I know I'm not quite in the category you're asking about, but I can tell you that around the time of Worlds last year (Nov) I was practising quite regularly and I was averaging ~28.xx-29.xx. I haven't cubed much in the months since Worlds and did my first big cube session last weekend. I did ~160 solves and the average was ~30.7x. :( Also, I'd forgotten about 5-6 of the OLLs I'd learnt around the time of Worlds. :( Basically, any algs that hadn't moved into my long term memory by the time of Worlds have since been forgotten! So, I know I need to practice regular to maintain my average!
On the plus side though, I'm confident that it will be pretty easy to re-learn the algs that I have forgotten. Also, I don't think it will take too long to get my average back down to 28.xx. For me, the thing that most excites and inspires me is cubing events and meeting up with other cubers. Late last year was great - Dutch Open in October, Worlds and Hungary in Nov, UK speedcubers meeting in Dec - plenty of speedcubing events to keep me going! Since I'm not going to the German Open (I'd *really* love to be there, but it's the same day as my brother's wedding!) it means I haven't practiced as much in recent months. I'm worried that my next big cubing event might not be till Dutch Open 2006!! That's so far away. I don't know if I can wait that long!! :D Jasmine http://speedcuber.blogspot.com On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:28:56 -0500, "Matt Moberly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > This is curious to me. How much work does it take a sub-20 cuber to stay > in > shape? Daily practice? Weekly? Do you start forgetting algorithms, or > just get slower? > On 3/20/06, kyuubree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Technically there are still 99 -- my average used to be sub20 but > > now it's not (but I just got my new DIY so maybe this will change > > once I get going :D). > > > > --- In [email protected], "thomkirjava" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Gunnar Krig" > > > <gunkr520@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I jsut noticed that there is now 100 people listed in > > speedcubings > > > > unofficial ranking that has a sub-20 average. Quite a milestone I > > > > think. :-) > > > > > > > > Compare this with May 23, 2003. Then only 39 people in the > > ranking, > > > > had a BEST time that was sub-20. I just can't get enough of > > statistics > > > > showing how the community is growing. :-) > > > > > > > > /Gunnar > > > > > > > > > > Before I submitted mine, there were 99, making me the 100th. > > > > > > That's my 15 seconds of fame ;) > > > > > > ~Thom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > > > - Visit your group > > "speedsolvingrubikscube<[1]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube>" > > on the web. > > > > - To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > - Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > Service <[2]http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > -- > [3]http://procool.blogspot.com > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ____________________________________________________________ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "[4]speedsolvingrubikscube" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the [6]Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > ____________________________________________________________ > > References > > 1. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube > 2. http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > 3. http://procool.blogspot.com/ > 4. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube > 5. > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 6. http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
