And if you are still skeptical I was off school for 4 days (finished exams) and I was cubing all day all 4 days...working on getting faster through lookahead and other things...I hope to know PLL by the end of february...reasonable goal???
Craig --- In [email protected], "Craig Bouchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Thom, > > I understand your reasoning, and since you've shut me out I haven't > had the chance to explain... > > The time I got the 34 was beacuse: > a) I hadn't been cubing for a week(at all) cuz I was studying for > exams and my mom had taken away ALL of my cubes...so I had little > practice... > b) The cube I was using had gone to mush...lockups, it began popping, > it was gooey...probably some other factors... > > I don't count the 22.53 average as my PB average because it wasn't > 100% real, I did solves in between (at school...) I did some one > night, then the others another night, and it was a rolling average...I > count my PB average to be about 24 or 25...not sure exact... > > Thom, towards the racing thing, look at my previous post about people > who watch me cube often...also about the many other cubers who do a > 3LLL and get sub-20 times, I believe Doug Reed to be one of them (or > used to be) > > Craig > > --- In [email protected], "thomkirjava" > <snkenjoi@> wrote: > > > > You've gotta be sceptical. > > > > Seeing as how your sunday contest average you have a week before your > > 22.5 average was 34 seconds, plus you three/four look, plus you don't > > know OLL/PLL. And you always seemed to be around 33 when i was racing > > you about a week ago. > > > > Then there was that non-lucky OLL skip you claimed to have. > > > > > > I'm not blatently calling you a liar, as you could be telling the > > truth. But things like this just make it harder to belive. > > > > Crongratulations, if I'm mistaken. > > > > > > In other news: New PB single 16.15 (I had a 16.43 today!) I'm still > > averaging around 21-22 though but..... I've finished learning CMLL! > > Including recognition! One look corners, and one look last layer for > > me :D. I just gotta get every case recognised and executed under two > > seconds. Then I'll be sub-20. > > > > Rethinking my non-matching blocks technique :S > > > > > > ~Thom > > > > --- In [email protected], "Craig Bouchard" > > <logitewty@> wrote: > > > > > > I'll reply to everyone in one post again: > > > > > > Sapan: Nice to hear from you again, just the other day I was wondering > > > what happened to you... > > > > > > Sven: Umm, I average around 26-27 when I'm warmed up, but I get a lot > > > of times varying around 20, especially the good and easy solves...I've > > > gotten quite a bit better in the last month and a half since Chris > > > Hardwick taught me F2L...I'm planning on learning PLL soon, and then > > > OLL, so hopefully these times become more regular...At school today I > > > got a lot of 22s and 23s and the likes, some faster, some slower... > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > --- In [email protected], sgowal <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I thought your average was around 30 seconds... did I miss > something? > > > > How did you manage to go sub-20? Is your standard deviation very > high? > > > > > > > > Btw, congrats ! > > > > > > > > Sven > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Gilles van den > > > > Peereboom <gillesvdp@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Congratulations Craig :-) > > > > > > > > > > Sapan Upadhyay a écrit : > > > > > > damn, you almost had me thinking that you got a sub-20 avg > > > > > > > > > > > > congrats though... > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/6/06, Craig Bouchard <logitewty@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Again to Darren: When I get home from school tonight I'll warm > > > up and > > > > > >> do an F2L average for you :) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Craig > > > > > >> > > > > > >> --- In [email protected], "Craig Bouchard" > > > > > >> <logitewty@> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> I'll try to address everyone: > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Thank you all for the congratulations... > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> To Chris: I think I've found a fault with the DIYs...The > > edges are > > > > > >>> bigger than the center pieces (you know how there is an > opening > > > > on the > > > > > >>> one side of the edge) well that can slide over the center, > > which I > > > > > >>> have found can cause pops, and send center caps across the > > > > room...But > > > > > >>> I still love it :) > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> To Darren: I used to do LBL, but I had always wanted to do > > > F2L...and > > > > > >>> Chris Hardwick taught me in December, and I've been using it > > ever > > > > > >>> since...I don't know how fast that F2L on that solve was, but > > > a few > > > > > >>> weeks ago I did an F2L average of around 19...but I think I'm > > > better > > > > > >>> than that now...It was just a fast fluid solve, and a 3LLL... > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Craig > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> --- In [email protected], smgfreak_dk > > > > > >>> <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>>> How fast can you two do F2L? > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> Darren > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Ah, so this was done with the new 2006 DIY? 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