Bulkocuber's progression | angry face

I'm reaching sub-16!
15.73 ao100 PB
15.92 ao200 PB
Also a 15.00 PB ao25, almost sub-15!

But there were sub-10 fails as well 😟. In particular I got an incredibly lucky 10.67: accidental XXcross into 1 free pair and average last pair, OLL skip and Gd perm. Unfortunately I locked up a lot on that G perm and did unnecessary rotations.
 
bulkocuber said:
I'm reaching sub-16!
15.73 ao100 PB
15.92 ao200 PB
Also a 15.00 PB ao25, almost sub-15!

But there were sub-10 fails as well 😟. In particular I got an incredibly lucky 10.67: accidental XXcross into 1 free pair and average last pair, OLL skip and Gd perm. Unfortunately I locked up a lot on that G perm and did unnecessary rotations.
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A double x cross and a OLL skip? Dang, that must've been a good scramble.
I suggest trying to predict first pair/getting good at recognizing f2l cases and knowing how it affects the cube later on in the solve.
This takes a TON of slow-solving and paying attention to the littlest of details, but in the end, I think sub-10 solves will come a lot more easily.
 
TheEpicCuber said:
A double x cross and a OLL skip? Dang, that must've been a good scramble.
I suggest trying to predict first pair/getting good at recognizing f2l cases and knowing how it affects the cube later on in the solve.
This takes a TON of slow-solving and paying attention to the littlest of details, but in the end, I think sub-10 solves will come a lot more easily.
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Thank you for the advice!
I still have to work on some f2l cases that I do inefficiently. Then I want to work on lookahead (when I'm sub-15 approximately)
Should I work on predicting first pair before or after lookahead?
 
bulkocuber said:
Thank you for the advice!
I still have to work on some f2l cases that I do inefficiently. Then I want to work on lookahead (when I'm sub-15 approximately)
Should I work on predicting first pair before or after lookahead?
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After F2L lookahead. Predicting 1st pair is a look-ahead, but it is the hardest type of look-ahead to do before/after sub-10. You have to know how your cross solutions affect the F2L pairs, and also how F2L pairs affect the cube as you solve them.
 
bulkocuber said:
I'm reaching sub-16!
15.73 ao100 PB
15.92 ao200 PB
Also a 15.00 PB ao25, almost sub-15!

But there were sub-10 fails as well 😟. In particular I got an incredibly lucky 10.67: accidental XXcross into 1 free pair and average last pair, OLL skip and Gd perm. Unfortunately I locked up a lot on that G perm and did unnecessary rotations.
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Good improvement yo!
 
I've been cubing for exactly 4 months (I started the 20th of September 2021), and here's what my progress look's like:
- I joined the forums after 1 month and one week, my average was 27
- sub-20 after 3 months and 1 week, just one day before 2022
- sub-16 now (from sub-20 to sub-16 in three weeks?!)

🙂 4 months is a really long time for my standards, because I usually tend to quit something after a couple of months. Hoping not to quit in the next four months.
 
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Today I got my first mean in 3BLD !!
Here is it: 7:44.16
1. 7:01.49 U' F D2 F2 L' F2 D2 L' R2 U2 L2 D2 B2 L' F' U L' U L' R' D Fw'
2. 7:52.57 U F2 R' D' F2 D2 L2 R2 D' L2 U2 B2 F2 R2 L' D' B F' L D U2 Fw Uw2
3. 8:18.43 U2 L2 D R2 D L2 B2 D' U2 F2 B L F2 L2 U F2 D B' R U' L' Uw'

I also got a PB single:
6:25.17 R L2 U' L F R' U2 B' L' U2 L2 U' L2 U F2 B2 L2 U2 F2 D L2 Uw

My memo is getting faster; I started writing my letter pairs, now the goal is sub-2 min memo.
 
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Sub-15? EASY
PB in everything except for single and ao5 (come on I should have a sub-10).

