I'm all registered for two comps on Jan 13 and Feb 3. Both actually in my state for once! (Or for twice I guess). I'll go over my goals for both in order. However, I will probably update my goals for the Febraury comp after the January one.
Comp 1: KCKC 4 Big and Awkward 2024 (Jan 13)
Events: 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, Megaminx, Square-1
4x4: There are two rounds, top 12 go to final. Right now the cutoff for 12th ranked is 57.85, but competitor limit is not nearly reached. My PR is 54.60. I can beat that super easily, I should aim for at least sub-50. Something fun is that I am actually learning OPA! I had so much fun learning 7-simul, and this is kinda similar with trying to do something hard during inspection, so I think it will be fun. So far I can do it in 23-25s so I need to be about twice as fast, but I have plenty of time to practice.
5x5: My PR is 1:43.34. I can also easily beat this, and my main goal should be to sub-1:40 in order to qualify for NAC. Today I got a sub1:40 ao12 and a 1:36 ao5 so I think in a month's time I should easily be able to accomplish this.
6x6: My last 6x6 comp was in 2014 and I got only a single and no average. So, I need to get an average. But really, I need to sub-3:00 to qualify for NAC. This is also attainable. I got a 2:56 mean today.
7x7: There are two rounds, top 8 go to final. Cutoff for top 8 is 6:13 rn. My PR is 4:18.90, and that was so recently my main goal is just to beat it. However, it is sub-4:00 to qualify for NAC. I don't know if this is attainable by then, but it just might be. I mean, a month ago I wasn't sub-5, but look at the PR. So with another month to practice, I just might be able to do it.
Square-1: There are two rounds, top 8 for to final. Cutoff for top 8 is 34.24 rn. My PR is 26.89. My only time goal right now is to sub-25 to qualify for NAC. I want to make sure I finish learning an efficient solution to all cubeshapes, even the hard ones by then. And also that I learn some more EPs and maybe some parity/parity EPs. I am certain I can quickly improve at this event just by spending time practicing, so I suspect you will see a little better than just sub-25 from me. But we'll see.
Megaminx: This is the main event. There are three rounds, second round is free and third round is top 8. The cutoff for top 8 rn is 1:20. My PR is 1:16.22. This is a very good PR for me, much better than my normal at-home average, so I don't expect to drop it by a ton, my only goal is really to beat it. Of course I will finally learn the 5-corner CP algs. I definitely still have room to improve from some practice though, so I think I will definitely be able to PR, but maybe not by a ton.
Comp 2: CoMO Cubing Winter 2024 (Feb 3)
Events: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 3BLD, Megaminx, Skewb
2x2: My current pr is 3.53, which was a very good performance for me. I only have one round, and it's a luck event, so I don't want to stake my hopes on anything crazy. I'll just hope for a PR. However, I have just began learning EG-1, which I have been really excited to learn for a while, but had to put off since I had a BLD comp to practice for. With EG-1 I should be able to fully one-look. Hopefully I will get fast enough that I could beat my 3.53 PR even with bad scrambles.
3x3: There are three rounds, second round is free and final is top 12. The cutoff for 12th place rn is 12.50. My PR is currently 13.11, after unfortunately failing to sub-13 at my last 3x3 comp. I also did not have 3x3 at my last comp, and the January comp will also not have 3x3, so it will have been month since last competing in it. So by then, hopefully sub-13 will be in the bag. Fingers crossed. Other than that, I guess I also want to make finals.
4x4: Two rounds, top 8 in finals. I am currently the 8th seed. I have this event two comps in a row, so I'm gonna come off the first comp and go straight back into grinding again. I have high expectations here. I expect to have mastered OPA by this time, I don't normally practice an event for 2 months straight, so I hope I will impress myself.
3BLD: There are two rounds, and I'm currently the top person registered. After my awesome performance last weekend, the only place I can really go from here is sub-1. Unfortunately, I really struggle. Other than my PB, I have no other sub-1s. I get many low 1:0X, but it's just so tough to go faster. But this time, I have two months to prepare, so it's finally time to learn 3-style! I have done a lot of FMC and I have also successfully solved bld with (very slow) intuitive 3-style, so I think it shouldn't be super hard to pick up, but it's still a big undertaking. I'm gonna take it very casual and try to finish corners before the January comp, then I'll decide from there if I think I have time to also learn edges. But just corners should be enough to sub-1 for sure. I also am currently trying to learn how to fully audio the cube. Or rather fully short-term, with a similar strategy that isn't quite all audio, but just as fast. I can definitely handle the amount of memo, the problem is if you do this you really ought to ECEC or CECE instead of the CEEC I'm used to. I'll have to play around.
Megaminx: Two rounds, top 8 to finals, 8th seed is 1:29. Same as 4x4, I have this two comps in a row. As I said before the January comp I don't have huge goals, and I'll probably focus more on nxn. But I'm gonna try to pop off at this comp. Mega is such a practice-based event, I think I can accomplish something good with this long to practice it.
Skewb: LOL. I don't want to learn NS and my PR is so good and lucky (5.76) I would be shocked if I beat it. But I'll be casually practicing, maybe my turning will somehow get crazy by then. There are two rounds, 8th seed is 6.53 and I do think I can do at least that good.
Long post lol. In the meantime I'm practicing stuff for the Jan comp as well as getting started on EG-1 and 3-style. I actually have got a lot of PBs but I won't update them right now because of how long this is already, hopefully I'll get even more and share them all in a few days.
