)

 

[GarethBert11]

Round 554
CFOP Blue Cross
Valk 3

Ao12: 19.77 (1/3)
19.07, 21.87, 19.86, 18.93, 22.08, 19.32, 20.70, 22.30, (14.87), (23.07), 15.62, 17.95

That final two solves saved my average also a nice sub-15 single which is a luck . I usually did White/Yellow cross. I just wanna try something new . One thing I wanna ask. What is CFOP DCN? Just wondering what is it.

 

[JanW]

Round 554
CFOP Yellow Cross
Tanglong
Ao12: 20.74

21.15, 19.40, 20.96, (23.16), 19.82, 21.38, (17.75), 22.40, 20.33, 21.70, 22.02, 18.24

I suppose I should be happy with this average, considering I have barely practiced at all lately, and I was more than halfway through it by the time I realized I was using the wrong cube. I just picked up the closest cube and started solving... The old Tanglong is quite a bit slower than my Valk.

 

[earth2dan]

What is CFOP DCN? Just wondering what is it.

DCN would be Dual Colour Neutral. Some call it Opposite colour neutral. Where you're comfortable solving on two cross colours like White/Yellow, or Blue/Green. You said you normally solve White/Yellow cross, that's it.

 

[mafergut]

Round 554 (Alumni)
Method: CFOP CN
Cube: Weilong GTS2M

Ao12: 18.68
18.28, (24.84), 18.01, (13.46), 17.93, 16.47, 17.66, 18.05, 20.32, 20.63, 19.78, 19.62

It's been a looong time since I last posted an average here. As you probably remember @earth2dan I almost left active practise due to lack of time but I have managed to at least avoid forgetting algs and becoming slower with the little time I managed to steal from other things in life. Now that I'm on vacation I have more time to practise so, why not?

Started well, save for the completely spoiled 2nd solve. Thought I was clearly below 20 so, why not try non-white/yellow crosses? And that's where the lack of practise showed clearly. Well, the fact that I've been doing almost exclusively skewb for the past 5 days might have something to do as well. Now I don't know how to turn straight, only sideways

 

[Agguzi]

R554(Alumni)
CFOP CN (non-white)
Gans Air
Ao12: 19.701 (1/3)

21.558(y), 20.457(r), 18.233(y), 28.793(r), 17.252(r), 19.854(g), 17.940(o), 18.668(b), 17.123(b), 19.434(g), 18.467(g), 18.643(y)

Coming back to CN after a while...

 

[Fyzzna]

Round 554 (Alumni)
Method: Roux
Cube: Valk 3

Ao12: 18.35
21.19, 17.02, (32.01), (13.82), 15.95, 15.98, 16.22, 23.01, 17.48, 19.56, 18.85, 18.26

Finished learning full CMLL, guess now it's just a matter of getting my recognition up to speed (as shown by the 32.01 it's not quite there yet )

 

[Leery]

ROUND 554
Method: CFOP
Cube: Gans Air

Ao12 - 20.93 (σ = 1.63)

1. 23.36
2. 20.63
3. 21.20
4. 20.23
5. 20.83
6. 25.08
7. 22.60
8. 22.12 '
9. 17.42
10. 20.86
11. 19.96
12. 14.36

Grrrr... I'm not sure whether to be madder about the average, or the fact it took 9 solves to break sub 20, before doing too little too late.

 

[earth2dan]

Round 554
Method: CFOP
Cube: Cubicle Gans 356
AO12: 18.74

16.49, (15.90), 17.87, 18.61, 17.19, 19.40, 19.44, (25.82), 18.74, 19.75, 20.37, 19.54

Sub 19 ao12, that hasn't happened in a while Next round up soon.

 

[earth2dan]

Round 554 Results​

Great round everyone And big congratulations to @WombatWarrior17 for graduating this round!

Spoiler: Overall Standings

*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.

Round 555
Potential Closing Time - Sept 1st, 2017 || 12:01PM CST​

*NOTE: I've started using the official TNoodle WCA scrambler to generate these scrambles. We're now getting comp quality scrambles

Scrambles for the 555th round:

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

Good luck to everyone!