PB mo3: 12.67
1. 12.94 D2 U2 R' B2 D2 R' B2 D2 L' R' D2 R' D F' U B' R2 F D2 R' B2
2. 13.85 D2 R2 B D2 U2 R2 B' U2 R2 B2 R2 U L' R' D B' U' B2 U L2 R
3. 11.21 F2 R' D2 R U2 L D2 F2 D2 B2 L F R' U L' B2 D2 B2 D' B2

PB ao12: 13.63
1. (12.12) F U F' L2 B' D2 F2 L2 R2 D2 F2 L2 F2 R' B2 D B2 L B D B'
2. 12.32 R' L F' B D' L' D B' U L2 F R2 D2 F' R2 L2 U2 F2 R2 D2
3. 16.76 D L2 U' R2 D' F2 D L2 U' R2 U' B2 F' D B' U2 R2 F2 U' R D
4. (17.61) U B' R' L2 U R2 U' L' U' B2 D B2 D L2 U' B2 D B2 R2 U B
5. 13.28 B' R' B R D2 F L2 D L2 F2 U2 F2 R U2 D2 F2 R2 L' U2 D2
6. 12.83 B' D2 L' U' F' L D L B2 D2 L F2 U2 L U2 R' B2 R' D' F'
7. 15.24 R2 F' D2 L2 D' F2 D' L2 U F2 D L2 F2 D L' F U B2 D' R F
8. 13.84 R L2 F R' F' U2 D' L' F2 D2 R2 F2 D2 R' F2 R' F2 U
9. 12.18 U' D2 R2 D2 B2 D2 R U2 R D2 U2 R F' L2 B' L' R' B2 R'
10. 13.04 D R B' R' U F' R2 U F L2 D2 R' U2 F2 D2 R' U2 R D2 R'
11. 13.54 U' R U2 B2 R' F L' F U2 B2 D2 L2 B D2 B' L2 U'
12. 13.23 L2 F2 L2 R2 D2 U' B2 U2 L2 R2 U' R' B D' U2 F' R D2 L2 R' B'

PB ao25: 14.02
PB ao50: 14.48
PB ao100: 14.84, sub-15 😃

I'm not completely sub-15 though.
 
FINALLY!!
My first sub-10!!!

9.58

Reconstruction:

U L2 U2 B2 U' R2 U' B L U R2 U R2 D' B2 U2 D R2 F2 U2 R2


y2 // inspection
D L F2 D' R' F R D' // Xcross
U' L U2 L' U2 R' U' R // 2nd pair
U L U' L' // 3rd pair
U2 R U R' U' R U R'U' // 4th pair
U F R' F' r U R U' r' // OLL
U // AUF


39STM / 9.58sec =4.07TPS


[view at CubeDB.net]( https://cubedb.net/?puzzle=3&title=...r-_//_OLL U_//_AUF&stage=pll&crosscolor=white )
 
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I just realised my PB is tied with Usain Bolt's 100m 😆


I have a 5-days break from school, so here's what I hope to do:
- finish learning full OLL (I currently know 32/57 cases)
- work on my F2L bad habits, in particular I'll try to rotate so that the solved slots are always at the back. Hopefully this will make look-ahead easier when I'll use it.
- learn M2 for 3BLD and continue to write my letter pairs
- learn how to do L2C (stands for last 2 centers right?) on 4x4 without doing random moves until I have 2 bars (yeah I always do so ). And I should pair edges in a smarter way (maybe learning 3-2-3 edge pairing?)
- stop writing this list because I have to do my homework
 
New PB mo3: 12.16
1. 12.91 D' F2 U' B2 L2 R2 D2 L2 B2 D' R2 F2 L' F U' R2 B U' L F2 D2
2. 11.82 D F2 L2 U' L2 R2 F2 U' L2 U2 L2 U' R' B' R' D' B' L2 D F U2
3. 11.75 B D' R U2 R' B2 F2 L' F2 U2 L' D2 U2 F U R B2 D L2 U

PB ao5: 12.45
1. 11.82 D F2 L2 U' L2 R2 F2 U' L2 U2 L2 U' R' B' R' D' B' L2 D F U2
2. 11.75 B D' R U2 R' B2 F2 L' F2 U2 L' D2 U2 F U R B2 D L2 U
3. 13.78 B D2 B2 R2 F2 U' F2 D' F2 R2 D2 L2 D' R' B' F' U2 L' R2 F U
4. (14.99) D' L2 R2 U F2 D2 R2 B2 R2 U' R2 F D R D2 F' U' L R2 F
5. (11.54) D R L U' F2 U2 B' L R2 U F2 D R2 F2 D' R2 B2 U L2 D' R

