**Official Speedcubing Discussion/PR topic**

[Wody]

Hey everyone! In this thread I am trying to gather everyone who speedcubes. I havent done speedcubing in a long time but I am getting back into it and I am going to try and beat my PBs. We can start off by posting our PBs and maybe talking about some easy algorithms for certain solves. I have a strong feeling it is only me and DeepDarkness who speedcube but I am posting this topic in hopes that there are others. If you want to learn don't be afraid to post and show interest. I will be willing to help people. I think I will try to stream tonight!

3x3 PB: 14.11 (PLL Skip)
3x3 BLD: 5min 20 something seconds

Me @ US Open 2007

[Sammy Rodgers]

As the only other eliter who was at the us open in 07 I feel the need to post lol. Can't remember my pr but it was pretty shit, like 27ish I think. I might pick it up again, haven't speedcubed seriously in a while.

[Deep-Darkness]

I like this topic
I speedcube many different cubes, but my favourite ones are 3x3x3-5x5x5, so here are my times for those:

Official (done at competition):
3x3x3: 0:13.29
3x3x3 One Handed: 0:24.65
3x3x3 Blindfolded: 4:37.02
4x4x4: 1:14.65

Unofficial (done out of competition):
3x3x3: 0:09.13
3x3x3 One Handed: 0:17.75 I think. I might have done a 16.
3x3x3 Blindfolded: 2:50
4x4x4: 0:54
5x5x5: 2:03

Times I usually get:
3x3x3: About 15 seconds.
3x3x3 One Handed: About 24 seconds.
3x3x3 Blindfolded: About 3:30
4x4x4: Haven't done this in a while, but I did about 1:00.
5x5x5: About 2:40 now, but I was faster a while ago.



Feel free to ask me any questions (cubes, methods, competitions I've been at, times for other cubes, averages,... Whatever)
More info here.

[PerfectTaste]

I have a strong feeling it is only me and DeepDarkness who speedcube but I am posting this topic in hopes that there are others.

I believe Eddie Lovins is pretty good at solving cubes too. There should be an old topic about it.

[Joshua Nash]

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/DrexelFall2008/results/all#e333
This was way back in the day. I didn't stay the whole event and dropped out of a lot of the other categories because I wanted to take my wife around Philadelphia. We were not married back then but we were dating. It was a little awkward because a lot but not all of the cubers then where total indoor kids. Maybe I will see if I can find my old times. It's been a long time since I've solved them. I do know my 3x3 pr is 19.28

[Wody]

Amazing to see you guys post. Hey you guys wouldnt happen to know some easy PLL algorithms. I am trying to relearn the PLL algs and I want to use the easiest. When I look on the net I find multiple and dont know which to use.

[Deep-Darkness]

Sure, I know full Fridrich with more than 1 alg for some of the cases. I've been a long time improving my algs for the last layer. Here are some of my PLL algorithms:
A perms: R' F R' B2 R F' R' B'2 R'2 -- L F' L B'2 L' F L B'2 L'2. For the symmetric cases, I just use the symmetric sequences.
E perm: x' R U' R' D R U R' D' R U R' D R U' R' D' (x' means rotating the cube like the L move).
F perm: If solved bar is on Back, R' U'2 R' d' R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R U' F (d means moving the Down face and the middle layer at the same time). If solved bar is on Left, R' U' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' U R.
G perms: R'2 F2 R U2 R U'2 R' F R U R' U' R' F R2 or the classic one improved (R2 u' R U' R U R' u R' l u R' u'). For symmetrical cases, I use symetrical sequences. For inverse cases, I just execute the sequences backwards.
H perm: M'2 U' M'2 U'2 M'2 U' M'2 (M is moving the middle layer paralel to face L like the turn L).
J/L perms: R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' or R U2 R' U' R U'2 L' U R' U' r. For symmetrical cases I use symmetrical sequences, including if it's in the back.
N perms: F' R U R' U' R' F R2 F U' R' U' R U F' l'. For the symmetrical case, I use the symmetrical alg.
R perms: R' U2 R U'2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2. For symmetrical cases, I use symmetrical algs, including if it's in the back.
T perm: R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'.
U perms: If bar is in back, M'2 U' M U'2 M' U' M'2. If bar is in front, R' U R' U' R' U' R' U R U R'2. For symmetrical cases I use symmetrical algs.
V perm: R' U R' d' R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R F.
Y perm: F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F'.
Z perm: M'2 U' M'2 U' M' U'2 M'2 U'2 M'. If I'm solving one handed, then I use R' U' R U' R U R U' R' U R U R2 U' R'.

