2021 Cubing Goals / Resolutions

Warning! I am not the first to do this. Previous threads: 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

The new year is fast approaching, and we'll be leaving 2020 in the past(thank goodness). So, what plans, goals, resolutions, etc. do you have for this upcoming year? Do you want to be sub-10 on 3x3? Learn full EG? How about learn how to do 4BLD? List all of your cubing goals for this upcoming year of 2021!

Note: These are not in any specific order. Also, I don't have any 2x2 goals, because, I don't really enjoy it that much, and also, I can average sub 10 seconds with Ortega, so I am satisfied.

1. Finish Learning Full PLL
2. Learn Full OLL
3. Learn many F2L algs
4. Maybe finally get around to actually doing a 3BLD solve
5. Learn how to solve the 4x4, 5x5, and Megaminx
6. And maybe, just maybe, become a sub low 20 second 3x3 cuber.
 
My goals for the year 2021:

3x3: Sub-10 global using CFOP+Roux+3-style (Method Neutral) I am already MethNeu but only sub-11
2x2: sub-10 global in 2BLD (including memo time) dont care about sighted solves though
4x4: sub 35 using Hoya
5x5: Sub 1
6x6: Sub 2
7x7: Sub 3
3x3 OH: Sub 14 global using Roux
Square-1: Don't care (will just do 5 more solves of it on SS comps)
Skewb: Don't care (will just do 5 more solves of it on SS comps)
Pyraminx: Don't care (will just do 5 more solves of it on SS comps)
Megaminx: Don't care (will just do 5 more solves of it on SS comps)
Clock: Don't care (will just do 5 more solves of it on SS comps)
3BLD: Sub 20 global
4BLD: Sub 1:30 global
5BLD: Sub 2:00 global
MBLD: 45+point success
FMC: No mental energy left for this event after doing a long of prep work in BLD events.

And Mainly, Continue developing Letter Quads and 5-style UF edge system so that they become good and usable and a nice improvement over the mainstream methods.

Yo, S' F U S' U' F' U R2 S R2 U' S !
 
My goals for the year 2021:

3x3: Sub-10 global using CFOP+Roux+3-style (Method Neutral) I am already MethNeu but only sub-11
2x2: sub-10 global in 2BLD (including memo time) dont care about sighted solves though
4x4: sub 35 using Hoya
5x5: Sub 1
6x6: Sub 2
7x7: Sub 3
3x3 OH: Sub 14 global using Roux
Square-1: Don't care (will just do 5 more solves of it on SS comps)
Skewb: Don't care (will just do 5 more solves of it on SS comps)
Pyraminx: Don't care (will just do 5 more solves of it on SS comps)
Megaminx: Don't care (will just do 5 more solves of it on SS comps)
Clock: Don't care (will just do 5 more solves of it on SS comps)
3BLD: Sub 20 global
4BLD: Sub 1:30 global
5BLD: Sub 2:00 global
MBLD: 45+point success
FMC: No mental energy left for this event after doing a long of prep work in BLD events.

And Mainly, Continue developing Letter Quads and 5-style UF edge system so that they become good and usable and a nice improvement over the mainstream methods.

Yo, S' F U S' U' F' U R2 S R2 U' S !
Whoa sub 2 5BLD is actually WR
Hope you do it
 
2021 Goals:

things that I actually want to happen said:
3x3: sub 9 would be cool
OH: sub 11 for sure. Do at least 20k solves this year. Keep making the monthly goals to track progress/keep up with my marathon.
Mega: Decide which method I want to keep using. Sub 50 would be cool but I still don't care a whole lot right now
ZBLL: Drill every alg execution to sub 1.5. Get the average time of recognition and execution to sub 3 seconds.

things that would be cool to happen but almost certainly won't said:
3BLD: sub1 memo <-- this is the only one that is somewhat likely I will put in the work to achieve
4BLD: sub 10
5BLD: sub 20
MBLD: 10 points
FMC: learn things and be sub 30 <-- being able to do NISS on even just linear ZZ would be useful
clock: sub 8 <-- this should happen but it doesn't have to happen this year



overall goals that I want to eventually happen afterwhich I can stop practicing an event forever because I will have a good enough rank said:
2x2: sub 3
4x4: sub 50
5x5: sub 1:30
6x6: sub 3
7x7: sub 4
pyra: sub 5
skewb: sub 5
squan: sub 20
 
