Racing to sub-20

EricReese said:
Mike what is the breakdown of your solves? I assume full PLL/OLL?
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Last I checked, LL was averaging about 9 seconds. My normal average (which this week definitely wasn't) is probably just a little under 23. And yes, I've known full PLL/OLL for several years now. I learned full OLL to get sub-30 - it really made the difference in helping me get there, believe it or not!

insane569 said:
mike your going to dixon right?
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Yes.
 
Round 104

24.42

(19.71) 22.00 (30.06) 28.34 25.97 23.63 22.00 23.50 25.09 26.08 26.55 21.03

Started off pretty good had a 17.91 single right before and then my recognition FAILED and i just slowed down. O well i havent cubes like this is a while and my cube needs to be lubed. IS that enough excuses i think i have a few more.... :fp
 
Wait, what? 9 seconds? Woah..is it recognition..? I would have thought F2L was your problem, I just assumed like 3 second cross, 5 second LL, then 15 second F2L but your problem is definately in your LL. Since you have known 2LLL for a while I would assume its not recognition, or maybe it is, I'm not quite sure how to answer that, 9 seconds is super high, if you got that down to normal like 5 second'ish, then you can be sub 20.
 
Meh, not such a good average for me this time. I just got my first sub-20 avg 10/12 during warming up (FINALLY :D) and I was just way too hype to do anything good after that ^^

(16.96), (22.71), 21.69, 19.91, 20.26, 21.99, 20.66, 21.06, 20.83, 22.70, 22.23, 20.82 = 21.21
 
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EricReese said:
Wait, what? 9 seconds? Woah..is it recognition..? I would have thought F2L was your problem, I just assumed like 3 second cross, 5 second LL, then 15 second F2L but your problem is definately in your LL. Since you have known 2LLL for a while I would assume its not recognition, or maybe it is, I'm not quite sure how to answer that, 9 seconds is super high, if you got that down to normal like 5 second'ish, then you can be sub 20.
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I guess it has been a while since I last checked that - it appears to be closer to 8 seconds now. I just did an average of 12 F2L; it was a very typical average of 12, fairly normal crosses for me, and no F2L pair skips (not even premade pairs that I remember), my average was 15.14.
Average of 12: 15.14
1. 13.77 B' D2 L' F' L2 U' B R2 U R U2 L' R' D' F B' D2 B' D' R' L' F' U R2 B'
2. (17.74) B' U2 D' F2 D' U' B D2 L' R F2 R2 U2 R F2 B' L U2 B2 D F D' F B' U
3. (13.10) B2 F' U B2 L D2 R L U R' B2 L' U F B L' F R' U' R' U L2 D2 L' F2
4. 16.67 B2 U2 R' U2 R2 B2 R B2 F' L' R B2 R U2 F2 U' L U' L U2 L U' F U L
5. 14.00 U' L F' L2 F2 D2 U' R' U' R2 U F' U L2 U B2 U' B2 R F' L' U' D' R' B
6. 16.33 U2 D' B2 F U F' D2 B' F2 R2 U' L R' F' R' B2 F2 D L R B2 R B' L2 R
7. 14.78 L2 U' B R2 D' U F' L B2 U2 L B' L D2 L2 B2 F2 L' F2 B' R' L' U2 B2 F
8. 16.12 B' D U' B2 R' B2 D2 U' L' R B F2 R2 U' B2 D2 U2 R' D2 B U' R F' L2 D'
9. 15.17 F U' R U F2 R' B L' R B2 F2 D2 R B' L D' U B' D L F U' F B' D'
10. 14.29 U2 L2 U2 L' B F' R B2 U2 L' F2 U2 R' F' R2 D' F' B2 R' U B' U R' F' B2
11. 14.65 F2 R2 F' L' F' D' L' B' L' R2 F2 D B' L U R2 F L F L' F L2 U2 L' D2
12. 15.67 U D2 R' U' L' U2 L2 D F' R2 U B2 U' F2 B2 L D' R' L U B2 F D' U' B2

So I average (very) high 22s (like 22.9 or so), so that says my LL average is actually high 7s. So while my LL is a problem, it's maybe not quite as bad as you originally thought. It's still true that if I could get LL down to 5 seconds, I'd be seeing a lot of sub-20 averages (which would be very encouraging for me - I've only had one 3/5 average sub-20 and none 10/12 ever).

My cross is probably a little slower than 3 seconds, but faster than 4 anyway. I guess that means my F2L pairs are reasonably quick, huh?
 