I hope this helps. Any questions? Feel free to ask them.
I think I'll record myself executing PLLs and OLLs slowly one of these days and I'll post the video.

[deletedprofile.u]

Sure, I know full Fridrich with more than 1 alg for some of the cases. I've been a long time improving my algs for the last layer. Here are some of my PLL algorithms:
A perms: R' F R' B2 R F' R' B'2 R'2 -- L F' L B'2 L' F L B'2 L'2. For the symmetric cases, I just use the symmetric sequences.
E perm: x' R U' R' D R U R' D' R U R' D R U' R' D' (x' means rotating the cube like the L move).
F perm: If solved bar is on Back, R' U'2 R' d' R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R U' F (d means moving the Down face and the middle layer at the same time). If solved bar is on Left, R' U' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' U R.
G perms: R'2 F2 R U2 R U'2 R' F R U R' U' R' F R2 or the classic one improved (R2 u' R U' R U R' u R' l u R' u'). For symmetrical cases, I use symetrical sequences. For inverse cases, I just execute the sequences backwards.
H perm: M'2 U' M'2 U'2 M'2 U' M'2 (M is moving the middle layer paralel to face L like the turn L).
J/L perms: R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' or R U2 R' U' R U'2 L' U R' U' r. For symmetrical cases I use symmetrical sequences, including if it's in the back.
N perms: F' R U R' U' R' F R2 F U' R' U' R U F' l'. For the symmetrical case, I use the symmetrical alg.
R perms: R' U2 R U'2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2. For symmetrical cases, I use symmetrical algs, including if it's in the back.
T perm: R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'.
U perms: If bar is in back, M'2 U' M U'2 M' U' M'2. If bar is in front, R' U R' U' R' U' R' U R U R'2. For symmetrical cases I use symmetrical algs.
V perm: R' U R' d' R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R F.
Y perm: F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F'.
Z perm: M'2 U' M'2 U' M' U'2 M'2 U'2 M'. If I'm solving one handed, then I use R' U' R U' R U R U' R' U R U R2 U' R'.

I hope this helps. Any questions? Feel free to ask them.
I think I'll record myself executing PLLs and OLLs slowly one of these days and I'll post the video.

Having zero knowledge of cubing and having never solved one casually myself before, reading through this post made me mildly anxious. Hahaha.

[Deep-Darkness]

Having zero knowledge of cubing and having never solved one casually myself before, reading through this post made me mildly anxious. Hahaha.

Sorry e.e

Also, just got a new record:

3x3x3 One Handed: 0:16.9 (Unofficial)
Some random stuff about the solve:
Cube: Gans 356 v2.
Method: Fridrich.
Hand: left.
Solve: extended cross in about 6 or 7 moves, very decent F2L, OLL only with R and U moves, A perm.

Also, there is a competition kinda near of where I live on the 3rd of September (finally!). Let's see what I can get there.

[Wody]

Having zero knowledge of cubing and having never solved one casually myself before, reading through this post made me mildly anxious. Hahaha.

Sorry e.e

Also, just got a new record:

3x3x3 One Handed: 0:16.9 (Unofficial)
Some random stuff about the solve:
Cube: Gans 356 v2.
Method: Fridrich.
Hand: left.
Solve: extended cross in about 6 or 7 moves, very decent F2L, OLL only with R and U moves, A perm.

Also, there is a competition kinda near of where I live on the 3rd of September (finally!). Let's see what I can get there.

