The Regular Non-Uber Monthly 4219.5 Cube Marathon!!!!

[PianoCube]

Day 6

number of times: 200

current avg5: 19.57 (σ = 1.05)
best avg5: 15.13 (σ = 1.80)

current avg12: 17.81 (σ = 1.51)
best avg12: 16.66 (σ = 1.62) PB!

current avg100: 18.01 (σ = 1.68)
best avg100: 17.68 (σ = 1.72) PB!

current avg1000: 18.43 (σ = 1.89)
best avg1000: 18.43 (σ = 1.89) PB!

session avg: 18.10 (σ = 1.84)
session mean: 18.30 (σ = 3.14)

Total avg: 18.43 (σ = 1.89)
Total mean: 18.69

Total solves: 1000

First ~50 solves today was bad while the rest was awesome. Average of the last 150 solves: 17.83 (σ = 1.64)
My best ao100 is now 0.82 seconds faster than last week :tu

 

[Sir E Brum]

Day 18 & 19

218 timed + 126 untimed = 344 solves

single
best: 14.65
worst: 27.51

mean of 3
current: 16.35 (σ = 2.01)
best: 16.35 (σ = 2.01)

avg of 5
current: 17.27 (σ = 1.37)
best: 17.27 (σ = 1.37)

avg of 12
current: 18.00 (σ = 1.07)
best: 18.00 (σ = 1.07)

avg of 50
current: 19.00 (σ = 1.65)
best: 19.00 (σ = 1.65)

Average: 19.48 (σ = 1.86)
Mean: 19.52

Half-solve time: 9.27

Total Marathon Solves: 4219.5
COMPLETE =D

 

[PianoCube]

Day 8

number of times: 100/100

current avg5: 17.75 (σ = 0.48)
best avg5: 15.13 (σ = 1.80)

current avg12: 19.80 (σ = 4.03)
best avg12: 16.66 (σ = 1.62)

current avg100: 18.95 (σ = 2.24)
best avg100: 17.68 (σ = 1.72)

current avg1000: 18.48 (σ = 1.93)
best avg1000: 18.42 (σ = 1.90)

total avg: 18.48 (σ = 1.92)
total mean: 18.74

Total solves: 1100

I consider quitting because there's other things I want to practice instead. ~2 hours of 3x3 daily starts to be a bit boring.
Practicing 3BLD, 4BLD, MultiBLD and learning 5BLD sounds much more interesting right now.

 

[Schmidt]

@PianoCube: It might be boring, but you are getting faster.

@Sir E Brum: Do you have a full times list (of the timed solves) or some interesting stats (best single, ao5, 12, 100) so I can update page 1?

 

[Sir E Brum]

@Sir E Brum: Do you have a full times list (of the timed solves) or some interesting stats (best single, ao5, 12, 100) so I can update page 1?

I lost a majority of the times in the beginning and decided not to save the rest.

Best ao5: 15.90
ao12: 17.06
ao100: 18.71

19 days to complete the marathon. In addition I was averaging ~20s solve times prior too the marathon.

 

[PianoCube]

@PianoCube: It might be boring, but you are getting faster.

But cubing is about having fun, and attempting 5BLD for the first time today was more fun than doing 100-200 sighted 3x3 solves.
I got the 5x5 3 days ago and have spent most of my cubing time after that to mod it and do several "sighted 5BLD solves"

 

[ryanj92]

Gonna start one of these on clock. Currently hovering around a 9 second average - I wanna see how lots of practise affects this
Will probably do this in lumps of 100 solves. Mainly so I can keep an eye on how my Ao100's move.

