Garf's Progression Thread - Beating Hard Levels in GD (Hardest is Bloodbath)

[GodCubing]

Oh, now I get it. You were saying "Valk 3" to me, not TheEpicCuber.

The Valk 3m was never a budget cube. Qiyi was trying to make the best of the best for one of the fastest cubers. It wasn't something they tried to cut corners on and make a quick buck. 3x3's are way different than big cubes. You can use most 3x3's since the Valk and still get the same times, the same isn't true for bigger cubes where hardware has improved dramatically since 2019.

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Fair point

 

[Garf]

Alright, since I don’t want anyone to be enemies with me, I change the thread title and my goal. I still want the world record average in an Ao5, just not only with the YLM 4x4

 

[Garf]

Alright, my goal for this week’s competition is a sub-50 Ao5

 

[Garf]

Aye! Sub 50 average! Let's go! Those scrambles were pretty easy for a Yau guy.

 

[OtterCuber]

Aye! Sub 50 average! Let's go! Those scrambles were pretty easy for a Yau guy.

Nice!!!

 

[CubeRed]

Aye! Sub 50 average! Let's go! Those scrambles were pretty easy for a Yau guy.

Yeesh

 

[Garf]

Next weeks goal is to get a similar average.

 

[OtterCuber]

Next weeks goal is to get a similar average.

Nice, good luck!

 

[Garf]

Alright, so I have a plan to be able to solve 4x4 OLL in 1-2 steps:
1. Recognize the case (parity or non)
2 Step 1: Solve Oll, or do set-up case Step Two (if there is parity) solve parity, (then undo setup, if done.

Basically, I will need to be able to recognize 172 cases for Oll on 4x4. Here's how I worked it out:
I know some cross oll parity cases for 4x4 already. For L shapes and Line shapes, there are 3 possible edges that can flip before the L/Line case becomes a cross case; and 4 different cases for each dot oll case before it becomes a cross case. So (30*3) + (12*3) + (7*2) + (8*4) is equal to 172. Of course many cases will end up having the same case, so the number will go down. Maybe I just have to learn half of what I said if half, or a quarter, or whatever; is oll, and the rest is oll parity cases

 

[Garf]

BTW: check out this background for cstimer:

Heck yeah...

 

[Garf]

I am most likely getting the Yj MGC 4x4 tomorrow.

 

[CubeRed]

I am most likely getting the Yj MGC 4x4 tomorrow.

Yay YJ for the win!

 

[Garf]

Cube at my house. Gonna check it out after Red Robin

 

[Garf]

My thoughts on the YJ MGC 4x4:
- Pros: It is really fast, really stable, has amazing corner cutting.
-Cons: A bit loud.
Overall, definately worth the price. It gives me confidence in my solves.

 

[Garf]

Alright, so I have a plan to be able to solve 4x4 OLL in 1-2 steps:
1. Recognize the case (parity or non)
2 Step 1: Solve Oll, or do set-up case Step Two (if there is parity) solve parity, (then undo setup, if done.

Basically, I will need to be able to recognize 172 cases for Oll on 4x4. Here's how I worked it out:
I know some cross oll parity cases for 4x4 already. For L shapes and Line shapes, there are 3 possible edges that can flip before the L/Line case becomes a cross case; and 4 different cases for each dot oll case before it becomes a cross case. So (30*3) + (12*3) + (7*2) + (8*4) is equal to 172. Of course many cases will end up having the same case, so the number will go down. Maybe I just have to learn half of what I said if half, or a quarter, or whatever; is oll, and the rest is oll parity cases

Actually, is it more important to be sufficient in 3-2-3 edge paring, or should I keep Oll parity optimization as a major goal?

 

[Garf]

A long time since I have been on this thread. Just got a successful blind solve. Hand scramble, don’t know how long it took.

 

[AJT17]

Did you break the world record yet?

 

[Garf]

Did you break the world record yet?

No

 

[PetrusQuber]

No

~when there have been no wca comps in almost the last two years nearby me~

 

[xyzzy]

Alright, so I have a plan to be able to solve 4x4 OLL in 1-2 steps:
1. Recognize the case (parity or non)
2 Step 1: Solve Oll, or do set-up case Step Two (if there is parity) solve parity, (then undo setup, if done.

Basically, I will need to be able to recognize 172 cases for Oll on 4x4. Here's how I worked it out:
I know some cross oll parity cases for 4x4 already. For L shapes and Line shapes, there are 3 possible edges that can flip before the L/Line case becomes a cross case; and 4 different cases for each dot oll case before it becomes a cross case. So (30*3) + (12*3) + (7*2) + (8*4) is equal to 172. Of course many cases will end up having the same case, so the number will go down. Maybe I just have to learn half of what I said if half, or a quarter, or whatever; is oll, and the rest is oll parity cases

Aside from the 57 usual OLL cases, there are only 54 OLL cases that have OLL parity.

I don't know if anyone's got an up-to-date list of algs for those, but here's one by TDM.