My best time for 400 meters is 62.5 meters, but I'm the worst 400 meter 
runner in the world.  I mostly do long distances.

Tyson Mao
Astrophysics '06
California Institute of Technology

On Feb 17, 2006, at 6:52 AM, Gunnar Krig wrote:

> This really sounds like a fun event. I'll try it when it gets warmer
> outside (Now it's 30-40 cm of snow which isn't the best conditions for
> running). I guess 20 econds per cube is fairly reasonable, but 4 laps
> á 72 seconds sounds quite hard to me, with only 20 seconds to catch my
> breath.
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> By the way, what's your best time for one lap (400 meters)?? I've done
> 57.8 but I'm not a runner, I'm a highjumper, so I think it's a quite
> good time.
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> /Gunnar
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> --- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
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>> Hey Jeremy,
>>
>> That's awesome!  Let's totally do this.  I'm not the best runner, but 
>> I
>> would have the cube time to make up for it, so we might be very close.
>> How fast do you think you can run your 400s?  I actually am kind of
>> doubtful you could make up your cubing time against me by running.  I
>> average around 17 to 20 so let's say if I do 20 second solves for the
>> cube mile, and I run 72 second 400s, the total per lap is 92 seconds.
>> If you solve the cube in 35 seconds on average, 92 - 35 is 57
>> seconds... which is pretty quick.  What's your mile time?
>>
>> Tyson Mao
>> Astrophysics '06
>> California Institute of Technology
>>
>> On Feb 15, 2006, at 7:03 PM, Jeremy Fleischman wrote:
>>
>>> Dude!
>>>   That's a brilliant idea. Something I could probably post some
>>> competitive times on too, I'd hope. I've run cross country for four
>>> years now, and I'm doing long distance track this semester. Although
>>> I'm probably quite a bit slower than you guys at solving the cube
>>> (anywhere from 30-40 seconds) I think I could make up for it in
>>> running.
>>>
>>>   If I go out and do it sometime, could there be a unofficial section
>>> on speedcubing.com for the "Cube Mile"?
>>>
>>>   Jeremy Fleischman
>>>
>>> Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>   Hey Everyone,
>>>
>>> So I joined the track team this year.  There's an event that runners
>>> like to do.  It's called the beer mile and you can find information 
>>> at
>>> www.beermile.com.  I was wondering what people thought they could do
>>> for a "Cube Mile."  It's the same thing, except in place of drinking 
>>> a
>>> beer, you solve a cube.  I think towards the end of the season, I
> could
>>> probably break 6-minutes on the cube mile.  Is anyone up for this?
>>>
>>> So yeah, the rules go, (solve a cube, run a lap) times 4.  The first
>>> lap, you have to start at the mile start line, so you get those
> extra 9
>>> meters in on a standard track.  You may solve the cube between the
> mile
>>> start line and the finish line.  Actually, 6-minutes is probably
> really
>>> hard.  I know I could definitely do it in 6:20.
>>>
>>> Tyson Mao
>>> Astrophysics '06
>>> California Institute of Technology
>>>
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