Amazing stuff! I really need to get better at the cross and take some time to go through the f2l because I make mistakes pairing the cubes up sometimes

[Deep-Darkness]

I don't know if you do it already, but you should learn the entire cross or even some extended cross in the inspection. 15 seconds are enough time to do it.

To practice F2L, I highly recommend slow cubes (with that, I mean solving it at a speed at which you don't need to stop to find the pairs), and also do several R-U solves (scramble it with R and U, solve it with R and U). Once you get fast at it, you might want to learn some advanced tricks, in case you don't know them:
- Advanced F2L cases
- Color blindness
- Rotationless F2L
- Orienting last layer's edges with the last F2L pair
Or even super advanced techniques like Winter Variation, COLL, VLS, etc.

But I sincerely don't recommend learning any advanced stuff until you get fluent/fast enough at F2L.



I have no idea how much you know about Fridrich, so I just gave some general tips.

[Wody]

I don't know if you do it already, but you should learn the entire cross or even some extended cross in the inspection. 15 seconds are enough time to do it.

To practice F2L, I highly recommend slow cubes (with that, I mean solving it at a speed at which you don't need to stop to find the pairs), and also do several R-U solves (scramble it with R and U, solve it with R and U). Once you get fast at it, you might want to learn some advanced tricks, in case you don't know them:
- Advanced F2L cases
- Color blindness
- Rotationless F2L
- Orienting last layer's edges with the last F2L pair
Or even super advanced techniques like Winter Variation, COLL, VLS, etc.

But I sincerely don't recommend learning any advanced stuff until you get fluent/fast enough at F2L.



I have no idea how much you know about Fridrich, so I just gave some general tips.

yes all this stuff is very helpful thank you very much. Once I learn full OLL and PLL I am going to learn some more advanced stuff like you mentioned. What do you mean by entire cross or extended cross?

[Joshua Nash]

My cube is from 2008 and I am thinking about getting a new one. Any recommendations? I'm sure that there are better designs now than they were back then.

[Deep-Darkness]

you should learn the entire cross (...) in the inspection.

What do you mean by entire cross or extended cross?

What I meant with that sentence is that in the 15 seconds inspection, you should be able to memorize how to solve all 4 edges from the cross. Maybe entire wasn't the word I was looking for, I'm not good with English.
About the other thing, you say you are solving an "extended cross" or "X-cross" when you solve one or more F2L pairs while doing the cross. Sometimes they are easy to predict in the inspection, sometimes they aren't. If you have a very easy cross, since you have 15 seconds of inspection, you can still use some seconds to try to see where a pair will be after solving the cross.

In my opinion the most important thing in order to do fast solves is not the speed of turning, but the looking-ahead and the efficiency. So yeah, solving "slow-cubes" is very important.

My cube is from 2008 and I am thinking about getting a new one. Any recommendations? I'm sure that there are better designs now than they were back then.

These are some of the best cubes out there, in my opinion:
- Moyu Aolong: both the version 1 and the version 2 are excellent cubes (I recommend version 1, but it's my opinion only). They don't have the smoothest turning, but they have a really insane corner-cutting, which makes using the cube much easier when you go fast.
- Gans 356: I have recently bought it (the version 2, in fact) and it's already my main 3x3x3 cube. It has a very very smooth turn, and while it doesn't have aolong's corner-cutting, it still has enough.

That for 3x3x3. If you want cubes of other sizes, I can also give some advice.

[Wody]

Yeah I bought aolong v2 and I'm going to buy a Gans 356 v2 and yuaxiao

[Deep-Darkness]

I just learned Ortega-Varasano method for 2x2x2 and while trying to do some solves, I got a new PR:

Scramble: R U R2 U F' U R' U F U'
Inspection: x' y2
Solve:
OLL - R U'2 R'2 U' R2 U' R'2 U'2 R
PLL - U
Time: 2.04

A fun fact is that all my good times from now are actually Fridrich cases, like this one. I hope Ortega gets faster after some practice.

