Stikky's scores, from the VERY begining!

[lhnova]

Nicely done, Stikky. The endurance will sure pay off. Akis himself is actually a big fan of the 30s mode and used it a lot for his training.

yeah 30s mode rocks, not a bit fan of 60 or 90s modes personally, mainly because I prefer to use only the one hand during the run.

It will definitely give you a great warm up and you might well be surprised what an endurance run can do to your scores when you are in the middle of a session.

Linus

[One-Eye]

Good going on the score improvement there Stikky.

11k well within reach.

And Linus, as you don't like changing hands, do some one-handed 90s runs and see what you can do.

[lhnova]

Good going on the score improvement there Stikky.

11k well within reach.

And Linus, as you don't like changing hands, do some one-handed 90s runs and see what you can do.

yeah ive done a few to warm up, can't remember what I got last time. I'll note the score next time I have a go. It's torture near the end though , the first time I did it, it was hard to keep a grip on the ball because my hand went numb after about 70s .

Linus

[One-Eye]

Yeah, I know it hurts.

I've gotten over 15k with both my hands, 15.4k RH is about my best so far, and it was murder.

[Stikky]

Hey all!

Been a couple of days since i updated this thread but i have updates on pretty much everything.. New scores all around tonight!!

Ok, we'll start with 90s endurance runs.. Havent made as much progress as I'd hoped there, my previous best was around 12.2k from memory and i broke that yesterday, managed around 12.8k but i broke my record again tonight and my new max 90s endurance score is.... 12921.

So next is Max RPM which has been pretty slow progress since my initial dash to 10k. I havent really been smashing my records and making huge headway in the max rmp stakes.. I have been consistantly been getting around 10.5k every time i tried, which has been annoying, but i had a bit of a breakthrough tonight. I managed to shatter my previous record and got a new max RPM of 11423! I finally broke the 11k barrier and now im heading towards 12k, hopefully I'll be there in no time!

Ok, finally, I'll outline my new goals in light of my new records.. As for my endurance, I think it needs some work so im gonna concentrate on that a bit more.. Unfortunately, i promised myself when i broke 11k i'd give myself a bit of a break so Im gonna take a few days off powerballing to let my hands recover.. So my new goals are as follows:

90s Endurance:
13000 (both hands) by the end of the week
12500 Right hand
12000 Left hand (No specific timeframe for them, maybe end of next weekend)

Max RPM:
Score consistantly in the 11s to prove to myself it wasnt a fluke
12000 RPM by the end of May.

Ok, that about does it for now, it's a fairly big update but I havent updated for a little while so thats why its so long!

Thanks guys!
Ollie

[Adrena1in]

So my new goals are as follows:

90s Endurance:
13000 (both hands) by the end of the week
12500 Right hand
12000 Left hand (No specific timeframe for them, maybe end of next weekend)

Nice going there, 10.2kk to 11.4k very quickly...let's hope you continue with that rate of progression.

One of your goals seems a little low to me though. If you're aiming for 12k and 12.5k one-handed over 90s then I reckon you should be looking more to 14k with both hands. 500 revs difference between one-hand and both hands is quite small.

Plus most people over 90s maintain around 82% of their top speed score, and in your case this would be 14050 over 90s. Very soon I think you'll find 13k easy, that's all. I mean, 12921 is practically there really.

[One-Eye]

Well done Stikky, good progress.

[Stikky]

One of your goals seems a little low to me though. If you're aiming for 12k and 12.5k one-handed over 90s then I reckon you should be looking more to 14k with both hands. 500 revs difference between one-hand and both hands is quite small.

Plus most people over 90s maintain around 82% of their top speed score, and in your case this would be 14050 over 90s. Very soon I think you'll find 13k easy, that's all. I mean, 12921 is practically there really.

Yeah, you're right, Adrena1in, i think I need to revise that goal.. Ok, new goal is 14k as suggested by Adrena1in, cuz an increase of 79 revolutions isnt really too much of a challenge.. 14k it is then

Dont really have much to report except that I did a few more speed runs to prove to myself that it wasnt a fluke. I find i get around 10.5k most of the time but when i really concentrate on my technique, i can get 11k+ consistantly so I'm happy it wasnt just a one off. I think im starting to level off now, I dont expect to see any more massive jumps in rpm values so it's all hard work from here Thats ok, I can deal with hard work

Thanks!
Ollie