Micah Morrison's Progress Thread [Finished 3-Style + Sub 1 3BLD Success!]

[Micah Morrison]

I didn't do much 3x3 yesterday becase I was learning CLL's for 2x2, but my 3x3 ao100 was AMAZING today! (pb on stackmat, also got first ever sub 8 ao50 on stackmat!)
EDIT: My best solve was a mitch lol

Spoiler: Times

Generated By csTimer on 2020-08-17
avg of 100: 8.118

Time List:
8.650, 7.770, 7.810, (6.560), 8.790, 7.590, 8.630, 9.200, 7.210, 8.600, 9.310, 7.030, 7.190, 8.290, 7.520, 9.230, 8.130, 9.560, 9.680, 7.290, 7.230, 7.560, (9.740), 7.900, (6.610), 7.260, 6.810, 9.100, 8.580, 7.210, (10.910+), 7.180, 9.690, 7.500, 8.670, 7.460, 7.350, 8.060, 8.080, 7.990, 7.930, 8.180, 8.290, 7.550, 7.570, 7.060, 7.180, 7.980, 7.670, 7.870, 8.370, 8.100, 9.040, 9.140, (10.310+), 9.040, 8.480, 8.000, 8.480, 7.540, 7.330, 8.020, (6.410), 7.930, 8.030, (6.250), 8.540, 8.040, 7.340, 8.620, 9.670, 7.950, 8.840, 9.350, 8.700, 8.090, 8.910, 8.740, 8.870, 8.020, 8.070, 9.170, 6.970, (6.590), 7.090, 6.740, 8.840, 7.930, 8.420, 7.440, 7.490, 8.280, 7.540, 8.050, 8.690, 6.960, (9.960), (10.270+), 8.090, 9.320

 

[Spacey10]

I didn't do much 3x3 yesterday becase I was learning CLL's for 2x2, but my 3x3 ao100 was AMAZING today! (pb on stackmat, also got first ever sub 8 ao50 on stackmat!)
EDIT: My best solve was a mitch lol

Spoiler: Times

Generated By csTimer on 2020-08-17
avg of 100: 8.118

Time List:
8.650, 7.770, 7.810, (6.560), 8.790, 7.590, 8.630, 9.200, 7.210, 8.600, 9.310, 7.030, 7.190, 8.290, 7.520, 9.230, 8.130, 9.560, 9.680, 7.290, 7.230, 7.560, (9.740), 7.900, (6.610), 7.260, 6.810, 9.100, 8.580, 7.210, (10.910+), 7.180, 9.690, 7.500, 8.670, 7.460, 7.350, 8.060, 8.080, 7.990, 7.930, 8.180, 8.290, 7.550, 7.570, 7.060, 7.180, 7.980, 7.670, 7.870, 8.370, 8.100, 9.040, 9.140, (10.310+), 9.040, 8.480, 8.000, 8.480, 7.540, 7.330, 8.020, (6.410), 7.930, 8.030, (6.250), 8.540, 8.040, 7.340, 8.620, 9.670, 7.950, 8.840, 9.350, 8.700, 8.090, 8.910, 8.740, 8.870, 8.020, 8.070, 9.170, 6.970, (6.590), 7.090, 6.740, 8.840, 7.930, 8.420, 7.440, 7.490, 8.280, 7.540, 8.050, 8.690, 6.960, (9.960), (10.270+), 8.090, 9.320

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What's a mitch?

 

[ProStar]

What's a mitch?

6.25, Mitch Lane

 

[Spacey10]

6.25, Mitch Lane

Uhhhh...
My confusion levels are too much high

 

[I'm A Cuber]

Uhhhh...
My confusion levels are too much high

He is a cuber who got a 6.25 wr single I’m assuming

 

[KingCanyon]

No, he got a 6.25 single about 5 years ago and it's a joke because he still hasn't beaten it today.

 

[joshsailscga]

Uhhhh...
My confusion levels are too much high

He is a cuber who got a 6.25 wr single I’m assuming

No, he got a 6.25 single about 5 years ago and it's a joke because he still hasn't beaten it today.

This was back in 2013, so was still new-ish when I started cubing. The 6.25 was an overall pb for him at the time when he got it in competition, and it was a world top-10 single. Hard to believe that when you look at the current leaderboard. Anyway "sub-Mitch" was a big joke for a while afterwards when someone got a single with a lower time. A cubing meme, if you will.

 

[Micah Morrison]

I got a sub 8.4 ao1000 on 3x3, which I guess means I'm sub 8.4 now!

I'm also improving pretty quickly on 3x3 OH! I think I'm basically sub 17 at this point.

 

[Micah Morrison]

I made some good improvement for week 1 of my end-of-year goals.

I started practicing skewb, and dropped my average from high 8 to low 7
I made some good improvement in squan, dropping from high 13 to low 13
I improved at 3x3, dropping my times from around 8.5 to now having a sub 8.3 ao1000! It seemed like something clicked in my solves recently and they've been a lot smoother in general.