[Deep-Darkness]

A few days ago I got a new PR in Bulgaria:

Puzzle: 2x2x2.
Time: 1.20 seconds.
Solve: U' R'2 U'2 R U (LL skip)
Cube: Moyu LingPo.
Method: Fridrich.
Inspection: I saw the first layer and I checked the last layer would be only R's and U's (which is a PLL skip), but I didn't expect an LL skip.

I also got like 1:50 on Square-1 using my own method, but being the WR 6 seconds I guess I'll have to learn more algs or something.

[Deep-Darkness]

I thought this was interesting to share:
My current World Rank in 3x3x3 speedcubing record is 6666th:


Also, some new PRs:
- Megaminx: 1:59.41
- Pyraminx: 0:04.41 (interesting, same decimal as the Megaminx, but I'm actually not sure if it's a PR or not... Since I don't remember the previous one, I'll count it as new PR)
- Rubik 3x3x3 with feet: 2:21.85 (I'm kind of new in this; got a lucky solve here)
- Rubik 3x3x3 average of 5: 13.89 (times: (13.47), 13.84, 14.21 (with mistakes), (19.03), 13.62). My first sub 14 average.
- Some more irrel average PRs.

[Wody]

Amazing stuff Oscar! I am still trying to get better at F2L and have lowered my average in the 20s  like 27ish. Keep up the great work

[Deep-Darkness]

Thank you!
Good luck with F2L. Focus on looking ahead, not turning speed.

[Joshua Nash]

Thank you!
Good luck with F2L. Focus on looking ahead, not turning speed.

[Infil]

I got into speedcubing about 2 years ago or so, but never progressed to super awesome times. My PR is in the mid to high 30s, but I stopped recording times when I started to learn F2L, since I hated seeing my times go way down at the start. Now, after a year of just having a cube on my desk and solving it with F2L fairly often, casually and off the clock, I think I could probably break 30 seconds if I felt like cubing "seriously" again. I'm terrible at looking ahead for F2L, I can remember the algorithm quickly and I have halfway decent turn speed for an amateur, but identifying F2L pairs is really slow for me.

I still do 2-step OLL and 2-step PLL, too. But still I think I could get high 20s for a PR if I wanted to invest the time.

I use a Dayan Zhanchi 3x3.

[Deep-Darkness]

Hm... The way I identify the F2L pairs (idk if this is what other people do) is:
1) I always look first for a corner, i.e.: a sticker of the main colour.
2) I look then for it's corresponding edge (from my angle, I can see 7/8 edges, so I usually don't need to rotate the cube).
3) There are only a few cases left: if pieces are on top compare stickers (same colour, hide corner; opposite colour, RUR' insertion; main colour, hide edge), and if any of the pieces isn't on top, put it on top in such a way that you get an easy F2L case.

I don't use known-by-heart algorithms in F2L except for maybe a couple cases, I do intuitive F2L.

If I turn "slowly" (2.5-3.5 turns per second), then I can see the next pair while I'm solving the current one. If I go fast, then I lose like 5 seconds in the solve only identifying the F2L and OLL, so I kind of get the same times in fast solves and slow cubes (fast solves are a bit faster, but not a big difference, which means I still have a lot to improve in looking ahead).

Dayan Zhanchi used to be a good cube back then, but nowadays there are much better options, to be honest.



Also, got a new PR:
4x4x4 - 53.06. I had parity error, so sub 50 incoming maybe.

[Infil]

I heard the Aolong or whatever was getting good reviews even back then, but it sounded like the Zhanchi was a better pick for me at the time. Sounds like nobody even uses Dayan cubes anymore though?

I also use "intuitive" F2L to some degree, though I have some algs memorized, especially for corner piece and edge piece being side by side with the corner piece having the bottom color on top. I couldn't intuit those cases so I just learned the alg. If a corner piece is on the bottom but in the wrong spot, I usually just move it to the top and then figure out the case that arises.

