UK Open 2008?

Also, is anybody seriously up for a 3x3x3 solve made using 27 cubes? It looks awesome.

It turns out I've got to leave at 6:00am to ensure I get there on time. And I should definitely get sub-18, even with nerves affecting my times. I'm 16-16.5 at home; getting that kind of average in comp would be awesome.

Oh, and I need to learn a couple of 2x2x2 algs and my OH algs. I'm at about 40 OLL algs at the moment, so that should suffice.
 
lol ill keep that in mind anders ;)

and MTG, how on earth are you happily sub 17 without knowing all of the OLLs??
my PB avg of 5 is barely sub 17, im generally just sub 20, and i know about as many OLLs as you...
& i thought MY F2l was fast! let me learn from you, master! *at knees*
how long you been cubing?
 
Escher said:
lol ill keep that in mind anders ;)

and MTG, how on earth are you happily sub 17 without knowing all of the OLLs??
my PB avg of 5 is barely sub 17, im generally just sub 20, and i know about as many OLLs as you...
& i thought MY F2l was fast! let me learn from you, master! *at knees*
how long you been cubing?
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Harris was sub-15 without knowing all OLLs. Fazrulz is 14-15 and he knows about half of the OLLs (I think). I'm far from being extraordinary =P (Although I did do a PB average of 15.14 this morning, so for figure).

I just checked and it turns out I know 42 OLL algorithms, although the remaining 15 (generally "awkward shapes") I can perform fairly fast as after edge orientation I unconciously know the next OLL case.

Also, I've been able to solve a cube since May last year, but I started speedcubing mid-Jan this year. You've not been cubing long and you're already sub-20-ish; that's more of an achievement than where I'm at.
 
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well, you're still pretty impressive :)
so learn the damn OLLs!
lol that would probs take off .5s off of your bigger avgs(!!!) i.e 10/12+
go for sub 15!

i only got to ~20 so quickly because i had a LOT of competition in school. Chukk is the only person thats about as good as me now :P and he started in february. Although, saying that, he has about 33% on me in OH, and regularly BLD solves (im awful), and is sub 6 at 2x2, and completely owns me at bigger cubes...
anyway, i know i have a lot of practicing & learning to do :)
 
I need to practice everything other than 3x3x3 speed. My OH, 2, 4 and 5 solving is terrible, and I can't BLD (yet =P). Now that it's dark early and wet and cold after school, I doubt my mates will want to be going out, so more time cubing ;)
 
lol yeah i'd figured that too ;)
what kinda times are your other events?
mine are in my sig... lol be kind about the 4x4, i got it 2 weeks ago and havent had much chance to practice...
 
I was gonna do an average of every event that I'll be doing today, and try to do an average for each one each day this week, and see how much I improve. I'll edit this post later with the averages for today.

Aim for 2:00 at 4x4x4. It shouldn't take much work, considering your basic speed. I remember not timing myself at 4x4x4 between a period of 4 months (Christmas-April) and had improved by 2 minutes without ever practicing much, purely because I was oodles better at 3x3x3.
 
just did an average of 5, and heres the breakdown of my 4x4 times...
centres - sub 30
last solve - sub 40 (not that good at all)
dedges - 50s+

i reckon i can easily lose 10s off of the 3x3 solving (i.e go slow, lookahead), and 10s+ off of dedges. i really like my freestyle dedges method, its just my lookahead is poo.
 
I use freestyle dedges, if they are what I think they are. Generally quite quick, although there is a small chance that they can be in a certain state that takes a while to rectify.

Have you solved a 5x5x5 before?
 
no. a friend has one, but i havent seen him & his cubes much since i learnt to do the 4x4. im sure i could, seeing as there is only tredge parity to worry about (right?).
yeah ive learnt a couple of little things for the last 2-4 dedges that i use earlier on in the solves too.
my short term memo just needs practicing. my searching/executing ratio is about 5s:1s...

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L2 D' L2 B' D2 F D F L' F2 U' R' D L' D' F2 L U L U' R' B2 L' B D'

btw, just found this funny 2x2 scramble :)
 
My 4x4x4 solving as a 3x3 is around 1:20!
Hopefully I will have an eastsheen tomorrow.
Also, I really hurt my thumb watching slayer just now Live, and I am worried that it will affect me Saturday. Damn them crowd surfers.
 
really!? so centres and dedges is around 1:10/1:20 for you? man, my dedges take that long sometimes...
i get <40s reduced solves, and at worst 35s centres.
dont worry too much about the thumb, just dont use it too much. now what would be really bad to get this week would be broken first or middle fingers on RH...
 
I had an infected left index finger a few days before dutch masters, that kinda sucked.

I just wanna say, you either do well in competition or not so well. My first couple of competitions my times were really bad (they still are pretty bad actually), I just don't wont you guys to get your hopes up you know.
 
joey said:
I had an infected left index finger a few days before dutch masters, that kinda sucked.

I just wanna say, you either do well in competition or not so well. My first couple of competitions my times were really bad (they still are pretty bad actually), I just don't wont you guys to get your hopes up you know.
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i agree. i am still waiting for sub 20 in competition, and my best official average is something hideous like 25. even if you aren't that nervous, it somehow seems hard to do well in competition. it's so frustrating when you know you can do better!

at the uk open last year i knew i could average 50s ( yes, i was veeeeeeeery slow :P) but i was just so terribly nervous i don't think i even got one sub 1! takes a while to get used to the competition thing. for me at least.

on the other hand, with big cubes, i tend to do better in competition because the lighting is a lot better than in my room. recently i broke my pbs for 6 and 7 in competition! :D

also, joey's gammy finger at dutch masters was vile. really vile.
 
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