 

[LegendaryMJS]

Round 555
Gan 356 Air UM
CFOP YC
Sub-20

Ao12: 18.90

Time List: 18.90, (21.18), 18.98, 18.69, 19.95, 16.36, 20.67, 16.90, 20.79, 17.88, (15.94), 19.90

 

[Leery]

Round 555
Method: CFOP
Cube: Weilong GTS2

Ao12: 20.19

Time List:
24.89, 19.54, (26.12), 18.55, 22.24, 17.56, (13.70), 23.19, 17.70, 18.50, 20.59, 19.13

New main for sure, but no sub 20 ;-;
Really got to work on PLL recognition, so inconsistent

 

[mafergut]

Round 555 (Alumni)
Method: CFOP DCN
Cube: Weilong GTS2

avg of 12: 18.78
18.50, 18.35, 19.21, 17.49, (21.00), 19.80, 19.21, 18.10, (16.85), 18.39, 19.20, 19.47[orange]

Done with stackmat and, oh man! It's a completely different story. My hands are shaking during PLL, trying to save some time and making sure I do the AUF right and there's no +2... end result: I lock up like crazy. I also had to do this with a GTS2 because I feared that dropping the GTS2M on the mat would end up with some loose magnet. It's so bad to get used to magnetic cubes...

And, in the end, the average was surprisingly decent so I think these scrambles had much more potential. Happy to verify that official TNoodle WCA scrambles are, in general, not any harder than csTimer ones, stackmat is already taking a significant toll on my average times. All solves on white & yellow except for the last one, which had a nice orange cross.

 

[Fyzzna]

Round 555 (Alumni)
Method: Roux
Cube: Valk 3

Ao12: 17.56
20.48, (22.03), 18.66, 17.51, (14.71), 15.85, 15.99, 17.96, 19.11, 15.28, 17.42, 17.32

 

[Ron Weasly]

Hi!!!Any problem??????
I am avg. 40-45sec...........I use 4lll(actually i have learned some oll and pll algs too...) but even though, my time is very low...........IDK but what is the problem with me?????
Is my tps low or my f2l is slow(I pause at every f2l for finding pieces)
What should i do???

 

[Agguzi]

R555(Alumni)
CFOP CN (non-white)
Gans Air
Ao12: 18.16(2/3)

18.976(b), 15.302(y), 19.015(b), 21.157(g), 23.316(g), 18.152(y), 16.292(y), 19.317(o), 17.225(g), 17.807(r), 15.688(o), 15.678(g)

 

[Matthew Cubermann]

Round 554
CFOP
Gans Air UM
Ao12: 18.24

Time List:
1. (20.83) L2 U L2 D' F2 D2 L2 F2 D2 L2 U' B' R2 D R B2 R' U B U' L2
2. 18.08 L D L' B' U' D F L' R2 D2 L2 B R2 D2 F R2 F B U2 L
3. 19.80 U2 F2 D' F2 R2 U F2 U' B2 U B L' B' U B' L2 U L R2 U2
4. 18.56 U L2 B2 U2 F2 R2 D' R2 B2 R2 L B R2 F U2 R2 F' L U' L2
5. 18.96 U' R2 U L2 R2 F2 U B2 U' R2 U B L R2 B' F' R U' F' R2 U'
6. 19.46 L R2 D2 B' L2 F D2 L2 F2 L2 B D2 U B' D L2 R D2 L' U' F2
7. 16.42 R L2 B2 U L2 F2 D L2 U2 F2 R2 D F D F2 R F L2 D' R2 U
8. (14.98) L' B2 F2 D2 R' D2 L' U2 L D2 R F U R2 B L' D B2 F D U
9. 18.12 L D2 B R U2 D B U2 B' U' R2 L2 B' L2 U2 R2 L2 B D2 B2
10. 18.10 D2 U2 L U2 R' B2 R2 U2 L U2 F2 B U R' D R' D2 L' D2 B' F
11. 18.27 R2 U' R2 U2 F2 U' B2 D L2 R2 D' F D' B' R F' R' D' U L' U'
12. 16.65 U2 F U F' U R' L2 D2 B2 U L2 B2 R2 F2 U2 L2 D L
I took a long break from the forums and have been mostly on reddit. Thought doing this would help me see how much I have improved! Officially sub 20 since last post.