duckisepic's progression thread | trying to be sub 15 on 3x3!

Can I be sub 20 in two months?

  • Yes

    Votes: 14 42.4%

  • No

    Votes: 1 3.0%

  • Depends on the dedication and skill

    Votes: 18 54.5%
  • Total voters
    33
  • Poll closed .
So I'm done an ao500! So I had an ao500 of 18.52. Which is only 21 milliseconds higher than my ao100. I guess this means I reached my goal! Tbh, I actually quit cubing quite often because I couldn't break the sub 20 barrier. Finally, I did it! And for the jb finger trick, It took me 6-10 mins to get used to it. I'm still drilling it because when the j perm pops out in the solve, I automatically do the old finger trick. But, after that, I got used to it.
 
So now that I'm sub 20, I'll be learning oll in under a month and a half. I recently saw cubehead's vid on OLL and I actually like the schedule that he suggested to follow.

For day one (Which is today) I'll be learning 5 algs. I'll be drilling them over and over until I can do it without looking at the pdf and some vids. Then on day 2, I'll be using Tao Yu's trainer and practise drilling those oll algs until I consistently get sub 2 on them. But on day 2 and 3 I'll be focusing more on solve solves, especially in the f2l stage. I'll watch some example solves and see how I can solve a certain f2l case more efficiently.

On day 3 I'll be doing the same thing as on day 2. Just drilling some algs. Then the rest of the week I'll be practising yau on 4x4. I can't do 3x3 and 4x4 together since it messes up my thinking and I can only handle an event at a time lol


(Also I have like two courses in my quadmester, so I think I can finish oll)
If anyone has tips for yau or oll for me, please post on this thread! :D
 
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so it turns out I was busy with some homework yesterday, (plus watching cubing at home), so I still have about 3 more algs to learn. and I timed myself for the first time using yau; I got a 2:55 :/ I seriously gotta work on the first 3 white edges, the last 4 centers, and 3-2-3 edges. (I'm also going to be learning u perms at the back and try to memorize the oll parity) wish me luck!
 
duckyisepic said:
so it turns out I was busy with some homework yesterday, (plus watching cubing at home), so I still have about 3 more algs to learn. and I timed myself for the first time using yau; I got a 2:55 :/ I seriously gotta work on the first 3 white edges, the last 4 centers, and 3-2-3 edges. (I'm also going to be learning u perms at the back and try to memorize the oll parity) wish me luck!
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Good luck! I'm also learning full OLL, only about 20 to go.
 
duckyisepic said:
So now that I'm sub 20, I'll be learning oll in under a month and a half. I recently saw cubehead's vid on OLL and I actually like the schedule that he suggested to follow.

For day one (Which is today) I'll be learning 5 algs. I'll be drilling them over and over until I can do it without looking at the pdf and some vids. Then on day 2, I'll be using Tao Yu's trainer and practise drilling those oll algs until I consistently get sub 2 on them. But on day 2 and 3 I'll be focusing more on solve solves, especially in the f2l stage. I'll watch some example solves and see how I can solve a certain f2l case more efficiently.

On day 3 I'll be doing the same thing as on day 2. Just drilling some algs. Then the rest of the week I'll be practising yau on 4x4. I can't do 3x3 and 4x4 together since it messes up my thinking and I can only handle an event at a time lol


(Also I have like two courses in my quadmester, so I think I can finish oll)
If anyone has tips for yau or oll for me, please post on this thread! :D
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Jperm's OLL trainer is also helpful. 5 algs sounds a little much, but if you can handle it go ahead.

@duckyisepic 41 seems like a lot, but some of them are just mirrored, and variations of other algs such as doing wide r for sune. It's not as intimidating as it seems
@BenChristman1 What if we finish them before the end of March? 2 algs a day is definitely doable!
 
rubik2005 said:
Jperm's OLL trainer is also helpful. 5 algs sounds a little much, but if you can handle it go ahead.

@duckyisepic 41 seems like a lot, but some of them are just mirrored, and variations of other algs such as doing wide r for sune. It's not as intimidating as it seems
@BenChristman1 What if we finish them before the end of March? 2 algs a day is definitely doable!
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lol I realized that 5 is actually more than I originally thought, I might just do 4. I'm using the best site ever oll trainer, but I use j perm's trainer from time to time

Hey, that's a good idea! borh you and @BenChristman1 should do it! :D
 
rubik2005 said:
Jperm's OLL trainer is also helpful. 5 algs sounds a little much, but if you can handle it go ahead.

@duckyisepic 41 seems like a lot, but some of them are just mirrored, and variations of other algs such as doing wide r for sune. It's not as intimidating as it seems
@BenChristman1 What if we finish them before the end of March? 2 algs a day is definitely doable!
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Yeah, we could do them together. I'll PM you with the cases that I have left, and you can tell me which ones you have left.
 
Generated By csTimer on 2021-03-01
avg of 12: 17.02

Time List:
1. 15.58 R2 F2 D2 B2 R2 D2 R2 F L2 B' D2 L' B R D' L' D B2 U2 L
2. (13.64) F2 R U2 B2 D2 R2 B2 L' F2 D2 F2 B' U2 L' F L2 F' L U F
3. 17.15 B D' R2 U2 L2 F2 R2 F' D2 U2 B U R' B F' R' F2 R'
4. 18.07 B' L2 F2 U2 L2 U2 B' L2 B2 U2 F' U F2 D' R U' F D L R' U'
5. 16.70 D2 B' F U2 B L2 F U2 L2 F' U R B R' F L' F' U B'
6. 18.15 D2 U2 B' L2 F' D2 L2 B2 D2 F' L2 B L' F R2 U' L' D' R2 U B'
7. (18.92) R2 B2 D L2 D' L2 F2 U B2 D2 L2 U2 L B' D L2 R D' B2 D L2
8. 15.41 B' D2 L B2 U2 L2 U F2 U2 R2 U L2 D' B' R' U' F L U' R
9. 17.98 L' F L2 R2 F' L2 F' U2 L2 U2 B2 L2 F2 R D' L2 R' D L2 D2 U'
10. 16.34 F2 L' F U' B D R B U' R2 D2 R B2 R' B2 R' D2 F2 B2 R2 B2
11. 16.30 U L' B' R D' F B' R2 D' R' F2 U2 R B2 D2 F2 U2 R' U2 B2 L2
12. 18.54 L2 R2 B2 D R2 F2 D L2 U' B2 F2 U2 R B' U2 L F' L2 U L2 B2

I did it guys! I got a pure sub 20 ao12. Time to update my sheet :D
 
Generated By csTimer on 2021-03-02
avg of 5: 16.21

Time List:
1. 16.36 B L U2 L U F' D2 B U' R2 U B2 R2 D B2 U2 B2 U' F2 R
2. (15.32) R' L' B2 U R L' D R2 B' U R2 F2 D2 R2 F2 R2 D' R2 U'
3. (18.44) R2 F2 U' L2 R2 F2 U' B2 D2 R2 U' R2 F R2 U' L' R' F' U' L2 F
4. 16.45 F U' R2 B2 D2 U' R2 B2 F2 U B2 R F D L2 U R' U2 R' F
5. 15.83 L2 B' L2 D2 L2 D2 U2 B' R2 D2 B' F' U' F' L U B2 L2 F2 L

I somewhat happy with this ao5. I'm not getting a lot of 19s so yay
 
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