 

[Nmile7300]

How have you increased your TPS, turn accuracy, and overall turning capability on Square 1? Do you just do a lot of solves, or do you do drills and exercises?

 

[Micah Morrison]

How have you increased your TPS, turn accuracy, and overall turning capability on Square 1? Do you just do a lot of solves, or do you do drills and exercises?

I'd say mostly just solves and drilling algs. Learning stuff like intuitive ep for non parity cases and CSP has helped me get faster as well.

 

[Micah Morrison]

I still do not have a 4bld success. I just did an attempt, which was 9:28.09, but 2 CENTERS were unsolved Looking back I realized I memoed T instead of S for a center and that's why the whole cube wasn't solved.

 

[AlphaCuber is awesome]

I still do not have a 4bld success. I just did an attempt, which was 9:28.09, but 2 CENTERS were unsolved Looking back I realized I memoed T instead of S for a center and that's why the whole cube wasn't solved.

Just Do some safety solves

 

[Micah Morrison]

After probably about 15-20 failed attempts, I finally did it! I got a 4BLD success! It was a PB attempt too (also first ever sub 9!). My end of year/ before competitions start back up goal was to get a sub 10:00 success, but I didn't realize how easy it would be. I think I'll change it to get a sub 7:00 success.

 

[Micah Morrison]

A lot happened in week 2 of my progress towards my end of year goals:

Firstly, I got my first ever 4BLD success, which was a time of 8:45.83

Second, I dropped my clonk times from around 12-13 to low 10 relatively quickly. I've been grinding because I'm hyped for the qiyi clock, and also clock is a really easy event to get good at.

Third, I seemed to have improved at squan quite a bit as well! I have a sub 13 ao200, which basically means I'm sub 13 now! I also think I broke all of my other squan PB's, including my first ever sub 10 ao5!

Fourth,

Spoiler: I did the unthinkable

I did the unthinkable, I actually did it.

Spoiler

I PRACTICED SKOOB. I'm basically averaging 6.5-7 now I guess.

Anyway, with school finally starting back up for me, my improvement will probably slow down because I won't have as much time to practice, but I'll still try to practice as much as I can

 

[Owen Morrison]

I can't believe I am related to you. SKEWB!? SERIOUSLY????

 

[CrispyCubing]

Spoiler: Clock

cloncc

clonk

clock

Hmmmm... which will it be.

and also clock is a really easy event to get good at.

True, clock is kind of unique in this way. In general I find this to be accurate, but it could depend on what kind of cuber you are. Clock requires high TPS and fast recognition/lookahead but some cubers prefer more efficiency based events. In my experience, you don’t improve in clock by learning something new then drilling that thing. (Like the climbing a mountain in steps kind of thing) You basically just grind.

Anyway, nice progress and congrats on skewb.

 

[Micah Morrison]

Square-1 and clock have been the events I've mainly focused on these past few weeks

For square-1, I dropped my average from high 12 to mid 11!

For clock, I dropped my average from low 10 to low 8. Now that I've gotten the qiyi clock I've been really wanting to practice clock more, because the qiyi clock is so fun to solve on.

My gan pyraminx should arrive at my house today, so I plan to primarily focus on pyra this week. I'm hoping to be sub 5.5 by the end of this week.
I also made a Mo10Ao5s sheet to track my progress in cubing. If you're interested in looking at it, the link is in my signature.

 

[Nmile7300]

Square-1 and clock have been the events I've mainly focused on these past few weeks

For square-1, I dropped my average from high 12 to mid 11!
View attachment 13487
For clock, I dropped my average from low 10 to low 8. Now that I've gotten the qiyi clock I've been really wanting to practice clock more, because the qiyi clock is so fun to solve on.
View attachment 13488

My gan pyraminx should arrive at my house today, so I plan to primarily focus on pyra this week. I'm hoping to be sub 5.5 by the end of this week.
I also made a Mo10Ao5s sheet to track my progress in cubing. If you're interested in looking at it, the link is in my signature.

As much as I don't want you to be faster than me at pyraminx, I average sub 4 so I can help you out if you need it.

 

[Nir1213]

Square-1 and clock have been the events I've mainly focused on these past few weeks

For square-1, I dropped my average from high 12 to mid 11!
View attachment 13487
For clock, I dropped my average from low 10 to low 8. Now that I've gotten the qiyi clock I've been really wanting to practice clock more, because the qiyi clock is so fun to solve on.
View attachment 13488

My gan pyraminx should arrive at my house today, so I plan to primarily focus on pyra this week. I'm hoping to be sub 5.5 by the end of this week.
I also made a Mo10Ao5s sheet to track my progress in cubing. If you're interested in looking at it, the link is in my signature.

haha i think you meant cloncc not clock