I'm bad at lookahead because I never really practiced it. There were so many cases for me to learn, I had no idea what inserting an F2L pair would do to the rest of the cube. So I always just look at the cube fresh after every pair. I know it's not great for fast times but it was the only way I could keep up with learning F2L. If I got back into speedcubing now I would have to work on that.

[Deep-Darkness]

Dayan cubes are okay, just not great. They are okay for speedcubing, you can for sure get great times, and if you like them, go ahead. But some cubes nowadays are much much better than them.

Aolong v1 is an awesome cube in terms of corner cutting (2/3 of side in my cube), but if you are using a Dayan Zhanchi, you will probably be disappointed in terms of smoothness. Aolong is a great option for those who hit really strong the layers of the cube. Its corner cutting is also great for people who like doing M and U moves, it doesn't get stuck.

Gans 356 v2 is probably better than the Aolong. It has both smooth turn and good corner cutting (less cc than the aolong, but still great), and it rarely gets stuck. It's my main cube since the very first minute I tried it out of the box, so yeah, it's definitely a great cube, don't know if the best of these days.

Those 2 are for me the best cubes I know at the moment, although there are many great options out there. Compared with Dayan, they have much more corner cutting and they pop less often, and Gans also turns smother than Dayan in my opinion (it's an opinion). But still, Dayan is a good cube, and you can do great times with it if you are used to it.


It's never too late to do a comeback . If you do, try to do "slow cubes", it really helps. And except 1 case (both pieces in place, edge flipped), every single F2L case can be done super fast intuitively.

[Deep-Darkness]

Recent PRs:
1) 3x3x3 Blindfolded - 2:45
2) 3x3x3 Average of 5 - 13.12
3) 3x3x3 Average of 12 - 14.54
4) Pyraminx Average of 5 - I don't remember the time, but sub 9.

In 19.5 hours I'll have my first competition in almost a year! . I can't win any medal tomorrow, but it will still be fun probably.

[Joshua Nash]

where at?
I just liked going to competitions to see the custom made puzzles.

[Deep-Darkness]

Alicante, Spain.

[Deep-Darkness]

Main stuff about my competition:
- Silver Medal in 3x3x3 with a great 13.12 average and a 10.99 single .
- Silver Medal in Fewest Moves with a 41 average and a 34 single.
- 4th place in One Handed with a 25.52 average and a 20.82 single.
- 5th place in 4x4x4, Megaminx, Blindfolded and Feet.

Funny stuff that hurts:
- Didn't pass with feet's cutoff time by 1 second...
- Didn't complete 3rd blindfolded's cube by 4 moves...

Bad stuff:
- I lost my Pyraminx .
- I lost one sticker from my Skewb too...

Amazing facts:
- A guy from UK got 9 golds and 2 silvers out of the 11 modes he compited seriously at.
- My best official avg5 for 3x3x3 is exactly the same as my best unofficial avg5 with 2 decimal digits of coincidence (13.12, I posted it in this topic some days ago actually) ...
- While I got a great 3x3x3 session in the final round, the Spanish pro had a few bad cubes, so I won his silver medal . I was actually more like a 7th place, but I did quite nice there for some reason.



You have more info here.

[Deep-Darkness]

Some unexpected records:

1) 3x3x3 - 8.62 (R2 U' F U2 R F L2 B L' U' B D R2 D' F2 D' R2 D' B2 R2 U2 F' R' F' B)
Xcross + fluent F2L.

2) 3x3x3 One Handed - 14.69 (F R U2 L2 R B' D' U2 L' U' D R B2 F R B L B' D U' L' D2 F2 L B)
Double Xcross + easy F2L + easy OLL.

3) Square One - 44.27 single and 59.63 avg5.


Also, some random records:

1) Every 3x3x3 PLL sub 2 seconds. PLLs U cw, U ccw, Z, H, T and J sub 1 second. T perm is 14.89 turns per second.

2) 4x4x4 PLL Parity Error 1.14, OLL Parity Error 3.91.

3) Square One Parity Error 6.85.


7 days left for my next competition (and probably the last one in 2016).