Start date: 24th May

Session 1:

AVERAGE OF 100: 8.99
Best time: 6.06 (UUdd u=0,d=-1 dUdU u=0,d=5 ddUU u=5,d=6 UdUd u=-1,d=-1 dUUU u=5 UdUU u=-1 UUUd u=-2 UUdU u=0 UUUU u=-1 dddd d=4 ddUU)
Best avg5: 7.76
Best avg12: 8.31

Spoiler: times

9.09, 10.59, 8.34, 10.91, 9.30, 8.83, 7.83, 7.69, 8.30, 9.13, 8.50, 8.84, 8.52, 9.55, 9.71, 7.11, 9.21, 9.94, 6.91, 7.33, 8.46, 9.43, 9.36, 8.91, 9.31, 9.91, 9.43, 8.33, 6.81, 8.46, 8.13, 9.13, 6.34, 7.53, 7.97, 9.40, 8.91, 9.52, 8.43, 10.68, 12.43, 7.77, 9.77, 11.09, 8.75, 8.81, 8.69, 6.06, 9.02, 10.36, 10.59, 9.58, 8.61, 9.36, 8.75, 8.27, 8.22, 7.03, 10.13, DNF(9.61), 10.94, 8.05, 8.09, 7.80, 7.58, 9.36, 9.06, 8.75, 8.81, 8.03, 9.19, 9.36, 11.09, 8.31, 20.50, 8.66, 8.02, 8.88, 9.69, DNF(11.18), 8.77, DNF(15.09), 9.25, (9.03), 7.65, (6.28), 7.43, 8.19, 9.16, 9.13, 9.06, 8.93, 8.08, 11.33, 8.41, 9.33, DNF(6.40), 8.31, 12.44, 8.11

I'm still so far from consistent at this xD I get clumsy sometimes. Seems like something plenty of practise will be able to fix. Most of my 'normal' solves are ~8.5.
Nice to start with a sub-9, at least

 

[ryanj92]

Session 2:

AVERAGE OF 100: 8.66
Best time: 5.35 (UUdd u=0,d=3 dUdU u=-2,d=0 ddUU u=1,d=0 UdUd u=1,d=2 dUUU u=-3 UdUU u=-2 UUUd u=-1 UUdU u=-5 UUUU u=-1 dddd d=-2 ddUd)
Best avg5: 7.43
Best avg12: 8.09

Spoiler: times

8.72, 7.71, 8.50, 9.90, 9.38, 7.93, 9.33, 8.28, 8.36, 8.44, 8.78, 8.38, 8.13, 8.28, 7.59, 10.16, 7.65, 9.47, 9.86, 8.93, 7.59, 9.36, 7.72, 8.44, 8.77, 9.69, 7.94, 8.80, (DNF(7.90)), (10.88), 9.53, 6.93, 8.59, 8.27, (6.16), 8.58, 8.94, 9.65, 9.31, 7.50, 7.83, 8.84, 10.27, (6.21), 7.30, 7.56, 9.63, (12.52), 6.58, 8.19, 9.94, 8.63, 7.75, 9.68, 8.30, 8.60, 7.76, 6.92, 8.50, (6.14), 8.50, (11.22), 10.44, 8.42, 9.13, 7.64, 7.31, 9.51, 9.32, 7.91, 8.41, 7.75, 9.06, 8.69, 7.86, 8.79, (11.00), 9.12, 8.19, 10.58, 9.00, 7.79, 8.73, 7.40, 9.70, 7.50, 7.40, (6.13), 10.34, 9.01, 8.44, 9.00, 9.33, 9.55, 8.63, (5.35), 10.45, 9.05, 10.42, 9.52

Much more accurate this time, and a new PB Ao100 5.35 single scramble was ridiculous...
Also did 25 untimed solves during a long bus journey
Solves so far = 25 untimed + 200 timed = 225

 

[ryanj92]

Session 3:

AVERAGE OF 100: 8.45
Best time: 6.01
Best avg5: 7.07
Best avg12: 7.56

Spoiler: times

(6.67), 9.37, 8.61, 9.78, 8.22, 7.47, 7.39, 8.33, 8.81, (6.17), 7.09, 6.74, 7.39, 7.81, 7.10, 8.32, 9.10, 8.24, (10.94), 6.82, 6.98, 8.61, 10.43, 8.31, 8.07, 7.49, 8.68, 8.88, 7.25, 9.47, 8.92, 7.18, 8.32, 9.50, 9.52, 8.71, (10.80), 8.51, 8.76, 7.19, 7.86, 9.44, 8.58, 8.86, 7.05, 9.61, 8.61, 8.95, 8.56, (6.31), 8.19, 8.21, 7.46, 7.45, (DNF(8.98)), 8.81, 7.34, 10.11, 9.58, 7.55, 8.80, 7.33, 8.22, 8.70, 8.09, 8.00, 8.68, 8.39, 8.09, 9.44, (6.35), 7.47, 8.08, 8.16, 7.98, 8.80, (DNF(9.11)), 6.83, 8.72, 9.36, 9.55, 7.61, 9.21, 10.79, 9.88, 8.43, (6.01), 9.48, 9.66, 10.43, 8.90, 7.63, 8.48, 8.95, 8.91, (10.82), 9.73, 7.69, 9.09, 7.16

Sub-8.5 also new PB averages of 5 and 12! Yay
Solves so far: 325

 

[ryanj92]

Session 4:

AVERAGE OF 100: 8.54
Best time: 5.92
Best avg5: 6.78
Best avg12: 7.38

Spoiler: times

7.75, 7.54, 8.10, 8.04, 8.12, 8.85, 9.31, 7.96, 7.52, 7.79, 8.34, 8.80, 8.20, 9.39, (6.49), 8.88, 8.03, 8.63, 7.54, (11.81), 7.92, 10.44, 10.50, 6.55, 7.90, 7.63, 6.63, 8.62, 8.51, 8.91, 7.66, (5.92), 6.95, (6.40), 6.99, 7.36, (11.94), 7.58, 7.60, 8.65, (6.01), 9.89, 8.57, 7.23, 8.44, (6.35), (11.50), 8.39, 7.20, 8.03, 8.25, 10.06, 7.78, 9.85, 7.52, 8.97, 8.77, 9.28, 9.58, 8.11, 9.57, 8.81, 8.04, 10.45, 10.14, 8.77, 6.54, 11.04, 9.82, 9.53, (12.09), 8.65, 9.58, 8.45, 10.91, 9.83, 8.80, 7.21, (11.16), 9.25, 8.29, 8.01, 7.37, 8.24, 10.75, 8.25, 7.62, 8.80, 9.22, 9.11, 8.26, 7.31, 8.46, 9.69, 7.38, 9.64, 8.60, 8.93, 9.50, 8.33

New average PB's once again was done in two chunks of 50, in afternoon and evening. Unluckily, the first one was 8.09 average, the second one was 8.94 average... Still my second best average of 100!
Solves so far: 425 (25 untimed)
OVERALL AVERAGE: 8.65

 

[ryanj92]

Session 5:

AVERAGE OF 100: 8.58
Best time: 6.58
Best avg5: 7.37
Best avg12: 7.76

Spoiler: times

8.78, (12.58), 7.53, 10.46, 9.28, 7.88, (15.93), 9.22, 9.03, 8.33, 9.69, (DNF(15.65)), 8.69, 9.44, 8.72, 8.02, 9.69, (11.38), 9.81, 7.38, 8.30, 9.41, (DNF(7.68)), 9.53, 7.69, 8.58, 8.11, 7.65, 10.61, 9.08, 8.16, 8.19, 9.06, 9.28, 9.36, 8.36, 8.77, (6.75), 9.13, 8.58, 8.94, 8.66, 8.40, 7.40, 7.16, 10.78, 8.47, 9.02, 7.94, 8.25, 8.27, (6.58), 7.59, 7.27, 7.61, 8.91, 10.11, 8.06, 7.61, 7.19, 10.38, 7.31, 8.56, 8.25, 8.65, (6.75), 7.66, 7.33, 7.90, (7.11), 9.55, 8.66, 8.59, 9.53, 9.30, 7.88, 7.90, 10.41, 8.11, 8.63, 9.43, 8.36, 9.33, 9.02, 8.11, 7.72, 7.36, 8.80, 8.43, (7.00), 10.52, 8.63, 7.90, 8.50, 8.30, 7.71, 7.47, 8.00, 9.06, 7.77

