Some Humor

Originally Posted by AvGalen

And ZB does require an "inhuman" amount of algs. In internet lingua "inhuman" is often translated into "over 9000".

From the speedsolving.com Forums.

Update

I really haven't done much cubing for a long time. Baseball season is finally over though, so I'll be getting back to work. I'm testing out a new R(a) perm and Y perm, but that's the only excitement in my cubing life.

Update

It's been a while, and I haven't cubed much. I've been working on COLL recognition, as well as refining my EPLL. I'm starting to think that learning VHF2L might be good, just so I only have to COLL-EPLL. I'm actually liking this method, but I haven't done any solve times to see if progress has been made.

I just made a new F Permutation in my sleep! I really just made it up! I've optimized it for finger tricks, and I'm left with:

U2 Rw U' Lw U2 Rw' U Rw' R2 U2 x R2 U' M'

Performed as:

U2 (Rw U' Lw) U2 (Rw' U Rw') (R2 U'2) (x R2 U') M'

This made me feel smart

V-Cubes!

My V-Cube collection arrived today! No 3x3 speed for a while! HAHA I'm so happy!

Ouch

I got hit by a foul ball while catching today on the bicep of my right arm. Needless to say I will be out for a little.

To update on pain, my dad just got surgery for a hernia he's had since he was a boy.

SCHOOL'S OUT!!!

School's out!!! Yay!!! I got a solid 3.8 (some finals may boost or lower this), and made First Team All-League Designated Hitter!!! Quite a year. I'm going to celebrate by sanding down some of my pieces, and maybe doing an average of 100. I also ordered a V-Cube White collection on Saturday, so those should be coming in.

I've kind of been slacking on COLL work. Being still above 30 second averages, I'm still trying different methods, so my original 2 year goal is down the drain, 3 years highly unlikely. I think when I get down to sub-15 MAYBE, then I can take Z-B seriously. Even then I might just do other puzzles (the minx family comes to mind).

I've been doing a lot of OH solving, so I'm hoping my left hand movements will speed up.

Currently at 3/30 COLL learned (I knew the first 7 at first + another anti-sune + another T + another double sune) or 13/40 total.

Update

Focused on solves rather than method this week - got a little lazy. I had plenty of sub 30 single solves and a whole bunchload of 37.xx averages. My PLL time attacks reached 1:26.xx on my best average of 12.

I'll be busy this week. Typically I relax when school is over, but I have finals, a few projects, and baseball to keep me busy this year.

I'm working on my FMC skills and have gotten down to 51 moves. Not bad for the first week. I also may try to BLD, but I'm not so sure about that. I do know that I will have a 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 6x6x6, and 7x7x7 soon. When they come, my COLL practice may grind to a halt. Speaking of COLL, I feel confident in my recognition abilities, but I never remember the algs correctly.

Till next time...