The Inspection Test

[mr.onehanded]

So I've been wondering how well I am actually using my 15 second inspection and I come up with a way to find out.

So, the test goes like this. Two averages are taken, in the first you are allowed to cube normally, but in the second you may not preplan any moves. You may, however, look for the pieces that make the cross, because this test is not about your reaction but rather how well you plan your first moves in advance.

This is what I came up with (the bigger the difference the better).

(26.22), 30.81, (DNF), 36.08, 29.49 avg: 32.13

(22.98), 39.59, (40.82), 40.34, 40.40 avg: 40.11

7.98 difference

Post your results, I'll be interested to see what you get.

 

[Logan]

With inspection: (40.54), 41.74, 41.22, (49.97), 45.48 | average: 42.81

without inspection: (59.83), (39.67), 55.75, 45.84, 50.56 | average: 50.72


Without inspection = with inspection + ~8

 

[Sa967St]

with inspection:
(11.28), 13.84, 13.95, (14.01), 11.61= 13.14

without inspection:
15.82, (16.51), (14.33), 15.37, 15.01 =15.40

....

this test is not about your reaction but rather how well you plan your first moves in advance.

...

the bigger the difference the better

why wouldn't it be the other way around (the smaller difference the better)?

 

[piemaster]

with inspection:
(11.28), 13.84, 13.95, (14.01), 11.61= 13.14

without inspection:
15.82, (16.51), (14.33), 15.37, 15.01 =15.40

....

this test is not about your reaction but rather how well you plan your first moves in advance.

...

the bigger the difference the better

why wouldn't it be the other way around (the smaller difference the better)?

Nope, if there is a bigger difference, then that means you use your inspection time very wisely.

 

[mr.onehanded]

with inspection:
(11.28), 13.84, 13.95, (14.01), 11.61= 13.14

without inspection:
15.82, (16.51), (14.33), 15.37, 15.01 =15.40

....

this test is not about your reaction but rather how well you plan your first moves in advance.

...

the bigger the difference the better

why wouldn't it be the other way around (the smaller difference the better)?

Ummmm, It all depends on the way you look at it but for the most part, the larger the difference the further ahead you were thinking ( of course it only works if the regular average is smaller). I guess you could make the argument that the smaller the difference the faster you are at thinking on your feet, but I wouldn't. Rreally, it's a balance of the two but this thread is just for fun. Good times by the way (like always).

 

[soccerking813]

Without inspection- 31.63
With inspection- 26.06

So about 5.5 second difference.

 

[Pedro]

I didn't understand...what do you mean by "You may, however, look for the pieces that make the cross"?
just see where they are? I guess we unconciously preplan some moves, even while not "wanting" to do it...

 

[ConnorCuber]

19.44 - Without inspection

1. (21.48) L R2 D R B R F2 U' L2 B F2 D U' B F2 R' B F R' D2 L2 D U2 B' L2
2. 19.52 D' U2 B' L' F L2 R' F L2 D B F2 D2 U B D U B D' L R2 D B L2 R'
3. 19.76 R2 D2 U2 L' R' D R F2 D2 L2 R2 F2 R2 D2 L' B' L D' L2 F R F U2 B F'
4. (13.33) L2 R' U2 L' B2 F' D U2 B2 F' D2 L2 R U B F2 U' R' F U L' R F2 D U2
5. 19.03 F2 U' B F U R F D2 U2 L R2 D' U F' R D2 L B U' L U L B' F' D2

14.94 With inspection

1. 14.30 L2 D' U2 F' D L2 R B' L2 B2 F' L2 R2 D U L2 R' U B L' D2 U2 L D' U
2. (13.12) B L B F' L2 D2 U' L' D' B R' F2 D2 F U B R' U2 R' D2 U' L' B' F R2
3. 15.22 R2 F U' F2 U' L F L' R2 D U B' D' B' D2 U' L' R' B' L2 R D' U2 L2 F
4. 15.31 R' D2 U2 R' B' L' B L' R2 F' D U2 R' D2 L' R' B' R2 B' L' F' L D U2 B
5. (16.70) D' L R B' L2 R' F2 U' B2 R' B L' F U L2 B2 F' D U2 R' D2 B' L' R F'


4.5 Second difference.

 

[fanwuq]

no inspection: 22.75
1. 21.88
2. 25.02
3. (25.48)
4. 21.36
5. (18.38)

inspection: 18.41
1. 17.14
2. (16.67)
3. 16.92
4. (23.20)
5. 21.17

Difference: 4.34
I was using hi-games, so I only used 5 seconds for all the solves with inspection.

I don't think I lose much time finding the pieces themselves. My problem is that I lose rhythm and lookahead and just quickly trigger whatever I see without inspection. That's probably why my 3x3 stage of big cubes are so bad.

 

[qqwref]

With full inspection:
(16.44), 15.09, (11.91), 14.35, 13.36 => 14.26
With inspection, but no move planning (just finding pieces):
(18.11), 11.57, (11.52), 15.32, 16.08 => 14.32 [one of the 11s was PLLskip]
No inspection at all:
18.18, (18.20), (15.19), 17.13, 18.19 => 17.83

Difference of about 3.5 secs. I think having a big difference doesn't mean you're really good with inspection, but rather that you really have trouble without inspection. Of course, if the difference is really small (like a second) it could mean you can't do inspection properly, but I doubt many people will have that problem.

 

[endless_akatsuki]

hmmm
no inspection (at all): 20.11
inspection: 16.51

difference: 3.60 seconds.

Methinks color neutrality has a bigger negative effect w/o inspection.

 

[mr.onehanded]

I didn't understand...what do you mean by "You may, however, look for the pieces that make the cross"?
just see where they are? I guess we unconciously preplan some moves, even while not "wanting" to do it...

Yeah that's no good.

 

[Kian]

w/ inspection

(17.95), 15.88, (12.66),16.02 , 17.66 Average- 16.52

w/out inspection (not doing the look at pieces thing b/c I'll just naturally plan moves)

17.56 , (17.03), (20.81), 17.12, 18.70 Average- 17.79

 

[darthyody]

With inspection - 18.49 avg
(20.44)
17.50
18.40
19.21
(16.88)
Without inspection - 23.99 avg
(28.31)
(20.77)
26.31
22.49
22.06
Difference if 5.5 seconds

 

[enigmahack]

With Inspection: 00:21.21

5: 00:25.69
4: 00:18.69
3: 00:19.20
2: 00:19.15
1: 00:23.33

Without Inspection: 27.30

5: 00:29.77
4: 00:28.72
3: 00:24.43
2: 00:26.43
1: 00:27.17

Difference of just over 6 seconds... Makes sense to me I guess

 

[Faz]

w/ 13.08, 12.67, (16.17), 12.67, (10.59) = 12.81

w/o 13.91, (12.89), (14.31), 13.55, DNF = 13.92

 

[HASH-CUBE]

w/ 24.61, 27.00, 26.75, 23.17, 21.88
w/o 29.64, 26.55, 22.97, 23.59, 23.89

i was shocked!