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Would've had my first sub-3 average of 5 with SubSS...average:

Generated By csTimer on 2015-9-3
avg of 5: 3.23

Time List:
1. (2.06) F' R U F2 U F2 U2 F2 U'
2. (7.75+) R2 U2 R2 U' R2 F' U' F' U2
3. 2.49 F2 R2 U' R2 F' R U' R' U'
4. 2.73 R2 U F' U F' U F' U F'
5. 4.47 U' R2 U' R' U2 R' U R' U'

The fail came on the last solve. Planned solution (1-look):

y2 z' //Inspection
U2 R U' R' U2 R U2' R' U2 //OA with PBL skip

Actual solution:
y2 z' //Inspection
U2 R U2' /* <-- here was my deadly mistake to ruin my average */ R' U2 R U2' R' //Supposed to OA with PBL skip
//OH CRAP moment
U' R U R' //Layer
U R U R' U' R' F R F' //OLL
U' R' U L' U2 R U' R' U2 [R L] U' //PLL
 
TDM said:
BLD methods isn't a very good example as some methods, such as 3-style, are definitely better than others, such as OP. There isn't really any "best" 3x3 method for sighted solving, but imo Roux is best for 2H, ZZ for OH and CFOP if you're going to do both/bigcubes a lot. Also, for some people, getting faster is easier with some methods than with others. My blockbuilding sucks, so I'm still averaging over 1.5 times what I do with CFOP when using Roux. For me, I could get sub-15 by the end of the year, but for Roux it'd probably take me another 6 months more (as a guess. I'd have to improve my blockbuilding a lot, learn CMLL and get used to LSE, which I'm really slow at atm and have a lot of pauses).
So there isn't really an answer to your question.
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Really old post, but aren't you sub-15 with both now?
 
2180161 said:
Really old post, but aren't you sub-15 with both now?
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Yep, I average mid-high 13 with both. Looking at the date, I was probably around 18 seconds with CFOP (I was sub-20 in September and ~17 in December), so I might have still been at 30+ with Roux. Haha.

Edit: postcount just went up 60 from this post :O I'm guessing Marcel's thread was moved to general discussion?
E2: yep.
 
Berkmann18 said:
It depends on the scramble.
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If you're deciding whether to count something as a PB depending on whether the scramble felt easy, you've missed the point of PBs and your PBs aren't legitimate. If you're going to filter scrambles, do it. If you're not going to, that's fine too. But don't handpick the scrambles you're going to not count; that's not objective at all and makes it so there's no consistent standard your scrambles have to meet.
 
IRNjuggle28 said:
If you're deciding whether to count something as a PB depending on whether the scramble felt easy, you've missed the point of PBs and your PBs aren't legitimate. If you're going to filter scrambles, do it. If you're not going to, that's fine too. But don't handpick the scrambles you're going to not count; that's not objective at all and makes it so there's no consistent standard your scrambles have to meet.
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Mate, why would I ever count lol scrambles when they pop up ? And yes it did happened where I had a "PB" but having a 2-mover on 2x2 or cube shape solved with easy orientation on sq1 is just NOPE.
 
Berkmann18 said:
Mate, why would I ever count lol scrambles when they pop up ? And yes it did happened where I had a "PB" but having a 2-mover on 2x2 or cube shape solved with easy orientation on sq1 is just NOPE.
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...why not just use a decent scrambler then? I repeat: handpicking the scrambles you're deleting isn't objective. It's not like it's a huge deal, but what's the appeal to deleting easy solves instead of just getting a scrambler that filters them out?

First post was way more blunt than I intended; sorry for that.
 
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IRNjuggle28 said:
...why not just use a decent scrambler then? I repeat: handpicking the scrambles you're deleting isn't objective. It's not like it's a huge deal, but what's the appeal to deleting easy solves instead of just getting a scrambler that filters them out?

First post was way more blunt than I intended; sorry for that.
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I do use decent scramblers, TTW is only when friends ask me to race them.
And you forget that TTW doesn't save times and scrambles so do I when I don't get legit PBs.
So don't get me wrong I don't delete easy solves as I don't save them on/from TTW.


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What is the square-1 scrambling orientation? My square-1's middle layer's green side isn't the bar which can be moved, so do I start with red or orange?
 
So now that I've recieved my AoShi, I noticed that (coincidentally) all my cubic mains are from different brands.

2x2: DaYan
3x3: Gans (356)
4x4: Yuxin
5x5: Cyclone Boys
6x6: Moyu (AoShi)
7x7: Shengshou (Mini)

What a time to be alive, huh?
 
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