From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Thu Mar 18 14:41:45 1999 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil (sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.38]) by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1-mod) with SMTP id OAA12540 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:41:45 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu From: C.McCaig@queens-belfast.ac.uk Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:56:55 GMT To: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Message-Id: <009D54AE.1E20C937.3@a1.qub.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Speed cubing results - March 99 > As far as timing is concerened, do you include a preview before the > timer is started, or is it done "cold" (No looking at all before the > timer starts)? If a preview is allowed, how long do you get? Is there > a standard for this that everyone is going by? i usually do it cold. i use the layer-by-layer method, so a preview isnt really all that advantageous. i've tried jiri's method, but i couldnt get used to it, and only once managed to break 60 secs with it. > Also, are you people timing yourselves or do you have someone to do it? > I do it myself. It doesn't affect my time too much, but I can shave off > a second or two if someone else does it. i just use my watch, with the alarm set to go off, and the display reading the seconds (so the alarm goes off at :00) and then look when i've completed the cube. > -Alex- Clive -- Clive McCaig Dept. Applied Mathematics Queens University Belfast Northern Ireland