Ah, the illusion of consistency... a 8.9x ao50 followed by an 8.2x ao50 = very similar average to yesterday. Pushing that 8.5 second barrier

 

[Schmidt]

Updated page 1

 

[sneaklyfox]

Well tomorrow is June 1 (actually it's already June 1 as it's past midnight). I think I'm going to practice some more pyraminx. This time I'm going to come back with oka method to practice that. I think knowing more methods is better. I *think* I finally understand the difference between keyhole and oka and understand oka at all so that's why I'm going to do this and see how it goes.

 

[Schmidt]

Or maybe some more 2x2x2 so you don't get last place at your next comp

 

[sneaklyfox]

Or maybe some more 2x2x2 so you don't get last place at your next comp

HA HAH... it was a good thing I didn't care very much about 2x2. If that had happened to any of the other three events I entered I'd be really mad. I probably won't be going to comp again for at least another year or two. I'll get back to it eventually as it would still be nice to have an official 2x2 average and not just a single...

 

[Schmidt]

You might want to try some of these aswell



I found these on some ?Russian? site.

 

[sneaklyfox]

You might want to try some of these aswell

View attachment 2889

I found these on some ?Russian? site.

Thanks. Looks interesting, but I think I'll stick with oka for now. One at a time... I'll keep it in mind to look over though.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Day 1 (pyraminx-oka method)

Stats:

Spoiler

number of times: 100/100
best time: 3.56
worst time: 28.29

current avg5: 9.72 (σ = 1.34)
best avg5: 6.76 (σ = 1.67)

current avg12: 9.60 (σ = 1.70)
best avg12: 7.68 (σ = 1.71)

current avg100: 10.38 (σ = 3.41)
best avg100: 10.38 (σ = 3.41)

session avg: 10.38 (σ = 3.41)
session mean: 10.76

Times:

Spoiler

28.29, 11.25, 17.72, 13.15, 6.28, 9.64, 9.54, 15.02, 6.70, 12.65, 12.81, 11.15, 3.75, 9.49, 9.05, 9.04, 6.98, 11.65, 6.99, 9.34, 11.61, 8.65, 6.36, 8.38, 7.34, 12.25, 3.56, 5.93, 10.20, 6.43, 8.36, 9.96, 5.17, 9.37, 8.42, 8.40, 9.56, 12.91, 8.99, 10.86, 4.88, 10.69, 18.48, 13.43, 26.98, 19.31, 7.16, 6.85, 8.98, 9.96, 13.61, 17.83, 26.05, 19.18, 15.12, 8.82, 14.66, 15.30, 5.39, 11.92, 5.81, 5.31, 12.81, 17.29, 6.63, 13.05, 6.13, 6.19, 13.93, 16.16, 18.62, 15.91, 12.33, 16.01, 10.56, 8.99, 9.02, 5.38, 4.59, 8.62, 10.12, 6.27, 16.13, 8.84, 8.06, 10.34, 6.10, 13.08, 8.97, 9.85, 5.42, 14.25, 8.04, 11.57, 9.70, 10.62, 6.59, 10.35, 8.18, 12.14

First 100 timed solves with oka. Just getting used to it today. Sometimes I found myself doing keyhole instead of oka because it was too tempting. Oka seems somewhat similar to keyhole. I find keyhole easier to inspect... but could be partly because I've practiced keyhole. Haven't quite tried tracking the last edge yet so after doing centers I am turning the pyra looking for the last edge... or even having to look at the missing edge and remind myself what edge I need. And then I have to think harder about how to get those last two edges in before LL. Haven't memorized the three algs for both edges being in the "top layer" so still looking at the cheat sheet when it happens. For keyhole I never got as far as tracking the back edge piece from the start of solve. I'll have to do that eventually I think. And for oka I'd need to learn to track the other edge. (If you have no clue what I'm saying that's ok... I'm just putting this in as a log and note of what I'll need to work on over the next month as I get accustomed to oka.) It's possible that I will mix in some keyhole solves if they are extremely obvious and oka isn't easy but we'll see.