[Deep-Darkness]

Square One - 34.xx
Pyraminx - 4.34
Skewb records:
- U, Z and H perms sub 2 seconds.
- Sledgehammer in 0.38, hedgehammer in 0.37.
- Sub 11 average of 5 solves.

[Initialized]

As ive never competed ill drop my unofficial times

Magic - 0.93
2x2 - 2.4
3x3 - 16.9
4x4 - 2:55
Megaminx - 4:53
Skewb - 19.63
Mirror Cube - 26.29
Pyraminx - 9.15
Tetraminx - 28.53
Fisher Cube - 48.37

Im okay at speedcubing but i main 2x2 which has basically become a meme in the speedcubing community now so im trying to learn other puzzles. My mains are as follows:
2x2 - Moyu LingPo
3x3 - Qi Thunderclap
4x4 - Shengshou v2
5x5 - Shengshou
Skewb - Shengshou
Pyraminx - Dayan (Kill Me)
Fisher Cube - Mefferts
Megaminx - Shengshou
Mirror Cube - Shengshou
i also have various other variations of my speedcubes and my main preferred cube is the cyclone boys brand but they are stickerless.

[Deep-Darkness]

Nice.

...and my main preferred cube is the cyclone boys brand but they are stickerless.

Stickerless cubes can be used at competition too!

Some of the cubes you use are good. But I have some suggestions:
4x4x4 - Best is probably Aosu.
5x5x5 - In my opinion, best is Yuxin, but Moyu ones are nice too.
Skewb - Best is Qiyi, but Moyu is nice too.
Pyraminx - Either Moyu or Qiyi.

[Deep-Darkness]

I've been a while offline, time to update! I'll just list the ones I remember. All times are unofficial (done at home)
- 2x2x2 ao5 3.64
- 3x3x3 single 6.34, ao5 12.18, ao12 13.1, ao25 13.8
- 4x4x4 single 47.27, ao5 57.xx
- 5x5x5 single 1:53 (I think, mmight have improved it, I don't know)
- 6x6x6 single 5:43 with both parity errors
- 7x7x7 single 7:43
- Pyraminx single 4.xx, ao5 ~8.xx (?)
- Megaminx single 1:19.91, ao5 1:27.58, ao12 1:34ish

Some relays I did long ago:
- 1x1x1-7x7x7 - 17:58.14
- 10 3x3x3s - 2:56.43
- 7 3x3x3s - 1:51.xx (I think)

Comments:
- I have recorded the 3x3 single 6.34 and I'll upload the video soon probably and the reconstruction.
- Competition in 5.5 days, hype

[Wody]

WTF ^^^ 6.34??? insane man thats a top level time. Literally top tier

[Deep-Darkness]

Hehe, thank you

But let's admit it, it was just a very lucky 35ish-moves solve. I usually do 12-14.

I'll upload the video soon, probably, but here comes the reconstruction anyway for those who want to try it:

Scramble - U B' R' F2 R2 F2 B' L R U2 F' R F R2 B2 D2 L2 D' B U B L U' D2 R
Inspection - x y (put green on top, red on front, I solved orange)
Double Xcross + pairing up the other 2 pairs: U' R L' U F' U x U L' U L' U' L F'
F2L #3 - y' U' R' U R
F2L #4 + forced OLL skip - U' L F' L' F
PLL (no AUF) - L' U' L F L' U' L U L F' L'2 U L
Time - 6.34 (35 turns, ~5.52 tps)


It's a very lucky solve, as you can see. And it can be done much faster. I've managed to do 4.13 with it, so imagine the time Feliks could have got with it!

[Joshua Nash]

wow
I just started collecting again 
Ordered a petaminx and X2 cube and a master pyraminx

[Sammy Rodgers]

Even with luck like that 6.34 is a fried time, very impressive.  Good luck at your competition dude

[Deep-Darkness]

Even with luck like that 6.34 is a fried time, very impressive.  Good luck at your competition dude

Thank you. I didn't really get any great times, but I still managed to get 4 medals, so I guess it's fine .