Round 104 Results​

  1. SixSidedCube 19.49
  2. egar3427 19.76
  3. Zoé 21.21
  4. tozies24 22.35
  5. insane569 22.36
  6. Jakube 22.96
  7. RubiksNub (yellow cross) 23.32
  8. Keban (color neutral) 24.17
  9. Tall5001 24.42
  10. Mike Hughey 24.57
  11. antoineccantin (OH) 25.73
  12. CommaYou 25.82
  13. Selkie 26.72
  14. spdcbr 26.74

Congratulations to SixSidedCube, who graduates this round!

Keban, you submitted two entries. I took the first one, which is probably the right thing to do, and was also the better of the two. :)

Congratulations to everyone!
 
ROUND
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Potential Closing Time - May 9, 2011 || 12:01PM EST​

Scrambles for the 105th round:
  1. D2 B2 U F U' L' U' B' L2 D2 R D' L2 F2 U2 R U' L'
  2. R' F' R D2 F R B R' B D' B' F' D' R' B2 D' L U'
  3. U2 F2 D2 F2 D L' D F R' B2 F D2 R D R2 F U B R
  4. B2 R2 F R F U' F D' U' L B U2 L' U2 B2 U B2 U'
  5. B2 U L D' U2 L D2 F' L2 D' L2 D L2 B D F2 L F2
  6. F' U B' L2 U R2 D L2 U2 L R' D' R2 U R2 B
  7. D B2 D U2 L R2 B' L B2 D F U2 R' D2 F D L2 D F'
  8. D F' D L' F2 D2 B L2 F' L' D' B D R' D' U' L' U'
  9. F2 R D2 B2 F' L' D L' U' L2 F L' D' F' R2 U L'
  10. B2 D F' D F2 R D F2 U L' F' D R B2 R F' R'
  11. D L' B' L' U' F2 D2 U F U' R2 U R2 B' R2 U2 B2
  12. R2 F2 D' B2 U L' U L' D2 R D' L2 D L2 B R' B2 L2
 
Round 105 (my first)

Average: 26.62

12: 28.35
11: 28.89
10: 25.09
9: 25.27
8: 22.93
7: 26.69
6: 25.76
5: 28.30
4: (29.92)
3: 25.59
2: (21.44)
1: 29.31

No amazing solves in this average, but It's a normal average for me.
 
Round 105

22.39

22.61 22.69 20.61 (31.72) 24.96 19.88 19.55 22.81 22.53 25.38 22.84 (16.09)

Grr. I started off good and couldnt get back into it and too bad that 16 didnt count it would have helped me get sub 22
 
Round 105: 26.34

12: 00:25.79 x
11: 00:25.57 x
10: 00:25.04 x
9: 00:22.71 x
8: 00:25.67 x
7: 00:24.26 x
6: 00:28.79 x
5: 00:28.43 x
4: 00:25.48 x
3: 00:27.96 x
2: 00:26.40 x
1: 00:29.43 x

Average: 00:26.30 Best: 00:22.71
Avg. 5: 00:24.96 3 of 5: 00:25.43
Avg. 10: 00:25.97 10 of 12: 00:26.34
 
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Round 105

Average: 25.16


00:27.18
00:28.63
00:21.10
00:23.45
00:25.48
00:27.39
00:18.67
00:26.06
00:23.05
00:29.49
00:25.83
00:25.55

Curse those slow solves :fp
 
Round 105
24.51
(29.52), 25.61, 22.55, 24.52, 24.45, 23.55, 23.70, 29.17, 23.03, 26.69, 21.83, (18.20)

Utterly ridiculous. I'm not really worried about it, though, because I'm sure a simple average of 100 going at maximum speed without thinking about my solves at all will fix it. This is just happening because I'm practicing so much. By the last couple of solves, I was starting to not think, and you can see it helped.
 
Drill your LL, 7 seconds is still sort of "bad" for 2look last layer. Make sure you can sub 2 your PLLs, they were all pretty easy to do except one of hte N perms and one of the G perms for me. Also, might want to spend time changing any OLL algs that you hate, chances are there might be something better :p
 
Your brother already was trying to convince me about the PLLs. The average of my PLL "best average 10/12" times is 2.8, so I have more than a second to improve to get to sub-2 PLLs. My N perms are still almost 4 seconds.

And yes, I have a few terrible OLLs. I've fixed some of them, but there are still a few really bad ones.
 
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