100 solves today

 

[Ickathu]

Haven't memorized the three algs for both edges being in the "top layer" so still looking at the cheat sheet when it happens.

That's a nasty case. I just try to look for that in inspection and plan my centers so that I can avoid it.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Day 2 (pyraminx-oka/keyhole)

Stats:

Spoiler

number of times: 200/200
best time: 3.37
worst time: 21.16

current avg5: 7.69 (σ = 0.64)
best avg5: 5.25 (σ = 0.47)

current avg12: 7.65 (σ = 1.19)
best avg12: 6.43 (σ = 1.96)

current avg100: 7.95 (σ = 1.79)
best avg100: 7.83 (σ = 1.85)

session avg: 8.32 (σ = 2.08)
session mean: 8.52

Times:

Spoiler

5.82, 10.76, 9.59, 9.80, 7.44, 6.13, 10.19, 7.01, 8.35, 11.75, 7.36, 7.98, 8.39, 6.20, 11.45, 15.56, 7.83, 8.11, 10.20, 7.73, 5.82, 5.01, 5.49, 6.93, 9.12, 10.21, 19.62, 7.44, 7.45, 7.49, 13.20, 13.89, 9.01, 7.54, 7.60, 12.95, 7.34, 21.12, 12.23, 11.40, 13.14, 9.21, 12.75, 5.94, 6.05, 7.18, 6.48, 7.95, 10.43, 7.42, 10.06, 6.26, 6.22, 8.46, 6.33, 4.02, 10.35, 13.13, 8.65, 14.08, 6.78, 5.82, 8.37, 10.53, 7.11, 13.66, 6.82, 6.01, 5.51, 7.79, 9.59, 8.43, 7.98, 7.79, 12.08, 9.24, 8.90, 13.11, 3.48, 13.96, 5.64, 6.99, 8.00, 8.73, 10.07, 9.12, 6.07, 7.06, 15.20, 11.88, 15.90, 5.53, 10.46, 5.38, 10.36, 7.02, 5.71, 9.07, 3.37, 5.95, 8.69, 7.35, 9.75, 6.55, 12.73, 7.92, 8.17, 6.53, 8.10, 11.58, 11.11, 6.14, 13.15, 8.97, 6.10, 11.66, 5.99, 7.89, 9.41, 4.38, 5.79, 5.03, 7.27, 4.92, 10.92, 8.30, 13.49, 5.37, 6.36, 4.25, 5.92, 7.59, 7.32, 9.04, 8.29, 7.67, 8.63, 10.86, 5.40, 9.67, 9.80, 5.69, 7.01, 21.16, 8.09, 6.23, 8.99, 6.62, 6.84, 4.65, 6.85, 8.34, 7.73, 8.35, 12.43, 6.30, 5.61, 9.61, 8.10, 5.52, 9.39, 5.52, 9.91, 6.07, 5.09, 7.45, 9.25, 9.60, 5.38, 4.59, 12.45, 12.13, 8.08, 7.37, 9.11, 8.47, 7.86, 9.35, 8.88, 5.34, 7.92, 7.94, 7.01, 9.04, 10.82, 8.65, 8.52, 8.87, 6.28, 7.14, 4.37, 9.08, 7.16, 6.72, 10.12, 11.82, 8.02, 6.90, 8.10, 6.96

I'll just do oka and keyhole together but try to do oka more to practice it. I feel some improvement already.

100 previous + 200 today = 300 total