My best singles in the open were:
2x2x2 - 4.69 (meh, but still official PB)
3x3x3 - 11.54 (fine)
4x4x4 - 53.08 (fine)
5x5x5 - 2:09.17 (meh)
One Handed - 21.63 (standard)
Blindfolded - 4:24.78 (bad)
Megaminx - 1:27.95 (fine, official PB)

Also got my first official sub 1 min average on 4x4x4 (58.51).

I might post some of the videos on YouTube one of these days.



Oh, and a 11 years old kid got a 7.20 and I was the scrambler of that cube :P.

[flukey lukey]

nice job on the 6.34 DD

[Deep-Darkness]

Thank you!

A couple more PBs:

1) This one is old, but I think I forgot to post it:
3x3x3 One Handed - Average of 5 - 19.90

2) Okay, just take a look at this beautiful piece of insanity:
Megaminx with feet - 26:12.00 XD

[Joshua Nash]

petaminx with feet

[Deep-Darkness]

Guys, I wanted to do an average of 100 and this amazing thing happened!

number of times: 105/105
best time: 15.72
worst time: 28.43
best avg5: 18.71 (σ = 0.10)
best avg12: 19.78 (σ = 1.88)
best avg100: 22.36 (σ = 2.61)
session avg: 22.31 (σ = 2.61)
session mean: 22.31

Important Comments:
1) First avg5 sub 19 ever!
2) First avg12 sub 20 ever! (still amazed by this one, lol)
3) First avg100 sub 23 (actually, sub 22.5)!
4) I got 24 sub 20s within 105 solves (ratio higher than 1/5, lol)
5) I got 7 sub 20s in a row (and a couple of solves before, I had got another 2)
6) The 15.72 was going to be sub 15, but I saw the timer and went nervous. I had OLL completed before 10.5 seconds.

The times:

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18.99, 22.31, 18.22, 23.24, 20.02, 23.64, 23.22, 18.90, 22.11, 27.52, 21.34, 22.73, 23.65, 23.26, 21.14, 26.67, 22.00, 22.87, 27.58, 23.90, 19.03, 23.66, 24.43, 17.03, 25.47, 26.04, 23.70, 25.97, 19.18, 20.16, 22.09, 24.19, 26.66, 18.02, 21.21, 25.06, 23.66, 20.85, 18.35, 27.42, 23.04, 28.43, 27.81, 20.39, 23.44, 21.49, 26.29, 19.61, 25.47, 24.60, 23.50, 18.62, 24.64, 20.33, 24.70, 24.61, 27.38, 18.51, 21.71, 24.55, 19.27, 23.18, 20.92, 20.48, 21.60, 23.57, 23.51, 21.74, 24.63, 20.95, 21.86, 22.82, 23.76, 18.80, 21.20, 21.77, 22.94, 23.00, 20.66, 20.81, 19.56, 22.12, 28.30, 20.17, 22.13, 19.77, 24.14, 23.14, 21.41, 22.18, 21.14, 23.96, 18.43, 19.32, 23.13, 23.63, 24.39, 17.89, 19.78, 19.46, 15.72, 18.84, 18.66, 18.62, 24.47

[Sammy Rodgers]

Did my first blindfolded 3×3 solve today, time was 13:47
Really happy with it, though I plan to bring my time down alot

[Deep-Darkness]

Congrats! :P

I did some PBs recently:
5x5x5 avg5 2:06.xx
3x3x3 avg5 11.38
3x3x3 avg12 12.57
3x3x3 avg100 13.33

Also, I just got my second ever sub 8 solve!!!
R2 L F' D2 U2 L R2 B R2 L2 F' B R D2 F2 U2 F R2 D2 L R U R' L' U - 7.83
- 4 moves cross and first pair seen in inspection.
- Normal F2L and OLL.
- PLL skip.

[Joshua Nash]

nice Sammy!!

[Sammy Rodgers]

been working on my F2L alot more recently and brought my 3x3 pr down to 20.40 today 
Keen to bring my average down by quite a bit too because I'm still averaging around 32 seconds