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Speedcubing

Discussion in 'Sports' started by hedonologist, Apr 28, 2015.

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    hedonologist New Member

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    Speedcubing is not a traditional sport, but certainly a competitive hobby, and one that is growing year on year. There are now around 40,000 people who have competed in an official WCA event, and only a few days ago the world record solve of 5.55 seconds was broken and now stands at 5.25 seconds.

    Are there any other speedcubers here? I have been competing for almost 9 years now. My best official solve time is 9,88 seconds.
     
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    I've been speed cubing for about a year now. My best solve is a little over 10 seconds (10.54 or something like that).

    Didn't know that Matts record had been broken. Will have check that out.
     
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    Yeah, Feliks almost broke it not long ago, he got a solve that would have been 5.33, but a corner twist made it a DNF.

    Have you ever been to a competition? I've organised one in the UK actually :p
     
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    Nope. Never been to a competition but I'd love to go. Where I live the cubing community is pretty small so there aren't many comps. I actually tried to organize one myself but that didn't work out. I really need to go to a few competitions myself but I try to organize one. The only problem is that there are no competitions to go to.

    Might just have to work my way up north a bit. As soon as I get some time on my hands I'd like to do that.

    BTW were you at the 2013 world cubing comp?
     
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    I'm pretty lucky actually, there have been about 8 competitions within an hours drive of me in the last year. I've been cubing since 2006, what are you like with the other puzzles? I got my first sub-minute on the 4x4 officially just a couple of months ago, I can also do it blindfolded, but I've messed up my competition attempts.

    I couldn't afford to go to the 2013 WC, but the day after registration closed I actually won £1,000 on a bet, wasted luck :/

    I'm not going to Brazil either, but I did go to the European Champs 2014.
     
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    I think my fastest solve was around 1:10 with a 4x4. I'm even worse at a 5x5. Best solve was around 2:30 I think.

    I solve most of the other puzzles like a megaminx, pyraminx, etc. I'm ok at them but not great.

    What's your best 3x3 single?
     
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    My best 3x3 single at home was 7.08 with a Last Layer skip, in competition it is 9.88, before that I got a 9.99 just barely making it Sub-10 :D

    I've pretty even at all puzzles with no real speciality. I had to UK National Records back in 2007 for OH. I'll PM you my profile.
     
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