My progression thread to become good squanner.

[PCCuber]

Squan is a nice event. Not many people are that good at it. Therefore, i want to be really good at it. I average around 17-18. My pb is a lucky 8.04, and my main is the mgc sq-1. My goal for the end of year is sub 15, maybe sub-12. I managed to get my current average just by doing many solves, but now i think i need to work on something different to get better. Any tips?

 

[CubeRed]

Ayo a 8?? What the he-
Ahem
Good luck on your journey! Squan is a cool event. I would do it if I had one.

 

[Megaminx lover]

Good luck. Maybe you can branch off to do things like squan bld

 

[Cubing Forever]

Squan is a nice event. Not many people are that good at it. Therefore, i want to be really good at it. I average around 17-18. My pb is a lucky 8.04, and my main is the mgc sq-1. My goal for the end of year is sub 15, maybe sub-12. I managed to get my current average just by doing many solves, but now i think i need to work on something different to get better. Any tips?

not a squan expert by any means but learning scallop/kite cubeshape might help?

 

[Thom S.]

not a squan expert by any means but learning scallop/kite cubeshape might help?

I learned Scallop Kite when I was in the 40s and I think he already knows it.

 

[PCCuber]

PB Ao5 of 10.71!
10.345
14.712
12.067
9.742
9.468
Really lucky cs and would place me 5th in UK!

 

[LBr]

Squan is a nice event. Not many people are that good at it. Therefore, i want to be really good at it. I average around 17-18. My pb is a lucky 8.04, and my main is the mgc sq-1. My goal for the end of year is sub 15, maybe sub-12. I managed to get my current average just by doing many solves, but now i think i need to work on something different to get better. Any tips?

Oh yh, I remember you buying that at Leatherhead lol

And I am also trying to improve at squan.

 

[OreKehStrah]

If you haven't already, consider starting to learn OBL as it will pay off in the long-run.

 

[PCCuber]

If you haven't already, consider starting to learn OBL as it will pay off in the long-run.

Ok! How should i get started with that?

 

[abunickabhi]

Have you tried the square-2 puzzle?

I doubt anyone has tried speedsolving a square-2.

 

[OreKehStrah]

Ok! How should i get started with that?

The process most people use is similar to learning cube shape. You just learn all the cases that are like 2-4 slices away and reduce into them from cases you don’t know and eventually will learn the best way.

 

[Thom S.]

Have you tried the square-2 puzzle?

I doubt anyone has tried speedsolving a square-2.

True, I think it's mostly because the only readily available Square-2 is the Calvins Puzzle one - there is none I know of with a sherical core.
It's fun tho, a lot of things you don't think about with squan.
I've gone up to Square-4 in a simulator.

 

[PCCuber]

After a bit of a long break with sq-1, i came back and got some nice solves on the weekly comp. Im going to start drilling more solves now.

 

[Sub1Hour]

Wow, Finally someone else on these forums does squan! Do you know CSP yet?

 

[PCCuber]

Wow, Finally someone else on these forums does squan! Do you know CSP yet?

No i only know 5 eps right now lol. Im going to work on that over the next few days/weeks.

 

[Thom S.]

Finally someone else on these forums does squan!

We are still few, somehow

 

[Sub1Hour]

No i only know 5 eps right now lol. Im going to work on that over the next few days/weeks.

Wow, you are just like me actually. I think I know like a dozen or so EP's and am still somehow quite fast. I know the basics of CSP and can do it on some star shapes, but tracing still takes me like 20-25 seconds.