PB ao12: 13.52
1. 14.16 B' F2 L F2 L' F2 U2 L D2 R F2 D2 U2 F U' B D2 B2 R' D'
2. 13.37 R' B' U B2 L2 F2 R' F' R2 U2 D' L2 B2 D F2 D2 F2 R2 B2 U F'
3. (17.14) L2 F U2 R2 F' D2 F' U2 F' L2 U2 F2 U L' D2 L2 D R B U2 F2
4. 12.80 B' D2 R B2 R' B2 F2 R' D2 R D2 B U' B2 L F2 U' B2 U2
5. 16.44 U' R2 U L2 F2 D' L2 D B2 U R2 B2 L B' L D' L' F' R' D2 U
6. 12.91 D' F2 U' B2 L2 R2 D2 L2 B2 D' R2 F2 L' F U' R2 B U' L F2 D2
7. 11.82 D F2 L2 U' L2 R2 F2 U' L2 U2 L2 U' R' B' R' D' B' L2 D F U2
8. 11.75 B D' R U2 R' B2 F2 L' F2 U2 L' D2 U2 F U R B2 D L2 U
9. 13.78 B D2 B2 R2 F2 U' F2 D' F2 R2 D2 L2 D' R' B' F' U2 L' R2 F U
10. 14.99 D' L2 R2 U F2 D2 R2 B2 R2 U' R2 F D R D2 F' U' L R2 F
11. (11.54) D R L U' F2 U2 B' L R2 U F2 D R2 F2 D' R2 B2 U L2 D' R
12. 13.18 D2 R F2 D2 R' U2 B2 D2 B2 L' R' D' B' R2 B' L F' L D' L'

Finally, after an entire week, I got a PB ao100: 14.73, and I think I am sub-15. It took me 5100 solves to go from sub-20 to sub-15 (a little more than a month), so now I think I'll start a new session on csTimer.
 
Another sub-10!
9.97

Scramble: B2 F2 U F2 D2 B2 D' U F U R F L2 U2 B R F D2

Reconstruction:
y' // inspection
L F' R' D L // cross
y U L' U' L2 U L' // pair 1
U R U2 R' r' U' R U M' // pair 2
U L' U L // pair 3
R U R' U' R U R' U' // pair 4
(F R U R' U' F') U' (R2 D R' U2 R D' R' U2 R') // 2-look OLL
// PLL skip

48STM /9.97=4.81TPS
 
I finished learning all the OLLs!! Now I think I'll work on recognition and drill them. Unfortunately, as I was learning new algs, my average was a bit higher (it's normal though) but it's rapidly going down.

I'm working on an Excel sheet with PBs, PLLs, letter pairs,...
 
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I managed to get back to my sub-15 avg, with a 14.62 PB ao100. I realised that I need to plan the whole cross every single time before working on look-ahead, so I'll try to do that.

I wanted to do some 2x2, 3x3 and 4x4, and i thought: why not together? So I did some 234 relays with sub-2 minutes avg. I noticed that my 2x2 and 3x3 splits were slower that my average but 4x4 was average, so probably I need to work on 4x4 inspection (because in relays there is not so much inspection, and this causes the splits to be slower than average, but if the 4x4 was average, it wasn't affected by the lack of inspection. Can this be true?)

I didn't practice 4x4 in the past weeks, but got some PBs anyway: a 1:24.90 mo3 and a 1:28.12 ao5.
 
Incredible PB in 4x4!! 12 seconds improvement, 1:07.97!!
1 move F2C, very easy cross edge pairing and centers, a lot of already paired adges and one free pair durng F2L. this solve cuold have been a lot better, but I couldn't believe what I was seeing (too much luck) so I paused a lot.

And after that I got other sub-PBs (the old one), so:
1:20.54 mo3
1:22.78 ao5
1:27.29 ao12
Now I like 4x4 a lot, I'll practice it more.


I also did my forth ever session on 2x2 (eheh I don't do it so often) and I brought my global average from 6.5 to 5 seconds, with lots of PBs:
2.95 mo3
3.37 ao5
4.31 ao12
5.10 ao100
Single is still 1.74, I was hoping for a random 4-mover to magically show up, but nothing.


Slow improvement from 3x3: 14.53 ao100 PB
Also PB mo3: 11.77


3BLD: I did nothing :(
 
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