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Goals:
2x2: Sub-5 with ortega, solve it blindfolded
3x3: Sub-18 with cfop, get the rs3m 2020
4x4: Get a better 4x4(mine is an old amazon cube i got in a speedcube set a long time ago)
5x5: Sub 3:30
6x6: Sub 7?
7x7: Get a 7x7
Pyraminx: Sub 10
Square-1: Get a square 1
Skewb: Get a skewb
Oh, bld, megaminx: I don't practice these but i could if i wanted to
 
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2021 goals:

3x3: global low 8, learn ROLL recognition
2x2: global low 2, learn eg-1
4x4: global sub 40
5x5: global sub 1:20
6x6: global sub 3:00, get a 6x6 (probably MGC)
7x7: global sub 5:00, get a 7x7 (probably MGC)
3BLD: global sub 3:00, consistent success
3x3 FMC: global sub 40
3x3 OH: global sub 17, switch to Roux, learn OH CMLL
Clock: global sub 10, get a clock (probably Qiyi)
Megaminx: global sub 1:00, learn some PLL
Pyraminx: global low 4
Skewb: global sub 6
Square-1: global sub 10, learn CSP
4BLD: learn 4bld, get at least 50% success rate
5BLD: learn 5bld, get at least 30% success rate
MBLD: global average 2+ points
 
2x2: sub-5, with ortega or CLL (currently avg 6.1-6.5)
3x3: sub-20 with full PLL (currently avg ~35)
pyra and skewb: learn proper method
sq1: learn how to solve? idk
 
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I'm not entirely sure I'll be sticking with cubing this time, only came back from hiatus a month ago, but if I do stick with it, I think these global average goals are achievable.
Main events:
3x3: sub-10, sub-9 even? I'm making big leaps, only learned full CMLL a week or two ago, and my LSE is super inefficient for a handful of cases, and I can't always plan first block in inspection, and get 20+ second solves more often than I'd like to admit, yet im averaging 14.5, so I could imagine going even beyond sub-9. Learn EOLR. OH, Shoot for sub-20, sub-15.
BLD: only have one full success so far so I'm still a newb, but I want to learn 3-style and be sub-40, get a 15/15 MBLD, sub-10 on 4BLD, and 5BLD successes.
Clock: sub-10 with my classic LingGao :cool:
Mega: sub-50, most reachable state record out of my preferred events.
FMC: havent had a sub-45 solve yet bc im really bad at insertions and inaccurate with NISS, but I want to get sub-35 consistently, and sub-30 occasionally.

Side events:
2x2: sub-4 with basic CLL, just to practice corner recognition in a fun different event.
4x4: sub-45
big cubes: sub-1:20 5x5, sub-3:30 6x6, sub-4:40 7x7. I have no idea how reasonable these are
Squan: a modest sub-40, not a big fan of this but I'd like to be halfway decent at it
Skewb: sub-10, fun to do once in a while
Gigaminx: sub-10 singles

Go to a few summer comps, and fall too depending where I go to college.
Probably can't achieve all of these, but I bet I'll lose taste for a couple of these and focus more on the others.
 
2x2: Sub-3.9; learn full Guimond
3x3: Sub-15 w/ CN
4x4: Sub-57
SQ-1: Sub-18
Mega: Sub-1:39
OH: Sub-31 w/ hand neutrality; learn OLL/PLL and a bit of 2GLL
3BLD: Sub-1:06; learn Orozco
FMC: Sub-40; learn SSC and Heise

FTO: Maybe pickup an FTO.. the hardware isn't great at the moment which is my main barrier. Perhaps someone will release a better FTO next year, fingers crossed..
Update: just impulse bought an FTO. Looking to get Sub-1:09
 
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