Running into a Wall?

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So tonight I decided to graph all the averages I have saved, (excluding Sunday contests), I come to the shocking conclusion that I have only improved about 2 to 1 second(s) as of February (4 months ago).

So I put that aside and hope that I will start to slowly improve, I do a theoretical average of 5...
20.02, (22.27), 18.06, (15.54), 20.66
Average = 19.58

Wait a minute!! That is only a 1.17 seconds off my best average ever WTF?! :angry:

So now I ask people reading, am I running into a "wall", have I reached my personal time barrier for the 3x3? If not where should I be improving to over come this*? Help appreciated.

* cross on bottom in about 3 seconds (based on theoretical average)
* F2L in about 7 seconds (based on theoretical average)
* OLL(2 look OLL) PLL anywhere from 10 - 4s.
 
After you reach sub20, you average around 17-20 sec. after some days/weeks/months ( - it depends on how much do you practice) you stop at this times and it's rellya hard to break them. The same has happened to me.
Practice, practice, practice!
 
Well you still have very good times. However, at your stage, I think now is the time to start moving into full OLL (one look). This way you can work that LL time to a more consistent number. Also you could practice LL edge control after the F2L if you do not already. But the best advice is just more practice.
 
Do just an avg of your F2L, not theoretical. Just like you were doing a solve, and see where you are at. Work on optimizing your LL algs so you can execute them quick. You haven't reached your limit, you just need more practice, at least I think that is the case.
 
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